The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-14


1t all depends on knowledge of wha
part of the head the various faculties o
the mind inhabit. A mild electrical cur
rent sent to any part of the brain begin
to grow rapidly and BEAUTIFULLY, and thu
skull expands to accommodate it.
"For example," said the doctor, "if I
patient was so deficient in musical sense
that he could not tell one note from an
other, should turn on the brain devel
oper and pump his musical faculty full O.
electricity. By filing the musical com
partment of his mind at least twice weel
he would be able to enjoy opera in fort
night and would be musical connoisseu'
in three months.
"Can you make him really enjoy Wag-
ner2"
"Certainly."
at is wonderful" exclaimed the re.
porter.
"Yes," said DR.. Ornithorhyncus Tpp,
"brains made while you wait! But it is
not so wonderful as the other process"
"And what is the other process9"
"By reversing the current you may
diminish any faculty of the mind which
is over developed. The new process en-.
larges the parlor of the brain and makes
the kitchen smaller"
SLOW much does it cost to improve 9
mans mind with the electro aenetic
brain DEVELOPER"
II charge seventy-fve dollars for ex-
panding the mind all round. For merely
improving the mind the charge is ten
dollars faculty, or three for twenty five
dollars.
Recently" continued DR.. Tipp, "a
man called on me who said he was suffer
ing from lack of self esteem. He always
travelled in the valley of humility. told
him the complaint was rare. l hunted
up his faculty of personal pride and
turned on the brain developer. After two
injections he was so proud he wouldn't
ride in street car, but insisted in TAX
ing a cab. He now walks on the street
with his chin at an angle of forty five
degrees, and wants to be q State Com
missioner at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago.
San old lady," went on the great scien
fist, "came to my Office week ago with
her son, young man of twenty-five
years, who bets on the races, and asked
me if would develop his religious fac
ulties aud condense his gambling talent
reversed the current of the developer
and reduced his betting faculty so rapidly
that could almost see his skull shrink.
Then l turned on strong positive current
on his faculty of veneration. The top of
his skull expanded SO rapidly that l
could see it grow.
"His mother called yesterday and told
me that her son vas spending his even
ings at the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, and fell down in ht the other
evening when he heard the name of a
race horse.
"a young man who works at boiler.
making is having his brain developed in
the direction of poetry. He told me that
he conldn't read poetry, and yet he was
consumed with wild ambition to become
poet. found that he had no ear for
rhyme or rhythm and that he thought that
potato rhymed with lumbago.
"After receiving q few injections of
electricity from the brain developer he
wrote simply meters with facility. have
agreed to make poet out of him in three
months or forfeit five hundred dollars.
"a clergymen, who comes here to have
his mind expanded by the electro mag
netic machine, says that his theological
views have broadened and his sermons
have greatly improved since he began to
try the brain-developer.
"a beautiful young lady," said the doc
tor "who was infatuated with the idea OF
going on the stage and playing Lady Mac
beth, was brought to my Office by her
father. applied reversed current to
her bump of ambition. Now she desires
to get married, settle down to housekeep-
ing and lead quiet and happy domestic
life. She cannot bear to hear the stage
mentioned"
"a young man who was spendthrift
has started a savings bank account; .
close listed millionaire, who used to carry
cold lunch to business to save the ex-
pcnse of buying hot meal, now attends
all the theater benefits and charity fairs,
aud every day distributes money to the
needy"
HALE's Weekly (Conyers. GAY says:
I'VE are not in favor Of wiping ont any
color lines, yet, We are strongly in favor
OF the negro having his rights under the
Constitution. He should DO allowed to