Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-17

TlSuU CO Olu IOT GUY WOIh.
 Mir. States then said: q" supposed also that we had, and simply raised the point for ruling. That is your ruling in the matter is it, MT. Mayora"
 "Yes," replied his honor, and the dis cussion was at an end.
 The bids were as follows, the conI tracts being awarded to the first named in each case:
 Granite catch basin heads--Humphrey Tooney, $sl: 45; John Beatty, $Ssa5 Edward O'BrieD, 1885;
 Sewer rcastingsVMcLagon Foundry company, 1N cents per pound; H. F. Warner Manufactur ing company, 95-100 cents per pound.
 ham, ss1s cents; C. W: BIakesiee Son, g cents w. Montgomery & o.; E; ss cents a G.. os ,.n.. per square yard; Connor Bros., $1.1s per square yard. ChatdeId & Co.,, $1,s73.
 Commissioner Sullivan moved and the board voted that during the ensuing year all contracts shall be signed by the presi- dent of the board.
 Commissioner Brown then inquired if there was any contract for supplying crushed stone. He said he was of the opinion that bids should be made on this work. He emphatically objected to the board awarding the contract to Connor Brothers without first advertising for bids. He further said that the inventory of the stone crusher plant had been refer red to the court of common council and subsequently, withdrawn, but upon whose authority he was unable to learn.
 The commissioner was then informed by Mayor Sargent that it was in accord ance with vote of the board taken at meeting from which Commissioner Brown was absent.
 Commissioner Sullivan stated that at a previous meeting it had been voted to award the contract to Connor Brothers upon the same basis as last year. The minutes of this meeting were then read, but did not so specify. MT. Sullivan claimed that the clerk had made an error in recording the minutes and he renewed the motion.
 Commissioner Brown moved as an amendment that the bids be advertised l for, but his amendment was not seconded. He at once called for an aye and nay vote. w. J. Montgomery, 8 contractor, at this point arose and claimed that it was not ! fair to award a contract like that without | advertising for bids. Commissioner Sulli- | van then took part in the discussion and a | wrangle ensued, during which the com | missioner insinuated that Montgomery had l taken contracts which the city had been obliged to finish.
 The motion to award the contract tc Connor Bros was then carried, Commis ! sioners Maley, Sullivan, States and Todd l voting "yes' and Commissioner Brown
 "no"
 It was then voted to view the proposed extension of Myrtle street in body or
 Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 The board then went into executive ses
 sion for the purpose of amending and ap proving the minutes of the executive ses
 sion, at which City Engineer Hill, Clerl
 Waldron and Superintendent of Park
 Kent were discharged. After session
 lasting nearly an hour the minutes wer
 amended, or as one of the Big Four
 stated, "corrected" and approved. Tn
 amendment of the minutes was made so &
 to cover the point raised by Clerk Waldrol
 that he had not been discharged from hi
 position-as clerk to the superintendent o
 streets. The result of last nights actiol l is that MT. Waldron has at last been de
 posed from the latter position.
 l HYPNOSIS.
 Professor Ladd,s Last Lecture in Thi Course-s.The Theories of Hypno
 tism.,'
 ] Osborn hall was again crowded to tn
 doors yesterday afternoon with peopl
 anxious to hear the last of Professo Ladd's popular lectures on Hypnosis. He spoke in brief as follows: In speak
 ing of the theories of hypnotism, shal
 have to repeat certain facts that hay
 come out before in this course, and
 therefore, the lecture will incur som
 of the advantages of repetition.
 may say in the first place that there
 no theory which will explain all allege
 facts. There are in general, however, tw principal theories, namely, the psycholoe
 ical and the physiological. The fins
 theory, if we ever arrive at one, will be combination of these two, psycho-phyf ical theory. The psychological is gene1 ally considered to have the advantage c the physiological, a larger proof of the fact of suggestibility. But all theories brea down in certain cases. Suppose that " accept as the only thoroughly satisfactor theory of hypnotism suggestibility. Man hold that purely mental suggestibility i impossible, that it is accompanied by som physiological manifestation. The follow ing incident is told of 8 man who in tn
 presence of several gentlemen when 0 car was turned up guessed the right one forty
 two times out of 21S. This was when n one present knew what the card was When someone else was made aware of il value the amount of correct guesses wa
 raised to sixty-seven out of the same totaI
 showing that the knowledge of the othe
 party had apparently some effect. Sue
 cases as these of apparent mental suggest
 bility in the realm of physics may furnis the desired means of explanation as in al
 other cases of suggestibility. This is tn E ! field into which the modern psyche physics is introducing us. It may some , time be proven that mental suggestibilit is accompanied by some modification c the motor organs. If person is fas
 asleep, not sound can fall on his ears not ray of light can strike on his close
 eyes, but that a thrill is communicate
 throughout the entire nervous automaton The general psychological theory is tn muscular theory. will not go over agai
 the changed physical condition that zoe l any suggested functional, norma
 action comes as expected, except it b hindered. Take an ordinary child and ad
 dress it when it is only about half awake | "Don't do this!" "You can't do thisl
 "Don't move your armI' ''You can't nov , your arm!" and the tendency will be t
 produce paralysis in that member, ant bring about the abnormality of actiol '' which has been suggested to come about
 A great many persons do not dare to g ? upon high or elevated places because tn ! Auca euot 1uey dIo koluS tO Tall mAk6S absolutely dangerous. A French write tells of girl able to read very we'll in
 low voice, but as soon as she attempted t read in high voice the very idea that sh
 would fail made her fail. Hallucination
 of sense may be explained in great de
 gree by this principle.
 And now in closing this course, whicl we have been pursuing together for tn
 past six months, wish to state the on
 underlying principle and object of tn course. viz.: to bring into clearer view tn value that we are to attach to the study o the soul of man. No other conceivabl l object of study is more interesting, nor
 satisfactory in it's results, more penetrat ing than the study of the human soul Of course psychology is all in the air, a , compared with the definite, abstract sci
 ence. There is no other study that i awakening more general interest thai this, and if have awakened some zeal il , investigation and study in this direction my object will have been accomplished. Since the opening of the university yea Professor Ladd has delivered connected
 course of lectures on sleep, dreams ant lastly hypnosis, all of which have been at tended by large number of students ant also large number of ladies and gentle men from outside the university.