Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-29
GUILT Is PINK.
a Remarkable Disco very OF the Phy.lo,o.
plata

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gists.
The government is about to start a
psychophysical laboratory. Professor
Elmer Gates has been engaged to take
charge OF 1t. His specially may fairly be
termed the newest of the sciences. IL
deals with matters which hitherto have
been deemed beyond reach OF investiga.
ton.
Among other things, it has discovered
that bad and unpleasant feelings create
harmful chemical products in the body,
which are physically injurious. Good,
pleasant, benevolent and cheerful feel.
ings create beneficial chemical products
which are healthful. These products
may be detected by chemical ANALYSIS in
the perspiration OF the individual.
Professor Gates has discovered more
than forty of the bad aud as many
OF the good. Suppose half dozen men
in room. One feels depressed. another
rsmorseful, another ill tempered, another
jealous, another cheerful and another
benevolent. 1t is a warm day: thew
pera2ire. Samples of their perspira,ion
are placed in the hands of the psvcho-
physicist. Under his examination they
reveal all these emotional conditions
distinctly and Enthusiastically.
Each unpleasant, or bad emotion pro-
duces its own peculiar poison, which
has an ill effect upon the individual
physically. Let us see If there is not
familiar case for the purpose OF ilustra.
tion--one that will fall under everybody's
observation? Certainly every one knows
great grief will poison a mothers milk.
In fact 1t generates an injurious chem
icsl product 70 intense in character az to
sicken the infant that draws its nourish-
ment from the maternal fount. Here is
an illustration mora obvious and more
familiar yet When man feels greatly
depressed he cannot work. Bad ideas
and memories kill energy. They affect
the physical being Immediately. On the
other hand, happy feelings create energy
and make one feel like exertipg himself.
There is nobody who has not felt these
things has not benefited by them
and suffered by them
Of all the chemical products of emo.
tons that OF guilt is the worst. II
small quantity Of the Precipitation of q
person suffering from conscious guilt be
placed in glass tube and exposed to
contact with salsnic acid it will turn
pink. None of the other poisons SINH
larly generated exhibit the same phenom-
enon. Accordingly. pink would appear
to be the characteristic color OF wrong
doing. How appropriate, then, that the
wicked person should hlush for his evil
acts. 1t is a question whether he very
often does 30, however.
Professor Gates has identified his
poisons and beneficial chemical products
by exciting definite emotions in individ |
uals and analyzing their Precipitation,
etc. Persons suffering from guilt will
not he likely to send samples of their own
to him for examination. Just here it
NAV be as well to saw that the ignorant
will make mistake if they imagine that
this new science invades the domain OF |
the visionary. Its conclusions are no,
based on theory, but on facts. To sum
up, it is found that for each bad emotion
there is corresponding chemical change
in the Tissues of the body which is life |
depressing and poisonous Contrariwise,
every good emotion makes life promot |
ing change Thus it follows that it pave
to be good and do good for ones own |
sake. A noble and generous action
blesses the doer al well as the bene
ficlary.