The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-05-17
IMAGINATION
It's Results are Intensely Powerful and
Unlimeted.

It's Results are Intensely Powerful and
Unlimeted.
This undoubtedly is subject that
admits of a wider scope of research,
observation and investigation with as
little reliable or valuable information
gained to compensate those who search
for it's invisible source, as any can
"imagine". Its effect, from recent
experiment, has developed the fact that
it's power is unlimited; that its results,
especially in one form, must be admit
ted as being intensly powerful, is con-
clusively shown by life itself succumb-
ing to it's method of force; this was
demonstrated during the past year by
coterie of distinguished medical experts.
The experiment was tried upon con-
demned criminal who was to be execu-
| ted the next day. He was brought into
their presence, was seated on chair
and blindfolded; one of the physicians
made quick slash with the blunt edge
of knife across the mans forehead,
while another allowed tepid water to
drop on his brow at regular intervals,
and from there into basin, the drip
ping being clearly audible to the man.
The idea that he was slowly bleeding to
death took complete possession of his
mind, so intense was this belief, that
within fifteen minutes he was insensl-
BILE and in thirty minutes dead.
Another instance which l recall, while
attending school, three of us decided
upon certain course to pursue to test
, the strength of this power. We were
particular to choose a classmate, strong
both mentally and physically. The
method of operation was to accost him
at FREQUENT intervals, each of us taking
his turn with exclamations as follows:
"Are you ill, your color is pallid, your
health is giving way, what can be the
d matter, are you sick or worrying over
your studies % and others OF a similar
n nature. The effect of this inhuman
q treatment confined our friend to bed in
l. ;ust six days and he remained there two
e weeks despite the fact that we made a
d full confession to his physician. His
il nervous system was effected, but gradu-
"a allv he recovered his former health. On
"a another occasion tried to utilize 1t to
" extricate myself out of difficult dilem-
d ma, but it failed to answer the purpose
J. exactly. Several years ago was doing
in night duty manipulating the "key" fol
s. western road. One night there were
il three fast stock trains, bound east, re
as ported due at my station about 1 80 a
pt m. remained awake until about mid
n. night, then unfortunately l fell asleep
e. The dispatcher's continuous calling
ar finally aroused me at 2:1O am. He ask
or ed me if those trains had passed,
m replied, ''Not yet" Several minutes
is elapsed and the question was repeated
to I replied again, IN OF passed yet" Five
es minutes afterwards the operator cas-
if of me reported all three by, at 2:25 a. m
,e- The Chief was after me the next instan
,ir but was too deeply engaged in invent
he ing a plausible excuse to hear tn
cir instrument. l happened to remembs
i'll an old "Indian Trail that skirted tn
to town, crossing the railroad half mil
le- west, and again two miles east. the
ed answered my call and was asked for a
M immediate explanation. 1 gave hil
en- this ''happy thought" confessed hay
ed ing been slightly asleep, but could NJ
;he conscientiously admit that three tralr
of equaling fifty-five cars could pa'
las within ten feet of me and 1 not know
,on but did admit that they had passed,
the "imagined' they went around 'Via tt
IS" Indian Trail" It is needless to sta
ate that this double layer of imaginatit
en- was not accepted as authentic. l WI
on presented with ''time check" al
the asked to leave quietly. The compal
lals evidently feared that if l remained
ere the neighborhood my imaginatie
the would soon own the road. HY.