Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-06
HlPNoTISM AND LOVE.

/ Herr NametA. respected land
4 owner, who spends his autumn and
summer on the banks of the Danube,
having in his leisure moments read up
considerable number of seIni-scien-
! tile treaties on hypnotlsm, claivoy-
! ance, the bilocation of the soul and all
the other branches of this universal
problem, likewise felt eager to see some
practical proofs of the theory. Why
Rot summon the shade of Kossuth,
for instance, and find out what is go
| ing to happen in Hungary in hundred
years.
Yes said his daughter, ''or learn
/ the number that will be drawn in some
Of the next state lotteries. 1t might
mean the doubling Of my dowry, you
know"
For Miss Nameth was engaged to be
married, and the wedding was fixed
for a day from which five short weeks
separated her. Her bridegroom, Herr
Samek, is a member of the Hungarian
bar, whose fame and fortune are yet
before him, and he would he the last
TO object to an increase Of Miss
Annals dowry. But the practical uses
of hypnotism played but a very sec
ondary part among the morals that in
duced Herr Nameth to go in' for the
eerie science"
lie was simply under the influence
OF 4 morbid curiosity, like Bluebeard's
wife, when she put the key in the
door of the forbidden chamber and
entered And he mentioned tie matter
TO friends and acquaintances, but none
Of them seemed able to give him a
glimpse OF "Bordeiiand." one 3ay-it
might be eight or nine weeks ago-he
was introduced by a friend to young
Or. klausberg. who, having taken his
degree at Hungarian university, had
studied year under Charcot at Paris.
Behold the man. thought Herr Nam
eth, as the physicians antecedents
were made known to him by a friend.
A day or two later DR.. Klausberg
was invited to dinner 10y Herr Nameth,
then to supper, and he soon became
friend of the house. liked by all the
members Of the family, except the
bridegroom. one evening, When the
conversation turned on spiritism and
hypnotiSm. Dr. Klausberg said that
the main thing in all experiments is
TO hit upon a good medium, and that
is a very difficult problem. II hate
menenary mediums. exclaimed the
master Of the house, and unless | know
personally the individual hypnotized
should not give a straw for anything
he might say or do
well, you have a very favorable on
portunity," remarked the doctor, for,
Anna is a magnificent medium, with
whom we might work wonders. DO
YOU really think soY' asked the de-
lighted father. why do you take me
for good medium inquired the
young lady. Il can toll il ny your
eyes, the physician replied, fixing his
own upon her. Let her be a latent
medium exclaimed the bridegroom.
"Well. confess, | was about 70 ask
your permission TO hypnotic you
that is. of course, if YOU have no OBJ
lection. | promise that viii not
hurt you in the least-quite the con-
trary, indeed, it VIII refresh YOU
~" said the lady, should like 1t, Of
all things, because ! have always
Now, Anna, please that will do, Ex
periments may be performed upon
guinea pigs, but not on young ladies
on the eve of marriage. ! protest"
"Nonsense!" replied the lady, don't
talk ike that IT is matter for me
TO decide" and, although her father
and mother quite unexpectedly took
the bridegroom's side, and refused ~
hear OF IT, they all ended by giving
way. and the bride was hypnotized in
their presence.
1t was most entertaining spectacle
to watch the patients antics, as she
took herself TO be suffering from ship
wreck. a general in the thick Of battle,
an ancient Hun, and so on. She BIT
a raw potato and found II luscious
when told 1t was a peach; she found
hidden pins and needles and displayed
a wonderful knowledge Of New York
city when informed that she was there,
ana generally did everything that hyp-
Noticed persons usually do for the
amusement OF their expectant friends.
AT last. when ii was time for her TO
return to her ordinary state OF con-
sciousness, Dir. Klausberg ordered her,
when she awoke. to put various ques-
tions to her bridegroom, and to leave
her fathers house secretly at II p. m.
And everything took place as he said
1t would. Miss Anna made the sug.
gested inquiries. and at II o'clock
sharp endeavored to steal out Of the
house unobseryed.
From that evening forth the lady
was. ~ to say. TRANSPORTED and trans
formed. she took no interest In any
thing but hypnotism--it had done her
such lncaculable good AMI she
wanted ~ he sent Oft into 4 trance