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on a chair at his bedside, fell asleep
dreamed dreams and saw visions all around
The globe. was awakened by nightmare
and noticed that the wick of the candle
was still smoking.
/ am quite confident that if l could find
the particular nerve or nerves which the
innocent algometer pressed l could produce
at will sleep and dreams that would rival
the weirdest flights of St John of Patmos.
1t has been observed, OF course, that
the dia gram of the coughing Is crazy
looking composite of broken lines. That
is a natural result, as there was violent
physical action which was simply recorded
on the drum. But note this: The diagram
of the pressure on thesbrain was not pro-
duced by any unusual disturbance of the
drum attached to the stomach. On the
contrary. everything was restful, repose-
full, normal.
Yet il will be noticed that the diagram
which was evolved is composed Of many
distinct movements, and. evidently. as IN
controlled as the spasmodic, conVulslVe
writing Of the cough. This anomaly Will
naturally suggest the question, What was
the force that produced the eccentric hand
writing. describing the working of the
brain under pressure?'s Certainly ana pal
pably. it could not have been the mere act
N breathing, which was steady and normal
Was there an occult connection in this case
or was it only more evident IN tins case
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appointed "fellow In psychology at Johns
Hopkins University. DISAPPOINTMENT was,
however, declined on account OF an OPP
portunity to study in continental universi
ties, which DR.. Macdonald had looked for
ward to with such q desire that he had in
advance gained fiuency in speaking Ger
man aud French. He pursued many lectures
in medicine and science, taking up also ex-
perimeutal work IN psyche physics. Two
years were occupied in this way In laying
a foundation, and then he entered more
into the fields of clinical and experimental
medicine, giving special attention TO IN
sanity, hypnotism and criminology- His
method was to go to the universities
where he could find the best men in these
several lines, which took him to Berlin,
Paris, Leipzig, Vienna and Zurich. At
the end of these four years OF European
study he returned to America, and wasap-
pointed ''docent'' in applied ethics and
criminology at Clark University, Worces-
ter, Mass. After holding this position for
two years he was called TO the United states
Bureau of Education TO be specialist In edu-
cation as related to the abnormal and
wea king classes.
DR.. Macdonald is enthusiastic in encour-
aging bright students to pursue their work
in continental universities. AS an argument.
he uses lis own experience. His entire ex-
penses for lectures. living. and everything,
including summer travelling, were little
less than 81 600 for nearly four years; his
expenses to Europe and return were not
included. These did not exceed $500.
He finds that too many students after leaV-
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that of a fiend endeavoring to thrust q
blunt iron instrument from one temple
through to the other. This impression was
possibly the last one for whicn there was
an exterior physical suggestion. 1t was
conjured up or ra ther burned by the instru-
ment OF the operator. a.
Another pitiable plight was the conviction
that my head had been caught in a wise and
that friend (tIe face was that of fellow
reporter) was applying the screw; and that
/ had just reached that point when the
brain was To- ooZe out over the renlorseiess
iron Of the torturer
Suddenly the grip of the wise was relaxed
and l fell forward against glowing fire.
place. The sensation OF actual incarceration
and charring OF the flesh of my face was
horribly realistic.
While this was occurring am certain that
my eyes were closed. When opened them
the pain was nat so great after all, but it
was uncomfortable sm came back To the
practical world, 1T appeared. by being con-
scious of the strange antics being per-
formed on the drunaby the stylus 1t had
enjoyed n dance ofutieligi,t and was still
trembling with 10y at its work.
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Donald at certain definite conclusions from
Il sufficient number of experiments? What
Will prevent "a final generaliza ton from a
thousand sporadic cases, just as all cOnclu-
sionS are obtained in eXperime utaI philoso-
phy? Who, in fact, will deny that it is
possible to construct an alphabet from these
kymographic. apparent vagaries, or dia
bolical manuscript? The task OF the Egyp-
tologist was much harder one and more
difficult. still the enterprise of the scholars
who undertook TO translate cuneiform iu-
scriptions.
1T will be great stepin advance when it
WILDE possible to say that the words of a wit
nesson the stand. or the testimony of the mur-
derer himself, are being spoken during
mental condition OF truth. falsehood, fear,
deception, etc, etc. The kymographion
alta ched to the waist ofthe witneSsas part
of the legal inquiry in court would rcvo-
lutionize the giving of testimony. Per-
jury would vanish as a crime of the courts.
And suppose that the kymographion being
perfected and adapted to parlor use, when
the lights are sort and low, he and she. sit
ting on the sofa and discussing each other
ps ychologicaliy, are each in the coils OF
one of these Instruments.
Should they exchange their mystical papy
rus rolls as they were reeled off the drum,
would not each know what was the golden
emotion OF the heart, rather than the sill
vern speech of the mouth? But that is an
other story, quite worth the telling at
some other time.
Here is a very interesting biography up
to date of DR.. Macdonald:
SKETCH OF DR.. MACDONALD.
He was born July 4, 1856, in Caledonia,
N. He received his early education il
[ the public schools of Geneva and Roches-
ter, N. Y, graduating from the Rochester
Free Academy in 1874. He took the de.
| gree of a B., from the University of Roches-
| ter i'll 1879. His father, who was assist
ant district attorney at this time insisted
that his son study law; but both being of
! Scotch descent, neither would give up his
I purpose, so that the son, under protest of
the father, went to Princeton Theological
| Seminary. He was sent out as missionary v
/ Iii Northern Canada for two summer va Cd
tionsb by the Sunda sch oolover which he hal
| formerly been superintendent. Being fond
| of mission work, he went where there was
| more opportunity for it, and concluded his
studies III Union Theological Seminary New
/ York, graduating with the class of 1888.
Not being satisfied with some of the theo
| logical jogmas taught him, he spent q term
| at Andover, and then pursued post-gradua. :.
| studies i'll philosophy at Harvard for two
| wears.
At the end of this period (1sS5) he was
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SWORD WHICH A GIANT WORE
Strange Discovery While Excavatfng
i'll an Oregon City.

III an oregon city.
Portland Oregonidn.
Workmen engaged in putting new sills
under all outbuiIding on Col. FIeischner's
property, adjoining the residence of Ru
dolph Goldsmith, on Seventh street. made
a remarkable find yesterday in the shape
OF an old-faShioned, two-handed sword
To have found an kind OF sword in such
place would have been remarkable but
no one would ever imagine that under an
outbuildlDg in Portland would be found
a two-handed sword, such as was used
in the middle ages-thatis is, during the ciev-
enth, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, in
the time of the crusades, when fighting men
wore plate armor and knights GRANT wan
dered about the world resCuing lovely
princesses from enchanters, giants. OgFes
and the other bad men, of those days.
When this business was duh. as Mark
Twain puts it, they went d-grailing''-
that is, in search of the holy grail. which
was nothing and was TO be found no.
where. The sword, as its name implies,
was 10 be used with both hands, and if it
failed to cut through an enemy's &lrmor
the force of the blow was enough To knock
hin flat. The bl ade of the sword is four
feet long and continues past the guard
nine inches as tang for the handle, which
is composed OF two pieces Of>oak. appar-
CntIy, udNlDE IL kIlOD VI DOIUillCi Ut
the end, and dark with age.
The guard is simple guard of iron about
ten inches in length. The whole iron work
has been hammered out, and is. OF course,
now very rusty. The blade is two-edged,
SO as to ''cut 'em a-coming and a-gwine,''
and the weapon looks as il it might be a
genuine relic of olden times when such
swords were used by men OF might whose
bones are dust, whose swords, as a general
thing, are rust, and everything said about
whose souls must be taken on trust"
The number of people who handled the
sword yesterday judged it TO weigh all the
way from fifteen to twenty-five pounds, but
it kicked the beam a ten pounds. Just how
the sword came under the outhouse no one
/ can imagine. The building W as moved there
! some twenty-five years ago andhas not been
| disturbed since. Perhaps this paragraph
/ ma y meet the eye OF someone who can throw
| light on the subject, for the sword was
doubtless placed under the building since it
was moved there. Ii is not probable that
/ any old crusader went through this way
| Ell route 10 the holy land. and no such swords
! have been in use since this country was dis
covered, aud the people who lived here be-
fore that knew nothing of iron. If it is a
! genuine relic it is of considerable value.
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duced a feeling of ''eollectedness," as of
one bracing up for a yet untried emotion.
Let me know when there is the least
pain," repeated The professor. | was $50
quite sure that if the new condition by any
chance were carried too far, Prof. Mac
Donald would have noted it in my coun-
tenance.
AS the pressure increased there were short
changes OF feeling. Fortunately, or unfor-
tunately, / determined to let it proceed
TO the limit In which ! consciously or un
consciously deceived the operator. When
the pain was greatest, that is, at the mo-
ment when was obliged tolift up my finger
to indicate "stop," instead of using that
word, the mental condition was to be ooui-
pared to a sensation like that or an op-
presSiye nightmare.
recall only three or four of the most
vivid horrors of the situation. The first
Of the growing abnormal impressions was
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~o~~N0O~
Confession as Read Aloud.

1t will be noted properly here, though
not in order that one of the lines describes
a mental condition. While The Times was
reading mentally extracts in French from
u work by Prof. Macdonald entitled lie
Cnminel Type" which has not been trans
lated into English. This work contains the
history of Jesse Poneroy, the b oy Torturer,
Piper the Brainer, and Jack the Ripper.
The Introductory sentence is La nlethnde
suivie dams ce travail de criminologie spe-
ciaI consiste etudier quclques cas- aussi
complement que possible
INDUCED THE EMOTION.
From the passages read there is no doubt
that Prof. Macdonald has studied these
cases as completely as possible and there
is no doubt that the reading about them In
duces peculiar mental condition.
The record of the mental condluCn Is
herein given. and Il will be noticed that there
- a great difference bet the. iiEcs tie
result of the mental reading OF Holmes CEN
ression aud those resulting from the details
Of Jack the Ripper and the "bralner-
Tine mere fact that one was read in English
and the other in French Will not explain
;nis difference. That proposition would
be absurd.
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THE MORNING TIMES, SUNDAY. APRIL 10.

The visions produced by morphine, opium
or hasheesh would probably write them
selves ont in lines like those OF the diagram
above produced under pressure of the
algometer.
There are other tests in the experiment
tatlon with the kymographion, such as
susceptibility to heat measured by the
thermaesthe esiome ter, locality" meas
ured by a singular instrument to test the
sense OF locating points or touch on the
flesh, and one or tw o others.
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he gradually moved 1t away from the ear
until the ticking became inaudible. The line
representing the minds state, or action, if
You viii, during this experiment is worth
studying from left to night. 1t represents
the continuation OF single thought, but
continually Intensified.
There Is line, or bizarre or gro
tesque structure of lines, which shows the
effect of coughing. The result OF laughing
is very much the same, while crying would
be line corresponding to the idiosyncracy
OF the method or style of crying.
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Of the mental, maybe the moral, condition
OF the reader at the time OF the reading.
Now read the same passages aloud, ~
said Prof. Macdonald.
Here there could possibly be no addi-
ttonal effect on the mind by the words,
as they had been previously analyzed, but
it will be noted that the stylus had made
a record different from that made while
the reading was mental. 1t is, perhaps,
wild guess, but the difference was caused
by the consciousness that the professor
might have been criticising the elocution,
or, again, the reader, having assumed the
character of Holmes, was some what embar-
rassed, as Holmes was when he spoke out
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Nervousness of Right and Left Hands

Prof Macdonald will not discuss the
inscriptions on the rolls produced by ap-
pl wing these tests to Holmes. The results
must first be communicated TO the govern
ment.
What use can be made OF them? That
depends. IL is quite clear that diagrams.
such as they are, mere Zig-zag lines, may
ne made OF such mental conditions as at
tention, fear, doubt, horror, disgust, Shame,
expectation, joy, exultati on, whether
these be natural or supe rinduced by sugges-
iions 70 the purp oses OF expe riment- The
lines produced by the stylus have on their
race more suggestion of intelligibility than
the erratic symbols of stcn ography, yet the
latter are full of meaning to the expert
photographer.
What prevents the arriving by Prof. Mac
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~dHnh4.v
Stylus Sketches u Cough.

Prof. Macdonald, probably IN order to
note in this case the difference between
a mental condition induced by the assimila-
tion OF foreign and original thought, asked
The Times to talk on any subject, the
question being the machines method OF
work.
READING THE DIAGRAMS.
The diagram entitled 1.-The Times Answers
Question" is the record OF the stylus while
The Times said this, and nearly in this
exact language: II regard the diagram eX-
pressing my coughing as a most graphic
representation OF sound addressed to the
eye, the only example OF which, believe.
/ have ever seen. | have seen, however,
scheme, the object Of which was to give
in musical notation an idea OF how several
OF our national celebrities laughed To
people who cannot read music at sight
this scheme is valueless, and of little or no
value except to those who can pla y ON some
instrument. A picture OF a laugh by the
kymographon, as see NV own, would
be quite different thing
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Reading in French.

An extremely interesting experiment was
that which gives the result or concentrat'
ing the attention on the monotonuus tick
ing of a watch. In this relation everyone
will possibly recall Poe's curious story of
the murderer, who heard everywhere the
internal beating of the heart Of his victim
Prof Macdonald held the watch so close
TO the ear that the metallic quality or ring
OF the sound could be distinguished. Then
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~@NN
Reading HoInles, Confesslon Mrn,nnr.

Reading Holmes Confession Mentally
Read 1t 10 yourself said the professor.
and when the mental reading was COM
menced the clock began 10 work, the
cylinder began TO revolve, and The pen
began 10 write the current record on the
paper. This was a clear case of put
yourself In his place" and it was so in fact,
as The Times was the first man to adopt
Holmes thoughts as his own and to have
them recorded.
THOUGHT HOLMES THoUGTs.
IL was with a sigh of relief that The
Times heard the clock stop. and then
glanced at the curious manuscript OF this
automatic stenographer. There is, OF
course, not word or what Holmes wrote
On any stroke OF The pen, but there is In
the wavy line Specification, certain signs
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aloud what he had hitherto revolved only
in his brain.
Prof Macdonald did not offer any ex-
PLANTATION further than to say that the differ
ence in the angles aud their irregularity
of the recurrence in the reading aloud is
accounted for by the stopping OF the reader
at the punctuation marks. Which did not
occurr While the reading was mental. There
are other wide Emergencies patent which
must be explained on some other hypothesis,
probably known approximately to Prof
Macdonald.
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Listening to a Watch Ticking.

Than in the otnets This is question for
the physicists. s~S@.
A very abnormnl breathing is Indicated in
the diagram desiEhs ttfl as test with the
speirometer. THIS Is p forced inhalation
to the limit and tile Subsequent emptying of
the lungs. Diagrsims' composed OF lines like
these might be expected to be and would
he the result of snoring, the painful. help
less breathing of men in the grip of sleep,
halluci lat.nnS, OF Undergoing the toftures
of the rack.
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Written Under High Pressure.

lima gination on my respiration, pulse. OR
color. 1t will be borne In mind that this
whole operation did not occupy more than
ten seconds. One may also recall the
fact that a man once blew out a candle
l was also reincarnatedby the kindly voice
of the professor, who, b olding out the al
gometcr, said:
You notice the pressure was 500 grams. ="
is that all?'' / asked, somewhat dis
appointed. The recollection OF the burn
ing OF my head in the furnace had just
begun to fit mistiiy through my mind.
and IL occurred TO me that hell was j.
possibility with Sol grams.
MENTAL NIGHTMARE.
1 don't think there was the slightest
trace OF the effects of my fiends of the
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ing college do not seem to know definitely
what they are to make their life work. Many
seem To be aiming at nothing and he thinks
they are in danger OF hitting II.
DR.. Macdonald was sent as an official
delegate by our goverln ent tn the late In
ternatiOnal Psychological and also Grimm
OlogiCal Congresses, and after attending
these. was directed under the bureau OF ed
uCation TO visit European prisons. re-
formatories, insane asylunls, asylums for
iHebriates etc. and especially 70 study the
slums of the great cities. While making
an investigation OF the Salvation Army in
London. he ran across Editor Stead, with
whom lie lunChed long and often. A S a re-
suit, be has been introduced in Stead's
From the New World to the Old = and in
Two and Two Make Four as Prof. Glo
goul. Here in the first story his general
cbara cter is fairly described but with some
exaggerations. While it is an oCcasinnal
study With DR.. Macdonald TO ma ke lab
oratOry out OF the ocean steamer in this
instance Stead made a laboratory out of
him
Dr. Macdonald is the author OF three
works, entitled. CFimInOIosy. Abnormal
Man. ana lie CrimineI Type This last work.
which has not been published in English
is an original study of the celebrated cases
OF Jesse omeroy, The Boy TCrlurer and
Piper, THE Brainer, ." both of Boston, Mass.
and Jack the Ripper" OF London These
cases, with Others, form the NEST terrible
and saddest chapter in social and indi-
vidual degeneration.
one general object OF these Investigations
is to suggest ways OF lCsSening mental and
physical pain by q scientific study of it's
causes. Most of these methods lie believes
10 be of an educational nature, and the
most important and practical part lies in
the moral, mental aand physical develop
ment of children.
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An Inquir v.

Jack-Didn't Links dine at your house last
night? s-
Toni-Yes; I met tim on my way home
and he came up and took pot luck With me.
Jaek-was il anything like the Jackpot
luck I had the night before:-New York
Sun. --.--.
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The Times Answers II Question.
The test of cerebral action under pres
sure producing pain is the CHIEF illustra-
ton of this article. Something has been
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