The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-03-05

is tne outward manifestation. Inc
fact that alcoholism yields so readily
to suggestive therapeutics is proof
positive of its mental origin and, on
this account its rational treatment
can be accomplished only along the
line of psychic methods.
Power Of Thought in Auto.Suegestion
Autosuggestion (self-suggestion) Is
as potent in its influence as when ex'
erted by another. Even when reason
is dethroned, the thought held by the
subjective mind tthe mind of the souD
having become the dominant idea,
holds a power over the bodily func-
tions. The following convincing illus
tration is vouched for by the Lancet
London, Eng:
IAN English lady, disappointed in
love in her younger years, became in
sane and lost all account of time,
Believing she was still young and liv-
ing in the same hour in which she
was parted from her lover, taking no
note of years, she stood daily before
the window watching for his coming.
In this mental condition she remained
young,
Some American travellers who saw
her were asked to guess her age
They, unacquainted with her history.
placed her under 20. She was, at the
time, IA; but she had not wrinkle
or gray hair; youth sat gently on
cheek and brow. She was held by the
thought of youth and love, and it re-
tarded the marks of age.
Imagination and Suggestion.
The imagination may be wrought
upon by reading-as instanced by pat
ent medicine advertisements-or by
hearsay, or may be wholly creative.
In each case 1t is the outgrowth of a
mental condition and the result is
that the unreal becomes the real, the
ultimate result frequently proving IA
| tai.
The fatal power of imagination was
| illustrated recently in the case of a
Russian railway employee who was, by
accident, shut up in refrigerator
| car.
He wrote on the wall, II am becom.
ing colder" Later, II am slowly
freezing" Still later, and the last,
II am half asleep; these may be my
last words"
When they took him out he was
dead; but 1t was found that the TEN.
perature of the car was only Sc; the
apparatus was out of order. His auto
suggestion working on his magma
ton killed him.
Imagination Extraordinary.
The Philadelphia Press gives the
following interesting and highly sug
gestive incident of the power of sug
gestion through imagination:
ION one occasion when Ii HUNS
Chang, as premier, was having bit
ter fight with some of the more con
sentative members of the Tsung. l.
Yamen, he received, as a present, I
magnificent cake which he had reason
to suspect contained poison. He pu
the cake aside and set to work t.
find out who was at the bottom of thu
plot. The crime was traced to thre'
men, one of whom, at least, was at
solutely guilty Ii had the trl
brought to his yamen. When they al
rived they were ushered into his pres
ence and were received in his courtli
est manner. The cake was produce,
with the remark that politeness for
bids my tasting 1t until the three gen
erous donors have had an opportunit,
to enjoy it's excellence
'Li cut the cake and one of hi
servitors handed 1t to the unwilling
guests. Each took a piece and ate
or pretended to eat. One of then
crumbled the pieces and let them fal
upon the floor, but the two other
ate calmly without manifesting an
emotion.
within ten minutes the two me-
began to show symptoms of suffering
Ii smiled benignantly and said to tn
man who had not eaten: Your wis
dom is so great that / am compelle
to preserve your head as a souveni
of transcendent genius
"The man was removed and prompt
ly decapitated. To the two others tn
premier remarked: The cake you at
is not the one you sent, but one whic
had my cook initiate. The poiso
from which you are suffering exist
only in your imagination. j know c
no better way TO cure your presen
pain than by letting you share tn
same fate as your friend who has jus
left the room.
"As they were led away Ii said
his retinue: 1T Is pity that men VIII
can eat a deadly corrosive poiso
with an unmoved countenance shoul
so misapply the talent wherewit
heaven has endowed them
Copyright by Joseph b. Bowles)
Gone on a Lengthy Visit.
Caller-Can you tell me If M. X.
at home?
. "No, sir; he's gone to the Gem
: tery"