The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-31
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ly through mist that dimmed the
landscape. ] had wearied of the comic
papers and the novel had bought OF
the train boy, and had gone to the
smoker to mediate and consume more
cigars than was good for me. At
local station q short, stocky man and
gold-spectacled, whiskered individual
got on, and the man with the spec
tacles sat down In my seat, breaking
in on my meditations, while the stocky
man sat down across the aisle and
puffed absently at a clay pipe.
my name is Boggs-Amos Boggs,
M. D., Phi. d." said the intruder.
Glad to know you, DR.. Boggs." I
said, glad Of the interruption.
Travelling MANI" he inquired, in
Quisitively.
mo, thank you," said I.
I'm glad to know that" said the
doctor, heartily. BAD lot, travelling
men, bad lot. clear through. Well,
their day is passing, thanks to a little
discovery Of mine," he said, I've
originated substitute for travelling
men in the form of hypnotic signs
which may be sent by mail and which
will bring the orders every time. Bits
of tin. they are. loaded with hypnotic
message"
"Ridiculous!" said I.
Perfectly feasible" said the doc
tor, composedly, and proceeded to en-
tighten me about the hypnotic signs,
after taking a pinch of snuff
IL have always been interested in
'hypnotism," he said, settling his spec
tacles more firmly on his nose. 81 can
hypnotiEe a little myself, and have
used the art beneficially in my prac-
ltice. The subject of influencing the
human mind through inert agencies
has been a matter Of study and expert
ment with me for years. but lacked
the medium to convey the command to
the plastic brain-the sensitive sur
face that should take the message and
give 1t forth to the unwilling recipient.
81 had theory that for years had
no chance to work out. 1t was that
the medium lay in the human brain
itself, in that part called the cerebel-
lum or little brain, the organ Of the
sensory Impressions. What l wanted
was such brain from a live, healthy
man, which was naturally difficult to
procure. Chance helped me one day,
when there was wreck on the rail
road near me, and ! was called profes-
sionally. Lying on the ties In the
midst Of the debris was the thing l
cerebellum freshly separated from its
owner.
'"Tremblingly I made an etherious
emulsion Of that precious BRAIN" said
the doctor. Casting about for a We
hicle to use it on, l found a piece Of
bright tin-the very thing. Then l
was ready for test, and placing the
hypnotic sign before me, l concen-
trated my will and mentally printed
simple command on the little plate,
which l then enclosed in an envelope,
and, taking the precaution to have
my housekeeper address 1t, sent II to
the druggist who habitually put up my
prescriptions.
'The command was for my friend to
come up to my house and have drink
not a complex message. Judge of
my delight when the druggist appeared
the next day, hypnotic sign In hand.
"'Here's funny thing, Doc he
said, this bit Of tin without a mark or
scratch on 1t came In the mail this
morning. The thought occurred to me
that you-say, Doc, what's the mat
ter with having a little something
hot?'
There 1t was, come down to the
Office and have a little something hot
my very command" said the doctor,
beaming through his spectacles, What