Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-27
copyright. by shortstory Pub. Co..

cigars than was good for me. At a
local station short, stocky man and a
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
puned absently at clay pipe.
MY name in Boggs-Amos Boggs,
M. D., Phi D." said the intruder.
Glad to know you, DR.. BoggA" 1
said, glad OF the interruption.
travelling mani" he inquired, In
Quisitively.
mo, thank you" said /.
I'm glad to know that" said the
doctor, heartily. Bad lot, travelling
mon. bad lot. clear through. Well.
their day is passing, thanks to a little
discovery of NINE" he said, I've
originated a 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 q hypnotic
message"
"Rdiculousi" said L
Perfectly feasible" said the doc
tor, composedly, and proceeded to en-
tighten me about the hypnotic signs,
after taking q pinch Of snun.
Il have always been interested In
hypnotism." he said. settling his spec
tacles more firmly on his nose. II can
hypnotic q little myself, and have
used the art benencially in my prac-
tee. 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 It forth to the unwilling recipient.
Il had a theory that for years 1 had
no chance to work out II 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 1 wanted
was such a brain from a live, healthy
man. which was naturally difficult to
procure. Chance helped me one day,
when there was a wreck on the rail
road near me. and ! was called profess
sionally. Lying on the ties In the
midst OF the debris was the thing l
had waited 90 long fora splendid
cerebellum freshly separated from its
owner.
"Tremblingly made an etherious
emulsion of that precious BRAIN" said
the doctor. Casting about for a We
hicle to use It on, found 4 piece of
bright tin-the very thing Then I
was ready for q test. and placing the
hypnotic sign before me, concen-
trated my will and mentally printed a
simple command on the little plate,
which 1 then enclosed in an envelope,
and. taking the precaution to have
my housekesper 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 q drink
not complex message. Judge of
my delight when the druggist appeared
the next day, hypnotic sign in hand
Here's q funny thing, Doc,' he
said. this bit OF tin without q mark or
scratch on 1t came In the mail this
morning. The thought occurred to me
that you-Eay. Doc. what's the mat
ter with having q little something
hotr
There 1t was, come down to the
office and have . little something hot
my very command" said the doctor,
bsaming through his spectaclos. What
= confirmation Of my hopes! l mixed
my friend a good warm toddy and
frNak 81. -
my wonderful discovery.
'Bosh!.h he said, promptly, It's q
mere coincidence. II wasn't In the
habit Of dropping in hare and pushing
your stock OF Bourbon. might think
there was something in it.
Sure enough, he was q frequent
caller and we usually imbibed. Per.
haps it was q coincidence. admitted,
suppose you take one Of the plates
and send q message to some ono
Anything to obnge,' he said, and
took the alp Of tin and promised to
follow directions. Tn going to col.
leet . bad debt with IT, he said chuck.
ling. heard nothing from him for q
day or two and then he came to see
me.
ct almost believe there's something
In that discovery Of yours. Doc he
said, L!
Tt worked said. It workedi'
Eyes. and no., said the druRRist
AZ you instructed me, took the
piece Of tin home with me and ooncen.
tr3ted . message on It to q colored
man who had owed me sz.s5 for i've
years. It seemed like rank foolish
ness, but sent It or by mail with the
command, Come, Peter, pay up,"
mentally printed all over It, never ex
pecting to see 1t again. But
"'Pster came" I interrupted.
"'Yes. he did, said my friend
Peter was scared and indignant. "Yo
druggist man." he said, "wha' TO- 20
send me dis we're piece OBJ tin TO- q
hoodoo, wild 20 skull-an' -crossb bones
on de back oh de envelope? II All
takes sick an dies. Ah'll see dat 70
hangs for hit, suah! All lows it's dat
1886 All owes yo'. Heah's yo' money
an tsk4 ct hoa6sa - right oSiakls