The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-11
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the train boy, and had gone to the
smoker to mediate and consume more
cigars than was goOd for me. At
local station short, stocky man and
gold-spectacled, whiskered individual
got on, and the man with the spec
tacles sat down w. my seat breaking
in on my meditations, while the stocky
man sat down across the aisle and
puffed absently at clay pipe.
MY name is Boggs-Amos Boggs,
M. D., Ph. D." said the intruder
Glad to know you, Dr. Boggs,"
said glad or the interruption.
Travelling man?" he inquired, in.
quisitively.
NO, thank you" said l.
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 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 a hypnotic
message"
"Ridiculousir said /.
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. Il can
hypnotic a little myself, and have
used the art beneficially in my prac.
tice. 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 II forth to the unwilling recipient
Il had a theory that for years l had
no chance to work out. It 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 | wanted
was such a 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-
sionGlly. Lying on the ties in the
midst Of the debris was the thing
had waited so long fora splendid
cerebeIlum freshly separated from its
owner.
'Tremhlingly / made an etherious
emulsion Of that precious brain" said
the doctor Casting about for a We
hicie to use It on, found piece ol
bright tin-the very thing Then
was ready for test, and placing the
hypnotic sign before me, concen
trated my will and mentally printed 9
simple command on the little plate
which ! then enclosed in an envelope
and, taking the precaution to have
my housekeeper address 1t, sent 1t K
the druggist who habitually put up ms
prescriptions.
"The command was for my friend K
come up to my house and have a drinl
not complex message Judge o
my delight when the druggist appeared
the next day, hypnotic sign In hand.
"4ere'a funny thing, Doc h
said, this bit Of tin without mark o
scratch on e came in the mail thi
morning. The thought occurred to M
that you-say, Doc. what's the mat
ter with having little somethin
hotg
There It was. come down to th
office aud have a little something he
my very command. said the doctor
beaming through his spectacles. "Wha
confirmation OF my hopes ! nike
my friend a good warm toddy an
took one myself. and then told him c
my wonderful discovery.
"Boshl he said, promptly It's
mere coincidence. II | wasn't in tn
habit Of dropping In here and pushin
your stock OF Bourbon, might thin
there was something IN It.
Sure enough. he was frequeE
caller and We usually imblbed. Pc
haps Il was a coincidence / admittel
suppose you take one Of the plate
and send a message TO some one.
Anything to oblige, he said, an
took the slip Of tin and promised
follow directions. I'm going to &C
lect a bad debt with It, he said chuc
ling. / heard nothing from him for
day or two and then he came to s.
me.
81 almost believe there's somethiI
in that discovery of yours, Doc,
said. r.
"'It worked, ! said. It worked
eyes. and no. said the druggii
AS you instructed me, | took Il
piece of tin home with me and conce
trated message on it to a color
man VINO had owed me s2.S5 for fl
years. Il seemed like rank FOOLS
ness, but sent it off BY mail with {
command, Come, Peter, pay III
mentally printed all over It. never {
pecting to see It again. But
"'Peter came, ! interrupted.