ANT HYPNOTISTS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 414, 21 April 1904, Page 8

ANT HYPNOTISTS.

1 iMSt* la ■edteal Seteaea Ameesr £ Isxse ef tk» !■■♦•«• Witnessed s»r a atmdeas. * That anta doctor their sick by hypnotism and magnetism ia proved by observation; An ardent student tell.' how he witnessed what may be term; tv seance in medical-science among an He saw several of these little creature emerge from the hills and notieed tfia there were some among them wliic were weak and emaciated—invalids, ifact. They were accompanied b; healthy members of the community and all made their way toward a distant mound. On following their movements through a glass the observer saw on this mound a big and sturdy ant which made some motions in the direction of the advancing invalids. The latter went up the mound one by one, and submitted themselves to treatment This consisted in the physician an* j passing his feelers over the head and body of the patient in a manner dis-i tinctly suggestive of the hypnotizing l of nerves and muscles practiced by human doctors. Every one went through the treatment, then the patients went back, and the dncto* marched off in the opposite direction.

r Kin* EaWard's China. The proverbial "bull ft) a china shop* would find a rich field for exercising his proclivities could he gain entranee to King Edward's closets. The va !ne of the chh|||at Buckingham palace and Windsors? said to exceed $2,000,000, reportsfpe St. Louis Star. The Sevreg dessertjgiervice in the green drawingroom at-Windsor is valued at ?s('i 000,1 and the Rose du Barri vases at $250 000.' At Buckingham palace there are si» Sevres vases valued at $25,. •00 each. :JB&