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Show SOME FORMS OF HYPNOTISM iH iLH Many May Be Known to the Reader jspl While Others Have A Flavor vH That Is New. Isl Hypnotizing n hen Is a trick known- 'H to most country boys. It Is nn old experiment, llrst described by the Je- -!pH suit Father Athanaslus Kirchcr, who- 3JH laid a hen on the tuhlc, held It firmly-' iJjM for a llttlo while, and drew a chalk-- p line In front or Its eyes, with the ro- H suit that It remained as If in catalepsy.. H In India It Is known that a cobra- lM caught by tho neck and gently pressed: ,' will soon become stiff and remain so- iiH for a considerable time, cither colled' up or out straight. '' A frog fastened to a board nnd turned suddenly upside down goes Into. M a trance. Other animals are susccp --:p tlble to this treatment, some more-t p quickly than others. JilH If you pick up a crab nnd wave It IffP In the air It becomes Immobile, a fe H male bending her legs over her abdc IH men, n male sticking them out almost" lH straight. The sumo Is truo of the- ' fresh-water crayfish, only this resists- Jsl for a much longer timo than the crab. ' IH Among the insects catalepsy com- 'H uioiily known as "dentil feigning" 1b ,H common, and, according to Prof. Eiv- pH nest Mangold, tho learned nnturullBt, ipH Is often n menus of saving, tho life. 111 of tho Insect. i R |