TEST FOR A WEAK MIND.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 102, 27 October 1900, Page 1 (Supplement)

TEST FOR A WEAK MIND.

« Two men in a cafe were discussing a gift by a noted millionaire of a* large siim of money to fouud a college chair of psychology. "What As psychology, anyway?" asked one. "It's the study of the mind, of the soul," said tho other. "What's tho good of that?" asked tho sceptic. "A great deal of use," answered his companion. "I have studied ifc to some extent myself, and can detect a weakminded man from a strong-minded ono by a very simple test. For instance, if I can make you say 'fourteen' against your will you lack will power. Will you let me try ib on you?" "Make me say 'fourteen' against my wiH'/ You can't do it. Fire away." And this is the«way'the test worked: — A— -"How much are six and four." B— "Ten." A — "How much are eight and three." B— "Eleven." A— "Hoav much are nine and seven." B— "Sixteen." A (triumphantly) — "Ah. Thero you said ifc. I knew you would." B (indiciiani -) —said what?" A— "Sixteen." B— "But 'fourteen' was the word we chose for tho test." A (coollv)— "Well, you've said it now, anyway."

"When," shouted the orator, "when will come that blessed day when overy man shall get all he .earns?" -"It'll come along about the Wine," fiercely answered the man in the crowd, who was there for that purpose, "it will come when every man earns all he gets !" Reports received by the Citizens' Vigilance Committee, Sydney, servo to indicate that many' stables within the city are in a miserably defective state as regards sanitation.