, 1865-10-06

"a wv kuOIIN WVutU GOG RC1tsSIL tuCuI ~
finish. At last, a white-cravated, blue
coated, gilt-buttoned individual, with
gloves (if not hands, irreproachably clean,
appeared on the stage. He explained, in
somewhat dreamy language, that the
brothers made no pretensions TO superna-
tural powers, that they were mere pass
slve agents of spiritual manifestations
which they do not pretend to explain.
They do not ask for faith ; they address
themselves 10 science, 10 which they pre-.
sent certain phenomena, facts which SCI
ence and the press may discuss. The
speech was a long one, and the audience
got tired and called out for the expert
ments' and 'the two brothers, They
came forward at last looking worn and
rather frightened. The Interpreter then
invited two of The audience 10 come upon
the stage TO watch the operation. The
two who stepped forward were greeted
with bowls of 'confreres!' hut these
changed to applause when they named
themselves, M. H. de Pene, well kncwn
for a celebrated duel, an editor of the
Gazette de EStrangers, and the Vicomte
Clary. They inspected cords and cup
boards, saw nothing suspicious, and the
brothers were as securely as usual tied
to their bench. The doors are closed, the
unearthIy hubbub of unmusical instru-
ments commences +; the spectators ask for
light, the spirits Ivy their interpreter OBJ
ject; the public is for a moment silent,
and the brothers walk out of their box
unbound. One Of the gentlemen who
tied them thinks the ropes produced are
not the same as he had used, but the
objection does not prevent a second mani
festatlon. This time the brothers who
had entered the box unbound are found
solidly attached 10 the bench, but a spec
tatOr whose attention had been u~ninter-
ruptedly fixed on the bench, Jumps ON
the stage, puts his hand on the bench
round which the cords are wound, touch.
eS a spring, the bench bends in the mid
die, and the cords fall at the feet of the
captives, who themselves pumped down,
not on their heads. The rush, the row,
were terrific, but the appearance of the
cOmmiSsary of police, who announced
that the money would be returned, sue
ceeded IN restoring quiet. The company,
after examining the mysteries of the cup
board, retired, not sorry to find their
money in their pockets, delighted at hav-
lug detected the imposture and glad to
breathe some fresh air, for the heat had
been sitting. Let US hope that this is the
last we shall hear of this gross imposture."
The BEER WE DR1NK.-Messrs. GUM
ness and Company employ in their brew
cry about 800 men, through whose hands
mo less than 100000 gallons Of water.
either in its crude form or manufactured
state, pass daily. Thirty tons of coal
per day is the average consumption of
fuel, and this with the water is used to
extract the virtue from, in round num-
bers, 1900 cwt. of grain per day. The
"'pieces" in which the manufactured arti-
Gle is stored number IS, besides 90 others
in course of erection, and these contain
from 1900 to 1900 hogsheads of SO gal
Ions each. The consumption of beer by
the workmen-each mans allowance be-
ing two piuts-amounts to rs gallons
per day. The first MASKING was per-
formed in the year 1880, and, notwith-
standing that the brewery suffered no in-
considerable damage during the O'Con-
nell riots, the property continued to pros.