The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-22

"a TIE HOok LNOGGosi p ~ llt ~
HuMBuds OF THE WORLD, By 2.
Bqrnma; New York. g. w. Carie,
ton. u
This is u history, by one who y polslls.
larly supposed TO be personally famitiaE
With Mt least one of his subjects. 70
processes to bs an accouutof Humbug
Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries "a /!
Deceits generally, Of all ages, TAe
most interesting chapter, tmany WI
think Is missing-that on Mr.. D. hin.
self. The book Is full Of anecdol
however-and no portions are ttol
amusing than those relating to th9nol
rious ouack advertisers of this couni
and England, and France, during thp
last thirty or forty years! We make i.
extract from Mr.. BIS account Of M9p-
siour AIangIn, the great French ''hInls
bug who originated one species ofadl
vertlslng, since followed with less s1e
cess by several theatrical, literary, aI1
political quacks. When Barnum "
bidding good bye to Mangin, said bel
"'NIr. B., Ithaye got a grand humbug
ih,my head which I shall put in prao-
tice within q year, and 1t shall double
tho sale Of my pencils, Don't ask me
what it Is, but within one year you shRll
see II for yourself, and you shall ae-
knowledge Monsieur Mangin knows
something OF human nature. My ,idPa
Is ndg7ttfqtte, but II Is one grand secFel,
"E confess my curiosity was some1
what excited, Hnd hoped that MpnI
sieur Margin would add another
wrinkle 10 tiiy horns But poor telloWt
within four months after bade him
adIeu the Paris papers announced his
sudden death. They added that he had
left two hundred thousand francs,
which he had given In his will to chhr;.
table objects, Theiannouncement Wa8
copied into nearly nil the papers onthB
continent and in Great Britain, for al
most everybody had seen or heard Of
the eccentric pencil.inaker.
~ confess I felt somewhat chagrined
that the Monsieur had thus suddenly
taken French leave without imparting
to me the grand secret by which he
was 10 double tho Bales Of his pencils.
But had not long to mourn on that
account; for after Monsieur mangin
had been for six months-lB they say
of John Brown-'moulding in his
grave judge Of the astonishment
and delight Of all Paris at his reappen-
ance in his native city In precisely the
same costume and carriage as formerly,
and heralded by the same servant and
organ that had always attended him.
II now turned out that Monsieur Man
gin had lived In the most rigid 'Seelg-
sion for half year, and that the ex-
tensively circulated announcements OF
his sudden death had been made BY
himself merely as an 'adSertising
dodge to bring him still moreinto no.
tice, and give the public something 10
talk about. met Mangln In Paris
soon after this event.
"Aha, Monsieur Barnup r. be ex-
claimed, did I not tell you had d new
humbuk that would double the sale lof
my pencils? I assure you my sales arc
more than qpRdpupled, and 1t Is some
times impossible 10 have them mann.
factured fast enough 10 supply the de-
mRnd, You YnnRees are very clever,
but, by gar, none Of you, have discoT.
cred YOU would live all the better "
YOU would die for six months. II took
AInngin 10 teach you that ,saI
2 "The pAtroniZlng air with which be
made this speech alnpplng mo Vt ths
same time fatnlllarly, upon the back,
showed him In bis lrne character Of
egotist. Although good-natured and
socinl TO a degree, he was really one Of
the most selt.conceited men I ever met.
Monster Mangin died the present year,
and 1t Is said that his heirs received
more than half million francs as the
fruit Of his eccentric labors."