, 1879-01-27

clever conccaltnrnt Of human being in the IN.
tcror was the explanation Of all Its Wonderful
achievements, md the merit Of it, invention
lar tu the devices by which the Manipulation
lid the person within while. appearing
to court Inspection. The Crystal Palace autor'a-
ron was aft adaptation Ut the ta'ne lu';a-
"MephIst0" depends upon another pElne1pit'
lie ts aetuatcd from without by human IN
feIliRcncc, and the problem IL 10 ascertain how
ihc moves upon the board become known to hss
director. a,nl how the counter'moses are com
to thG Eass e ,Sn new
Tor eutte tttuo tcfore his Introduction 10 tue
public, Is Mephtsiophe1cs seated IN chair. the
rhair bcinatptaccl at an Ordinary chess-tab!e.
Tic piccr Of furniture TN which he sta contains
deep scat, hut this. u well ~ the body Of tho
agurc, mar he Investigated while plav IL going
at, sud It Ia clear that tl1rre y no persvh con-
tcalrn In either. "Mephtsto" raises his arm,
Il Il 10 10 its prppcr square. He moycs from,
signifies M cheek i By touching .le opponents
king. somgt!fnes he tnovea very quickly.
sliy lt lifts his iass to his opponent md looks
crcase The effect Of his skil ~ se1enttfc chess
p'ayer,3wtell L. 1ndeea, e2n.ae1aoae. e Usn,-
n newspaper Is placed ostr II, 80 ttsat the moves
could mol he reflected By mIrror In the ceiling,
e pays steIg oef o Il sps.tos ;e;S IL ~
action Is to l,c explained by the use of clever
mechanism. The movements VI the arm are
very free ani varied; moro 80. for instanee'
tban thote of Mr: Maskelyne's automatoh Th,st
he possible 50 to calculate beforehand INC
charars which eonld bc ruuK upun. the
hquarrs Of tie chesa.board By tic picees placed
upon II ami 10 construct mechanism 70 provide
fur all, the merit Il not claimed for "Mcphtsto"
NJ being entirely automatic. The inventor ears.
hy way Of an apology forlr FREt supplying the
deicicnctea Ut mechanism by human intellt-
gcuce that 1lfc is too thurt 10 construct cers'
| IN also tle inventor Ut FORMULATING lock. the
key Of which Is provided with nineteen Plus,
each Of wlivli altx uf tllrre pos!tfo.,s, anil 1t
I1ns been calculated 1l,at even for the minor
number Of permutato resuating fsom these
| figures a man would tc engaged ITO Itettmcs.
teu hours 4 day, 3'1 days II year, M!ty rearn Ut
Ills life, to work tt,ern through. Thc thfrty,two
pieces on tic stxty.four sa',arcs Of the ctlcss-
hoasf with the VARYING powers nf some, would
give A stlit larger number of combinations, aud,
ns "MepllatoH WAS perfected III SIX or seren
entirely automatic, but is a medium for the eS-
erciSe Of human intelligence mantfeatcd only ln
novel and at present an occult WAY.
TIE MAN WHO HAD DYSPEPSIA.
| ADRIAN 41ch.) 7ints,
There Came to the Iinner.tabie at The Law
rence House, the oti,er day, two strangers, Que
.,,aor. '.n,s.rin1 rnwnr fct,ow i, t,,ev
b ueeea.,apue"."s 'ou , .."s", ,,..,."', t. '
reached thc tabie ING o'aeF 1nan csulenct1 'san-
ttcally at the bill Of fare, mud remarked as fol-
lows:
\ ~ .rt,s scc whot ttey cot. You know emit
see "'at lux, sJ.. ,as, ~ nn," ,na ,.a"s M
eat ah5tn;'e' tGeo ',eA,'5 "'.a' 4ot w "eeAs
tint won't hurt mr." To waltrr: "1srius me
Fotnc uyttcr-soup; md, let's eect boiled whEtv-
nsh; ves, III have sotnc u tllai.'
Tie sul,t, aul fish were rapidly eaten.
| HNuw, let's Bet what ctke they've got; yotl
know i can't cat everything. sii1ast turkcy,-
that o,ight not to hurt nc. I'll bnve sune u
that, sKoast bccf,'-yee, I'll hare hNIne u tlat.