The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-03
Relate, Row a. Carried She Gospel 10
he iiealheB,
Then Why'd Ilis Rilght To The Royal
Cliy Of Brnarcs.
Invisible Suspension, m East Indian
Fakir', Trick,
Tb- KY TO Whites lie Claims TO Give
Away.


"A and psiut al ihe scsutrY. Z. cuihns l"t'e
wa llncscspe painting and interior Ht,hF
lecture .Msf.iu's exterior Architecture tIr-
vicus 60 ihis through his Ahh.ty 80 soeulu
ara he had achieved quite cohlptlehe'
aud we'd 90 M easy auu rleiA't nahu'I'
Ce,rs venture with 10 Victoria theatre
proving failure financially
BEcAHE BANKtuFr -.
and lnyO.vtd blih 5etmau ald MT ~ WIZ
him 10 his inlnrs. hetinan phlu atl wv.
deus aud ih.n found him'eil 10 "Un
ebnui d aoz small tnck boxes when NJ
mad heretofore Kept for hit uWr uIi iTend's
urlvaIs hmu-rmeut AID s3J hcS,i plt on
a tarr. cut owing I, hu lauoitY ul ms tx
cbtquer and want ni Fnpuilg now % advei-
he 'os instead OF making money. ms
was 'u ne yesr 1869. A'tgt lhls se'Nlau
cbtsintd enrtseupIts no H1nnpfg u re
uIr Gone hagen, y umark, ana Chfs-
flame, Norway. Als salary vrs spmclehi |
at tho end of the year % enable him 10 iu'
crease he
crock or coSJuRING MATERIAL.
Then he d. tnrusa to Norway, tbs tins on |
BIZ own rcc0uut aud la = couple OF years
succeded IN Fsvir < some 5000 with TINS
cspitAl he mare Is bold muve ana crossed
over from Phiilipsiad in N'rwhv, 90 Lon-
doc. There be LEASED the Egyptian mall 10
Pee .dilv and occupied n for over one ear
ard hal c1narCulveiy, Rivils nus enter |
rsi meets tn crowded houses nightly. Aver
that he niFde tour through th- provinces
ard visited ali toe l.adiu, cities and towns
M Scotlani end Ireland. Returning 10
London he transferred the so'ne o. MS TIL
unpbs to the Crystal palace ot syio1nAm'
aun nerl0rnid There tor fix months COZ
secutively. On iue s6tno JuppLe LOOK MS
f.rsweu benefit psricruing oriore "a sn'
dience Ut oyer 40. 600 people, include among
whom were no ir.s than thirty BIZ mem
bers of royalty; the shah o Persia, primes OF
Waies, duke Of Cambridge, Hnd prnsDnt
- D.. Ia 4. Inc 10 .
tine time Sesman gave his farewell per.
formace NJ the Crystal palace, he hsd hot
determined what he would 40 next hDd
while stul hesiieting he recelVed vl.it
from IN officer belonging t. R1tneu Cath-
Ole missionary society IN London, who p'o-
possd L. him that ne should 20 ont 20 the
Care of Good Hope on account OF their So
ciety aud
TEACH TIKI NATIVES
how 10 perform certain OF his tricbs IN or.
der that The missionaries might the better
be able TO contend sgaiDst he Fetisoh men
OF trs negro tribes The offer wac such d
move, one that he AZ irs' hesitated, bus the
terms bpirg liberal finally accepted nnd
emhargiuC az Southampton, within i've
wet ks vas aided az Cape Town. There he |
gave serisa OF performances which were
jnrgely ATTENDED by the naltves. aud at The |
conclusion of every performance be explain |
ed ioa plumber ~ the most inttlurent OF |
them how the tricks were performed and |
II ade them do them themselves until they |
became thoroughly proficient ne while ex
plat ing 10 them through M Interpreter
thrf the white mans Goo had nothing u
do with the performsnse of tho ticks and |
yet he tricks performed were
Much Mong DIFFICULT
than those their Fetisch men could do, al |
though they declared that they were able |
10 perform them when Inspired 10y the gods.
Leaving Cape Town ths mag clan took |
passage TO India, and on arrival there jour |
neyed to the cty OF Benares, the sacred |
city OF Hindostan for the purp1ae OF study
ing the jugglerv OF the Faklrs Herein To-
cd there for some time, in the course OF
which he was taught many East Ipcfan
feats OF jugglery Among the Fak'rs wac
one named CoDviDssny, with whom he be-
came on more intimate Terms than the
Others On the day previous to his depart
ure from BeuareB, while sitting on the YER
anda of the hotel. no was approached by
little E,st Indian girl who. however, spike
Eogli-n, who told him that CoBvnsany had |
sen. her to say he wanted 10 speak TO him
He followed her, and she led him TO some |
ancient -
RUINS OUTSIDE Tur CITY,
where he found ConvineaDy lying In 70.
cinirg attitude in mid-air his only visible
suppnrf being thin bamboo ceue on whico
his fipht elbow rested. Toe FAkir looked
in expectancy for the look Of burprise which
he evidently fully anticipated t. observe
epreat over mis- VISITORS face and, not Ree-
ing it, asked dissppolntedly ~ ne had over
seen hn thing done before SGcmRa not
only had, hui IN Il few wOrdl explained 60
the Fskir how IL was performed Surprised
Convinssny expressed mis- WONDER ut the
strangers knowledge aud fiter Is few mo.
ments n-sitHtiOn iOid -sm tIias IA anew y.
anothar meaus by which
ABSOLUTE sUsPRasIoN IA TnH ALB
could hs accomplished. Seeman asked him
20 divulge bow He refused his oath 20 b 8
rect making IL binding upon him not 10
give away their secrets. the penal y for do
ing so being he loss OF a limb, either An
arm or leg, which was slowly roasted. Be.
coming excl ed Conyinssny suddeoly rose
and lsit SeemHn who, having learned Incl. |
deD'slN that the little girl who romaincd
with him hsd been made TO hang suspend. |
ed In mid-iir, during his absence tried 10
get out OF her how II was accomplished AL |
that che could tell him was that 1t was done
by means OF magnetic iron. After while |
Convinssny returned, and finding that he I
would not diyulge the secret. Seeman babe |
him aiisu aud returned IN Benrres.
leaving India ie magician Travelled d. |
rect 10 Veuns, where he performed AZ the |
vieuns exhibition during the months Of
JBly and Aufust. 1873 From there he re-
turned TO his native land. In Sweden he |
continued giving exhibitions regularly but
devoted all his leisure 10 the solving OF the
PROBLEM or INyIsIDLE sUsPEEsIos
in mid-sir ia February, 1880, alter nearly l
eight years experimenting and atierspsnd.
ing over 81 COO IN making them, he one fins
morning found that The problem no lougei
remained n mystery, but was solved.
Determined Bt oDoe 10 turn his luck 20
advantage h secured an engagement in
Berlin, aud went there with the intsntion Of
giving an exhioitlon. On the night upon
which his fret performance was to have
been given the professor Wa suddenly taken
unwell and for the next two months was
coufined almost wholly 30 his room. But
while lying sick. be received number Of
rffets from the states. ore of which be &C
ceptea. and on tse 20tn of June 1880. gave
a private exhibition oil his marvel Us inven.
tion rs the Academy OF Music to the mem
bers OF the pfess and select party OF In
vited guests. His success was beyond
MS HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS, Ii
and the press unitediv Insisted that the inn
visib.e suspension Of Nile. 3eeman was on&
Of the mos. marvellous achievements Of the,
necromancer's art. How the suspension Is
effectrd has since troubled the brains Of
10 whom, therefore, the follow
ing explanation may prove nos uninteres'-
Ing:
and negative pole no matter whether IL be
Ieyee or small. According TO Professor Sec
man the whole secret IL Ia obisinining mag
peis n sufficient strength. TIE ones used
br him consist Of two boxes FLIED with De-
fvsen three and four hundred pouf de OF
iron each Tne ore is broken Ito
rusls jumps, csre being taken 10 have tie
poirts turned oil the one way.
Oae ofthe toxts thus filled IL Suspended ~ !
The -iivs" above the plsfform upon which {
Nile. S.eman stands; the other In placed
rifhfr npder the sfsee or underneath the
plstIorsn@ In order 70 get the
NECESSARY NsesE1Ic FoRcE. I