Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-30
PVELS IN MESMERISN.
.rorRs PERFORMED BY A TREN
tom JOURNALIST

..Hxing street s!amins at Twelve
-rc. sending hem up in "a HaI-
Igon aui out io Sea.
,bl play OF The Bells, which
y, irving appeared in with great sue
H.. season. the climactic point is
.o9 when the Burgomaster, Matthias,
.i.ion is made 10 reveal his guilt I'M
,na.moric influences The episode,
Electrically effective, seemed high
,,orobable to the writer, and this
~, he entertained until few days
ohcn "a most extraordinary and con
.ou illustration of mesmeric power
I. beneath his observation, and which
sbi.nrd the possibility Of the dramat-
Incident in question. The mesmerist
journalist connected with the
rgn -. J.J True Americar, and who
been writer for the press during the
twenty years In person he Is not
a,raII, noticeable except about the
ahirharc dccp-set and Of singularly
,u,Ing expression. The Sur re-
rr- hrmg heard Of this gcntleman's
aeHs. ailt. visited Trenton, and, af-
Shot, search. found him in the cor
rol the >tltc house Through the
office of 70 friend he was induced to
ar c.abt.en IN oac Of the private
n. of the building. As the gentleman
from publicity in connection with
matter, and as his accomplishment is
au % but few people, his condi-
Al request that his name should be
held /, acccdcd to.
lm not always successful" said he
gyofintroduction. probably eight
Of every ten persons with whom |
pNpcrimcntod Yielded to the in
rre. However, | do not believe there
be- any difficulty in securing sub
Accompanied by the writer, the
sna'i-t then went to the entrance of
house and looked about. Across the
two Jagged newsboys were pitching
ain. Neither of them looked 10 be
eleven years Of age II think
u answer hc muttcred. Then
gg the index finger Of his right hand
fastening his eyes intently upon the
a.. hc attracted their attention by
nga Kissing noise. The lads started
glzcd at the journalist wraptly.
eyes became fixed steadfastly upon
ace. and they seemed ut once to
succumbed to his power. Still
Ing his finger in reckoning posi-
tbc gentleman took a step back
As he did so the newsboys
4
red with the same result. Walking
win this manner mesmerist and
mcri1cd traycrsed the corridor, and
bed the private apartment previously
lrd %. Here the party was joined
uo Trenton physicians, who said
bad on several occasions witnessed
newspaper mans remarkable cXhi-
pms The newsboys continued to
as if entranced upon the latter,
never removed his peculiar gaze
them
Now, boys said the mesmerist,
goUp in o balloon and take a look
Du,Uu. Here we are-thc anchors
and of We start. The boys cOun-
1ges Wore a somewhat scared express
They chung to. two chalr5 and
Y qoHn at the floor rs if they were
lm- the rcceding earth from an
mis car. Then they became eX-
aut began shouting 10 each other
Nations on the imaginary sights
In. JacGscy." yelled one, " dere's
yepo. See dem folks walkin' in Gle
-dcy amt no bigger'n marbles. "
d Tine the boys became timid at the
enaoas height they were reaching,
ioey crouched upon the chairs and
helr heads in their hands as If to
out the sight. i" Now, boys, said
nesmerist, wen go down. My!
last We arc descending. The
ias grew pale with fright, and they
y down at the carpet rs though they
g'ea to be dashed to pieces. "Get
% Jump, put in their torturer,
uVtr Is below and you'll have TO
'og T. Both boys stood up, trem-
nae leaves. They swung their
70 ana fro and then lit out. After
IS on the floor they struck out for
"e presumably swimming for the
winch they finally reached, sput-
and GREATNESS. Then the mes
put his subjects on
al sea. Their bodies
- as though by the motion of the
ana when the gentleman suggested
OF The Youngsters that he was
seaSlck, his face turned TO a
Vallery complexion. aud he was
NJ with retohing of the most vio-
S.a'aeier. \ number of EQUALLY
experiments were Successfnllv
Vls OF The boys was told that he
+ acute toothache. lie clutched
s @ his face. rocked back and
= % agony and moaned piteouslv.
.4A''si pretended TO extrac; the
ulo.ar. and the patient smiled
"'e3i relief. Then the hovs ,,ar,