The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-11

the professors hands by another chemical
agency used. They further imagine that the
flame enters the throat Of the supposed dead
man, and they apparently see his eyes and
head illuminated in his returning senses
with the mysterious fire. As fact, the
flame is no place near bis throat. and the
illumination is deception wrought upon the
visual organs by means of lenses neither
seen nor suspected. The tnfinitesimal phials
are further used under the professors nails
in his walks among the audience, while the
theater Is dsrkened, to scatter electric
sparks.
These phials are of my own design" he
said, land the cost of the manufacture OF
the dozen l own ,may be best estimated
when tell you that enough plate glass was
broken In their heat and blowing 10 make
dozen store plate windows. They are as
valuable to me as diamonds, and, like uncut
diamonds, you see keep them packed.
Suppose the audience discovered these
minute crystals, would the discovery de-
stroy the trickP' was asked.
"Undoubtedly 10 would, X l did not
possess the power of palmistry," answered
the professor an twinkle
could, unseen, slip them away IN a
hundred places and reproduce them
instantly"
EXQUISITE workmanship was certainly
shown In the manufacture of the little
small as to be invisible to the naked eye,
and the mode of the injection of the fluid is
by automatic pressure, in which another
| oontrivance like a needle morphine syringe
| is used.
TINY, BUT POWERFUL, ELECTRIC BATTERY
The professor nexs exhibited what appeared
| on examination TO be watch, but was
| only so in appearance, for its cases and
face concealed an electric battery Of con-
siderable power. AS the wonder offthe pap
! rot, according 10 DR.. johnson, lay not so
much in what the bird said as the fact
| that Ii could talk at all, so the significance
! of the battery was the fact that 1t could
work az all, being reduced to such small
dimensions. Yet on inspection 1t was a
! perfect piece OF mechanism, delicate in every
part, but strong and powerful in its opere-
tions, and must have cost vast OUTLAWS OF
time and money in its construction.
| What seemed to be two horse hairs OF
about forty yards in length we're next I'M
ravsled from q box. They were elastic
and when unwound could not be observed
| when laid upon the floor. The professor
explained their uses as follows:
II carry this battery in my pocket at the
end Of a chain. These threads are con-
| nected with the battery so as not 60 be eeeB
! Then they are attached to this drum (takinf
from a peg an ordinary snare drum, which
Is placed IN the hands OF one CT the audience
| and held aloft in gaze OF all. l produce al
pleasure taps and rolls upon the drum whll'
/ am at q sufficient distance to battle any
suspicion that am directly connected witt
the drum. / also use the battery and
threads when perform my Second Sight
with Mime. Hermann. The probability o
detection is almost impossible, but should |
suspicion be expressed, l am prepared to Sill
the threads and perform the trick by twt
other methods"
IL would be tedious to describe at length al
articles in the workshop, for they seemed
innumerable. Tables apparently Harmless
were double the size they seemed and con
tanned all sorts Of traps aud secret drawers