The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-02-22
WONDER WORKER
PROFESSOR JuKEs HAS mYs-
TITLED MILLIONS.
e.rnum'. Grsatsst Coadiuior Explains
the Trick, Of "Gidson's Hand" the
,oh..e Playing Automaton and the
Living HAITI sdJ."

public ~ not untnllieu lHt plNilfEeu
visitor may find sights more rare and
interesting than all the freaks ~ ma.
iure exhibited in the curio hall. Tho
first impression one receives on enter
ING the place Il that he has either
stepped directly into the veritHble
..oid curiosity shop" made famous By
tho pen Of Charles Dickens. or mod
ern reproduction of IL. Curiosity
shop IL certainly is and IL proprietor
i none the less interesting because he
h modern genius. He Ia Professor
W. l.. Jukes. and II he Ia never inn
moriallted by the noyolist's or biog.
raphor's pen. the world will never
have had the story Of remarkably
c,entiul career.
A Representative Of the Chicago
/ Herald found his way into "Jukes'
den" and was cordially received by
the professor For nearly quarter
Of century he was Mr. Barnum's in
/ timaic friend and confident adviser.
/ lie got up the first great Barnum road
/ show. with all It's wonderful meohani-
cal contri,anccs. including the famed
| "Gideun's band " automatic musi-
clans. the first steam calliope ever used
In a street parade. The wonderful
Melchor organ and thousand other
marvellous instruments.
at was In 1870 that Mr.. Barnum
offered me such an induccment to join
MI. stan that could not refuse, said
the professor "ln that year he got
up his first great travelling show cir
Gus. mcnagcric and museum combined
and / fitted Il out entirely with
mechanical novelties Some Of these
created u decided sensation. The
b1st success was probably the Mel.
choir organ. which invariably aroused
the supreme admiration Of the street
arabs n effect was equal 10 a band
Of thirty musicians, and Il took mo
many months TO perfect H. the most
difficult feat being TO produce tho
proper tone effect for each instrument.
This machine. with the drums, which
topk me six months 10 perfect, cost
$1,000. II paid, however. for Il was
the most successful form Of the orches-
irion idea ever introduced In show.
Applying the same idea Of convey
Ing graduated sounds. next contrived
10 rig mp two automatic talking fig
urcs. whose bodies were composed OF
hollow papicr mache tubes, which
operated the flexible mouths by air
pressure. and the effect was surpris-
Ing. The figures cost about 81 900.
and could sell u number to-day II !
had the time TO make them. Next
came the "Gldcon's Band" composed
Of movable papior machc figures. a
! costly affair. The mechanical appara-
r tus was much more delicate than the
b Melcholr organ; II was absolutely nee
, ossary 10 make Il fine and strong. AZ q
broken valve or piston would have re.
suited only In creating di,cord, which
. OF course. would have spoiled tho
. whole effect. There were two dis
e tinct forms Of apparatus In this work
one which moved the arms, checks
Dyes, heads and figures, and the other
which produced the music, Ihos,
+, two we're combined on a principle i'm
a proved by myself aud In all candor.
Il have yet TO see anything that was IL
r equal.
j. "My iavorite invention was m,
e automatic chess player, which created
b great iururc for years. You woul,
~ laugh II YOU knew how simply IN,
s trick was done The game Is WORKED
n by an unseen confederate. who
d although concealed at distance,
u able to watch his adversary and IN
! game with perfect ease. This con
d federatc makes the automaton NOV
,r his pieces by means oicompresscd air
r. which literally suck mp each piece u
So required, and. relieving the pressure
deposits Il In the proper place. or e,
moves Il from the table. The al
pressure can be regulated TO n nicely
w and through it, agency the automatic
IT, can carry pawn or bishop, or an
~ other piece all over the board, m
=" confederate must, Of course. bo q
- expert chess player aud be- able to d.
' feat the average player with cas-
20 else the machine would not amount
!, much. invented the 'tatima' M
~ sion, which represents woman wi
h' il apparently cut on al tho waist.
~ has been shown all over the wor
W and l. yeR common. ~ II can be 2
w. up very cheaply, and is simple q
rangement OF mirrors that give u
effect OF living half body merely
m, study OF lights aud shadows throw
-. upon human form.
np The professor tells a story in an
80 imical way and has an incxhaustal
OF fund. lilo tolls an amusing incido
he OF tour OF the South when he. Geor
nd Middleton and W. G.. Coup wero pa
al. ners In u big circus enterprise. In
ON Florida town thoy had trouble o,
m. their license, which local Just
,es held did not entitle them to any pri
AT leges except to give u show, lie
manded an extra license for every :
show. 'candy butcher peanut "
der. the concert and a dozen otI
Us, features, The demand was not &C
Is pllod with. A detail OF Coastal
/ was sworn In and everybody connec
asst with the show arrested, The just
adj was 80 intoxicated that he could ba
crs IN navigate. and Middleton, motto
md n suil. uMhV that mans drunk2'