The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
SUBMITTED TO ALL KINDS OF PAM
JUST TO SHOW HOW MUCH HE COULD STAND
vlments Made by Professional Faker Who Used t
Out to De/ude the Public as a Hypnotic Subject

the breathing sound naturally. I'll bet
/ can go to one life insurance company
and they'll reject me after eXanlna-
ton, and I'll go across the street to
another and they'll accept me. I've
done that
Minnock wanted to try some stunts
with his heart now, and attempted TO
make it beat fast and slow. The pre-
vious experiments, however, had given
the heart such a good, strong beat that
it was with some difficulty he ran 1t
down from 112 to 90, and then we de-
cided to time his heart again later IN
the evening.
But can give you the tobacco heart
now, DOCTOR he said, and Dr. Edison
put his ear UP close to the young mans
shirt and burst out laughing when he
withdrew it.
That's the tobacco heart" he said.
1T skips beat Observation-Disclosures
its rhythm. as it We're.
We didn't ask Minnock how he did
1t, but the prince Of horses volun-
teered the information that he held his
breath to make his heart drop an oc-
casional beat. DR.. Edison nodded. He
knew it.
Who'll hold this cigarette on my
skim" asked the horse as he lighted
one of the paper things and puffed the
end into a hot ball. He rolled up his
shirt sleeve and said, apologetically,
that while he didn't mind the burning
he'd rather have it on the arm than
on the hand or face, where the mark
could show Minnock turned his head
and talked to me while Dr. Ransom
pressed the burning cigarette on his
flesh until the fire was smothered. The
horse said he didn't mind it, as he rolled
down his shirt sleeve.
Then he described the stage fall as
he had done II fhp road with the
professional hypnotist before an audi
ence. He said he managed to fall so as
to hit his nose in just the right spot to
set it bleeding freely. but he would cut
the fall out in Difference to the fact that
he was in a private house. and the
operation was a pretty noisy one when
done properly. In place of that he
doubled up his fist and began punching
himself in the nose This was really
quite amusing to those of us who were
looking on, but Minnock after one par
ticularly hard blow was forced to ex-
claim:
Ouch, that one hurtu He started
the blood at last so that it showed
crimson in the receptacle which had
been provided for such an emergency,
and then he remarked, Now, I'll stop
it, and it won't bleed again, either"
Sure enough it stopped.
Minnock said this trick always took
wen wien ne WAS uUueT
alleged ypnotic influence, because, in
the first place the fall and the result
ing flow of blood were startling, and
then the wonder of the onlookers was
largely increased oy his apparent abil-
ity to obey the hypnotic professors de-
mand to stop bleeding"
When a call for volunteers was made
nobody jumped at the opportunity to
hold lighted match While Minnock
held his little finger to the flame. Dr.
Edison finally had to be the torturer,
and the prince of horses suffered his
finger TO be burned and blackened and
scorched and blistered while he made
remarks about party of medical men
in Bridgeport, Conn, who nearly
burned his thumb off once with wax
tapers.
'Of course I was supposed to be in
hypnosis" he said. ''and 1 had to laugh
because the professor said they were
tickling me- [ tell you it is a hard
business on the poor horse"
The scent package of snuff which I
had bought in Park row was opened
and emntied ont into a bowl Dr. Edison