The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-10
With the Long Bolu
Sugar Egyptians Of the Times Of the Pharaohs Turned
Large Quantities from Los Angeles Laboratory
Confession of Professor Who Fabrcates Relics
I, and Freaks


Confession Of Professor Who Fabricates Relics
and Freaks.
HDROFEssOR'' ]. E. FISHER Of 525 South Spring
street, Los Angeles has laboratory where he manu-
features freaks for and travelling
shows Fisher declares that the mumes in
the Smithsonian institution Frauds Of them made
by him personally. The pug dog child, born in Cleveland
Ohio S'the elephant-chd, and the alligaor-boy and
the s.famy of mummifed Aztecs," exhibited all
having been unearthed in the ancient ruins Of
Anahuac have existed, declares the professor He
admits having created sold them the who
still reaping harvests from their exhibitions The mer
maid the giant Newfoundland octopus exhibited at the
worlds fairthese other Of his freak productions
making munmes Professor Fisher secures his teeth
dentists with whom he has pull and his bones
the medical colleges Long he learned that
people inclined probe deeply into all mumifed
strosites he improved his art until detection mpos
abattoirs he such entras and
organs be preserved by his of embam
ing then shapes them they will conform to human
gans. But this is not ALL Professor Fisher says:
old fint-lock guns swords, Indian, Per-
sian Chinese Japanese, Egyptian and odword relics, pot
ty, urns spears BEADS bracelets and sanscrt and
Hebrew parhments of genuine papyrus Many learned
Of languages has wasted hours trying to decpher
fake parchments which have manufactured Many savant
has gone gayheaded endeavong to trace the history Of
some unreliable parchment which placed in the fake coffin
tWhie in the Smithsonian institution Washington"
said Professor Fisher recently ~ countless mummifed
objects and cuo freaks and relics which recognized
there and enjoyed many good laugh upon reading
of the parchment History attached to the mummes
!, had made. s..s ..-<-
ri am tired Of seeing people humbugged and
tell these things"
IF any resting calm and satisfied In the great peace
that from feeling that he has picked Egyptian in
his collection it might be we'll for him look into the
little further and if the initials E. F. not
il carved the mummy somewhere. ..r...
This work Of making freaks may be prison oense
but ought to result warts the conscience of the maker
II and it doubtless does.
genius who lives in the suburbs Of Cincinnati and has
hung from streetcar strap for has invented fold
Ing portable swing for crowded It attached
to strap and the sits comfortably it, vibrating
slightly to the motion Of the and makes trip
home When the rounds curve the swinger sometimes
bumps the seathoder but severely than does the
II strapholder -
- The St. James Plandealer says:
Auctioneer Shanks will sell this afternoon Union
Hotel barn. miscellaneous collection Of personal property,
consisting Of useful household articles such cows horses
L farming tools, chickens, etc. ~..-
There is useful *'househod arce'' than COW,
tho should keep her in the basement if it dry
Editor Harvey johnson Of the Battle Lake Review, in
FL putting in his garden utters this threat:
Eff the string beans by Nelson this spring
should fail to string properly Knute may we'll stop
ming for office right We don't intend to be gold
fj bricked by the government .E..--
1t is likely that each bean will have two twisted strings
that you can't bite in two. "-.. ...-
Baooning sport is growing in favor in the east and
is getting people accustomed to the air. pending the coming
of the right acceptance Dr. Julian Thomas Of New York.
who has just made with Count de la Vaux and
i Charles Levee the aeronau said: ..- -.'"
s'The predominant emotion is Of intense We
shot rapidly enough and, for about five seconds
perienced the sort Of feeling does in going
elevator of skyscraper For about minute
afterward felt throbbing my then every
rs thing placid and calm sleep itself
sAnother very peculiar sensation that you always
70 be going toward that point Of the compass
you looking. It's weird If you look you feel
that you drifting toward it, if you your back
toward Jersey you just firmly convinced you
are being blown inland.
4 Then started down. At least, they told me was
coming down. but couldn't feel it for long time We
had been $500 feet according to the instruments
down without much of jar you get in office
fsl elevator -
People who have looked the edge Of skyscraper will
have difficulty in understanding where that s'feeng
~ of intense peace in when you consider that the
twelve stories under have been cut that
held up in the air by little bag of gas The good
asphalt looks pretty solid and comfortable mile
up the air. held up by nothing but and silk
handkerchief We wait for the reliable little aeropane with
4 engine humping away somewhere underneath
I.s A j. r.
THE DARK FOR HIS
ga 81, DOCTOR said the student, cit have beer
taken from the poor fellows eyes, he saw agar
II for the first time in sixteen years.
1T was, replied the DOCTOR THE groaned wept
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