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PROFESSOR HERRMANN EXPLAINS HOW SPIR
IT tJAluiUO SEANCES ARE CONDCCrSD.
Th* Miad Rsadin? Trick-What i* Wanted is
Mors IflTWUgitioa sad Less Scotfiag by the
Pabha.
Although perfectly well aware that
any s bject touching on the relation
between any form of religion and any
form of amusement is a dangerous oue,
the temptation to take a header into
stage spiritualistic manifestations is too
great to be resisted just at the present
time, when there are any number of
alleged spiritual mediums ana exposers
of spiritual mediums* practices now be
fore tbe public. While we are beiog
treated to lectures on Hindoo mirac es
and with accounts of tbe Improbable,
if not the impossible, being seen and
experienced almost dally, it might not
be amis* to discuss the mauner in wmcn
a great many of the most marvellous so
called spiritual manifestations are pro
duced.
It is a most difficult matter for me to
•ay what must necessarily be satisfying
in order to cover the subject uuder
treatment, without being accused of
scoffiug at tbe religious belief of soma
community or sect. Believe iue, it is
far from my intention to bold up to
ridicule auy form of religious worship
or belief. 1 nave been accused of beiug
a spiritualist, and of accomplishing
many illusions through the aid oi spirit'1,
while the spiritualists, on the otb>r
hand, have accused me of so closely i
Imitating the work of their mediums
as to seemingly accomplish ty trickery
what they claim to do by spiritual aid.
I hold that any form of religious belief
or worship indulged in by sincere human j
beings is one worthy of respect. If one
cannot hod it in his heart to respect
their creed, their sincerity thou.d cer
tainly command it. That tnere are many
invisible forces, impoSsib e for the aver
••WffAT METiL?’’
are human being of to-day to under
stand, is apparent to every thinking in
dividual, and it 19 quite as probable that
a means of communication between the
material and spiritual worlds will be
esuo ished so p ain and direct as not to
admit of a dispute or quest'.>n. The
Otkcovery of ?te*m and electricity, the
marvels wroufrnt by tMtson, the wlzird,
and the woi^erful discoveries made by
medical sciolist* in toe last few years
are enough to convince even the most i
• Ifeplic&T^tbat w«» know very litte of
what Is ita this world of ours and the
atmosoherV that -urrounus it. Now,
without sawing that spiritual msrifnsia- i
tlons are ameauM J oy main.ids describ
ed in the f \ow. Mire
to show bowl many of the most mysteri
ous mamfewations secured by bogus
mediums maw be done w.tn a combina
tion of tricJery and mechanical appii
ances.
One of thh favorite experiments of
the traveling show spiritual medium la
tbe reading of sea ed letters and the
writing dowt| of answers to them be
fore breaking tbe seal or apparently
disturbing it in any w*y. The per
former’s assistant goes through tbe au
dience with 4 pad of blank paper, a
very bard pAuted peocil and a package
of strong, ttaek envelopes. Tne pad
will be hand^l to some out) in the audi
ence to write a question. The auditor
is Instructed to write plainly la order
that the writing may be easily read,
and wnen tbe question is finished to
tear off the psqer on which it is writ
ten, fold it up and place It in the en
velope securely! This performance is
repeated a nuinJber of times until the
profe*sor ha* |at least a half dozen
envelopes, exAh oae of which
contains a oLestion written on a
piece of taper. These let
ters are pre«-<|i to the forehead, and
after the usual k-aoce business or with
out it. as the pelformer may rhoose.tbe
question Is slow* read out to the audi
ence and answered according to the
whltr. of the OMrator. The man wb >
wrote tbe questEn is then called fur,
he rises, receive*fcls envelope, inspect
It carefully to sef that it has Qot been
tampered with, open* it and displays th*
question, which, of course, is the one j
just r“*d and answered by the perforin- ;
er. Now, this slems truly wonderful,
but when it is knlwn that the pads are ;
carefully preqarel with a sheet of c*r
bon paper conce Ad inside, some thrae
or four sheets belw the one on which
|h« question l» fmtten. aad that the i
writing plainly with the hard p-n<*il |
leaving an lodist'tct ime, so that ail the
operator has to dc when the pads are
returned to him a to tear cff the first
three or four lea’ee aud read each one
of the questions plainly written by the
carbon underneath, the mystery disap
pears. The same pad is never used
twice, and,the attention of the audience
being riveted on ua envelopes, wuleh
are p'aoed in a b »or basket, the in
spection of the pa* is not detected or
even thought of.
Another favorite trhk is to collect a
number of watches on v tray, the per
former declaring that tie clairvoyant!
whom he is assisting will read the num
bers of th*»*e watches corrw»Uy without
opening the case or hand u* the time
piece. Ail that is necessary f c the suc
cessful performance of this trok is the
knowledge of the number of Oi< watch
on the tray. This watch Is supped by
a confederate in tbe audience, auc. wheu
the first watch is picked up the nu^er
on the inside of the case of the coti^j.
erate’s watch is read off, tbe audie,c*
Is requested to pencil the numbips
down, and when the watches, are k».
turned to the owners they are found' „q
be correct n every case, as the posses-'
slon of the first number enables tbe
performer to apparently read it oat of
aaother watch, and when this watch is
opened be gets another number, and
so proceeds until the collection is ex
hausted. This unexplained is one of
the most wonderful tricks in second
sight.
Another form of g nd sight business
ts by two perform usually a male
and a female, who pear upon the
stage. The f^tnal j
mesmerised,
folded aud a
head; then the assistant will pass rapid
ly through the aodiecce and touch arti
cles here and there, while the blindfold
ed performer calls off the names of them
as rapidlv as they can be touched. All
this is done without asking a single
question, a* it has been previously ar
ranged that when passing throueu the
audience he is to touch a number of
articles, a list of which is carefully com
mitted to memory, it always baiug so
managed i .at articles to be found In
every audience are selected, lie will
touch first a lady’s bonnet, man’s watch
chain, walking cane, a hat, an umbrel
la, the top of an opera chair, and so on
until a dozen or more articles have been
enumerated, when he will begin to ask
questions. He will stop, take a watch.
odbo it and say, “What have I here?’’
The answer from the blindfolded per
former will be, “A watch." Again,
question, “Color?" answer, “Gold." If
the watch hud been a sliver onn the
question would have been, “Metal?"
instead of “Color?” which would have
conveyed the information to the blind
folded persou that It was a silver watch.
Occasionally the question Is, “What
metal?” and the answer, “Brass," inva
riably is the means of raising a hearty
laugh at the eqpense of the owner of
the timepiece.
It is impossible to understand, with
out making a careful study of the mat
ter, to what extent a series of questions
mav be carried. The mod wonderful
descriptions of coios, dates on bank
notes, numbers in watches, the time
of day, full description of articles of
weuriog apparel may be given without
auy one who is not in the secret j
beirg la the sl'ghtfst degree aware of
the fact that the performer’s answers
are in every ca<» directed by the mao
parsing through the audience.
One of the oldest of the second-sight >
tricks or performances was the arrange
ment of tubing passing from the floor
up through the clothing of the perfor
mer in such a maoner that if the hood
was placed ov- r the head she could
take the nod of the tube from the por
tion of her dre«s where It was conceal
ed and place It to her ear. VVb«*n seat
ed in the chair her heel, to which the
other end of the tube was fastened,
rested over an aperture through the
stage, where tho speaking tube connec
tion was made, so that an unseen con
federate could follow the movements of
the man in the audience and whisper
the answer to the blindfolded perform
er as rapid y as it was possible for the
articles to be selected and held up to
the view of the audience.
The latest form of dark seance manl
festions given for the purpose of obtain
ing money is toe spiritual typewriter.
Now, while I do not hold that It Is Dot
possible for a typewriter tc be operated
by spirit hands, I propose to show how
on® may be operated by electricity,
io the first place &u arrangement of
electrical wires with powerful batteries
could be made to connect with a table
containing a typewriter, that would en
able an uuseen operator to write letters
from tho spirit world as often as he
chose by simply manipulating a dupli
cate keyboard or alphabet board acting
like a telegraphic instrument. Each
letter on the duolicate board could be
placed as far from the machine which is
In view of the audience as might he
deemed advisable. The typewriter itself
could be so arranged that the llftiog of
It up from the table would disconnect
the electric circuit. It might be passed
around for the Inspection of the audi
ence and then placed back on the table,
the one handling it taking care to re
place It in such a way as to make the
electric connection by setting it down
exactly in the right spot. Now Itcould
be caused to write by bating the un
seen operator write a message on his
concealed kerboard, which would be
written on the typewriter, as every let
ter of that Instrument would respood to
tne touch connecting it with its dupli
cate in concealment. In this manner
pianos and organs have been suecess
fully played and have uiaue very great
successes.
The alluring announcement that a
piano would be placed in the centre of
the stage and a committee chosen from
the audience &ud allowed to sit around
TUE MAW WAS A TAT.T. AND WIRT WWW
CS«.l VS 1>KK.
If, when, coder certain favora
ble condition*, the Instrument would
be pla* d by unseen bands, la usually
snthciently startling to attract an audi
euce. The uo?*«n h&uds are thoso of a
musician who, in an adjoining room,
play* the dc*ired air on a nuls*»le*s key
board, the touch of each key waking
an electric connection and producing
tne desired note on the piano. Mechan
ical or automatic *elf-pUving piauo«
have destrov.-d the attractiveness of
this o!d but favorite trick and it has
fa lea tnto disuse on account of »he
wouderful progress made in electrical
dt$cov?r:«s. It i» bat a few years *ince
the suspending of a drum to a cord io
the csotre of the stage in a theatre and
causing the drum to rap out spirit *m
sages was considered the most remark
able. Tne goblin drum or the spirit
drum was once a strong line on the
traveling magician’s programme, but
the use of th‘s instrument now would
rot cause anything but laughter, for
tbe same reason that the spirit piano
no longer mystifies, as ths goblin drum
wa* manipulated la ex&ctlr tbe same
manner a* the piano, only on a simpier
jriving entertainments called mind
"le there i> no dmjot that tnereare
i possessed of certain affinities
• nmoles them to accomplish, with
f'ickery or any aid other than the
hey have of being so thoroughly
Empathy as to enaole them to see or
^exactly tne same sights or impulses
same limdt 1 once met two cou
ia e and female; the man was •
tall^wiry New Englander. In splen'i.d
heath, the possessor of a reraarit»b*e
a-flmni of animal magnetism—more
th§| in any other person I ever came In
ict w : —wh le b:$ cousin was a
nineteen, whose very existence
to hang oa her eousin’a
>n. Shethongblashethougnt,
aw as he saw. and they were able t°
perform some of the most marvellous
things possible to imagine. In one of
their exhibitions they thoroughly con
vinced a number of people, including
myself, that it was possible to blludfoid
the girl without depriving her of the
power of seeing whatever her cousin
saw. Be might be taken to a remote
corner of tne room, and a question
whimpered In his ear, which his cousin
would answer without his maktng a
sign or gesture. He was a fairly good
mnsicUu, and could compel his cousin
to sing songs banded him, although she
had never he.' ra the music, and was un
aole to read musio herself.
If the public were more inclined to
investigate and less inclined to scout
the possibility of wnat they do not un
derstand, there would undoubtedly be
more wonderful manifestations given
than ever have been seen, but as long as
audiences can be attracted bv so-called
spiritual manifestations, just tu long
will those spiritual manifestations be
produced by trickery, wuph there is no
doubt that the same result might be
reached under the proper conditions by
the proper people without m cbanlcal
appliances or fraud. It is a glorious
American privilege, more frequently in
dulged in than any other privilege, to
disbelieve what is not understood and
for that reason investigation is not car
ried to the same extent in this country
that it Is in almost every part of Eu
rope. The credulous od*»s are too apt to
believe in what they see without at
tempting to investigate, while the in
credulous ones are apt to bplievo ir.
nothiug they do not understand, or are
too iudulsnt to Investigate.
A. Hekbmamv.
BIRD’S NSST SOUP TEAT COST FITS DOLLARS
A PLAYFUL,
And Shark’s Fins that Were Worth Their Weight
ig Silver—Chops‘tck.3 Made of Ivory aad
Tipped With Silver—Oriental Magnificence
ani Munificence that Surround the Chinese
Premier—Great Dinner Given 10 Gea. John W.
Foster at Tiea-Tsic—The Ladies Invited—A
Greut Chinese Innovation.
L! Hang Chang has been stripped of
his yellow jacket, says a correspondent
of the New York Press. He Las lost
his three-eyad peacock feather, aud the
report has been disseminated that he
has been degraded from ms higu posi
tion. Few peopie in America reaUze
how high his position was and the won
derful pomp with which he has been
entertaining his friends at his vice regal
capital, Tien Tsln. The crude ideas
we have concerning the Chinese make
us think of them as ignorant, poverty
stricken and barbarous. Few people
realize the luxuries with which some of
them are surrounded.
1 cauuot better show the real state of
the richer classes in China than in de
scribing a banquet which 1 attended re
cently in one of Li Hung Chang's
palaces. The dining room was as iarge
as that of the White House, aud it was
gorgeously decorated with golden
scrolls, Cnihese pictures aud bunting.
The meuu comprised many courses aud
hundreds of dishes were served durlug
the feast. The bird’s nest soup
for each guest cost, I venture, $5
a plate, with shark fins that were
worth their weight in silver. The Chi
nese uoble* who sat with us were dressed
in silks and sstins as costly ts those
wore at our presidential receptions, and
we ate with ivory chopsticks tipped with
silver.
The dinner was given in honor of
Genera! John W. Foster, our ex-secre
tary of state, who was th«u on his way
round the globe, and who was treated
by the Chinese with the same honors
which they accorded to Secretary Sew
ard and to General Graut. The most
striking of these favoia appeared In this
banquet.
A GREAT INNOVATION.
Chinese custom keeps women in the
background. You seldom meet the
wives of the nobility, and at big din
ners Chinese ladies are never invited
aud foreigners are not expected tobriug
their wives. As soou a» secretary Fos
t-r arrived In Tien Tsin, Li Hung Chang
caled upon him. Ho was introduced
during his visit to Mrs. Foster and to
her aieces, the Misses Orr, who were
with secretary Foster. The great vice
roy was charmed with the ladies and
wuen he spoke of the bauqiiet he said
he would make a great innovation in
Chinese custom, and would ask them to
honor hiiu with their presence. Of
course they accepted and the viceroy
took Mrs. Foster to the table ou his
arm.
The dinner was given Rt the admiral
ty palace, on the edge of Tien T*in. and
this was decorated with thousands of
Chinese lanterns and the gardens about
it were ablaze with tight. A.I of the
streets leading to it *booe with red
paper lanterns, and upon the sidewalk*
were companies of Li Hung Chang’s
famous soldiers, who, with modern rifles,
guarded the incoming guests. During
the feast, whicn lasted for hours, some
of the finest of tbeChioese bands played
American airs outside the palace, and
the strains of “Yankee Doouie,” “Hall
Columbia" and “The Star Spangled
Banner” floated in through the win
dow*. Toasts were made aud responded
to by celebr. ted Chinamen. Secretary
Foster talked, through au Interpreter,
of tae good relations which ought to
obtain between China and America and
Ll llung Chang responded in the same
way in a speech full of compliments to
the United States.
The dinner was so different from any
thing that we have in America that I
despair of giving you an accurate pic
ture. The Invitations wore on cards
larger than one of the pagesof our mag
azines. Those cards were of crimson,
the invitations being engraved upon
them In letters of gold. The Chines*
dragon and what 1 suppose is Li Hung
Chang's coat of arms were at their head,
and under this the words statin* that
the viceroy of China, grand secretary
of state and president of the im
perial admiralty requests the honor
of my company at dinner in tne
naval secretairate oq Tuesday at 6
p. m. These golden words were bor
dored with an engraved golden border,
and accompanying them was the card
of LI Hun* Chang. wn«ch was as bi* as
a sheet of note paper and as rea as the
pressed bricks wmch make up the city
of Washington.
GOING IX GREAT STYLE.
Id Roinf to the dinner I bad to have
k^nv own Chinese card carried oefore me
■ I rode
d the
were
CASiOD
y. just
court
■d was
hlnese
oliow,
®* “
the old confidential iecretary of the |
viceroy, took toe lu hand and led me
into bis excellency’s presence. I was
in evening dress, but I felt very shabby
iu comparison with the gorgeously clad
men about me. Latsue, for instance,
was clad in a silk gown of light blue,
lined with the finest of ermine. He
had on boots of black silk and his skirt
was ol the richest yellow satin. A cost
ly sable bat covered his bead; valuable
rlogs sparkled upon his long, thin flu*
gers.
He Is now 68 year* of axe, but he
speaks Ecgiish a* well as any Ameri
can, and after presenting me to the
Viceroy he took me with him into the
banqueting table and gave me descrip
tions ©f everything concerning the
feast. The other nobles iu the rooms
through which we passed were dressed
even more gorgeously.
HOW LI Ul'NO CHAK8 LOOKED.
The Viceroy had on his court clothes.
On Li Hung Cnaag’s head was a fur
cap, the brim of which was rolled up,
and the famous three-eved peacock
feather, which he has since lost, stood
out about a foot behind it. The losing
of this must be, by the way, a great
disappointment to Li. He !s the only
one outside of the royal family who has
been permitted to wear it, for It is the
very highest of Chinese decorations.
At the banquet he wore a gor
geons yellow gowu, llgh pink pan
taioons and hoavy black-satia boots
with white soles at least two inches
thick. His giant form towered above
those of the French, English, German
und other diplomats who surrounded
him. and as he reached down and took
my hand he made me think of a giant.
In going ont to the dinner he led the
way, Secretary Foster and the new
French tuiulster following, aud in tak
ing his place at the table, which
reached through toe center of a room
almost as long as the East room of the
White House, he sat in the middle, with
Mrs. Foster at hi' right aud with the
new French minister at his left, .lust
across the tabie sat Secretary Foster. A
little furtUer down were the Misses
Orr, each of the voung ladies being
sandwiched between Chinese nobles, aud
Miss Emily Orr aituelbftof Lord Li,
the viceroy’s son, upon whom she evi
dently made a great impression.
DItKSSES OF THE LADIES.
Just here let me give & word about
the ladies' dresses. They wore nearly
as gorgeous as those of their Chinese
neighbors. Mrs Foster shone respltud
ent in a royal purple moire velvet coat,
white satin vest and red gown; this was
decorated with Louis Quininze buttons,
and her diamonds were very tine. Miss
Orr was dressed in an embroidered
ceriie crepe de | chine, with
chaatilly overdress and ruby and
diamond ornaments. Miss Martha
Orr wore a white silk embroidered
with piuk roses, a bodice of pink chif
fon, and she carried a bouquet of pur
ple and green artificial flowers, which
was given her by a sou of the viceroy.
Outside of these ladies, the only two of
their sex who were at the dinner, wero
Mrs. Sheridan P. Read, the wife of the
American consol at Tieu Tsln, who
wore & heavily cordeu black silk, with
white antique lace and diamonds, and
Mrs, C. D. Tenney, the wife of Prof.
Tenney, the head of the famous school
at Tien Tsio, where the young Chinese
nobles go to learn English.
TOOK OFF THF.IR COATS.
The Chinese took oil their coats as
they sat down to the tab!*. Nearly
every one of them had >i servant in gor
geous livery with him, and be took
charge oi his master’s clothes and saw
loat he was especially well waited oq
during the feast. From tune to time
these servants woold hand their mas
ters white cloths wrung out of boiling
water, and the nobles would wipe
their lips with these and rub them
about over their faces In order to
refresh themselves for the courses.
Li Hung Chang had two or three
servants about him all the time. Tney
assisted him in eating and in keeping
his dress straight. Both the viceroy
and all his Chioese guests had their
pipes and cigarettes Ml oy their ser
vants for them, and inasmuch as the
food was served in little bits not larger
than an ivory dice, in order to t easily
grasped by the Ivory chopsticks, they
had little else to do but swallow.
There were about fifty guests at the
table, and both Chinese and foreign
dishes were served. By my plaie were
knives and forks, as well as chopsticks,
and quite a number of dishes on the bill
of fare were foreign. The dinner con
sisted of twenty-one courses. The menu
was engraved in letters of gold on a
red card a foot long and about 9ix
inches wide. It was printed in both
Chinese aud English and was as fol
lows:
Pigeon's Egg Soup.
Fried Fish, Champignon Sauce.
Bird’* Nest Soup.
Meat Pie.
Red Shark Fins.
Wild Duck.
Bamboo Shoots.
Fiilet and Vegetable*.
Stewed Leg of Mutton.
Fungus m Clear Sauoe.
Pate de Foie Gras.
Co^ean Shrimp Dumplings.
Truilled Turkey, Ham, Salad.
Roast Duck.
Asparagus, Butter Sauce.
i ruit Custard.
Chinese Cakes.
Fruit Jeliy.
Couse?, etc.
Fruit.
Coffee.
The foreign dishes were served in
American plates and the Chinese in ex
quisite little bowels of the finest porce
lain. each holding about a pint of stow
or soup. At each plats there were six
of the finest cut glasses for wine and
two .-liver goblets for Chinese liquors.
One of these was as big as an egg cup,
wnile the otberdld not hold more than a
thimble. The first coetained s&msou or
rice wme. This tasted like sherry and it
was served hot. The other coatained a
liquor made of sorghum. It was as hot
as boiling oil, the color of amber and
was more stimulating than Chartreuse
The wines were tt*e regular ones which
you find at any foreign dinner, ranging
from sherry to champagne, I at* most
of the Chinese dishes and found them
not at ail bad. The pigeon’s egr soup
bad little yolks of pigeon eggs floating
about in it. The bird’s nest soup was
served In bow s about the size of a large
coffee cup, and needed salt to make it
palatable.
THE GREAT CHINESE DEI.ICACT.
Tbia is one of the greatest of Chinese
delicacies, and the material from which
it is made is perhaps the costliest eata
ble found in tb# markets of the world.
It »eli* as high as 330a pound and China
•spends hundreds of thousanns of dol
lars a year for it. It is made from the
nests of a swallow which is found in
caves and damp places of certain Isl
ands of the Indiao ocean. The ceata
arc of the same senpe as 'hose of the
i
stone. They make a sort of white
je ly when they are mixed together.
On the top of these shreds of boiled
bam are placed aid pigeon eggs below.
The soup is agaie boiled and wheo
served it looks more like angels' food
than swallows’ spittle. It is said to be
very invigorating add will give a man
of 60 the vigor of 25.
The shark tins are said to have the
same streBgtb-giving properties. They
are made of the splinters of the fin of a
shark, and are cooked into a soup and
are served with a bit of ham. Bamboo
shoots are the roots of the bamboo.
They taste like cooked nuts and make
you think of white carrots. The Chi
nese are very fond of all kindsof fungus;
that which was served at this meal was
a sort of jelly-like mushroom.
All of the Chinese dishes were served
in such shape that they could easily be
taken up with chopsticks. In place of
salt each man had a little bowl of Japa
nese soy Into which he dipped his food
before eatiDg it. The Chinese consider
it barbarous to bring food on the table
as we do. They think that everything
should be cooked in small pieces, and
they stew end boil almost everything.
Such meats and vegetables as are fried
are first cut up into the shape of hash;
the only pigs which are cooked whole
are those which are intended fur sacri
fices. Even the priests cnt these into
hash and recoek them before eating.
FEW RATS AND BICE EATEN.
An idea seems to prlvall among for
eigners that the Chinese live on rice and
rats. There is no greater mistake io
the whole dictionary of errors current
concerning the Chinese. In the north
ern part of China the common peo
ple are too poor to afford rice, so they
live upoa millet, wheat and corn. A
good deal of bread is consumed, bnt it
' is boiled instead of baked, and as to the
better classes, they have as many dain
ties and as good food as we have. The
lish of Ctiina are among the finest in the
world. They have shad which is fully
equal to that of the 1’otomac.but which
has not half so many bones. You can
buy quail and snipe sod venison in the
market here. Indeed. I have never
seen finer mutton than that furnished
by the fat tailed sheen on North China.
There is no country in the world where
so many fowls are eaten.
Speaking of carious food, the Chinese
are fond of eggs about 1U0 years old,
and old eggs here ara worth about as
much as old wine is in America They
borv eggs, so that it takes about thirty
days to render a pickled egg lit to eat.
Some of the old eggs have become
as black as ink. One of tne favorite
dishes for tho sick is made up of eggs
which are preserved In jars of red clay
and salt water. The Chinese seldom
eat soft-boiled eggs. It is the regular
custom to serve hard-boiled eggs at
birthday celebralious. I have seen no
dogs, rats or cats in Tien Tslu, though
I have no doubt that some of the very
poor eat them, for I was told the other
day that rat flesh is often eaten by old
women as a hair restorative.
As to the cooking, this dinner of LI
Hung Chang’s was as well cooked and
served as any dinner ever given at the
white house. The Chinese chef after
a few lessens In foreign cooking sur
passes the French. They havs also
the best of taste iu table decoration. It
is much easier to give a big dinner here
than in the United States. Ail you
would have lo say to the cook would
be to mention the number of guests, as,
for instance: ‘‘John, me wanchee No.
1 diuncr for thirty piecoe meu to-mor
row night; you go makee all proper,”
You could then leave your house, and
come back at the hour set for the din
ner in your dress suit and you would
find your table beautifully set,the wines
properly arranged and a first-class
menu for your guests. Truly these
Chinese are a wonderful people.
ANARCHY Hr BEL
ARI THB MASSES TENDING TOWARDS
ANARCdY AND SOCIALISM?
Famous Men of the Day Aaswir the Qmry—
Cardinal Gibbons, C. P. Huuiiogion, Ex
Ssnaior Ingalls, Bill Njs, and Oibars Gift
Their Tiews. _
In view of the recent troubles In the
world of labor, and tbe evident unrest
that peravdes all masse* of organized
workmen, the opinions of some of our
best-known men have been collected
and they will be fouujj to represent
sentiments as varied as the characters
of the writer.
PF.FFElt OX POVERTT.
"The people only want a more equit
able distribution of the products and
profits of labor.
"W. A. Pfffek.”
FOR BOCIAMrtM AX ASTT.rM.
"There Is a distinct revival of robust,
aggressive United States patriotism,
religious in its fervor, amongst the
masses In the West, and a perceptible
impatience with the enemies uf liberty.
"American citizenship believes in the
flag, the home, Individual manhood,the
supremacy of the law and the sovereign
ty of the people.
"For the feeble and emasculated
rever.es of the infirm and effeminate,
called socialism, it will offer compassion
aud an asylum; for the ferocious mani
festo of incendiaries aod assas«lns.
called anarchy, It will offer exile or the
scaffold.
"JOHX J. IXOALLS.
BILL 5TB’H remedy for socialism.
“I can only t.ay tbet as far as my ob
servation goe*. there is not a growing
•f-ntiment amongst our people la the
direction of Anarchy.
“There are a good many cranks at
large wao should be locked up, but the
laliveborn American Anarchists are
not numerous or ori the increase.
“Chain the lunatics, return the filthy
paupers aei barbarians as fast as iney
come, and Anarchy will curl up and die
on our shorts. No emigrant ahonld be
permitted to land on toese shores wno
cannot snow a good certificate of char
acter from the country, amre or conti
nent from which be came, executed by
the proper authorities and under seal.
This would prevent the annoyance and
expense of extradition, and toe Latch
ing of Anarchy In future years under
our genial skies and in our fertil soil.
•*e. w. nyr.”
AMERICANS BECOMING SOCIALISTS.
That there is a decided mevemenl
amongst the American masses towards
Socialism is evident. The chief aim of
Socialism is paternalism in government.
During the last twenty-five years the
inorease in Congress of what mav be
called Socialistic legislation, hat been
aott marked. We have in tbit country
to-day million* of people who Bwouid
gladly see a government ownerahip of
ail railway*, al. telegraph lice*, coal
mines, iron mine*, silver mtne*. etc.,
and many who wpold like te tee the
government m log every great en
terprise and ■ rw, bow carried on
by corporatio
••The bor'
(rentes of Populism and Socialism. As
to Anarchy, there is do increase In this
destsstsble doctrine among genuine
Americans, It is au evil of purely for
eign importation *Ws have more
Anarchists in the United States to-day
than we had ten years ago, for* the
simple reason that Europe Is no
longer a desirable camping ground
for the Infamous propagators of
evil doctrine. The Anarchist is a per
verted. distorted, evil-minded creature,
who lacks very little of being a pro
nounced lunatic. Ills theories of des
truction and the utter annihilation of
i law and forms of law, can never gain a
foothold in this country any more than
the doctrine that crime Is a religion.
“The Socialist can be met and rea
soned with, but the Anarchist, being a
self-deciared outlaw,has no rights what
soever under the law, and should be
proceeded against as a criminal of tns
most malignant typn.
“JuHIf A. COCKERILL. ”
our country all right.
"I believe that this sentiment Is not
on tbe increase, bat to tbe contrary
law-abiding sentiment is increasing.
“Frederick Grant."
CARDINAL GIBBONS’ VIEWS,
“Both Anarchy and Socalism are of
foreign origin and growth, wholly un
American, rooted In the minds and
hearts of immigrants that have come to
this country ont of military despotism
an.1 narrowly restricted social rights.
Americans do not take to Anarchy and
Socialism; their spirit, while In love
with freedom,respects law and order.
“The sentiment of the American peo
ple Is entirely against rampaut Anarchy
and levelling Socialism; a sentiment of
such disgust in the breasts of Americans
against these systems that soon a strong
appeal will be made In every State by
its people to bring Anarchists and So
cialists by special statute within the
law.
“Tbe masses of American people do
not take to Anarchy and Socialism, for
they have no motives or reasons under
our glorious Constitution to lead them
to think of such pernicious systems,
“J. Card. Gibbons."
ANARCIIY TITR OUTGROWTH 07 TOO
. MCCII CHARITY.
“In reply to the querv Ms there a
growing sentiment amongst our people
towards Anarchy and Socfaliim’? I
would answer, that there was.
“Of course all good people and well
wishers of their country must he
against these two evil doctrines,Vor, as
I understand it. the principles of these
organizations are to tear down and des
troy, and not to build up. which Is cer
tainly subversive of good morals aud
good government.
“It seems to me that Anarchy and
Socialism in this country are tne c itural
outgrowth of too much charity or rath
er of charity based on a sort of senti
ment sympathy without judgment.
Charity Is good, If wisely bestowed; for
too poor, as of old, we have always
with us, and we should always help
those who are ybyslcally or mentally
weak. There are always woman and
children to be helped, but In almost all
cases where strong men are given bread
it is a mistake and we lav tbe founda
tion for a pauper. It Isa common say
ing amongst many of the tramps that
the world owes them a living, and they
areqnite sure that they will get It. Hut
I am satisfied that if It were not possi
ble for abie-bodled people to get bread
without work. In the next twenty-five
years there would bn iittie. If any pau
perism, aud Ansrcby would be a thing
of the past, as people would soon learu
better than to part witfc-their means for
anything that is not necessary, since
they would know that by so doing they
would starve. One of the greatest
troubles of the pennie of this country
Is their extravagance; their expendi
tures being more than their iocnmes.
This briugs in U train misery to them
selves and unjust burdens to others.
Tbe lee'on we should all learu is to live
oo lass .ban we make.
•I know that tbare I? a feeling In this
country amongst the Anarchists against
men who nave accumulated property,
but it will be a bad time for the poor
when there Is no concentrated capital,
as manv people are not able to set tn**m
■elves to work aud must be employed
by others. There are many wealthy
men in this city who live lu houses that
represent from one to three or four
bundrbd thousands days worn la them.
Probably many of the fine carriage*
used by tbe rich have many hundreds
days work in them, and wLeo the time
comes, if it ever doe*, when there are
none to employ and do concentrated
wealth, the beginning of the end of
civilization will have come, and tbe peo
ple will drift backward until they will
be living again on nuts *nd roots and
wild berries and be clothed, as of old.lu
the sklos of beasts.
••C. P. Huntington.”
AMUSING IRIFLSi
A “prairie scboouer” from tbe far
West passed through Leavenworth,
Kao., the other day beaded In th s di
rection and bearing the following In
scriptions ob the outside of Its canvas
cover:
“Colorado for Irrlgat'ec,
Western Kansas for starvation,
Cleveland's a<1 ministration
For b-and d-o.
And I’m going hack to my wife’s rela
tion.”
This is somewhat profane, but pro
bably It conveys nis sentiment better
than mild laoguage coma do.— CMmio
Tribune
Mrs. Guff—“Wbat might be the mat
ter. Mrs. MeDuffer? Sure aod ve look
molgbty puzzied.” MeDuffer—
“Aod I am tuat, Mrs. Guff. I waut to
buy a quarter of a pound of lay and a
new glass butber dl«b, and by this aod
by tbat I don’t know whether to buy
my tay at the shop where tb«y give
awav the outher dlsnes, or to purchase
tbe butber dish wber# they give away
tbs tay.” _
Blue White Diamonds.
New York Cor. Chicago Record: Mrs.
Kunz, wife of George F. Knoll, tbe ei
pert in precious stones at Tiffany s, has
discovered tbat what are Known as blue
white diamonds, tbat are very rare and
come from tbe mines lo Brazil, are res
ervoirs of llgnt, and will not on.y show
phosphorescence lo tbe dark bv friction
but will even sparkle when entirely at
rest. Mrs. Kuoz was wearing a diamond
of this kiad and one night happened to
notice tbe phenomenon while hanging
up some domes in a dark dose.. She
cai.ed her b- band’s attention to It aod
he made a thorough investigation. Rut
of all tbe grades and colors and kinds
of diamonds tbat he had access to, toe
blue-white variety alone seemed to re
aln and emit light lo the dark. While
ilr. Kuna baa never known of this
peculiarity before he thooght ft must
have been diecovered by same one. aod
tegan a aearcb through all tke author
ing that treat of precious atones. Fin
ally he found a reference to tbe fact
U an old English work* bat tbe author
Evidently regarded) it al of llltie Impor
wb* happen (t own blue
LMondi ana a eke te£ for them
I
STRAZISI TSISRI4TSINS1TIQN Of TI1TUR
IN L1IPZI8.
Apntito of as Ostrich—Sawdast, Soa* 8oa! aad
Candles Very Ploasio? to Hi* Palate—A Diet
of Lamp Chimnsye—Walks With Bare Feet i#
Glass—Flaoee Lea? From 3ia iloaih.
Lolpalf has * sensation Jnst bow In
the person of Strailna, who has kept
the medical profession In a state of ea
I eltement ever elnce he mad# hie ap
pearance there, say# the New \ork
I Press. Strarlnl astonishes hi# audi
ences by first eatliiS a soup which con
HvnvTW* nr* kcat> i* bbokbn ni AM
• Islaof sawdust, plentifully mixed witn
coal oil. The dism I* set afire, and af
ter the flames have bean extinguished
Stratinl eats the peculiar mixture,
ladling It out with a spooa, write* a
Leipx * correspondent.
lie follows this ud with biting piece
after piece from the lamp chimney,
crushing the glass hetween bis teeth and
swallowing It. He washes itdown with
a little water. For desert he munches
pieces of hard coa’, peat, washing map.
tallow candles, pieces of planter cast
WJTII BARK FT.ET OR OJTAAH._
*nd bricks, boot*, clay pip**, and stems
to enjoy the couglornei atloo. All this
Is eaten at one meal and In quick suc
cession. A little water Is the
only beverage Id wutch he In* *
dulses during that meal. Strazml as
serts that he does not feel the slightest
discomfort from this unusual diet and
be certaioly looks It. When he bas
finished his dinner of ceramics, he
pours down two cups of coal oil. throws
his bead barn, and bolds a lighted
match to bis mouth. There Is a deop,
puffing sound, and a flame three feet
long leaps from his mouth.
After eating. Strazlol gives an exhi
bition of dancing, as wonderful as wbal
has gone before. He does It with bare
feet la a box filled with debris and
shreds of champagne bottles, lamp
shades, wine glasses, etc. Into this be
d'ves with bta feet, jumps about In all
directions, and ends by burying bis
nead In the broken glass. Toe strange
part of it is that be comes out without
a scratch* Hi* cuticle seems to be as
Impervious to such an onslaught as his
stomach Is to sawdust and brick and
burning coal oil. Medical man frogs
FLAMES LEAFrJO FROM III* MOrTW.
near and far ha?* Interviewed tble corl
009 phenomenon, bat are onable to five
an explanation of bis wonderful per
formances. _
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