OREGON SCOUT
JOVES & CHAJfOEY, Publishers.
UNION. OKRUOX.
GENERAL.
Tlio liiglicst mountain in thc world
is now sitiil to bo Mount Hercules
in the island of Now Guinea, soaring
to the altitude of 82,780 feet.
Rrooklyn has a rheumatism club.
Ha object is moro cheerful than its
name would imply, being "to promote
social intercourse- among young
pooplo."
Second ofilclat report sets tho
number of building and loan nssocia'
turns in New Jorsoy at lbG, with 37,
730 shareholders and $9,319,000 net
' asset?.
The rulo is unfailing giving two
men of cnual talent, health and fort
une; the one who laughs will live
longer than the other and accomplish
luoro work in the world.
"Every treo is subject to disease,'
Baid a moinber of a tree-planters
convention. "What ailment can you
iind on an oak?" asked another mem
ber. "A-corn," was tho reply.
"It seems to mo that there's a hor
rid draft coining from the parlor,"
said a mother to her son. "Yes," was
tho reply; "father Is in there, and he's
Taising a breeze about that new sofa."
Doormats mado from scrap leather
mado into links and strung on mutal
wires are a novelty. Tho appearance
nf these mats is good while they are at
the samo time ilexible, durable and af
lord a firm footing.
Tho immigration to California dur
ing the past year is reported to have
amounted to about 100,000 persons.
Southern California got most of them,
and it is estimated that the money
pont in advertising that section has
Tjcen returned, multiplied by 1,000.
Polite Passenger (in stroot-ear)
"Whero n ro j'ou going, my pretty
muhl? ' Pretty Maid "Im going a
shopping, sir" (she said). Passenger
"Won't yoirhavo this soat, my protty
maid?" Protty Maid "O, yes, thank
you, sir" (she said). Boston lludqcl.
Superintendent Warner, oi tlio Ai
loghany County Workhouse, noar
.Pittsburgh, reports that tho net cost
of that institution, from its organiza
tion in January, 1870, until the closo
of tho last liseal voar, has been sfSlfi, -791.M5.
Of $999,767, IS received from
tho license fund, $990,380 has boon re
turned to the county.
A subseribor to tho Altoona Trib
une, W. T. Marriort, missed his paper
repeatedly, and being on tlio watoh to
.detect tlio thief, discovered a dog run
ning up when it. was delivered ono
morning and taking it from tho door
miulo oil' with it. Mr. Marriort callod
to tho bruto to drop the paper, which
It did. Tlio owner of tho dog is too re
spectable a man to suspect of having
trained it to steal papers.
How to Ripon Banana3.
Bolng very much of a democrat, not
to say Bolioinian, I . stopped yesterday
to purchase somo bananas of a bright
yod son of Italy in tho neighborhood
of tho Providence railroad station. The
negotiation was about completed when
n horrified voice behind mo exclaimed:
"What aro you doing?" "Buying
Bonio fruit," was my meek response.
"Well, don't buy bananasof an Italian,
whatever olso you do." "And why not,
prayP" "Only this and nothing more,"
replied my mentor, drawing mo away,
"Uieso descoudonts of Dante pack the
fjroon bananas into bed with their fam
ilies because tho hoat of their bodies
ripen them, that's all." "All right,
tho molhod is a perfect success," I said;
"but I ordered sonio strawberries in
ntcnd, my mentor giving full and sub
stantial reason for his singular infor-J
ination in regard to tho banana trade.
Boston Herald,
Tho Placo to Soo Life
Edward Everett Halo told the stu
dents of Cornell that tho best oppor
tunity of studying human nature was
to bo had by ontoiing tho profession of
tho schoolmaster. Mr. Halo is a
Jteen observer, but his judg
ment is not entirely sound
in this matter. The ideal oppor
tunity for studying human nature in
n almost infinite variety of phases
and under almost every conceivable
circumstance is enjoyed by a reporter
for a metropolitan journal. There is
no other wav of "soelii!r life" and
learning to know men that compares
-with this. N. J. Tribune.
Tho Latost Conundrum.
"Can you tell mo," Inquired Softloy,
"why an egg Is llko a song?"
"1 must confess," answered Nibson,
"that 1 can purcolvo no resemblance
"between an egg ami a song."
"Well, sir, an egg is llko a song bo
cuuso it is roundelay."
"1 still fall to see tho resemblance.
"Where does It come In P"
'l can only say that an egg is tho
roundest lay that I know of." Drake's
UYavclcn" Maqazine.
Ho Earnod His Mono,
"It's ono hundred dollars in your
pockot," whispered tho defendant's
lawyer to tho juror, "if you can bring
ubotit a verdict of manslaughter in the
second degree."
Such proved to bo tho verdict, and
the lawyer thanked tho juror warmly
as lie paid him the money.
"yea," said tho juror, "it was tough
work, but I got thero after awhile.
All the rost went In for ncqultal." X.
X. tun.
WHOLESOME BREAD.
Elementnrr Trlnclplr anil Important
l'ointi In Ilrrad-Mnklnp.
Bread of sonio kind forms an article
of diet for all nations, and that it
should bo of the best quality is of the
greatest importance, the health and
welfare of tho family depending so
largely upon it.
In making bread, as in every other
branch of cooking, the main thing is to
become acquainted with the elementary
principles. Few things that belong to
the department of housekeeping have
been so much discussed as bread-baking,
and possibly it is because there has
been so many difl'crent theories ad
vanced upon tho subject that house
keepers are bewildered and uncertain
as to the best mado.
Of course norfeot bread can be made
. . , , ,
only from tho best material, combined
witli the most scrupulous care and at
tention throughout tho process. There
should ho no delay when the sponge is
well mixed, and obtains the proper de
cree of lightness, or. placing the loaves
-.11-
in a not oven wiien reiuiy to nane.
Certain chemical changes must take
place in some oi tho components of tho
mixture, and as it is very important
that all the necessary conditions for
aiding those changes should bo perfect,
it is of course plain to every house
keeper that both knowledge and skill
aro required to become successful in
tho art of bread making.
Alter the quality of Hour, indeed
some cooks say in anvanee oi n, me
first tiling to bo considered in bread
making is the yeast. Without good
yeast it is impossible to make good
bread, and it should bo the munition of
every Housekeeper to acquire ino an
of making good home-made yeast.
When ready to make bread tlio first
step is mixing the ingredients. At
mospheric changes alleet the sponge,
and it is, therefore, best to mix it in a
stone vessel and keep it excluded from
the air. In summer no artificial ho.it
is needed, but in winter it should be
kept warm.
Tlio length of timo required for
kneading is materially directed by the
quality of tlio Hour and tho kind of
yeast used, tho better the quality of
both the less tune for working the
bread will be requisite.
J ho most important point in brcail-
inaking is reached when tho loaves are
put in the pans for tlio last time. To
decide when dough is sulliciently light
to bake is a matter of great considera
tion to the cook, as it varies in different
temperatures and at difleront seasons
of tlio vear, but praetico will soon teach
the length of time required. It is sel
dom less than half an hour, or more
than two hours. A loaf of bread should
bo nearly double in size after it is pet
in the pan. Tho heat of the oven
should be moderate when tho bread is
put in to bake, and should be gradually
increased in intensity.
There are various methods of testing
bread to ascertain when done. A loaf
of hot bread when well baked will not
burn the hand; if it does, there is more
hot steam within than is consistent with
perfect baking, and the broad should
be ! replaced in the oven. The crust
of a well baked loaf of bre:d is a rich
brown. If any doubt is entertained
of the bread being well done, it is bet
ter to leave it in the oven a little too
long than not long enough.
Bread, as soon as baked, should bo
taken from the pans and placed un
covered in such a position as will ex
pose the greatest possible amount of
surface to the air. This prevents the
crusts from being hard, as well as per
mits tho rapid escape of gas involved in
the process of fermentation. Eliza Ji.
Parker, in Louhville Courier-Journal.
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
Why Hvttry l-'uriurrMtoitld Tiiktt 1111 Intcrt'Bt
In Tlit'lr Miiliitt'imiirr.
I have been driving through a fine
section of country to-dav, but I was
not favorably impressed with the char
acter of its settlers, though 1 saw but
few of them, and spoke to only one. 1
formed my idea of thein fmm tho con
dition of tlio roads. They were in very
bad shape. It was impossible to drive
off a walk in many places. In some
places, it would bo unsafe for a
stranger to attempt to drive in a dark
night.
This is not as it should be. .Kvory
farmer should take prido in having
good roads along his laud. If the as
sessed amount of road work is not suf
ficient to put them in good shape, let
the property owners turn out with
teams, and picks, and shovels, and
make them good. It is for the interest
of every man living in the neighbor
hood to have a good road and keep it
so. When it is once made us it ought
to be, but little labor will be required
in keeping it so. If there is a swampy
spot, drain it, mid raise the roadbed.
If there is a big stone or stump in the
road, or near it, dig it out. Never
crook about to avoid such obstacles,
but get rid of them, once for all. Cut
down the bushes along the fences, and
see that the fences are in good condi
tion, if cattle tire allowed to run in the
road. This may not be part of a road
master's duty, but it ought to bo, so
far as road fences aro concerned,
it is for tho interest of every fanner
In the road district to elect to the otlleo
of road-master tho man wjio will do
tho work best. Too often, qualification
for the work is loft out of consideration
altogether in electing a man to the po
sition, This Is a mistake. Select the man
who keeps things as they should be
about his farm, and the probability is
that he will want to put the roads in
the same condition. If o, give him
your hearty oo-oporatlon, instead of
trying to shirk out of "working on the
wail," as isinnu men do. Car. Our
UsuHti'u Ifamc.
THE GERMAN CAPITAL.
What an American Suw and Heard In and
Around llerlln.
The endeavor to find some good rca
eon for tho location of Berlin has well
nigu wrecked my xankee guessing
powers. On tho practical side of tho
Atlantic we think every large city must
bo evolved from some aggregation of
natural advantages, but with tho ex
eoption of the stream whoso name ex-
poses the capital to the accusation of
alwavs beintr on a Spree, Berlin has
none of these. From north, south,
east or west, you approach it over
vast plain, and when at last you begin
to suspect that the Government is ab
ducting you to tlio wastes of some Ger
man Sahara, tho usual uninviting sub
urbs of a great city come into view,
f aim juu lUi'iv I with -
m Q j,,,,, Comjn, fron, thc
and yon alight in (V town of nearly 1,-
West, the Harz is the last hilly country
from which a Now Englnnder can de
rive even a crumb of comfort. Boyond
is a region of low, wave-liko lulls, a
mining country where every depression
has its chimney stacks ami every eleva
tion a windmill, and where one is never
out of sight of one or more of tlio little
red-roofed mining villages.
There are phenomena to bo seen in
Berlin; for instance, a restaurant where
waiters refuse fees, and horse-cars
which have room 'for one moro" ac
cording to American ideas, but which
will not carry one passenger, great or
small, more than tho number pro
scribed by law. It was very gratifying
to meet such a regulation; it may pre
vent many abuses; at least it compelled
me to walk a weary distance one rainy
evening, and taught mo the
difference between tho application
of a rulo in general and in par
ticular. It also introduced mo to an
other interesting German custom, for,
reaching my lodging at a late hour, I
found thc street-door locked. Door
bells are unknown here, and I had no
key. A kick at the door echoed up
ami down the quiet street so ominously
that a descent of the vigilant police
seemed inevitable, but it aroused no
response frojn within, and a repetition
was out 'of the question. 1 thought
tremendously, then sought a neighbor
ing restaurant, confided in a waiter and
learned that after a certain hour of tho
night tho citizens resign themselves to
tho guardianship of tho "wachter,"
who locks all tho street doors in his dis
trict and pockets the keys. Ho who
arrives later, without a key and would
enjoy tho shelter of his own roof, goes
ii) and down the street several times in
search of this functionary, finds liiiu
probably at last drinking beer within a
stone's throw of the starting placo, and
in consideration of a small fee induces
him to give his key the double turn
which the mechanism of German locks
requires and admit him to his own
dwelling.
Berlin is a well-paved town, especial
ly on its principal streets, which are
lam wiui aspuau. i no column oi ims
ean hardly be appreciated without ex
perience; it deadens the noise of the
tremendous traffic, lessens draft and al
lows an unusual degree of cleanliness.
A dozen strong boys armed with "push
ers" following one another down Friod
erich strasso are able to clean its entire
length of nearly two miles, and leave
it perfectly dry in two hours after the
cessation of a heavy rain. But even
tho ordinary pavements are kept in
good order, and in general ono can llnd
few cleaner cities than this.
The police system is very efficient.
The general law throughout Germany
requiring registration at the police
bureaus of not only citizens, but
strangers as well, and even travelers,
is hero most rigidly enforced. Every
newcomer must, personally appear be
fore the police and account for himself,
and also notify them of intended de
parture. Suspicious pooplo are sum
marily investigated, as a friend of mine
experienced during the winter. Tho
fact that he hails from the American
Athens may have lent something to
the mysterious air with which he prom
enaded the "Linden" in the neighbor
hood of the palace at a late hour while
waiting for a friend. At any rate, lie
soon attracted the attention of tho
police, was scrutinized, followed and
finally arrested and brought before an
Interrogator. In spite of protestations
and the evidence of student papers he
was subjected to some hours' deten
tion, a most searching examination,
and was finally sent to hi lodging un
der police escort, with an injunction to
bo more prudent in the future. But in
general one need not complain of his
treatment by the public servants. In
all Germany they are polite, attentive
ami etllcient to a degree which prompts
not wholly favorable comparisons with
our own country. Cor. Sprinyjicld
(Mass.) Jlcpubtican.
Tho Best Form of Locomotive.
The same diversity of opinion as to
tho best form of locomotive for gen
eral ue appears to prevail in England
as in America. While coupled wheels
aro mostly preferred for passenger en
gines, llvo feet to six feet six inches
diameter, a few leading American en
gineers prefer single drivers, and are
disposed to revert to even seven feet, a
diameter which has been tried and
abandoned in tho past as not meeting
the expectations entertained of it.
About fifteen years is tho estimated
average llfo of an American locomo
tive. It Is generally admitted that
railway trains in England aro driven at
a faster rate of speed than in the Uni
ted States say about twenty por cunt.
In excess of tho latter. There aro ex
press trains, however, between some of
our principal elttos, that coin pure favor
ably vlth those In England. -V. 1'.
Sun,.
CANARIAN GOFIO.
A Simple Arllrlo of Food Porlnj Supe
rior NuurUliInc Qualities.
On a recent visit to tho Canary Is
lands, one of the first things to attract
mynotice was the good development and
fine personal appearance of tho com
mon people. I afterward found that
travelers aro generally impressed in
the samo manner ou their first visit to
tho Canaries. If they have previously
visited the Spanish Peninsula, they aro
apt to contrast tho native Spaniards
with their Canarian relatives, always
in favor of the latter, whoso greater
height and better bodily forms aro very
evident. This superiority may bo due,
in a certain degree, to tlio admixture
.of the Spanish blood with that of tho
uuanehe race, which was found in pos
session, when, in 1410, the Spanish un
dertook the conquest of tho Canarian
Archipelago. It required more than
fifty years for tho purpose, and not un
til, to tho utmost efforts of Spain, then
in the height of her power, tho troach
erv of four native Rings had been
added, did all tho seven islands come
under Spanish rule. The old chroni
clers are fond of describing thc mild
dispositions of tho Guanches, their tall,
manly figures, and noble bearing in
tune of peace, as well as their great
strength and valor when lighting to
preserve their ancient liberty.
Even the women took part against
the invaders, and proved themselves, in
daring and prowess, no mean antagon
ists. One woman is especially men
tioned who rushed upon an advancing
column, seized the foremost soldier and
lied up the mountain, bearing hor vic
tim as if lie had been a child, outstrip
ping her pursuers, till, coining to a
precipice, she leaped down and bath
were dashed to pieces.
Tho conquerors not onlv mingled
ineir moon wiin tno eotmiiorod, as
happens with the Latin races, but they
adopted many of their customs, sonic
of which are preserved to the present
tunc. Perhaps the most important of
these is in relation to their food, the
principal article of which is of Guaneho
origin.
I have alluded to the excellent bodilv
development and proportions of 'the
modern lunarians, and to the testi
mony left by the old chroniclers to
the still line characteristics of the an
cient Guanclies, who are indeed do
scribed as marvels of bodilv strength.
beauty and agility, because these facts
have an important bearing on the
question ot their food. As there can be
no such hodily growth, strength and
ictivity, as is described as belonging
to these people, without superior nour
ishment, it follows that the food used
by tke Guanches, and adopted and still
ilinost exclusively used by the present
inhabitants, must be luglilv nutritious.
This article, so evidently important,
is the ynjio. Thero is nothing myste
rious about it, lor golio is simply Hour
made from any of the cereals by parch
ing or roasting before grinding. The
Guanches may have roasted their
wheat, barley, etc., by the ready
method ot nrst heating stones, on
which or among which the the grain
was afterward placed. As to that
there are no precise accounts, but well
shaped grinding-stones arc plentifully
preserved. At present goho is pre
pared by roasting tho grain in a broad,
shallow earthen dish, over a charcoal
lire. It is kept constantly stirred, to
prevent burning. One can hardly pas:
through a hamlet or village without wit
nessing some stage of tho preparation
of goho. Hie gram is lirst carefully
picked over and all impurities removed.
The processes frequently take place in
front of or just within tho always open
door, giving the traveler ample oppor
tunity to see all .stops of the prepara
tion. J he grinding is done at the wind
mills, which abound everywhere. The
roasted grain is ground to a very line
flour, when it becomes golio. After
grinding it is ready for immediate use.
W hen it is to Do eaten, milk, soup, or
any Miitable lluid maybe mixed with it
anv thing, in fact, to give it sullicient
consistency to bo conveyed into the
mouth. Being already cooked, it re
iiitues no iuriner preparation oeioro
eating.
Ultimately maize was introduced in
to the islands, and soon became an ar
ticle of general cultivation, particularly
on thcisland of (5 rami Canary, where
golio from it is the staple article of
food for the laboring population,
that from wheat or wheat mixed with
maize is in Teneriffe, wheat being more
largely grown in the latter island
golio is also made from barlev, ami es
pecially in Fuerteventura. It is also
made from Spanish beans; but this
kind is not used alone, but to mix in
the proportion of about one-fourth to
thive-fourthsof wheat, barlev, or maize
golio, as some prefer. Wheat ami corn
golio, mixed in equal proportions, is
very much used, and is preferred by
many to either article alone. Popular
Science Monthly.
How to Keep Eggs.
Slake ono pound of good limo in
about throe-fourths of a pail of water
(eight quarto), stir it thoroughly and
let it settle. Drain olf the water and
about a pint of the settlings into a four-
gallon stone jar and set in the cellar or
other cool, dark place. Put tli clean,
fresh eggs daily into this lime water,
taking wire to drop them in carefully,
so as not to crack them; cover and they
will keep good a year or more. Xo
matter which end is down, and have no
care about turning thorn. I have with
in a few weeks eookeil eggs, or used
them for frosting, which were put down
nearly one year su. They aro not so
good to boil, as thoyaro liable to crack,
unions you niako n ptiidioln in tho largo
cud, Cor. titrin ami Jtome.
SOLEMN MOMENTS.
The Improlve Moment
SIriiImk of tho Federal
Followlnc the
Constitution.
Finally it was decided that the Fed
eral Constitution, as now completed,
should be presented to tho Continental
Congress, and then referred to special
conventions in all tho States for ratifi
cation; and that when nine States, or
two-thirds of the whole number, should
have ratified, it should at once go into
operation as between such ratifying
States.
When the great document was at last
drafted by Gouvernour Morris, and was
all ready for the signatures, the aged
Franklin produced a paper which was
read for him, as his voice was weak.
Some parts of this Constitution, lie said,
ho did not approve, but ho was aston
ished to find it so nearly perfect. What
ever opinion ho had of its errors ho
would sac ifico to tho public good, and
ho hoped that every member of the con
vention who still had objections would
on this occasion doubt n, little of his own
infallibility, and for tho sake of una
nimity put his name to this instrument.
Hamilton added his plea. A few mem
bers, ho said, by refusing to sign,
might do infinite mischief. Xo man's
ideas could b i moro remote from tho
plan than his wore known to be; but
was it possible for a true patriot to de
liberate between anarchy and convul
sion, on the ono side, and the chance
of good to bo expected from this plan,
on the other? From these appeals, as
well as from Washington's solemn
warning at the outset, we see how dis
tinctly it was realized that tho country
was on the verge of civil war. Most of
the members felt . so, but to some the
new government seemed far too strong,
and there were three who dreaded
despotism even moro than anarchy.
.Mason, ltaiidolph and worry re
fused to sign, though Randolph sought
to qualify his refusal by explain
ing that ho could not vet make up his
mind whether to oppose or defend the
Constitution, when it should be laid be
fore the people of Virginia. He wished
to reserve to himself full liberty of ac
tion in the matter. That Mason and
Gerry, valuable as their services had
been in the making of the Constitution,
would now go home and vigorously op
pose it, there was no doubt. Of the
delegates who were present on the last
day of tlio convention, all but these
throe ' signed the Constitution. In
the signatures the twelve States which
had taken part in tho work were all
represented, Hamilton signing alone
for Now York.
Thus after four months of anxious
toil, through Jho whole of a scorching
Philadelphia summer, after earnest but
sometimes bitter discussion, in "which
more than once the meeting had
seemed on the point of breaking up, a
colossal work had at last boon accom
plished, tin; results of which were most
powerfully to effect the whole future
career of tho human race so long as it
shall dwell upon tho earth. In .spite oi
the high-wrought intensity of feeling
which had been now and then dis
played, grave decorum had ruled the
proceedings; and now, though few
were really satislied, the approach to
unanimity was remarkable. When all
was over, it is said that many of the
members seemed awe-struck. Washing
ton sat with head bowed in solemn med
itation. The scene was ended by a
characteristic bit of homely pleas
antry from Franklin. Thirty - three
years ago, in the days of George II,
before the first niutterings of tlio revo
lution had been heard, and when the
French Dominion in" America was still
untouched, before tlio banishment of
the Aeadians or the rout of Braddoek
wniie asningtou was still surveying
lands in the wilderness, while Madison
was playing in the nursery and Ham
ilton was not yet born, rrankltn had
endeavored to bring together the thir
teen colonies in a federal union. Of
tlio famous Albany plan of 1754, tho
first outline of a federal constitution
for America that ever was made, ho
was the principal if not tlio solo au
thor. N hen ho signed his naino to
tho Declaration of Independence in
this very room, his years had rounded
the full period ot threescore and ten
Eleven years more had passed, and he
had been spared to seo the noblo aim of
his life accomplished. Ihero was still.
no doubt, a chance of failure, but hope
now reigned in tho old man s breast
On the back of the President's quaint
black arm-chair thoro was emblazoned
i half-sun, brilliant with its gilded
rays. As tho mooting was breaking up
and Washington arose, franklin
pointed to the chair and made it the
text for prophoev. "As I have boon
sitting hero all these weeks," said ho,
I have often wondered whether you
er sun is rising or setting, But now
I know that it is a rising sun!" John
Fiskc, in Atlantic.
Entirely Too Economical.
Adolbcrt
Wo aro engaged
to be
married, you know, Etholr"
Ethel, Yes, I know.
"And with tlio full consent of
your
parents.
Yes."
Then whv will you not allow ino
to placo ni)' arm around waist?"
I suppose it is tho economio teach
ings of my father, Adolbcrt."
What has that got to do with it.
Ethel?"
Ho said I must
novor allow any
Texas Sijlings.
thing go to waist."
The Bellofonto (IVuu.) Xcws tolls
a story of a man who came to that
town lately and ate, for tho first timo
in his life, a slice of sponge cake. He
liked it, and being assured that it was
whnlusomc, went K.'id bought a lot of
sponges and took them homo tor his
wife to make sponge cake of. But we
don't Usiiiive lu -
HYPNOTIC TESTS.
Wonderful Impertinent Recently Fer--formed
by n French I'liynlcliin.
M. Moutin docs not put people to
sleep, but makes them obey his will
whilo thoroughly awake, says a Paris
correspondent, describing some experi
ments in hypnotism performed in Paris.
Ho began by choosing his subjects
among the people who presented them
selves by placing his hand on the napo
of the neck. Whilo Lilkiiig to them ho
inquired whether they felt an unusual,
heat under his hand. If an affirmative
answer was given ho know ho had a
good subject, and, while tolling him to
stand up straight, soon brought him on
his knees by simply placing one hand
lightly on his back and another in front
of his knees.
It was extremely curious to witness
tho efforts made by some people to
keep their feet, but it was useless; they
had to go down oh their knees. One
gentleman well known in Parisiani
society was dragged around the room,
among the spectators by M. Moutin,
who put that gentleman's hand liiit oil
his shoulder and then on his head and
told him to follow him. When they
got back to the platform he told tho
same gentleman, when sitting on tluv
ground, that he forbado him to ristv 4
Notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts ho could not rise until he had
received the niagnetizer's permission.
One of tho writers on tho Gaulois
was operated on in a yet more aston
ishing manner. Placed at the extrem
ity of tho long hall, with his back
turned to M. Moutin, ho was told to do
all he could to prevent his being drawn
backward toward tho platform. Ho
used what seemed to be almost super
human olforts to stand where lie was;
but soon his legs began trembling vio
lently, and in spito ot all he was soon
walking backward toward the op
erator. After that every body was made to
laugh heartily by the samo gentleman
being made to d.aneo in a most amus
ing manner. M. Moulin also fought a
mock duel with him. Asking for two
walking sticks, he gave one to the
gentleman, and, after crossing swords
with him, paralyzed his arm by his
will. After, releasing his adversary
from that disadvantageous position M.
Moutin told him that ho defied him to
touch him with the stick. The operator
failed in this instance, for, after a.
prolonged effort, during which tho
journalist seemed to strain every
nerve and muscle in his body, ho at
fast touched M. Moutiu's chest.
The operator, however, won great
applause by recommencing the experi
ment. He stood perfectly still anil
offered, as before, no resistance but his
will or magnetic power. Thw gentle
man, with his stick, struggled, so to
say against the air; but he failed to
touch tin; operator. Ono of tho ladies,
present was then told 1)3' M. Moutin,
while she was sitting among the spec
tators, that he defied her to say
"Nebuchadnezzar." It was ridiculous
in tlio extreme to hear her try in vain,
till the operator gave her permission to
say tho word.
The same lady was evidently a good
subject, for M. Moutin, placing two
chairs in the middle of the platform,
sat down on oi)e and thou told tho lady
she could come and sit down on the
other and lean her head on his
shoulder. She protested, but in a few
minutes she was seized with a most vio
lent trembling in her outstretched
arms. Sim got up and then
threaded her way among the spectators
in what seemed to bo a nervous trance,
for she trembled most violently. Some
people thought sho would trip on tho
platform steps, but M. Moutin, who
was sitting quietly awaiting her arriv
al, reassured them by saying: "She
can not fall; I forbid her."
She sat down on tho chair, and when
thero seemed determined not to put her
head on the operator's shoulder; but
in a few moments sho closed hor eyes
and let her head fall. At tho samo
moment M. Moutin started to his feet,
and, blowing in her face, restored her
instantly to consciousness. Other
equally astonishing experiments woro
mado by M. Moutin on puoplo who can
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