The mesmerist and his subject.
It Tellsall aboutElectrical Psychology, showing how you can biologize any person, and, while under the influence, he will do anything you may wish him no matter how ridiculous it may be, and he cannot help doing it.
It Tellshow toMesmerize. Knowing this, you can place any person in a mesmeric sleep, and then be able to do with him as you will. This secret has been sold over and over again for $10.
It Tellshow to make persons at a distance think of you—Something all lovers should know.
It Tellshow you can charm all those you meet and make them love you, whether they will or not.
It Tellshow Spiritualists and others can make writing appear on the arm in blood characters, as performed by Foster and all noted magicians.
It Tellshow to make a cheap Galvanic Battery; how to plate and gild without a battery; how to make a candle burn all night; how to make a clock for 25 cents; how to detect counterfeit money; how to banish and prevent mosquitoes from biting; how to make yellow butter in winter; Circassian curling fluid; Sympathetic or Secret Writing Ink; Cologne Water; Artificial Honey; Stammering; how to make large noses small; to cure drunkenness; to copy letters without a press; to obtain fresh-blown flowers in winter; to make good burning candles from lard.
It Tellshow to make a horse appear as though he was badly foundered; to make a horse temporarily lame; how to make him stand by his food and not eat it; how to cure a horse from the crib or sucking wind; how to put a young countenance on the horse; how to cover up the heaves; how to make him appear as if he had the glanders; how to make a true-pulling horse balk; how to nerve a horse that is lame, etc., etc. These horse secrets are being continually sold at one dollar each.
It Tellshow to make the Eggs of Pharo's Serpents, from which, when lighted, though but the size of a pea, there issues from it a coiling, hissing serpent, wonderful in length and similarity to a genuine serpent.
It Tellshow to make gold and silver from block tin. Also how to make impressions from coins. Also how to imitate gold and silver.
It Tellsof a simple and ingenious method for copying any kind of drawing or picture. Also more wonderful still, how to print pictures from the print itself.
It Tellshow to perform the Davenport Brothers' "Spirit Mysteries," so that any person can astonish an audience, as they have done. Also scores of other wonderful things of which we have no room to mention.
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[Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors in the original text have been corrected.
In Chapter I, a missing period has been added to the sentence "Criminals as a rule are fond of race betting."
In Chapter II, a missing period has been added to the sentence, "The rogues had struck a lead and so had the two sharp-eyed detectives who were playing such a neat game." A missing quotation mark has been added to the sentence, "It's a good thing, sis, to locate a rogue."
In Chapter IV, in the sentence "He knows how to take advantabge of the slightest incident when he is playing a game," the word "advantabge" has been corrected.
In Chapter VI, in the sentence "He is a terrror," the word "terrror" has been corrected.
In Chapter VII, an illegible smudge at the beginning of the sentence "moment the beautiful lady meditated and then said:" has been corrected to "A". In the sentence "I will arrrange with you to go to your home," the word "arrrange" has been corrected. In the sentence "He learned from her that she had met a lady at the typewriting school where Miss Lamb was a substitute teacher, and Miss Lamb had really referrred the lady to our hero upon gaining her confidence, and having learned that she had need of a detective in a very delicate affair, the nature of which had not been revealed to Miss Lamb," the word "referrred" has been corrected. A colon has been added at the end of the sentence "There came a look of relief to the Italian girl's face as she said in a less sharp tone".
In Chapter VIII, an extraneous period has been removed from the sentence "And what was your conclusion?." In the sentence "I know you are brave, strong, and valiant, but they have arrranged a plan against which courage and cunning count as naught," the word "arrranged" has been corrected. In the sentence, "There must be no mistake made, no failure, or it it will cost my brother's life, and I also may become their victim," the extra "it" has been removed.
In Chapter IX, a missing period has been added to the sentence "The idea of honor among thieves is a myth".
In Chapter X, in the sentence "Yes, yes, raise and expose her mugg," cried one; "if she were a beaut she would't let you lose that way," the word "would't" has been corrected. In the sentence "She saw and realized that she had not played but had been played," a comma has been corrected to a period."]