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Show The Expose. - Profeasor Baldwin t lie ex pater of spiritualiatic frauds, performed lo ft small audience last night. This was evidently the result of disappointment iclt alter the first night's 'Show." Tbe' professor announced that he would uot only porforiu the tricks of mediums, but would show how they wero done. On Monday evouini he did tho tricks in fine ety e, but delayed de-layed tbe explanation until laat night. As tho professor Bayir, when he "gives tho show away," it isn't as good an entertainment, all appearing bo simple and dat when deprived of the mystery. Tuesday night ho showed how 'the medium tricks wore performed, per-formed, many of tbem being shown on the stace before the audience. A tew examples will demonstrate the kimplicjty of the whole, and show how belicvcra iu mediums, nianifi stations and materialisations have baciidnptd and dtfruuded. Iu the lirsi plat e it is almost an impossibility (o tie the gentleman so that ho cannut readily extricate himself, ; irhich fact ' he clearly demonstrated: j THE HANOCUFl'd. Tbe release of bis wrisU from hnd-cufls hnd-cufls Baldwin explained was done by using a delicate steel implement like a watch spriug, with wbiob ke prttued down tho bolt of the lock hy forcing the spring between it aud the arm of tho cuftl -. . - ' A DARK SEANOli. A circle is formed, songs sung an i the mj'sterious made solemnly awful. The medium is grasped by either hand by sitten in tho circle, but by plausible excuse and management, he has one seize him by the wrist only, while the-other hokls bim by ; the hand of the same arm, thinking he has Jhc other hand. Thus there is left one baud to ring belld, makulho spirit touches, etc. ' snnrr tyiSg. ' 1 Tho medium enters the cabinet, j and in a few seconds is found tied baud and loot, the bands iu front between the legs, and tho cords cut ting the flesh oi the wrists. &i-llan'jtion Tho medium lies, by ' cross gartering bis lower limhs, -brings tho loops up about his hands aud by a twist constructs a knot C which by tbe knees being drawn apart tightens, and consequently re- I Uses on the kuees being approached ' lo each other. This trick requires great skill aud dexterity, and even- when seen is scarcely cumprchen- 1 sible, and might well be taken for the work ol spirits. y- A CABISXT TRICK. Handcufkd behind his back and f bound to a chair by chains, and bja ciiain about the neck from the cabinet, cabi-net, the medium in the cabinet rings a bell, strikes musical iiibtruinenls, j plays mouth harp though gagacd with a pencil held between the tooth, ( while bells aro seen, as the cabinet j opens, to fall to a point distant from 'him. Meanwhile the chair of the medium is sealed to the door and b3 legs nra bound to the chair. ; i Explanation The arms arc pushed l" through the wristlets sufficiently for the hands to have considerable play, I ; allowing the bells to be rung, the gag t removed, etc., and as the door begins to open the bells are castaway and 'appear to the audience tn be r tnib'ing -! around ringing in mid air without I human agency. The medium m-. sumes a position on the chair which tightens the chains, but in the i-los- ing of the cabinet a relaxation of the position permits tlio arms to be tlirust ' down through Lba wristlets, - while tho neck chain does not prevent an He- vation or depression of the trunk eev cral inches. THE RING TRICK. ! The medium produces a lu-avy iron ring and hangs it on a peg in the j cabiueU. He has one of the cuiumit- , tec sit iu the cabinet with him, lacing him, and grasping both his hands. The cabinet is closed, and the com- ( milteeman feels the iron riug Ull upou and encircle bis. arm, though t he'd swear he held tho medium's ' hands firmly all the while. . . . Explanation Victim places' both hands bu his knees, nalm downward: medium strikes loth of victim's hands sharply, and asks if be leels both of medium's hands. Victim says he does; medium presses on victim's vic-tim's hands and again asks il both are there, and victim swears by the hones ol Ids sire that both -are there. In truth, medium by dclt manipulation manipula-tion makes Ibe pressuro with one hand, with tbe other he seizes tbe iron ring, places it on-his- own arm, and then tells the victim that to make sure be bad belter grasp medium's medi-um's hands and hold them. He does so; medium gives a convulsive start and raises bis arms and body, and the ring is-shot over victim's arm, wlio comes before ibe audience and duly certifies that he held the medium's me-dium's hands all tbo while. Victim is then blindfolded and the trick dono in sight of the audience, and still the victim vociferates that be was not deceived, while tbe audience roars at Iris expense. |