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Show DECLARES CHRIST IS BRINGING 600,000 ARMOREOMEN Chaloner Say Barnum'. Spirit ' Tells Him of Bullet-Proof Fore ' NEW YORK. March 11. John Armstrong Arm-strong Chaloner, who sine twin declared de-clared anna In hia slate, front which he was exiled for many years after Ills escape, from Bloomlnffdale. has announced an-nounced himself as a scientific experimenter experi-menter In psychology, a-ot Into touch with the spirit world at the Con theatre thea-tre and anounced the coming- of the millennium and the second coming ef Christ with 00,00O- bullet-proof soldiers sol-diers to clean up the world, alt within five years. It may have been through chance that word of the invulnerable army "was given by the spirit of P. T. Bar-num, Bar-num, who said through Mr. Chaloner's ' pencil writing, which wss read aloud by the co-author, that he bad long since given up all desire to fool the Iiiihlio and had atoned tn paradise ffff his Indiscretions, such as the Cardiff giant. PLEASES AUDIENCE. It was hard to tell which announcement announce-ment ploftued the large audience the more, this or the story, which Mr. Chaloner said was written by bis "You amase me. my dear sunt," said Mr. Chaloner, writing busily. IN FIVE YEARS. "It Is only because of this thst Christ Is coming." said the spirit control of "Mrs. Howe." "He comes as a reformer re-former among a mass of criminals. He will rule the world with a rod of Iron. The millennium is a rod of Iron, because, be-cause, man is a tyrant. The majority Is going to be ground underfoot. The millennium Is nearly here; it will be here inside of five years. There will be an awakening on this earth. Retribution Retri-bution will stalk red-handed and bol-shevikl bol-shevikl will get their deserts." Mr. Cheloner then left "Mrs. Howe" and asked I'. T. Barnum If he would answer. "You bet your life I will, you dead gam sport," came the spirit answer. "I have paid for my little indiscre-ttona indiscre-ttona wben I banked on my famous formula. The publie likea to be fooled.' I fooled them, all right. There will be a hot time In the pld town before long. The millennium Is the hottest stuff ever tried out. Blood will flow like water through a sieve. There will be fighting from morning till night." VOICE RISES. Mr. Chaloner's voice rose as be read what his pencil wss swiftly describing, his face glowed happily, he nuddetl with approval at P. T.'s witticisms. "A great conqueror will arise." continued con-tinued "Mr. Barnum," and lie will be Christ. His followers will be bulletproof. bullet-proof. He will have 600.000 fighting men. He will begin in Russia and settle set-tle the account with Lenin and Trotsky, Trots-ky, and then He will take on the rest of the world. CJnod night." And "Mr. Barnum" departed Into the beyond, leaving Mr. Chaloner gripping grip-ping a pencil and smiling at his audience. audi-ence. As there were lenving he nald that in nts-nexnecrurg Tie woliUl.re-1 sent a message from Khskespeure. which would Include two new passages from ' llsmlet" love scenes between ', the Dane and Ophelia, which are : more "like continuations thun imlta- tions." and that Khakespeare would ' confute the argument that Bacon wrote I his plays. I great-aunt, Julia Ward Howe, or her embarrassment on awaking In paradise and finding herself, clothed only in tresses like Iady Oodiva's, before Judge. Mrs. Howe aluo said that the kingdom of sin, known on the other Hide as PhiHntia, so as not to hurt the feeling of the Philistines, was quite the must popular place In the universe. The moment I recovered consciousness conscious-ness after my demise." wrote Mr. Chaloner Chal-oner unded the dim light of a lamp on the otherwise darkened stage, at the dictation of "Mrs. Howe," "I found myself standing alone In a courtroom of large dimensions. There was only one other being in the room. It was tho Judge. He was clothed in the habiliments hab-iliments of a Roman governor. His face was the serenes t thing I have ever en. ite looked at me calmly for a fw moments. IN SCANTY GARB. "I should state that my costume, or raiher lack of costume for. my dear nephew, you must know that I was totally nude I mnnt say that after my awukening I had a most remarkable head of hnir. like J-idy Oodiva's, and it was as light as air. My hair hid me from the eyes of the judge and reaa-; sured my modesty. j "After lookiru? at me for about five minutes, he spoke In a voice aa harsh as metal falling on metal, but modulated modu-lated so as not to alarm me. He said, I 'Julia Ward Howe, you are in the j presence of the judge of the dead.'" I Hhe was told, howe.r-i. that vhe had I no fault to wipe out and that her passage through the court was a mere formality, and was dismissed. "You would be amazed," Mrs. Howe continued, "to know how many flock to the kingdom of sin. God is tactful and It would demoralise those there to be known as sinners, therefore It has the fancy name of Phil 1st la. It is the most popular part of the unl verse, , and frightfully overcrowded. Kortunatcty. It fs very large." PURGED OF 8IN. To get out of I'hillsUa one must be purged of all sins done In this world, it was explained, and In extreme case It take ZOO years. Some of the hardest hard-est cases are those of hypocrites. Hell is full ft hypocrites. They are purged ly ftre under the direction of "His Satanic Sa-tanic Majesty, who is the attorney general gen-eral here below." The bad get It In the n-ck, "Mrs. Howe" explained. A perpetual police force Is on guard and an soon as some one does something wrong he Is crowned with a nightstick. mo that they soon get the habit of trying try-ing to be good. "Sow I will say something to surprise sur-prise you. my dear nephew," went on "Mrs. Howe." "The human rare has Miown Hftelf to be incapable of self-government." self-government." "Now. I must get this right." said Mr. Chaloner, "remember. I am notj writing this. 1 want to be sure. lo you mean to nay. my dear aunt, thati the highly civilized human race is in-i capable of self-government V I |