Show I RE REAL l m HUMAN m SALAMANDER i Chabert the Fire King who was a I popular favorite in London 80 SO years ago claimed to be able to to- swallow arsenic and other poisons with impunity im tin- Visitors to his entertainment were requested to come provided provide 1 with phosphorus prussic acid arsenic and oxalic acid which he proceeded to consume before the eyes taking an antidote afterward which was supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to neutralize their effects Then to show that he was as impervious to heat beat as to poison polson he would take araw araw a araw raw leg of lamb into an oven to degrees and remain Inside entil un en until til the joint was cooked when it was carved and handed around to the audience audi ence The performance concluded by bv Chabert rubbing a red hot shovel ho on his head and face and allowing wing anyone anyone any anyone one who wished to drop molten sealing sealing seal seal- ing wax on his bis tongue and hands I |