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Show ITHE SECRET OF INCOMBUSTIBILITY; INCOMBUSTI-BILITY; ' In February, 1677, an Englishman, of the name of Richardson, came to Paris, and gave slomo very curious per formanccs, which proved, according to his statement, his incombustibility. Ho was seen to roast a piece of meat on. his tongue, light a piece of charcoal in his mouth by means of a pair of bellows, bel-lows, seize a har of red-hot iron in his hand or hold it between liis teeth. This Englishman's servant publishod his master's secret, which may bo found in the ''Journal des Sciences." In 1809, a Spaniard of tho name of Leo-nctto, Leo-nctto, gave performances at Paris. Ho also handleu a bar of rod-hot iron with impunity, passed it through his hair, or stepped on it; drank boiling oil, plungod his fingers into melted; lead, put somo on his tongue, and ended his performance by licking a piece of red-hot red-hot iron. This exttaordinary man at-, traded the attention of Prof. Scmen-trici, Scmen-trici, who began carefully watching iitm- ThoPrbTcssor remarked thatho , tongue o.thd iricdmhustihld'was' covered cov-ered with ot greyjjttydri' itendthis' dis coycryjed lnm totry somooxpefimits' dilhimsclfi'Ho,,discpvcrctV that, rubbing rub-bing in aiplution of "alum cyappVatcit to; n. spPn'gy1 Btatcirchdcrcd' tho' skin inscnsiblpjdf the actio'n; of tdd-hbt iifdni Ilis also",rubb6d himself witlv soapianil AundidiaVpYcn the hair did hot burn fjshca in'tliatstatp. Satisfied wjtlithcsi' invps'tigaiions,. tho plrysiciah tibbpd l)is;,tdiigup'with soap artd it !solutid'n of alutrij and thVrc'd,hpt iron produced no sohstion onliimThd tongue,1 when' thus, prepared, couldjnlaprcceivp hpjl: irtg.pil. vhich grew coldi aiid. cpuld. thou bp swallowed. Mi. Scmcntrici; also der t'ected imt tlid Tmoled"':Icad' I;conefto employed was only Arcette metal, fusfc blp.at the tcihpprature.of hojlitigVatcrj |