Show Talking Into ef Olden Tlraii Several ol the oldtime magicians lor cetera and alchemists are given the credit ol having made ipeaklng head or talking IrnagesIn In malt Instances these head were made ol bran but other metal wait occasionally employed The Colden Wonder the monster talking Image made by Olaut Magnut wu compelled of bran with the exception excep-tion of lit head which wa wrought front pure gold and weighed 68 pound without Its Internal machinery The total eight ol title wonder wit 588 pound The Golden Wonder wai Iao called the Inanimate Prophet on account ol the fact that It was tald to lone mule many prediction that were remarkably fulfilled Finally the head did at the parrot did In Ihe itory talked too much I predicted lhS death of a certain notorious pirate o a certain day and when he WAS seen alive and well a week later the people repaired to the hop 01 the magician and smashed the mage out ol all semblance humanity The metal of the head wait afterward coined Into lucky piece which were told at from twenty to one hundred time their real value Certain superstitious itlllout persons who came Into possession Ion of the magic coin declared that heir lucky pieces talked and made prediction Jut as the head had done I Friar llacon 10 I given tho credit 01 havIng hav-Ing made a brazen head which constantly constant-ly repeated the word > Time comet lime li pail The monk Gerbert who afterward became Pope with the title Sylvester 111 I Is I said to have ahead a-head ol bran that minutely predicted the after career ot lit maker A fourth peaking head was that made by Alber tug Mangui Ihe great magician ol the Thirteenth Century and another was made by Roberto Groneteite an Italian Ilihop who lived In England about the year ta53 |