steaks, to the surprise and astonishment
of his audiences.

It was a question to many whether the
Doctor's oven was red-hot or not, as he
never allowed any person to approach him
during the exhibition or take part in the
proceedings. He made a tour of the
United States in giving these exhibitions,
which resulted in financial bankruptcy.
At the breaking out of the cholera in 1832
he turned Doctor, and appended M.D., to
his name, and suddenly his newspaper
advertisements claimed for him the title of
the celebrated Fire King, the curer of
consumption, the maker of Chinese
Lotion, etc.

While the Doctor was at the height of
his popularity, some wag perpetrated the
following joke in a newspaper paragraph:
``During some experiments he was making
in chemistry last week, an explosion
took place which entirely bewildered his
faculties and left him in a condition
bordering on the grave. He was blown into
a thousand atoms. It took place on
Wednesday of last week and some accounts
state that it grew out of an experiment
with phosphoric ether, others that it was