I have made compacts with fourteen different persons that whichever of us died first would communicate with the other if it were possible, but I have never received a word.

In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally.

A common pickpocket trick is for the operator to carry a shawl or overcoat carelessly over the left arm, and to take a seat on the right side of the person they intend to rob in a streetcar or other vehicle.

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

My brain is the key that sets my mind free.