ment was secured. In 1870
there was a woman of thirty-seven, addicted to alcoholic liquors, who
was found in her room with her viscera and part of her limbs consumed
by fire, but the hair and clothes intact. According to Walford, in the
Scientific American for 1870, there was a case reported by Flowers of
Louisiana of a man a hard drinker, who was sitting by a fire surrounded
by his Christmas guests, when suddenly flames of a bluish tint burst
from his mouth and nostrils and he was soon a corpse. Flowers states
that the body remained extremely warm for a much longer period than
usual.

Statistics.--From an examination of 28 cases of spontaneous combustion,
Jacobs makes the following summary:--

(1) It has always occurred in the human living body.

(2) The subjects were generally old persons.

(3) It was noticed more frequently in women than in men.

(4) All the persons were alone at the time of occurrence.

(5) They all led an idle life.

(6) They were all corpulent or intemperate.

(7) Most frequently at the time of occurrence there was a light and
some ignitible substance in the room.

(8) The combustion was rapid and was finished in from one to seven
hours.

(9) The room where the combustion took place was generally filled with
a thick vapor and the walls covered with a thick, carbonaceous
substance.

(10) The trunk was usually the part most frequently destroyed; some
part of the head and extremities remained.

(11) With but two exceptions, the combustion occurred in winter and in
the northern regions.

Magnetic, Phosphorescent, and Electric Anomalies.--There have been
certain persons who have appeared before the public under such names as
the "human magnet," the "electric lady," etc. There is no doubt that
some persons are supercharged with magnetism and electricity. For
instance, it is quite possible for many persons by drawing a rubber
comb through the hair to produce a crackling noise, and even produce
sparks in the dark. Some exhibitionists have been genuine curiosities
of this sort, while others by skilfully arranged electric apparatus are
enabled to perform their feats. A curious case was reported in this
country many years ago, which apparently emanates from an authoritative
source. On the 25th of January, 1837, a certain lady became suddenly
and unconsciously charged with electricity. Her newly acquired power
was first exhibited when passing her hand over the face of her brother;
to the ast