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TO 6D.I. THE
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DQfuESTIC"
ABOUT
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AIIOUT
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This year;
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cause it is equally useful for vert fink and
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"I rg-c upon application at our.
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r. "io DOMETIC" hem taken more rrcmlumt
jjji.-r. un than onu uther Machine, and is spe
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facture! l is simple in construction, noise
les ami t ' "tJ-v fun. A larjfe tfck of Thread,
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onus. At ,.. l(K;i;Tur. s M- cxtM pan Y,
Dec 27.-iin. " 34 Sixth Street, I'ittsburKh.
IflOH AMD hR UIDS
FOR 1.
I herewith offer for salt t "O of the best and
most valuable Iron I'ropeV " ih.c ,8tnt: ?
Ten now. One! raet ubuu t 2 u. uea below ort
louelfiou, coiitainiiiK
IO.OCO ACRfcTS, t
known as tne -Iron Mountain Fur. ' &tl,?'
with abundance of rich tre. Wood ''V '
Btone. ami within i to mile of theV. It Jji
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White umi Itliiek Oak. Toplar, Hickory, Miiple,
Ash, &c, iVc. ; underlaid witli I he best of Ore.
Both tracts are iu Stewart couuty.
ALSO,
Two valuable Tracts of Timber Ind in Hou.
ton county, one of l,st acres, within half a.
mile of tbe Ionisville mid Memphis It. H and
1H' miles east or the t'ouiity Seat. On other
t raet half a mile went of t he County Keal , with
the Kailroad passintr throujrh one corner, con
taining k"i0 acres. Ilolh of thepe tract have a
lartre amount of Wiiite Oak and Yellow Poplar
Timbtr, und well adapted for farming-.
ALSO.
several Farms In Dickson eonnty, on the Nash
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Dealer in Heal. Estate,
116 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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ures is (rrace itself; and the couutenunces of
such heavenly sweetness, that it seems as if the
urtist must hare seen them in a vision.
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'X'l-iril List.
I 1ST OF CAUSES set down for trial at an Ad
j journed Court to be held in Eliensburjr,
commencing- on Monday. February 10th, 1S73:
Gates vs. Wolf & Wclshous.
Flvnn Patterson et al.vs. Kriseetal.
Kodelheim & Affelder.vs. Piatt.
Millikeu vs l owen et al.
Powers ys. Harter.
Hanks vs. McAleer.
Jones vs. Powell.
M'Canee vs. M'MuIlin.
Commonwealth vs. Debeeks.
Emerson vs. Fronhelser.
Fronhuiser vs. Emerson.
Krise vs. Neason.
Sprout & Fry vs. Wagner.
Krise vs. Hips & Lloyd.
Smith v. Wilson.
Tierney & Null vs. Reich.
Devlin vs. Doyle.
Fpencer, McKay Si Co.. vs. Deyle.
Tierney Jt Null vs. Maloney-
.1. K. HITE, Prothonotftry.
Prothonotary's Ollicc, Ebonsbursr, Jan. 2, 1873.
Kxocntor's ISotiee.
VOTICB is hereby jriven that Letters Testa
i mentary on tho estate of Geo. Weakland,
hue of Cartolltown, Cambria county, deceased,
have been granted by the Register to the tiu
.1 . 1 n. A II nMrwin. ttidehled to 6ld r-Sta t e
are reiu9tefl to tnake immediate payment,and
those hnvinjr claims against the same will pre
sent them properly autnenticatea ior se.no-
me"f- AUG. WALTERS, Executor.
Carrolltown. Jan. 10, 173.-61.
Kate Notice.
nnu umUrclirnnl. Executor of the last Will
L and testament or (i.M.ABiau,iei ymr
n. Cambria Co., dec'd.:herehy notifies all.por
ns Indebted to said estate that payment must
son
s
i.. 1 a m.whmiY rlohiv. ami those havf mrclainis
airainst thesanio are requested to present luein
duly authentia-red lor settiemeni.
..u.y aun v SCAN LAN, Exeoutor
EbensbUTTj lec 20, Ie72.-Ct.
NOTICE.
HAVING disposed of my Interest in tho ER
ENSHUKG CIGAR MANUFACTORY to
J. Alkx. MiM)HK,aiid having transierreu to imu
an noiesann accounts uue iur, I'-. r...
debttxl will please make payment to him.
SIMON SULTZHACH.
Ebensburtr, Jan. 10, 1873. 17-3t.
I School Teacher Wanted.
V COMPETENT TEACHER. Male or Female,
to take charire of one of the Schools of
Monster township for three months and eleven
clays (unexpired term), at a salary of 30 per
mouth, is wanted immediately.
GEO, M,CU LLOL'OH, President.
A. i. Cuiri'it, Socrctary. ljan.17.- 31.
T Me On rue Ives a Othcn S 17a.
BT FRANK CLIVE.
Bill Baker owned a fighting dog
A hrindle, coarse-haired brute
"Whose chief delight was to en gaga
In a canine dispute ;
An ill-conditioned, viciotiw, cross,
Stub-tailed, hair-lipped, crop-eared
And red-eyed canine nnisance,
By the neighboring canines feared.
Bill's Aog came down the 6treet on a
Diagonal dog-trot,
A looking for aome other dog
For whom to make it hot ;
"When, on a scrubby looking brute.
His vision chanced to fall,
Staring from out a looking-glass
That leaned against a wall.
Bill's dog snrveyed that strange canlno
Vilh sinister regard,
And doubted if he'd ever seen
A dog look quite so hard.
The more he gazed, the less respect
He felt within him stir
For that demoralized, cross-grained
And hang-dog looking cur.
That stranger dog returned Bill's dog's
Insulting stare, in kind,
Which tended to still more disturb
Bill's canine's piece of mind ;
With every bristling hair along
His back, he fiercely frowned,
And curled his tail uutil it raised
His hind feet from the ground.
And showed his teeth and cocked his ears
And otherwise behaved
Impatiently, as dogs do
Whose instincts are depraved ;
But all his hostile signs were met
By signs as hostile, qnitef
And Bill's dog felt himself compelled
To slink away, or fight.
He flew into that looking-glass
With all his might and main
Filled with chagrin and broken glass,
lie soon flew out again.
Reflection showed Bill's dog that he
Had got into a scrimmage
Through indignation at the sight
Of his own odious image.
The knowledge of his aspect quite
Destroyed his self-esteem ;
For the hideous reality
Surpassed his wildest dream.
Life lost, at once, all charm for him,
So, mournfully, he steered
Into a neighboring sausage-shop,
And never re-appeared.
The moral of this doggerel
I obvious, I trmt j
(For there is a moral lesson in
Bill Baker's dog's disgust :)
If some men knew how they appear
To others, they would hide
Themselves within a sausage-shop
That is, they'd suicide.
JL l'LEASAXT STOiiY.
It was a cottage. Don't tell mo that I
jflou't know, llaveu't I been there to gath
ct r.oses and feast on strawberries? No,
;r -o'an't a cottage oruec there was notli-
iu"- Frenchified about it. It was purely
Anienvnu. and harmonized sweetly with
.!. dnli 'Ltful sceneiy. INo, it liailn t a
at root, iior a jhjixico nouning ml .ui ui
I kind. iJUb LUCll 1 . iiau i upi; tiuw j un-
ul all over me wiuaows, uu nuuie sm-
- ' - i j l. l .. 1
,:. .j of wrens mar. maae tneir nests auu
nn 1 1 . ;io tio roc Ta tlia rrrht: VHS
sang- ; , r, "
left an "hard whence winds scattered
. i .Moom. In front was a greon
lawn shade Wlth 801116 massive walnut
trees,' and to tf-e rear opened a long grass
Ian throng, & tho cows walked every
morning to their ". j
. .i ;i.i ut be milked.
lUIHCU GVCI T II I - " . . al A.
T L-.w xvaII anAiirt "
trre be-lonced. It was . "? lu" "u"
M. V.T VT -A ' -1 1 .1. 1
n . . ivaH in if 91
I had always admitted hi ex client taste
in blending the useful with te wautatul,
though I had never seen him 7 t
liri.ini, Iiaaii f 1 1 bia wITa i ii.l ditrtn.T O-
seuce. I had learned of him, thc't,'rn
heard enouc-h to make me intensely iM .
UUO AJ OCO 1IIIU . iui wt mm v-a -' iahmv.
the neichborhood approved his wife b
choice.
"What is the matter with him Is he
immoral?" I asked.
"Not that I know of," was the rejoin
der. "But to tell the truth, Dolly, he is
insufferably ugly his face is all scarred
and cicatrized, 1 should think by fire, and
you know it always made me nervous to
look at anything of that kind."
"Poor man 1 Perhaps he got burned in
rescuing some child or feeble woman from
the flames," 1 .said.
"Don't know ; never heard ; never made
inquiries ; you know they only came to
live in this neighborhood last summer, and
I have never had the courage to ask what
disfigured him, but I wish that you would."
"1 am considerably acquainted with Hi's.
Winslow," I replied ; "1 thought of call
ing upon her this morning ; perhaps she
will tell the story without being asked."
"Do, that's a dear, good Dolly."
And I did.
The whole atmosphere seemed redolent
with music and fragrance. I couldn't tell
why all the bird3 had taken it into their
heads to sing, warble and build their nests
there, and I didn't know why it was that
the roses, buttercups, violets and daisies
should prefer that place to any other. But
they seemed to prefer it, judging from the
great profusion in which they grew.
The whole aspect was delightfully rural
and picturesque, and all over lingered an
iniluence of quietude and repose.
A narrow foot-path, crooked as footpaths
usually are, wound along through the lawn,
beneath the shadows of giant walnuts, and
bv this I amu-oached, entered the little
gate, and ascended the graveled walk, bor
dered by beds oi nowers, to uie uoor.
It wab open, and not pausing to rap, I
went in.
A serene and peaceful hush rested with
in. The balmy wind nestled iu Uie
wreaths of snowy drapery hanging at the
window, where great white and red roses
bowed their graceful beads, and tne warm,
rich summer light came in and lay in bright
bars of radiance upon the floor.
A cradle was there, and it required no
conjuring to tell that it had au inmate a
self-dignified, thoughtful, imperturable lit
tle baby, whose quiet calmness I could not
understand. It was wide awake, and its
irreat blue eyes were staring with infant
. . . T 1 tl
persistence as someimuy a wuiu uut
what ; then they turned upon me and I
returned the gaze. But it made no differ
ence ; the baby had not a foul or evil tho't
to hide ; it was not conscious oi a sin iu
I word or deed ; hence there came no blush
to that delicately roundea cneeK, no rail
ing to that calm, quiet eye, limpid as a
lake in summer, sercno as the heavens in
.1 une.
There was a rustle and a. flutter of mus
lin, the sound of a light, springy step, the
glimpse of a fairy form, and Mrs. Winslow
stood before me.
She was not very beautiful, but spark
ling and vivacious, with a glow of health
on her cheek, and with the light of health
In her eye.
The baby had roused now, to ne
no more of its quiet and calmness-
mow of its thoughtfulneos and serenity.
IU little form fairly fluttered with plea-
sure, it laughed and ciappea its uimpieu
hands.
"You've come to stay all day with roe,
haven't you? And the baby had such
good company while mamma was gone,
hadn't it?" she said, in a light, ehirrtfpy
way, that sent off the little fellow with re
newed delight.
Her invitation had only seconded my
design to remove my bonnet and mantilla,
and while she sat down on the rocker and
took the baby, we prepared to enjoy the
day and each other's society.
I can't tell you what we talked about.
No, it was not of balls, nor operas, nor
lions, nor sights. No, not a neighbor's
character was dissected. No, the infirm
ities of the clergyman were not shown
up. No, not a morsel of private scandal
was cut and carved. But the time flew
swiftly and pleasantly after dinner, and
when the great round sun was sinking be
hind the trees that bumed and glowed in
the rich, warm light, she came to where I
was sitting, and without a word, laid a
portrait upon my lap. It was that of a
noble looking man, with expressive and
faultless features.
"Is that your husband?" I asked.
'My husband asxhe was," she answer
ed, heaving a littlo sigh. "You have seen
him ?"
I replied in the negative.
"You will remain with me this even
ing ?"
I replied that I should be happy to form
bis acquaintance, and again looked at his
portrait.
"He doesn't look like that now," she
anewcred, wiping away e tear, "yet he says
he shall ever have cause to bless the fire by
which he lost his good looks, but which
won him what he esteemed a thousand
times more valuable."
"What was it?" I asked, J with unac
countable dullness of apprehension.
Sho pointed archly, with aemile, to her
wedding ring.
"Do tell me the story I should be de
lighted to hear it."
Aga.in she smiled, saying :
"i do not know that you willconsider it
very interesting ; however, several reasons
conspire to make me wish that you should
know all, and since you have never heard
it, jierhaps I may as well tell it to you."
"Certainly, certainly."
"You see, when Mr. Winslow first be
gan his attentions to me, I wasn't at all
pleased. He was handsome, I knew, but
I had set my mind, very foolishly, upon
having a rich husband, and xme that could
keep me above the necessities of work.
So I slighted and repulsed him on all oc
casions, treating him not merely with in
dill'ereuce, but with actual loathing and
scorn. Such treatment, one might have
supposed, would have quickly obliterated
his passion ; on the contrary, however, it
Only 6ccmed to increase it.
"About this time I formed the acquain
tance of a city gentlemen, whom rumor
reported immensely rich, and whose in
tense selfishness was veiled beneath a man
ner of the utmost suavity. His attentions
to me were marked, and not to be mista
ken and though be had not spoken of
iove, he looked and acted it, and I believed
iu him.
"It was in October, I think ; the atmos
phere was dry and cool, with night winds
when, as we were returning from a party,
late at night, I was surprised and shocked
at the appearance in the distance of a red
light that seemed to climb the sky and
quench the very stars. A wild and awful
presentiment of approaching evil at the
same instant crossed my mind.
" 'If that should be our house V I almost
hr."j-ved.
jSt,nsense ; it is much farther off,' ex
claim eo Jarton.
"But I was not satisfied, and Ihurriod
on eagerly, J ragging him wit- me- ,
"We came Ji-arer nearer. My fears
it . Tt was indeed our beau
tiful home. wramea id one broad ehect of
smoke and flame, or with forked tongues
lapping the pillars and shooting from the
windows, while up at ono of the sky lights
my mother was standing iu L,er mgbt dress.
"With one wild shriek I eled the at
tention of the crowd to her situation.
Hundreds of people by this time h.d col
lected, though chiefly, as it seemed, for
the gratification of tbeir curiosity. Some
were running with ropes and ladders, while
many others were shouting ana giving or
ders, which no one seemed inclined to
obey.
" 'My mother ! my mother ! I cried.
'Will no one go to the assistance of my
mother ?'
"Every moment the flames increased
with astonishing rapidity, surging and
roaring like a sea of storm. Still my moth
er stood there surveying the scene villi
the resignation of a martyr.
" 'Barton! Barton!' I shrieked, 'forGod's
sake help my mother I'
"lie stood stilL
I implored and urged him. At length
he turned toward me with a frown, and
said :
" I cannot risk my own life to save area
your mother.' ...
"Great heavens 1 and I have loved this
man.
"The thought rushed heavy and seeth
ing through my brain.
"There was a shout, an exclamation, an
utterance of brave, strong words. Some
nervous arm had placed a ladder, and a
man was rapidly mounting on through
the dense smoke wreaths through singe
ing flames, scorched by the intense heat.
The crowd swayed and murmured like a
wind-swept wave.
"He appeared again I saw my mother
in his arms I knew that she was saved.
There was a crash of theroof, mingled
with exclamations a gi-eatjmist swam be
fore my eyes a noise not unlike that of
the roaring flames, was in my ears, and I
lost the consciousness of surrounding ob-
JCC''Is it necessary to tell who it was that
thus rescued my mother? What emo
tions I experienced upon hearing how
deeply I was indebted to the man I had
despised? It is necessary for me to toll
you, however, that, then and there he for
ever lost the good looks which you admire
in tbsk portrait. Tho clothe were burned
from his body, and the flesh of his face
and neck scarred and scorched till the skin
seemed to have tbe consistency of leather."
'"There, my dear, you have told enough
let me finish it," said a manly voice at
the door.
I looked up, a man was there, on whose
countenance there were deep traces of the
fiery element, but lie didn't look ugly to
me at all. Each scar teemed rather a
badge of honor.
His wife presented him, and as he gave
me his hand, he said :
"One whom my wife esteems so highly
cannot be a stranger to me, and now, since
she has told yon part for I have been a
sad eavesdropper let me tell you the rest."
I joyfully assented.
"Then and there," he began, "I heard
the flames roaring around me, and felt its
fiery breath scorching my cheeks, and seem
ing to lap up the very springs of life, but
was conscious only of a great joy at my
heart, for tbe mother of the prized one was
in my arms. I knew when I touched the
ground with my charge, by the acclama
tions that rent the air, but could only think
that I had made her happy, and iu the bliss
of that assurance forgot for the time my
suffering, the world, and everything.
"I lay ill through several weeks through
days and nights that would have been an
guished indeed had I not known whose
care it was that provided everything essen
tial to my comfort had not such a sweet
face bent over me, such a soft hand minis
tered to my wants. Never in the proud
est day of my health had I experienced
such exquisite felicity, and never in my
weakness.
"Now, when she at beside me, when
she brought me fruits and flowers, when
she put her hand in mine and whispered
something that would have repaid suffer
ings a thousand times more bitter than
mine "
"Oh, William," she cried, blushing to
the very roots of her hair, don't tell how
Billy and foolish I was."
"It was neither silliness nor folly," I
exclaimed, "but the reward of the great
est virtue and heroism. Let him go on ;
I am deeply interested, and long to know
all."
"I have but little more to telL but as I
grew strong "and able to walk about, I
observed that all the mirrors bad been re
moved. "Hitherto, in my deep happiness, I had
thought little of the scars which I should
have known would deface my features.
"This incidtnt reminded me of it, and
excited my curiosity. When I requested
one to be brought she implored me to de
sist for the time, but, thank. Uod, itjdidn t
shock me in the least.
"I took her in my arms, and whispered,
that since her beautiful face had becom
mine I saw no cause to regret the loss of
one, and wouldn't, for the world, change
back jgain
" 'You have seen and loved me now,' I
said, 'whereas, you didn't before you
know all my disfigurement, and with it
your manner has charged from scorn to
loving kindness ; so I have nothing to
mourn for.'
"And every day of my life has since con
vinced me more and more that I told the
truth."
Cukiocs Ikcidehtof thkBoston FrnE.
The following fact, related by an eye
witness, is one of the many curious circum
stances connected with the great Bosttfn
n ri . l 1 1 . .1 . xi i : t :
nre : vniie tne connagraviou w i
height, and a merchant was busy collect
ing together a few valuables to carry away
in his arms, a rough-looking fellow came
up with a large wagorf and wished to know
if he didn't watit to biro him for a load.
The merchant jumped at the offer, and
the wagon was by himself and clerks soon
heaped with costly goods, and the driver
told where to carry them, and to come
back, if he could, before the flames reach
ed the store. As he was disappearing in
tho distance a police officer asked the mer
chant if he knew the man, when it sud
denly occurred to him that he had Hot even
asked his name, and had committed his
goods into the hands of an utter strangen
Worse than that, the policeman knew
him to be a notorious thief, but could not
leave the point he was guarding to pursue
him. ,
rw,. r, 3 I 1. tr o
I ri o lire rrropTftSKeo.. ami 1 1 1 .'
hour the merchant's store was in ashes.
ITeit moraine he repaired to tne place
Ii b-irl .llt-ofted the cartman to car
ry the goods, and, as he feared, they had
not been brougnt mere, awu ua) anci-
surmised by the
c.i..ev'K annenmnce. who apologized for
not coming before b- hi3 inability to find
the merchant, and handing him a key,
i . i i i. .- i A r.e ru 1 WAS ?rfcreH ill
torn niui ma iwi tj " Tj it
the room of a hotel, where he would hud
them.
I ti, m,w.!nnt xnrsed surnrise. and
I1UD 1U1.1VU1.-. '
mentioned tho suggestion of the police ot-
" said the carter, "but do
you rcmentber you were on the juryjwhen
J for stflinr?"
iras u P . , T.
"Yes, I do, ana from the evidence 1 be-
12 .. . JniiViOllt."
UOVCU UIIU ii'v,i...
"Well, sir, that was me, ana I wismno-
cent as innocent as a cnna ot wu
was tried for. I understood it was you
that was wise enough 4to see I was, al
though I had no reputation to back me,
and you saved me from an unrighteous ver
dict and the State prison."
"Indeed."
"Yes I And Tve been trying get
even with you for more than two years,
and never got a chance till last night, when
I borrowed a horse and cart and took your
goods out of the fire. There's the key and
there's nothing to pay." .
So saying, the visitor slasnmea the door
after him, leaving the astonished merchant
with a door key in bis hand. But upon
investigation he found his goods as was
promised by the visitor, and now is of the
opinion that there is some "honor among
thieves."
Got ITis License. A beligerent youth
aged eighty-three applied to the county
clerk of Evansville, Ind., for a marriage
license. The clerk remonstrated, saying
that a man of his age should turn his
thoughts toward the other world, instead
of matrimony. 'I'm of age, ain't I ?' ask
ed the old chap. 'Well rather,' answered
the clerk. Utl came tne oia man a coai
and taking the attitude of a pugilist, he
said : 'I kin jist knock fits out of any
man who doesn't aDDrove of this here ma
trimonial venture of mine. I want the li
cense or there'll be somebody licked quick
er than thuudcr !
He got it.
JL COXJUKJSR AT 1IOME.
THK MAOICIAK HERaASS SOME OK HIS
QUEER TRICKS.-
A writer in Iielgratia describes a visit to
the magician Hermann-,- at his private resi
dence near London, and the tricks there
played for the entertainment of the guests.
The dinner passed off handsomely ; the
rintU were the best iu the season ? the
wine was of the choicest ; comeTsation
brisk, if not brilliant ; and good humor
threw a radiance over the whole party. It
was, in fact, a merry meeting ; and there
was just the number seated around the
table to concentrate the talk and prevent
the party from breaking up into knots.
Herr Hermann, who wa seated at the
head of the table, bad Skeptic placed at
his ritrht band. lhe collocation, which
was supposed to be accidental at the tim
was designed by the conjurer. He had
seen and noticed the incredulity or UU
guest, and was deterniiucd to make a con
vert of him, or at all events to buow off his
powers at hi expeu.se.
The conversation turning upon prestidi
gitatonrs and their various feats of leger
demain, Herr Hermann who, having pasis
ed many years in America, and being no
stranger to England, spuse r.uguu w au ,
much fluency said : -I am well aware
that all you savants have an idea how the
best of our tricks are accomplished," "I
should think so!" from Skeptic. "But
I fancy I could even puzzle you !" "O,
indeed 1" again from Skeptic. "Ah, sir,
and evon you," turning to Skeptic. "By
all means try it." "1 shall ; and after
dinner I will show yon a few tricks, and
will defy any of you to have the remotest
notion how they are done." "Bravo !"
from all the company excepting Skeptic,
who laughed aad helped himself to wnie,
and congratulated himself on being so
much cleverer than the conjurer.
The tricks played by Hermann are thus
described : '..,.
"Presently Herr Hermann rings the bell,
and tells the man servant, who answers it,
to fetch some cards. The man retired,
and came back with two packs of cards, in
secured cases, and placed them on the ta
ble. 'Take one of these packs,' said our
host, addressing himself to Skeptic ; 'oeu
the cover, and see if all tbe cards are
riht.' 'No preparation?' demanded
Skeptic 'No, I assure you. What I ant
about to show you now
I COULD IX) WITH ANY CAR5.
'Of course,' ejaculated Skeptic, snoering
ly, and began to tear the cover from the
pack. Skeptic looked at the cards, and
we all looked at the conjurer. When
Skeptic pronounced the cards 'all right,'
Herr Hermann took them in his hauds, j
and. Hinging them down on the table with ,
their faces uppermost, said : 'There ttr
eight of you. When I leave the room, and
the door is shut on me, let each person draw
a card from the pack, return it, and shuf
fle tho cards.' He left tho room, bidding
us recall him when we w ere ready. Each
man took a card and put it back. Then
we all had a shuffle at the pack, excepting
Skeptic, who thought he knew all about
tho trick, and the conjurer was brought
back in due time.
"He took tho cards in his band. There
are eight of yori,' he said. 'Each one has
drawn a card and replaced it ; and the
eight cards, if you have well shuffled them;
should be dispersed through the pack.
No eye Could see into this room when the
door was shut ; even knowing the earns
were that possible would leave the seem
ing impossibility of bringing the eight
cards together ; you will acknowledge that.
Behold w hat art can do !' He gave the
cards a sort of flourish, ar.d placing the
pack on his left palm, threw from the top
the eight cards which we had drawn.
He then turned to Skeptic, and with a
good-humored smile inquired whether he
had any idea how the trick was done.
Our mil admirati' friend laughed, and
said nothing; but shortly afterward he
was heard to observe, 'Curious, ain't it?'
This trick gave rise to a good deal of talk,
and some disputation ; but there wore no
two opinions about it ; it was allowed by
all to bo the most Complete and inexplica
ble feat of legerdemain ever witiessed.
"Trick No; 2 was even more astonishing
and incomprehensible. 'You know, Said
Herr Hermann, addressing the whole par-
v after Knmr disensioi liH.r.oo
the sleight-of-hand performances, ! wort
by wit, and not witchcraft., 'For wit
read trick,' interposed Skeptic. 'But
now,' continued the conjurer, not heed
ing the interruption, 'supposing that I
were to interpret your thoughts to know
what was passing through your mind '
That indeed would be a trick above natu
al magic.' I excluimed. Skeptic filled his
glass aad winked to his neighbor, as if he
would say, 'I know all about it.' 'We
shall see,' said Herr Hermann. 'Now,
each of you two gentlemen,' he went on,
speakiug te his right-hand guests, think
cf card ; I do mot ask you to touch one,'
and taking up the pack, he threw the cards
front upwards on the table. The choice
wm quickly made.
ME. HERMANN BBCOYERfcD TllE CARDS,
shuffled them and spread them out as bo-
fore. 'The card,' he said, 'one oi you
thocght of i3 there; the card the other
thought of is absent,' The gentlemen
searched. One f the cards selected was
net to be seen the other was found. 'So
far so gcad," exclaimed Herr Hermann,
'but tho trick is only half done.' The con
jurer tock the cards again, shufiied them
as before, and exposed them on the table.
'Now,' he cried, the illusioa is reversed.
The missing card reappears, and the card
thought of that was present is not to be
found. Search I And such was the case.
The cards had come and gone at the bid
ding of the wonderful magician, who seem
ed to influence a mental rather than a phys
ical exercise over them. Wonder was ex
pressed in every countenance, and Skep
tic, annoyed because ue wu ivuovl, urun
off au additional bumper to qualify him for
elucidation.
"A moment's consideration of the trick
must satisfy anvbodv of its extreme clever-
n&a and lncomrireuensiimiu . wj
possible solution that offers itself is the
.nnnniitmn that the conjurer, by some
process of his own, was enabled to louow
the eyes of the gentlemen in thoir direc
tion to the cards spread on the table, and
. .1 n ,3 e XTrtn-WiTlfT
to mark those uie jr mu.o um -the
cards, of course an expert P01??1"
would find no difncultv iu manipulating
Znlas he pleased; the getting nd 1 of a
card aud returning it to the aec,
whatever rapidity, - noextraordi-
ful Willi nuawioi . t - . -
rt of Wenleniam. Ascertaining
. . . . r-ni-ila 111 a m
which
Uncertainty trie -
two persons have thrown a glattce fir
hottest possible apace of time is, it must
bo allowed, one of the taoet remarkable and
puzzling achievements of tho conjurer'
art, and may be Culled iu crowning font.
I do not assert that it was by this proccs.
Herr Hermann ascertained the cauls his
two guests thought of, but if not thus 1
can conceive no other method by wkich he
made them known to him, unless, Hided,
it were veritable witchcraft.-
"Some teu or fifteen minutes had pas.eI.
and tbe conversation was about to laps
into generalities, when our host roso from
his seatV and, taking from the table the
canls, went to the tKher end of the room.
1 want to ask your opinion of a trick which,
no doubt, you have ofte seen your opin
ion as to how I do it. Will you oblige me
by taking a card?' 'May I be allowed to
suggest the unopened pack of cards?' in
quired friend Skeptic, looking around him
with an air of wisdom. 1)h, certain:-,'
answered Herr Hermann, 'open the un
touched pack yourself, and then give it ti
m- Skeptie removed tho envelope from
the new pack and bcruVmized the card;
carefully. The eyes of tke company wcire.
now fixed on the pair, and no one s".Vc.
6KKTTIC HAVIXO SATISFIED HIMSELF "
that the cards had undergone no previous
preparation, handed them to tho conjurer.
Take a card,' said the latter. It was
done. 'Now take the pack in vour own
band, put the card back and shuffle.'
Skeptic did as he was told, and smiled a
he shuffled tLe cards in a variety of way?.
It would be difficult, would it not,' asked
Herr Hermann, to tell you the card vou
drew?' 'Rather!' ejaculated Skeptic.
'What If I were to do more, and make vou
draw ygaiu tho same card?' 'I should
like to lay 10 to a half-crown on that.'
Keep j-our monoy, my friend; I don't
want to rob you ; give me the cards.' He
took the cards from Skeptic, and, sluf--lliug
them, said : 'This time when you
draw tho card, do not let anybody see it,
nor say what it is until I ask you. I must
do my tricks afterjmy own fashion. Drawl"
"He drew. 'Now plaeo the card upon
the table back upward, and coyer it with
your hand, holding it tightly.' Skeptic
did as he was desired. 'Now, sir, is not
that card the one whioh you drew first ?'
'Certainly not, exclaimed Skeptic, loudly
and triumphantly. 'Indeed 1' cried Her
mann, 'there must be some mfstake.' Of
course there i,' rejoined tho guest, 'bub
it is your mistake,' and he laughed with
much glee. 'Are you sure?' 'Positive.
'Name the cards.' 'I drew the queen of
spades 5rst, and this under my hand is
the nine of diamonds.' 'Let me look at
it,' Skeptic took away his hand, turned1
the card and beheld the queen of spades.
An explosion of laughter at Skeptic's ex
pense was followed ;by a voliey of cheers
for this wonderfully clever feat of sleight-of-hand,
if indeed it was such, for I was
utterly at a loss at the time and am now,
when I think of of it to account for the
manner in which it was accomplished.
"Many other tricke were exhibited in the
course of the evening, but those related
were decidedly tho newest and best, al
though some of the others would have
made a common conjurer's fortune. (Sev
eral times Herr Hernirtnn held out a pack
of cards and named beforehand the card
any one of us would draw, in spite of every
effort on our part to foil him, and this
without failing in any one instance. Of
course, 'passing a card' is one of tbe com
monest tricks iu card-juggelry; but to 'pass
a card' and name it beforehand, aid 'pass
it on a company so 'cunning of fence and
so wary as ours, was a very duTereut mat
ter.
"Better than passing the card' with such
magical; dexterity, which we know is
achieved with rapidity and neatness of
fingering, was th trick with tho pear,
which, indeed, was as inconceivable a
anything shown that evening. One of the
party was asked by the conjurer to take a
pear from the table and mark it, then to
cut a slice from it, to eat the slice, and
hand the pair to Herr Hermann. Thie
was done and the pair given to the conjur
er, who, taking it in his hand, threw it up
toward the ceiling, caught it as it fell, '.and
returned it sound and whole to the gentle
man, who declared it was the same pear
he had marked, and from which he had
cut the slice.''
A Powerful Argument. A few tlajf
ago, a tall, rough-looking mountaineer en
tered the Union llailroad ticket otlice af
Denver and through mistake, purchaser
a ticket for New York via the Kansas Pa
cific lino, when he wanted to go over the
Union Pacific; Ho did not discover tlii
fact until after the ticket had been pai.
for, and on asking the agent to change it
the latter refused to do so.
"You wont change this ticket then, wont
you?"
"No, sir," replied the agent, "you have
your ticket and I have the money for it
UIIU II JOU WitllL t HClvC OVCF IDA OlUCl
route you will have to buy it."
Very quietly the strauger twisted hi
ticket into a small roll ( very serenely he
drew from tinder his coat-tail a six-shootor
about the dimensions of a mountain how j
itzcr ; coolly and deliberately he stuck the
twisted ticket into the muzzle of that six
shooter, and sticking the ugly looking
thing through the little square window (Tt4
the ticket-office, and almost into the a-ent'i-face,
and speaking in a tone that left m
doubt of his determination, said :
"Stranger, thar's that ticket take it
yourself and change it, or I'll blow it clear,
through you !"
The ticket was changed immediately,
and without any more words from the
agent, and the mountaiueer walked away,
saying, "I jest thought I could induce him
to change his mind a lectio."
Medical Items. An onion diet will
cure scrofula.
Fish diet is liable to produce hives.
' A draughtof cold water will relieve yawning-
Sweet potatoes tend to create liver dis
eases. Epizooty in ebickens exists only in imag
ination. Parsnips is a valuable food m disease of
the kidneys.
Castor oil and turpentine is the best rem
edy for worms.
Dandruff may bo removed bv wnb;
the head in butter-milk. L
Nervous excitement Droducos Irvitot;
and itching of tho skin.
Beef eaters are more predisDOKert ti
sumption than pork eaters.
Equal parts of Mecca oil and Wce
will cure chapped lips, hands, ami r,
pimples from the face.
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