TIIE SOItAOTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOTCNING-, FEBRUARY C, 1897.
The Home of Great
Brltale's Premiers
Downing Street, Famed 5n Song and Story,
Soon to Be Wiped Out Its History.
From Tho Tlmcs-Hcrald's London Corres
pondent. "Downing1 street' Is to lio wiped out.
It will not lie long before tlio dust ot
the mortar that hinds the antique brick
of the famous old buildings at "No. 10"
will stifle passers-by in the narrow
lanelike street where "history has been
made" for some centuries. The dingy
old house that has served ns a homo
and a workshop for many of England's
most Illustrious men will soon bo torn
down to bo replaced by a. structure In
keeping with the new home olHce, which
is new only by wuy of contrast with the
ancient buildings about It. For all the
world ''Downing street," a phraBe syn
onymous with the motive power of the
British government, Is "No. 10." To the
American, with whom all state olllces
nnd public buildings are things ot to
day, equipped with "modern conven
iences," the oiriclal residence and work
ing room of the premier seems an ano
maly. The buildings at No. 10 are old-
Downing street, In tho ofllco of Lord
HawkcB, on October 2, ISOt.On the 10th
of that month Bonaparte's ald-de-camp
Gcnorul Laurlston, arrived with ratlfl-
cctlon papers.
Outwardly there Is nothing very
grand about tho old palace, but there
Is no lack of room within. There Is the
old council chamber, as dismal as could
bu wished for. Its book-lined walls, Its
four massive pillars, Its heavy and sub
stantial furniture are all the same to
day as they were In the time of Wnlpolo.
In this old chamber some of the most
delicate affairs of state have been set
tled. Twice In English history have
foreign potentates met in this room.
Cabinet councils have not always been
held there, however. Jlr. Gladstnno al
ways called his cabinet meetings In the
cozier rooih above stairs. Lord Salis
bury holds his at the foreign ofllco.
The last of the famous houses of
Downing street are now to be swept
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yearly pilgrimages to Mecca, and other
zealots liour Into India to visit tho
sacred shrines. When they scatter
again to go to their homes they bear
with them the germs of either cholera
or tho bubonic plague. It Is noticeable
that either pestilence or cholera Invari
ably follows tho regular 12-year pil
grimages of tho IllndU3.
According to past experience tho
germs are not carried with merchan
dise. A case ot Infection from such a
source Is not known. The specific germ
seems to require a living vehicle for
safe transportation, but It willingly
attacks all manner of domestic ani
mals. The probability of Its introduc
tion Into this country is very remote.
Hags, which might be a source of In
fection, seldom come from the orient.
The natives have need for them for ap
parel. The period of Incubation Is at most
eight days, and any man who would
contract a disease In Bombay would
be either dead or recovered before he
could reach New York. A ship In which
a case had occurred would not bo per
mitted to pass the quarantine station.
English troops In India are, of course,
menaced by the plague, but none ot
them had been attacked at last reports.
The city of Bombay Is In a district
containing a great many Parsees. Their
peculiar religion requires them to place
their dead on the towers of silence to
be devoured by vultures, but the extra
ordinary mortality anionsr them Is
said to have overtaxed tho appetites
of the vultures, and the bodies lie In
the tropical sun exhaling death to all
In tho vicinity of the towers.
Bubonic plague Is tho pestilence
which Is almost Invariably mentioned
In collection with famine In the an
cient scriptures, although In one or
two Instances It Is also mentioned ns
the botch of Egypt. In the sixth cen
tury travel between Europe and the
orient became more general than be
fore, and the plague was first Intro
duced. Its ravages were comparative
ly slight in several epidemics which
followed, but In the fourteenth century
It came apparently to stay. For a pe
riod of nearly 230 years there was hard
ly a time when It was not prevalent
in some portion of Europe but It has
not visited England since 1CC6.
In 1S7S It raged In eaBtern Russia,
having been Introduced from the In
dies, and It lasted two years. Last
year It prevailed to a considerable ex
tent In China.
method Is rarely necessary for more
than two or three weeks.
Every morning before breakfast baby
Is weighed. A now baby at birth
should welsh between six and seven
pounds, but many reared by Dr. Lion
have welched far loss. "But," says
Dr. Lion, "It Is absolutely necessary
that tho baby bo placed In the Incu
bator Immediately, for every minute
that It is exposed to tho variations of
tho temperature lessens Its chances of
life. An early child rarely dies If It
is exempt from hereditary disease and
weighs not less than two pounds and
three ounces, Tho success of my sys
tem has been beyond my greatest
hopes. In Nice, where I was born,
and where the municipality now grants
money for the support ot the first char
ity Incubator started, I took 185 chil
dren In three years, and out of these
137 were saved. This means 72 per
cent, of the children who In tiro nat
ural course of things would have died
have been spared to their mothers.
Since last January wo have had C2
babies In the Paris Incubator, and of
these cloven have died. Six of the
eleven weighed less than two pounds,
and their cases were almost hopeless.
The others had been brought in too
late. They had caught chills.
One of the most attractive exhibits
at the Berlin exhibition to-day Is the
baby Incubator. In two months more
than 100,000 persons visited It. The
medical profession of that city is rais
ing a fund for tho support of a per
manent establishment at the Gorman
capital similar to the ono In Paris. It
Is believed that before another year hu3
passed Brussels and London will also
have baby Incubators, and there is no
reason why Now York should not fol
low suit.
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A SUU-CAIilHlti: CAUTIUDGE.
Stories of the Late
Alexander Herrmann
HOME OF BRITISH PREMIERS-NO. 10 DOWNING STREET.
fashioned, smoky houses, with a ground
lloor (this to be taken literally), odd
sables and an exterior that reminds one
of the description of the house In which
BIr. Tulkinghorn lived.
Downing street Itself Is a typical Lon
don side street, a dull, narrow, black,
cul-de-sac running up In a westerly di
rection from the treasury building. Al
most all of the houses that lined its
cither side have been torn away much
to the regret of those foreigners who
love the urchalc and spend much of
their time in reconstructing old London
from ancient pictures and descriptions.
They began to tear down the street as
long ago as 1S23, but years and years
after the sole remaining "No. 10" has
evanished In mortar smoke and Its
bricks been rebuilt into an artisan's
homo the memories of the place will be
Inextricably entwined with the parlia
mentary history of England. No street
In London can boast of having had such
distinguished men for lesldents, and tho
bouses of Downing street tower above
all other houses for the greatness of
their tenants. The buildings at No. 10
were first erected so one learns by con
sulting an old record of Whitehall by
Sir George Downing, who was a great
statesman In the reign of Charles II. It
was from this gentleman that the street
derived Its name. The first Illustrious
prime minister to take up his abode at
No. 10 was Sir Robert Walpole. lie
lived as comfortably as people could
live in those primitive days in the rooms
of the second story. Lord North, dur
ing his premiership, lived In this house.
His bedchamber and eating-rooms were
those of the ground lloor. So pleasant
was his situation there that when he
lapsed from the premiership and be
came a secretary of state he forgot to
change his chambers, and walked me
chanically to his old rooms Instead of
going to another set of chambers as
signed for his use.
Many had been the prime ministers
that have used these old buildings, and
different premiers used them in differ
ent ways. There were Pitt and Grey,
for example, who made the building
their actual home during their days of
power. Melbourne and Peel preferred
to transact business of state there, and
to dwell in private seperate homes.
Lord Grey was the last minister to us
No. 10 as a home until the time of
Beaconsfleld and Gladstone, both of
whom had a great affection for the
stuffy old place. Earl Grey Is delineat
ed in Haydon's painting as deliberating
by the fireside of No. 10 after one of the
big debates in the reform bill.
When Sir Robert Walpole removed
from his official residence in this build
ing his personal expenses were found
to have been remarkably small. During
three months and ten days he spent in
London ns an M. P. this eloso-llstcd
gentleman spent as much as 01 7s Cd.
The favorite entry was pennies for
"Nottingham ale." Eighteen" pence for
dinners disappeared, and one entry was
made of "five shillings to 'Bob' Wal
pole." "Bob" Walpole was afterwards
Earl of Oxford. Another entry was of
"Elx shilling given Mr. Williams In ex
change for a wig." This old man
Horace Walpole's grandfather had an
Income of 2,000 a year.
away. Among those that are now but
a memory of this old street was the
house of John Boyle, Earl of Cork and
Orrery, who was a warm friend of Dean
Swift He was known in 1733 by his
contributions to" the World and the
Connoisseur. Boswell, the Irrepressible,
who wrote the life of Dr, Johnson, lived
here in 17C0. The last Earl of Oxford
passed away In this street. So did the
Abba Courayer, "the best pen In
France." A Mr. Sergeant had a. house
In Downlnir street, and It became dis
tinguished because the great Lord Cha
tham was conveyed thither after ho hud
fallen In a swoon during a sitting of
lords. All these have gone forever from
London's heart. So, too, will soon pass
away the remaining ones. The houses
of the llrst lord of the treasury and
chancellor of the exchequer, with that
used by the whips, will be torn away.
They ure to bu replaced by an edlllce
corresponding In externals with that
used by the foreign olllce. In the now
building the bonrd of agriculture, the
Irish olllce and the parliamentary coun
cil will also 1lnd homes.
Of Downing street, Theodore Hook
once said that "an hour's Inhalation of
Its atmosphere affects some men with
giddiness, others with blindness and
very frequently with the most oblivious
forgotfulnoss." And into oblivion and
forgetfulness Downing street, as It was,
in Its prime, will soon pass, too.
TAB BUBONIC PLAGUE.
1)11. LION'S UAI1V INCUHATOlt.
How It Swept Life Away in the Days
When Sanitation Was Yet an
Unknown Science.
The old house was the homo in 1703
of Sir John Cust, speaker of the com
mpns, and here In 1820 Bolonl, tho Afri
can explorer, found a welcome for him
self and wife. It was In Downing
street that the Duke of Wellington and
Lord Nelson mot for the only time In
their lives. Wellington recognized Nel
son from his portraits. But Nelson did
not know the duke. They conversed
on various topics, and Nelson was so
struck with the soldier's conversation
that ho stepped out of tho room to In
quire who the man wasl Pitt so loved
the house that he was miserable when
nway from it: and after he left tho
ministry he spent three years pining to
return to it. This ho did and two
years afterwards he died.
A good story Is related about the min
isterial residence. During the reform
riots a mob ran down Into Downing
street and rushed up to the door with
the cry of "Liberty or death!" The
sentinel presented his musket with tho
remark, "Hands off, you fellows! r
don't know much about liberty, but if
you come another step nearer I'll show
you what death Is," a reply which no
loubt made him a sergeant or may be
omethlng better. Preliminaries for
r.e peace with Franco were signed In
From tho Detroit Tribune.
The plague which has at Intervals of
centuries ravaged wide areas of the
world is now doing Its deadly work
in Bombay. In early times It was
sometimes called tho Black Death but
the more modern appellation Is the bu
bonic plague. It is a disease which fol
lows famine, Intense malaria, poisoning,
or a generally unsanitary condition of
living. Foul air and bad ventilation,
accompanied by general habits of un
cleanliness, are among tho exciting and
aggravating causes. In the early stag
es of a plague those attacked by it
have a high fever, which Is usually
followed by swelling of tho glands in th?
groin, armpits and neck. These swell
ings, which are called buboes, have the
general appearance of carbuncles, and
when they break, which is a favorable
symptom, the discharge Is thin and
very often offensive. Soon the body
becomes covered with livid purple spots
caused by the collecting of blood under
the skin, and the skin quickly turns
black as death' approaches.
When the plague Is epidemic people
are often atacked with a sudden pang
and the plague-stricken victim is filled
with an extraordinary terror. Death
results in 90 per cent, of the cases when
the disease Is .violent, and there is no
remedy yet discovered which will oven
modify tho virulence of the dlseaes.
Epidemic plague Is propagated by tho
exhalations from the bodies of the sick
and the dead, but is not transported in
merchandise. Its march' Is slow but re
lentless. In May, 1C03, it made Its ap
pearance in London, but not for the
first time. The city at the time had
450,000 inhabitants and the disease was
six months in marching across the
town. All ot the Inhabitants who could
afford to fly tho city, escaped, but In the
month of Juno C.137 died. In July 17.030,
and next month tho death rate ran up to
31,159. Then it began to moderate bo
cause the city was almost depopulated.
Tho total number of deaths was CS.500.
In 1GM5, 300.000 people died ot tho bubonic
plague In tho city of Naples. In nearly
all cases the origin of the dlseaso has
been traced to Egypt, the East Indies or
Northern Africa.
The latest press dispatches from Bom
bay gives alarming reports regarding
the spread of the bubonic plague, but
when it comes to plain figures the con
dition Is not so bad ns might be expect
ed. Bombay Is a city of at least 830.
000 inhabitants, and with tho suburbs
included, tho population will amount to
about a million souls, Tho plague be
gan early in December, and there havo
been 7,800 cases and ubout 3,000 deaths.
It la powerless to advanco when the
infected persons and tho dead are Iso
lated. Its great disseminator Is the religious
zealot. Mohammedans make their
A French Charity Snving the Lives of
Prematurely Born Children.
A physician of Nice, France, thinks
ho has solved the problem of checking
the great mortality among premature
ly born Infants. He is Alexandre
Lion, and, according to the Chicago
Chronicle, he has worked wonders for
the weaklings of his native land with
his baby Incubator, which he has put
Into practical use In Paris, Bordeaux,
Marseilles and other cities.
Ills Paris Incubator Is located at 2G
Boulevard Polssonlere, and Is filled
with chubby-faced youngsters, still
under the normal weight, but rapidly
approaching It. Over the door Is the
sign, "The Baby Incubator Charity."
An admittance fee of CO centimes Is
asked of all visitors. Tho money goes
to the support of the babies. Within
the past year more than GO.OOO men
and women have visited this novel
charity. Each baby rests In a sep
arate incubator. Each Incubator
rests upon an iron frame and consists
of a i.iass case. Inside is a finely
woven wire spring suspended from tho
sides. A soft mattress Is placed on
this, and there the baby rests. Below
tho spring is a spiral pipe, through
which n current of warm water con
tinually runs. Tho water Is b .ted by
a lamp placed under a cylindrical boiler
at the right hand side. Warm air
is thus made to circulate all around the
occupant, a thermometer in the cor
ner showing the exact temperature.
An automatic device regulates the
temperature according to special needs.
"The ventilation," says Dr. Lion, "Is
effected by a specially formed pipe,
which carries into the lower part of
the incubator a jet of purified and fil
tered air. After its course through
the Incubator it goes out through a
pipe at the top, and a little fan indi
cates by its rotation the force of the
current. It is necessary that the air
should be constantly circulating, and
the temperature inside the eouveuse
should be carefully regulated."
The Incubators are placed In a row
against the wall and nurses stand
ready to flv to their charges at the
slightest cry. Just back of the In
cubator Is a glass windowed apart
ment known as the baby's dining
room. This Is a most necessary pro
vision, since the .Im In life of tho in
mate seems to be to drink milk. This
room is provided with mattresses, pow
der boxes and padded tables, as well,
as scales, weights and bottles. Pure,
wholesome mother's milk, and plenty
of It, is fed to each baby every two
hours, and the child Is immediately
carried back to Its incubator, where it
quickly sinks to rest. When the lit
tle ones are too weak to swallow natur
ally, the nurses feed them drop by
An Invention That Ilrings in Sight
the All-Bound ltillc.
F. J. P.abbcth, of Boston, has got
what, he and other sportsmen think is
the foundation for an all-around rifle,
ono that will serve to shoot a chipmunk
or gray squirrel with ono charge, and
then by working a leyer may be made
ready for a deer. Mr. Rabbeth's sys
tem Is an old one, with a new twist to
It. Years ago Forest and Stream told
of a man who had a cylinder of steel
made In the shape and size of a -18-callbro
cartridge. This cylinder was
bored out so that it would take a 22
calibro cartridge. The scheme worked
well. Tho 22-callbre bullet would kill
a partridge at ten yards, being accurate
up to that distance, but beyond It tho
bullet flew wild. A very great ad
vantage of this sub-calibre cartridge
was that the lamer chamber of the
45-callbre barrel took up the sound,
and Instead of the sharp crack a 22-
callbre pistol would make, the noise
was a mullled sound that could scarce
ly be heard three rods away.
Rabbeth advanced on the idea. In
stead of using a smooth bore steel
cylinder for the sub-calibro bullet and
shell, ho bored the steel shell out, then
rifled It after the fashion of any rifle
or revolver. The targets which havo
been made with sub-calibre bullets of
22 and 25-cnllbres have shown the
value of such a steel shell in tho belt
of a big game hunter. A few of the
targets made are as follows: At CO
yards from a 4u-cailbre military rifle,
07-grain 33-callbre bullets, driven by
03 grains of F. G. black powder and
3 grains of Walsrodo smokeless pow
der, to the number of 10 were put Into
a bunch 3 Inches in diameter. Nine
of them could be covered by a circle
2V6 Inches in diameter. That Is, any
one of the 10 bullets would have bit
a ruffed grouse in the body and. half
of them would have been deadly on
gray squirrels. The charge of powder
was, of course, very large, but that
makes the work done seem more sur
prising, as large charges of powder be
hind small bullets do not commonly
work well.
With the same arm at CO yards, but
with 17 grains of the smokeless pow
der and 3 grains of F. F. G. black pow
der and a C7-graIn bullet, tho result
was still better. Taklnc the bullets
In groups of 10 as fired, the two wid
est of each group were 1 1-2, 1 U-10 and
Indies apart. Of the 20 shots 21
would have hit a gray squirrel in the
head, while all would havo pierced the
body of a man. Further than that,
every shot would have killed a par
tridge at what Is a long range In the
woods.
Compiled from tho New York Tribune and
Sun.
Hermann paused ono day to watch somo
men digging beside tho road, nnd after a.
moment took a hat from tho head of ono
of them and shook thrco or four silver
dollars out of It. Tho laborer was astound
ed for an Instant, and Hermann put tho
dollars Into his hand, to convinco him that
they were real ones. Then ho recovered
his senses, und suld: "That's pretty clever,
mister; 1 don't mind giving you ono of
these," and handed back one of the dollars
accordingly, putting tho rest Into his
pocket.
Tricks will go wrong sometimes. Ono of
tho attaches ot a theater whero Hermann
was to exhibit his powers Was told to put
a Httlo rabbit into IiIh pocket and sit in a
certain seat on tho aisle till tho magician
corao to take tho rabbit out, and then lo
make a Httlo show of resistance. He took
his placo early, with tho rabbit in his
pocket, and waited for the trick to bo dis
closed to tho wondering audience, but
Hermann forgot to do the trick that night,
and the poor man sat thero all tho even
ing, with the rabbit squirming and clawing
ubout under his coat, getting more nervous
all tho time and making its keeper more
uncomfortable, till tho performance was
over and the audience went out, the weary
nttachu with the rest, in a condition bor
dering on that of a March hare, to say
nothing of a poor Httlo rabbit.
Ono ot the mo3t effective useso that
Hermann ever made of a confederate was
In connection with his "trunk mystery,"
only a short time ago. In this trick a girl
is put Into a trunk, and the trunk is closed
and then opened again, and the girl is
found to bo gone. Thero is more to it, but
that Is enough for the present purpose.
When the trick hud been done, a man stood
up at the back of tho houso and asked
Hermann if he had to have a trunk spe
cially prepared for that trick. Hermann
answered that ho did not. The man then
asked if ho could do It with his valise.
Hermann said he could. Tho vallsu was
brought to tho stage and tho trick was
done over again to tho great delight of
the audience. Tho confederate carried
out his part of the programme so well
that the policeman in charge ntv the back
of the houso wanted to arrest him for
making a disturbance, and tho magician
had hard work to savo his trick from be
ing spoiled by the policemen's excess of
zeal. Of course the trunk and the valise
used did have to bo prepared, but the
declaration that they did not Involve no
great danger ot another being offered by
somebody else who was no't a confeder
ate, because few persons come to a theater
with a valise large enough for even a small
girl to get Into. When Hermann traveled
he usually had about twenty people In his
company, though only half a dozen or so
were usually seen on tile stage.
mann leaned over, and separating tho lot
tuco leaves on Nyo's plate, disclosed a
large diamond there.
"Dear me, how careless!" exclaimed
Hermann, expecting to seo Nye start back
In surprise. Hut Nyo didn't dojlimy such
thing. Coolly picking up tho gem ho re
marked: "I'm always leaving things llko that
around. Here, waitress, here's a Httlo
present for you," and ho handed It to the
girl who was waiting on the table. Her
mann had to get tho proprietor of tho ho
tel out In tho kitchen, beforo ho could get
tho atono back again, tho girl absolutely
rotuslng to glvo It up.
Hermann always enjoyed telling this
story on himself, and ho and Nyo were
great friends up to tho tlmo of the lattor's
death.
AVE STAND COHltECTED.
If a street railway company sells a ride
for a certain price and throws In a trans
fer, does It mako any difference who uses
that transfer'.' Wo should like to sec
this point passed on In a court of final
authority. Scrnnton Tribune.
The company, for a stated price, sells to
one person a ride from any point to any
other point on its line. When a change of
cars Is necessary, a transfer Is given. If
the company Is bound to permit another
person to use that transfer, it is also
bound to give transfers to all passengers,
whether changes of cars aro necessary or
not, tho said transfers to bo used by other
persons than the original passenger. Hut
that would be equivalent to a reduction
of one-half In the price of fares, or selling
two rides for tho prlco of one, which Is
manifestly a violation o f tho intent and
drop through the nose by means of a equity of the transfer system. Rochester
long, curiously shaped spoon. This I Democrat and Chronicle.
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"SO THAT'S YOUR SISTER. AND I SUPPOSETHAT GENTLEMAN IN
THE MILITARY UNIFORM IS YOUR FATHER. "-Life.
Copyrisht, 1E90, by Mitchell & Miller,
It takes something startling In tho way
of magic to make much Impression on tho
pampered taste of New York In theso days,
but Hermann made a decided Impression
a few months ago with his trick of allow
ing himself to be shot at by half a dozen
soldiers and catching the bullets on a
plate. Hermann did this twice last spring,
both times for charities, for he said that
ho would do that to help the needy, but
not for his own profit. Of course, that
sounded as If thero was a good deal of rlslc
about It. It was just as much of a trick
as anything else that he ever did, but for
all that, the performance was decidedly
creepy, and not a little exciting. Jt proved
so much so to one friend of ths magic
ian's, who had fortified himself too murh
for tho ordeal, that when tho soldiers
came on tho stage ho could not stand it
any longer, and got up, forced his way
through tho crowd at the back of tho
house, and escaped as fast ns ho could, ex
claiming with sobs, ns he went along,
"Hermann's a good fellow, and I won't
stay hero to seo him killed!"
Any trick is simple when you know how
It is done, and this one was oven simpler
than some. There Is probably no ono left
now who cares to puzzle the public With
this particular Illusion, so there Is no
further harm In telling tho curious how It
Is done. There are several ways ot doing
most tricks. A famous French magician
used to do this one by means of a gun
which was loaded with a bullet and ilrcd
a blank, or performed somo other similar
ly unusual antic, but Hermann allowed
six soldiers to ilro at him and to uso the
guns that wero furnished to them by the
state. Hut the soldiers were all In tho
secret. Hermann brought out the car
tridges that wero to bo used lu a little or
namental case and showed them to the
audlenco and allowed any ono who chose
to mark one or more for Identification.
The ornamental case had a slide in it, and
on his way back to tho stago lie slid the
slide, and the ball cartridges were theroDy
concealed and tho samo number of iilanl:
cartridges were revealed, but only to tho
Foldlers, who loaded their guns with them.
Hermann then went quickly to tho Mde
of tho stage and gave the case to his
attendant. Tho attendant hastened to put
each of tho cartridges into a vice, to
wrench out tho bullets and heat them over
a lamp. Whlio this was going on Hermann
was talking to tho audience nnd tho sol
diers wero matching about the stage and
getting into position. Then Hermann
went to the wing to get the plate to catch
the bullets in. He got tho bullets ur the
samo time. As soon as ho got these he
knew that his life wa3 out of danger, for
he could not get them till they were drawn
from the cartridges. Then he held the
plate before him, the soldiers llred, and,
under cover of the puff of smoke, It was
easy for him to put the bullets Into the
plato and havo them ready to bring down
to tho audience, still hot, ready for exam
ination and Identification.
It was as a card manipulator that Her
mann excelled. Ho could do more feats
with a pack of cards than any living man,
and somo of his card tricks havo never
been explained. It seemed as though ho
actually changed the spots on a card, whllo
It was his custom at all performances to
throw cards from tho stago to any part of
tho houso at tho direction of tho people in
tho audience.
a trick much affected by magicians is
the tearing up of a deck of cards. It Is not
really a tilck, a man's ability to do it de
pending entirely on his strength of wrist
and tho acquirement of a knack ot apply
ing tho required forco to tho best advant
age. Hermann could tear an ordinary
deck Into eighths. Tho strain on a man
In doing this Is something terrific, and
Hermann often told people that it dis
abled his hands for a week.
Hill Nye, tho humorist, onco had a lot
of fun with Hermann. Nye was traveling
with nines Whltcomb Riley at the time,
and Hermann was showing in tho same
town. They stopped at tho samo hotel,
and sat next to one another at tho table,
Hermann didn't know Nye at all, and tho
I humorist only knew tho magician by sight.
I In the middle of a meal one night Her-
Ilcrmann entered tho editorial rooms of
a Park row newspaper olllco at about 1
o'clock one morning. Work in tho ofllco
was about over for the night, and ho had
como down town at tho conclusion of his
performance to call on one of tho editors.
This editor introduced him around tho
office, and among the people ho met was
the newspaper man about whom this story
is written. This man wore on tho little
finger of his right hand a plain band ring,
which ho hud been unablo to get off for
fourteen years. Tho ring was sunk deeply
Into tho flesh, but did not cause pain, and
tho owner did not care to have It cut. Ho
had soaped and greased his linger repeat
edly In the main effort to slldo the ring off.
Hermann stood talking to this man lor
about Ufteen minutes, and when ho was
about to leave he turned to Him und said:
"You havon't missed anything, havo
youV"
"Not I," said the newspaper man,
"though I wouldn't bo surprised If you
had emptied my pockets."
"Not so bad as that," said Hermann.
"But beforo I go I think I will return this
ring. It may bo a souvenir of something,
und you will probably want It," and tho
magician handed tho other the ring, which
ho had worn on tho Httlo linger of his
right hand.
Tho newspaper man was speechless with
surprise, and he declares to this day that
ho did not feel tho ring leave his linger
and hasn't tho faintest Idea when or how
tho magician removed it.
It was a favorito game with Hermann
to surpiiso policemen, and ho has tlmo
and again played tricks on bluecoats In
this city. One night several winters ago
he got mixed up in a crowd which was
watching a street fakir in Union square.
Ho picked out as victims two young men
who seemed to be together and were all
eyes for tho fakir at his wares. Thon ho
waited until a policeman came along, and
when the officer was close by ho gently
extracted a watch from tho pocket of one
of the young men, leaving tho chain
dangling from his vest. Having disposed
of tho watch us he saw lit, ho reached over
and gave tho chain a yank. Then as tho
young man discovered his loss nnd looked
up, Herrmann pretended to be very much
confused nnd started to edge away. Of
course the young man grubbed him, and
of course tho policeman placed tho ma
gician under arrest. That was part ot
Herrmann's programme, and ho enjoyed
the march to tho station houso immensely.
Subsequent event showed that ho was not
idlo during that time either.
At the station house a formal charge
was preferred against -Herrmann by the
man whoso watch was missing. Herr
mann was searched from head to foot,
but not a trace of the watch was found.
The owner ot the watch declared most
emphatically that ho had seen Herrmann
take his property, and he was equally sure
that tho thief had not hud tlmo to dispose
of it. Herrmann smiled at this last state
ment, and addressing the sergeant at the
desk, said:
"These men who accuse mo seem to be
very friendly with the policeman. Why is
It that they take his things? I will show
tho officer that these men are not what
they protend to be. Whero is your badge,
olllcer?"
Tho policeman looked down at his coat,
and suro enough his badge was gone. He
turned pale, for it is a serious thing for
a policeman to lose his badge.
"I will tell you, oflleer," went on Herr
mann. "This man who accuses mo stole
your badge, I saw him take It."
"You're a liar!" promptly excluimed tho
complainant, but Herrmann only smiled
and said, "Search him and see."
Tho policeman didn't havo to search the
youth. He began hummaglng his own
pockets and pretty soon with a look of
absolute amazement on his face, hauled
out the badge.
"you see," said Herrmann: "I told you
so. And now, otllcer, seo what else is
gone. A man who'd steal a badge would
take anything."
Holding on to tho young man with ono
hand, the policeman begun searching his
pockets with tho other. Suddenly he hit
himself over tho hip and exclaimed:
"My pistol's gone!"
"I suspected It," said Hermann; "tho
other fellow's got that, I'll bet."
They didn't havo to search the other fol
low, either. He suddenly hauled tho po
liceman's pistol out of his pocket, looking
as surprised as his friend had over tho
budge.
"And now," Eald Hermann, "this watch
business. This man says tho thief had no
tlmo to dispose of It. You havo searched
me, now search the others."
Tho policeman searched both .young
men, but found no trace of tho watch.
"Now search yourself," said Hermann,
and when he Insisted, the oflleer did bo,
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and found tho watch in his inside coat
pocket.
"You see, sir," exclaimed Hermann, "I
am the only honest man among thorn all."
"I .see," said tho sergeant, who hud wit
nessed tho searchlngs without comment,
"and I'd llko your name."
"Hermann, Alexander Hermann," said
tho magician. "I'm an honest performer,
and ."
"Yes, I know," Interrupted tho sergeant,
"You did this protty well, Mr. Hermann,
but In the futuru you'd better not joko
with policemen. You can go," and tho ma
gician walked out, leaving the sergeant to
explain matters to tho astonished group
he left behind.
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