The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-11-05

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Mr., Hume, the celebrated American spirit.
ualsI, has b,N,n soiournirg at BmleaBalcn,
the celebrated German Watering place,
which is rt~or,el 10 in great numbers by
weekly travellers OF all nations, Russians
being the mos, numerous the prcsen, season
His performances have created nnhounded
astonishn,est aud rendered him the lion Of
the season, besi,les securing for him the
liberal patronage of the noblcSse who cen
gregate there. Such is his rpnia,lan
according 10 the Paris correspondent of the
New Orleans Pcayunc, that whenever he
goes to the gaming table and STAKES on n
color, there is an avalanche VI Napolcons on
that color, for the crowd think that he can
read the future course of chancr and select
the color which is sure 20 win. He has
received fortune in presents from the
Russian and German mobiles, who have
showcn'd on him rings breast Plus. watch
cha,Ds, rnhts, Diamonds and opsls The
Princess Bubcra gave him thrr pearl shirt
buttons worth 5000. which she gave him
for an evenings entertainment, at her house
Mr.. Hume rs very capricious in regard to
The display Of his powers md refused MI
oli,r from the Prince OF Prussia of five
thousand ilorins Tor single evening" display
When In England the Duke OF Sutherland
oik red him Thousand dollars for mn en-
hlbition which he refused. When he IL moi
in the humor money cannot temp, him.
One day al Baden Baden he gave gratui,.
ously and unsolicited, in the rooms Of "
Dollfus a display of his astonishing gifts
The following are some of his reported
achievements
lie wound up his watch and placed /,
a,,a 1a6iG, silt' 7ii,isy iiTarii;t rs ia Whining
lasted ten minutes after Mr.. Hume took the
key out Of It and placed il On the table.
You may think, said he, that my watch was
prepared for the occasion, wind yours up
and put il on the table NJ Dolh,s wound
up his watch, mud il also continued to make
noise, like that produced when watch is
wound up NJ. Dolhs put his watch in his
pocket. When you last looked nj your
watch, said Mr. Hume, il had ia crystals
aud hands. hadn't it ? See il il ail has
them, N. Dolias pulled the watch out OF
hls packet il had neither crystal nor hands,
ani bis waistcoat pocket was filled with
Fragments OF glass crystals ard the hands
which were broken into five or ais pieces.
Mr., Hume rarely appear. except in Russian
or Polish society, he Is very fond OF boll,
these nations. The hnt exhibition he gave
was in Russian housc tbs room was full
of incrdnlous ladies aud gentlemen. Judge
Of their sstonishmcn, when the first thing
he did was 10 make IN immense table IN the
middle of the floor rise pcrpcndicllarly on
two Of ia feet 1T bad four lcgsj until is
slab was almost perpendicular with the floor.
two large carc'l lamps were On the table,
and IN u horizontal position. but they did
no, move Amer enc or two experiments
quite rs incxpllcable ~ this had been made,
several ladies asked him to perform one Of
his wonders for them in particular lie
instantly complied with their request. The
Princess Obocbski tried in vain TO retain
her fan in her hands i, wax snatrhcd from
her by Invisible hands. aud lhrown with
ylolcacc agaiis, the breast of Prince Tolsiey
The Countess Uschakoff wore very tight
gloves they were drawn of, she knew not
how