The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-04-24
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was a student Z Of medicine in Paris
in 1856 and 1859, apd. in, estapsnszvith
Iother Americans. tired Eof ,tbeyh9 U sdrum
nonotonous life OF the QasFaers Lasin.,
/ frequently roamed through the new city,
Oh ,he, west bank of the Seiae. r Qapoerts
and operas, gardens aud sipging cafes,
oaEsars and boutiqses we're al sisitsed BY
u.s. Ole. evening, at early da askS Sopafty
Eof US were stroiling ethrou gho the Jsue
Richelieu and when near the BosleNHrls,
our attention was drawn to a .aamipg
fposter of an Eastern. ipggIer, Who was
performing at some hall on ti1e B 5dksFard
du.s Temple. AmongI the othinHG very
wonderful, this man woulds cnasuff .she
head of living man, and dsfyIsnyious
to surprise him in the trick Bsing u0n-
siderably aceuslsmed stoii maiipuis<Ing
With the knife in the dead,s sndrbshg
thoroughly hardened to- ell sightssef hor.
ror, we determined to 20 and see. this
wonderful pecromancer, At tie hour ap.
pointed we repaired to the haif Nafti Oh.
tanned q seat near the lstageN eAftsfoter.
forming, wonderful, othermag gician
came forward, and apneupeed as. bis last
feat for the evening The actual decspita-
ZION of a. iivixg. man, sppaten,Is To
prevent feelings Of horror ernshig the la
! dies. he sssurod the au'iie1ce !. # vas
trick of slegerd en- ain, mere Slight of hard,
that be did not, IN reality, cut the msh's
head OF. With this, xplaaa tioa hssin-
Tited any enc in the audience desirous Of
capital eputiishn,cnt 10 step forwatrd, hrom-
iSiug speedy satisfaction. For ssomaeI e. mo-
'rnehts no one appeared auxions for. The
honor. "a { length soldier, 9, private. ia
the infantry ,asteppsd forward ana 81 ighiheA
his rssdiaess to be decapitatsd There
cep'd haze eeep, it Vas xeryfplains up coa-
taiyanee between Aha man. = Ma, 10 an dare
assume tho mastial bearing .of, Efaacs
lwithou. authority. ysssv7 sfT sxs,a
Dires,ing The man to, diyest himself ,of
Ais coat and neck tie, or stoek, the nsgi-
clan brought out Abe ins.rarpests sf1deayA.
Il was an enormous knife, ressnbliug .
ponderous eleaver, He cast it down to
show Its weight and 1t left d large impress
in tho boards Thsrc was no deception
in the weight Of the knife He ttien
maGe the man lie down,apd ,placiug The
soldiers neck Tar in the block, the magi.
clan 'f1cd .Tosg ,hapdls To- Lis enormeu,
Fknife, and proceeded very lsisurrly 9. } and
with heavy, well directed strokes, itot cIep
the mans head of During this he mere
~ lowered the1foolights, swithout 0Yscnr.
ing. they view tall sGries 5of. ;berror and
amazement burstd from the terour- -btuicRen
audience, as witheyery idescsudipg AAsu
of the huge eleayer. the blood spyrted
away. The man who was uhdsr4pjng
the operation simply iquivered throhs b
bis lower limbs: Soon the aismembsfed
head rolled on the Hoaor, the blood issued
by, jets from the cut arteries, and the
jaws dropped, while the eyes turasd pp
in death II was a horrible ssightsu The
magician then. took the bleedipgyhead, by
the hair and passsd'it not morsathap lhlee
feet from oar party. go s4s es zs4sis
| almost expected to sfe fierce gen.
darme seize, and arrest the murderer.
/ Suddenly, bat only for an instant the
room was darkened. In second all was
light again, and we saw the magician bu-
sy at work. attempting to mite the head
to the bleeding trunk Diligently be
worked. and for some moments, appatent-
Fly, to no purpose. AiI.as once, however,
be slapped tho dead soldier snartly on
the back, Immediately the man arose. felt
anxieusly around his neck, looked foolish.
y around. aud descended amid the audi.
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