St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-11-28

3oAnIi IA t{(tAaddsneessing second rgealsmsaI )c-s
s5S5as :Stss ths ;easas Rlers1s+ 1 u
,tslvy boil.ia7s yldsid saw 79aloi" ai's 3st1
! -fRaad back tbe1esrlite'tke fihta age6p
tlensg. Now, sir" addressing the ndirl
tbr) ''you wish me to, tell yovu Il here your
esta a4s:mo4t is'thg nihyh' ttaoaMd the top:-j
LookandIs see.M 1isii1 ob'tn .iHt st'i'' ,7fH|
"A ps44e. y.Yes!,2 Sositisr',.l o' an. 4
"Pvrhaps I have dec9iys,l .ou. It may
be an Optical Pifa II illusion: e'31 sAns s fot your
,.,:Yes veiy. xell:''x'if ""5"'''sn' !
,.No4 be SO, good as,to leot ahsough tbs1
pack: Your card / wss the deuce .of|
SPACES; at%t:,v, $40 hrer:.in: :, "H'.:i ." liz"
."Uh,, you needn't bs surprised: Of
course / know what. it is-look throux xh
the pack and sc. it, you can find it, !
The editor looks with the same eagle
eye which he would give to the scrutiny
Of G, te,nporary's leading edit rial,
sit isn't here1 '''','> = ~ 80 ''''i '"'
4'L lhouyh ht not Ths:es gentleman
At the. other end of the room who seems j
cut out FIR a uccromaucer. ! marked him
when he came in this evening, and recos-
nized a tratcrnal likeness III Him. lIe1
has been Watching you narrowly-he has
evidently spirited that deuce cut OF your
pack. 4nj>a,. = Z: e. ~: ;.'..y :. ns,
The young gentleman indicated b]ush-
es deeply. If yeu ever noticed, connec:
ton with morning paper has something
dewy and rural about it, which greatly
contributes to the preservation Of youths
roseate flush. The young geutlema" fur
ther,nore, ktrcnuously insists that he's no1
such pcrsoh-hu 1T the deuce-ncvsr did
have it."
"Feel in the breast pocket Of your
coat" rejoins the magician, imperturba.
The young gentleman 4 complies; as, .
mcrc, matter of form, and to his own, IS
we'll as The assembled company's astoui*h-
ment, brings out the missing deuce .,a. 3,
= II knew you had it" said lIerrmsny,t
"The pack is deficient without it. Please
to put it back" @'''' ] .: ..n -: 81
The deuce and general serenity being
paradoxlcally restored at the same time,
Herrn,ann takes the pack into his own
hands.
"No one who has never seen IT,, he re;
marks, quietly, "wou:d imagine the multi
plying power Of u single pack of. cards.
Take this, for Instance VIII: somebody.
please feel in all my p"ckets and look up
my sleeves? 1 may conceal a magazine
Of packs about my person., you know"
His request is complied vi b. ~. Moth
ing is found. He now takes the pack like
an ccordeon-opens it TO the di>tauce Of
three feet-the cards seem floating in the
air between his hands; 'hs shuts the pack
sgaia; once more: opens it, and now the
cards droo on every side Of him heaps. - -
Kings by the score, aces BY the dozen 1t
rains cards. The 5ystanders rake them
Together, and every man is set up tor life
in the euchre business, with at least two
four-hand decks.' But Hermann is ii,
Indian giver, as he asks them bick: -3'5
| "You think there are a good many
packs there, eh ?" (ha"ding the s'thered
cards t. to a guest. .)nj BE pleased to souus
tnem, u ..u.;1,~i > s|1:f lHi'5i .i''ei'',> s
= 'Only, ffty-two-a single pack" .',-4
"Of course, that's all. I It'd you so!'
He then pass, the pacF about among
the gentlemen, and asks that each will 10.
tice aud remember. a particular card "A
dozen of his guests comply with his re-
quest; he las the pack aside, and then,
with marvellous rap,dity. asks them in turn
where they would like to have their cards
found. "Under the aofa," rays one. !..:Iu
Mrs. F 8. bo,,net. replied another. y And
a third mentioned u still more improbable
situation: ~AIltax their ingenuity for the
selection of hiding p'ac.s.' :i;,.' :" ..,,|'
Il; ''Permit3 me- says Hermann to 3liai
F simultaneously ne pulls card out Of
the bonnct-ruches by her cheek. 1t is
the one which should be there. An the
cards emerge from their proper conc.at'
ment with the same, certainty.n;a,o2 os;<,.
1in We then havs 4 ittie music Madame
! Herman has a pune, ,deliciou, soprano
cnltiyated to its best capabilities III the
Conservative. of' ,l'arisI She sings ous ,
du, from Traviata, with the assistance ,o|
Sigpor Ardayani. Then to the sound ol
1appla,ise, We marched Tito the festive So
4 loon ab6ve inenfioned: ~ Herrmiur pour.
out . glass of chalnpagne.1@i We are ab'ut
drinking he.thFs .thF Hith ,! hin, hs Xhhesn presto
his s g's IS disappears! The eh.~Psgne' q '' {
/ stiit III it; but mich tho : etherid than
eveu'cb 'cbamp.gne;. .>am,us for mounting
was .ayeri khuwn TO be- ybefDre, it goes ut
into nothi"g; j, and ws sec; Or believe Y.
see. beverage, beaker and all. vanish sep:
er,l feet above the magician's hand:
|, Qucr1taasly he asks us:II4 sih4"isiG. ah
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