The Republican journal., 1877-01-25
Tricks OF a Coniurer.

learning almost all arts. . Is there Il
school ior studying the black art"' MIR.
Heller ought to know. Let's ash, him.
II can tell YOU about few OF my profess
SION except myself" he says. mo, there
j. no school for studying the art OF con-
luring that ! know OF. Most men begin
IN a small way have a few simple tricks
which they perform IN pothouses to pick
up few coppers.
~ OH see was designed by my parents
TO be u professional musician, and began
study when eight Years old. AT fourteen
! was fortunate enough TO be appointed
kings scholar in the Royal Academy of
Music in London. One night happened
10 attend one OF Houdin's performances.
lie was then al his best, and a remark
ably good con]urer | was carried away
with his performances. and went right 10
work endeayoring 10 do something in that
line
-! Kept up nay music, 1T the command
ut nay friends, but gave more time to con
lurnE than to concrrtGs A year or two
later went into the north OF England and
gave entertainments. They were wretch
al affairs, certainly, and brought me
neither money nor reputation. While
there | was seen 10y John Hall u lion
l"u know vino he was. The man that
l'arnum sent over 10 engage Jenny Land,
and who also brought over Gus Brooke,
the tfA@edFtn, VINO was altef"ard lost AZ
Sea. N'li' nc brought me over 10 ihlS
city IN 49, got togelhef niue ap-
paialus ana began 10 eNhlDlt III the oid
CHINESE building, mat has since been
burned But mate no money. In tact,
my performance WASH worth paying 10
see, ANA me people toun0 thal ont very
soon. continued working, however,
and gradually improved until 1868, when
mad succeeded ~ periectlng something
worth seeing and paying Tor. and then
began /" make money
Great as was lIoudn, modern coniurcrs
only began where he ieit on. hey can
bfin@ TO thelr Ald electricity, gaNahlSm
ana chemistry aScipe much OF my
success to u love ior experimenting with
these forces, and some OF my best aud
most incompfeheh(ihie trucks are ihe re
suit o. snrh study.
II sax that il S Il dsorlIcrcd brain, - said
be, laughing. "for could some OF my dis
coyerics be utilized, | think they might
be rs useiul as tile sewing machine. As
/ it is. they are Of no earthly use to any one
! l,,i n,yGf.lt / dorp NOT t9n amy. ono what
,h,,-..r.. sometimes ,condnr hov, oo.;l,
uno,,In .,rn 4larnivnd ANA hn,y hind thay
| arc a. thn ,nnrn,..,,noute /, an. nrnrn.-
| .inn ~, inei.nrn thny emma harn anl
saw ,p.b,y ,f,n c,,nn ,,ll tricl. whom
th.,- con mo do t,n canary tr;rl- IL, ala
r,r,4e ,hn ro,;,n.ar usa,i = ,na,hanin.] I,nv
,nI 81, narh,n;,al ramn cYch rnnta;nino
- b;rl g, that il vas very rasr to srnT
tna ~; "a ,rn,, The how IN no ,oca or ,,;..,
m'yu NAV ,hc came Old trj,l' * annc
Win . o},ss v,en IL which ,bc,n ran h.
70, cacnnI h;rl ana Win cn,nn,nn h;r.
c9op--a vastly 4uperior mick H. the old
one. and YET people are Iul aa well
! pleased with the Old thick "
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..r1th"r IN 1st- went 70 CaIiln,n;,
iah and 1,naa, and tf,on to Paris iy
| M rav III M I'm vo., If !, nle,s2nt
,h;nm lhal ham,ene1 then wnn, one
I4y to ,he jui)lnrieq TO see IN ;vorv
pi.;no ,trnllino around the room t
Kicked M = back Of cards that VA lyino
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)inr 3nnrnac,od and aid eomoth;nr IN
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rd thnu nno cf thsm jill cI ma 4, rno'
III, ~ sbnw fbcn, some triclq Wan tho
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