Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-13

WORT ior mere was chanlpagnpf in Hbun-
! dance, aud amid the screams ana AS,
plausc OF the delighted audienc., ia
the curses loud and dccpn of. tae tis
gusted performer, the curiain feiis
II seems thaf, il tho exeile6nlii lof
tho moment, The Colonel forget to turn
on tle tap which regulated the aow OF
the wine into the bottle, and when the
rnbbertubing could mold no more, il
burst,
The moral Of which Il never attempt
q trick until yuu have rchaersed 1t.
An audience Is always pleased when.
they are offered some ie.reshment,
whether IN the shape 0f bonbons from
. hat vine Aam sa siasSils6<t;i,io
bottle or cOneG produced from white
beans. Knowing this, the elder HerI'-
man, during his first engagement in
thscountry -aboutlS5n, thuk-in tro-
duced a very taking trick, which he
christened Marabnut Mocha.
His programme al the time was what
is popularity known as au Eastern
one. and-was supposed 10 consist eX-
clusiYely OF the tricks exhibited by the
much-bepuilcd Indian iugglers: hence
the name
In introducing the trick, the perform
er shows two boxes, one containing
bits OF black muslin OF about an inch
square, and the other pieces of white
paper. Then he hands out for oXami-
nation two large colored glass or China
jars :" have hera two large Jars. = he
saws, "of Bohemian glass, made in
/ WiIliamsburgh. They are the only re-
naming two of dozen which | once
owned. Don't drop them, for you might
/ break them, aud 20 break q dozen
I doesn't do.
/ The examination completed. he pro-
reed, TO lill one Jar with the bitslpf rags.
aud the other with the pieces of paper
Then, he rolls two newspapers into
cylindrical shapes, reinarking, ~ he
I pins them 10 4preserYe their form.
"With q pin SO. Though IL is aeodle-
less TO remark that we never sew with
a pin. " With these paper cylinders he
I covers tho jars aHd on removing the
( covers, moment later. lie pours from
one jar boiling coffee, with the remark.
No grounds for complaint here and
from the other hot milk" The milk of
I human kindness rs extracted from the
daily press - The coffee is then served
up 20 the audionce, and the trick never
J fails TO bring that music TO the players
cars applause.
4 As with almost every other trick,
there are several ways OF doing il. One
is 70 pump the coffee and milk up from
beneath the stage whilc the jars are
resting on the table BY far the best
way, aud certainly the most simple. is
I the following, which | have used for
( years without ever having it fail me,
Have two cylindrical tin cans, made OF
I such size that they win 20 easily inside
tho jars, but will not quite reach tho
bottom. In one end there is large
/ hole cut. which is fitted with cork the
other end overlaps triho, 40 that when
the eau is inside tho jar, the overlap
( ping end will rest on the edge of the
jar, aud support the cylinder On the
outside OF one OF these cans bits OF the
muslin are pasted, and on the other
pieces OF the paper, When about TO
exhibit the trick, the cans are filed
one with coffee, the other with milk,
and PLACED Inside the boxes containing
the muslin and paper. In showing the
contents of tho boxes, the performer
passes rapidly through the audience,
scattering muslin aud paper among
them, but without allowing them TO
examine for themselves Whom he
takes the jars 10 ill them, he actually
does do so at first, but pours their
contents back again, as if TO convince
the audience that they are really full.
The second time. however. he pulls the
cOrks out Of the cans, claps The jars over
them. and then quickly reversing them.
and heaping a quantity OF the muslin on
paper, as Il may be, on the overlapping
ends, shows them 20 the audience who
imagine they see them filled, the one
with muslin. the other with paper. The
newspaper covers which are placed over
the lars are merely TO hide ihe cans rs
they are withdrawn; but they must be
neatly handled or the whole trick may
be spoiled. The performer should stand
with his right side to table, ON which
is placed one of the boxes, say Of mus
lin; as he removes the cover with his
right hand, that hand must be brought
quite naturally. over the box, into which
the can must be allowed to drop AT
the same moment the left hand, holding
the jar, must be extended toward the
audience. who are naturally attracted
TO II, and the newspaper cover must be
ernmped up and thrown ON the stage
AS pretty wind-up for this trick,
let me suggest the following; Have
large cup, in the shape Of a coffee cup,
made OF tin and painted white, so
~ to resemble china In the center OF
this cup mus. be partition. TO one
side of this partition, ia the
bottom, cut large hole, and let the
other side be filled with tiny bits Of
paper. The cup is set in a very deep
salicer and after the performer has
helped the audience. he pours cut a
cup for himself. using this trick cup.
OF course, the coffee runs out into tho
saucer bat as It stauds well up the