Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-01-15

over SOOlet. out, strange To say, moth
ing came forth. He stamped on the
stage with the loot that was free. and
| faster and faster the man piled the
pump. Still no liquor The Colonel
grew more and more excited.
''See what is re mattair," he said in
an "aside" to his assistant. who placed
the goblets on the table and hurried of
the stage. Everything appeared to be
all right. and MIR. D. had Just re-
turned to his position on the stage
when there came a Kissing noise, as of
escaping steam. and the next moment
the gallant Colonel was drenched from
head to foot with champagne. 1t
poured from his sleeves. trickled down
his back, and streamed forth from his
trowsers-leg. In vain he attempted to
stem the torrent; he was edimnova-
bly, to the stage, screwed into position,
and the more he exerted himself to get
free. the more furiously the pump was
worked. The Colonel hac Kept his
word, for here was champagne in album
dance. and amid the screams and APP
plause OF the delighted audience. and
the courses loud and deep" of the dis
gusted performer, the curtain fell.
1t seems that, in the excitement of
the moment, the Colonel forgot to turn
on the tap which regulated the flow OF
the wine into the bottle. and when the
undertaking could hold no more, it
burst.
The neral of which is: never attempt
trick until you have rehearsed it.
An audience is always pleased when
they are offered some reireshment,
whether in the shape of bonbons from
hat, wine from an .inexhaustible
bottle" or coffee produced from white
beans. Knowing this, the elder Herr
man. during his first engagement in
this country-about 1850. Ithink-intro-
duced very taking trick. which he
christened Marabout Mocha.
His programme at the time was what
is popularity known as an Eastern"
one. and was supposed to consist ex-
clusively of the tricks exhibited by the
much-bepulied Indian jugglers: 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 exami-
nation two large colored glass or China
jars q have here two large jars" he
SAYS, "of Bohemian glass, made in
Williamsburgh. They are the only re-
naming two of dozen which I once
owned. Don't drop them, for you might
break them, and to break dozen
doesn't do"
The examination completed. he pro-
ceedS to fill one jar with the bits of rags,
and the other with the pieces Of paper.
Then, he rolls two newspapers into
cylindrical shapes, remarking, as he
pins them to preserve their form,
with pin-so. Though it is needle
less to remark that we never sew with
pin" With these paper cylinders he
covers the jars, and on removing the
covers, a moment later. he pours from
one jar boiling coffee. with the remark.
:" No grounds for complaint here" and
from the other hot milk--"The milk of
human kindness as extracted from the
daily press" The coffee is then served
up to the audience, and the trick never |
fails to bring that music to the players |
ears"-applause.
As with almost every other trick, |
there are several ways of doing it. One
is to pump the coffee and milk up from
beneath the stage while the jars are
resting on the table. By far the best
way, and certainly the most simple, is
the following, which l have used for
years without ever having it fail me.
Have two cylindrical tin cans, made of
such size that they will go easily inside
the jars, but will not quite reach the
bottom, In one end there is large
hole cut. which is fitted with cork; the
other end overlaps trifie, so that when
the can is inside the jar. the overlap
ping end will rest on the edge of the
jar. and support the cylinder On the
outside of one of these cans bits of the