Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-13
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TnR inexhaustibe bottlo. which pro
'luees different liquors, and apparently
~ endless quantity, was first made pop.
niar IN THIS country Nv Prot Anderson
and since his day has been exhibited by
very many ''magiolgus OF lato wears
Il bias beGi soidin the thS-shops. and
theptblic have learned that its cleot is
ude IN pare - q well-known principlo
IN physics, aud tn part 10. the wine
glasses usGa, which arc made so as TO
contain, almost not more than q thin
bietol. The trick having become com
mon and generally understood con.
iurers began TO Look about for a means
whereby something similar in eject
might be produced. but by altogether
dissimilar means The result Is a bot
tlc,triek IN which iagcr-beer y fuguished
in sufficient quantity to satisfy the thirst
Of largo audience. " si n very effect.
i've trick, and to y one well-knoSn per-
former almost entirely owes his success.
IL /, only suitable for public exhibition,
however, as the beer is PUMPED up
from beneath the stage md passes
stttG 81 athrOuEh rubber tthmg, concealed In
the dress of the performer, to the bot
tie held in the hand. The connection
With the stage is made by meyns OF a
hollow boot-heei and dutiag tue prog
ress Of the trick, the performer is una
bio to move. .r
Senior PatrziO. one Of the cleverost
eonjurers that ever visited our.shores,
but whose imperfect knoaledga OF our
language was a bar 20 his success,
inside quits n hit in this trb3k, aud
spurred the ambition OF the aTpHtours.
One OF these gentlemen. felloly-eou
tryman OF Patrizio and recognized
''socicty-nan. by dint OF much per-
suasion and many dollars induced
the senor 10 give him the secrel Of the
e trick w
.., This once secured he was anxious 10
show observation-disclosures - hisfriends.
lie ordered the necessary apparatus,
H bred the Union League TheateE aud
issued invitations for swell enter
tainmcnt, He did not consiierit worth
e's while 70 rehearse, Not het Such nn-
nceossarg' labor might be well. enough
Tor ~professionals,'p but not for Que OF
his transcendeAt genius On the night
ottthe eutertaihment, his assistant was
taken III, and the Col0nel-sfor he was
esnt y military man as well as q canjnrer--
was forcod 20 call In the a;d of Mr..
.sseth "a DB7, who had for luany years assisted
'7fuas hooert Hcller, This latter gentleman,
called on 50 suddenly, could not DO OK
peeted 10 understand the Colpnel' little
pecaiaatiest but. nevertheless, man
agasl tocarry him toleraby well through
the perfur1uauco, until tho sine eNhausti-
bile bottle,Pf the oveht of the evening
+. ,f. was reachea. hasas tef45 "a
New zen ladees and gentlemens,
since yoh ave been So Kinder as to
honor me Wiz your prlsance to-er-
@ night, shau asker 2at yqu-er Win join
z so er. me ia q glass.er of champagne
e byihE time he was greatly excited.
he was nbout To eopyince the best
peopo'laof Now York, ie dcSsHs du
pdRter, that he was the pe5r of any con
inrer who ever trod the boards. He
took his position near table; his heel
was screwed 10 the stage by the man
below, who was in charge OF the pump,
and the assistant entered with a tray OF
goblets, .3f
Mower, zen" cried the Colonel,
for zc,er champagne
He gave the signal. and the man at
the pump began to send up the liquor,
The colonel held the mouth of the bottle
over goblet, bat, strilngo 10 say, moth
ing came forth He stamped on the
stage with the foot that was free and
faster and faster the man Piled the
pump Stilt no lqnor. The Colonel
s grew morn and more excited.
lt' See what is ze mattairi' he said in
an aside to his assistant, who placed
the goblets on the table and hurried on
the stage. Everything appeared toibe
all right, and Mr.. D. had Just re.
turned TO his position ON the stage
af when there einie n Kissing noise, rs Of
escaping steam, and the next moment
the gjtitant Colonel was drenched from
head To foot with champagne. IL
6 poured from his sleeves, trickled down
his back, aud streamed forth from his
tUoWsergs-leg, In vain he attempted 70
stem tho torrent; be was lixedimmova-
bly 70 the stage, screwed into position,
andthe moro be exertod himself TO get
81 Tree, the more furiously the pump was
M worked The Colonel hae kept his