National Republican., 1881-11-26
MAcrc,s WONDERS.

While in London, England, n short
time ago" said the Professor "our oxford street
waiter was made the victim Of n practical joke.
one morning. as this tonsorlal artist sat reading
MS newspaper he was startled by seeing young
man enter In very excited manner, who, throw
lug rather than seating himself in chair, de-
manded shave iDsiauter. The barber. who was
ready fellow, at once set about obcying the COM
mands Of this excited and hurried guest. With n
Spidity that surprised himself he shaved the right
side OF his customers face, and then Immediately
turned to the LETT That side he also shaved with
cleanliness and dispatch. but Judge Of his sur
prise when his customer demanded to know in
tones anything but pleased why he did not shave
the right side The poor, bewildercd barber was al
most certain that he had done So but perceived TO
bis surprise that the side in question was covered
WIN yet-ba hair. Again he shaved u, but while
nc ulu so, 10 his surprise and horror, the hair WINS
growing on the other side. Thus II continued for
an hour. While he shaved one side he could ac-
Tered beyend hs,r STowhg on d inp o1ner snoe
hereup0n the young man lcaped from the chair,
and snatching the razor. drew II across his throat,
ana Tell 70 the hoor covered with blood The bar
Der few into the street hallooing Murder! at the
top OF his voice. A crowd soon gathered, and,
with the ntrighted barber, beheld the supposed
corpse quietly arranging his tic before the mirror.
departed. 4 theatrical gentleman among the
,ookers;on locke soon gave 4 out that II was Prqs
went 70 my hotel, and awoke next day to find my
sell the tax of London" concluded the Professor,
S,s fSs 1t Tss S Io who did IL gave the poor barber
mine the snakes2 asked the Professor. On re-
celVln9 an answer In the ncgetive, he said: "A
friend of mine who was rs great drunkard as an
actor, and that is saying n great deaL was one
morning seen by me to enter drinking saloon
when he was almost on the verge Of delirium-
tremens ana knowing his horror Of snakes as
RGntd- pott is vnlgarly Called resolved 20 save
nun; entered Just as he raised a glass Of whisky
to his lips. and rushing forward I snatched the
glass from ms hand, crying at the same time
Hold, g., until take this fly out Pretending TO
take the hy out held up a serpent. G. cried
out: My God that is a snnkef Not at ali :
said l; II Is q simple house-hy. Seo7 you
are covered with them saying which / ap-
preached; and from his sleeves, and hair, &c, !
that they were dies. They are snakes!' cried G,
again. MY God that Is snake; tell you, Her
mann, they are snakesl' Nonsense, said /, they
myselfl and he rushed from the saloon. lie was
not seen for more than week after; but when
next seen he was sober and has been so since"
Professor, asked the interviewer, "were you
who are 30 fond Of surprising others, ever sur
priscd yoursclf2" Once" was the answer. "Then
lhe surprise wns very great and agreeable one,
assure yOu IL came about In this way: | was
Tor number OF years sufferer from cramps
in my LEFT side, Immediately under the
heart heart i suffered regularly at the close OF
compelled to cancel engagements which
had made, owing TO my inability TO fiji them, be-
ny CTilnps, nlu Delng in very
weak condition. / entertained very serious
thoughts OF giving up my profession and spending
some years In travel, and would have done SO but
for All attendant Of mine, whose head had cut on
occasionally while performing my wonderful de-
capitation act The individual TO whom / com.
puined OF the pains and the cramps in my side on
one occasion. said 1t was curious-that l. who
could dccapitate another and replace the head nj
will, ought certainly be able to cure myself told
him how some of the best doctors in Europe
and America had failed He laughed at me- and
said he could cure me in week. That night he
presented me with bottle Of st. Jacobs Oil, the
Great German Remedy, saying that its use would
produce an effect more magical than could
readily believe. l laughed at the idea of st, ia.
cobs Oil doing what had baflled the greatest doc.
tors, but suid that would try II. simply to con.
vince him that trying II would do no good. That
night, on retiring, rubbed my side with the OIL
aud, enough its good effect wus instantaneous
magical in fact: felt relief at once. SLEPT
better that night than had done for q long time
before. Again in the morning rubbed
with the Oil, and at the close of the after.
noon performance i noticed grea
dimunition of the painful cramps. Was sur
prised2 Well, was very much surprised and told
my attendant so. In less than week, and before
had finished using my third bottle, / was en-.
tirely and permanently cured The effect of st
Jacobs Oil was indeed magical, so much SO that
could scarcely believe my senses. have nevel
felt a cramp since-nor Is there prophet, seer
sOothsayer, or magician who can perform sucl
wonders as st. Jacobs OIL Cincinnati Enquirer.