Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-03-04
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
MAGIC'S WONDERS.

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time ago, said the professor, "onr Ok
ford street waiter was made The victim
of practical joke. One morning, as
this toLsorial artist sat reading his
newspaper, lie was startled by seeing a
yonng man enter la a very excited man
ner, who, throwing, rather than seating,
himself IN the chair, demanded a shave
fnStditer. The barber, who was ready
fellow, at. once set about obeyiug the
commands of this excited and hurried
guest With rapidity that surprised
himself, he shaved the right side of his
customers face, and then Immediately
turned to the left. That side he also
shaved with cleanliness and dispatch,
but, judge of his surprise, when his
customer demanded to know in tones
any thing but pleased why he did not
shave the right side. The poor be-
wildered barber was almost certain that
he had done so, but perceived. to his
surprise, that the side in question was
covered with iet-black hair. Again he
shaved it, but while he did so, to his
surprise and horror, the hair was grow
ing on the other side. Thus it continued
for an hour. While he shaved one side
he could actually see the hair growing
ON the other side. Terrified beyond
hereupon the young man leaped
from the chair, and, snatching the
razor, drew it across his throat, and
fell to the floor covered with blood.
The barber flew into the street halloo-
ing "Murder p at the top of his voice.
A crowd soon gathered, and, with the
affrighted barber, beheld the supposed
corpse quietly arranging his tie before
the mirror-turning very pleasantly, he
paid the barber, and departed. A the
atrical gentlemen among the lookers-on
soon gave it out that it was Professor
Hermann, the great American Magician.
l went to my hotel and awoke next day
| to find myself the talk OF london" con-
cluded the Professor, "for it was | who
did it. l gave the poor barber fits.
| Did you ever hear how gave friend
| Of mire the snakes?" asked the Profes-
sor. On receiving an answer in the
negative, he said: "a friend of mine,
who was as great drunkard as an
actor, and that is saying q great deal,
was ono morning seen by NE to enter a
| drinking saloon when he WIS almost on
| knowing his horror Of sn kaa,' as
mania a lootW is vulgarly called, 1 re-
solved 20 save him. ! entered jast as
lie raised glass of whisky TO his lips,
and rushing forward | snatched tie
glass from his baud, crying at The same
time: Hold, S., until l take this Il
| ont Pretending TO take the hY
ont, I held up a SER ent. C.
cried out E.: 'My Godl that is a
snake 7 Not ut all, said ]; it is
a simple house-1y. See ? YOU are COW
cred with them, saying which | APP
preached, md from his aleoscs AID
hair, ETC., proceeded TO pull snakes,
protest ting all the time that they were
flies. They are smallest cred c. again.
My Godl that is a snake; / Tell you,
Hermann, they are snakesl' Nonsense,
said I, 'they are but flies 'Then, said
he, Il have the snakes myself! and he
rushed from the saloon. He was not
seen for moro than q week after; but
when next seen he WAS s1bar, and has
been so since" Professor" asked tho
interviewer, "were you, who are SO
fond of surprising others, eyer surprised
YOURSELF" 'Olce," was the AZ. wer;
"ihen the surprise was very great ana
agreeable one, / assure sou. 1t came
number Of years a tnfIerer from
cramps in my left side. imme-
diately under the heart. [ suffered
regularly ut the close Of each perform,
ance, and very often WAS compelled to
cancel engagements which had made,
owing to my inability to fill them, being
Frustrated by cramps, and being 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 an attendant of mine, whose head [
had cut off occasionally while perform
ing my wonderful decapitation act. The
individual to whom [ complained of the
pains and the cramps in my side On one
occasion said it was cuElous-that [,
who could decapitate another and re-
place the head at 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 III q week.
That night he presented me with bot
tie of st. Jacobs Oil, the Great German
Remedy, saying that its use would pro-
duce an effect more magical than ]
could readily believe. I laughed at
the idea of st. Jacobs Oil doing
what had bafll ID the greatest doctors,
but said that L would try it, simply
to convince him that trying it
would do no good. That night, on
retiring, I rubbed my side with n Oil,
and, sure enough, its good ell@ct was
misunderstanding in fact felt
relief at once. 1 slept better that night
than 1 had done for long time before.
Again in the morning rubbed with the
Oil, and at the close of the afternoon
performance noticed a great diminu-
ton of the painful cramps. Was | sur
prised? Well. was very much sur
prised, and told my attendant so. In
less than week, and before had fin
ished using my third bottle, was en-
tirely and permanently cured. The
effect of st. Jacobs Oil was indeed mag