Connecticut western news., 1882-03-01
Cincinnati Enquirer.l MAGIC,S WONDERS.

of practical joke. One morning, as this tonsorial artist sat reading his he was startled by seeing 8 young man enter in very excited man. nel, who, throwing, rather than seating, himself in the chair, demanded a shave instanter. The barber, who was a ready fellow, at once set about obeying 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 lie 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 1t continued for an hour. While he shaved one side he could actually see the hair growing on the other side. Terrified beyond expression, he stood motionless 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. I gave the poor barber fits.
 Did you ever hear how gave friend
 of mine 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 great deal,
 was one morning seen by me to enter
 drinking saloon when he was almost on
 the verge of delirium tremens, and knowing his horror of 'snakes,' as
 mania a-potu is vulgarly called, re-
 he raised glass of whisky to hls lips,
 and rushing forward snatched the
 glass from his hand, crying at the same
 time: Hold, S., until I take this fly
 out Pretending to take the fly
 cried out: My Godl that is 8 snake r Not at all, said I; it is
 8 simple house-fy. See ? you are cov-
 cred with them, saying which I ap-
 proached, and from his sleeves and
 hair, etc., proceeded to pull snakes,
 protesting all the time that they were
 flies. sThey are snakes' cried o. again.
 My Godl that is snake; I tell you,
 Hermann, they are snakesr Nonsense,
 said I, sthey are but fiies.' 'Then, said
 he, T have the snakes myself!' and he
 rushed from the saloon. He was not
 seen for more than 8 week after; but
 when next seen he was sober, and has
 been so since" Professor" asked the
 interviewer, "were you, who are so
 fond of surprising others, ever surprised
 yourself?" "Onoe," was the answer;
 ssthen the surprise was very great and
 agreeable one, I assure you. It came
 about in this way. I was for a
 number of years sufferer from
 cramps in my left side, imme.
 diately under the heart. I sufferet
 regularly at the close of each perform
 ance, and very often was compelled tt
 cancel engagements which l had made
 owing to my inability to fill them, being
 prostrated by cramps, and being ln 1
 very weak condition. l entertained verl serious thoughts of giving up my
 profession and spending some year in travel, and would have done so bu for an attendant of mine, whose head had cut off occasionally while perform ing my wonderful decapitation act. Th
 individual to whom I complained of tn
 pains and the cramps in my side on on
 occasion said 1t was curlous-that who could decapitate another and re ; place the head at will, ought certaini l be able to cure myself. Itold him hoy , some of the best doctors in Europe an
 America had failed. He laughed at me ,, and said he could cure me Tn a week That night he presented me with boi
 tie of St. Jacobs Oil, the Great Germa > Remedy, saying that it's use would pro - duce an effect more magical than e could readily believe. I laughed g the idea of St. Jacobs Oil doin what had baff1ed the greatest doctors but said that I would try it, simpl to convince him that trying } would do no good. That night, o e retiring, rubbed my side with 'ha Oi e and, sure enough, it's good eli ct WI instantaneous in fact fe y. relief at once. slept better that ni8t 't than I had done for long time before e Again in the morning rubbed with th t Oil, and at the close of the afternoo o performance I noticed a great dimint
 tion of the painful cramps. Was gu se1 prised? We'll. was very much su . prised, and [ told my attendant so. l d Mess than week, and before had fiji J. ished using my third bottle, was el d tirely and permanently cured. TT
 l-efect of St. Jacobs Oil was indeed mai ical, so much so that I could scarcel t believe my senses. have never felt v cramp since-nor is there prophet, see e soothsayer or magician who can perfor
 such wonders as St. Jacobs Oil"
 ''GA11 HAMILTON " is described in u
 editorial correspondence of the Arg s ,aut as ''prodding" Oscar Wilde wht he was presented to her, with the dire l, inquiry, "How long is this joke to last