The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-22

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and place II in my buttonhols; beg
that the attendant spirits shRll cause 1t to
grow at once into a hower;I raise my
wand in the air | apply 1t to the button
hole; you see"
Monsieur Blitzlni suited the action to
the word, and ths spectators did see. The
seed in the buttonhole grew at once TO q
large sunhower which spread over the
lapel OF his coat, Then suddenly ils
outer circle began to TevolYe and to
Crackle, while from the center there shot
ont, with sharp report, q long let Of
flame. The auuaower had changed TO 9
small Catherine wheel, which spun round
banging, and blszlng, and whiEzing, and
cracking until II had spent It's snortltyed
fury. Monsieur Blllzini stood mOtionless
in the center al the stage not lifting Q
finger 10 save his beard, which was getting
ainged IS tue King OF Spaln's was by
Drake. A look OF surprise came Into his
grey eyes, and their red pupils glOwed
above the mole material treWorks, At
last the spinning wheel Of FIRE gave final
blazs and sudden bang, and died out and
disappeared.
" say bR!Q OAtneTouI 'thls 10 hulls'
thing like trick"
"As you Justly observe" Wyoming re.
turned, VT grows interesting, Who would
have thought that the old flower trick had
go much fame In itH"
"a man must know his Shakespeare to
talk with you" Cameron answered,
"You see I'm an American" Wyoming
replied, land II Is meat aud drink to us 10
quote Shakespeare, even when we see a
COnjuror bound upon q whee! ot hre, Ike
King Lsar. DID you notice that Blit2lnl
ssema quite Us much surprised as We
areH'
"Hs bears the ordeal by Are very brayf.
w." Cameron as8snted, "bus confess that
l don't ex lCtly understand this"
Meantime tho spectators had been tu'
multuous In thSir applause Of this truly
brilliant trick. Monaieur Blitzlnl stood
silent In the center Of the stage, bowling
his acknowledgements, without Q, TRACE OF
the flower or the Are which had follow
ed 1t in thelapel OF his coat, Ills black
doeskln coat was Immaculate, Thsfe was
q tlickeriug smile on hiS lips, and II SEEM
cd as though 1t was only by strong effort
that he was able TO keep the wand In his
hand from trembling, As th9 applause
died away hs VouGsd himself Gnd, taking
up the Il Jgerpot, he dcEcended the ruu-
down and stood Rmong the audience.
Here he flushed tho trick ~ more con
ventional fashion, He borrowed 9 hay
and held 1t over the lower.pot and asked
a lady to place her hands oil the hot, and
then removed the hat to reveal o beaqhInl
bouauet Of ho.bouso Ajwera standing up
right in the earth 81 the pot, Represent.
ed tho bouquet to the lady gracefully aud
then returned to tho btAga TO bow again.
II was with a lighter hsart, evidently,
that he began tho seCoSd trlce on the
programmes, where !! figured as l,t NontrG
IudesLruCLihle. Under this title Allusleur
BIllzlui began 10 perform The familiar feat
with a borrowed watch, which 10 fret
proved 10 boa repeater, with the eCcen-
tric faculty Of striking any hour that tho
owner may chose, and Is then smashed to
fragments in q mighty mortar, In tho be,
ginning Of this trick, while the partoFmGt
was among the audience, all went well F.;
but al the end, when he returned to the
stage and wrapped the shattered fragments
in sheet OF paper, this sheet Of paper
suddenly disappeared and the wheels and
sprlnEs Tell IL the stage aud scattered.
Wyoming noticed q Curlous aud enig'
matte expression in the CoDiuror'O face as
he stopped to gather up the broken bits
Monsieur BliiSIni took another sheet Y!
naper and sRaln II Vanished from his iin-
cars and tho irRglneuta Of tho watch fell
10 tho siege. Collecting them onCs more
and taking third sheet Of paper, Mon
sieur BitzIni stepped out upon the run.
down, and this time no was successful Ia
making a parcel. He gave this parcel to
tho owner Of tho watch, and asked him to
open It, whereupon tho tiRVpiscs was
found INTACT
81 shall now have the honor oil showing
YOU" said Monsieur BlllSini, as he again
took up his position In the center Of tho
etage, I'll tho assistance l count upon from
the Spirits Qi tho Silent Sphere is TouQh'
Gated TO nc, the wondrous experiment
which have called L'Ecole do Cuisine
tenue par Belialides."
"IIis French accent is good" Cameron
remarked.
"But no isn't easy in bis mind" an.
swered Wyoming, who kept his eyes fixed
on the face oil tho magician.
~ shall now" continued Monsieur
Blitgini, tvertUre to tag your good nature
again by reduegtipg tho loan Of a hat"
As he came down from the stage his eye
caught that Of Wyoming, TO whose ques-
tionipg look no returned glance Of reas.
surarce. Cameron and his friend had
seen already that tho performer had re.
cognized them as experts in tile art, and
they were conscious that, as Is tho custom
Of Copiurors, 10 was playing Of them.
Wyoming hold up his hat and the mOgi-
clan smilinply took it from him apd re-
turned to tho staae.
L'Ecole do Cuisine tenuo par Dsllalides
was soon seen 10 be q variation on the
familiar trick Of the Omslette cooked IN
the hat over the fame Of q Candle-the
trick over which Robert HOudin In his
prentice days burnt his fngres and the
borrowed hat. Monsieur DGzini bioke
an egg into Wyoming's hat, whereat the
young ladies In the audience giggled con.
yulsively. He added butter and salt and
pepper, and he stirred these together turl.
oualy with o long handled spool-a1ch "a
a man should have when lie sups with
tho devil. Then he held the hat over
candle, and o sudden Snoke arose and a
irSgrant odor was waited across the foot,
lights. The evidence ii the nose proved
that the trick had been accomplished,
Monsieur Bli;z.nl laid the hat on the stage
Just In front OF the rundown, and was
about 10 put his hand into II TO Withdraw
the omelstte, chatting pleasantly the
while and makiugmRny email jokesabout
his own culinary liabilities when he hap
pened 10 cast his eyes into the In.
stantly he withdrew Ills hand and started
back In undlsRlised aetonlDhment com.
mingled With terror. Tue head Of a large
snake pfoLtuded from the bat and ex.
tended itself threateningly. With a cor.
ious movement It thrust itself toward
the spectators. 1t was a huge boS.con.
strlctor, apparently, and In Rifth Il was
almost equal 10 the hat from which II
was proceeding. Tho magician stood
still on one side, staring at the serpent as
though iaaCinsled only . tiemor 10 HE
kneca betrayed his fear. The bead Of the
great mako crossed the two yards or more
OF the space between the hat and tho foot.
lights and still the body continued 10