Wichita eagle., 1888-02-18

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funny things and being perfectly cool at
ell times he can travel smoothly along
with every trick. It is necessary in a
great many good tricks to talk away at
the spectators to give them the impression
that you are explaining what you are
going to do. when in reality you only
want to mislead them. The man who
talks well and entertainingly can accom-
| plish his purpose readily. Who ever saw
Heller, for instance, was delighted as
much by his bright talk almost as by the
| tricks he did. If trick is successfully
performed the wise conjurer viii not re-
peat it again that night. The wise con-
jurer will also keep his spectators some
distance from his conjuring tables, and,
| above all, if he plumbers he will never
allow the blunder to confuse him, but
will cleverly pretend that it was an effect
that he purposely intended to produce.
| The conjurer can never afford to be in too
much of hurry either. He wants to be
dead sure that he is going ahead with GER
tainty. Magic, in short, is one of those
things in which you have to hasten
slowly
A FEW NEW TRICKS.
Militiaman Schultz paused again, and,
borrowing the reporters lead pencil,
kindly pulled two Reina Victoria cigars
out of the end of it, and presenting one to
the writer, lit the other himself. Then
he pulled yards of tape cut of the sharp
ened end of the peLcil and poker deck
out Of the side. and sat down laughing.
''By the way" the reporter asked when
the pencil was returned uninjured,
whats new in magic, anyhow"
"This.'' replied the mystic subordinate
of Col. Scott. There was buzZing sound
in the magician's scarf, and the gold
monkey head chartered it's teeth and
rolled its diamond eyes at the reporter in
most remarkable manner.
ANOTHER new trick continued the
militiaman, sis what is called the mes
merized skull 1t is an imitation skull,
that, when set upon pane of ordinary
window glass placed upon the tops of two
ordinary chairs. will move its head about,
following the performers movements,
and will nod or shake for Affirmative or
negative answers to any guests, while the
conjurer stands some distance away. 1t
can be examined at any time. To demon
strate that it is not worked by any string
it can BE- covered with an ordinary trans
parent Ian Up shade, and will still continue
its motions. Still another new mechani-
cal trek is the enchanted bird cage 1t
can lie passed around in the drawing room
for general inspection, to prove that it is
empty, but when a handkerchief is passed
over it it instantly becomes nelodious
with the songs of half dozen canariee.
The performer hangs it UP in the parlor
anywhere, and lets the birds sing ali
through his VISIT
Glow is it dones" the reporter asked,
eagerly.
just as you were" the militiaman
said, with smile. when made cigar
case of your pencil. You couldn't follow
my motions with your eye, and the birds
move just as quickly. What's more. the
birds won't tell the secret, and neither
will i, for l don't want the whole regi-
ment to get on to my best trick"
The Grandest AoliAn Harp.
The grandest Eolian harp in all the
world is that composed Of the suspender
ropes of the Brooklyn bridge. Have you
ever stood on either platform at the tow
ers, and listened to the grand wild music
they give out when the wind, sweeping
from the north and west with the fierce
ness and force of blizzard. strikes them
The notes are By no means thin, nor are
they modulated to the diatonic state.
They are, nevertheless, grand, awe in |
spring, and musical. They are all OF
the basso profundi order-hoarse, solemn, |
deep. But if the ear be not dulled By the |
voices OF the suspender ropes. nor of the |
mighty cables, it can detect, coming from |
the telegraph, telephone and electric |
light wires beneath. trebles that are in |
consonance with the great organ like |
sounds Of the entire structure Ii is worth |
a visit TO the platforms. even in storm, |
to listen To the grandeur Of the weird /
music that comes from the harp Ike cords |
Of the dge.-Brooklyn Standard Union |