The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-11

ordinary hat, aud their twin brother pro-
duced from the throat of an unsuspecting
auditor were fed and asleep, and the goose
that talks from the trimmed paper not one
third its size quacked away as though IL
could lay golden egg, and then, forgetting
It, lay another.
In one corner, like q shattered idol, lay
the little Chinese mandarin figure that
points unerringly to the chosen card. How
insignificant he looked Yet mount him on
his pedestal, attach the wires that lay coiled
in his dwarfed figure to the battery, give
and the little figure, like Richard, will be
himself again, ready for the performance
OF the work that battles belief.
The flowers that bloom in such profusion
in spring and winter In the professor 3
cornucopia seemed wasting their sweetness
on the desert air of the workshop, but they
were there for reproduction, and in pot of
huge dimensions ~as the orange tree that
springs la all its yellow blossomed beauty
in a minute from a single seed. Martial
plumes yard long that are evolved from
space too m il to suggest the possibility of
their presence, were there by the dozen. A
live snake wriggled around in It's cage, and
g-Inning skeletons all around made one feel
uncomfortable
WHERE THE EYE Is DECEIVED.
Next was view from one OF the wings OF
! the stage Of the magician's feats with full
sight of the secret manner Of their perform.
ance. Ny feelings at tue discovery were
| family like those of the great discoverers OF
anything heretofore unknown. Albeit they
added nothing 70 the worlds greatness. Ii
is said that Hermann carries as baggage
| twelve large chests heavily laden with the
machinery Of his mechanical tricks. The
| wonder is that he is able TO compress so
much machinery into the space of twelve
| chests No one uninitiated In front of Herr
mann's stage would ever dream of its won
| derful contents and the manner Of their con-
cealment during the performances of one OF
his mechanical tricks. Mirrors, convex
| and concave, are strewn about to all ap-
pearances without design; wires stretch In
| al directions varying Ia size from slender
| threads to cable chains.
The '.Slave Girls Dream )" In which Mime.
| Hermann seems suspended on a slender
metal staff and floats through space In cbs
| dience to the professors wand, is An affair OF
gigantic proportions. The madam is really
Sustained and supported by braces Of elabo
| rate and complex construction.
| ApY exclamation OF the trick itself would
| be impossible because Of the very com
plexity Of the machinery used. With the
| aid Of this machinery almost In full view OF
| the audience. one holds his breath, appre,
! hensive every mSalent Of the discovery
| that seems inevitable. But ny a seeming
peryersion OF common sense the audience Il
intent on seeking exposure through far
reaching means while the trick itself is III
own exposure before its eyes, just as tn,
curtain OF the famous artist of antiquity
concealed no picture but was the picture IL.
| self.
"Strobeika," which has long puzzled th
general public, is simplicity itself. In thi
delusion Russian officer is securely locke,
to a board by a committee OF the audlencI
and suspended by wires In a dungeon rep
resented by a curtained cabinet raise
high from the floor. with every part saw
one that is not looked for exposed to the au
dience. The curtains are drawn and almos
Immediately pulled apart again, when lc