The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

The powder pin n II be . Aintloct, OF with.
sns CAP " IL be . percussion lock, instead OF
r rSns'a aoM ln,o ,n nss pr, sTssG tns OF ia, isS S sSr;ai Prop shc
ramrod. Then the committee Is called upon TO
marx the bullet, load the piece, and fire At TIE
has been previously loaded with a charge q
powder and wad only. The ramrod ? lad
the charge was bred from the regular barrel;
wnhe no part OF the barrel proper is chhrGt1
G,stpf FSae Te SpS Su lie i msrsed O Sy eSs oon,mitise
having been palmed by the performer, is then
presSnted, and the thing is done"
James whiIcemb Riley at the time, and Herr
stopped Mt the same hotel. and sat next, to one
another at tho table. Hermann didn't know
magician b. s SIGHT ."G In " tue mIddie Of a meal ono
night Hermann leaned oyer, and GENERATING
tho lettuce leaves on Mes plate. disclosed a
Dear me, how careiess!" exclaimed. Herr
mann, expecting to Zee Nye start back IL sur
prise. But Nyedidn't do ANY such thing. Coolly
I'm always leaving things like that around.
and he handed it to the girl who was waiting on
the table. Hermann had to yet tho proprietor
Of the hotel out IN the SitShem oed9rs no gYq,d
Hermann always enjoyed telling this story on
to the time of the ~latter's death.
Ono day when he was stopping at Syracuse,
NheTtn t " as peTIOTmlnR,h iIIeuu VI llb. au "a
steur necromancer. introduced to him an ao-
9uaintahce who had never seen the Professor;
show rMs f E,m 1h pn ,n% # aaxs herT hns nrs ontsI IN
his room that kent up such q iaohering that con.
verSation WAS almost impossible: The great
hear anything but the birds shriii talk. The
bird seemed particularly fond Il shrieking.
Amt yon smartl' The racket didn't seem to
disturb tho Professor. but suddenly noticing
that IL nnnoyed the stranger. he Jumped from
his seat abruptly and seized the bird.
III EtOD yOur noise the magician cried, and
flung the parrot into space. Bird and CHATTER
vanished simultaneously, and the stranger
never discovered what became of Polly, for
Hermann then put on his hat and went out
walking with his two callers.
They visited a bank, where the magician was
Introduced TO- the cashier, whom he estontshed
~ rawln u long cigar outot tie lat'er.s van
mo enoMrh to tAs 70 e' sToun nd q1 The cashier had
been busy %ciipping new bank notes from printed
sheets issued by tho Treasury.
II see you're a magician YOURSELF SAID herr
something l can do myself; ut all times
He asked to he allowed tn, examine the sheet
OF bank nntes. and while looking AT II le ratified
of one OF his pet stories and got the cashier and
HE friend and the stranger all Interested, In
the midst Of the story telling some heavy object
fell from "A desk aud apparently startled the
IN %,cicinn. who in his fright tore the sheet OF
TIE magician seemed angered at his clumsi;
ness, and In a rage he tore the sheet upinto small
fragments. Then he offered to make GOOD the
loss with money from hi, avn poclethook. The
cashier protested that this was needless. herr.
mann thtll declared that perhaps tne dSS'ue"t
might not he 81 bad after all. lie rolled the torn
bits into u ball in tue palms II his deit hands;
blew in tlom, and thea auroliing the ball spread
out the sheet uniarmed.
In another bank he performed n trick that
was always a fayorite OF his. lie wore upon the
l.ttle hngrr OF his left hand u notwithstanding
ring with a heavy setting. The President OF tho
hank commented upon the odd appearance of
the ring.
Yes the magician said, that is an odd
ring. II was given 10 me by the Elm Perur OF
Austria. But you can have II II you viii accept
IT."
Thereupoa he drew the ring from his finger
ana slipped il upon the sa.k Presidents little
finger.
but 1t wasn't there when the latter looked at
his hand. lnstcad, 1t C.ittcred upon the little
hnger OF the Professors lett hand. The change
had been effected b u most skll;Al BIT OF palm
ing.