Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-10-19

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 Cdujarez5 in anciant times were not veEy respectable members of society," when successful, they enjoyed the repu- estion of having sold their souls to the oT1l one, and when of inferior ability they ga1Rad notorresy by being either drowned or burned Ehe medieval ma gt0ians as wGn as the Egyptian nagi end the Chaldean sags were d11y a sb4ange mixture of chemist. coujnEes and chaTlatan, and aa these gentlemen weEe tn the hahit of using their sup posed occult powers eo Sheir own advan- tssge t1ag were naturally unpounla5 The feats of juggleTy performed by these craftsmen were intended for the rnygtifcation and not the arnusaEnent Of the public, and for centuries con5uIinB had to it only black sida
 The amateur conJuTeF o4 todag is not always Q popular individual, save with children and the unsophistocated yohel To the general pe61ic he Is merely s { bore of greater CT less magnitude. whose performance Is so obvious as to deceive no one. 1t is hard 10 realize that this person Is no mere mushroom growth of modern society, but in point of fact his role is one of 8 respectable azlbiquits, for he is Co be found treading close upon tho heels of the magicians and in the days v hen witchcraft was still rampant This Is significant of his reputation even ill those early times, for had any one taken his tricks seriously be would doubtless have been run to earth and done to death as a wizard.
 In the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury, in the earliest years of the Hes- toration. 8 number of tricks were pub hshed in one of those facet1Dus books which seem to have occupied the press to Q great extent at this time but which, owing to their popularity, hava for the most part perished The chief recommendation to the greater numbes o9 these tricks is that 10 apparatus be- yoad the utensils of everyday life is necessary Also 1t is suggested to the performer that he can make some small profit out of his entertainment by prevailing on hts audience to bet with him on tho result of the trick
 10 set a horse's or an asses head upon mans head and shoulders'' seems impossible ont of the land of Faery, but we are informed that by boiling the head cut of from living animal, ''the flesh boy1'd may Yunne into pyle, and tne 1n4Hgling the hair beaten into powder S 4Ja this oil and anointing the heads of the standeT9 by, they shall seem to have horses or asses heads "a costly experiment. and Gearsome if successful
 But besides this, one can make peo- pie seem headlesse, and this without bloodshed and by tho following simple receipt; Break arsenick vezy fine and boyle it with sulphur in a cover'd pot, and kindle it with a new candle, and the standers-by will seem to be head lessa " Doubtless a strong imagination Is necessary for succesA
 Some of the tricks are such as would nowadays cause the performer to be disliked, to put 1t mildly. For instance, ''have a nut filed with ink, and give this unto another and bid him crack it and see what he can find in that, '' which being done Twill cause much laughter.
 To keep a Tapster from frothing his Pots" must have been an amusement to the wags of the period, and for this provide in readinesse the skin of ra4 Herring, and when the Tapster is absent do but rub little on the inside of his pots, and he will not be able to froth them, do what he can, in a good while after. D
 To counterfeit a diamond with a white saphir" is a most useful accom- phshment, but the fraud is likely in these days to be discovered and is more & chemical experiment than a trick
 Several tricks are recommended which have animals as. their subject and are for the most part brutal to our modern ideas Perhaps the least objectionable is to seem to kill Horse and cure him again, ' which may be thus accom- piished:
 Take the seed of henbane and give it the Horse in his Provender, and 1t will cast him into guch deep sleep that he will seem dead If yon will re- cover him again, rub his Nostrils with Vinegar, and he will ssem to be re- Vtvsd The "seem to be revived" sounds rather @inous, and it is to be noted that the correct quantity of hem bane ts not mentioned, go that 1t might be best to try this experiment. on some one elSe's horaa
 To, make Q ahoale0f Goslings draw a 9FSxsphep 1ocyoaasb e.,g,v,3y S,,&s,,,r+s,c. r,-A