The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-29
TRICESTERS,
Queer C3niuring ,Fe1ts CT the
Seventeenth Century.
SOME QUAINT OLD RECIPES.
Litile Esper rents In Which eoilina
Heads Oh Living Animals Was an
lne,dent-t+o~ They Killed a Horse
and Cured Him Again.

and Cured Him Again.
CDnjure-s ia ancient times were not
very respectable members Of society
When successful they enjoyed the rep.
utatIOD of having sold their souls to tho
evil one. aud when ~ Inferior ability
they gained nptDriety 10y being either
drowned or burned The medieval
magicians a. well as the Egyptian
strange mixture of chemist. coujurcr
and cnarlatan. aud a. these gentlemen
were ia the habit u using their sup
posed occult powers 10 their own ad-
vantage they were naturally unpopu.
lar Tie fcIt~ ~ juyyipry performed
boy these craftsmen were intended for
the my.tfcatiou and not the umuse.
ment Of the public aud FOR centuries
'urIug hHd tp 10 only black side.
III, amateur cJuJurer Jf today is not
always popular individual. save with
children ana tlc uu,ophi,ticdted yoAels
To the general public be Is merely a
bore ~ greater or less magnitude.
deceive no one II J., hard 10 realize
that this person Is no mere mushroom
growth of modcru society. but in point
of fact his role j. one ui e respectable
antiquity. for hc is 10 be found tread
ing clo.e upon tie heels Of the magi-
clans aud in the days when witchCraft
was stil rampant. This Is significant
Of In thnz.s asu 4
times. for had amy one taken his tricks
seriously he would doubtless have been
run to earth aud done to death as u
wizard.
In the middle Of the seventeenth
century. In the earliest years of the
restoration. number Of tricks were
published In one Of those facctiOus
books which seem to have occupied
the press to great extent at this time.
but which owing TO their popularity
have for the most part perished. The
chief recommendation Of the greater
nuribcr of these tricks is that no ap-
paratus beyond the utensils Of every
day life H. necessary. also II Is sug
gested 10 the performer that he can
make some small profit out of his en-
tertainment 10y prevailing on his audi
cnce to bet with him on the result Of
| the trick.
40 set horses or an asses head
upon mans head aud shoulders"
seems impoSsib out OF the land Of
/ Faery. but We are informed, that by
. boiling the head cut on living
/ animal the flesh bOyid may runne
| into oylc," and then 10y mingling the
hair beaten into powder with This
/ oil and amounting the heads Of the
| ISLANDERS 10y they shall seem to have
] horses or asses heads"-a costly eX-
/ pertinent aud fearsome II successful
But besides this, pne can make peo-
pie seem headlcssc." and this without
/ bloodshcd ana by the following simple
recipe: "BrAak arsenick very fine and
boyle II with sulphur In a cover'd pot
and kindlc II with new candle aud
the standers-by will seem to be head
lesse." Doubtless strong imagina
tlon Is necessary for success.
Some Of the tricks are such as would
nowadays cause the performer 10 be
dlslikcd, To put II mildly For instance
have II nut filled with Ink and give
this unto another and bid him crack II
and see what he can find in that"
which being done will cause much
laughter"
ITO keep Tapstcr from frothing his
pots" must have been an amusement
To the wags Of the period, and for this
provide In rradincsse the skin Of n red
Herring. and when the Tapster Is alb
sent do but rub II little on the inside
~ his pots. and he will not be- able TO
froth them do what he can, In a
good while after"
"lo couuicrfeit n diamond with
white Saphr' is a most useful accom-
plishmcnt but the fraud is likely In
these days 10 be discovered and II
more a chemical experiment than n
trick
Several tricks are recommended
which have animals as their subject
ana are for the most part brutal 10
our modern ideas. Perhaps the least
objectionable IL "to seem to kin n
Horse and cure him again." which
may be thus accomplished:
Take the seed OF henbane and give
It the Horse in his Proyendcr. and II
will cast him into such deep sleep
that he Will seem dead, lf you will
recover him again, rub his Nostrlls
with Vinegar. ana he will seem 10 be
revived" The seem To hc revived"
sounds rather Om.nous, and IL Is 10 he
noted that the correct quantity Of hen.
bane IL not mentioned. 50 that IL might
Ice best TO make this experiment on
some one clsc's horse.
ITO make shual ~ Goslings draw
Timber luggc' sounds interesting
but unfortunately the directions are
vague 80 max" a shonl Of Gnslings
Of q GugsIe Of Geese 10 seem to draw
! Timhor lusgc Is done by the ycrie
means that ls usd when Cat draws
fool throsrh a Pond. hut handled
somewhat further OF from the BE
holders London Standard.