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HERMANN EXPLAINS HOW MANY
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Blu-
Bnllet Catching Feats are Easy.
doc and Arabian Illusions That Have
Puzzled Thousands of Travelling
People.
No doubt that, stripped Of its impene-
trable mantle of mystery, bereft of the
word “mysterious,” thrown open to the
gaze of the curious, fully explained to
those in. search of information, magic
would not be sufficiently interesting to en-
tertain any but the most ardent seekers
of knowledge. It is the weird and mys-
terious that have protected it since the
history of man began, and it is the mys-
tery that will protect it while it continues
to interest and .entertain modern audi-
ences, as it did when magic was the form
of religion and magicians were the favor-
ed, petted priests of the ancients.
The cane trick. One of the Hindoo
fakir’s performance most frequently de-
scribed, and considered the most marvel-
lous, is the turning of a walking stick
into a. serpent. In the Scriptures the
turning of the rods into serpents is al-
luded to, but not explained. Modern
writers tell of Hindoo jugglers who will
walk into the centre of a circle of specta-
tors. take a walking stick from the hand
of some one in the audience, cast it upon
the ground, when it will at once begin to
squirm, and finally change into the dread-
ed cobra di capello of Asia.
Now the performer is described as being
without apparatus, confederates, scenery
or wardrobe, as giving his entertain-
ments on the bare ground, and as doing
it in such a. manner as to defy detection.
Described in this way, the pcrformanceis
truly 'wonderful, but let me describe
it. '
The circle of spectators is formed, and
the performer enters the ring, clad in the
ordinary Hindoo street dress, which af-
fords magnificent opportunities for con-
cealing anything he may require in his
entertainment; When ready to change
some one’s walking stick into a serpent he
approaches the holder of the cane, takes
it from him, seizes it at each end, raises
it slowly above his head then draws it
gradually through his hands and slips
off his mantle—being nothing more or
less than a. common sheet—puts the cane
beneath the sheet, then grasps it at each
end and lays it on the ground, carefully
covered with the mantle.
N ow, when the performer put the cane
underneath his cloak he brought one end
of it to his waist, where he grasped the
end of the cane and the head of the cobra
-—which was concealed in the commera—
bund, or'sash around his waist—drew the
snake and the cane together from beneath
the cloth out to the full length, and laid
them on the ground, ‘ where to all appear-
ances, there was nothing but the cane be-
neath the cloth, but where in reality
there were the walking cane and the
cobra, lying side by side. In a few min-
utes the cobra, realizing that he is free,
begins to move about. It is then that
the cane and cloth are removed. and it is
thus that the walking stick is turned in-
to a serpent.
So marvellous was the announcement
that a performer would allow himself to
be fired at with powder and ball that the
French .government employed Robert
Houdan to go to North Africa and con-
vince the Arabic chiefs that the French-
man was a very superior individual. His
mission was to strike terror into the
hearts of the - Arabs by showing them
that a Frenchman might at will render
himself bullet proof, and it is recorded
that Robert Houdan took a pair of duel-
ling pistols and loaded them with pow-
der furnished by the Arab chiefs, and
with leaden bullets marked by them he
received the fire of these pistols without
sustaining the slightest injury.
After bullets previously marked had
been loaded into pistols furnished by the
Arabian chief and well rammed home the
chief. fired - point blank the length of a.
dining room table at the magician. He
smilingly caught it between his teeth and
returned it to the Arab to the astonish»
ment Of all present. Then Houdan pick-
ed up the remaining pistol on the table,
and with the remark, “Your aim is not
as deadly as mine,” he fired against the
white Wall of the room and caused a spot
of blood to appear exactly where the bul-
let struck.
This feat was performed in this man
ner:—
The pistols were of large calibre, and
Houdan had prepared himself for the
trick by running melted wax into the bul-
let mould, allowing it to remain long
enough to partly cool, the mould was in-
verted and the hot wax was allowed to
run out, leaving a thin shell the shape
and size of an ordinary pistol bullet. The
hole where the hot wax escaped was seal-
ed up and the whole bullet thus created
was blackened with lamp black, so that
it resembled a regular leadeu bullet.
Then the performer took another whole
wax bullet with a little thicker shell than
'the first one and filled it with bullock’s
blood, which was sealed in and the bul-
let discolored.
On the night of a performance, which
was at the close of a dinner, he took the
two leadeu bullets handed him by the
chief, examined the pistols, saw that they
were empty, and in their presence put in
two charges Of powder; then be caused
the bullets to be marked and returned to
him. He dexterously palmed the leaden
bullets and substituted those made of
wax, the one that was to be fired at him
was dropped into the barrel of the pistol
and the wad over it was rammed down
sufficiently hard to reduce the wax to
powder, which was harmless the length
of the long dining room table. He then
took the one containing the blood and
fired it at the white wall, he having been
careful not to break it by ramming it too
hard. The effect on the Arabs was inde-
scribable, and thereis no doubt that Hou-
dan’s trip to the North of Africa. resulted
as he intended, for the benefit of the
French government.
I remember once but a few years ago,
entertaining some friends in Cincinnati
with some interesting palming and
changing performances.
A young man came up and asked me if
I could transform a silver half dollar into
a ten dollar gold piece. As a matter of
course Iassured him that I could do so. I
took his half dollar, presto change, and
it was a ten dollar gold pice. It was
shown to the spectators, pronounced gen-
uine, when the innocent young man took
it and slipped it into his pocket, and say-
ing, “thank you,” walked out Of the
room,
I had entertained my friends, I had com-
plied with his request, but it cost me just
nine dollars and a. half to do it.
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EVENTS AND Ellis—mes Discusses
IN THE METROPOLIS..
low. Manylmlllonalres In New York!
Hen Whom the Income Tax Will '3‘
Hard. Hunting. the laser’s Gold.
Other Facts and 'l'aneles.
How many millionaires in New York!
opinions differ, and the correct number
no one knows, for a man may often be in
doubt himself as to whether or not he is I
millionaire. The World. says there are
one thousand millionaires in New York
and Brooklyn, and it publishes a list of
their names to support its assertion.
Some of the persons put in the million-
aire class will doubtless deny the charge
when the income taxer comes around. and
in a number :of :cases the denial will
doubtless be warranted by the size of
their fortune.
It was in connection with the tax that
the list was given, and, including the
very rich men, it was estimated that
Greater New York would furnish one
thousand men whose average tax would
be $3,000 each. The largest contributor
to the tax fund, according to the figures
given, will be William Waldorf Astor.
His fortune is estimated at $120,000,000,
and his income is placed at $8,900,000, 1
very large sum for the principal, being al-
most seven and one-half per cent. _ John
D. Rockefeller’s fortune is named as $125,-
000,000, but his income is smaller by more
than $1,000,000, being estimated at $7,611,-
250, or a little more than six per cent.
Only one other fortune, that of the Jay
Gould estate, is placed in the $100,000,000
class, this going in at even figures. The
income is estimated at $4,040,000 while
that of Russell Sage, who is credited
with $90,000,000, is put at $4, 500.000. Then
come Cornelius and William K. Vander-
bilt, with $80,000,000 and $75,000,000, re-
spectively; Henry M. Flagler, and Will-
iam Rockefeller, $50,000,000 each; John
Jacob Astor and the Moses Taylor estate,
$50,000,000; Mrs. Hetty Green, $40,000,000;
F. W. Vanderbilt, $35,000,000; George W.
Vanderbilt, Percy R. Pyne and wife, H.
O. Havemeyer and wife and the Singer
estate, $30,000,000‘.each; J. Pierpont Mor-
gan, Robert Goelet and the Schermerhorn
estate, $25,000,000 each, and the following
each $20,000,000: Ogden Goelet, C. P.
Huntington, David Dows estate, Elbridge
T. Gerry and wife, J. A. Bostwick estate,
Theodore A. , Havemeyer, W. Sloane‘es-
tate, Henry Hilton, Andrew Carnegie,
Amos R. Eiio, \Villiam C. Whitney, \Vil-
liam P. Furness estate, D. 0. Mills, Mrs.
Elliot F. Shepard, Mrs. W. D. Sloane,
Mrs. H. McK. Twombley and Mrs. W'il-
liam Seward Webb. Twenty persons or
estates with $10,000,000, and 31 with 35,-.
000,000 or more are given.
There may a time come when hunting
for_the gold of the British war ship Hus-
sar;will cease, but, from the present out»
look, that time is far distant. The seek-
ers for the $54,800,0000 alleged to have gone
down with the ship at Hell Gate, are as
hopeful now as they were fiftylor seventy-
flve ago, and each new hunter is confi-
dent that his way will win The latest
treasure seeker is George W. Thomas, 501
East Orange, N. J ., whose machinery Op-
erates on the suction principle, and this
he asserts works admirably. He says that
he is satisfied that he has located the
wreck, and he is delving among the rocks
with visions of gold half hiding the new
machinery—visions that, if past experi-
ence is worth anything, will never be re-
alized.
The application of Edison’s latest inven-
tion to a play, enabling one artistjto give
a whole drama, representing the various
characters by means of pictures, was one
of the late entertainments of the metro-
polis. The play, or story is called “Miss
Jerry,” and tells how a young lady, im-
agining that her father is financially em-
barrassed, secures a position as reporter
on the New York Daily Dynamo, and
finally marries the city editor.
The pictures, of which there are about
250, follow the story very closely, and
show the incidents of Miss Jerry’s daily
life, her interviews, amusements, reveries
and :COlll'tSlllp; a number of New York
scenes, such as Madison Square, \Vash-
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Depot, with an admirable series Of the
genial Chauncey being interviewed by
Miss Jerry, and a host of interesting
sketches and views.
The photographs were all taken from
life by the carbon process and reproduced
on the screen by the aid of a stereopticon.
Musical illustrations were played on the
piano and organ by Mr. John Hyatt
Brewer. As a whole it was a very suco
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lustrated magazine for the purpose of a
reading, and was warmly received by an
audience that included among its num-
bers President Seth Low of Columbia
College, Mr. William Dean Howells,
Mrs. Edmund Clarence Stedman, Miss
Christine Terhune Herrick, Mr. Henry
Abbey, Mr. Henry Marquand and Mr.
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Justice Voorhees gave the “Georgia
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