LEGERDEMAIN EXTRAORDINARY.

Kumara Times, Issue 1065, 28 February 1880, Page 3

LEGERDEMAIN EXTRAORDINARY.

; M. ikermanfi, the Viennese cdn•juriV, u'nlite the “ medium” who perform tricks and call them miracles, ‘does* miracles and .calls thebi tricks. M. OuleS Claretie-isttespohsiblte foV the accuracy of- the following tale Hermann was engaged in the difficult task of-amusing that monarch “ who .lives tup . life of a wounded rabbit in a hole”—the Sultan. The scfen'e was a boat.moored in the Bosphorus. “Will Vo|i bblige foe,” said lie Mann t'6 the Urarid Vizier, “by; throwing your watph overboard V’ The "Vizier looked doubtful but the Sultan nodded, and the watch sank.glittering through the sea. “ Now” jgiid Hermann, “ will some one give toe a to'd?' A mi \vaS brought, ?a litfe &hd a hook, which thfe conjurer baited Before the eyes of the Padishah’ as a -Pusditob contemporary calls the Sultan. He soon had a nibble ptruck, and.after an exciting .interval had' a fine ■ fish in ; the landing-net. HeVtnarin openedthctisll arid took out the Vizier’s watchr, still keeping capital time. Repressing a strong inclination to refer to the .ring, Bf we .8° that Hermann can juggle hs. well for the .wily Muscovite •$s the gallant Turk. While amusing, the, leisure of the Autocrat of all the Russians, he brok'e a large and magnificent mirror. The superstitious potentate winced, for to break a mirror is uuJ M ®ky».uud a .curtain was thrown over Hermann .went on with is tricks for a. while, then suddenly, exclaimed; “ I forgot the glass look at it.” The ciirtain was removed; and thbte was the mirror wh jlb arid dnhatmied !—Daily News.