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EEALMS OF MAGIC. How the Handles Do the Tricks Whicii Coin Them Fortnuee. Tbe HjOerlfs uf BUck Artâ€" Exposare of the Famou't Kabbi; Trictcâ€" How Kcho PUjit t^e Cornet aud F^ycho FlndA (square Kuo'sâ€" j%:itarte aad the Skeleton Band. New York Corr^sxjon-Ience. r There are f -^ # iadividaaU* coaneoied with tbe dttge uho tc-d»y are " doiog better" than the magicil pcraonage. The 'DiObler in black Art." the •FamoQS Pri^ti'iiJUi'enr." the •• M»rvel- loQS lUusioaiat, " the " ilcdern Wizari. aa he f jadiy an 1 variously atyles himseir. has in the pia( i:^^!^^ of seaaoaa been rfaping a fat liuan:iil harvess. The A-nerij»n public, a cynio haj aaid, dearly Itv.-g hambug. Nobody has a bi^Jor corner on this com- mc^liiy th.tu tbe mimical personage, and hi deaU oat hii aooamalaled stock a^iinat heavy cash rttarns. To the average spectator sitting through a perforin»a-f of the •â-  professor" it doabt- less app?«rd that snme really ajloaading faatd hive been perf jrmed â€" that some mar- vels ver^!U4 on the supernatural have been evolved. And.ai 4 matter of l»ct.he ha= wi:n;s£ed some rcilly astoandiot; leaiis â€" astouudicg in their Very eimplicily and in the aai*city of their conception aiui carrying oat EipUia to the speoiator any one of the magiciaii d tricks and he forthwith passes into three etaiits of aatouiahment. First, astonidhmtut as t] the almcst eilly simplicity o' the trick ; aecocd, astcniih- ment ss to ho-v he could ever have bsen deceived by sach a silly, aimpi* trick . third, aitcLishment as to how the •• pro- fcsicr â- ' couid ever have bad the &::dicity to aitempl to deceive him by sach a dire- fuUy silly, simple trick. Oh, yvi! It's a»(ally silly after you nee dijeover how it's done. The most import ant stock in- trade needed by the m«t:ii.-al person is anhmited aujacilf . Wbat is known amoa»! " the boys " Ai boundiese. brazen, anmihgated " cheek. " Add to this a good dow cf eiii^U talk and 8om: prictice at slti^jht-pfhand. and the re<^uircmeuls for the basineaa are pr«tty well complete. And nov step down to the (ootlij^fata. Professor I I'on't be bashful I Let cs take a peep at you (rom behind the -cenfj aud See how a few of your '• wonderlul teats," some of your " eitra- ordinary msrvtlj," are done. The performanpa usually opens with some pure and simple 8leii>ht-of hand tricks, such as taking a quantity of handkerchiefs out cf the silk hat c( the bald headed man in the third row. or extracting a number of silver dollars from the hair, the nOKs or the knees o! various members of tbe ati- dience. .All this simply depends upon sIei;;ht-of'hand, upon the scientific axiom that the hand if moved rapidly enough can travel faster than the eye can follow. Some of these tricks are decioedly interesting to watch, and are the most honest part of the ei.tertainmeot, for tleir performance is de- pendent upon hard practice and sheer dex- terity aud skill. THE MtSTIC ILIXI'. The appearance of the "Skeleton Hand' or the " Mystic iiand." as it is variously styled, usually marka tbe ftrst atage when plain dexterity aud skill step oat and chicanery comes in. The "Mystic Hand " is a hand which the "Professor " takea from the back of tbe stage and lays upon a table near tbe tootlighti. He then steps down into the audience with a dice box aud re>iuests somebody to shake the dice. This having been done, the "Mystic Hand " pro- ceeds to rap oat upon the table the sam total of the throw. The " Professor " throws tbe dice back into tbe box, steps over to another spec- tator and ret|aesls him to throw. Again, amid the bushed silence of ths horso, the band slowly raises itselt up and down and raps out the number. The " Prolessor " steps back on the stage amid load applaase â€" whother for himself or for the "Mystic Hand " is not clearly apparent. How is it done .^ Kxoessively simple- The " Myatio Hand" is connected by a thin, invisible wirv with the tleshlv baud of an operator behind the scenes. He works tbe raps. But how does he know what the throw will be .' Again very simple ! The dice are toa led. They will only tall a certain way. After the first throw, while stepping over to the second speotator, the " Professor, by sleight-of'hand changes the first set for a second aet of loaded dice, and thus the hidden operator is enabled to direct the •• Mystic Hand" to rap oot the second throA- as correctly as the lirst. Uut what if a spectator should ask to make a number cf throws .' The â- ' Professor" depends upon his tact and ^[uickness of pslasing from one trick to tbe other to obviate anything of that kind. He hks, it is true, a thiird sst of loaded dice in the event cf luch a contingency, but in an ordinary way if more than three throws were trif I the 'Mystic Hand" would be " stuck. ' It is contrary to fti-iuetto to insist upon a trick bein^ done too often- Ri'no .4Ni> rsvciio. 0,1 similar lines to the " Mystfc Hand" ace the two wonder provoking antomatous recently seen in this cityâ€" the one playins; any I'cpulsr air selected by the audience upon a cornet, the ether picking out from numbers placed in a rack in front of its automatic hand the square root of any number named by the audience. I.tt us ca8 the cornetist Echo, the mathematician Psycho. The magician places each of theap figures upon a hollow glass cylinder, so mat the audience may see, ho declares, that '^here is nothing at work undernoMh them." .Vudacious magician 1 He boldly draws attention to a fad as non existing which reallv exists. Through that hollow glass cyhuder run a rtumber ot invisible wires and tubes. A dumb cornet is played be- neath the stage by the nytgician's pretty assistsnt aud the wind supplied by her is carried through a tube to the instrument at Kcho's lips. In the aame way whenever she prf sjea » key of her inetruraent the aanis movement is oouveved threu«h tho wires to Echo's lingers tud the oorreapond ing key of his instraoient is pressed down. Iboa it is that £chc plays the oocnet. With Psycho the mudui operandi diflers only in detail, Somebody in the aadienoe selects a nam- ber of which Psycho is to find the square root. The " Professor, ' standing on the stage, repeats in a load voice the number, adding, " Now, Psycho, find me tbe e-juare root c: that !' Beneath the stage is an assistart with a ni3:ib;r ot arithmetical charts setting forth the t.jmre root of any given number. He turns :o these charts. rapidly finds the nnmbrr. and by means of an air pump supplies the necessary power to Psycho's band to pi :'ii out the required numbers from th> cards la the rack before her. la front o'. the operator is a dummy figure cf Psycho, which works precisely as the figure above, so that he can see jaa: what he is doing. THS EiEBrr Taicx. But interesting as are th£s; automatoas their feats awaken nothing iilie tae specu- latioa and enthusiasm that iocs tbe famous rabbit irick with which another well known oagi-ian usaaliy closes tbe firs: act of his periormaaces. The rab'oit trick is as fellows: The â- â- Professor'' takes two young rabbits which he passes around among tbe audience, so that people may see for taemsilvis that the anicials are really alive. Conviacing proof of this fact having been given aad the rabbiis having been handed back to the •â-  Professor. ' he proceeds to rub them slowly and laboriously together. Suddenly he holds up his hand, and the spectators discover to t'aeir amazsmen: that tbe two long, thin rabbiis have been rubbed into one short, fat rabbit. This phenomena ir variably elici; > a roar of laughter. Before the echoes of this laughter h»ve di=d »-vay :co " Professor " raises a pistol, Ic-els it at the aadience and blazes away. Crack ' A few shrieks from the ladies, and, presto '. the amaliamated rabbit in the " Professor s '" hand has dis appeared. tieneral astonishment aud a pattsj of suspense. Where, in the name of all that is myiterious, can bunniehave gone .' The " Frofe^sur ' rushes down from the stage. " I want my rabbit back, sir," he cries, sternly, to a man in the audience 'Ihe individu:U aidressed grumbles some unintelligible disclaimer. " Give me back that rabbit, ' commands the man o! magic, mare sternly than ever Another grumbled reply- " Since you will not give him back to ma quibtly I will take him by force : ' And the â- â-  Professor " precipitaies him- self upon tbe man. and in a twinkling drops from bvnealh his coat Ihe amalgamated rabbit. U is the same rab'3it '. Triers is no mistaking that I See the two black spots on his while bick 'â-  Tbe tna:i from whom the rabbit has been taken ^apes in opec-moathed astonishment. Ha is a pictur-e of confusion and dis-nay. As for the spectators, they about tbem- selvea hoaise. A mig'aiy clever trick '. Two iiving rabbits rubbed into one. the dual rab'uii mace to dis:ipc)ear on tbe open stage and then recovered in the inside po>^et of a gentleman in the audience : That the " Prcftssor ' concealed either oca or both of the rabbits np the tight fit- ting sleeve of his well fitting diess cjat is only too obviously impossible How, then, did he manage r. ? It is perfectly inexplicable. Some weeks ago in the Park Theatre, in Brooklyn, a gentleman in the aadience evi- dently coaoeived that bs had an inkling of how the trick was done. Ha rose from his seat and declared that in his opinion the audience had been impcssd upon ; that the person from whcse clothing tbe rabbit had been taken was a confederate who had come into the theatre loaded with the game. The " Professor " indignantly d.-clared it was nothing of the kind. Ah, indeed ! It this was so would the " Professor " repeat his trick. No. ctrtainly not- The â-  Proftssor ' never repeated his tricks. It was a stand- ing rule with him. Just so. A very healthy standing rule for the â-  Professor.' for ho could not repeat the trkk. At this point the audience wa.^ on the tiptoe of excitement and expectancy and the • Professor " was wrought up to a high pitch. Ue proceeded to gird np his loins for battle. No, he declared, he would not repeat his trick â€" that is. for nothing. But since the gentleman was >J sure of his point, if ho liked to lay a wagar of '?100 that the trick coold cot be repeated tiie " Professor " would consent to reproduce it. If he failed the •â-  Professor " would forfeit ?100. tho amount of the winning in either event to be donated to any Brooklyn charity which Colonel Sinn, the manager cf the theatre, might select. The gentleman was not to bo blufJcvl With the greatest alacrity he aooepted the wager. Ibe house went wild with excite- ment. The " Professor " retired to the stage and called for two rabbits, which were broaght him. Slowly, and with great dilhculty, ho rubbed them together, and finally blended them into one. Ue handed it down for inspection. There was no mistakingâ€" there was only one rabbit, there. So far tbe first part of the trick was su:: cessfol. Oace more the " Professor" took posses- sion ot his rabbit aud retired (O the stage. Slowly he raised hs pistol in the air Bang ! The rabbit had vanished. With one spring tlie " Professor " was down among tbe audience. Down the aisle he rushed, and mad â-  straightway for the man who bad ohallen^e'd him. " You have my rabbit, efr â€" yon â€" you ! " And tearing open tho man's ci^at without ceremony, the " Professor " dragged forth the missing rabbit. [ Never did mortal man show greater be I wilderment and ama.:oiuent. Never did an I audience laugh aud applaud and chevt more I boisterously than that audience. j A really marvellous feat, that rabbit trick '. I How on earth is it dvne ? Again, very simple ! now ir ts pi'SK. The msttrial needed to perform the trick 'consists cf a strip of black velvet and thr(« I rabbits. I 'two of the rabbits ought to have a moN ' or less close fimily rv'sembjance. I A slight observation of me rabbit tnbj will lend to tbe couvictiso that it i<] not very li^cult to find a couple of bunnie oooaiaa each of which has a white back with a couple of black spots upon it. or a black back with a couple of white dots upon it, and are at the same time inach about of a size. Now. the fact has of late been discovered by magiciats that a strip of black velvet placed across the stage will ba utterly m- viaible to the audience on the other side of the footlights. A-. that is necessary to render the black ve.vet invisible t/the aadience is to prevent any side lights being thrown upon the stage and to keep the (oot- lighta burning at their fall brightness, V\ nen the "Professor " bt.j:n3 rubbing his two rabbits together, h= hradaaliy ap- proaches them to the edge o! tile strip of black velvet, and ho'.iing the body ot one rabbit ^o that it will for a moment occceal the body of its companion, "ue jaietlv drops the second rabbit bet^d the strip of velv=i, and is disappears from view. A r-^bbit is a very elastic bit of goods. 1:3 body can 'oe rea'dily drawn cat tc great k-::i;th so as :o look thin and attenuated, or caa be TzV.ed up into a 5.-. irt, pussy httle mass. To add to tho illusion of the two ra'abits having been rubbed into one. tie " Proteseor (;ives the remaining rabbit a Utt.e professional squee.:e at the base of the bc:y. ard bunny suddenly presents the appearance of bei: very short and sq-iat. The next thing the " Professor " dees is to fire his pistol. Now, the etJtct ot iring a uutol is to cause an involuntarv and momentary winking c£ tbe eyelids of tbe speotators. At the i.tstant that the de toaation rings forth and the involuntary wick takes place the .juick hand of toe â- â€¢Professor" drop 3 the second rabbit, like the first, behind the invisible strip of black velvet, and it is lost to view. The " Professor ihta rushes down into the aadie:;ce and L:-.is the missing rabbi: in the pocket ct a spectator. H.-iw did it get there ' It has been there all along. It is the third rabbit bearing a family likenees '. : the second one. The man cams into the theatre with it in h:s pocket It is astotiishing into what a small compaiis a young rabbit will fit. and Bow he will ex pand and look large when d-'awn forth. The man with the game is oi course a con- federate. How, then, was it that upon the occasion of the Park Theatro incident the â- â€¢ Pre fessor" was not Loa'oLaded an.; expose'.' For a very ^jci reason. Just this- The challenger was also a contcdjrate. He, tco was loade 1 with game. It was simply a very pretty Utile TH2 lNVTSI?t.E VELVT?. Speaking cf black velvet, all ihe feats performed in the widely a.i.-ertisrd â-  black art" exhibited daring the past season in this city by each cf two well-known magicians are accompusbed through this agen;;. . Tbe stage is darkened but the footliiihis are left burning brilhantlv. Broad strips of black velvet run here and there acrcss the stage, with passages between taem so as to allow of the move- ments back ac: forth ot the magiciaa- behm i these strips of velvet, which are absolutely invisible to persona on the other side of the footlights, no matter in -.vhat part of the house the> tnay be, are assist- ants completely envelope 1 from the crowns of their heads to the soles of their feet in black velvet. They can move about as they will and be utterly iavisible to the audi- ence. Tbe magician, tisually clothed in white, invokes Mephistopheles to appear. Mepbisto- pbelea is standing cniy a few feel away from him on the stage, holding a b;irrier cf black velvet between himself And the aaii' ence. The moment the words conjiring him to oome forth are uttere i he lets fall the barrier of velvet, an 1 presto '. he ap- pears to the aadience as if he had dropped from the skies or bad been evoked from the surrounding air- The illusion is highly etieotive and positively starthrg. A liwly IS ne-\t co oamanded to materialise. She forthwith appears ia the same j.*y and under the same conditions that Meph:stophe}os has appearedâ€" that is. she simply drops the barrier of black velvet that has beea concealing her. Watch ^:c.-el . and you will notice that the hea! of the apparition always appears first. â- â-  Offer tho lady a sea:, Mepbistopheloe. " I have no seat to o5er her. ' replies tho magician- " Yea vou have." " Where?" " There. " And at Ihe cue " there !" one ot the black robed assists '.'.ts evolves the required seal from K»hird one cf the strips of black vel vet, giving to it a peculiar vacillating motion so as to lend to it the illusion that it is slowly drifting through the air. In tbe same way goblets, snakes, balls and a varietv of other articles are made to surprise. They are thorcoghiy taken aback. Then oertaicly can be no wires there. Bat there are wires, jast the same, or more strictly speaking, steel supports, whi.ih held ner up at the waist and are connected with an upright placed behind a barrier of black velvet. Tbe upright rests upon a trutk. also concealed by the black velvet, which is moved b&CKward and for- ward as t'ne movements of Asiarie may require. By closely watching Astarte after an energetic movement the dancing move- ment iuiparted to her frame by the steel spring which forms a part of the support- ing apparatus may plaimy oe discovere i- Bat haw is it. then, that the hooppaaees through the wire or steel eonneciicg her with the cross-beam .f the supporting up- right ? How, indeed I A BoUd :ircla or hoop must certainly step when it is brought in contact wiih tbe sap- porting line. Ye3, a solid hoop certainly wcuid. Bat the troub.e with this hoop that Astarte whirls about her is that it la not solid- It is a spht hoop. At ;ne portion ;: it â€" the portion which str lies the sup- porting line â€" there is a long, easy workitig catca. Whenever the hoop sharply strikes the supporting line this catch files back and allows the hoop to pass throcgh. Let somebody take a solid iron hoop to the theatre and invite Astarte to whirl that about her airy form- A revelation will ensue -but not on the part of the hoop. THI liAiir- SITSTEI;-.-. The •â-  basket mystery. ' m which a child is placed in a basket thrcuiih whioha sword is then driven while the .hild is heard shrinking inside, is a much sianrler '.ne-t-anical contrivance than that ot â- â-  Astarte.' Tae basket emplced is a double basket, which is so ievise-i that there is ample room for the child to on- ceal itself between the ;ater and the inner basket. When the lid is opened m a certain way the child is entirely concealed fr^m the aadience. A'd a person has to do IS to carefully wat-'h the ad ot the basset and he will read.ly perceive where the ch:i i is concealed. BLIND BRXOAL COCFI-S. Toacblns Story at a Man aad Wi/e Wbo Merer Saw Each Otliar. Every pleasant evening, in that hour just before txiligbt which we ad love to idle away with mccnsequential thoughts and observations, there passss my wmdow a coapl'r that greatly interests me. says a writer in the Toledo Blait. The lady is but a young girl, it seems, and she has such a pretty face, so white and peaceful, with something ct madness in it. something of loy. She has great eyea that stare strangely at you. and at the acuia cf her companion's voice their lids are dropped, and tne long, graoefal eyelashes fall apcn her cheeks. Xhe man reminds me of one cf the old Saxoi:a- He :j big ac-i strong, and has the early golden hair and the big tlonae oeard of that race of men. His companion hangs on his arm. and yei he seems to depend upon her as much as she on him. fcr they cling very dcsely indeed icgtiher. while he careftilly picks their way cu: with a light cane. Both are bi.nd. I iaqtiired abctit them tre other day Neither ever saw the light cf aay. Neither can ev-^r krow how glohotts the ?aalight is. hcv.- prettily blend the 'oeatttittil hues of the ficvers. how grand all natare Iccks. Neithe.- ever saw ths other And yet they are a bhdal pair. They only live ia a world of darkness and in each other. They met long ago, became devote-aly attache : to each ether, an ; wer« married. And so new every evening 'when Ihe weather is fine they go out for a little sircU. and as they slowly, carefully walk past my wtaoew i thick. â-  It ;- a sa,i and yet prer. . si^hiâ€" a bri lai pa.r " Our CblMrvii -. E7e>. A ntotber sends the ioliowmg kinily. wise wor is ; Allow me tc sjy a tew wor.ts in regard to the children's eyes. Yeara ago. when the chi. iren studied their lessons from their books, we dit not hear very msch aboal :he;r eyes giving cut. Let ua consult our black'txoarda and see wha: they can tell tis abejut this world. wide su'oject. Dear parents and ntuardiacs all over this broad land, bow man - boars through the day are year little chuuren sitting m aehocl staring a: a blackboard, upon which are placed by the teacher most of the Itsjcna tor the day. many times the lines being so fine and pale tber coald not be easily read more than haltor two-thirds the way across tbe room, but the children are re i aired to see them all the way across and trom the remoteel comurs. Many of the c'aildren wbe:<. firs: looking at the board do not see much ot anytbiitg. bat by looiiing very sharp for a few seconds the lines reveal themselves. Ibis, my friend, means weak- ened or diseased optic nerves, possi'oly no eyes at all. it all depending upon tbe severity of the -strain. Even whe:; the work IS .jaite distinct, for children who have naturally weak eyes the distance many time* u so ^reat that the air waves coming between the poor, tired eyes and the bdard cause tbe lines to waver and fiioker, and especially is this the case when Ibe light IS poor and the veniiiation bad. Anything put on the board for c'aildren to see, whether old or young, should have large proportions and broad, clear lines throcgbcut, so no extra efiorts will have to be made to diaeover it. There is a ireat difference in eyes: one child will readily see what another could not withcat the fatal strain. 1 know whereof '. speak, for my own eyes were nearly destroyed throasb this same practice, and 1 know others who have suffered a Uke fate A MlU)><<;alre in a M.luut«. instances are on record where toilers in gold mules and iiair.ond fie. is. who. by one t'arL of a spad-,. a sinizle movement cf the hand, have oeen transformed from pennilesa labc rs to miliiocairts. Bat they were not so lacky as is the cccsamptive who finds a means of restoration to health, who learns that the draad disease 'rem which be stivers is not incurable. P'r Pierce s Gol- den Medical 1 isccvery w-Jl care col sump- tion vhichis luitg scrofula/. and nothing else will. Fcr all di3e4-.e8 of the blood, such as 'oietches. pimples, i;rupticns. scrofulous sores and swellings, it is ane;aaled. It is ,-!i:'tin:ied I.'' care ia a'd cases of dise for which it is recommended, or mcnt-y for ;t will be promptly ret'-aded paid la a Crjwded Chli-i«io Church. First Ltiy .3iii:!a3tly â€" Madame !wU you have t.'te kindness to rettiove your foot from mtne .' Second Lady with di.;nit;. â€" I beg yotir pardon '. thca:;ht it was a cushion. m .la KplSPiimiuatlc »l.tt«lllrat A* '.:;« X Strang*' Fr;iy,-r. A Hartford clergyman tells dote: Early in life, while another charge, he luvited a whom the uareicenerated would this anec occupying clergyman call con commands') ceited and dall to preach in his pulpit. Paring the sermon our Hartford preacher doced away in the sweet old way till he was suddenly called on to conclude the ser- vice with prayer. Accustomed to regard himself as the humblest of his Creator's instruments, and forgetting that he had not islivertd the ser-iion, he began with • We beseech thee to accept the weak and f(>fble elTort that has been ad '.ressed to Thee, and more richly to endow Tby ser- vant in tbe graces he so greatly lacks ' â€" H-.-l'-rd C urr-it. Every drop of blood in the system passe ytuiDC 12 ttiLi wcrM to Tilt* â- Â»:.!!;-: 1 n-sviiee •' p -u-nt biJe ' . wo -a'.e .'.. we A.', revila Tci- acxicvis :;iu««-.< as l.lCarhle i^ It whv bewa.. wliat *o**n .* : â- .t«nd»d ' "Aie y V f an-i llavu i; , u.le*i .Vli rrai£e me iv*er cf r:cret; s Fe'let ' â- â€¢Vise ret pie Day an,! ir :-:gibU jei: i; The Rlglit Ruati'. Matronâ€" The rosd to a r::an' iear. lies thrcagh h:s stomach ; heart, my the moral ot which :s, learn to cook. Daagbter â€" In other wcr .?. mother, ;::e way tc learn to mash men is bv first learning to mash potatoes .' The DeUi-aoy ol Woman. â-  Like the '.-.'.y coco tn:stres8 of the field, woman often hangs her head and perishes, trtiating to innocence and love to prctect." Her eye may grow dim,het cheeks pale before herUps will reveal the -?cret of bcr suiler- ing, Appreciatimj this element in woman's â- â€¢.atare, Pr K. N Pierce has prepared a remeoy called Favorite Prescription. * adapted especially for the disea^vs and weaknesses peculiar to woitien, and placed the same on sale by druggists. Ask tor tbe •• Favc-'te Prescripiion " and y.'U can cure yoarsL'.f without publicity, and without being subject to the examinations of sur- geons Full directions with each bottle It is the only ;:< I'n.Vfj cure. See gtiaran- tce en each bottle wrapper, f *-»*•*!»: and A-rent, Mr Orlrite â€" Well, ajion my word, all this talk about whom yea are descended from tires me. Mr. Saobey â€" Don t agree with you. I think it most important. Orlrite- It's nothing of the sort. If people could show they hah ascended i:-.stea i ot descended from iceir ancestors it might be something to bs proad of. appear, aud when thev are re^juired to dis- I through bcth kidnevs and langs manv thou appear they are simply watted back by the I janj times iu each twentv-four "hours, assistant or assistants to their place.^ t;t I This explains why J'J per "cent, cf the patients ot Brompton Hospital|tor Con concealment behind the black velvet. If it is desired to move a woman's bead de- tached from the trnn^ across the stage all that is necessary is to cover her with black velvet np to the throat. Her head then only will be visible, and as the magic-aii takes it between his hands and moves across the stage, followed by t(he boay con- cealed behind tbe velvet, the illusion to the sumplives. London, Kngland,have unsus- pected kidney disorder. It the kidneys were in a healthy condition they would expel tho waste matter or {.'oisonous acid and prevent the irritation of the I'jngs. But if diseased they are unable to perform their functions. This explains why War- :ier s S.afe Cure has proved so valuable in audience will be complete that a bcdyless { cases of lung trouble." It removes the cause, head is before them. I Such is the famous " black art, " or. I more correctly speaking, the great black 1 velvet act. .^sr.uiTE. Few illusions have attracted rt.ore gene- ral attention than that kuowu as .Vstarle, which was recently produ.vd amid a gre.at tlourish ot trumpets at I"> ockstader's, iu this city. Astarte is a girl who walks back and forth through space, and turns somer- saults in the air without any visible means of support. Nothing very wonderful about that, ia the thought of tho audience. She is sus- pended by wire, of course. Bus tho " Professor " has a surprise in store for tbem. It is ho himself who first gives audible expression to the suspicion ot his aadience. " You think Astarte is dependent upon wires." he remarks. ' Well, you shall sec for ycnrselvts " Aud he bonds A^arte a large ornamental hoop. Astarte takes Ihe hoop and whirls it ( above her bead and uuder her feet, just as ' a girl uses a skipping rope TTie Baby ItH Owu Theruioiueter. Anxious mother -I wish. S.isan. that when you give baby a bath you wou! '; be careful to ascertain whether the water is at t&e propfr temperature. Susan A^h, don't you worry about tliat, ma'am. 1 don't need no 'mometers. If :he little one turns red. tho water is too hot ; if it turns blue, it's too cold, and that's all there is about it. 'The spectatore bavebeeu given a genuine riage. Some mefrchanis appear to get along swimmingh , while ethers can scarcely keep themselves adoat. â€"It was the woman who saw the first snaKc. but since then tbe men have at tended to that sott of thing. l:i 'he spriT.R the wheosy bal-y Liutitly turns ti' spells of oroiir . In the spring the la-st year » obioKon 1 (aT»» Its in)i>r««8 iu thi» »OHp. Kev. Sam Small is dangerously ill at his home at Atlanta, (.ia. All his engage- ments have been caacelled. â€" Friday, called the " nnlneky day." is from the Saxon Preyedirg, or day cf Freya. Freya was the Goddess of Mar If people only waate\l to be happy, says a philosopher, it would be very easy ; but they want to bt happier than other people, and this is almost always di;hctilt, because we imagine other people happier than they really are. Two handsome young ladies ran away from their home iu Lincoln, Nebrsaks, with a party of gypsies, consisting of two men and an old woman. The young ladies, no doabi, were fond of trading dime novels. The directors of the Midland Fair have decided to give geld and silver menials for writing to tbe children of tho public schools. â€" White lead is cow made : rem the ere in a few hours. By the old process u took sev- eral mouths. â€" Better late than ue\or ' is barely a suitable motto for the man who travels much by rail. Canadian artists who have been sue- ceesful iu getting pictures iu tho present exhibition of the Koyal Academy are : Mr. F. A. \ erner. : wc Mr. Uomer Watson. one, and Mr J. Fraser, one. D O It Iâ„¢ â- -•« SH. tVlik Twar tmBir. to print earH^ â- .k ^,â- v^k«. !i:i.\!. e:c. SiDi;l9 stamp c;ul> of six. *1 iXV On-ill to a<<«om> -verier. H. H.tK:«.lKI>. Kubb«t J^mp Works, Uauiiltou. Out. DUNN'S BAKING POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND