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MAGICIAN UNMASKED. WONDERFUL TRICKS EXPLAINED BY ONE WHO PROFESSES TO KNOW. All Very Simple and Easily L'ndorstood? Psycho and His Three-Legged Stool? Cabinet Tricks Mado Easy?A Miracul ous Growth of Flowers. The writer sat through ono of a modern magician's sleight-of-hand performances jorne nights ago and noticed once or twioo that his right-hand neighbor took unusual interest in the entertainment. Not that lie seemed particularly pleased, for ho more than once gave vent to exclamations indicating anything but joy or astonish ment. As the audience died out at the inclusion of the cabinet seances the fvrlter made some common-place amark io the gentleman who had satnex; jo him. Dne word led to another, and five minutes later the two were seated together in a resort near by. "The posters and announcements of this great magician' make ono smile," he said iuxing a pause in the refreshments. *Froin them one would think that he was ' soing to prove .^a mixture of the levil and Dr. Faustus, while, on the con trary, the tricks he performs were old ?vhen I was a boy," and the speaker stroked his long beard angrily. "A few of ?hem are of later date, but they were jopied from European magicians, so called. They are all very simple and easily onderstood. Take his levitation act for instance. The posters represent . him jailing all over the auditorium. That, iL course, is mere theatrical adver rising. He does not even leave the stage. The theatre is darkened ind a stuffed dummy with a phosphor escent musk is swung about the theater oy a wire. As for Psycho, as he called it, it is nothing but a piece of mechanism worked by a man concealed below the ?tage. The magician repeats the question c-r problem in a loud voice, and all the men have to do Is to move the hands right ind there you are! PSYCHO AXD HIS STOOL. *T saw the same thing worked in Lon lon years ago. The machines are sold there .'or $75 by the carload. .These figures may be worked in two ways. One is by forcing Dr sucking the air through them in the iame manner that the monkeys in tobac conist's windows are made to smoke. The other way Ls by means of a key by whioh '.he swinging arm can bo moved as easily is the hands of a watch. The three legs" ft the stool on which Psycho is placed are iiollow and are fitted on tubes which pass through the stage and are connected with in air-pump. The air passes through the Slass cylinder and operates the figure as easily as the air p,%sses through your nos trils and operates your lungs. A silver plated wire can be put through the glass cylinder to operate the head or hand with 3ut being seen by the audience, and thus muse Psycho to perform his feats with ihe greatest ease. "The feat of passing the knight over the chess-board I will teach you in. five inin itos or forfeit ?100. Those cabinet tricks aave been seen and explained a thousand timos, so that every schoolboy under stands them. The confederate who cuts ihe knots and ties them again as soon as mo magician takes his seat in the cabinet, is concealed just behind the front upart uient of tho cabinet on a small platform. There is a door in the center of the back it tho cabinet which turns on a piypt, so ihat he (the confederate) can enter and go rut of the box as quickly as possible aud show his faco at the window, ring the aells, beat tho tambourine, thrust bis hands out, cut the magician loose or tie rdm fast, as ho requires. He can tic or antie tho cords placed on tho magician's person in a very short time. SEVERAL MODERN MIRACLES. "You saw him do those alleged spiritual 3tic tricks with the tables and chairs? That furniture is made of the lightest possible kind of wood. Upon the table md chairs he has some fine wire places into which he slips his fingers and moves :he furniture where ho pleases. I have seen"the same thing done by means of Qne nails driven into the wood. By ex :ending his fingers against these a man ;an gee 'purchase' enough to lift tho ob ject. ? "You noticed the apparently miraculous growth of tlowera in the pots? Go to-nfor ?ow night and watch him closely. It is in old trick, and when 1 was a boy I used :o amuse our people with it. The trick :onsists simply in changing tho empty ;ouo rapidly as the performer posses ?oward the pot. How about the hot coffee? Oh, my dear boy, that is done by hopping into it a piece of uuslaked lime .hat has been concealed in the palm of ;he hand. And those drinks? That's as .?asily explained as the other. In the bottom of the tumblers are essences of rarious kinds of liquor. Tho same liquor -generally sweetened water or thin wine -is poured iuto the tumbler, and the re mit is something tasting like the liquor tsked for. "Then you know tho performer has con federates all over the house. Some of tho men who eonio upon the stage during the .?abiuct tricks are it? his employ, as is also he man iu the gallery who cries out that Psycho Ls wrong. He has been placed ihero for thai purpose so that tho per former can prove that Psycho is right. It I didn't want tu bore you I could go straight through his programme and >how up every trick ho does."?Chicago Sews Interview. Three Graces Without Their Heads. In ancient Homo another very re mark lble discovery has been made in the gar lens of Sallust, where excavations are go ng on relative to the progress of establish ngaud building up a n'ew quarter to the dty. It- is no less than a colossal group of ;he Three Graces, evidently a work exe cuted in the palmy days of ancient sculp .ure. and of rare merit. It is in a wonder ul state of preservation, except the un ortnnate loss of nil the three heads, .vhieh. it is hoped may yet bo unearthed, if these can be found It will be one of the nost important revelations that this mania for progress and -the rebuilding of Koine has yet given us, but the chances ore that some Visigoth chieftain under Alaric carried off the heads as a memento ?f his visit to the Eternal City. Vandals >f this kind arc still to be found In all the principal cities of Europe.?San Francisco chronicle. Water-Cress an Antidote for Nicotine. Smokers may be pleased to know that in antidote has been discovered which will enable them to enjoy their pipes and cigars without any fear of being poisoned by nicotine. It appears that water-cross tostroys tho tovic principle of tobacco, preserving at the same time its aroma. It is sufficient to wet the tobacco with the juice of the water-cress, which will com pletely deprive the tobacco of its deleter ious principles. ?Medical Journal. WINGED SCAVENGERS OFTHE SOUTH IFundamental Facts as to the Xaturo and Utility ol the Turkey Buzzard. The so-called turkey buzzard is not a j buzzard, but a vulture. By insisting upon this distinction the buzzard tribe could improve its reputation for ceanlr nes~. It is against the law in almost eve.y southern state to shoot a turkey buzzard. There are two excellent reasons for this prohibition; the buzzards are the scavengers of the south, and there is no telling what sort of a pestilence a dead turkey buzzard would bring on if anybody should kill one. The turkey buzzard is a knowing bird. He knows he is not good to be eaten? though his knowing this docs not imply that he has superior knowledge?and he is not shy of mankind. He hovers over the market places in the southern cities, wait ing for business to close; and when the crowd of purchasers has departed the buz zard descends and feasts upon the odds and ends that have fallen from tho ! butchers' and tho fishmongers' knives. I The scarcity of hash, mince pie and fish ! chowder in the southern states is some thing for which the buzzard should hnvo credit. In Charleston there is a big pub lic market down by the water, and the buzzards always clean up after business hours. The wisdom of the turkey buzzard is known also by one of his expedient: -for getting rid of work, which is fatiguing in the southern states. He goes to the mouths of rivers, where the conflicting forces of current und tide deposit on the banks a considerable proportion of the carrion and other unwholesome things that are borHc toward the sea on the river's flood, and there lie accommodates his not very fastidious appetite to tho movement of the tides. All animals that perjsh inland are found by the buzzards. It is even said that docks of these birds | will hover for days and nights over a j horse or cow that is on its hist legs. A northerner was driven out of southern ; Georgia last winter by some one telling j him that the buzzarda were beginning to keep tin eye on him Last summer the I sheriff of a county ir. Florida disappeared in the woods after having loaded up a big revolver, and told his wife he was going to shoot himself. Some little effort was made to learn whether he had kept his i promise, but after iv-dny of searching in the cypress swamps the searchers sat | down in the shade of their houses and ? said they would wait three days, when the buzzards would lind him, and then they would Und the buzzards. The turkey buzzard, despite his formid able look, is a harmless bird. Not only does he never strike a creature till it is down, but he hardly ever strikes it till it is dead.?Georgia Cor. New York Sun. A Curious Experiment In Guernsey. The history of Guernsey furnishes a cu- | rious and perhaps instructive instance of : the kind of uses that paper money may serve. It was determined to build a meat market, and ?4,000 were devoted to pay the cost Notes were issued by the au thorities for that amount, and were guar anteed on the "whole of the property of the island, said to be worth four millions." These notes were worthless outside of Guernsey, and so they were never export' cd. They were one pound notes, and were numbered from 1 up to 4,000. With them the contractor was paid, he paid his work men in the same mouey, and those that supplied him with materials. Tradesmen took them for goods, landlords for rent and the authorities for taxes. "In due season," to quote from Jona than Duncan, "the market was complete. The butchers' stalls, with some public rooms constructed over them, were let for an annual rent of ?400. At the first year of tenancy the states called in the llrst batch of notes, numbered from 1 to-100, and with the ?400 of real money received 1 for rent redeemed the ?-100 of representa tive money expressed by the meat market notes. At the end of ten years all tho notes were redeemed through the applica tion of ten years' rental; and since that period the meat market has returned a ? clear annual revenue to the states and con- 1 tinues to aUord ".ommodatiou without ; out having cust a farthing in taxes to any ; inhabitant.?Cassell's Family Magazine. Frugal nnbitB of David Davln. Though jn the possession of nmplo moans?his wealth was rated in the mil lions?David Davis continued to observe the frugal manners of his early days, even : after being appointed a justice of the i supreme court and elected senator. Punc tually at 1 o'clock every day he made his j way to the stand kept for many years by ! a woman tailed "Dyspepsia Mary," and there ate his lunch, which consisted of j two apples, a ginger cookie and a glass of : milk, costing him fifteen cents in all. This bill of fare was never changed. Tu other ways he was equally economi- \ eal. 1 doubt if his expenses before his marriage amounted to more than *2,o00 a year. He lived at an old fashioned hotel where a modest apartment was always kept in readiness for him. This he used 1 ns a sleeping room, sitting room and office combined. It was here that he i spent most of his time when not occupied in the discharge of his official duties. He ; was tit till times accessible to callers. Though fond of company, he was rarely seen iu ??society." The empty chatter of drawing rooms had no attractions for him. With a few congenial spirits, how ever, he knew how to exchange the small talk of the hour, and play the agreeable host.?Washington Cor. New York Tribune. The Moni tor's Narrow Kncape. Since the opening of the Monitor-Merrl mac naval battle panorama hist January, the spectacle has been witnessed by many persons who saw the actual engagement in Hampton roads twenty-five years ago. Not long ago the panorama w;ts visited by one who actually participated in the battle. Thi-visitor was Samuel Driscoll, a fireman on the Monitor. He was load in his praises of the mimic light, aud im parted u bit of news c mcerning the Moni tor. He said that immediately after the engagement the Monitor broke the rod of her eccentric, r.nd was laid up oil the Kip linps for nearly two weeks i:i an entirely defenseless condition. She might at any time during that period have been de stroyed by the Merri ie, but she deceived her enemy by keeping up steam.?New York Times. Machine Guns for the British. After much dallying and hesitation, the British war office has decided to adopt the machine gun for the army. Thrce barreled Nordenfcldts, each weighing -i>;f y pounds, and bring -10(1 ballets iu one minute, and live-barreled guns of 130' pounds, and firing C00 rounds n minute, arc to be sent to Egypt and India. The twelve-barreled gun. that llres 1,500 rounds a minute, is being experimented with.?Chicago 1 lerald. Nurses, a class Annually responsible for much trouble at summer hotels, aro "not taken" at several this year. THE HAND-FFD BABY. fi, PECULIARLY UNFORTUNATE BEING IN THE SUMMER TIME. Hot Weather Troubles for tho City In fant?Contamination of Cow's milk. Germs and Taints?Dangors Almost as Greatly to Be Feared. The hand-fed baby Is peculiarly unfor tunate in the summer time. The cow's milk, upon which it has to rely for the greater part of its nourishment, may be derived from a swill-fed, city cow, that has no opportunity to breathe the pure air of the country or to secure natural food. S. h milk is, at best, poorly cal culated to furnish food for a delicate child. If the animal has tuberculosis or other wasting disease her milk is simply poisonous. If the material supplied by the generous milk can has been brought from the green fields of the farms thirty to fifty miles away, it has h^.d to run the gauntlet of a thousand dangers before tho city child has a chance to make use of it to sustain its feeble life. The milkmaid may have been too lazy or careless to properly cleanse the receptacle which first receives it; the can that brings it to the depot is, as likely as not, in the same con dition as regards cleanliness; on the train it may not bo kept properly cooled; at the milk depot dishonest servants may ab stract the cream or increase Its bulk with water from the nearest well or othei source of impurity; while the milkman himself may tamper with it on his rounds in order to increase his own revenue. But the dangers to which the milk has been exposed before it reaches the family are often small compared with those it en counters in the home?of rich and poor alike. Xo matter what precautions have been taken by fanner, transportation com pany and dealers, every particle of city milk has become contaminated with tha gern'" f decomposition before it can be delivered to the consumer. They may be hindered from developing by one of two methods?by boiling or by keeping the milk cold. The former is the only safe one, but it partially unfits it for food. Boiling is effective only for a short time? j so long as the surrounding air, laden with new germs of Hie same kind, has free ac cess to it. Keeping it cold with ice is be yond the financial ability of many; be sides, the ice used for this purpose may have been cut from the surface of a stag* mint pond and be full of germs of decom position or of disease. Tho feeding bottk* is in a vast isxmber of instances the un suspected cause of death. Unless the ut most care is taken with such bottles they are sure to have portions of decomposing milk clinging to them, which speedily set up changes of the same sort when filled with a fresh supply. DANGERS ALMOST AS GREAT, Children who have outgrown the feed ing bottle arc exposed to dangers almost as great In the shape of hot bread, indi gestible cakes, pies, meats and stale vege tables. Food of the best quality, origi nally, is often spoiled by an ignorant cook and rendered practically poisonous, cs- j peciaUy for yoiing children. Many a fatal case of "summer complaint" has bee& I traced to green apples, spoiled peaches, raw cucumbers, rotten tomatoes, or some | form of pork or veai, such as the elder I members of the family have eaten with j impunity, if not enjoyment, ThS-hcated term, especially if the sleeping quarters arc confined and not ventilated, forces the skin to do an, Igjj^glftl amount of work. The effect, of- ex cessive sweating, if frequent ? baths arc not taken, is to .set up irritation of tho surface that, results in an eruption, the so called '.'prickly beat." Irritation of the skin interferes with sleep and increases the general loss of strength besides, by what the "common man" calls "sympa thy" (the scientific people call it "reflex action," which is equally lucid), the inu cuous membrane which lines theentiv? j digestive apparatus becomes irritated ' also. This is a common enough cause of ".summer complaint." It is easily to be seen, therefore, that the great underlying cause of all these troubles, for they arc at bottom, one, is the excessive heat of our summers. The bad hygiene depends upon this for its fatal ! consequences. The European writers are j mostly of the opinion that cholera infan tum, which is (he most rapidly fatal of these affections, is an Americanism. They may be right to a certain extent, for our own conditions of climate arc un known among the countries of northern and central Europe.?Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Conscientious Iuiprcsslonfst-at Work. I stumbled on the subject of "Impres sionism" one day, as I sat chatting with Lefebyre in his studio in the Rue La bruyere. "Impressionism, indeed!" said the painter. "Let me tell you an anec dote. I was staying down at Trouville two or three years ago. One morning I rose early and went down to* the beach. The weather was wretched. Overhead a gloomy sky?rain falling fast?and a keen northeaster whistling to complete your misery. I should have beat a re treat homeward without more ado had I not chanced lo glance at the end of the jetty, where, to my huge surprise, I saw a painter, wrapped in rugs, bard at work upon a picture. "Here's a conscientious man, thought I?bent on catching nature in an unlove ly mood. And with no little; admiration iu my heart 1 walked quietly down the jetty and peeped over bis shoulder. What do you think I saw, mon eher monsieur? Tho conscientious painter was one of the best known impressionists. The picture on bis canvas?a study of the coast, over the water at Havn?was garish with sunlight, while the sky was as bine as any yon could scent Naples. After that I losl all belief iu the sincerity of the im pressionists.'"?X. 0. Times-Democrat. Itest Horse Feed in the World. The Californians carry their own forage with ihein. They have the best racehorse feed in the world. Their while oats arc alioiit the color of silver, the grain is fine and heavy, weighing forty-four pounds to the bushel, while the average weight is thin '-two pounds, Our oats average thirty-six pounds. The Calffornians don't food timothy bay. In;* use a sort of wild grass with a heading very much like wild oats. It is cut green and cured, making better bay f<?r horses than timothy.? Charles Hess in the Globe-Democrat. Antiseptics Ordered by the King. Tin- King of Servin, according to the journals, has issued' the following: "Whereas it is irrefutably proved by science that the so-called antiseptic treat ment of wounds yields more beneficial re sults than all other methods, we are pleased to order that henceforward the said antiseptic plan of treatment be 6olcly employed in all the hospitals of our king dom, and that corrosive sublimate and iodoform be used until our further dispo sition.?Exchungc. \ To the Farmers OF Orangeburg County. i IN THE NEXT SLXTY DAYS MANY ENGINES, SAW AND CORN MILLS, j GINS, &c., will be purchased by the people : of this countj*. Whore will you get them y We offer to you as good ENGINE as can be built in the United States and a high grade of ma chinery generally. We have our BRANCH HOUSE in Co lumbia, and as manufacturers wish to deal DIRECTLY with our customers. Consult your interest by writing to us for prices, &c. TALBOTT & Ml RICHMOND, VA. ADDRESS, V- C. BADHAM, MANAGER. BRANCH HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. _ .-.?, _ 22TF11ANK M. POOSER is one of our authorized Salesmen. April 22-4nios 1886 Spe ana Sommer 1886 We are now prepared to show our Ssock of j I Spring and Summer i DRESS GOODS. CONSISTING OK NUNS VEILING, CASHMERES, BUNTINGS, WHITE AND FIGURED LAWNS, CRINKLED, SEERSUCKERS, PIQUES, LINENS, GINGHAMS, Ac. ALSO LACES, EMBROIDERIES AND RIBBONS. We are offering a Bargain in Ladies Genuine Canton Cape May lints at 23 cents. LADIES LINEN COLLARS. Our STOCK OF SHOES is as complete as ever, comprising full lines in best makes. Our stock of Clothing we are selling olT at very low figures to close out. Prices in all departments low down. A call solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. | : Brunson & DiWfle, ORANGEBURG, S. C. ! Corner Russell and Market .Streets. MORE LIGHT "~ ON THE I Subject. 1 will now devote my entire at tention t'> With an experience of ten years I am in a posltiou to know what variety of Lamps to keep on hand that will suit any purpose and give entire satisfaction. When in need of a Burner that will give ywtt a large brilliant light call for "SORENTRUE'S GUARANTEE". I give full directions how to use. it and a guarantee for a year with each Burner. Remember thai "FAIR DEALINGS, LOW PRICES and BEST QUALITY is my Motto, and don't forget that whatever you may need In the way of or fur a* Lamp you will lie mi re l<> get it at SORENTRUE'S ft.l K4SAIA' n'l'OICl-*., Headquarters for Lamps. Jan 21-lyr a?IA.\OS ASI) OI5*laA.\S. 1 WANT KVEKYBODY TO KNOW that I represent seven leadine ITANO AND ORGAN FACTORIES and will sell at Manufacturer's LOWEST CASH 015 INSTALLMENT FIGURES. I am? prepared to ?ive siiecial induce* incuts to long time purchasers. Any Instrument sciil on fifteen days trial. 1 will positively save every purchaser from sin m sr.... 1). II. MAR* 11 ANT, ORANGEBURG, S. C. At G. H. Cornclsoii's slor?*. April 22-lyr. T W. BOWMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW Oiiakgebubg, S. C. A Big* Boom IN DRY GOODS AT THE NEW TT 0 K K Ci T E W I ORK kDT AYc are now prepared to present to the public the most complete Stock of ?BIXG AND SUMMER GOODS, SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS Ever opened in the city, and at the lowest Prices, COXSISTIXC OK DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS. SI 10 Er?, HATS. CAPS, &c, i&c. Also a complete line ol MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES, Sc., Sc. We have just received a lull line of DRESS FABRICS at from 10 to '27, Cents. We have just received a full line of MUSLINS AND PRINTS at 5 Cents. .lust received inn pairs of LADIES' FINE SHOES at from SI to s:i. JtlSt received inn pairs LADIES' SLIPPERS at rroin $1 Io ??_?.;mi. Just ix-ceh ed it line asiorlinelil "! MENS" AND ROl'S' CL0TJJ1NC ill Honi si li. GUI! N'OTU >N UEPARTMENT i-. complete in every partieulai ZST Call early and-er foi yoursell as see iltj* i- believiicj. I I ;D. EPSTIN, New York Store. H.-Spalir, Watchmaker ai Jeweller, Under Times and Democrat Office, Keeps on hand a fine Stock ot Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles. Gold and Silver Headed Canes, dsc. Also. Musical Instruments, such as Violins. Accordions. Banjos and Guitars, * And all other goods in this line. ST A large assortment of 18 carat Plain Gold Rings always in stock. "STGoods warranted, and prices low. FOUND AT LAST. A Preparation that will positively cure that most distressing malady Neuralgia. "CRUM'S NEURALGIA CURE" FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY This is not a.cr/re all but a Remedy, as its name Indicates, for the cure of Neural gia in its mildest, as well as its severest form. It will also relieve Toothache, Head ache from cold and nervous headache, and bites and stings of insects. This preparation has never been known to fail in curing Neuralgia, where the directions have been faithfully followed; having been used by Dr. Cram in his prac tice of Dentistry for several years. For [ sale by DR. J. G. VVANNAMAKER. ~1n ^ii^icine^uality is ok the FIRST IMPORTANCE. Pure Drugs ami Medicines care | fully prepared by experienced bands at Dr. J. G. Wannamaker's Drug Store. iwTAiiiiiKiiii'i) lsaa. C. & E, L. Kerrison, SS HASEL STKKET, CHARLESTON, S. C. DRY GOODS, BlackaudColored Drews <*oo?1s, LINENS, HOSIERY, &e., &e , IN LARGE VARIETY. "3TA11 Orders will receive proir>?* and careful attention. *35"Cash orders amounting to %.aO or over will be delivered in any county free of charge. ?3. & B. Ij. Kerrisorti aug'JOly Charleston. S.C. IptjtrTZ3 s HORSE AND CATTLE POWi. No llor.su will <liv of Colic. Pots or LrXO f* vkk. ii KoittzV I'owdera are nwd In time. Fonrxv Powder* wilt rure and prevent Hoc. cholera. KoutxV l'owrli-rs will itrevunl UaMSm iji Fowls. r..uu'.< Powder? will Increase ihc quantity of milk .ind crenni twenty per cent., and wake the batter firm .111 ? l bWCCt. Foutz'a Powders will enre ot prevent almost *vkbt Diskask to which HoKcsand Cattlonrc subject. Foirrz'a Powdkks will uivk Satisfaction. SoKl everywhere. DAVID E. I'0UT2. Proprietor. BALTiaiOBE, md. For sale by OR. J. G. WANN AM AK KR. Feb-4 ORAZVCiEBIJllCi Ice Cream Saloon \ i'11 Ml! 10 CAN UK FOUXD. ICE > > CREAM, CA KE, PIES, FRUIT and NTTSof every description. S?" PICNICS and PARTIES furnish ed on short notice. WT"A call Solicited by MKS. I.ICIKT. I.. \\ AN N A M AK ER, I'roprietress. L S. Harley, Kussel Street, Mvxi to Tent. ( h:.\x<;i:r.t nr., S. C . W'JIKUE yoll Will lilid always oil t t hand, a' 'line line of SEC AUS and TOI5ACCOS of all grades, UKOCEU1ES, DRY GOODS, and OEXEllAL MER CHANDISE, at lowest CASH prices. "Ucinciiibcr well, and bear in mind, To save two nickels, will make a dime." jias. a,i ia i.a9 <;sau.\. ARTIST AND MUSIC TEACHER. Uooms at Mrs. I). E. Glover's House, on corner of Doyle and St. John Sts., Okangeijurg, S. C. \Vi 11 Teach Music, Drawing and Paint ing. Terms, .Music three lessons per week?3.00. Drawing and Painting, 92.00 per month. May 27