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Conjurers in ancient times were nut very respectable members of society— when successful, they enjoyed the repu tation of having sold their souls to the evil one, and when of inferior ability they gained notoriety by being either drowned or burned. The medieval ma- gicians as well as the Egyptian magi and the Chaldean sages were only a wrange mixture of chemist, conjurer and charlatan, and as these gentlemen were in the habit of using their sup posed occult powers to their own advan- tage they were naturally unpopular. The feats of jugglery performed by these craftsmen were intended for the mystification and not the amusement of the public, and for centuries conjuring had to it only a black side.

The amateur conjurer of today is not always a popular individual, save with children and the unsophistocated yokel. To the general public he is merely a bore of greater or less magnitude, whose performance is so obvious as to deceive moone. Itis hard to realize that this person is ne mere mushroom growth of modern society, but in point of fact his role is one of a respectable antiquity, for he is to be found treading close upcn the heels of the magicians and in the days when witchcraft was still rampant. This is significant of his reputation even in those early times, for had any one taken his tricks seriously he would doubtless have been run to earth and done to death as a wizard.

In the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury, in the earliest years of the res- toration, a number of tricks were pub- lished in one of those facetious books which seem to have occupied the press to a great extent at this time, but which, owing to their popularity, have for the most part perished. The chief recommendation to the greater number of these tricks is that no apparatus be- yond the utensils of everyday life is necessary. Also it is suggested to the performer that he can make some small profit out of his entertainment by prevailing on his audience to bet with him on the result of the trick.

‘To set @ horse's or an asse’s head apon a man’s head and shoulders’’ seems impossible out of the land of Faery, but we are informed that by boiling the head cut off from a living snimal, ‘‘the flesh boy!’d may runne into oyle,’’ and then by mingling the hair beaten into powder with this oil and anointing the heads of the standers by, “*they shall seem to have horses’ or asses’ heads’’—a costly experiment and fearsome if successful.

But, besides this, one can ‘‘make peo- ple seem headlesse,’’ and this without bloodshed and by the following simple receipt: ‘‘ Break arsenick very fine, and boyle it with sulphur in a cover’d pot, and kindle it with a new candle, and the standera-by will seem to be head- lesse.’’ Doubtless a strong imagination is necessary for success.

Some of the tricks are such as would nowadays cause the performer to be disliked, to put it mildly. For instance, “have auut filled with ink, and give this unto another and bid him crack it aud see what he can find in that,”’ which being done ‘‘will cause much laughter. ’’

"Do keep a Tapster from frothing his

. Pots’’ must have been an amusement to

the wags of the period, and for this ‘provide in readimesse the skin of a red Hering, and when the Tapster is absent do but rub a little on the inside of hia pots, and he will not be able to froth them, do what he can, in a good while after.’’

‘To counterfeit a diamond with a white saphir’’ is a most useful accom- plishment, but the fraud is likely in these days to be discovered and is more s chemical experiment than a trick.

Several tricks are recommended which have animals as their subject and are for the most part brutal to our modern ideas. Perhaps the least objectionable is ‘‘to seem to kill a Horse and cure him again,’’ which may be thus accom- plished:

‘Take the seed of henbane and give

4t the Horse in his Provender, and it

will cast him into sucha deep sleep ‘nat he will seem dead. If you will re- cover him again, rub his Nostrils with Vinegar, and he will seem to be re- The ‘‘seem to be revived”’ sounds rather ominous, and it is to be noted that the correct quantity of hen- bane is not mentioned, so that it might be best to try this experiment on some one e.se’s horse.

‘*To make ashoal of Goslings draw a Timber logge’’ sounds interesting, but

unfortunately the directions are vague.

**To make a shoal of Goslings or a Gag- cie of Geese to seem to draw a Timber logge is done by the verie means that as us'd when a Cat drawsa fool through a Pond, but handled somewhat further off from the Beholders.’”’ — London Standard.

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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, JULY 19 1853

ESTEEMED EXCHANGES

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St Joby Suv : Somebody wants to know why Mr. Sifton has appointed Mr. Green- way’ son to an office. The reason is given by an Ontario paper. Mr. Sifton’s own stock of relatives bave gone out.

The St. John Sun remarks that Mr. Hardy is now trying to legislate into their seats members believed to be illegally elected, and to do it bv the votes of three members, who before the regular time of

meeting would probably be unseated. The aec ia the more base because his whole tuajority and the life of the goverament depends upon these vo'ea.

London Chronicle: The news to hand that the Chinese Emperor has issued ae edict ordering that »n future the examin = tions of the “lfterati” shall compri-e sult jects which form the basis of examina- tion at European universities, instead, a hitherto, of being limited tothe Chinese classics, supplies the most important item

of news received fromthe Far East for some time past. If this announcement sto berelied on, it marks the first ttep ina social revolution which can only end in the rejavenation of China, The one great stumbling block to tbe progress of the Celestial Empire has al! along been the attitude assumed by the Mandarin clase, which grossly igncrant of all that concerns the well-being of the

country, has directed its enerzies to cor- rupt influence and personal gain. If once the principle of liberal edneation be ad~- mitted into the Chinese curriculum, there will undoubtedly be hope for the solidar- ity of the Empire, which for nearly 5,000 vears bas managed to survive its foes. The principle on whichthe Chinese Gov- ernment has hitherto been carried on has teen corrrption, tempered by the survival of the anfit.

EXHIBITION NOTES.

A large and varied exhibit of natural history collections i* assured forthe St. John Exhibition. The New Brunswick Government, the Department of Marine and Fisheries, the University of New Brunswick, the St. John Naturai History Society and many private collectors will contribute.

Collectcrs everywhere are invited to send in their collections. $150 is offered in prizes, and glass cases wil] be provided for all derishable specimens.

No expense will be spared in making this department of the Exhibition one of the best of such exhibitions eyer held.

There,will beJa high- class double vaude- ville performance twice daily in Amuse~ ment Hall.

There will be seven nights of pyro- technic display with many new features, showing the blowiog up of battleships and assaults on for:resses. Everyone should take in the great New Brunswick hoiiday.

Arrangement have been concluded for through trains to carry live stock from St. John to Halifax on the 2\ist September next. Stock can be loaded at the plets forms in the exhibition grounds St. John and ‘unloaded on the ‘Halifax grounds. There will be no transfers and pnodelays.

Everyone who has a coliection of stuffed animals, birds, fisnes,or mouated insecta, plants, fungi or minerals, is invited to send them to the St. Jobn kxhibition, where they wil! be shown and protected by glas+ cares.

Intending co''ectors shou'd send fir prize list of the Exhibition showing prizes offered and giving full directions how t), make and mount collections. Address, C: T. Everett, Sec’y Exhibition Association St. John, N.B.

The amusements atthe International Exhibition, St Jobo, N.B., will this year be of an especially entertaining character. The out door attractions. will include, wonderful featsin slack wire balancing, man fired frum @ cannon, and high diving.

It will afford a chance for al] lovers of nature atudy to learn all about the app-ar- ance and occurrence of the acimale, birds, tishes, insects, plants and fungi natura! to this country. A great special feature will be the ish exhibit. ‘

The magpificent collection of the depart- ment of Marine and Fisherie+,Ottawa, w:)] be shown and the Chief Game Commis- sioner of New Bunswick will have an exhibit of live fish in tanks, and be en hand to give full details of a. that goea to make the sportsmen happy in this couatry of forest Jake and stream.

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News Notes. ia aia | La Bourgogne appears to bave bad int unfortunate record. The collision with! the Cromartyshire was the third she had | had. Onthe 4th of January, 1890, abe} had collided with the British steamer Tors | ridon, vear the Scily Islands, carrying away the stern of the British vessel and suffering elight injuries herrelf. In Febru- ary, 1896, in a fog he ran in and sank the ~eamer Ailsa on the lower bay of New York harlo-. There was no loss of iife in those two earlier accidents.

The inangural meeting of the Anglos American Leagne was held in London on Wed: esdav uncer the presidency of the uke of Sutherland, who was supported hy Earl Grey, the Earl of Jersev, Baron Farrer, Baron Brassey, Baron Tennyson,

Monkewell, Sir John Lubbock, Amiral Lord Charlea Beresford, Mr. lames Bryce, Radical member of Parlta- ment for Aberdeen, and author of “The American Commonwealth.” Others pres» ent werethe Archbithop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, Cardinal Vaughan, and the Duke of Westminster. The Duke of Sutherland, in opening the proceeding*, said the league was quite apart from ordinary politics, ita object be~ ing to express the feeling of cordiality which existed between the people of Great Britain and the United States, an effort which he believed would be appreciated and reciprocated in America. On the motion of Lord Braseey, the following eeolution was adop'ed : “Considering that the people of the British Empire and the United States are closelv ailied by b'ood, inherit the same |iteramre and lawe, hold the same principles of self-goveromen', recognize the sm» idesls of freedom anu humanity in the guidance of their nationa! policy, snd are drawn together by «trong common interest* in mapy parts of the world, this meeting is of opiaion that every effort should be made in the inter esta Of civilization and peace to secure the most cordial and conatant co-operation op the part of the two nations.” A represen~ tative executive of the league was then appointed.

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