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FAET TWO.
(Successor to A. H. ALTMAYBR cto 00.
GET READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS—DON'T WAIT-BUY NOW.
Quality Tells, Quantity Leads, Price Wins.
Come to Headquarters—Pick from the Grandest, Largest Low-Priced Holiday Stock Ever Seen in
SAVANNAH.
LAMPS.
Brass Hanging Library Lamps, Decorated Bisque Dome
Shade, 36 Cut Glass Prisms, Spring Extension 93 97
Onyx Top and Centre Piano Extension Lamp, Fine China
Silk Shape, Elaborately Trimmed with Silk Lace 16 98
BASEMENT.
DEEP CUT GLASS.
Enthusiasts on Cut Glass should not miss this opportunity to
see the exceptionally fine specimens of Strawberry and Fan
Cut, Bon Bon, Fruit and Salad Dishes, Tumblers, Water Bot
tles etc., wo are now showing. Our own direct Importation.
BASEMENT.
CHINA.
Dinner Sett, 116 pieces, Handsomely Decorated, English
Porcelain, New Shapes - |9 98
Tea Sets, 56 pieces, Decorated English Porcelain. - 898
Chamber Sets, 10 pieces, Real Japanese 8 49
Chamber Sets, Decorated Porcelain. 10 pieces 2 98
BASEMENT.
PICTURES.
11x14 White and Gilt Framed Engravings 9 89
20x22 Handsome Silver Gilt Framed Water Colors 1 23
20x24 Elegant Carved Oak and Oxydlzed Frame Steel En
gravings 2 75
BASEMENT.
SILVERWARE.
Every piece is warranted Rogers’ Triple and Quadruple Plate
on Finest White Metal. Every piece is. richly hand engraved
and is warranted by us as Strictly First-Class.
BASEMENT.
PLUSKI GOODS.
In buying these things for the Dear Girl you can’t go wrong.
She likes them, and can always make good use of them. The
rage of the present time is Wood Cases. Those we have are ab.
solutely new in this line, all Solid Oak and beautifully hand
BASEMENT.
IN A MAGICIAN’S DEN.
WHAT A REPJRTER SAW BEHIND
Tfcß BOBNJB3 WITH HERRMANN,
Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical
Appliances Used by the Great Magi
cian in the Performance of Some of
His Most Famous Tr.cits—Marvelous
Manual Dexterity and Inventive
Genius of a ft iff h Order Employed to
Astound and Perplex the Public.
From the RJew York Herald.
Over the hums* mind mystery exercises
a charm more potent than reality and mystic
surroundings are ever sought where the ob
server may ponder in awe. The architecture
of the sphinx is forgotten in the endeavor
to 6olve the secret cause of its construction
and tue meaning it typifies; the sacred fire of
the vestal virgins was apparent, but it was
made a penalty with death attached to
violate thoir sanctuary to ascertain its pro
duction. It was not what the Deiphio oracle
predicted so much as her den, with its
tripod and fumes, that claimed attention.
Bo while the tricks of a modern magician
ore known to be delusions their principal
charm lies in their mystery. The discovery
of how the mystery is produced must be
doubly interesting and the workshop of a
necromancer thereby becomes a fascinating
bport.
Turougb the special Invitation of Prof.
Herrinauu I was permitted to spend an hour
behind the scenes of bis theater during one
of his spiritual seances last week. A peep be
hind the scenes ofjan ordinary theater with a
play iu progress la no longer a novelty to
tba public. Perspiring scene shifters and
men high up iu tue flies herd at 'iv-h ad
justing huge canvas slides with a a-aes of
fining rubbish in every place but wnere it
ought to be are tbe only sights seen.
Behind the scenes with Herrmann la some
thing eutirely different and an access not
easiiy obtained. At the stage entrance be
hind a locked door with a bull’s-eye slide,
such as is used at inner doors of upper
grade gambling houses wheu liable to police
scrutiny, stands a guardsman, and in an
swer to your ring at the bell the elide is
grooved aud you behold a sharp eye bent
upon you in inquiry of the cause of your
presence. The Cerberus of Herrmann’s stage
door is no ordinary watch dog. No sop
thrown to him in tbe shape of a greenback
will bribe bis Spartan honor. He is an old
retainer, grown grizzled and gray’in service,
and his mission in life alone seems to be to
guard the secrets of the modern Aladdin s
cave. A card signed and stamped by the pro
fessor is the only sesame, and with that the
door swings only half way open to admit
your presence.
IN TUB CAVE OF MYSTERY.
A half lit passageway, with dressing
rooms on oue side and the stage screened
from view with heavv black curtains on the
other, leads you to' Herrinaim s dressing
room. Here the grout magixiau is In charge
of his valet, a colored man, who on the stage
it known as boomskl. The professor’s dress
ing room is elegantly furnished and is in
reality more of a reoeption room. Not a
uierht passes but a party of political, social
or business friends drop in to exchange
greetings with the professor and smoke
CLOAKS.
A Special Inducement this week will be the Lot of New
Reefer Jackets Just received, Fine English Melton,
Handsomely Braided, Jet and Jeweled Trimmings SO 48
Ladies' Fine Tailor-Made Kersey Cloth Box Coats, Strap
Seams, worth $ 10.00, at 7 60
50 Ladles' Diagonal Cheviot Jackets, Fall Fur Collar, Nat
ural Head Clasps 9 60
75 Ladles’ Jackets, Full Fur Shawl Collar, Silk Facings,
New Tan Shades 9 98
Misses’ and Children's Reefers.—We have a splendid lot of
garments, both long and short, at right prices.
SECOND FLOOR.
WAGONS,
TRICYCLES,
PIANOS,
TABLES,
CHAIRS,
BABY CARRIAGES,
TIN TOYS,
WOODEN TOYS,
TOOL CHESTS,
MAGIC LANTERNS,
GAMES,
Etc., etc.
In Basement.
BOOK*.
In addition to the Splendid Values In Books we are oflhrlng
suitable for sensible Christmas Gifts, we will place on sale to
morrow 5,060 Popular and Standard Books, bound In Cloth and
Gold, Large Type on Fine Paper, more than lU# titles, in which
all lavorite authors are represented, all at
Not more than 6to any one cu- 44nnnAtJ
1 CBu Up tomer. None to dealers; nor can I IUCU Up
llEach. 2* “ 1 lEach.
Give the children a Good Book for a present; ’tie
something that will help them throughout their lives. Every
body can afford them at this price. [Centre Table, Main Aisle
Don’t miss those 2 Big Bargains, the Silk Handkerchiefs and Books, and get there early
for the best of them will be sold u Quick.”
some of his cigars. If they expect to see
the inner chamber and its secrets they are
sadly disappointed, for the curtains conceal*
ing them never even flop by chance and the
man onfeu&rd is ever present to prevent loit
ering or prying.
•‘I will waive an iron rule on this occasion, ’
said the professor, “and consent to show
foil actually how my illusions are worked.
will give to the public through the Herald
some idea of the labor, skill and expense
necessary for the practioe of the occult
sciences so-called.”
Whereupon he led us into an adjoining
room he called his workshop. It was large
and spacious, and what an aggregation of
indescribable brio-a-brao it contained. It
was a toy shop, a skeleton faotory, a
laboratory and battery store house all in
one. A young man, who looked so old that
his appearance on earth might have been re
* garded as his second event on the planet,
coughed a consumptive cough aud chuckled
with delight at the suppressed horror it
produced. He was apparently mending a
doll’s head with slender cords, seemingly
without end, and worked as though ho had
an eternity to complete bis labor in.
“My palmistry, of course,” explained
Herrmann, “is what in the striot applica
tion of tbe term is legerdemain and con
stitutes a distinct and sepaiate branch of my
art. It is acquired only after years of con
stant practice, and requires in addition a
particular formation of the joints and
muscles for its perfection. My mechanical
tricks and illusions are just as difficult in
their invention aud construction and re
quire none the less dexterity. When I tell
you that this young man works here eight
hours every da>’ and I utilize all his worK
iu ten minutes ou the stage you will realize
that unseen spirits do not float in the air or
come from tbe vast deep simply at one’s
bidding. They must be worked there and
tbe pubilo must never guess the proosss.
CHEMISTRY UTILIZED.
On a half dosea shelves were ranged bot
tles of all sizes and containing fluids of all
colors. A pestle and mortar stood by and
leiortsisAS braziers were near. The whole
outfit resembled the rear view of a prescrip-
tion department In a drug store.
"Chemistry, you will observe,” said the
professor, pointing to the drug-like para
phernalia, ' ’constitutes an important partin
necromancy and is never suspected by the
public. Its laws must be well knowu by the
magician, for some of his best results are
obtained from its Knowledge. For instance,
these bottles contain ail manner of chemical
simples and compounds. In niy trloks,
known as ’the vital spark,’ where I reetore
suspended animation in the shape of a long
slender brilliant flame, I use the essenoe of
three of these fluids reduced in bulk to the
dimensione of one of these phials.”
Here he opened a box tilled with cotton,
which contained what seemed to be oblong
diamonds, but In facts were hollow glasa
tube of extraordinary workmanship aud
Buch small dimensions as to be capable
of being concealed beneath the finger
nails. Estimate the tip of a broad
finger nail at a quarter of an Inch
and you have the size of these phials.
The professor deftly adjusted them
under his nails aud explained that
bv the combusilor of the fluids they
contained when in working order at the
proper time an extraordinarily brilliant
lancelike (lame of three feet was produced
which the spectators were unable to guess
the origin of, It is prevented from burning
-Not a word as to the proper value of those SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. You'll see that quick enough.
ONLY FOR MONDAY!
100 DOZEN SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
There is not a lady In Savannah that would miss
this sale If she realized the values
to be obtained.
Lot I—Ladles'Fine Embroidered Silk Han kerchiefs—Scol
loped, Hemstitched and Plain—Big Value 26c.
Lot2—Ladies' Silk Handkerchiefs, Heavily Embroidered
Corners, Hemstitched and Scolloped—our price... 60c*
Lot B—Very Finest (Quality, Pure Silk, Full Mexican Drawn
Work, Embroidered, Figured and Initialed. Sample
Lot No. 2, Handkerchiefs alike—our price fl 00
MAIN AISLE—CENTRE TABLES.
tbe professor’s band, by another chemical
agency used. They farther imagine that the
Heme enters the throat of the supposed dead
man, and they apparently see bis eyes and
head illuminated in bis returning senses
with tbe mysterious tire. Asa faot, tbe
flame is no plnoe near his throat, and tbe
illumination is a deoeption wrought upou the
visual organs by ineaDS of lenses neltbar
seen nor suspected. The Infinitesimal phials
are furtner used under the profeasor's nails
in his walks ainoug the audience, while the
theater Is darkened, to scatter eleotrio
sparks.
’’These phials are of my own design,” he
said, "and tbe cost of tbe manufacture of
tbe dozen 1 own 'may be best estimated
when 1 tell you that enough plate glass was
broken iu their beat and blowing to make
a dozen store plate windows. Toey are as
valuable to me as diamonds, and, like uncut
diamonds, you see I keep them packed.”
"Suppose tbe audience discovered these
minute crystale, would the discovery de
stroy the trick (” was asked.
“Undoubtedly it would, if I did not
possess the power of palmistry,’’ answered
the professor ‘‘ln a twinkle I
oould, unseen, slip them away fh a
hundred places and reproduce them
instantly.”
Exquisite workmanship was certainly
shown in the manufacture of the little
globules. The apertures in them were so
small as to be invisible to tbe naked eye,
aud the mode of the injection of tbe fluid is
by automatic pressure, in which another
contrivance like a needle morphine syringe
is used.
A TINY, BUT POWERFUL, ELECTRIC BATTERY
The professor next exhibited what appeared
on examination to a be watch, but was
ouly so in appearauce, for its cases and
face concealed an electrio battery of con
siderable power. As the wonder of (the pap
rot, according to Dr. Johnson, lay not so
much in what tbe bird said as tba fact
that it could talk at all, so the significance
of the battery was the fact that It oould
work at all, being reduced to such small
dimensions. Yet on inspection It was a
perfect piece of mechanism, delicate iu every
part, but strong and powerful in its opera
tions, and must have cost vast outlays of
time and money in its construction.
Wbat seemed to be two borse hairs of
about forty yards in length were next un
raveled from a box. They were elastio
and when unwound oould not be observed
when laid upon the floor. The professor
explained their uses as follows:
“I carry this battery In pooket at the
end of a chain. These threads are con
nected with the battery so as not to be seea
Then they are attaohed to this drum (taking
from a peg an ordinary snare drum), which
Is placed la the hands of one cf the audience
and held aloft In gaze of all. I produce at
fleasure taps and rolls upon the drum while
am at a suflloient distance to baffle any
suspicion that I am directly connected with
the drum. I also use the battery and
threads when I perform my ’Seoond Sight’
with Mme. Herrmann. Tue probability of
detection is almost Impossible, but should a
suspioiou be expressed, I am prepared to slip
the threads aud perform the trick by two
other methods.”
It would be tedious to describe at length all
articles In the workshop, for they seemed
innumerable. Tables apparently harmless
were double the eize they seemed and con
tamed all sorts of traps and secret drawers.
Tue two rabbits oonjured uightly from an
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1892.
OUR RIG *I*ECIAL.
MILLINERY.
We need some more room here. To procure It we offbr
you some Sterling Bargains lu this Department, fust listen!
200 Exquisitely Trimmed Hats and Bonnets,lncluding the
remainder of those lately sold at 93.48, we place on sale
to-morrow at $2 49
No copies; all original Ideas.
All our Felt Hhapes, Sailors, etc., havo got to go, too.
Lot No. I—3o Different Styles, Latest Shapes, usual price,
75c. and 91.00 49c.
Lot No. 2—All $1.25 and 91.98 shapes at 73c.
Some beautiful Tips, Aigrettes, Fancy Feathers and W lngs
In the way. See them and note the prices. [Second Floor
ART DEPARTMENT.
Stamped Goods of every description, Linen Tray Cloths*
Splashes, Centre Squares, Buffet Scarfs, Pillow Shams. Bas
kets Trimmed to order.
Fanoy Hand Painted Silk Scarf*, Bolting Ends 25c
Figured China Silk Scarfs, Silk Fringed 39c
Figured China Silk Head Rests 25 to 98c
Hand Painted Pin Cushions 39c
Satin Pin Cushions, Covered and Uncovered.
Jupanese Embroidered Silk Lambrequins 94 50
Square Plush Softt Pillows 1 58
Hand Painted Moucholrs and Necktie Cases. [Main Floor
ordinary hat, and their twin brother pro
duced from tbe throat of aa unsuspecting
auditor were fed Dd asleep, and tbe goose
that talks from the rimmed paper not one
third its size quacked away as though it
could lay a golden egg, and then, forgetting
it, lay another.
In one corner, like a shattered idol, lay
the little Chinese mandarin figure that
point! unerringly to the chosen card. How
insignificant hs looked! Yet mount him on
bis pedestal, attaoh the wires that lay oolled
in bis dwarfed figure to the battery, give
Herrmann his wonted position beßide him,
mid the little figure, like Richard, will he
himself again, ready for tbe performance
of the work that baffles belfef.
The flowers that bloom in such profusion
in Bpring and winter in the profess ir’s
cornucopia seemed wasting their sweetness
on the desert air of the workshop, but they
were there for reproduction, and in a pot of
huge dimensions was the orange tree that
springs in all its yellow blossomed beauty
iu a minute from a single seed. Martial
plumes a yard long that are evolved from
space too m il to suggest tbe possibility of
their presume, were there by the dozen. A
live snake wriggled around in its oage, aud
grinning skeletone all around made one feel
uncomfortable.
WHEKB THE BYE 18 DECEIVED.
Next was a view from one of the wings of
tbe stage of the magician’s feats with a full
sight of tbe secret manner of their perform
ance. Mv feelings at the disoovery were
faintly like those of the great discoverers of
anything heretofore uuknown. Albeit they
added nothing to the world’s greatness, it
is said that Herrmann carries as baggage
twelve large chests heavily laden with the
machinery of his mechanical tricks. The
wonder is that he is able to compress so
much machinery into the space of twelve
onestt. No one uninitiated in front of Herr
mann’s stage would ever dream of it* won
derful contents aud tbemannerof their c .u
--cealment during the performances of one of
his mechanical tricks. Allrrors, convex
aud ooncave, are strewn about to all ap
pearances without design; wires stretch in
all directions, varying iu size from slender
threads to cable chains.
.... _ Il Hi V-I If
The "Slave(iirl s bream,” in wbioh Mine.
Herrmann seems suspended on a slender
metal staff and floats through space in cb-j
dlence to the professor’* wand, is an affair of
gigantic proportions. Tne madam is really
sustained and supported by braces of elabo
rate and oomplex construction.
Any explanation of the trick Itself would
be Impossible because of the very com
plexity of the machinery used. With the
aid of this machinery, almost In full view of
the audlenoe, one bolds his breath, appro*
heusive every nweient of the discovery
that seems inevitable. But tqr a teeming
perversion of oomrnon souse tbe audionq* is
intent on seeking exposure through far
reaching means while the trick itself is its
own exposure before its eyes, just as the
curtain of the famous artist of antiquity
concealed no picture but was the picture it
self.
"Strobeika,” which has long puzzled tbe
general public, is simplicity itself. lu this
delusion a Russian officer is securely locked
to u board by a committee of tbe audience
aud suspended by wires lu a dungeon rep
resented by a curtained cabinet raised
high from the floor, with every part save
one that Is not looked for exposed to the au
dience. The curtains are drawn and almost
immediately pulled apart again, when 10,
■ I AND KERCH IEEN.
Onr assortment this season Is the largest and most
complete over shown.
A few of the many bargains are as follows:
Ladles’ Initial Hemstitched Handkerchiefs oc.
Ladles' White aud Colored Hemstitched 10c,
40 Different Patterns In Ladles’Sheer Lawn Embroidered,
Scolloped and Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 16c,
Ladles’ and Men’s Silk Initial Handkerchief*.
Ladles’ Fine Lace Handkerchiefs.
Ladles’ and Men’s All-Silk and Satin-Finish Muffler*, extra
size and weight, at right prices.
Just look at those Htlk Hankerchlefs
ON CENTRE TABLES.
the board is found suspended as it was left
but iDHtead of the officer being found looked
upon it his sweetheart, impersonated by
Mme. Herrmann, is seen securely locked,
while the released ollloer enters the theater
through the main entrance and bounds
upon the stage.
Tne real marvel of tbe trick is theinoredi
bly short space of time it takes him to effect
bis exit from tbe stage door aud proclaim
bis entrance in front. Before tbe curtains
a-e drawn upon the cabinet he bus released
himself; the lnnooent looking wires are parts
of a derrick hoisting him from the sight
and through an opening in the one part ol' a
cabinet where no opening is suspected.
Mme. Herrmann oomplaoeutly steps from
the concealment behind the scenes and
adjusts herself to tbe board. The
whole thing is an optical illusion on
the most enlarged scale. As Mme.
Herrmann lay locked upon tbe board
awaitiug tbe withdrawal of the curtain, her
thoughts must have been those of “Fuck,”
“What fools these mortals be,” whon she
considered how easily eyesight Is deceived.
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
* ‘The Cremation,” in wnich a beautiful
woman in tbe full flush of life Is burned to
ashes, is another option! illusion wrought
by mirrors. In reality there is no lire
nearer to her than that burning in tbe foot
lights. .Simple as all these deceits and tbe
causes that effect them are, they neverthe
less require tbe Invention and tbe construc
tion of devices that tax tbe human ingenuity
to its utmost.
“You have seen much to-night,” said the
professor at tbe conclusion of the perform
ance, “that tbe public never sees. You
may be said to have takon your iirst les
son iu inagio. If it has taught you that a
man must be born a magician with a brain
that seems a misfit in its powers of shaping
causes that lead to opposite effects you have
learned much. If you have realized that
there are so few magioians in the world
because of the laborious exactions of b am
ami muscle demanded, you have learned
more, and if you have resolved to lei irtngio
alone as a means of a livelihood, notwlth
standing your wonderful knowledge of it
gaiued to-night, you have learned the most
and are as wise In your day and generation
as was Solomon."
SEOOTH WITH HIS MOUTH.
An Armless Crap Thrower Who Oeee
Loaded Dice,
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There has been a great deal written of
late about the dlfferont ways dice experts
swindle crap games. There is “Dago John”
and his many kinds of crooked dioe; “Jock”
Nolan and his six and eigbtnubee, Kid Hum
berts and his high dioe, the Harmony Kid,
with hie tops anil b ttorns, and other sharks
with their erooaed di?-, but of all the skins
traveling about the country Jeff Taylor, an
armless colored man, takes the prize. Al
though having no urms he makes a living
shooting craps, aud up to date has swindled
every cron game ho has played in, and this
he does with ins mouth.
Taylor is uli ,ut ) yars old, and comes
from Nashville, Tenu. He formerly made
hie living around race tracks as a tout, but
one day while stealing a ride from Nashville
to Memphis he fell from the train and bad
both arms out off. He was given up for
dead, but be recovered, aud was soon seen
BOYS’ CLOTIIIYG.
Wo oflbr Splendid Values In this Department, and'want you
to see them Before purchasing.
Boys’ Suits, 4 to 14 years II 89
Boys’ Dress Suits, Single and Double-Breasted, all wool
(Hat goes with every suit), 6 to 13 years 3 98
$5.00 Jersey Suits reduced to 4 29
$3,50 Jersey Suits reduced to 2 98
Everything you can think of lu the way of Boys’ Clothing In
this Department: Silk Waists, Cashmere Waists, Lawn Waists,
Reefer, Eton and Junior Suits. KlltOvercoatt, Extra Kilt Pants,
Hats, Caps, Rubber Gaiters, Extra Long Pants, etc.
*-Cut this out aud try and match those prices'**
<BLOVES, FAY*, HOSIERY.
Ladles’ FineFrenoh Mousqitetalre Suede, 20-Button Length, in
all shades.
Sole Agent for Foster’s Patent Lacing Kid Gloves.
The “Adler” Gloves. Every pair warranted.
Gloves bought for Presents will be exchanged and fitted alter
the Holidays.
Fine Vienna Fans, Silk, Silk and Gauze, Ostrich Feather, Ivory
and Pearl and Tortoise Shell Fans In great variety.
Ladies’ Fine Silk, Bilk Plaited and Lisle Hosiery In all colors.
Fancy Black Boots, Fancy Tops, and Opera Hose.
MAIN AISLE, RIGHT.
DOLLS.
Bisque Dolls,
Chins Dolls,
Kid Dolls,
Dressed Dolls,
Undressed Dolls,
Sleeping Dolls,
Crying Dolls,
Dolls’ Furniture,
Dolls’ Shoes,
Dolls’ Caps,
Dolls from 6c. to $20.00
In Basement.
around the race tracks. He made plenty of
money. But lie was a gambler, aud every
night after the raoes he could be found
AROUND THE CRAP OAMKB
in traiuing quarters at tbe traok. Before
he was crippled be was known as a fellow
who would take a chance to skin any one
with the dice, and he was always under
suspicion. But when hs lost bis arm* little
or|no attention was paid to him. He was
auxious to shoot, but he could not handle
tbe dice, and be bad great trouble In trying
to roll them out from uuder bis arm.
But one nlgbt be startled tbe crowd by
picking tbe dioe up iu bis mouth aud blowing
tyein out. Ho lost considerable money, and
tne gang of touts, trainers, rubbers and
jookeys gave him tbe laugh, and remarked
that ue was in a position now that be oould
not “pee-kay” the bones. He laughed, aud
said he would get tbe money s >me day. No at
tention was paid to tbe temark until one
night there was a big crap game in one of
the stables at the race track in Naehvllle.
Jeff was in tbe game. He picked up the
dice with his lips and shot a dollar. He
blew tbe dioe out of bis mouth; and they
rolled eleven. He shot the two dollars,
pioked the dice up with hla Ups, blew
them out and passed again. From
that time on he won. When the
game broke up he was several hundred
dollars winner. And everybody remarked
that armless Jeff was awfuUy lucky. Two
nights later be made
another bio winning
and someone remarked: “Wonder If
that Jeff ain’t doing somethin’ with them
bones when he puts them tu his mouthi”
That struck the gang es being possible,
so the following night wheu Jeff showed up
to shoot he started off by making four passes.
Then a big oolored man, employed as wntob
mun around one of the stables,seised Jeff by
the throat. He forced bis mouth open,
and everybody mode an examination, but
nothing could be fouDd except tbe square
dice. Jeff was very sore over the faot that
be was suspected of doing crooked work,
and quit the game, but Wore ho left he
bed to tip off his good thing. He told one
of the jockeys that he oarried a set of crooked
dice iu his mouth, that he conoealed the n
so nobody could find them. W ben he pioked
up tbe dice with bit lipe he ewitohed the
square dioe to one spot and blew out the
others. Then the gong went looking for
him, and, citbough ne had no arms, he
would harr been slugged, for there Is uo
person in the world who will
STAND BEING SKINNED IN A
crap game, providing he thinks he knows
ail about tbe game aud tbinks bn cannot be
skinned. But Jeff bad taken tbe train for
Louisville. He was aoooinpnniod by another
tout, and the pair siarted out to do tbe
couutry. Jeff bos made it bis business not to
associate with auy colored people except hie
pal. He Is a good dresser, and carries
the tout around as bis valet. This is
the way he is introduced. Having plenty
of money he bas uo difficulty In getting in
any crap game, When be gets Into a game
nis valet stauds at bit side, puts his
hand into his pocket, takes out a roll of
money and throws down the amount Jeff
want* to shoot. Then tbe valet shoves tbe
dice to the edge of the table, where Jeff
picks them up with hie lips. Of course, be
lusss a hundred or so the first night, but
after that be blows the orooked dice and
gets good and even.
There ia no chance of detection, at the
U.YIIIKELLA*.
The gift of a good Umbrella or Rubber Cloak Is always ap4
predated.
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only one who handles the dice it his valet.
But, then, who.would suspect an armlese
man of being able to pat iu and take out
crooked dice! At Louisville ho won so
much money around tbe oolored games that
be was suspected of doing orooked work and
waa held up aud
HIS MOUTH EXAMINED,
but nothing could be found. He next visited
Chicago and entered one of tbe gamee ia
Link Jones’ saloon, on Clark street. I here
he won several hundred dollars a night.
One evening “Dago John" dropped into tbe
game, and not knowing him, offered to
■hoot aa muoh as John wanted, but John
was on and did not take the bet. After
skinning all tbe gamee In Chicago he oeine
to this city, and was soon introduced into
Cooney Beamers' game on Fifth street.
I'be flash of a big roll made tbe shooters'
eyes pip, aud they wondered how a man
without arms was going to shoot oraps, but
they soon found out. He lost 9235 the fine
nlgbt, but after that he never quit loeer.
He made several trips to Long Joho
Browders’ game just below, and did
not lose. They suspected him of
doing orooked work, but for the Ufa
of them they oould not get on, although
they examined his moutb aid looked
at the dice. One night at Big Hans'
game on Elm street he succeeded in skinning
three Pullman oar porters out of 9500.
There was an awful kick, but they could
not prove that it was not won on the
square. Some of the fellows have not go!
through talking about the man who shot
oraps with bis mouth. The only oase any
thing like this Is that of Blind Jim, whoselte
programmes and tips aioind the Lstoaia
track.
HE CARRIES A VALET
with him, but he will shoot craps as high as
any one.
How Taylor works the dioe is a mystery.
He ha* been watched, but not one suspicious
action has been discovered. Wheu he picks
the dice up with his lipe he shuts bis mouth,
and, judging from the manner in whloh bis
lips move, be appears to be rolling them
about iu his moutb like a man shake) them
up in his hand. But when he blows tbe dice
out he bae switched tbe square ones and
out comes the crooked dice. Many and
many a time bis mouth bas been examined,
but no trace of anything but one pair of
dioe can be found. W here he conceals them
cannot be lmsgiued.
Conoalmg things in tbe mouth was first
introduced with suocess by a colored man
who traveled around Chicago, Cleveland
and Toledo, aud exhibited himself in mu
seums as the needle eater. He would eat
pa[>er after paper full of needles and pins,
but, strange to say, W bat he did with them
could never be fouud. Ha would allow doc
tors or any one else to examine his mouth,
but nothing oould be seen.'.HeJaoknuwbdged
that the eating of needles waa a trlok, aud
that be conoealed them in a cavity in his
mouth, but wnere that was
NO ONB COULD DISCOVER.
Taylor Is now in Chicago skinning the
games. He hoi never been detected, and,
while tbe game keepers feel confident that
they are being skinned, they cannot prove
it. Asa safety he bas been barred out of a
great many games; but it is said that he has
a nice bundle laid away, and is prepared for
any long siege of idleness. He doss jet drw-k
end was never kuown to be armed—some
thing which sharks never fall to do when
starting out to skin a Kama.
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