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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1892)
AN ESOTJ WHILE SPIKETOWN HOKO PREPARED A Frofeiuior of the Art of Enlightens a Whole Town, 'Cents a Head, oh the Dlfflcat! asperating Sobject of Cooklj Nobody had ever heard 'oil trated Hoko Effendi, but the' 'curiosity to see him was no less k that account. In the little westeij Bois town on which he lad aligl: 'a flaming meteor the Visit of a 'of magic was an vent. All known of him was that be had appearance about the time tO 'coach from Sbacksvnle came was supposed to have travelej conveyance: that he tad printing of several trandrj at the office of The Bliz: to pay for them the next The evening came. T mission to the entertai; ipenta for adults, childr YThe celebrated Hoko, i'bwn doorkeeper, and .'town turned 'oui ( There were no "a editor of The . fcitizen who wi : plug hat an. ? 'door as the ii When tb patience whisthn, Egy service keeper. of the hi! tain that In a few front of it speech, requests performances, as I a nature bordering on and promising an entert; had never been Been in Spi. fore and never would again. After performing some curious jfric Vith playing cards he announced that the first really difficult feat of the Even ing would now be shown that of baking a cake without -a' pan of any kind. ' The ladies iri the audience," he said, "when t bake takes are 'compelled to use butter-,, egg's, flour, sugar, fla voring extract,' icing, etc., and put the dough in a hot 'oven. I do nothing f the kind. By the simple' manipulation of flour, sirup and a hat I can produce a cake in five minutes that no lady in this house can. equal. t I will make u cake that a committee, to be selected from the ladies present, will pronounce the best they ever tasted. I will do this or forfeit $100.. Will some kind gentle ' man present oblige me with th(J loan of ' a high Bilk hat? Will you kindly lend it to me? I will take excellent care bf it and return it in a few minutes, xj The mayor demurred. . . "Your hat will not be injured in the least, sir," the magician assured him. "I will return it to you yvichout spot, blemish or stain. I have performed this feat thousands of times without the slightest injury to the hat.. The mayor of Spiketown,-thus ap pealed to, relented add handed over his cherished tile. Then the magician produced a pan of flour, which was passed through the audience and .unanimously declared to be genuine. He poured It into the hat. ". Then a quart measure half filled with . New Orleans molasses was produced and handed around in like manner,: pro ' ; bounced the pure, unadulterated Stuff, and returned to him. - Ha poured this Into the hat likewise and stirred the mixture with a long lead pencil. The mayor involuntarily gasped and' half rose in his seat, but the wizard again as sured him, with a wave of the hand, "Your hat will not be injured In the least, my dear sir," and he proceeded with the performance. ; " - " "Now, ladies and gentlemen," he said, we will witness the finale, the denoo- ' inong, as it were, 1 this unparalleled feat bf illusion. I cs toosely the horse? give the loose. direction desired. But it is in the higt s uegrfee important never to pull on I the rein. Nor'west Farmer. Tying Up Wool, N"o pari bf preparing Wool for ro adds more to its presentabi proper tying. In the first iace ing but pure wool should be brougi? onto the tying board. . All wet of soiled locks should be clipped ofET aod any strawy fchaff-of other foreign substances picked off or Shook but as much as pos- '. can bake the cake just as Well on a piece of Ice as on a stove; but as there" happens to be a good fire in this stove near the stage I will bake it on top of that. Again, I assure you, Mr. Mayor, that your hat will hot suffer the slightest injury." -.-- Stepping briskly down, he placed the hat on the stove. "Now, good people," he said, "keep your eye on that hat till yon can count sixty. I will retire and prepare the esoteric climax." He mounted the1 stage and stepped be hind the curtain. In a moment a "Smoke went up from the hat on the stove, and the odor of something scorching filled the air. The mayor of Spiketown jumped from his seat, and with one bound cleared the distance that lay between him aiid the Stove. " He lifted his precious hat. The bottom, or rather the top, fell Out. The sizzin&r batter 6DreajLjj?oer the stove. It hissed and spraiteredVncr flew. And even as the pfayor heV jjp the hideous ruin of his once gloriou hat and looked through it soiajg. ofti yel lowish mixture trickled on iSsYBst and fan in sad, discouraged, bilious looking'!" the streams down his trousers. . v ' His honor spoke' a few words briefly, but emphatically through his hat and broke for the stagey followed by several of the leading citizens of Spiketown. Behind the curtain were several empty barrels and boxes.' : ' And the back window was p, . r Somewhere id' this widej jvide w'drid the wizard of the Orient Jjrsoll wander ing about, happily unaware doubtless that a standing reward ."and no questions asked is mayor of Spiketown, Hi tion that will lead to th viction for the crimes of uialicious injury and ob under false pretenses, of one. Hoko Ef- idi. master of Egyptian magic and so - led eighth wonder of the world. ' -ago Tribune. . :-,-.; ------ - -i -a ; v- - A Growfrig tnduttrf; - . '- Inventive ingenuity' of the highest order is constantly at work ' to discover uses for paper, while the manufacturer and the inventor of paperriialring chinery are straining every energy tJ improve the quality of the product, ta cheapen production or to provide special grades for new uses. Judging from the Still undiminished flood of inventions it would appear that the industry is yet in - its infancy as compared with, the" influ ence it is destined to exert on the com fort, intelligence and advancement of the human' race. Engineering Mag FOUJIXQ BOARD btt TY1KQ WOO!..; (Notches in edge of board are for holding twine. , Sibld. Then the. fleece, with the fresl; side down, should be drawn toget closely, so that when it is folded- much of the. -inside will not be e: Two strings each way is ample little aa will keep the fleece, togeth best shape, less rather than morejs be fased. aa a strincrv lot of wodi' makes a bad impression upon tb Each fleece should be tied upV Iy and compactly, but not eld to give it a suspiciously sou 'feeling I This is Very apt to impress with the idea that the fleece coii. too much oil or dirt, making it liable heavy shrinkage the bugbearjr' wool buying: There are va bf presses and other metTia for doing up wool, but folding board, which mon hinges any f nearly always prefeft ehe'pnercL The center- board' twelve Jnches squarl boards,while thef just as longas-- tied Will soo up the flee- Dakota F. r -1 rvol I fifty dollars ered by the for informa- est and con- ,d larceny g money gran tainin good shown. An instanc name must be c who called his he is such a mag the further rem; is i mare-." It tor find such the list reveals inter Bost I and the was noc nan the universi game of Hoyle, but Boston, and because he l its of a luck York Hi PHYSICK " . - CoiS - Offices ove) wa'fe store, drag store. 10 tij 5.
