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Show H Tbaashl II Vfaa Satan. H Upon one of bla professional visit H to Washington, the late lamented Her- H msnn, the magician and prestldlglfa- H tor, almoit cauied a ataropeda among H the Ignorant colored people. To thla H day aome of them think that Satan B hlmielf waa preient In peraon upon H that occaaton. One afternoon Hermann j vlalted the Center Market, On the pavement outalda of the market It la cuitomary for aeverat hundred aged colored people from the surrounding country In Virginia and Maryland to gather on market daya and display their little atocka of dried herba for medicinal purpoaea, wild frulti, a few agga, or an nnclent chicken. Theae are the genulno Virginia negroes, every one of them an ex-alave. They are quaint and picturesque, and aa they alt behind their batketa and traya the old women amoko tl.elr ptpea of home grown tobacco, and on cold dava light I them with a "chunk of flab." from the ' ' pane ot glowing coala by which they warm themielvea. Theae Ignorant and klfci almple minded folk bad never heard 'J ot Hermann or any other atelght-ot- " band performer. Whon ho appeared among tbem In hit long cloak, hla pointed beard, and general Mephlsto-ithellan Mephlsto-ithellan appearance, ho attracted their whole attention. When ho took a silver sil-ver dollar out of the lighted plpo ot one of the old mammies, he created a aensatlon; and when he began to lift live rabbits, pigeons, suits ot linen underwear, and other arttclea from their pocketa, be created consternation. I Many ot the old men and women gathered up their "truck" and fled with loud cries, and for once there waa no market day profits for the old folk. New York 1'resa |