Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-10-23

man in conversing with The girl, he seemed
to get angry, and began to rail loudly at her
4 for her neglect of some wish of his. The
child attempted to soothe him, but he con-
tnued 10 show an increased degree of Irrila-
ton as he went on. By degrees he dashed
himself into such apparent fury that the
foam actually stood upon his lips, and be-
ing naturally of an unprepossesslng counte-
nance, he looked to the white spectators al
eas, as like an enraged demon as might be.
Finally his wrath at the girl rose seemingly
to an uncomfortable height, and he seized
her and put her'beneath the basket or rather
turned the open mouth of the basket over
her person. She was thus shut entirely up,
the turned bottom of the basket closing her
in above. Having thus disposed Of the
child, IN spite of her screams and entreaties,
the man drew his sword, which was as bright
as the surface of mirror, and he appeared
as if about to wreak some further evil on
the object Of his ire. And after some mo-
ments, during which he talked to himself
and to the enclosed girl, as if justiGying his
anger, he did actually at length plunge the
sword down into the basket and drew it
out dripping with blood, or at least blood
ed drops! The child screamed piteously
from her prison, but in vain; for the man
plunged the weapon again and again into
the scene of her confinement. AS he did
so, the cries of the girl became faint by de-
grees, and in the end died away altogether
The deed of death was consummaed.
So, at least, thought most of the horror
struck persons who witnessed this action.
And we'll it was for the chief performer in
it that he requested guard TO be placed,
for it required all the exertions of this guard
to prevent the aroused soldiery, who believ-
ed this to be no trick, but diabolical butch
cry, from leaping into the arena and tearing
the man 10 pieces. The excitable lrishmen
among the number in particular, ground their
teeth against one another, and uttered Ian
guage not very complimentary to the juggler.
Even the officers, whose better education
and experience made them less open to such
feelings, grew pale with uneasness. But
observe the issue Of all this.
! When the man seemed TO have carried his
rage TO the last extremity, warned, perhaps,
| by the looks of the soldiers that it would be
as we'll to close the exhibition without de-
! lay, he raised his bloody sword for mo-
ment before the eyes of the assemhlage, and
then struck the basket smartiy with it. The
basket tumbled over on one side, and on the
spot which it had covered, in place of the
expected corpse of the girl whose last groans
| had Just been heard, there was seen-no-
thing? No vestige of dress, or anv other
thing to indicate that The girl had ever been
there. The amazement Of the spectators
was unhounded, and it was if possible, rem
del ed more intense, when, after the lapse Of
q few seconds, the identical little girl came
bounding from the side Of the courtyard
from among the spectators feel, II seemed.
and clasped the uggler around the knees,
with every sign al affection, and without the
slightest marks of having undergone any
injury Whatever We have said the aston
IShment of the assembly was unreasonable;
and it might really we'll be SO, seeing that
the feat was performed in the centre of a
court every point of the circumference OF
(which was crowded with spectators whose
ewes were never off the performers for one
instant. As 10 the notion of a subterranean
passage, the nature of the ground put thai
out of the question, and, besides, that no.
Thing of that kind existed was made plain to
all who chose to satisfy themselves on the
subject, by looking at the scene Of perform
ances when they had closed Every one
was sure that the girl had been put below
The basket, and that she did not get out Of it
in the natural way. But she did get out, and
how? 1t is impossible to say, though there
can be no doubt that it was accomplished
| by some skiIlul manGuvre.
| A somewhat similar feat is sometimes
-per(ormed with ANIMALS. A juggIer will
! place lean dog below one of The baskets,
and presto pass when he lifts up you will
behold litter of as fine pups as ever whip
/ perrin could desire. But mnst people will
probably think the tree-trick a more won
derlul one than any Of these. A juggler IN
/ performing this, chooses either a small spot
of earth, of the extent of two or three feel
square, or fills it with mould for his pur-
pose. Either of the ways will do. Hav-
ing this small plat Of earth before him, and
his spectators ranged around al a distance
of two or three feet, the jugger shows to
the company mango stone, or the stone
Il found in the centre of the, Eastern frui,
:, SHOWN by that name. which varies in size
from that of an apple upward This stone
the juggler then plants in the earth at the