Butte record., 1857-01-03

the surface of mirror, and he ap
peared as if about to wreak some fur
ther evil on the object of his ire. Ant
| alter some moments, during which ht
talked to himself and to the inclosec
girl as if justifying his anger, he die
actually at length plunge the sworc
down into the basket, and drew it ou
dripping with blood, or at least blood
red drops The child screamed pite,
ously from her prison, but in vain
for the man plunged the weapon again
and again into the scene of her confne
ment. As he did so, the cries of the
girl became faint by degrees, and in
the end died away altogether. The
deed of death was consummated
So, at least, thought most of the
horror -struch persons who witnessed
thisa ction. And well it was for the
chief performer in it, that he had re-
quested guard to be placed, for it re-
quired all the exertion of this guard to
prevent the aroused soldiery, who be-
l!eved this TO be no trick, but piece
of diabolical buichery, from leaping in
to the arena and tearing the man to
pieces. The excitable I'ishmen among
the number, in particular, ground their
teeth against one another, and mutter-
ed language not very complimentary to
the jugglcr. Even the officers, whose
better education and experience made
them less open to such feelings grew
pale with uneasiness. But observe the
issue of all this.
When the man seemed to have car
ricd his rage to the last extremity,
warned, perhaps. by the looks of the
soldiery that it would be as wei to
close the exhibition without delay, he
raised bis bloody sword for moment,
before the eyes of the assemblage, and
then struck the basket smartly with it
The basket tumbled over to a side,
and on the spot which it had covered,
in the place of the girl whose last
groans had just been heard, there was
seen-nothiug! Nothing but the fiat
sand of the court yard No vestige
of dress, or any other thing to indicate
that The girl had ever been there The
amazement of the spectators was un-
bounded, and it was, if possible, ren>
dered more intense, when, after the
| pse of few seconds, the Identical
tile girl came bounding from the side
of the court-yard-from among the
spectator feet, it seened-and clasp
ed the juggler around the knees, with
every sign of affection, and without the
slightest marks Gf having undergone
any injury whatever As we have
said, the astonishment of the assembly
was immeasurable, and it might really
well be so, seeing that the feat was per-
formed in the centre of a court, every
point of the circumference Of which
was crowded with spectators, whose
eyes were never off the performers for
one instant. As to the notion of IA sub
trranean passage, the nature of the
giound pat that out of the question,
and besides, that nothing of the kind
existed, wac made plain TO all who
chose to satisfy themselves on the sub
iect, b. looking at the scene of the
performances when they had closed.
Every one was sure that the girl had
been put b. low the basket, and that
she did not get out of it in the natur-
al way. But she did get out, and how !:
1t is impossible to say, though there
can be no doubt that it was accomplish
ed by some skiiliul vancouver.
A somewhat similar feat is some
times occasionally performed with ami
mails. A juggler will place lean dog
below one of these baskets, and presto,
pass when he lifts 1t up, you will be-
hold litter of as fine pups as ever
whipper-in could desire. But most
people will probably think the tree trick
more wonderful one thanany of these.
A juggler in performing this, chooses
either IA small spot of earth of the ex
tent of two or three feet square, and in
the op.n air; or be takes large fow-
erpot, and fills it with mould for his
purpose. Either of the ways will do.
Having this small spot of earth before
him, and his spectators ranged around,
at the distance of two or three feet,
the juggler shows to the company a
mango stone, or the stone found in the
center vi the eastern fruit known by
that name, which varies in size from
that of an apple, upwaid- This stone
the juggler then plants in the earth, at
the depth of several inches. and COW
ers it up Not many minutes elapse
until the spectators behold small
green shoot arise from the spot. 1t ia
creases yisibly in height and size every
moment, until it attains the altitude of
foot or SO 1t then begins to send
off branches from the main stem on
these branches leaves begin to appear,
bearing the natural hue of vegetation.
Buds next present themselves, the
whole affair, meanwhile, assuming the
regular aspect, in every particular. OF
a immature tree, some four feet high
The buds are followed by blossoms, and
finally, the green fruit of the mango
mee's the astonished eyes of the spec
tators. "Look, bu. touch not,o is all
this timo the juggler's, word, and>he
} himself also preserves the character Of
looker-on. When the fruit has ar
rived at something like a fair grow'l