Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-05-27

shoot about two inches high. We went
down on or knees, and examined Il. We
were told not to touch il, - il vas deli
cate. But 4 was evidently to our eyes
something growing. The old man then
covered it up, and said, I'm ten minute.
the tree will b msde."
We left :be boa to gorge his dog which
was slowly disappearing, and went to the
basket where the mango was growing, and
on which some Of 10 had beer keeping
our eyes all the time. The conjurer lifted
it up, and there appeared little mango
shoos-in fact. young tree about foot
high. We touched and pulled off several
leaves and ate them. They had the pecu.
liar scented taste of the mango. I want
cd to pull it up and see whether it had any
roots, but the old man would not consent /
to that on any terms We wished to see
more tricks, or fear should have pulled
tup in spite Of him. However, he sent
it away by one his boys. He said he was
to have it planted in some garden. Ger
tainly the tree had every appearance of
growing; it was bright and fresh looking.
and lis leaves and stalks were stiff There
was none of that dragged appearance
which hang about anything just transplant
ted or stuck in the srouad.
Tie Old conjurcr now said, for his next
trick, he must be somewhere out of the
glare of he sun, and sheltered from any
air which nigh be stirring. We accord
iugiy adjourned to the veranda. The
conf jurcr spread a piece of mating and
squatted, produced from his shawls bag,
and emptieu it Gu The stone in front of
him. The contents were a quantity Of
| little bits Of wood some flrked like bran
| cies Of tree some forked like branch.
es Of a tree, some straight; each few
| inches long; besides these there were some
fifteen or twenty little painted wooden
biros, about half an inch long The old
man chose one Of the strai shtcst and thick
est Of the bits of wood, and turning his
face up in the air, poised it on the tip of
his nose. The little boys who sat by him
whatever he called for. First, two or
three more pieces Of wood, which he
poised Oh the piece alread there, then q
forked piccc. TO which he gradually made
additions. until he had built upon his
nose tree with two branches. lie al
ways kept its balance by adding simuta
neous|y on each side, holding piece in
each hand, and never once taking bis
eyes of the fabric. Soon the two branch
es became four. the sour eight, and so on
until q skeleton Of a tree was formed about
two feet high, and branching out SO as to
ovcrshadow bis whole face he could just
reach with his hands to put the topmost
branches on. It was . wonderful struc.
ture, and We all held our breath As hs ad.
ded the last bits. The boys now handed
the little birds, and still two at q time,
oss in each hand, hs stuck them all over
tho tree. Tho complete iumobil;.y Of bis
head and neck while he Was balancing
this structure on tho tip Of his nose Was
sossthing wonderfui, snd I think 10 must
have brea.hsd through bis ears, for there
VAS not the slightest psrcep,abls motion
about nose or mouth. After putting oil
the birds on. hs paused, and ws, thinking
the trick was 6nished, began to applaud.
But hs held up bis fore6sser for silence.
There VAS more to come. The boys pot
into one Of bic hands 4 short hollow reed
aud into tho other some dried peas. He
then put into his month. and, using tho
reed A. pea shooter, took aim and shot
of the branch ono of tho birds. The
breath hs gave was so gentle and we'll
calculated, that i. gave no pecep,ible move
to bis face it just sent the pea far enough
to hit particular bird with perfect aim,
and knock it over. Not another thing on
tho tree moved. Another pea wns Cred
in the same way, and another oird brought
down, and so on. until the birds we're bag.
ged. The fire was then directed at the
branches and limbs Of the tree, and be.
ginning from the topmost, the whole Of
this astonishing structure was demolished
piecemeal even more wonderfully than its
manner Of erection.
"Sahibs," he said, "you saw mo make
the mango tree grow out Of the sand in
the same spot will make this chokra,"
putting his hand and on the head Of the
yellow leather skinned boy "disappear in
the earth" We did not think it very
likely that he could do this under our very
roses wi hout our detection of the trick.
However, We arranged ourselves as before
in the veranda, our servants and the old
mans followers forming semi. circle in