St. Mary's gazette., 1866-11-29

arms and neck were bare, and, with the ex-
eeption Of 3 couple Of heavy god rings IN
bis cars. be displayed no eHtraneousaor aorna-
mepts. His age Judged to be rising OF
sixty. and his shnr, noustache was almost
white. He made low salaam. and then
APPEARED to wait to be addressed.
Your name ?" said I. 10 llindoostanee.
"Pan)cr. your excellency.'
II am told you wish to show me some
wondcrs!'
If your cxcellcncy wills
"Well, what can you 10 Z
He suddenly produced-f''n where l
did not see and cauuot iell-a large ball
of,wne. which he appeared to toss to my
lap, keeping hold of one end. so tha, 1t
! unrollcd the whole distance between him
and me, at lc.s. ten feet. saying. As he did
50. will your e1ccIlcn~y picsse examine
Whist you See (
/ NV, heurs,ly aver, that | saw that
b4ll Of twine when he threw it as plainly As
| ever saw anything in my iifc-sev 1t
thrown towards me. unroll and apparently
fall into my lap. so that | brought my
knees qui ky together to catch lt-and
yet when pu. my hand down to take 1t.
it was not there-uothing Was thcrc-~and
at th.t instant perceived the juggler
balancing i. on the ends of his 6agers.
"Phsaw ~ said |. "you deceive me BY
MAILING me believe you threw 1t towards
INC.
doc, your exccllency think have it,
be asked; and before could answer. sav.
in the place Of the ball. large. beautiful
rose, which be was balancing by the stem.
and yet he had no. altered his position. and
scarcely stirred finger.
While yet looked. saw in his right
hand large cup, aud in his .vft the rose
He stepped forward few feet laid the
rose down on the ground and placed the
cup over it.
Here, il will be observed. there VA. no
machinery to assist him-no table with it's
false top, concealed apartments. and con-
fcdcrate, perhaps. to effec: the change. ),
we see similar trick. performed in place
Cited up by the magician for the purpose
but only my own quarters. in the full.
bright light of day. with myself sharply
watching him within FIVE feet. and my at
tcndants grouped almor, As nrar Having
covered the rose with tn cup. as would
b. willing to make oath for tie rose
saw :stinctly, as the hollow vcs~e'. held
b. the top. went slowly down over 1.-THE
conjuror resumed his former place. and
said, .'Will your cxcellency be kind
enough - lift the cup and See what is un-
der IT.
OF course would have wagcd heavy
sum that the rose was still there for one
thing, because expecting some trick, |
had kept nv eye on it to the last moment,
and was certain there WAS no possibility OF
i being removed after the hand had left
90 of the cup at the top. complied with
ais request stepped toward, raise! the
cup; bu, instantly dropped it and bounded
back with cry Of tcrror--tor there, in
stead Of tn, red rose. was one Of the green
deadly scrpcnts of India. coiled up and
ready for spring with its small glit,"ring
eyes fixed intcntly on mine. Snakes OF
that kind are my horror; and this one not
only Mortified me. but all my attendants.
who with cries Of alarm. enlarged the oir-
Gle rapidly. for they knew its bite to be IA
tal."
mo more such tricks as these. conjur-
or" said l. st"rnly
..It is perfectly harmless. your cxccllen-
cy," gripnej the oil man, walking up to
It. lifting it up by the neck. putin; its
head into his mouth and allowing it to run
down his throat.
shudlcred. and half believed the jny-
gler possessed of devil if not the tcvi
himself
He next produced tube that looked
like Grass. about two feet long and half a:
inch iu diameter, anj next the ball Of twine
ssan.
| Where these things came from or went
to could not tell. They seemed to be in
81, bands when he wanscd them; but neve,
obarvc: his hands passing uudcr his drss,
either whe. they appeared or disappeared
When | looked for tho cup that had lif-
cd from the snake it Was gone. and yet
neither myself or my attendants had seen
tLis wonderful man pick it up. 1t was in
deed ju,glr ry. if not magic. Of the most
unqucs,ionabc kind
Through the brass tube the conjuror
now passed one end Of the twine, which he
pu, between his teeth. He then placed
the tube between his lips. throw back bis
head and laid it perpcndicularly. with the
ball Of twine on the upper eud. Then
suddenly this ball began to ,uru and tusn
rapidly and gradually grow smaller. un-
I'll it entirely disappeared. as If the tviue
had run of on reel What turned it. or
where it went to. nobody could see. The
jugglcr ,hen sc, the tube the other end up.
and new ball began to turn on the top,
but apparently ribbon. of half an inch in
width and of diffrrcu, coors Th ,, roll
cd up. AS il on > bobbin ill i, formed \
wheel Of two or three inches in diameter.
when the performer seemed 10 toss ribbon
and tube ever his shoulder. and la. ws
he last sa1 of either
He De1; reproduced bat >ip,.rc! 10 be
'hs same eur Esd lif>~i from the snaA.,