Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17
An InGjAn Jllsgler.

WHILE the tom-tom was beating and
the pipe playing, the juggler singing ali
the time in low accents, smoothed a place
in the gravel three or four yards before US,
Having thus prepared he'd for thu plant
to grow in, he took basket and placed il
over the prepared place, covering it with
thin blanket. The man himself did not
wear thread Of clothing, except strip
around his loins. The time sreintG now
to have come for the d.iectives eyel So
just as he was becoming more earnest III
his song, and while the tom. tom beat and
the pipes shrillod more loudly, stepped
forward with becoming dignity, aud beg
ged HIM to bring the basket and its cover
over to me. He cheerfuily complied, and
| carefully examined the basket, which
was mads, Of open wicker-work. I then
examined the cloth covering, which was
INN, almost transparent, and certainly
had nothing concealed in it. then fixed
my eyes upon his strip of clothing with
such intensity that it was not possible it
could have been touched without discoy-
cry, and bade him 60 on, feeling sure that
the trick could not succeed Sitting down
he stretched his naked arms under the
basket, singing aud smiling as he did 80 ::
then lifted the la k t off the ground, and
behold, 4 green plant about d foot high |!
oaus1led with our applnsn> he went on
with his nominations. After having sat a
htfle to give his plant time to grow, he
again lifted the basket aud the plant was
now two feet high. He asked us to wait
llttle lO ger that we might taste the
fruit! But on being assured, by those
who hal seen the trick performed before,
that thc rtsnlt would be obtained, / con-
fessed myself "done," without the slight
est notion of the how. I Examined the
ground and found it was smooth and IN
turned. Apparently delighted with Inv
surprise the juggle: stood up laughing,
when one f his companions cbucked
pebble to him, which he put into his
mouth. Immediately the same compan.
ion, walking back wards, drew forth cord
OF silk, twenty yards or So in length; af
ter which the juggler, with his hands be-
hind his back, threw forth from his mouth
two dccantcr shoppers, two Shells a spin
ming top, stone and several other thugs,
followed by long jet of fire! If the
wise reader regrets so much space being
taken up by such story, let him pass it
on to the children, foolish az myself, who
will b. glad to read it.-Peeps al tie Far
Went, By No'ma.n Macleod, D. D.
What is a clrat2 The carat is an ina.
ginary weight that expresses the fineuess
of gold, or the proportion of pure gold in
a mass of metal; thus, an ounce of gold is
divided into twenty four carats, and gold
twenty-five carats fire is gold OF which
twenty-five parts out Of twenty four are
pure the other two parts being silver,
copper, or other metals; the weight of
foul grains used by jewellers in weighing
prt c'ous stones AMI pearls, is sometimes
called diamond wtight--the cara, consist.
ing Of four nominal grains, a little lighter
than four grains troy, seventy four and
carat grains being equal to
seventy-two grains troy. The term or
weight carat derives lis name from a bean,
t he fruit of the Abyssinian t,ee called
kuara. This bean, from the time of it's
being gathered, va1ics very little in it's
weight, and seems to have been, from
very remote period, used ne weight for
gold in Africa. In India also the bean is
used as weight for gems and pearls.
How much Goth is required to make
a spirit wrapper?