Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1874-03-12
Astonishing Jugslery-The Magicians
ct Siam.

A letter from Siam to the. W0sla
thus describes a scene at an exhi.
bition given by some naive
jugglers:
THAT is Norodom,'' whispered
| Woun Taiac i'll my ear. Another
actor now came upon the scene,
whom l recognized to be the tall
athlete Tepada. Behind him
came smaller man. whesas name.
/ Woun-Tajac informed was
Minhmen, and, > boy, aobal,ly
/ twelve years old, called Tsln XII
These tour began some OF the
most wonderful athletic exhibi
tions that can be conceived. It Is
impossible to believe. unIess you
saw it, what work these men put
human muscles to. L am not go.
ing to provoke the lncredulity of
your readers by attempting to de-
scribe the majority OF them. In
one feat Iepa,t;t seized Norodom
by his long white beatd; held him
off at arms lenS b, and spun
round with him until the old man S
legs were horizontal TO the ath-
lete's shoulders. Then, while they
still spun with the fury OF der
wishes, Minhman sprung up, seized
upon Norodom's feet, and spun
out a horizontal continuation OF
tbe ancient, aAd wtlen llinhman
was firmly established the boy
| Isin- ki caught to his feet IN like
manner, ana the tail athelete,
every muscle In him straining,
continued to whirl the human
JON tless lever around. At last,
slowing slightly, Tepada dew in
his aims til tie Old mat s white
board touched his body. There
VAS a sudden strain, AMI the arms
Of the men, from beng horizontal,
became pei pendicular, Norodon S
head resting atop Of Tepada 5,
Ninhman S head upon Norodom S
teet, and Tsin ki's head oa Mimi
mans feet. A pause for breath,
then the column of men was pro
pelled into the air, and Presto!
iepada's head was on the ground,
Norodoms S feet TO his, Minhman's S
Feet upon Norotiom's head, Tsin-
ks fsss on II iasasuss head
Each had turned u scminersau ult,
ana the column WAS unbrokep.
/ could FL several columns with
descriptions ot iha most remarka-
bic and uDaccountable fouts of
magic by these wonderful ja8g gtels.
bat | must refrain. One trick
wn:ch ALinhman perfo med was u
very superior We, sion OF the man
go Tree ieat Of the Indian juggslers.
lie took an orange, cut IL open,
and produced Il serpent. Inis he
took down into the audience, and
borrowing a robe from one, cut the
snakes head off and covered it
With the robe. When the robe
was lifted again fox was in place
OF the snake. The fox's head was
cut off, two robes borrowed, and
when they were raised there was "a
wolf, which was killed with a
sword. Three robes and a Leopard
appeared /; it was slain with a Jay
elm. -Four robes covered q most
savage looking buffalo, that was
killed vi h an axe. Five robes
covered in part, but not altogether,
Il loldly elephant, which, when the
sword was pointed against him,
seized MlnL4aan by the neck and
tossed him violently up. lie
mounted feet foremost, and final
~ cling by his toes to tie Capital
of one OF the columns. Iepada
now leaped from the Stage. and
aIghied upon the elephants S
shoulders. With short sword
] he goaded the beast on the head
until, shrleklng, the unWieldy ami
NAL reared upon bis hind feet.
twlned its trunk about one of the
great columns, and seemed trying 9
to lift itself from the ground aud
wrap its body around the great
pillar. The music clashed out
barbarousiy, Norolom dashed
forth dazzling. irework of some
sort, and the elephant had dlsap
peared, aud Tepala lay upon the
stage wrlthing IN the foIds OF /
great boa-constrlctor, and holdins
up Mlnhman upon his feet.
During three hours the exhibi
ton continued. feats of the sort
have described. each more wonder
ful than the one that proceeded it
Following each other IN rapid sue
cesslon. shall content mysel
with describing the last and cul
! minating wonder OF the startlin.
i entertainment.
A perfectly-formed and mos
lovely naatch girl sprang out upo,
the stage, and was hailed Wit
universal ordinations of delight
| everybody calling out her name
Luan Prabana. as il it were a wor,
of good omen. Her only dres
was short petticoat-of varieate,
t feather work. A wreath of ros
buds crowned her soft, short blac
hair. aud she wore pearl neck
, lace, as well as broad, gold armlet
aud anklets. With brillian
smile she danced exquisitely 70
some minutes to The accom- pail