Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-06-10

trunk about one of the great columns,
and seemed trying to iftitself from the
ground and wrap it's body around the
great pillar The music clashed out
barbarously, Norodom flashed forth a
dazzling frework of some sort, and the
elephant had disappeared and Tepada
lay upon the stage writhing in the folds
Of a great boa constructor and holding
up Minhman upon his feet.
During three hours the exhibition
continued, feats of the sort I have de-
described, each more wonderful than
the one that preceded it, following one
another in rapid succession. I shall
content myself with describing the last
and eliminating wonder Of the startling
entertainment.
A perfectly formed and most lovely
nautch girl sprang out upon the stage,
and was hailed with universal exclama-
tions of delight, everybody calling out
her name, Luan-Prabany, as if it was a
word of good omen. Her only dress
was short petticoat of variegated
feather work. A wreath of rosebuds
crowned her soft, short, black hair, and
she wore pearl necklace, as well as
broad gold armlets and anklets. With
a brilliant smile she danced exquisitely
for some minutes to the accompaniment
of a single pipe, then knelt and laid her
head upon old Norodom's knee. The
boy famed her with fan made Of sweet
fern leaves, Minhman fetched lotus
shaped golden goblet, and Tepada
poured into it from quaint looking
flask fluid of greenish hue The
old yogi-like Norodom took the goblet
and blew his breath upon the contents,
till they broke into pale blue flame.
This Tepeda extinguished with his breath
when Norodom held the goblet to Luan-
Prabany's lips, and she drained the
contents with sigh. As ftransfgured
she suddenly sprang to her feet, her
face strangely radiant, and began to
spin giddily around in one spot. First
the boy. then Minhman, then Tepada,
tried to arrest her, but they no sooner
touched her than she repealed them
with shock that thrilled them as if
she had impaired an electric spark to
them. Spinning constantly, with a be-
wilderingly rapid motion, the girl now
sprang off the stage and down the hall,
along by the foot of the columns, Tsin-
ki, Minhman, and Tepada in active
pursuit. LII and out among the crowd
they spun, the three chasing. Tepada
seized hold of the chaplet that crowned
her it broke, and as she whirled along
a spray of rosebuds was scattered from
her brow in every direction. Anything
more graceful never was seen. And
now greater wonder. At the extremi-
ty of the hall the three surrounded and
would have seized her, when, still re-
volving, she rose slowly into the air and
foated gently over our heads towards
the stage, scattering roses as she went.
At the brink of the stage she paused in
mid-air then, with slight wing-like
motion of her arms, mounted up, up,
up toward the Hottest arch of the vault
overhead Suddenly old Norodom
seized bow and arrow and shot toward
her. There was a wild shrek, rush
ing sound, and the dancer fell with a
crash to the flags of the floor, and laid
there an apparently bloody mass. The
music burst forth into a wild wall, and
the chorus of old hays came tumultu.
ously forth and bore her off III their
arms.
Now, from behind the red curtain
came dozen strong men, bearing upon
their shoulders great leaden box,
which they laid upon the front part Of
the stage. AS they retired the old
women came out, bringing low couch,
decorated with flowers and gold-em-
broidered drapery, upon which lay Luan-
Prabany, decked forth in bridal gar
ments, and sweetly sleeping. The couch
with it's sleeper was put quietly down
upon the front of the stage and left
there, while Norodom and Tepada went
to the leaden box, and with hot irons
tried to unseal it. THAT is Stung-
Tieng's coffin, whispered Woun to me
The old saint has been dead more than
half millennium.
Quickly, eagerly it seemed to me, the
two men broke open the fastenings OF
the coffin, until the side next the audi
ence falling out at last, teak box was
discovered. This was pried open with
a small crowbar, and what seemed a
great bundle Of nankeen taken out.
Te ada and Norodom commenced to
unwind this wrapping, which was very
tight. Yard after yard was unWound
and folded away by Minhman, and at
last, after at least 100 yards of wrapping
had been taken of,Ethe dry, shriveled
mummy of a small, old man was visible
eyes closed, flesh dry and hard-dead
and dry as a smoked herring. Moro
dom tapped the corpse with crowbar.
and it gave a dull, wooden sound. Te-
pada tossed it up and caught tit was
stiff as a log. Then he placed the
mummy upon Norodom's knees, and
fetched flask of oil, flask of wine, and
a censor burning with some pungent
incense. Norodom took from his hair
a little box of unguent, andprying open
the mouth of the mummy with cold
chisel, showed that the dry tongue could
rattle like chip against the dry fauces,
He filed the mouth with unguent and
annointed the eyelids, nostrils, and
ears. Then he and Tepada mixed the
wine and oil, and carefullyrubbed every
part Of the body with it. Then, laying
it down in reclining position, they put
the burning censor upon the chest and
withdrew pace, while the drums and