The Hickman courier., 1874-09-11


asphalt pavement. hen he had cour-
teously seated us, haaid
4 have invited "a r witness a per-
formance which / caS& least promise
you no other foreigAas but yourselves
have ever seen. Wag, the court Jug
gler, arrived here ssterday morning.
He has never given performance out
side of the palace beire. have asked
him to entertain my lends this even
ing. lie requires nosheater, stage ac-
cessories or any t5F3derate- e-nothinp
more than you see her viii you be
pleased to examine lie ground your
selves, gentlemen? ~ O
OF course we eanasd the premises.
It was the ordi1ary N.snent or cellar
of the San FraaciH store-house, ce-
mented to keep ou she damp. We
poked our stick into pavement, and
raped on the wall fy cur polite
host, but TOR no oEE8 puIpose. We
We're quite content the victims of
any clever deceb @ syself I
rsk.n.ey s.s..,.y ! was read- s6a,,Is : ~;
probably rave decli Iii.
Although am satyed that Wang's
general performanceS a s the first of the
kind ever given OK i ican soil, it has
probably since b, r SO familiar TO
many of my reade' stat [ shall not
bore them with it he ig He began by
setting to flight, withsse aid of his fan,
the usual number of bsterfiies m.s1e be,
fore our eyes of little PIT of tissue pa
per, and kept them IN pe air during |
the remainder of the psrformance. / |
have a vivid reeollechbLof the Judge |
trying to catek one that It on his knee,
and its evading him wiLlithe pertiuac.
ity of living insect. II even at this
time Wang, stin plying his fan, was
taking chickens ont . hats, making
oranges disappear, pjling endless
yards of silk from his deke, apparently
filing the whole area fhe basement
with goods that appeTea seriously
from the ground. from hik own sleeves,
from nowhere He swahewed knives
to the ruin of his digest,os for years
to come, he dislocated every limb of his
body, be reclined in the air, r,apparently
upon nothing. But his downing per
formance, which have neve yet seen
was the moS weid, mysteri-
GUS and astounding. ~
He cleaned the groInd 81 its incum-
bering articles FOR a space sd about fif- :
teen feet square, and ihen sIvited us to !
walk forward and again examine it. {
We did SO, gravely; tlere vas nothing !
but the cemented pavment below to be :
seen or felt. He than asked for the '
loan of handkerchief, and a L chanced l
to be nearest him, I ofered nine. He r
took it, and spread it uponsthe floor. +
Over this he spread large square OF A
silk, and over this agdn a large shawl q
nearly covering the spce he had clear h
ed. He then took psitionet one of o
the points of this recangle, IBID began
4 monotonOus chant, booking Ihis body L
% and fro in time win the Pmewhat $
ugubrious air. S
We sat still and waited. Above the a
shant we could hear tie STR - of the ~
,ity cl ok and the occeioL pletelF4e of s,
art in the street oyerlea~S Sc i .ahso- 81
ute watchfulness and exIe5theksg3. eae B
linn mysterious half-Eeht OF tiisyeeifar "A
alling in a grewsone way upon the y
nisshapen bulk of ! Chinese deatS-in b
he background, faht smell o. oTaum. E
moke mingling win spice, pnd the1 D
.sss,Sadful uncertaiytss sris .acsss 7z.s1t n :,
brill down ouf~saqfEs, and made Us u
ook at each other nth forced an I'M 81
iatural smile. Tbs feeling vas height a,
ned when Hop Sig slowly arose, and, A,
Without a word, ponted with his finger NJ
o the center of tn shawl.
There was somthing beneath the o.
hawl. Surely-nd something that cc
vas not there BEIGE. At first, a mere in
in relic, a faint outline but OF
rowing more ant more distinct and "
-isible every momnt. The chant still G,
continued, the respiration began to h
oil from the sinners face, gradually S
he hidden object took upon itself 81
hape and bulk th& raised the shawl IN %
is center some five or six inches. 1t 81
vas now unmistakably the outline of a ID
mall but perfect human figure, with Il
aims andlegs One or two of Il
is turned pale, there was a feeling OF
General uneasiuesl until the editor u
,roke the silence bl a gibe that, poor !,
s it was, was received With spontaneous I
Thenthe chant sudd My E
eased. Wang arose, and. with quick, %
lextrous movement, stripped both s.
hawl and silk away, and discovered, e
leeping peacefully upon my hendker- A
hief, tiny Chinese baby o
The applause and uproar which fol- d
owed this revelation ought to have sat c
SIZED Wang, even If the audience was Fl
mall one it was loud enough to ava S
en the baby, a pretty little boy about t
year old, looking like a cupid cut of i.
andal wood. He was whisked away b
lmost as mysteriously as he appeared.
When Hop Sing returned my handker- L
hief with a bow, asked if the Jug Z
Ter was the father of my baby. :. No q
abe, said the imperturable Hop Sing, {
aking refuge in that Spanish form OF t
accommodation so common IN Cal {
fornia. {
g" But does he have new baby for f
very performance ?" i asked. =" Per {
APPS who knows ?" But what will G
ecoma of this one?" "Whatever you g
hoose, geptI tIsmen," replied Hop Sing, I
18th courteous inclination, = 1T was :
orn here-you are its godfathers. !
There are two characteristic peculiar
lies of any Califori AN assemblage IN ]
$50; it was quick e take hint, and {
to the pc Of prodigallty ia {
IS response to any charitable appeal. :
10 matter how sords Tor avaricious the
he could pOt resist the infec- ,
Popped a coin I'M o1%oiea into bsp sne II 4
ord, passed it to & !udge. 20 ~,
tly added $40 go iece, and passed
to the next when4 was returned to
,e itscontained oveTS100. I knotted
he money in the handkerchief, and
ave it to Hop Sing.
For the baby, fronsth godfathers."
g But what name ?" said the judge.
There waS running fire of Ere
,us," "Nox," g Alutus,' I" Terra
} otta," "Ant@us," etc., etc. Finally
he question was referred to our host.
''Why not keep his own name ?" he
aid quietly. "Wan Lee." And he did.
Power of Bearing Heat.
1t is generally supposed that the hui
nan frame cannot endure much heat, |
IL - ax,1osed tn IL will soon sink IN /