Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-28
WONDERFUL FEATs BY JUGGLERs

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lba Batuta, the Moor, says be saw at Hange-
hau, 10 China the account gVeu BY Edward
Milton, an English gentleman, who wrote his
L .eeD-Land ReizeD," 10 low Dutch of the
performances Of Chinese troupe of iugelers
which he witnessed at Batavia 10 December.
lGIt What gives this account an extraordinary
eircunstantialisy, is that MeIton's book pro-
tusely adorned with plates, has a remarkable
one, 10 which the Cinnamon aforesaid are de-
plc!ed performing the "perche," well-knosn
10 L)1don streets; the famous bask ct murder
trick, known tor ages 10 India, and recently per-
formed 10 Europe, and the wonderful trick hat
Melton, after giving a vivid account of the bas-
kct murder trick, proceeds to describe thus:
But now L am going to relate thing which
surpasses all belief and which should scarcely
venture TO assert here, had it not been witness.
ed by thousands before my own eyes. Que of
the same gang took a ball Of cord, and grasp
lug one end OF the cord 10 his hand, slung the
other up into the air with such for ce that its
extremity was beyond reach of our sight. He
then immediately climbed up the cord with 10.
descrioable sWlftness and We could no longer
see hIm | stood full Of astonishmeut, not con.
ce!vlDg what was TO come of this: when In q
leg cane tumbIiDg down out OF the air.
'One OF the coDjuring company INSTANTLY
snalched 1t up, and threw it into the basket /
noticed above. A moment later hand came
down, and Immediately on that another Leo.
ADd 10 short all the members of the body came
thus successfully tumbling from the air and
we're cast together into tho basket. The last
fragment OF all that we saw tumble down was
the head, and no sooner had that touched The
ground than he who had snatched up all the
limbs and put them in the basket turned them
all out again topsy-turvy. Then straight awav
we saw with these eyes all these limbs Green
together agalo. and iD shor, iorm whole man.
who at once could stand and just as before
without showing tie least damage. Never in
my lie was so astonished as wheu I behed
this wonderful performance, and doubted NOV
DO longer that these misguided mon did !, hv
the help of the devil
In the plate illustrating this extraordinary
pass, the juggler Is shove, firstly, throwing up
the ball OF ropei secondly, climbing up a rope,
the superior eDd Of which disappears 10 the
clouds; and. thirdly, 10 the &C, OF coming down
by inslallments, Which his confederate is picking
up and putting into basket. There can, there
fore, be no possible doubt as to the exact mean
ing Of the Anglo Dutch voyager.
1t is curious to find similar story In the
memoirs Of the Emperor Jchangirc." Seven
jugglers from Bengal exhibited before bis ma.
jrsty. AFTER performing tie feat of cutting
man to pieces, scattering the limbs over the
Fl ,or, covering them with sheet, and then
bringing him out safe and sound, they pro-
drced chain fifty cubts 10 length. and 10 my
presence threw one end of il toward the sky,
where it remained as il fastened to something
in the air. A dog was then brought forward,
and being placed at the lower end Of the chain,
Immediately run up, and reaching the other end,
Immediately disappeared iu the air. ID the same
manner hog q panther, lion and tiger were
successfully sent up the chain. and all equally
disappeared at the upper end oft. At last they
took down the chain and put it into tag. no one
ever discovering in what Way the dnfereut AMI
mails we're made to vanish 10 the mysterious
maoner above described"
The varieties of this vanishing trick impress
the reader with the truthiulness of the several
narratives. Although Que describes leather
thong, another rope and the third chain, all
agree that the line was hooked on to the sky.
Modern visitors to juggling seances are we'll
aware, from the experience OF Peppers ghost.
that almost any illusion can be produced on q
stage or 10 an incloscd space by skillfully ar
ranged mirrors; but ali the accounts cited az ee
10 this Chinese feat being performed 10 opou
air. Edward Melton draws a large, open quare
in the market place, surrounded by shops and
filled With crowd of people, who are standing
ali round the jugglers "a liberty by no means
permitted by modern professors.
GENEROSITY OF NAPOLEON 1.-The slight
est act of generosity on kiug's part is remem-
bered. And there are many recorded OF Ma
poleoo. He liked to play the part of Joseph,
aud prepare pleasant surprises for those he
wished to befrlend. For example. shortly after
the fall Of Dantsic May "a, 1907, wishiog to
recompense the services of Marshal Lefebvre,
who had taken the principal part n the cap
ture Of the town, Napoleon summoned the
marshal to bis presence at six clock 10 the
morning. When the veteran was announced,
the Emperor was already at work with the
chief of the staff "Ah!' he said to the lat
ter, ''the duke does not keep us waiting, then,
turning to an aide, ,de-camp, ordered him to go
and invite 'ths Duke of Dantsic' to break fast
The aid thought be e'must have heard the En-
pernT impeif.ctly, and ventured to remark that
il was Marshal Letebvrc, and not the Duke OF
Dantsic, who awaited his Majesty commands.
The Emperor replied with villanous pun
lhe was terrible sinner in this respect). which
is not susceptible of translation-"ll psrait
monsieur, que vous me croy,,z plus capable dc
faire up comte qu' uu duo. AT breakfast he
tool eyery opportunity of addressing the Mar
shal as M: lie Due" till the Marshal guessed
the honor which had been conferred 90 him
But another pleasant surprise was 10 store to
him. "Are you fond of chocolate. M, lie Duc2'
asked Napoleon. "Well-yes, sire. Good
we are not going to breakfast on it, but vii
give you q pound of some which comes from
Dapt.io.'' Presently the Emperor took from
a cabinet small case which he presented 4
the new made duke, with few words OF com
pliment When the duke opened ii in tn
privacy of bis study, be found what, to sa!
the truth, he may have half expected, viz
100000 in notes; for Napoleon was 10 the bat
il of making these prucely presents to h
generals As to The question Of where tb
money came from, the less said the better. Th
miserable Germans kocw too we'll, and
latter years have made the French understan
their sensations at that time. GALAXY
TRESH STOCK OF BLACK ALPACAS
Il of our old and favorite brands, just re
ceived by xrrn,,upoo