The Ottawa free trader., 1875-12-04

and the ball appeared between the magician s
teeth. More angry than ever, the Marabout
tried to seize the pistol. you could not IN
Ijure me-" SAID IIoudin, "b1t You shall see
that my aim is more dangerous than yours.
Look at that wall" He pulled the trigger,
and on the newly whitewashed wall appeared
a large patch of blood exactly at the sDo,
where he aimed. The Marabout went up to
il, dipped his finger in the blood, raising it
to his mouth convinced himself of the reality.
When he acquired this certainty, his arms
fell and his head bowed on his chest rs if he
were annihilated. II was evident that for The
moment he doubted everything, even the
Prophet. THIS seemingly incomprehensiblc
feat Iloudin performed by means OF prepared
balls With bulletmOld and bit of wax
mixed with lampblack, he had manufactured
a very fair imitation bullet Another bullet
Of the same material he had filled with blood
OF course, it was by sleight of hand that he
changed the bullets forced upon him by the
Marabout and substituted his own. An old
trick enabled him TO get the real bullet be-
tween his teeth while the waXen one was shat
tered to pieces. So with the second ball, it
was shattered upon striking the wall, bat a
spot of blood was produced. If floudin had
not explained this part, it would be quite as
wonderful TO most people as the phenomena
of Spirtualsm, and could have been passed
of as good evidence of spirit agency.
sPIRIT-FoRMs PRODUCED BY JUGGLERS
When William II. Seward made his tour
around the world he witnessed some per.
tormahces of jugglcrs in India which were
quite surprising. He saw a man climb
ba'c pole GO feet high, standing in the open
air, and, when he reached the top, he mystCr.
iously disappeared. After while his feet re-
appeared, then his legs and body. and he came
down. He claimed NJ supernatural powers
How did he do It? There was an Indian jug.
gler who had little den in the Bowery, in
this city, a few years ago. He was a dirty
fellow, and respectable people were not much
disposed to venture into this place A gen
tleman tolG the writer that, moved by curios,
ity once, he went in. The iuggler made him
SIT on the floor In a moment two figures,
apparently human, rose out of the floor, in
obedience to the wand OF the conjurer. They
grew to the ordinary height of a human be
ing. The visitor made motion to rise, when
the figures sank through the floor instantly.
An examination Of the place betrayed no Wis
lble solution of the ingenious performance.
WHAT THE sPIRITUAIsTs SAY.
The writer, while looking up these facts,
a well.known Spirituaist, and
presented them before him, asking him for
IN explanation. 1t such feat as that per.
'ormed before Mr.. Seward was but clever
piece of jugglery, why should more than that
De claimed for the appearance of alleged spir,
tforms in Chittenden and Philadelphia. The
'plrltualist was not at a loss for an answer.
dc boldly took the ground that TIE disap-
in the air seen by Mr., Seward was
lot piece of juggery, but was the produc-
ion of spiritintervention. The phenomena
vhlch could not be explained he relegated to
he realm of ghost work. He was not TO be
'ut down. But mere assertion is not going
o convert the unbelieving inquirer who goes
orth armed with the facts related here.