Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-05-25
MARVELLOUS JUGGLING.

@ MAh8ELUUS JUdGLlNG.
The Incredible Feafs OF Some Oriental
O. Maxicians--E verybody Astonished.
One of the jugglers then brought
forth, says Madras correspondent of
the London Times, hall of fine twine,
and unwound fifty yards of it in a coil
in his hand; this coil he cut through
with knife at each end of its diameter;
then, doubling the several lengths, he
cut them through again, and repeated
the operation until the twine had been
divided into pieces not exceeding four
inches in length. Taking up these dis
jecta, he put them in the lads mouth
and bade him swallow them, which,
after some effort, he, to all appearance,
did. Then, asking one of the company
for sharp penknife, the man, obvious
ly, made an incisionin the skin of the lad 8
stomach. From this he picked out, with
the point OF the knife, the end of the
thread this thread he pulled forth, at
first gently, then faster, then hand over
hand, until he had coiled down on the
ground a continuous length of about one
hundred yards of wet sewing thread
This, if a deception, was marvellous
one; for the operation had all the ap-
pearance and token of reality, since the
skin of the stomach was slightly raised
round the orifce through which the
thread was evidently drawn.
Our friends were fairly puzzled, and,
to add to their perplexity, the operator
cut off the thread close to the skin and
placed piece of sticking plaster over
it, leaving it to be inferred that the sup.
ply of thread was unlimited, and could
be drawn upon "to order"
"Master, give me piece of money" +"
said he who appeared to be the principal
juggler, suddenly speaking in English to
Mr.. Hawthorne.
"Whya" asked the latter, taking a
rupee from his pocket and handing it to
the man.
"Good rupee !" said the man, jerking
the coin into the air with sharp fil p Of
his thumb nail, and drawing the true
ring from the metal. "Good rupee |!
Master sure can hold him tight in his
hand, so he cannot run awayi"
TO be sure can" replied the young
geLteman.
"Master try, tn n, said the juggler,
taking Mr.. Hawthorne's left hand and
placing tie rupee on the palm of it. He
then requested him to place the palm of
his right hand over the coin, to close
both hands tightly, and not let the
money by any means escape.
Thoroughly determined on that point,
our young friend pressed his hands to-
gether till he was red in the face.
Master quite sure got money in his
hand p asked the juggler.
"Quite," was the reply.
"Caa feel him, master ?"
eyes" -.
The juggler took the gentleman's g two
hands between his own, and muttered
some cabalistic words then blowing
upon them, and giving them heavy
shake, he asked, with grin " Can
feel him now, master Z"
Starting from his chair with bound,
the young EngEshman, with an
affrightened look, unclasped his hands,
and there fell on the floor beneath not
the rupee, but lively, wriggling little
brown snake, about fifteen inches long,
which made Immediately for the legs of
Capt. McTurk.
Now this gentleman, who under ordi-
nary circumstances was as brave as q
lion, by no means relished, or was pre-
pared for, an encounter with the ap-
preaching reptile, SO hastily tossing
both legs high up in the air the worthy
captain lost his balance, and, together
with his chair, came heavily to the
ground, though, fortunately, with no
serious consequences beyond a broken
back-of the chair, we mean.
The worthy skipper soon picked him
self up, and seeing that the snake had
been captured by the lad round whose
arm it was now entwined, joined In the
general laugh, and seated himself In an.
other chair that was placed for him.
Master, take this rupee again, said
the iuggler, offering the coin to Mr..
Hawthorne with, it must be confessed, g
regretful look. " s.-
"By Jupiter no." said the gentle
man ; "you have fairly earned it."
An empty flower pot was now placed
upon the floor by the iuggler, who re-
quested that his comrade might be al
lowed to bring up some garden mold
from the little plot of ground below
Permission being accorded the mar
went, and in two minutes returned
with small quantity of fresh eartt
tied up in a corner of his chudder
which was deposited in the flower POI
and lightly pressed down. Taking from
the basket dry mango stone, and hand
ing it around to the com pany that they
might examine it and satisfy themselves
that it was really what it seemed to be
the juggler seooped out little eartl
from the center of the flower pot anG
placed the stone in the cavity. He the1
turned the earth lightly over it, and
having poured little water over the sur
iese, shut the aoweg Pet cut OF view b