The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-03-23

and repeated the operation till the
twine had been cut ia pieces not ex-
ceeding four inches in length. TAX g
10 these disjecta he put them into the
lads mouth, and babe him swallow
them, which, after come effort, he TO
all appearance did. Then, asking one
of the company for a sharp penknife,
the man obviously N ade an incisiOn
in the skin Of the lads stomach.
From this he picked out, with the
point of the knife, the end of q thread I;
this thread he pulled forth, at first
gently, then faster, then hand over
hard, until he had coiled down upon
the eroCnd q continuous length of
about 100 yards Of wet sewing thread.
This, if deception, was s marvellous
one; for the operation had all the
appearance and tokens OF reality,
since the skin Of the stomach was
slightly raised round the Orifce
through which the thread was being
evidently drawn.
Our friends were fairly puzzled (;
4 and, to add to their perplexity, the
operator cut oil the thread close to the
skin, and placed piece OF sticking
plaster over it, leaving it to be inferred
that the supply OF thread was un-
limited, and could be drswn upon ITO
order"
"Baster, give me one piece OF
money" said he who appeared to be
the principal jsggler, suddenly speak
ing in English to Mr.. Hawthorne.
"Wby ?p asked the other taking 8
rupee from his pocket and handing it
to the man.
Fff 4
ing the coin into the air with q sharp
fillip Of his thumb nail, ani drawing
the true ring from the metal. "GoOd
rupee Master sure can hold him
tight in his hand, so as cannOt run
away ?"
80 be sure 1 can," replied the
young gentleman.
master try, then" saidthe juggIer,
taking Mr.. Hawthorne's left hand
and placing the rupee on tAe palm Of
it. He then requested the gentleman
to place tie palm of his right hand
over the coin, to close both hands
tightly, and not let the money by any
means escape. .l-
Thoroughly determined on that
point, our young friend pressed his
hands together till he was red in the
face.
"Master, quite sure got money in
his hand ?' asked the juggler.
"Quite," was the answer.
"Csn feel him, master ~
eyes"
The jugglerItook the gentIeman's
two hands between his own, and NUT
tered some cabalistic words then
blowing upon them and giving them
a heavy shake, he asked, with q grin,
"Can feel him now, master ?"
Starting from his chair with a
bound, and, we are sorry to record it,
with an oath, the young EngIishman.
with an affrighted look, unclasped his
hands, aud there fell on the floor be-
meath, not the rupee, but a lively
wriggling little brown snake, about
fifteen inches long, which made i'm
mediately for the legs of Captain
M'Turk.
Now this gentleman, who, under
ordinary circumstances, was as brave
as a lion, by no means relished, or
was prepared for, an encounter with
the devil, of whom he doubtless be-
lieved the approaching reptile was an
incarnation, so hastily tossing both
legs high up IN thu air the worthy
Captain lost his balance, and together
with his chair came heIvily to the
ground, though fortunately With no
serious consequences beyond broken
back-of the chair, we mean.
The worthy skipper s0on picked
himself up and seeing that the snake
had been captured by the lad, round
whose arm 1t was now entwined,
Joined Ia the general laugh, aud seat
ed himself again in another chair that
was placed for him.
"Master take his rupee again ?"
said the juggler, offering the coin to
Mr. Hawthorne with, it must be con-
fessed, regretful LOOK.
SPY Jupiteri No." said the gentle
man "you have fairly earned it be-
sides"
''It might turn into a snake again
in your pocket, you Were going to
add, Hawthorne" said Mr. Kemp.
"Come, confess"
swell, there's no knowing what
that imp of darkness might not do
after what we have Witnessed" re-
piled his friend.
An empty flower pot was now
placed upon the floor by the juggler,
who requested that his comrsde might
be allowed TO bring up some garden
mold from the little plot of ground
below. Permission being accorded,
the man went, and in two minutes
returned with a small quantity of
fresh earth, tied up in a corner of his
chudder, which was deposited in the
flower pot and lightly pressed down.
Taking from his basket dry mango
stone, and handing it round to the
company that they might examine II,
and satisfy themselves that is was
really what it seemed to be, the Jug
gler scooped out a little earth from the
center of the flower-pot and placed
the stone in the cavity. He then
turned the earth lightly over it, and
having poured a little water over the
surface. shut the little flwer-pOt out
of view by means of sheet thrown
over a small triangle.
And now amid q full chorus Of
voices and the rat-tat-tat accOmpani.
ment of the tabor, the stone germina-
ted, presently section of the cloth
was drawn aside, and gave to view
the tender shoot, characterized by
the two long leaves of blackish-
brown color. The cloth was readjus-
ted, and the incantatiOn resumed.
Not long was 1t, however, before the
cloth was second time drawn aside,
and 1t was tnen seen that the two
first leaves had given place to several
green ones, and that the plant now
stood nine or ten inches high. A
third time, and the foliage was much
thicker, the sapling being about thir-
teen to fourteen inches in height. A
fourth time and the little miniature
tree, now about eighteen inches in
height, had ten or twelve mangoes
about the size of walnuts hanging
about its branches. Finally, after
the lapse of three or four minutes, the
cloth was altogether removed, and
the fruit, having attained the perfec-
tion of size, though not of maturity,
was plucked and handed to the spec
tators, and on being tasted was found
to be approaching ripeness, being
'sweetiy acid"
This concluded the entertainment,
and the jugglers having been hand
somely rewarded made their obedi-
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