The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-15
INDIAN JUcGLERs.
Some Of the Marvellous Feats Of tho Oriental
Magicians.

Some of the Marvellous Feats OF the Oriental
l. Magicians.
| Correspondence Of the London Timesl
One of the jugglers then brought forth
a ball of fine tWine, and unwound about
lfitty yards OF it in acoil in his hand;
this coil he cut through with knife al
i 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 disjecta, he put them
into the lad's mouth and bade him swal-
low them, which, after some effort, he, to
all appearance, did.
Then asking one of the company for
Isharp penknife, the man, obviously,
lmade an incision in the skin OF the lad'sl
stomach. From this he picked out, with
1.-THE point OF the knife, the end OF thread;
| this thread he pulled forth, at'fifst gem
| tly, then faster, then hand over hand,
Iuntil he had coiled down on the ground
d continuous length of about one hum
dred yards OF wet sewing thread. This,
| il a deception, was a marvellous one; for
| the operation mad all the appearance and
| tokens Of reality, since the skin of the
stomach was slightly raised round the
oritice through which the thread was evil
IDENTIFY 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 lie who appeared to be the princi- |
pal juggler, suddenly speaking in Eng |
iSh tn MIR HaW WthOrna.
"WhyY asked the latter, taking ru- |
pee from his pocket and handing. it to
| the man. t.,...s..y
"Good rupeew said the man, jerking
| the coin into the air with sharp flip OF
| his thumb-nail, and drawing the true
ring from the metal. "Good rupeei Mas
ter sure can hold him tight in his hand,
so as he can not run awayW
$50 be sure cam" replied the young
gentleman. ,... 4
master, try, them" said the juggler,
taking Mr.. Hawthorne's left hand and
placing the rupee on the palm Of 1t. He
then requested him to place the palm of
his right hand over the coin, to close
both hands tightly, and not let the
1 money by any means escape.
i Thoroughly determined on that point,
our young friend pressed his hands TO-
gethsr till he was red in the face.
| 4ulbO bul BOt AAOAV1 III ulo
handW asked the juggler.
"Quite," was the reply.
"Can feel him, masterp
-"Yes"
The juggler took the gentleman's 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, masterW
Starting from his chair with bound,
and we are sorry to record it, with an
oath, the young Englishman, 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 tor the legs VI
Capt. Mcrurk.
Now this gentleman, who under ordi-
nary circumstances was as brave as q
lIion, by no means relished, or was pre-.
pared for, an encounter with the devil,
Of whom he doubtless believed the ap-
preaching reptile was an incarnation, SO
hastily tossing both his legs high up in
the air the worthy Captain lost his bal
Iance, and, together with his chair, came
heavily to the ground, though, fortu-
nately, with no serious consequences
beyond broken back-of the chair, we
mean.
.Tne worthy skipper soon picked him
self up, and seeing thai the snake had
been captured by the lad, round whose
arm it was now entwined, joined in the
general laugh, and seated himself again
lin another chair that was placed for
him.
sMaster, take this rupee again." said
the luggler, offering the coin to MI.
Hawthorne with, it must be confessed, a
reprettul look.
SBy Jupiterl No." said the gentleman;
"you have fairly earned it, besIdes"--
cit might turn into a snake again, in
your pocket, you We're going TO say,
Hawthorne" said Mr.. Kemp. "Come,
confess"
aWelI, there's no knowing what that
imp of darkness might not do, after what
An empty ttswer-pot was now placed
upon the floor by the juggler, who re-
quested that his comrade might be al
lowed to bring up some garden mold from
the little plot of ground below. Permis-
sion being accorded, the man went, and
: in two minutes returned with a small
quantity OF fresh earth, tied up in a cor
ner OF his chudder, ,whlchwas depositedin
the fiower-pet and lightly pressed down.
Taking from his basket dry MANGO
} stone, and handing it round to the COM
pany that they might examine it, and
: satisfy themselves that it was really
what 1t seemed 10 be, the Juggler scooped
out little earth from the center of the
fiower-pot and placed the stone in the
cavity. He then turned the earth lightly
over it, and, having poured little water
lover the surface, shut the fiower-pot out
OF view by means OF sheet thrown over
small triangle.
And now, amid full chorus OF voices
and the rat-tal-tat accompaniment OF the
taber, the stone germinated; presently q
section Of the cloth was drawn aside,
and gave to view the tender shoot, char
acterized by the TWO long leaves OF q
! blackish brown colors Tue cloth Was Ees