The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-02-23
NUMBER 3.
THE CoNJURERs OF oLD.

me COM HERS or OLD.
The spiritual medium or t-lc present dav
bears closer Resemblance. ia met huds a.iG
mauipulatious, TO tie well know epniufer
o: history than any other representative OF
the magic art. How tan shurt be stin re-
mains oi The performance Of his profotvt,e
is illustrated b,luw. la 1918 delegation
of highly educated and disii iinguisLed men
from tle English Last India Company
visited the Emperor Jehsngire. While az
.heir missiuu tltey witnessed many most
wonderful performances. almost causing
them To d .scrcdit their senses, aud FAR be
You'd any Lint even of solution. A pa.tV
oi Beugalcse coniu.CIs aud jugElels, show
ing theii art bei.,re The Emperor. were la-
sued 10 produce upon the spot, and Gru1
sred. tea nlnlherIY trees. They imm, 90
't'iE planted ten seeds, which. in "A ie-s
minutes produced a. many trees The
erouud divided over the spot, when "A seed
was planted. tiuy leaves appeared. at once
; i"iluwed Icy sleuder shoots, which ralidl-
gained elevation. putting out leaves ann
twigs and branches, finally spread no Wild
I IN The air. budding. blussomirc and WELD
/ ln5 fruit, which matuted on the II ut. and
was found to Ice excellent. : I'D this be
lore the behuider had turned away bie
eyes tig, almond, mango, and waluut
trees were al the same time under like COZ
ditions produced, yielding the fruit which
belonged to each. " Wonder succeeded won
F der. TIE branches were filed with bit,ls
f of beautiful piumage, fitting about among
" the leaves and singing sweet notes. The
. leaves tuned to Ius-ct, f-ll from then
places, bIauches aud twigs witleled, and
finally thc trees sank back into the earth
out Of which lhey had all spuu:g IS thin TIC
Ii h3ur.
/ The same couiurers pes formed series
] O. marye!s. OEe oi them produced Chain
fifty cubits in length. One end Of this ne
threw ibto the air, when the chain rapidly
ran out its ahulc length, and ret. "A ue,f
fixed IA the air as If fastened agaj,st the
sky. y dog was then placed upon the
chain, when up lac ran 10 the further END
and 1t once disappeared heaveuward. g.
. hog pSLt. nr. and other large animal
/ were succcssiyeiE despafc cheG mp this aerial
path Way. aud each ir tuTn disappea.e1
from tie far end. Nor were tAas ~esr
again; and finally tie chain was with
1 dawn, aud placed ia a bag fof couycnicut
, caIIia-e.
Auo,hvr had a bpw and about fftv steel
. pointed arrows. he shot an arrow into the
! air, when, 10 the arrow became liked IL
space at a considerable beisbt Another
. aud another arrow was sent of. each fixing
5 Il ia The shaft cf the preceding. until
. ali had fOimed 4 Chain oi arrows IN the a ir
excepting the last shot, which stIkilu the
detachmeLts.
} They set up two common tents racips
each otLer, and about a bow shot apart
! these tents were critically examined bv
/ tue spectators, as are the cabinets OF tli.r
mediums. aud pronounced empty. Tie
= tCnts were fastened to tie gruund a
! around. I;.e luoSers on were taen invitrc
. 10 chouSe what animals On binds iley would
have issue from these tents to engage Ia a
. Ia. L. III.
asked To see a + ght between os;riches. H.
few minutes an ostrich came uuJ ftulr
each tent, iusl.ed to combat with dead
earnesile>s, and from thcm the blood sonH
. began tp stream but they were So near.
. matched that neither could win The ,i,t,. r.
and they were at last separated br the COZ
.Urcrs and conveyed within the tents.
/ After tliIs O e varied demands Of the So, O.
/ tatcrS Tor binds ur beasts we've coml,l.. O.
. with. always ~ith the same results.
They took man aud apparently sever
. ed liub from limb, actually at lasi cult. ra
4 "H las head, as IT appeared. They scat
tercc these members along the ground .sl
q considerable distance. aud allowed iho u-
10 remain lur some time. Gathering ti.l .4-
tngethCr, they spread over these renIains a
. sheet, under which one OF the iuaul. -
craWlvd, ami soon came ouf: fjBllog,et -,
the man who had been discovered. n,.-
sound III every pafJ. N.iiher was there t-
be found about The place any trace Of lIs
thing Jhat had been done.
4 large caidrou was set, and into this Z
qu1utIty oT rice thrown. Without a.
sign 90 fire this rice began TO boil. and us.
from tile caldron vas taken more than Co.
hundred platters of cooked rice with a
stewed fowl at the top uf each This tai
Is peIf rmpd ON smaller scale by the nit i
ordinary fakirs nf the present day.
Bui space fails to give oppnlttiuiiy IA
iilu alIoii, from the IecuidS IF tie pa..
how ihe mi-eIably tame perloi mances-ss
compa isoa-of be mediums of the pres. t.
day were p. d oyeIshad we'd ay a., 1
Of other day aid more airoIt peopL
There Is not wonderful fca:ui ia Az, .it
fh 80 called phenomena or manifestatip.
viii Il was not, nag. vii ch : not NOW mon
than duplicated b other skil ful tYel fpitt.
ers, whose connection with earth aud ear +
alone Is tcO evident to Toe doubted. even 4
the fact was moi supported Toy their oN 4
testimony.