The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-09
FAMOUS CoNJURERs,
Wonders Performed Before Distinguished Dele.
gates.

Wonders Performed Before Distinguished Dele
gates.
The medium of the present day bears
closer resemblance, in methods and
manipulations, TO the well-known con.
jurer OF history, than any other repre-
sentative Of the magic arts. How faI
short he still remains of the performs
ance OF his prototypes is illustrated be.
low: In 1915 delegation of highly edu.
| Gated and distinguished men from the
English East India Company visited the
Emperor Jehangire. While ON their
mission they witnessed many most won.
deriul performances, almost causing
them to discredit their senses, and far
beyond any hint even Of solu
| tion. A party Of Bengalese
conjurers and jugglers, showing
| their art before the Emperor, were de.
| sired to produce upon the spot, and from
| seed, ten mulberry trees. They imme-
diately planted ten seeds, which in few
minutes produced as many trees. The
ground divided over the spot, when a
seed was planted, tiny leaves appeared,
at once followed by slender shoots,
which rapidly gained elevation, putting
out leaves and twigs and branches,
finally spreading wide in the air, bud
u,
which matured upon the spot, and was
found to be excellent.
And this before the beholder had
turned away his eyes. Fig, almond,
mango and walnut trees were at the
same time under like conditions pro-
duced, yielding the fruit which belonged
to each. Wonder succeeded wonder.
The branches were filed with birds of
beautiful plumage, fitting about among
the leaves and singing sweet notes. The
leaves turned to russet, fell from their
PLACES, hranvheS auu GWlgs WILnereQ,
and finally the trees sank back into the
earth, out of which they had all sprang
within the hour.
The same conjurors performed a series
of maryels. One of them produced a
chain fifty cubits in length. One end OF
this he threw into the air, when the chain
rapidly ran out it's whole length, and re-
manned fixed in the air as if fast ened
against the sky. A dog was then placed
upon the chain, when up he ran to the
further end, and at once disappeared
heavenward. A hog, panther, and other
large animals were successively dis
patched up this aerial pathway, and each
in turn disappeared from the far end,
Nor were they seen again; and finally
the chain was withdrawn, and placed in
a bag for convenient carriage.
Another had DOW and about fifty
steel-pointed arrows. He shot an ar
row in the air, when, lol the arrow be-
came fixed in space, at a considerable
height. Another and another arrow was
sent of, each liking itself in the shaft of
the preceding, until all formed a chain
of arrows in the air, excepting the last
shot, which, striking the chain, brought
al ha a.. i,.s n aIx
They set up two common tents facing
each other, and about bowshot apart.
These tents were critically examined by
the spectators, as are the cabinets OF
the mediums, and pronounced empty.
The lOokers-un were then invited TO
choose what animals or birds they would
have issue from these tents to engage in
battle. khaun-e-Jahaun incredulOusly
asked to see u fight between osLriches.
In few minutes an ostrich came out
from each tent, rushed to combat with
deadly earnestness, and from them the
blood soon began to stream; but they
were 80 nearly matched that neither
could win the victory, and they were at
last separated by the conjurers and
conveyed within the tents. After this
the varied demands of the spectators
for birds or beasts were exactly COM
piled with, always with the same results.
They took a man and apparently sew
cred limb from limb, actually at last
cutting of his head, as it appeared.
They scattered these members along the
ground tor a considerable distance, and
allowed them to remain Tor some time,
Gathering them together, they spread
over these remains sheet, under which
one OF the jugglers craWled, and soon
came out, followed by the man who had
been discovered, now sound in every
part. Neither was there to be found
about the place any trace Of the thing
that had been done. .. ......
A large caldron was set, and into that
a quantity of rice was thrown. Without
the sign Of fire this rice soon began to
boil, and out from the caldron was
taken more than one hundred platters
Of cooked rice, with steWed fowl at
the top of each. This trick is performed
on a smaller scale by the most ordinary
fakirs OF the present day. q
But space fails to give opportunity for
from the records OF the past, |
how the miserably tame Performances
by comparison--of the mediums OF the |
presenL day were paled and over
shadowed by those of other days and
more adrolt peoples. There is not |
feature in any OF the so-called |
phenomena or manifestations which was |
not, nay, which is not now more than
duplicated by other skillful performers.
whose connection with earth, and earth |
alone, is too evident to be doubted, even
4 the fact was not supported by their |
,wn testimony.-[Boston Herald.
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