Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-09
The Mango Trick.
ECw II Is DoNE-NoT WONDERFUL rE2FoRs
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lBarper's Weekly
With certain Indian tueglers the mango
TICK is their most effective feat A mango ser q
al after LOT or ceremony In plain English.
iOSs,1 tie seed is put under the mold and spy-
elai coverings OF baskets ana cloths are placed
oIeT he POT. Then there is more ceremony and
tig5!!T about the covered basket. and the rot
Is shown with the mango leaves Just sproUting
~. Ten f. is covered over again and more
htcuSSrg goes on, and the cover Is Hired 40
aealn ana the plant is seen 10 have grown. The
Covering. accusing, and opening 20 on. the
nisnt oanw hlle having Further grown and be-
cine strong enough 10 be2r fruit. the blossoms
10 appear, the nut TO form. a1d finally the
nut ia ripe q, which is then plucRed on and
given 10 bc eaten.
NCw we, for our part. cannot understand how
any Cpe can iail u see through the perform
nCe. Nay, even v hen 10 s fellow spectator.
utO CnCe viewed this performance. we eN-
tlafued tie details ar the trick AFTER II was
over. be would not believe, but reckoDed the
aNa'r wondCr1ul, and even partakinC Of the
suftIhatcFoL We can only attribute IL 10 bis
h3kug been so nyStiiitd as 10 have been
altuaiy ntstLti'xed. though psrtaking OF
toEsC,CUsIesS. Tie real truth about this feat
vas thai me green AID ripe fruits. and every
OralCu and shoot that was exhibited. we've
actually thtre. lust as much as The seed ana TIE
flower pot-ail in tEe wraps ana folds ana
baskets which iCr1neG ne covering. We were
Carefully watching the mans procedures aud
OF The tine had acquired sarle knowledge or
Juggling tricks. AS We Were not allowed 70
touCH the instruments q tie exhibition after
wraps. etc. could hC1 te disturbed bUt with
chr own eyes we SIN The PERFORMER draw out
ne braLcCeS, 1tc.. trom The folds IL The cloths,
and Noticed him sticking them into the not be-
meath The covering. working away with his
-haIda, ard, as We tEorght. Y,ry Cluusily.
The question may be askea Ivy a q 'Uoter of
cur account q TIE process. how aoout a green
ara flc mutt, as wen rs blossoms. beiag pro-
Guctd simultaneously. say a. a Period When
There are no such things; that is, when they are
oCt ~ y asa p. THIS, Indeed, has been brought
foTu AID as a C0mpaeie answer by those who be-
HtN 2 II llcse iUggless. 10 answer this Is not so
Difficult however. as IL appears. India Is a vast
COMMENT, ana ifom Its Souihernmost limit on
IRE lEGidn Ocean, : here there IS little difference
between summer and winter. 10 It's northern
boundary on Tie snowy Ilim2laya, there Is eN-
ls'LS every variety 81 climate at any given time
OF The year. The mango ii0ultSheS equally IA
1Cy4on and In The suD-!limalayan countries.
We haNc ourselves ia passing through
The plains into the upper IimnlayaS, iD the
course OF successive weeks, seen the mango
season Just over Oh the plains; a little higher
up HaBeoeS were Just IN season, TIE fruits
ioifllrg higher up Still; the Blossoms In fuli
iush couple OF thousand feet higher; While
86ler STU tie blossoms had hot yet made an
appearance. With this fact are TO be taken
two ojIeTs; tie fist, that IDdi3p jGgglcrs all
Belong 10 one Masonic brotherhood aud are I'm
Intimate Communication with one another. all
ever On the move; ana the second. that even
they viii decline at times TO perform this par
ticular feat; that is, when they are not prOvi-
Ced With the blossoms, green and ripe traits.
The seeds, shoots, &C, are always everywhere
pTCcGfaDle.
II there be stM any other douo;er, let ne only
add That after the performance Cetalled above
we took the nan aSiGe unwilling naturally 30
expose the nan, ard destroy The credit by
mearS OF which he made his living and asked
nan II II as lot true that the branches and
fruits were all tbeTe II the wraps. The glance
OF Cur eye told him that We knew every del all
in tie process. and had watched everything
that he Gid. and 80 he confessed that what We
said was the truth. ard apologiled 10y saying
that he must make a Nt1E.