The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-18
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ANhsJ ehl1 sne atnaseur, 0ccurred
near TOmnock, in the east. / was
ycunges then,And was travelling around
Ehs country With the idea in my head
that the Office Of Americans WIS to
teach tho word, and. IS ! consequence,
I ofItsn got left, as the Arabs say. On
sth~isoccasion I went ashore to spend the
night Ut : native village four or five
miles inland, where twas reported that
1 famous iugglsr lived. We were q
Jolly party, I'll besides myself being
sailors and having ! hard time riding
On the native ponies they provided us
Will; but sitter many capsizes we nan
aged To reach our destination, where
No found tho fakir, and made up q
purse of about %, without which moth
ing could b done. Some Of his tricks
bsat anything Lever came across.
8 He wase tall, thin, olive-hued fellow,
With long black hair caught up behind
md tied with 4 string. He was ex-
tremely reticent and NIL through the
performance neither smiled nor uttered
! word. The first trick was TO arrange
our party about him in o circle Of about
thirty feet in diameter, and we were so
close together that no one could pass
out without our knowing it. To prevent
such possibility he gave us o cord to.
hold. This being done he and q smaller
native with q bundle Of wood took their
places in the center. The young man
arranged the wood in q pile and lighted
IL, when il blazed up the older mar
seized him, threw him upon the flames,
ndheld him down. Immediately there
Arose 4 dense, ~snffocnting smoke that
seemed q mixtue OF flesh and sandal
WoOd. II o 8 about their
heads and spread about until
i completely hid them, and
from II came such groans and cries that
several OF the men called out that we
had better lend d hand, s the boy was
being murdered. But reminded them
thatFit raj only 0 trick, no matter how
realistic. We waited perhaps i've min
utee, when the yells ceased and the
smoke gradually cleared away, and there
stood the old fakir alone, the young
mAnshaving to all intents and purposes
been burned. He was scooping some
thing from the ire-evidently ashes
into hAask which war handed to us and
passed Rround-the cremated remains
81 thes assistant.
But, interrupted q gentleman at
the footof the table, didn't he slip out
j the smoker "There was No place
to go u, va the reply, .as we were
clearing, away from the trees or
busher. But the strangest part is to
come he continued. AFTER passing
the flask around he took it back and
placed il in the center Of the circle.
md putting some wood under it, light
ed it. Almost Immediately the flask bs-
gan 10 grow before our eyes; the FIRE
blazed, and . rich odor Of sandalwood
foAted about, and in ten minutes the
flask had expanded until it was the
size Of 4 large leg. The fire was then
put ont, and we were beckoned TO come
near and examine, touched it, and it
seemed b jar Of earth made Of plaster
or mud; ! had . ringing sound as I
struck it with my seal-ring and to the.
hand was hot. After looking it over We
returned TO our places the old fakir
took ahanmer, waved his hands in the
MI, utlering some mystic words, and
struck the vessel ashard blow that broke
~ In pieces, when ont stepped q
boy W. had sesn-or Thought
We had seen-cremated, as bright as
you please. I should be glad to
have the trick solved, but have never
found any one who could explain it sat-
isfactorily. Some aver that the old ia
concealed the young man about his
person; but that was simply impossible,
~ I felt Of the fakir myself, and he had
nothing on but q shirt open in the back
and \ pair az trousers.
These tricks are equally as remarka-
'ble oontinned the story-teIler, las
NiOse Polo claims to have Witnessed in
China PEARS ago.
aOns OF these consisted in the conjur-
or taking o ball OF wood that had been
perforated in many places, and through
which strings were passed, and hurting
INTO the air. Up II went, dragging the
card after it, and finally disappearing.
The head man now instructed a boy as
TO mount, which he did, climb
ind up the cord until finally the specta-
tors lost sight OF him, or they
thought they did. The fakir now
seemed to be in distress at
losing him, aud called loudly; then, as
rs il in rage, he seized the rope and
climbed up after him, having q knife in
his mouth. In q few minutes a dis
mneEnbered leg, all bloody, fell to the
earth then another, several fingers, and
finally the head and trunk; finally the
old fakir himself appeared, his clothes
covered withgore, looking like a butcher.
Az soon as he recovered from his
evident exertion he went through some
smummery, and collecting the dismem-
bered and bleeding parts, gave the
body q push, waved his hands over it,
and seizing thebody jerked it to It's feet,
and off it walked nothing the matter
with il.
Tin Bangkok . similar feat was wit
nesssdsa few years ago by Mr.. Ralph.
Churchill. The iuggler tossed q rope
the air, andsent goats, dogs,
cats, boys ailigators up one after an
other. AL Of them appeared running
toward him from q distant quarter ten
minutes later. These are tricks that
seem almost superhulnan, yet are ludi-
crously simple when known.
The most trouble with young chicks
i from tkeparasite known as the grape
worm. II inhabits the bronchial tubes
q air passages Of throat and lungs. It
has its relatives, which annoy and kill,
very often. lambs and calves, in the
same way. These worms come from
and through thu old birds, the young
ones picking up the eggs voided BY