The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-08-26
! JUGGLERS' TRICKS.
S0ffe Strange Ones That Have Nov.
er Been Explained.


S0fhe Strange Ones THAT Have Now
er Been Explained.
Climbing Intothe Air and Return-
Ing Dismembered-- Disappear.
Ing in Smoke.
"When | was younger, said an anna.
teur jlggler after a dinner, "and was
rtavrliug srouhi the country with On
idea in my hesh 'tSat the office of Amer.
icans was to teach the world, as a con.
reqlencs, I Often got left, as she Arabs
fay On this occasion wtnt ashore al
'an Arab village four or ave miles inland
where it was reported that a,famous jug.
Rler lived We we're q jolly party, all
besides myself being sailors, and having
a bard time riding on the native ponies
they had provided us with; but, after
many capsi4ss, we msnaged to reach our
destination, where we found the takir,
and made up purse OF about two dol.
lars, without which nothing could be
done. Some of his tricks beat anything
I ever came across. =. "
"He was tall, Tain, olive-hned fellow.
with long black hair caught up behind
aud lied with q, string. He was tx-
tremely reticent, and oil through the per.
formance neither smiled nor uttered o
word. HIS first trick was to arrange
our party about him in circle OF about
thirty feet in diameter, and we were 30
close together that no one could pass
out without our knowing it. To prevent
such possibility be gave US a cord to
hold. This being done, he ard q smaller
native, with bundle of wood, took
their places in the center. The young
man arranged the wood in pile and
lighted L. and when il blszsd up the
older man seized him and threw him
upon the flames and Immediately there
arose dense, -suffoca'ipg smoke that
seemed a mixture Of aesh and sandal
wood. 1t rose about their beads and
spread about until II completely hid
them, and from it came such groans and
cries, that several OF The men called out
that We had better take a hand, as the
boy was being murdered. But / remind
ed them that it was only a trick, no
matter do~sHeshticy W waited, per-
haps five minutes, when the yelis ceased
Apdsthe smoke gradually cleared away,
and there stood the fakir alone, the
young man having, 10 all intents and
purposes, been burned. He was scoop
Ing something from the evidently
ashes-into flask which was handed TO
us and passed around-the cremated re.
mains Of the assistant" %a
"But," interrupted gentleman at the
foot OF the table, "dIdn't be slip out in
the smoke 2" =
There was 10 place to CO." was the
reply "ss we were in 9 clearing, away
from trees and bushes. But the stran.
gest part is to come, be continued. 'Af.
ter passing the flask around be took il
back, snd placed il in The centre OF the
circle. and putting some wood under it
lighted il. Almost immediately the fash
began to grow before our eyes; The fire
hIszed, end o rich odor OF sandal. wood
faated about, and in ten minutes The
TASK had expanded until it was the sizt
Of a large keg.. The Gre, was then pu
ut, and we were btckoned to come neal
and examine touched it, and it seemed
q Jar Of earth made OF plaster and mud
it had 3 ringing sound as / struck j
with my seal-riDg TO the hand was hot
After looking it over We returned to oul
places the old fskir then took bsTmel
waved his hands, in the air, uttered som'
words, nd-e..pek -ihe vessel /,
hard blow that broke 1t in pieces, wbeI
ont stepped the boy we had seen-o
thought we had seen-cremated, as brigh
ns you please. should he glad 10 hay,
Oh trick solved, huthave never found an,
one who could explain it satisfactorily
Some aver that the old fakh concealed
the young man about his own person
but that was simply impossible, as fel
OF the fsHir myself, and be bad nothin!
on but shirt, open In back, and a pal
of trowsers.
"These tricks are equally as remark
able" continued the story-teller, 80
those Polo claims to have witnessed i
China, years ago.
"Another consisted in the conjure
taking ball of wood that had been pei
forsted in several places, and throng
which strings were PASSED, aud burlin
1t up into The air. Up II went, dragein
the cord after it, and finally disappear
ing. The head man now Instructed
boy assistant to mount, which be dir
climbing up the cord until, finally, th
SPECTATORS Iost sight OF him, or though
they did. The iakir now seemed to /
in distress at losing m, and calle
loudly, then, as ii in rage, he seize
the rope ard elsnttrd up after biz
having q knife in his mouth. In fe,
moments . tiismembered leg. all bloody
fell to The esrth then another, severa
fingers; and, finally. the head and trunk
Finally, the old fakir himself. appeared
bis clothes covered with gore, lookin
like butcher.
t9"As soon as be recovered from b
evident exe,tion be went through som
mummery, and. collecting the dismen
bered and bleeding parts, gave the hod
push, waved his hand over it, and sell
ing the body by the hand jerked is to II
feet. and Of it walked, nothing the maj
ter with it.
an Bangkok similar feat was vii
messed few years ago by Mr.. Ralp
Churchill. The jugeler tossed rop
ladder into the air, and sent goats, dog!
cats. boys and slliga'ors up one afle
another. All OF ths no appeared runnin
toward him from distant quarter, te
minutes later. These are tricks ths
) seem almost superbuman, yet are lua
orouslv simple when Known Cimci,
JaGG Enquirer.
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