Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-05-18
EASTERN MAoICIANs.

'dirct Jour elss upon my thumo, anu
ihi. member va. held up In the air with.
in foot Of the listeners face.
"you see nothing, No. Don't re-
move your eyes from the mai" continued
the owner Of the thumb. snow VIA,
DO you see ,
The observer. who had no, changed
bis glance. read an Arabic void. An
instant later II was gone.
"You saw IL" asked the gentleman.
"w,ll. l didn', pain, |, there or slip !,
from my sleeve. |, ". done before
your eyes and ,hA, Is the way !, should
be. II |, !. called mage"
The finest exhibition ever witness
ed. resumed the SPEAKER. was IN Ansm.
| VAS travelling through the country with
q party Of German officials. when We
stopped one night =, an inn where I,
ehanssd ,ha, = number Of mssieians were
resting. There were .is Of them. four
men and two womtn. all very small. ,x-
espi one. Who Was fshy giant. re-
ssmbling the typical ~rs',lsr,.
The audience sat on the door about
the fakir.. % ,ha, they bad no way Of
soaossling ihsmssl,s, or Of hiding any.
thing A, their rsqas,, exAminsd them
and satisfied myself hs, they had nothing
sbou, them. Then one Of the women
stepped into the enclosure, the ies, re.
msining bskind the spectacle, Who form.
ed close iing aboa, them. The light
va. nov turn,d down little and in .
moment the woman. face began 10 be
illumihsd 10y gto,ily light ,ha, e,isrd.
ed quickly over her entire body. She
then logan 10 move round. u,,srirg a
lo-. muimuring sound the -hils. grad.
uslly qaieksning the pace Until 'hs Vas
-hiilng .boa, lise top. A moment
Of ,h. and the ligh, ,ha, bad elung
.bou, her seemed TO Be whirl,d of ty
centrifugal force AID assumed a pillsi.
like form beside her. A. soon . this
vas accomplished she stopped. tune
and began 20 mould the lish, -iih her
hand. and though ooald distinctly see
her hand. move through the lish, /. II
/, were a cloud /, began 20 Assume human
form We .as the arms. haad, and
lss, al moulded. and dnally face and
bead gear SA. nsS, called for lixhi.
and the eaadle. bsins r,ligh,sd. there
stood an utter stranger, na'ise seem
insy evolved on, OF elogdland lie
stepped forward and srA'Psd me b, the
hand hi, hand, were most, a. II With
Precipitation. and be wn very healthy
,pin,. After he bal talked ADD dfask
glass u rack b, took hi' place beside the
soman again and besan 20 vhiil aboa,.
The light. we're d,mmsi bat no, -
ihA, Ne could 20; see. and IN fs~ mo
meat, The figure began 70 fade. 'ooa a..
.gming the sppeNanes Of pillar OF
form Of lish, thea attaching i,'slt 70 the
woman add .seminsly being ABSORBED by
her All ihi, w.. doae IN very short
space Of time. before the eyes u At lsa',
hny people AL no, ten fe,i from myself
The siil appeared greatly slhau''ei al.
isrsaid, Nos this would b, explained
by the ,pifi,uAliI Z. naturalization
and by ,hs Psychological S'e'ely a. 'ons
ns~ ,sa.e % poser. etc. bat bs,~een yol
and me. ~ho knos that all ihins' can BE-
sSpl.insd by eo!d facts. IL -n mfr'ly
clever ,ri,s. - ,k,lfslly doas ,tn | DID
no, discover ia any Wy o. ,hAP'.
The man nfsi ioik he place Ia the
rins. snl. handbag m +. large. highly
ofnameni,i sabre. BE- .Ad la hsc
minute. by the clock ~i'h yoa to b..
head me- | objected. Of coarse. 6u, he
Insisted and .aid !, had been doae a dr.
en- times. - | haAlly agreed. III ~a'
searched. nd ia the din light began 10
eoa,or himself IN strange po'ilioa' uniil
he seemed - gfos pefeep,ioly 'm,llef
and finally stool before ., - g.ury thu,
,hoashi could see right through him
1, "a, los hse MINUTES, % | took the
sabre ani struck light bios. oaIy 'uf.
6cisn, 70 knoek man over. when 20 my
horror the bod 'pir,ed into my face And
the bead dropped With a ,hud uPoa the
door. A. soon q. !, frll the body stopped
Anl picked /, up. held 1t Ia the ait. then
placed /, upon the shoulders The fall
light being turned on. there stool the
giant. grinhins aud ~arm.
The blood That had faded away
by the time ID. lish, va. turned up and.
you mus remember, that in all this
though the lish, va. dim Il We. no, 'uf.
fcisn, TO pre,en, our seeing everything
and seemed {, be used only that We
nigh, observe the figures Of ligh, that
we're evolved 30 eaiioa.ly from the msdi.
um.. a. our .piri,ualls,s would call them.
The next trick va. equally mystical
AL the party nov stepped into the ring
aud began TO chant and move about. 10
few minute. they ceased aud We OBJ
served ihA, one was missing. though no
one saw him 20. A momen, after the
vhirling va. repeated aud another was
found to have disappeared. and 30 on
until ia hheen minutes only the giAn,
was seea. More lish, being given Us.
noise va, heard At the door aud. uPoa
some one going to It. there stood the
mystic FIVE elamorng for admission.
"rhe following day another perform
anee va. given a, midday ,hA, va. even
more woaderfal. The giant. {. / called
him. caused the audience to ii, on = grass
plat. leaving . circle Of abOa, twenty
FIVE fee, across. and in ,hi, the jugsler
took their places. the gian, opening the
ea,er,sinmsnt by taking q roll OF ribboa
and by q diI,eroas toss sending ], up
fifty fee, or so. when We distinctly saw a
small hask dart a, |, aud carry IL up
higher. until we nearly los, sight OF IL.
|, then seemed to enter . cloud that.
assumed. was caused by something burn.
Ing on the ribbon bat from the cloud
came sliding down. fret dog, thea a
snake good biz one. ,oo-ihAt wrig.
gled of the momen, !, touched the ground
and was captured by one Of the men.
Then larger object vas seen sliding
along aud one OF the women leaping for.
ward received and held il out Of the
crowd. a laughing native tsby. The
/ Giant hal Ill thi. time held the end OF the