Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-27
THE JUccLERs OF lApAn
marvellous Tricks Performed !,
Way, but DefyIng Detac,ia,' nuds

marvellous Tricks Performed I,
way but DefyIng Detection.
UP over the stage hung bor,-
with the name of the theatre in ;iinn,
mated letters, and in with il v;e,aot4-
heads OF ''Ecce Homo and NJ M
Dolorosa," with view of tho ~
crosses on Calvary. This was exn ,ntee
ed by the fact that crucifxiobp ' ',
a great thing on the program. Crno;
tixion is the old mode of nnnisLn,n,
in China and Japan, and still n I,,,' ~
the former country, so that the idea %
presenting such scene is not Who'll
sacrilegious, although certain etfeof.
introduced with it made it the rnoss
grotesque combination of sacred ana
profaue things. For this execpfaa
scene the juggler came on in fUI
military uniform, half covered via'
gold braid and buttons. He Iooto5
like Salvation Army General. ana H.
assistant was also in military cut Tbs
lights We're turned low, and while y
rough cross of poles was being sat mn
the General played wild discords on 4
weary old melodeon and his orderly
worked an ancient accordion. A racI
was brought out, and later two women
were brought on and bound, the one 10
the cross and the other to the rarl,
The General dosed them with some
thing, apparently ehloroform, PLAYED
another weird tune, and then in the
most professional way used the stetbo.
scope. This scientific testing of the
patients heart-beats took the Japan-
csc part of the audience. The excite.
ment deopened. After that the Gen.
eral took a sword and apparently
plunged it through the body of the
PROSTATE woman on the rack. who
writhed in such a realistic manner that
it was hard to hold to the red paint
and spring blade theory. Next the
woman on the cross was stabbed with
shears. but of that proceeding the
ladies of our party only heard, as after
the horrible sight of the woman on the
rack faces were covered and faces
turned from the sickening spectacle.
The Japanese cheered wildly as the
bodies were carried back and appar.
entity thrown into a lake, but in a few
minutes they came walking on the
stage in bedragged foreign dress and
wildly feathered hats.
The show left a most unpleasant I'M
preston upon one, and, although /
have seen a small boy put ia a boiling
caldron and apparently cooked for ten
minutes and u woman held under
water for a quarter of an hour at
time. none of them caused such sick
ening shudders as this cruciiixion.
Of jugglers there are no end in
Japan, swell japanese always having
them at any large entertainment Of
theirs. One old man VINO could give
Heller points goes around in single
cotton gown with two baskets full of
properties over his shoulders, and, put
ting them down anywhere, performs
his tricks with audiences encrcling
him. A hat full of coppers rewards
him sufficiently, and he goes on, to eat
fire, spit out eggs, needles lanterns,
and smoking pipes at the next place.
AT recent japanese dinner foreign
guest determined To have no optical
decisions about what the juggler did.
lie never let his chances be distracted
and was not once of his guard. Motto
ing this the old iuggier played to him
entirely. An immense porcelain vase
was brought in and set in the middle
Of the room and the juggler, crawling
up, let himself down into it slowly.
The skeptic then sat for a half hour
without taking his eyes from the vase.
that he had first been convinced was
sound and firm and stood on no trap
door. After this prolonged watch the
rest of the company assaied him with
laughter and ieers and pointing to his
side, where the old juggler had been
seated tanning himself, and had been
seated for some minutes. The sGeptlc
was dumfounded and wanted the trick
repeated, but the whole company pro-
tested that he had had fair chance to
catch the wizard aud bad failed. r Xo-
kohdBla letter tn the 50. L0His Globe
Democrat