Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07
JUGGLERY IN INDIA.
a CHICAGO MISSIONARY TELLS OF
A WONDERFUL FEAT.


Give the Mysterious Heather Half His
Dues-Live Animals Produced in Space
from Nothing and Lowered to the Earth
For the last twenty-seven years Bishop
York has been a missionary among the Him
docs, during which time he has not set foot
on other than Indian soil He has penetrated
the depths of the jungles, distributing tracts
and spreading the light among the widest
and most heathenish tribes in all India To
a reporter the bishop said: During my stay
In India was frequently in receipt Of books,
papers and magazines from home, many Of
which contained what purported to be stories
of life in India.
To say that was amazed at the lack OF
truth and meagerneSS of detail in those
articles would but feebly express my opinion
on the subject. In all the articles there was
something lacking, but tie most glaring
omissions were made in stories of native Hin
doc jugglery. By comparing my personal
experience with the published accounts can
truthfully say that the Hindoo juggler Is the
most grossly misrepresented human being on
the face of the earth The writer was either
sadly lacking in descriptive power or he
failed to give the poor Hindoo the benefit OF
the truth The conjuring feats described
would do very well for bungling apprentice
iuggler, but they don't do justice to the jour
neyman juggler of India
THE TRAVELLING JUGGLERs.
at was my good fortune to witness one
performance in this line which will give you
a faint idea of what the Hindoo can do.
Along about the lst of April two other mis-
sionaries and myself stopped at the home OF
a friend on the outskirts Of Delhi After
bounteous dinner of fried chicken we repaired
with our host to the veranda of the bunga-
low to enjoy an after dinner cigar. While
in the midst of an animated religious discus
sion a native sikh or leader appeared, fol-
lowed by two attendants. The sikh was the
scranniest, mos1 consumptive looking speci-
men ever saw He was hollow eyed and
sallow, and wore no clothes except Il turban
and a scanty waist cloth. The attendants
seemed to be enjoying better health, and each
carried large bundle of bamboo poles tied
around the middle with a bit of rope
THAT fellow" said our host, sis sleight
of hand man or juggler. and if you wish hs
will perform some feats that will astonish
you"
We signified our desire to be astonished,
60 ahead with his show And | must say it
was the most marvellous affair of the kind |
aver saw.
Favorng US with a profound salaam the
sikh gave some directions in his native tongue
to the attendants who cIried their bundles
of poles to an open space i'll front of the YER
auda As far as could see the entire out
fit consisted of those bamboo poles They had
cta nal aT Al
MALTA employed by the civilized conjurer.
The sikh stood mutely by with folded arms
while his helpers went to work with the
poles, and in remarkably short space Of
time produced light jOinted ladder at least
eighty feet long with rungs one foot apart.
When the ladder was finished it was laid fiat
on the ground the two helpers taking their
place at one end and the sikh at the other.
Removing his turban the juggler, who was
at the bottom of the ladder, stood with his
heels on the ground and with the balls of his
feet resting Oh the extreme ends of the lad
der. Then the helpers raised the other end
of the ladder and moved rapidly toward their
chief, raising the ladder up with their hands
as they came. In this manner the ladder
was placed in perpendicular position at the
sikh's feet
THE BISHOPS STORY.
Then the attendants withdrew short dis
lance and sat upon the ground, humming a
low, monotonous chant, to the music of
which the juggler slowly mounted the ladder,
balancing it as he went Keeping his eyes
fixed on the top he mounted step by step, re-
moving each rung with his toes as he climbed
and tucking them under his arms. Slowly
and steadily he mounted higher and higher
on his frail support, while we scarcely dared
breathe for fear he would lose his balance.
The removal of the rungs caused the sides Of
the ladder to sway and bend in frightful
manner, but the marvellous dexterity Of the
juggler prevented them from falling.
On reaching the top the juggler pulled out
the last rung and then stood on the extreme
summit of the two nakeI, so foot poles. The
oscillations at first were terrible, but the
sikh had wonderful control of his legs, and
gradually decreasing the swaying motion, he
finally stood motionless a statue at that
dizzy height Then, at given signal, which
we didn't see, the attendants jumped up and
removed the two poles, laying them care
fully on the ground.
turned to our host, specifies with amaze
ment, but he only smiled and cautioned me
to be SILENT pointing at the same time to the
iuggler, still standing mOtionless eighty feet
in the air ! had seen some juggling myself,
but never anything like that.
While we were gazing spcllbound at this
uncanny phenomenon dense blue mist en-
veloped the juggler Immediately after a
low, believing sound was heard and mo-
ment later half grown live giraffe at the
end of stout rope was lowered rapidly to the
ground. Before we could recover from our
establishment the rope was hauled up and the
next instant the mate of the first giraffe slid
out of cloudless sky was never believer
in the supernatural, but at that moment
felt the presence of an unseen power While
was wondering what would come next the
iugcler slid down. and while he tied the
CRATES necks together in bow knot the
helpers hauled the rope down and made neat
coil of it.
Then the sikh informed US that he was much
fatigued and wished to rest himself before
proceeding with the next trick Permission
being given by our host, the juggler at once
fell into doze standing erect on his feet.
While the helpers were digging hole TO be
used in the next trick a heavy rain storm
came up, which indefinitely postponed the re-
nlainder of the performance.-Ch Times.
Jason Was All Right.
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