Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-11-22

10 MISSIONARY TELL,
OF A WONDERFUL FEAT.

AhOhe tuo AA'HNVVNf N"''"~
time he has not set foot on other
than Indian soil. He has pene-
trated the depths of the iungles,
distributing tracts aud spreading
the light among the widest and
most heathenish tribes In all India.
To a reporter the bishop SAID
During my stay in Iudla | vas
frequently In receipt Of books, pa
pers and magazines from home,
many of which contained what
purported 10 be stories Of life IN
India.
To say that I was amazed at the
lack OF truth and meagerness of
of detail in those articles wOul
bat feebly express my opinion on
the subject. In all the articles
there was something lacking, but
the most glaring omissions were
made in stories of native HindOo
jugglery. By comparing ms per
ual experience with the publish
ed accounts can truthtully say
that the HindOo juggler is the most
grossly misrepresented human be-
Ing on the face OF the earth. The
writer was either sadly lacking IN
descriptive power or failed to give
the poor HindOo the benefit OF the
( trutb. The coniGriug featS describ'
ed would do very we'll for a bnog-
ling apprentice juggler, but they
don't 10 Justice to the 'urney man
ljuggler Of India.
THE TRAVELLING JUGGLERS.
at was my good fortune to wit
ness one performance IN this line
which will give YOU faint idea o.
what the HiudOo can do. Along
about the LIST OF April two other
missionaries and myself stopped at
the home OF a friend on the out
skirts OF Delhi. After bounteOus
dinner Of fred chicken We repaired
with our host to the veranda of
the bungalow to enjoy an after
dinner cigar. While IN the midst
of an animated religious discussion
a native sikh or leader appeared,
followed by two attendants. The
sikh was the scranniest, most con-
sumptive looking specimen | ever
saw. He was hollow eyed and sal
low, and wore no clothes except
turbsn and a scanty waist cloth.
The attendants seemed to be enjoy.
ing better health, aud each carried
a large bundle of bamboo poles tied
around the middle with a bit Of
rope.
THAT fellow sail our host, sis
a sleisht of hand man or juggler,
aud it you wish he will perform
some fests that will astonisb you"
We signlfed our desire to be
astonished, whereupou the host
signaled the Juggler to 90 aLeaG
with his show. And l must say il
was the most marvellous affair of
the kind | ever saw.
Favoring US with a profound
salaam the sikh gave some direc.
tons in his native tongue to the at
tendants, who carried their bundles
of to an open space in front of the
veranda. AS far as We could see
the entire outfit consisted Of those
bamboo poles. They had absolute
~ no stage mechanism or rarapher-
MALTA employed by the civilized
conjurer.
The sikh stood Eutely by with
folded arms while bis helpers went
to WORK with the POLES, and in a
remarkably short space Of tin
produced light JoiDted ladder at
least eighty feet long with rungs
one foot apart. When the ladder
was laid fiat on the ground, the
two helpers taking their place at
one end and the sikh at the other.
Removing his turbaD the jnggler,
who was at the bottom Of the lad.
der, stood with his heels on the
ground aud with the balls Of his
feet resting on the extreme ends
Of the ladder. Then the helpers
raised the other end Of the ladder
aud moved rapidly toward their
chief, raising the ladde up with |
their hands as they came. In this
manner the ladder was placed in a
perpendicular position at the sikh's |
feet.
THE BISHOPS STORY.
Then the attendants withdrew a
short distance and sat upon the |
ground, hummiug low, monoto.
nous chant, to the music OF which I
the j1ggIer slowly mounted the lad /
der, balancing il as be went. Keep /