The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-10

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Years Of his life. I've s"ars aPou nd
the world, and once . Captive Of She
King OF Barrnah.
Yes, a c. ptive Of the ling o: 6urmah. Harry
Z.azic the Magician Who ill sppea rat the Opera
House in this city with his company Friday
and Saturday eyen!nss. May 10th and nth. is .
native Ct New y leauS. and has been before tie
public for twely years. He isa gentleman Of
bill isnt a,iainnients. and 10 . fne ~iinsuisi, aud
the bess mathematician in the country. The
Magician is unmarried. 1T. ZAnzic has had .
wonderful life he has made two tours Of the
world appearing in nearly every country. where
there - any degree VI civilization. In the world.
Tie potentates Of nearly all the European and
As.aiic eountries: and tho 1mperor Of Brazil
has beea mystined by his moRvels. and he has
Appeared before people Of nearly every nauon
atty in the world. Inis.s then in RanSooa. Bur
nah, the Magician and his company received IN
invitation to appear before the king Of MandalA.
to reach their destination II Was necessary 70
take . voyage up the Irawaddy . distance Of
seven hundred miles. which was done on .
small steamer. The voyage WAS chaFmingly
picturesque leading ss II did BY scores q Villages
With golden spires Of paGodas rising up and
:lis,enii: In the dazzling sunlight A. 0An-
dala the comnany was met BY . royal escort n
The steamers land nG. the baggage packed on
elephant, and the people were likewise mount
ed, and . were taken to the palace Of the king.
In tue outer chamber Of the palace they wcfc
ordered 10 emOye their shoes. which Was done.
After two hours detention they were escorted
through court yarl and maxihcent apartments
into . large audience chamber where . Temporal
~ stage had been lifted up. After nttinG up their
properties for q performance. screens were set
IN at he farther end Of the room from the
seated where they could see aud not b seen.
ali others in the hall including nOblemen and
officials Anelt upon the floor with noses fairly
into he floor. The interpreter 20 the court sent
word that tie performers must knccl also, and
only upon e EXPLAINING that they could no. give
tie performance unless permitted to stand. { icy
we've then ordered 10 appear on their feet b.
fore The King and queen. After the perform
ance The cOu.t Interpreter informed the perform
ers that his majesty was 50 we'll plesed that be
would permit the Conjuror 10 gaze on his face.
4 delicacy in that county. the screens was push
ed aside and revealed his majesty reclining in
his dias, he chatted pleasantly through he in-
terperter. and marveled at the exhibition given
by the magician. his majesty expressed a desi.e
that ZanZic should remain ~ court eOniur0r.
and he would give him and his assistants q
palace for their special entertainment. Zanzic
Informed the king that he could not remain
with him. he then insisted that some Of his
people be taught the art Of magic and become
maglcians, nc was Informed that also would be
ip,,sncsihla lI:, .,-ol ,.v,... abu., us,~N.l
that the magician should remain, and gave or
ders that he should not be permitted % leave the
palace. and that he should be supplied
with every luxury and comfort for many
days. The King could not be induced 10 coun-
termand his former order, and ZAnzic WAS liter
ally \ prisoner In the most gorgeous and mag
nifcent palace III the orient. He vas treated
with the greatest consideration and kindness,
by begging, praying, threatening and with the
Intervention IL al American Missionary. who
the king that there would be- trouble
unless his petted prisoner was allowed 10 depart
rs free as he came. After much parleying the
king reluctantly allowed the magician his liber-
ty. A promise was extracted from Zanzic how. |
ever that lie would revisit the palace again. a
was retained rs a fulhllment OF the
the King paid the c~onjuror GOO roul els |
and made the party handsome presents 81 gold |
and embroidery work. While confined AZ /
prisoners the party were shown the
sacred white elephant. Mr.. Zanzic says II WAS
not near so white a specimen a. the one exhi-
bited by T.. T.. Barnum. The pachydran WAS
covered with silk and gold threaded cloth, IL
fcd from vessels Of gold and silver. and
,wO Priests were constantly in attendance upon
II wants, the promise To revisit BurInah has
never been fulfil ed. hut the fortunes OF that
= 10 longer binding. The cabinet Vas diScoy.
red some time ago by the English In the palace
the kingiwhere he had kept Il ~ \ treasurer
4 great value,