Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-13
JUGGLERY In INDIA.
A CHICAGO MISSIONARY TELLS OF
A WONDERFUL FEAT.

writers on the Subject. He Says. Do Not
Give the siysterious nrnthen Haif His
-Livs AnimaIs Psoduced in Space
from Nothing and Lowered 20 the Earth
For the last twenty seven years Bishop
York has been missionary among tho Hin
docs, during which time be has not set foot
on other than Indian soil He has penetrated
the depths Of the jnng!es distributing tracts
and spreading the light among the widest
and most heathenisb tribes in all India. To
reporter the bishop saidI During myistay
IN India was frequently In receipt of books,
papers and magazines from home, many Of
which contained what purported 10 be stories
Of life In India
To say that | was amazed at the lack OF
truth and meagerncss OF detail In those
articles would but fcebly express my opinion
ON the subject In all the articles there was
something lacking, but tho most gIaring
omissions we're made In stories of native Hin
doc jugglery BY comparing my personal
experience with the published accounts can
truthfully say that the Hindoo juggIer Is the
most grossly misrepresented human being on
the face 81 the earth Tho writer was either
sadly lacking in descriptive power or he
failed TO give the poor Hindoo the benefit Of
the truth The conjnring feats described
would do very well for bunging apprentice
jugglsr but they don't do justice 10 the jour
neyman iuRglsr of India
THE TRAVELLING yuGeLERs.
lit was my good fortune to witness one
performances IN this line which win give you
q faint idea of what the lIindoo can do
Along about the list Of April two other mis-
sionai'ies and myself stopped at the home OF
a friend on tho outskirts Of Delhi After n
bounteon dinner Of fried chicken we repaired
with our host 10 the veranda Of the bunga
low to enjoy AN after dinner cigar While
in tho midst OF an animated religious discus
SION a native sikh or leader appeared, fol
lowed by two attendants The sikh was tho
seranniest, most consumptive looking speci
men | ever saw He WAS hollow eyed and
saliow, and wore no clothes except u turi,aD
and a scsuty waist cloth The attendants
see.nesl TO be enjoying tsttor health, and each
carried largo bundle Of bamboo poles tied
around the middle with bit Of rope
'.rhnt fellow, said our host, "is sleight
OF hand man or juggler. and II you wish he
will perform some feats that viii astonish
you
We siguifIed our desire 10 be astonished,
whereupon the host signaled the juggler 10
go ahead with his show And must say II
was tine most marvellous affair Of the kiDd
,ver saw
Favciing us with profound saiaam the
sikh gavs some directions in his native tongue
Ia the attendants, who cfSried their bundles
Of poles 10 an open space IN front Of the yer
anda Az far az we could sec the entire out
III consisted 81 thoAe bamboo poles They bad
absolutely no stage mechanism or parapher
nalin employed bay tho civilized conjurer
The sii<h stood mntely by with folded arm
while his helpers went TO work with til,
poles, and In remarkably short space o.
time produced light jointed ladder ut eas
eighty feet long with rungs one foot apart
When the iadder was finished II WINS laid iia
on the ground, the two helpers taking thei
place al one end and the sikh Mt the other
Removing his urban the juggler, who wa
at the bottom OF the ladder, stood with hi
heels on the ground and with the balls OF hi
foot resting on tho extreme ends Of the lad
dar Then the helpers raised the other on,
Of the ladder and moved rapidly toward thet
chief, raising the ladder up with their hand
as they came. La this manner the adds
was placed in a perpendicular position at tn
sikhs feet a1
THE nIsnor's STORY
Then the attendants withdrew short dis
tSsce aud sat upon the ground, humming
low, monotonous chant, TO tho music O
which the iugeler slowly mounted the ladder
balancing 1t as he vert Keeping his eye
flxod ON the top he mounted step by step, n
moving each rting with his toes ms he oiimbe
aud tucking them under his arms Slowl
and steadily he mounted higher and highe
ON HIS frail support, while we scarcely dare
breathe Tor fcas he would lose his balance
The removal Of the r,ings caused the sides G
the ladder to sway and bend In a frightft
manner, but the marvellous dexterity of th
juggler prevented them from falling
On reaching the top the juggler pulled gu
tho last ruug and then stood on the eStrem
summit Of the two naked, s0.foot poles Tn
oscillations at first were terrible. but tn
sikh had wonderful control of his legs, an
gradually decreasing the swaying motion, h
finAlIy stood motionless as a statue at tina
dizzy height Then, al a given signal, whic
We Didn't see. the attendants Jumped up an
removed the two poles, laying them car,
fully on the ground
l turned to our host, speechless with amazs
ment, but he only smiled aud cautioned III
w of shthtt f'ihAAthr W WV oa4thp ttttie w Va
jaggler, still standing motionless eighty fee
IN the air had seen some Juggling myself
but never anything like that
While We were gazing spollbound at tn
uucanny phenomenon dense blue mist eI
veIoped the juSgier Immediately after
low believing sound was heard aud IN,
nent later bali grown live giraffe at II
end Of stout rope was lowered rapidly 10 ii
ground Before could recover from OF
astoniShnient this rope was hauled up and n
next Instant the mate of tho first giraffe sl
cut Of u cioudleSS SKY Twas never heliev,
in the supernatural, but at that moment
felt the presence of an unseen power VIII
] was wondering what would come next Il
jugglcr aid down, and while he tod IL
giraifes ueciSs together in a bow knot Il
helpers hauled the rope down aud made a mex
coil Of IL
Then the sikh Informed Us thar he was niue
fatigaed aud wished to rest himself befol
processing with the next trick, permissic
hsing given by or host. the juggler at OH,
fell into dcze standing erect on his fee
White the helpers wore digging hole 10
used IN The next trick heavy rain stor
came up, which indefinitely postponed the r
msinder OF the performance. Chicago Time
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