The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-09-28

Khonaas," was, like all others given by native princes c strange mixture of European and Indian dishes and customs-curries, pillaus, kAbobs and kidgerees were served up along with English roast beef; plum pudding, mince pies and soups, which had come out In tin cases; lemonade, soda water and sherbets were handed round, ss we'll as bitter beer and champagne, the last named of which the Mohammedans will drink readily, as they say their prophet forbade the use of red wine only knives and forks were provided for the Europeans, while the natives as usual used only their fingers
 After the customary distribution of rose water and betelnut, 6 party of RdHtch girls from the ameer's danced and sang before us, and they were followed by serpent-charmers, whose cobra de cdpeitOs erected their crests and nodded their heads in time to the music of reed-pipe. To these succeeded jugglers, who performed some won- derful feats of balancing for instance of them lay flat on his back and from little bag he took number of pieces of wood, each inch long and thick the stem of an ordinary clay pipe. These he proceeded to arrange, one above the other on his forehead, until he had built upa column nearly foot in height then one by one he formed branches spreading out every side till he had constructed a complete leafess tree perfectly bal anced on his forehead. He then took up some very small birds made of pith or cork and painted yell low. These he then distributed among the branches of his miniature tree, and taking a small tin tube Qike what schoolboys call ea-shooter), he put small pellets pills In his mouth and proceeded in very sportsmanlike manner to shoot down the little birds as we pointed them out one by one, until they had all fallen, without in the least disturbing the perfect equilibrium of his tree The next performance was the vanishing boy. A youth was taken and securely bound hand and foot. He was then enveloped in a net, and over him was placed funnel shaped wicker covering or basket. One of the juggers then began to speak to the boy who answered him in an impudent manner, until, at last, apparently exasperated, the man drew & sword and began stabbing the basket whilst you could almost see the writhing limbs of the victim and could certainly hear his ptifu groans, until, at last he apparently expired then the specta- tors looked on in horror, the basket was lifted there was nobody there and the boy came laughing from behind the spectators. Next a celebrated Pathan swordsman gave an exhibition of his dex- terity. His weapon was the usual horseman's sabre as sharp ss a razor but he did not use it Euro peans generally do, with fair downright cut, but rather with drawing motion seeming to hold 1t quite closely to his hand. He first cut a sheep in two at & single blow, then he took down pillow of the sofas placed it in erect position and by sweeping side blow severed it in the mid dle so neatly that the parts did not fall asunder until touched by one of the beholders. He tossed sheet of tissue paper in the air. and at & sabre stroke it was separated into two parts, which foated to the ground in different directions He then spread silk handkerchief lightly over his blade, when 1t was st once divided by slight turn of the wrist, and at the wind of his performance lemon or lime was held out by the ameer on the palm of his hand, when the swordsman, with rapid down-stroke cleft it in two completely without leaving the slightest mark on Ali Morad's skin. After this some of the troopers of "The Scinde Horse" displayed their proficiency in arms by breaking swinging bottles with carbine bullets as they galloped past, and extracting tent pegs from the ground with their spear points when in full career then the ameer and his retinue accom- panied us to the "Assyria," gunboat, in which we recrossed the Indus 10 Sukkur, where we arrived just at sunset pretty well tired out and glad of the refreshment to be found in a bath and some "brandy pawnee "& Detroit Free Press
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