Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-08-15

So marvellous are the things whio4
I have seen that / am almost read
to credit anything which ] hear If The
skill Of the eastern jugglers. In our
trip we first encountered them q
Port Said. The ship was lying at an
Choir there and tall, intslligent
looking Hindoo, dressed in . looss
white gown and turban, came on deck.
he did 50 many wonderful thibgs.
each more wonderful than the last,
that can only renembsr-a few. Fof
instances. he took four eggs, ordinary
hens eggs. which We al examined.
He put one in each Of his ears, and
one in each eye. stood perfectly
straight, holding his head perpendic-
ularly. The eggs remained in place
as If fastened there. He then took
off his turban, q piece of very fine
white cloth. eight inches in width and
about fifteen feet long. He cut this
in two. then lighted the ends and al.
lowed them to burn until they were
considerably chsrred. All this time
we were standing very close to him,
go that his slightest movement could
not escape rs. His sleeves were rolled
up aud there was no way Of conceal
ing anything in his gown. Well, he
tied the two pieces Of his turban to-
gcther and rolled them up in Q knot,
twisting it again and again. ALI at
once he gave it jerk and the long
white cloth shot across the deck, white
and clean without break or burn.
ed spot in it. All this on the open
deck with the crowd near enough to
touch him.
THE JAPANESE JUGGLER.
Everywhere We went we saw jug.
glers, and their tricks, in which skill
was their main element. were very nu.
merous and very astonishing. But
here ia one BY japanese juggler
which shows more than mere skill:
At Yokohama juggler came on
deck and built little box by piling
sticks one on top Of the other in
squares. He held it up so that we
could all see through it. Then he
put . bottom to it, and Immediately
thrust his fingers down into it and
began to pull out long piece Of what
looked like smilax. He had no pos
sible way Of concealing it. He pulled
six or seven fathoms of it out-more
than he could have wrapped into q
small bundle. Af:erward be per.
formed what is called the water trick.
He set q email table on the deck, first
placing under it q piece of paper &C
that all the legs rested on the paper
He then piled little boxes and tables
one oa top of the other, forming SORT
Of column of which the first table
was the base. Each table and box wa,
separated from every other by q piecs
of paper. Then he stood off from She
column and lifted his wand. From
one corner of the topmost box spouted
q stream of water. When he raiaed
his wand the stream spouted up high
or. When he lowered it the stream
was lees. Then he made water stream
from the end Of the wand, and walked
about the deck with the water flow
ing from it. His sleeves were rolled
up; his hands and arms were bare
At Yokohama, at q theatre, ! saw th,
same thing on q large scale. The
jaggler then made streams of water
flow from the forehesds of his atten'
dants, from the midst of blazing bal
of pitch at the end Of his wand, anc
finally from the flames to two lamps
which lighted the stage.
HINDoo PREsTIDIGINATIoN.
At Singapore, on the deck of Tho
steamer, a Hindoo juggler did the
mango trick. He came on board clad
in the usual turban and loose white
robe, and his legs and feet bare. Hi
tools were a mango nut about the size
of the ordinary sea bean. q pot Of earth
q short stick about as thick as the lit
tie finger. and a cloth about four feel
square. He knssled upon the decl
while doing the trick. and we all bent
over him. He poured out the earth
and heaped it into little mound
He next held mp the mango nut. then
buried it in the little mound of earth
He poured water on it, waved hi
cloth over it several times. then pulled
the cloth away and a sprout about
two inches long stood up fresh and
green from the mound. He lifted il
out and we all examined it and saw
that it was fastened to the nut. III
buried the nut sgain. poured on NOR,
water. pressed down the earth will
his stick. made the passes with Thu