The Dickinson press., 1889-07-27
JUGGLERS IN THE EAST,
TRICKS THAT BEHoLDERs WILL
NOT TRY TO EXPLAIN.

TRICKS THAT BEHoLDERs WILL
NOT TRY TO EXPLAIN.
t;cwildering Fcats Witnessed by U. 8.
Naval Oficcr-Makins Munco Bush
| Dcck-The Basket Trick Outdone.
so marvellous are the things which have
seen that am almost ready to credit any
thing which hear of the skill of eastern Jug.
slerS, In our trip we first encountered them
mt For. Said. The ship was lying at anchor
there and tall, intelligent looking Hindoo,
dressed i'll loose white gown and turban,
came on deck. He did so many things, each
more wonderful than the last. that can only
remember few For instance he took four
cisllss, ordinary hens eggs. which We all ex-
aGlincd. He put ono in each of his ears, and
one III each eye, then stood perfectly straight,
h"i'iin& his head perpendicularly The eggs
remained in place as if fastened there. He
then took off his turban, a piece of very fine
| Shito cloth, eight inches in width and about
fifteen feet long. He cut this in two, then
lighted the ends and allowed them to burn
until they were considerably charred. All
this time we were standing very close to him.
so that his slightest movement could not
escape lis. His sleeves were rolled up and
there was no way of concealng anything in
his gown Well, he tied the two pieces Of his
turban together and rolled them up into
knot, twisting it again and again All at
once ho gave it jerk and tho long white
cloth shot across tho deck, white and clean.
| without "a b,,r IA ii
this on tho open deck with the crowd near
| enough to touch him.
| THE JAPANESE JUGGLER
Everywhere We went VIC saw jugglers, and
their tricks III which skill was their main ele-
ment, were very numerous and very astonish-
ing, But hero is ono by n japanese juggler
which shows moro than mere skill:
At Yokohama juggler came on deck and
built little box by piling sticks ono on top
Of the other i'll squares He held it up so that
We could all see through it. Then he put O
bottom to it, and Immediately thrust his
fingers down into it and began to pull out a
long piece Of what looked like smilax. He
had no possible way Of concealing it. He
pulled six or seven fathoms of it out-moro
than lie could havo wrapped into a small
bundle Afterward no performed what is
called the water trick.
He set n small table on the deck, first
placing under it piece of paper SO that all
tho legs rested on tho paper. He then piled
lltlle boxes and tables one on top of the other
forming sort of column of which the first
table was tho base Each table and box
was separated from every other by piece of
papcr Then lle stood Off from the column
and lifted his wand From ono corner of tho
topniost box spouted stream of water.
| When hp l..iicpI l,c
up higher When ho lowered it the stream
was less. Then ho made water stream from
the end OF tho wand, and walked about tho
deck with tho water flowing from it, His
sleeves wero rolled up; his hands and arms
were bare. AT Yokohama, at II theatre, Isaw
tn" snmo thing on Il larger scale. The juggler
| then made streams of water flow from the
forchcads of hisattcndants, from the midst of
n blazing, bal. of pitch at tho end of his wand
and finally from tho flames to two lamps
which lighted tho stage.
HINDoo PREsTIDlGITATIoN
AT Singapore, on tho deck Of the steamer
u Ilindoo jugsler did tho mango trick. He
came on board clad i'll tho usual turban and
loose whito rcbe, and wearing his legs and
feet bare. His tools were n mango nut, about
the size of the ordinary sea bean, pot of
earth, short stick about as thick as the littlo
finger, and Il cloth about four feet square.
He kneecl upon tho deck while doing the
trick, and we all bent over him. Ho poured
out tliccarth and henped it into little mound.
lie next held up tho mango nut, then buried
it in the little mound of earth. Ho poured
water on it. waved his cloth over it several
times, then pulled the cloth away and sprout
about two inches long stood up fresh and
green from the mound. He lifted it out and
we all examined it and saw that it was fas-
tened to the nut. lie buried the nut again.
poured on moro water, pressed down the
earth with his stick, made tho passes with tho
cloth, and removing it, disclosed a sprout
about six inches in length. He repeated this
| process two or three times, and then had q
stalk about IL foot high IIe now pressed the
cloth over this, stirred the earth at its base,
aud again removed tho cloth. There stood a
mango bush two feet and half high, with
small branches and full grown leaves, looking
rs if they had just unfolded. He pulled it up
and showed us the roots, grown just as the
! tree had grown. saw this trick again on
| shore, and watched even closer, but could not
| see how it was done.
| Ono day at Singapore saw q Hindoo boy
stretch upon tho ground in front of the hotel.
Tho man who was w tn him spread whito
Sheet over him SO that the outlines of his body
were plainly to be seen. He then drew
knife, and, lifting it high in the air, drove it
straight through the sheet, apparently into
the body Of tho boy. Blood spurtcd out and
the body writhed. The man pushed in tho
knife hard, then drew it out slowly. covered
with blood, which he proceeded to wipo off
onarag. He then lifted up tho sheet, and
the boy arose with not a stain of blood on bis
white garments and not rent in them any,
where.
did not 80 far into the interior of India,
but those Of tho Brooklyn's officers who did
saw even moro wonderful things than these,
which will not repeat second hand. What
explanation havo II None, absolutely none-
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