Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-05
BAGS WILL FLOURISH As USUAL.
MARVELLOUS JUGGLERY.
Feats of Necromancy That Almost Appalled,
the Spectators.

Feats OF NecrOmancy That Almost Appalled,
the Spectators.
| From the Philadelphia Times.
Siamese jugglers, according to Mr. Edmond
| Spencer, perform tricks that surpass anything
the world has ever known in that way. Com
pared with them the feats Of the famous necro-
mnncers of India are reduced to comparative
| insignificance. Here are some of the tricks
that he saw done in honor Of the coronation OF
| the young King of Siam:
| The red curtain fiuttered little, there was q
dull thud, aud there. right before US, along
| side the censor, stood a very old man, wrinkled
! with long hair and beard as white rs cotton
fleece. He took the censor in his hands and
blew his breath into it until the flame rose
twenty-feet high. red and furious; then. with a
sudden jerking motion, he tossed the burning
oil toward the crowd of squatting spectators.
1t shot toward them a broad sheet of terrible
fame-it descended upon them a shower of
roses ard japonicas, more than could have been
gathered in cart Turning the censor bottom
upward he spun it for a moment upon the
point of his long thumb nail, then flung it dis
| painfully away toward the spectators.
1t struck the pavement with metallic clang,
bounced and rose. with sudden expanse of
wings, a shriekIng eagle. frightened horribly,
| and seeking fight toward the summit of the
dome. The old man gazed a moment upward,
then, seizing the tripod upon which the censor
had stood, he bent its legs apart with nervous
hand Strengthened them against his knee, and
hurled them, dsrt-like, toward the eagle.
They glanced upward with q gilded flash, and
instantly the eagle came futtering down, dead,
with three cobras coiled around it and lifting
! their hooded heads defiantly and flashing anger
out of their glittering eyes,
The music shrieked still wilder, the snakes
coiled and plated themselves in a rhythmic
Dance lifting the dead eagle upon their heads,
and presto! right among us stood the tripod
again, with its Pickering flame and its incense
savored breath. A more perfect illusion never
was seen.
Another actor now came upon the scene,
whom ! recognized as the tall athlete Tepada.
Behind him came smaller man, whose name
was Minhman, and boy, probably twelve
years old, called Tsin-ki These four, including
the first old man, Norodom, began some of the
most wonderful athletic exhibitions that can
be conceived.
In one feat Tepada seized Norodom by his
long white beard. held him of at arms length,
and spun round with him till the old mans legs
were horizontal to the athletes shoulders.
Then. while they still spun with the fury OF
dervlshes, Minhman sprung up, seized upon
Norodom's feet, and spun out horizontal con-
tinuation of the old man; and when Mlnhman
was firmly established, the boy caught to his
feet in like manner and the tall athlete, every
muscle In him straining, continued to whlrl the
human jointless lever around.
At last. slowing slightly, Tepada drew In his
| arms till the old man white beard touched his
body; there was a sudden strain and the arms
OF the men, from being horizontal, became
perpendicular, Norodoms head resting atop OF
Tepada's Minhman's head upon NOrodOm' o
feet and Tsin-kis head upon Minhman's feet
pause Tor breath, then the column OF men
was propelled INTO the air and presto! Tepada' 8
head was on the ground, NorodOm 8 feet to his,
Minhmans feet upon Norodom s head, Tsin- XII 8
feet upon Minhman's head. Each had turned
me- mil md npl ll,rnk
One trick that Minhman performed was a
very superior version of the mango-tree feat of
the Indian jugglers. He took an orange, cut it
open and produced serpent This he took
down among tho spectators, and, borrowing q
robe from some one, he cut the snakes head
off and covered it with the robe.
When the robe was lifted again fox was in
place of the snake. The fox's head was cut of,
two robes were borrowed, and when they were
raised there was a wolf, which was killed with
a sword. Three robes, and a leopard appeared.
1t was slain with jayeiin. Four robes COW
cred most savage looking buffalo, which was
killed with an Ak.
Five robes covered in part, but not alto
gether, lordly elephant, which. when the
sword was pointed against him. seized Mimi
man by the neck and tossed him violently up.
He mounted feet foremost, and finally chung by
his toes to the capital of one OF the columns.
Tepada now Ieaped from the stage and
alighted upon the elephants shoulders. With
Snort Sworn ne Soaceu tue Deitst on the mead
until the unwieldy animal reared upon its hind
feet, twiued its trunk around one Of the great
columns and seemed trying to lift itself from
the ground and wrap its body around the
pillar.
The music clasned out barbarously, Norodom
flashed out dazzling fireworh Of some sort
and the elephant had disappeared and Tepada
lay upon the stage writhing i'll the folds of a
great boa constructor and holding Minhman
upon his feet.
During three hours the exhibition continued,
feats of the sort l have described, each more
wonderful than the one that preceded it, fol-
lowed one another in rapid succession.