The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-17
IT'S MARVELLOUS MAGIC.
WONDERS ACCOMPLISHED BY A
HINDOO MAGICIAN .i'''
Soon by y Defender OF Lucknow who
Bear, Fine Reputation--Hin- 49,.
dooB DO Perform Incom-Gl q =
prehensible Feats.., z 1915 ~

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Ex-Sergeant Major Farrell who
spent seventeen years In India tells
the following to the New York Sun:
"One might be in India for years. I"
said Farrell" and never get sight OF a
high-caste csnjurer. had been there
a long time before saw one. 1t was
in April, 1859, about year after the
siege. when was one ola large mill
tary force then stationed AT Lucknow.
A conjurer gave a performance in a
mess anteroom. and Col. Fielding OF
the royal Artillery Invited a large
number of officers and few non-coms.
including myself, to be. present Some
of the officers who were there are still
alive. among them Gen. A.sHerbert
Sir III. Havelock Allen. Gen. Thomas
Lightfoot Gen. Barton, and. Dennis
Donohoe now British Consul in San
Francisco. all Of whom will vouch for
what say.
THE performer was q tall, hand
some man about IS years OF age. and
he had the NEST Iustrous- penetrating
dark eyes that ever were seen in a
human face. He entered the room
accompanied by one attendant who
carried only q little Hat box about ten
inches long. The attendant took from
the hos white cashmere shawl and
spread 1t upon the floor, and the, per,
former seated himself upon It. He
directed his. gaze, slowly upon each
one OF the audience in turn, and then
said to'CoL Lightfoot: Will you hand
to Col. Cooper the sovereign you'have
in your vest pockot?'
Col Lightyoot said be .cagried a
sovereign az a pocket piece. but he
wondered how the conjurer knew that.
AS he spoke, he felt in his pocket. and
a look OF surprise came over his face
The sovereign was not there. The
performer smiled and asked Col.
Cooper to feel in his pocket. Cooper
did so, and to his own establishment
found Col. Lightfoot's sovereign. which
he returned to the latter. Holding the
coin in his hand, Col. LightfOot asked
the performer how he managed 1t.
Manage whatp asked the man.
i. How did you manage to get. that
coin from my pocket to Coopersp'
Il did not. 1t has not been out OF
your own pocket ~ - y.
/" But here it is, said Col. Light
foot opening his hand. A look of
blank amazement came into hfs face
for the coin which he had just taken
in his hand was not there, The con:
Jurer told him to feel in his pocket
and the sovereign was there. /. y Z. !,
Before we recovered from our SUR
prise the performer borrowed a marked
rupee from Colonel Montgomery and
laid IL upon the shawl. He raised his
finger and the rupee stood upon it,
edge. and at sign rolled half way
across the room and then stood still.
At another Sign it. rolled back. and
when opposite the performer il spun
rapidly like top for moment and
then disappeared! B ~
a"When asked how he did it the man
quietly replied that he had done abso-
lutely. nothing. and that we only
imagined we saw thecoin spin AROUND.
The marked coin was found in Col.
Montgomery's pocket. y,
Then the basket trick was done.
but not as Hermann describes it. "a
basket four feet in diameter and three
| feet high was taken out of the attend
ants little box before our eyes. The
cooks daughter was called in and
| placed under the basket. and the next
we knew the conjurer stood beside il
with spear in, his hand. Nobody
| could tell where that spear, came. from,
The man jabbed the spear down
through the basket; the child shrieked.
and the, blood lowed out upon, the
aoor. Several officers, sprang forward
with drawn swords, terribly excited,
but the Hindoo calmly said: Nothing
has happened and tipped the basket
over with his bloody spear ~" Il |,
Nothing was under the basket. The
child came into the room through the
door. and when we turned again to
look at the conJurer he was seated up.
on. the floor and the basket, spear and
blood stains were gone, i- N.
! HE then. took q short bamboo stick
In his hand, threw the shawl. over his
arm so as to conceal the stick. and In
stantly he seemed to be seated cross
| legged in the air, about two feet above
the floor supported by nothing but the
cane under his hand. Lieut. Burns.
an artilleryman. stepped quickly, for,
ward, seized the shawl and .twitched
II. away No rod was. there, and the
man was seated upon the floor, al.
though no movement OF his body had
been seen' by anybody = l,ti a.elg
Then he placed a silk handker.
Eshief' upon the floor, and instantly /,
seemed to be covered with swarm 81
insects golden and irridescent beetles.
asT Of BRILLIANT .hue-..all squirpinl
,snd tIheing Sb1ut y Ktpfheas t8stht
nsA ,keat NO ina, SAD liant thu
beautifully
r, isn't what ,besutifufr r see moth.
!ihg.' Ne rejotned, and, when + turhed
my head again, toilook at the strange
sight the handkerchief was clean and
no insects were there ht ALL .,.'e,;s -
= 1.-THE man performed fourteen tricks
ipsaIl. u Jna every 0ne was as ipcompre-
hsnsi6le as those / have described.
While he was performing he never
looked Mt the coins or other objects,
but kept his eyes upon ours, his gaze
ranging from one to another constant.