The herald., 1893-05-25
TRICKS SEEN IN INDIA
TWO REMARKABLE FsATs oFfNplAs
CLEVER JUceLERs.

Glass of Water Which Afte-xrnrd wa,
Swallowed by the Pe-for-ncr--sleIsls,o
Hand In wbach Bahc rt-rrrs.
An article in n recent edition ON sh,
1ugElers OF India tended TO throw dis
credit ON the eastern wixards shat have
DO long been held in eeteeni. Whether
or not the tricls tho iugglers perform
ARE wonderful is q matter to be deter
mined individually. AT any ratc, IN Il
vague way they have the reputation.
Histories and books are full Of the &C.
counts of the miraculous feats that these
friuksters Of India can .lerform.
And now comes Mr.. kellar, nine.
teenth-century Broadway-up to-datem ma
gjciRn, who adds his testimonial TO all
the rest as to tho superiority Of oriental
over occidental magic.
Mr.. Kellar, ii seems, has also Travelled
In India In a search for the wonderful
and succeeded in finding what he could
not understand.
Professor Kellar isn't very old in years,
although his hair has o very wide part
IN, tho center, but If you come TO count
mp his experiences Methuselah isn't in it
with him. There are few places on tho
face of this earth that he has not seem
and his travels in the spirit world arc
also quite extensive. He has pulled r.b-
bits ont of the pigtail of the heather
Chinee ON his native heath; he has
wrung silver dollars from the noso Of
the Australian kangaroo and has made
flowers 10 grow for the Eulu belle attired
In hsr sable costume Of bare skin.
'So1ns years ago" says the professor,
fT spant considerable time In India trav-
ching Through the country and visiting
the principal cities. That Is the land OF
the magician. and nowhere on earth Is
the artso thoroughly known. The Indian
rnagicians appear to havs been born for
the business, and they have developed
their natural abilities to such wonder
ful degree that many OF tho natives be-
lieve them to possess supernatural pow
ers. Indeed one almost finds himself
concurring with the general idea after
he has witnessed some of their feats
II have attended many wonderful
seances, but / can remember none that
impressed me more than one which
saw in the rooms of the Chuddermun2il
club at Lucknow. was guest OF the
club and was invited to attend tho per.
forInance of one Of tho native iugglers.
gladly consented to be present, and TO-
gether with Captain Jenkins, the pres-
dent Of the club, and Captain Powers,
an officer in the queens navee,' who had
just returned from the Zulu war, | took
q seat near the stage.
During the early part Of the enter
tainment there were half dozen Jug
glers who performed only ordinary
tricks, and then the star of the evening
was introduced. He performed one Of
the most wonderful tricks ever saw.
He took board and placed it on four
glass goblets, thus elevating it from the
floor. A youngster sitting on tho board
was then requested TO place his hands to-
gether palms up. Then the iuggler took
glass of water and poured it into the
outstretched hands of tho boy. In the
meantime the boy had been mesmerized,
and his attention was fixed on point
indicated by the magician
"Gradually the water turned green in
color, and then il developed into Jelly
which increased in density until IL be-
came as solid as any stone article You
ever saw. Out Of the center Of this thore
appeared the head Of a snake, which
gradually developed until In the place Of
the water there appeared kissing rep-
tile. was amazed, l can assure you,
but the trick was not yet completed.
Hitting the reptile upon tho head with
his wand, the iuggler took it up care
fully and placed it back in the glass.
GAS we looked it became transformed
into a jelly, which in turn transformed
into greenish colored water Clearer
and clearer became the fluid until it was
of it's original color, and then tho juggler
placed it to his lips and drank the entire
contents. That was tho most wonderful
trick ever saw performed, and it is az
mysterious to me today as it was then.
There was another trick performed the
same evening which was not SO wonder
full, but was nevertheless remarkable.
"a woman with baby SWUNG in a
bag around her waist entered the stage
and underworld to balance q ball upon
her nose. This she failed to do on nc
count of the hindrance afforded by the
child. She repeated the attempt, but
met with no better success than on the
first trial. The juggler all the while was
standing on the side of the stage, appar-
emily furious at tho repeated failures of
the woman, and finally in a rage he
rushed ,oward her and tore the bube
away from her The woman screamed
as she realized the danger into which
the child was thrown, and the indigna-
tion spread to the audience.
"Unconcerned apparently about the
babe, its mother or the audience. the
juggler took The child and threw il into
bag which he held in his right hand.
Then taking firm hold on TIE neck OF
the bag he whirled it over his head and
brought it down upon the floor with a
force that boded no good to the occu.
pant. At the same time the woman
screamed and fell on her knees, begging
the juggler to desist, but he told her tC
keep quiet and repeated the performance
"By this time Captain jenkins and
Captain Powers We're on the stage anc
were struggling with the juggler tryins
in vain to get hold of the bag, Iht
magician pushed them TO one side ant
scovaed sngrily over their interferenc'
and then forced them OF the stage
Then, bowling and smiling to the audi
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