The Lamar register., 1893-06-17

the hotel court with his BASKETS
short distance away. The pipe on
which he performed was made OF TWO
hollow canes united at the top and
Joined to a third cane that formed \
mouthpieee, the Object of the two bar
reis or flutes being probably the PRO
dyctioa of a series of chords agreea bic
te the human ear. but ]. was linpossi-
bic to detect anything resembling =
defined air or time.
The musician" confused to blow
oS his pipe and one of hiS assistants
removed the lid of the largsss oasN
when out glided very fine specimen
% the cobra di czpello. which reared
its hooded head ard swayed back and
forth apparently pleased wch the
sound of the pipe. Two other baskets
! " ere opened and tao more >szpents
Joined the first. The piper would reach
ont and move them with hi, Sissn
gagged hand; he would bring ihem
n,arer until they would crawl inis his
I lap, Irvine around his arms and swuy
their ugly heads so neaS the pipe - 70
touch 1t occasionally. Finally tho
PIPER stopped playing and toos Me
! suakes up in the most unconcerred
manner possible, thrust taein back into
their baskets and prodneed a mon
goose, small ferretlihe amin n
I listened by long Leather thong.
itNtg aAAbN kk4t Va "a
for few moments he Offered to allow
one of his coSras TO fight the nougooss
for ten rupees, about s.. anxious to I
see the experiment produces the 'oin !
and battle began. which sosn ended
in the death OF the serpent, zhile The I
mongoose. appeared as lively nzd uniTs- /
jured as he was before the combat
Captain Paul milan, one OF our
party, purchased the dead slnhe froFa
$40. oh f,- hrtsf. aud fLs. II
performers departed in search % an
other audience The Captain disssctei
the head OF the cobra ard found tha.
the poison bearing aAngs had been eN-
tricated, the poison sae cut Gus and
the place from whish il WAS taken
scared with hot wire to preyezt It's
reforming.
Now we come 70. tie magieias or
juggler who. instead 81 going aeuss
nearly naked. wears rebcs vita i1w-
ing sleeves that would enable het-
mann or Kellar to prsdnee or vanish
a sheep They do not use any cl.boa-
ate mechanical devices . i true. bnt
they have what answers tie same EAR
pose
We fund troHpe- * these per
formers working in a sE,all village
hack of Calcutta and watched thsm do
the very ord nary cup and ball trick.
using the hard ground for 4 table, but
W aen raised cup r-lde- zhich tsr
bill had disappeared and drew out tie
extra one concealed n it the per
formers and Spectators elikc Ecre serT
indignant, and / aEa satisfied tizt orr
gins we had becn sniPe shootlDe1 I
kept the crowd from usabhinCu a. We
threw some silver to then. sat ccE.d J
Est induce them TO coatiHur-
My man, Ram John I AussrlnEn-
aeon discover red the interest we took II :
ieggiers and gave "a. much valuable .
information as the iugglers were
Hindoos. for whom hs confessed ca
treme contempt
We went out to see magi2'az, work
on the upper part of the MADAM a ,
large piaExa in calsstta. aad. he did
the growth OF the mango fec as in u ,
tolerabl clever manner FLrSt we ,
saw an enrthen chatiE or poC which /
the magician filed with soil before us, ,
then he took threa- bGalhos, ssieiss. ,
made tripod and covered the pot /
with piece of dirty cotton cloth after ,
first planting a mango ans CAREFULLY ,
watering the Garth The bamboo ard ,
cloth made cone aSolt thzes feet IN
height Into this-csae the pertsrme- ,
would frequently thrust his Bancis- all
the time mutteri2g an !aoauts..Oa.
In few moments ne removed the
cone. showing a mango >-1rout. then
nc ItpE2NeA AlE AAE--l- I on anu
showed Us a small tree / instract7d
Ram John to ask hsn to s!lrov ball Z
in the air and climb the string. The !
poor fakirs face -seas a stady: he had R
never he,rd of such a thing before. (
and the laughter If the natives who
heard the request showed THAI they
thought US macmen
All the way up the great Indian
Peninsular Railway we saw zngf-
clans Mt work; rGutch dancers, ing
glers and snake charmErs were sent
for or we went 70 where they were
performing, but try a. we NIGH. wo
could not get the man. to climb the
string or have his hea5 cut of. Just
outside the fort at Bombay we saw the
basket trick wen dome An old magi-
clan exhibited n basket into which
boy was thrust. The coFsr OF the
basket was fastened down. when tho
lad began to call cut This appar-
emily so enrsged tho. performer thai
he drew tulwar, or native sword. and :
plunged it several times through the.
basket This was accompanied by
fearful cries from the boy inside ana
the sword was dripping with blood,
the cries became zaintez, until they
ceased altogether. When the right
moment arrived the boy came calling
as he ran from the otter side of ehe
square, bounded into the circle arognd
abe magician and extended his hand
for the small con offered. In the cx-