The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-07-06

fi7e STEADY glzs oE reniarSal Die pair
Of dark eyes When he looked af me
4 could see only those lustrous eyes
ana my perception Of the surroundings
became confused and vague.
i..rhe man said nothing. but az
slight Sign his single attendant opened
the casket and took therefrom q clsL-
mere shawl, which he spread upon the
floor. me conjurer seated himself
upon the shawl ana asked IN English.
FOR the loan Of d rupee. Colonel Mont
r.olnery marked a coin and handed it
Ia him, and the conturer laid il upon
the shawl. He raised the forehnser Of
his right hand, and the coin turned up
an rs edge. He waved his hand. and
ME coin spun across the floor some
three or four yards. At sign Of the
forefinger the rupee stopped spinning
and stood on its edge. 4 slight waye
Of the. hand and the coin danced back-
stopped and vanished
can ofiicer asked how the trick was
done. and the man replied that he hau
done nothing. But we saw yon, per
sisted the adjutant You thought you
did, replied the Hindoo, with a smile,
but the colonel has the rupee in MS
pocket 1t was as he had said. AL
the time his gaze ranged from face TO
face Of the audience.
"A white silk handkerchief was
spread before us, and in a moment
saw hundreds OF brilliant beetles Of all
colors crawling upon 1t. nudged my
neighbor uoneonl., and called his ut
tention to the display. His head ha9
been turned for an Instant, and fear
ed he would miss tie sight. Turning
his gaze as l directed he seemed puz'
zled for moment. and then he NUT
tered to me that he didn't see anythtni.
hut II white handkerchief, and the next
second the beetles faded from my
sight. and l was not sure that ] had
seen them mt all.
THE conjurer unwound ieW iecl
of thread from bail of spun cottol
aud cast the end into the air. Where
seemed to float Presently a cobra ap
peared beside him. its head cievatet
ana gracefully swaying. its tonGu
darling out ana in and its hood spread
showing the spectacle mark. At sign
the serpent glided UP the thread and
balanced in nidair, and at another slsI
IL turned. swarned down the vertca.
thread and disappeared the instant thai
it touched the floor
..Iieutenaut Burns had made two at
tenpts TO leave the room, but the Hin.
doc had caught his eye each time. ano
the officers purpose seemed to rad
from his mind After the cobra tricE
however, Burns managed to slip out
and when he came back the con1urer
was sitting cross legged in the ar, Two
or three feet above the hoor, MS lelE
arm resting upon a short rod under
cover of the shawl. Burns stepped
Quickly forward and snatched away
sYTNH
man was seated upon the door. al
though could have sworn an Instant
before that he was at least two teet
above the floor
..The dizzy shows that fourteen
tricks were performed, all of them be-
vriIderinr. concerning the details OF
which no two of us agreed exactly Inc
LAST was a striking one. The carpet
around the seated conjurer became vlo-
IentIy agit- ed, and presently num-
her of cobras-Iny diary says six, out
others saw three. four or hve-nnd 9
green snake appeared. They glidea
about the man, reared ana struck ~
him. and the green snake twined about
his neck The Hindoo arose. Grew
from his girdIe ii long sword that GER
tainly was not there 4 minute before
and cut the serpents in pieces Inc
severed parts squirmed about, and the
blood dyed the white shawl CRIMSON
It was all done in silence, as things
happen in dream.
.aAt n nod the attendant gathered up
the shawl by the corners, concenling
the snakes and the blood and ut an
other sign he spread IT out again as
unspotte,l as new snow. No sign OF
the slaughtered reptiles remained.
.At the conclusion of the perform
ance the man was urged to give some
examination of his feats, but he smiled
ana said he had done literally nothing
The officers insisted that they had seen
things done, but he only shook MS
head. repeated, You thought so, but
nothing whatever was done and Went
away"
The explanation obviously to be in.
ferred from the veterans manner OF
telling the story WIS hypnotic sugses.
tion. He declined to commit himself
either for or against that theory, said
he had no explanation to oler ana
would 20 no further than to say ne
thought he saw what he had described.
IIypuotism and telepathlc suggestion
are occult enough to appeal powerfully
to the minds OF those who deem the
tents OF spirit mediums worth inyesti-
eating and. If one assumes the vera
ciors accuracy OF East Tndinn jugslery
tnles. should be mysteriously ana
pseudo scientific enough to explain the
Miracles Of Mnhatuas and Yogi.-Al-
len Kelly IN New York Post.