The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-30

gave the case to Okla. That worthy
again proved himself equal to the
emergency. He secured a list of posi-
BILE culprits and then called for the
family cat. With pussy reposing on a
mat by his side he summoned the sus-
poets one after the other to question
them. AS one young man entered
tabby showed signs of recognition. She
purred. rubbed against his knees, then
climbed into his lap and went to Sleep
When the wise man pointed him out as
the guilty one he thought the gods had
betrayed him and his confession fol-
lowed. If Mr.. Conan Doyle has retired
his famous character Sherlock Holmes
from lack of material, he can surely get
some original ideas by looking up the
record of Judge Okla.
The storyteller concluded his read
ing with humorous yarn that caused
roars OF laughter equal to the merri-
ment aroused by some of the mono
loSue artists in our vaudeville houses.
He said there was once an old man
who had a love of money a fondness
for good things to eat, and a wonder
full Imagination. The miser lived over
a restaurant which had the reputation
of serving the finest cells in the city
(eels and rice are the great japanese
delicacy). AS the epicures assem-
bled each day in the eating
house the appetizing oder of frying
cells filled the rooms above The
imagination of the miser was so strong
that when their savory smell filled his
nostrils he could sit down to his meal
of plain food with the keeneSt relish.
When the owner of the, restaurant
found this out he presentd a bill forth
with. Whereupon the stingy tenant
produced his money-bag. ratified it,
then returned it to his pocket. When
asked to explain he replied: You have
charged me for the smell of your cells
and l have paid you with the sound
of my money
JUGGLERS AND MAGICIANS.
The jugglers and magicians seen in
Japan are far more clever than those
OF the same nationality who appear in
the United States. 1t seems the best
performers do not care to leave their
country. although it would be to their
decided financial interest if they could
be persuaded to do SO. During he
frequent festivals many wonderful per-
formances may be seen in the, temple
grounds. or in the district where the
bazaars flourish. Since / have been
in Japan a notice appeared in the
newspapers about some men walking
barefooted over a bed of Goals at one
of the temples. I saw a fifteen-year-
old geisha girl do some remarkable
juggling in tea house one evening.
Although the room in which she per-
formed was poorly lighted, she trans
fcrred a spinning top from the end or
her finger to the tip of a fan, opening
the same as the whirling toy contin-
ued to spin on the knife-like edge OF
paper. She preserved its balance
there until she concluded her dance.
one afternoon | saw magician
sus pend a piece of bamboo about two
inches in diameter from two stout
,.,ies The two ends of the bamboo
" ere attached to the uprights by slen-
DEE pieces of tissue paper scarcely
strong enough to sustain its weight,
vet he took stout club and struck the
bamboo a blow heavy enough to break
II in two in the middle without severing
the PAPER slips which were its only
s,puort. 1 have seen so many sword
sygaIIowers here that I have ABOUT
concluded that certain portion OF
the nopulation subsist on that kind or
diet. One sees innumerable puzzllns
TICKS performed with twisted bits OF
rauer. Breaking a stone with the
ss+ &c another amazing feat.
MYSTERIES OF THE EAST.
These tricks are all the more puz-
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