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Show A Tighl-Kope Traged j Ilans-iug Ilans-iug to the .Music of a llimjo. Two negoi acrobats from Jamaica wont over the other day to Port Lim-on. Lim-on. in C-ta Jica. to give sonic of their exhibitions for the amusement of the residents there. Of the said African acrobats, cue played the banjo, ban-jo, while the other did tight-roue bn.v iness. Their exliibitions were brought to a sad end by the following tragic event : The crownim: gyinna-tie ettort was rcsen'ed for the last night, and that was that the celebrated Jamaica acrobat acro-bat was to a.stoui-h the audience by hanging hiinelf. Tlie house was full, and expectations on tip-toe. ot that the nein-o artist would actually hang hiuiself, but would come ao near to it as to create a sensation well worth the entry money. When all was ready and the banjo untie- at its lcsi. the other partner st'X)d upon a chair, and put the loop of a roue arcamd bis neck, and either stumbled or jumped oil'. The snp-tonia snp-tonia of real liaiiging were oo well Lm-iuted Lm-iuted dm tho audience, both black and white, applauded, and the banjo player did Lis bet to encourage hi-partner. hi-partner. Tiiuig; at List began to lcok sori'.-us. the eyes began to protrude as well as the tongue."and the high-peaked Chinese Chi-nese hat kok frhaky on iii head. Tue bar.jo man. King appeakil to, said: I''-i- let him alone; he undtr- At L; one of the tngiiier-rs of the railroiul Wvnt up and k-jked closer into in-to the iji-e of the unibrtunate r.r-rrc--entative of the ait of Jack Kel. h. Tll.Vt tKO W.l- b'.:H ker than natur.o. tiie toils: w.,- piiTT'le and swoIL.-n. and ;ne y'ti-e ivi -t'.'U.;.".!.! at the wn-t-. "-Mv U...1." hO exclaimed, -the man is as d-.-ad a.- a ilr naii.'' The b.:,..k w,.;-.-u s,-,:ui a howl of ct:- ;". and the Lard-heaVied wh:;e nieii laughed at ii-c teo suecessiul feat of v.iq dead ne'jro. I'd-iaia .ioxr an:! Uiraidl u io. |