Show juggling in madras N G greene esq eq the correspondent of the post wn ting from cale calcutta uta gives the following account afan of an ex hibi tion of eastern j jugglery lery which lie he witnessed in madras are found in perfection the celebrated eastern inhibition jugglers groups of them lare are daily at the hotels upon the arrival ofa of a steamer to exhibit their wonderful feats and receive rupees snake dancing sword i lowing fire eating tumbling ac are shown to crowds iwho i who search amuse amusement ment coith with some others I 1 hired a party parly to exhibit on the vet verandah indall of the hotel and I 1 am quite assured of their superiority overall over all other magicians professed or amateur ai w the world at the time assigned they on the spot pot arranging their implements prep preparatory oratory to greit great wonders and marvels ot of deception while thus preparing hook a cheroot from its case the more readily to find out everything about what was go ling ing on and searched among amon the passengers for a light of perceiving the desire one of the jugglers came to me went through a pantomimic request to regard his face attentively and commenced blowing like a pair of bellows much to tomy my it a slight stream of smoke from his lips and finally a pointed jet of name flame shaped as gracefully a as a gas gaslight light and extending two inches in in my direction which he kindly placed at my convenience I 1 availed mys myself ellof of it by lighting light ing my cl ci I 1 g ir r pressed expressed my obligation and also a desire to examine IN intrinsically nn xi 8 cally so pokie a salamander I 1 opened his i monti month looked in looked on the right and left outside but devil a cause could I 1 discover faso for so sudden sadden and ampro poa conflagration what an agreeable fellow you are agro f fur r a windy day was an inward exclamation and what a life you ou may lead without danger of future warmth but the magic was about to commence and I 1 forgot my friend with the portable furnace in other wonders less individual perhaps but quite as mysterious I 1 j they danced cobra capellos opening their flat heads to show them sound F in fangs ana and venom bags and made them perform a variety of poses the snakes danced in I 1 a circle kept admirable time with the music and ite I 1 the most admi admirable willingness imaginable to ac c late europeans A handful of sand taken from the road was made to mirk mark every e ery color and finally to produce a shovel full of every variety by a simple manual operation plants gi diew e w perceptibly balls danced in the air swords hooks jagged pieces of iron and steel wore were used like sounding leads to penetrate abdomens eggs fiade birds and birds made in ide rabbits and rabbits underwent underwent various various transforms trans forma eions common c otton cotton balls moved at command going away an anim immense ahse distance but returning on the gro ground u nd very ery ob obediently until we were completely tied up and turned inside oat ourselves with amazement and credulity then came the great featon feat of the greatest juggler in J india thea the most a and wand wonderful erful of all aal descriptions and band for this night only 7 the performer the leader of the party had bad rested quietly with his wife and oil cin i ld lilien i ett outside the circle watching batchin g the entire proceedings of his men and noting the general effect upon the assemblage at the conclusion of f an announcement proportionate onite onate with his bis di dignity it Y he stepped into the enclosed 8 space paco to gi give ve a grand in finale nale to lothe the whole performance taking alie t i child c 1 1 ild a little hoy boy five or six years ears ot of age let from its t mother n h er despite despite her tears and entreaties he be signed tile attendants to procure the ille required implements for his hi 3 teat feat directing their arrangement and poi position tion to his majid A large basket six or seven feet deep made of straw w was shown to the spectators kha hat they might a assure themselves of its being abbin a basket without any addition or improvement a basket of straw very common in all parts of the world inverting it after the 1 alili duent ent investigation of the entire party he stood his I 1 little t tie boy in the centre odthe of the circle and with tile the basket like an extin extinguisher gu labor on a candle the room allowed the little follow fellow an 9 upright and apparently a comfortable position we were permitted to eee him under the baske tand to fi ou i selves of hw seine 4 there withful doubt A na ked sword having received an equally alose examina tion was placed in the mans hand and the feat bom corn fenced assured odthe of the childs concealment under the baket b asket of the keenness and validity of the sword we n acted in silent horror for the next proceeding there aare iv was is no table with its apartment no trap in in the tape basket nothing but bat the hard stony floor and po confederate near him taking the weapon in his hand he waved it i in it tile the air muttered a jal gon and commenced a series of ot eanid thrusts thial through agh the basket making the point pei etnire every time the opposite side down into the basket and all over it until it could hardly support its own wei weight from muti mutilation mutilate lati ion it N perforated was va like a sieve A cry came from gnp interior and a stream of blood be gan to trickle from under it along the stone floor on to the feet of the spectators cries i f honor pierced the abenir air the mother ran shrieking to the basket to seize her horribly gashed a and nd bleed ng boy she be overturned it no nd child was there nothing but a pool of blood everybody looked frightened and relieved while the juggler coolly wiped the blood from the sword blade suddenly burs bursting eing from brom the middle of the group of ob servers the little follow fellow came running to his mother unhurt unharmed and a pretty smile amile on his brown childish face taking hold other hand he seemed to ask the cause of her tears and began fondling her in affectionate I 1 B sympathy apathy it was a trick a deception a humbug but how to e cepl nn it I 1 saw the child a moment before the thrusts I 1 siw saw the sword its it plain iron handle no shelter for its keen sharp blade I 1 stood on the same tuo floor upon which rested the basket I 1 watched the he whole carefully while the sword passed around there was no refuge m the basket ket ketree there bee was vas no confederate no mantle no trapdoor trap door th the noise of the basket was distinctly heard at each thrust the blood was there and yet at the end the child came from the crowd quite alive I 1 was within s six I 1 i fact and could not understand it perhaps you yon wh who 0 are farther away will be more successful but is is nt it a point or two in advance of alexander blitz and those mena men |