New-York tribune., 1869-03-04
MP HUMEtS "MLRIGLES.v

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MR.. HUMES "MIRJCLES.'
When we pointed out, n day or two since, OF
what immense advantage it would be To man
il he could but ny, we did not dream of the
possibility of a new method of aerial locomo-
tion which may render the pOetical aspiration
{" O had | the wings of a dover &c.) entirely
unnecessary That extraordinary person, Mr..
Hume. "the Spiritualst," is floating about in
England without any wings at ALL after the
freest and easiest fashion. Sometimes he Is
"mised into the air from the hight of four
feet TO that of higher ceiling, and carried
Ground the room in the clear view OF all pres
cent, who have had the means OF assuring
"tlemselves that no deception was possible"
But what was this to being "carricd out of
window in the third story of tile house of
F" Lord -, and brought in mt the window
:" of another room, some thirty feet distant,
"lmving been carried through the air
I" forty feet or more from the grounu" Inc
easiest wny To dispose oi TINS Story "ohla ue
TO say plumply and PLAINLY that we DO not ne
lieve one word OF 1t; 0ut tins would never 90,
inasmuch as we ilnd 1t IN the London letter ol
that great exemplar OF veraeily' 1he W. L.
Tines ana we are also t0id that MI. Dc u
Han, who Is a Respectable mau' 'ouV"oS ",
the truth Of the narration. There Is nh ola
adage, however To the eiieet iI'at See'"T
helevlhG'' though We rear th"' VIC s'"'''' ~
nave distrusttd just htlc our o"u cSeS' !"
we had seen MT hume uua'lhg hpou'' Po,"E
through one wlhdow into 'he VII "uu 'o",'"s
trlumphanty INTO me houTe 'n'o"sh nn"'''''
hut the point 10 Whieh we WISH 10 c'''' "t'cn-
ton "a that II MI hume eau 'nuS n"'S"in-
Gently defy the laws OF gra'Halloh' IL n's
dnly to let us know how no o"eS IT, we can
not Tor moment peiieVe 'hat "r. iI",ne Is
the Only human pe'nR '"p"o'e VI O""o'"H
around III TINS mysterious WHY o"' 30 i"i 40
our information en"o"s "S !" J""F., nc % "'o
only man, Oh al tue ni''n""s "P'" "o '''' VI
this earth VINO has eA'i"'eu !" """''i'"s
eyes THIS marvellous mirac'ei io' '"''"e''' ~
our present condition Ot lsnordGce' VIC hius'
consider II 10 be. we were al l'hnIhr III '"o
days OF our childhood win maehM move
ments Of this kind, OF which We iounh u" IAek
in the fairy books and the Arabian NlghtS;
but are we to consider these stoiI's no longer
rs ideal creations 0t Orleh'm nancy IL men
can now do what Mr' Hhine ~ s.lu W uo'
they may lave bad the same power oeh'urles
ago, IN winch case the roihahveS VI '"'H"'S
may be purely mntter-oi-l -la't rea' a'iohS' "''u 10.
poetieal myths as we nave usu"ly ieE"'"eu
them. Perhaps II ~ not eVeiyoooy VINO can
boldly jump from NIhuo" without 'o'","k
10 the griet oi oroheh poheH' o"' We "''" y
Impossible 10 thinK 'i'a' .''o ''''o """ eAq"'','o
privilege has Deen eohieIieu so'''y ny '"o
Almighty upon Mr. hume. As"'n' "'c'ei"'e'
we entreat nm 10 puDlish 10 III cApcc''''
world his modus operdhdi.
1t is true that we do not preceve that there
would be any particular advantage IN beng
able to jump out OF window with impnhiiy,
unless, indeed. all the stair-cases were on tre.
But we need hardly point ont to the reader
that tho power of performing what MIR. Hume
is said to have performed, implies power of
accomplishing great deal more. If this gen
teman can fioat in the air ut VIII, there Is no
reason why he should not hoat across The Az
lantic ocean. And IL he, member OF the
human family, can do this, then 1t Is possible
for any other member to make the voyage IN
the same way-provided, always, that he is in
the secret. Time and space can be annihllated
ns speedily as the most ardent lovers could de-
sire. Enterprlsing travellers may be III st.
Petersburg at high noon and In San Francisco
before one o'clock, p. m. Railways aud steam