The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-11-05

that mos men Is jess too foolish to
live when they think they are all
mighty cunnin.' The Georgia girl
had had no warning of my coming,
and |, therefore, did not suspect
there were any concealed batteries or
other unusual agencies about her
person. She shook hands in q lop-
sided, awkward sort of fashion,
then sat down on sofa, looked into
the inner room, smiled with child
like affection upon her father, who
was already sitting up in bed, and
asked: We'll, how do you seem to
feel now i feel, said he slowly
and thoughtfully, ''pretty to'rable
comf'tablc.' well, now said
Miss Hurst, with great checrfulness,
that's real good After this bit
of dialogue she turned her attention
to me. l was particularly anxious
to test the peculiar power which she
had eXerted over billiard cue at her
exhibitions. There was no billiard
cue handy; hut | had stout cane
with me, and we utilized it for the
purpose. Miss Hurst stood up in
the middle of the floor, and allowed
her left hand to hang palm frontward
ut her side. Then she placed the
cane in 4 vertical position against her
upright palm; it slid at once to the
floor. Then she asked me to hold
the cane against the palm of her
open hand with both my hands until
the mysterious force eXerted itself.
held it there for n moment, and
then she asked me to try and put the
cane down to the floor. There was
apparently no reason why the cane
would not have fallen to the floor Of
its own weight if l let go of it.
But when ] attempted to push it
down | found it as immovablc rs
though riveted to her open hand. |
seized the cane at the upper end with
both hands and tried to force it
downward. BY extraordinary effort
/ could push it down the palm of
her hand quarter of an inch at a
time. Finally ! hung my whole
weight upon the stick--a modest
figure over two hundred pounds
and by dint of intense eNerlion sue
ceeded, after fully two minutes of
work, in getting the end Of the stick
TO touch the floor. / found myself
on the floor about the same moment
the stick arrived there. | was boil
ing hot and quite exhausted by the
eXcrtion, while Miss Hurst lowered
above me calm, placid, unrutiicd and
serene. Then l seized chair firmly
with both hands, holding the back of
it against me. She placed her hands
over mine, and moment later the
force eXerted itself. | have wrestled
and spared and worked hard in the
athletic way on many occasions, but
| never struggled so desperately in
my life as | did with that chair. l
found it impossible to control it, and
was thrust backward and whirled
around until | landed on the lounge.
During all the time | did not feel any
unusual pressure from Miss Hurst's
hands, though the chair seemed posi-
lively bewitched.
Such is the experience of man
whom | know to be honest. Wheth-
or he was deceived or not, cannot
tell. The matter has caused a great
deal of discussion. The critical and
sceptical spirit of the age is well
shown by the demeanonr Of the audi
ence, which gets greatly excited
every night, and refuses to leave the
theatre until the lights are turned
off. And then they gather in front
Of the building, and argue vehement
ly over the cause of Miss Hurst
power. The ingenious theory was
advanced one evening that the girl
had a battery stored in her shoes, and
the polite request was made that she
should prove the suspicion to be UNI
founded. But Georgia modesty was
proof against all such demands. -
San francisco Correspondence OF
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