The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-28
SOME INDIAN MAGIC.
A WRITER IN AN ENGLISH PAPER Of
FERS EXPLANATIONS.

he Tells How the Mango. the NJysteriou.
Disappearance and the sitting In the Air
Tricks Are Done, but Is In the Dark on
the Intcrmcnt "Miraclc."
1t is assumed that certain foats have
been performed for thousands of years,
which is true; that they cannot be pcr-
formed In Europe which Is imaginary,
and that in certain details they arc mirac-
ulous or outside natural means, which, in .
the present state of the evidence, is pure
assumption. The writer for example, has /
seen three of the reputcd miraculous tricks
the creation Of the dwarf mango, the
sitting i'm the air and the disappearance of
living being from a basket in a place
where trapdoors, concealed exits or collu-
sion were all alike physically impossible.
In the first case, the iugglcr, ono of the
hereditary caste, did undoubtedly make "a
leaf spring out Of the ground, did make it
grow into n dwarf mango and did hand
mango from It to be eaten. 1t looked won
dorful because Of the apparent simplicity
Of the jugglcr, but he performed his feat
I'm four processes and between each he
shook out his Chuddcr, or muslin wrapper,
so that it passed for an instant between
the spectators and the plant. The writer
had no doubt then and has no doubt now
but to distract attention momontarily;
that the first leaf the upgrowth of leaves,
the dwarf mango and the mango on II
were all of wax or other carefully made
imitation, and that the whole miracle
was marvclously rapid slcight Of hand
There was nothing i'm it at all which Mr..
Maskclyno could not do, for the jugglcr,
though he had no sleeves, had a turban,
and the performance was decidedly less in
cXpiicable than one carried through by
French iugglcr i'm the hall of the Hotel de
Ia postc at Geneva This performer put
franc piece of the year 1865 on plate,
promised to replace it by any franc piece
asked for and did replace it by "A . franc
piece of the first republic while 20 pairs
Of eyes were staring at the plate. The
writer, who held the plate and furnished
the first franc piece was certain that he
had never taken his eyes off the coin, and
was of course a mere victim to his foolish
certainty His attention had been dis
tractpd, as in the case of the mango
though by some infinitely moro delicate
method.
In the case Of the sitting in air the
writer has no certainty. The performer, a
woman, certainly seemed to defy the laws
of gravitation, sitting two feet from the
ground in open sunlight with her wrist on
the hilt of an ordinary sword. 1t Is posi-
BILE however, lightly rs she was dressed,
that she was sitting in "A loop Of wire at
tached to the sword hilt, and she certain
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the total absence of macbinrrv could moi
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still IN bc nvnIaipod ono is the self in
terrnent nracticcd Inv some Rrabmans vyb,
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