The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-21
THE LIFTING TRICK.
1T is EASY TO PERFORM, BUT HARE
TO UNDERSTAND.


EOur Men Each HoJdIuu His Rreath
-. yr.,,u ,,,, o., ,,,., Y,s. a,
n" i"u""
"a few of us have lately been experi.
mentinp with tbe old trick of lifting peo.
nle on onc's finger tins" said A Young
man who lives at n fashionable boarding
bousc on ST Charles street "Our pur.
nose was to obtain some accurate, intel.
iiyont dat, nm n vary mvsterious nhenom.
anon and we kcnt a corcfnI record of ey.
crythinp we did. Some of the results
were very surprising. We besnn by lift.
inc living ncrson Ono of o,Ir Marty law
down at full length on nm extension ta
Bile and two of MS stood Mt each side, op.
positc his shouldcrs and knees. AT civ.
on SIGNAL all fy, took ten dcep brpaths in
unisnn tbnn cocb of the four Mt thn sides
n,,cod ono fpyer of tho right hand uudcr
the nrostratr mans body and lifted.
mconwbilr holding our breath In the
moioritv of trinls. say three ont of five.
he came I'M without perceptiblc effort
and several times he WINS lifted as high
as we could stretch our arms, There is
absolutely no sense of weight, and the
thing is 50 absurdly casv flint each mon
Mt the table Is hound TO feel vaguely sus.
picious that be has been tricked and that
The others rnallv Jo the lifting felt so
myself until common sense convinced me
tbot II w,s utt.rIv ;,,nossil,o
",rhe ligbtest Of our subjects weighed
14O nounJs, and no four ueonle an earth
could ordinarily Eft man of that size
on their finger fins without visible strain.
Wo tried rrcat many variations INT
the nl,n 7 have descrihea was tho onlv
ono Tint proved generally successful. The
essential point seemed to bc 70 secure n
certain rbytbm in breatbinr. and when
ovnr wc bit tho lift was made with nm
failing certainty. but IL any ono Of us
.brokc step, go to sneak. tho cyperiment
failed We wore NIL decnlv in eornest. 81
wo h,d M tro,,hIc on account of r;pg,np
mr. bvsterics I was lifted rene,tedlv my.
solf and tba r,.,ino IL ;ndescr;hablo
Elontirg in water ia az near os can
cnmn to If
"After u rreot monv exncrimcnts with
LIVING neonle -" continued tbe sneaker.
Eve tried inon;mote objects we took n
scn,ro iron nIatr watching 1S4 mounds
formorIv useL in n hearth and nIocad il
on, stool Four of MS stoo1 ot the cor
ners and wont tbrouyh tha same routine
ih,t I hovo oIreodv Ic.c,ibcd- cd--hrcatbinc
in uui.on and ,bon sudIonIv ,ift;ng To
our yroot surnrise mis- oynr,iment nrovnd
fu,,,, 70 sroca,sfmI os tha nthar and !, an
ron,rG ,ralc ,ho nl.t, want ~, % ,;mas
sua,, tast ,',, th, ,,.,, ;s i. nr,rons ho.
ca,,s,, II thar. il u,o sirhto.t n,tchinc ~
a h,n,th Will. tha boayv ohi.rt Iftcd is
;r ,ha o;r II ;n,+,ntIr ,nn,os or,,b;,,
down with ;ts rrlI wnirht Ssyorai nr ne
nnrr,r,,,, ,soor.I ho;,'r hrrt hv th. iran
.Iah ,nJ thst ,r',,os.n n1 anot,or and ,nrr
;,.a,,o,,:,,n 1a,.;,a
.,va tnol, loroa srri,, stoe,pard
,r,a,,.tod ~, 70 oon nourjs ami mnd, If
sa,r rno;,torin,. IN. ,tt,ch;n,, , h;t of non,
81, a. tha ,s,;,,t,,. ND nnt,;rr sl;,1 ~
NO nn,or Nv aror w tha sco,a rho, We hooknd Il
Irp'. i",n ,nr ~ 10 a.or anI fau,ennd tho
ntl,or anI 80 u,, ,,nd.rsi,lo ~ .hnrt
nooo of nl,,l, Tha n,.nk WINS sunnnr,rd
p,,a. -, " p ,,,i. 90 ah";,s ,,,d rin tri,d
,r,;,@ II ovoati,. os wa did thn ;ron sl,h
nhnt l'e ,,,t t,,,,;am an th,, .tno,rard and
tha .tf"ct ,vas oyactlv ~ r. we wore lift.
;'. ..h;,. 49, ,u. ha,,.;ar nnJ
ha,,;or tbo h;,,b.r If wont Our hraath.
in,' Lod no ofrn,.t r,h,tavnr n, tho sp,.;nc
hnt ,ho ,r,,r,t,,s wb;ia .,udo woS ypl-
nah,,, In 'shn,viny our rormoI I;ft;ny NOW
ar W. fo,,rI wa ,,,o,o ,,robIa 10 oet
shovo 70 rounds y;thnut CLEARLY maroon.
tiIJ, offort onJ 70 rcy;stsr % nounds re.
a,,;roa nrounrnoad .ror+;np Df co,,rse
,ra coulh nn,h tho hoard m IN our rnur
Gn,or fine ,,nt;, tho noint.r stood ot 10O
h,t th,t ,ros ,rn,post;c re,t tbot
str,;roJ sverv muscie Wc found thnt
tho ra;siny NJ tho ia nourd slab rr.
au;raI ;nG,;toI,, loss ,nnorcnt forco than
tbn ro,istarng ~ IN nv - nnu,1s nm tho
sto.IrsrI irLo+ disnosos ~ III. theorv
th,t ths weight wos so diviIad wa didn't
fool II,
SNa,, h,, IA oo. 70 account for ali
tb;s -. 'inn mo !, IL ,,nacconniobio If
,onl,s Ii,.n , cloor ;nvorsinn ~ ,hn law NJ
.,,n n,it,tion and tho oync,m.nts ore 90
sin,,Ia thot ANY ,;rn nooplo wbo oro sor;.
oma "nL sarsihio can rorform tnem With.
o,, th. sI;,,htnst tra,,tI. r,b.r r,o,Il
,nr,. stron,,l'. ,o INV wind tbo .lav;,.t;on,
tr;c,, ~ InJ;,n ;uys,ars hovo nnyo,
san, tb. tbing mysoif hut professor El.
ward RoIdwin wbo ;s Known os m er.
,'asar - s,,;,.;t,,o,;.t;o ,,rn,h,,,,,orr onco
',arn ~, ,.ranh;o aascr;ntinn of a NOR.
enr,,aroa which ba w.;tnnssod NJ Rnm.
hon Tho t,l,;r who was y.rv old stucl