The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08


bow be lad managed :AA srs~k -
wcasid rot he sad that {; 80 a -
work OF tie Gres. Spirit ard - a.
understand i. I stared - hts cana
days. es.t ooGs3 ssss Sss him - exna.s.
that czSeS-
q ha4 = very startling ezpe-sss~~ :.
Sh&psrz's hotel II Caro- saw yex-.
Aagsc4A1s wao DO the sane ;-.cx. ~
were played before Pharaoh roam ss-sr.>
the corridors offering TO give gs-sa~ua...s
FOR the guests. One os these reg ,xsars.s
me- ard told Elm taAs q. lot wars p
see any tr;czA
=" That 10 a very fzs cana Ysu A.,~
SIR &c said. taxing ms stick zaa asrasss
t. lie twtri@3 u round lis head very -
ard handed Il back % ne
"wcws dropped II N a hurry. 7. IA
become huge, eosd. elA-nElY. wrxx.tar.
snake
What Go yoa rlsas,. you rascal.
gan.
'Hs picked up tire snake ana vA.raea =
about rs head again,
why. ks = very good cane As ~
ard presented nay OWE s.iys-- hsalssa s,ses
10 ne. The next day l met .he sane -.
ard asked him 70 turn NY cans .aso :
snake o2cs more. He shook h.s ssAa a..
EMMY and said:
I cauTsot 30 thar today. What havN -.
heen drinking Brandy and soda. Ike -
other EEgilsh7 You have al. nay snakas
He began 10 pull snakes out o. nv 90.
ana pockets. Hs took OF NY Ia. "a
showed Il 10 M flied with hlzssnx xr,.~
reptiles On another occssioE ne ssqv~1
me his empty hand. made q few ozsp~.
with x. closed IL. opened * exaia. -
there. sitting upon the pam. was Q sr,.e
snake, its head erected two tss. ana So
.ns like mad. o. course. 4 Was al aessas
OF hand. but II was supsrh--eyer % masS
ahead q anything we Western peooss -
do. The Exs, II tali o. great s.slxat n
hand men
When nrs: went 20 india TO ss,dv -
6oings q thu yog.s had sakir. SArAar,s
from Tar and wide 20 give sre exaIatfsona
They showed ordinary tricks ard xa.r -
performance was over told them shrurgH
the interpreter that I WAS very macA a..
pleased vita tia childish thLaSs .hsx IA
shown ne, ara intended to srsks De-
with lightning. They said they haa 20 -,
They were IA ne business Themselves 80
could Eot brighten them gsaas -
passes. and they stood before me b>s.v
TIL made q furious pass and shcusea a.
thesc do.AinS burst into flames. Then 49,
csd b terror. casting CT .aalr Light raa>s
and my reputation as wonder wesses
was established n Tna.A The trick Via
very simple o1e- had discovered 4 fu;S
WA<<%~1 AHA2AtSA eS~Asas.ENA1as As4G SGfre6
cutie 6arcely after being exposed 10 IA
A.r for minute and half few aroua
OF this. scattered on tina clothing OF d
faktrs By my confederate. d.d sas trick.
After SGT my reputation emong them
the Indians froessd cut the best they couIA
do seaa6 cut that the rlanxa tr.es =
Done BY substitution As have sad sSsv
ere Ear ahead Of N IN s.elShi Of ha,i
T1sn they have clothes that help them. =
chiefs used By eur nag.cia1s. They b>e.a
BY planting = mango seed and covering Il
with cloth. Th>y work under the con
With their hands, and then rersaye "a
cloth at intervals. showing you the mAnss
eush growing larger ana larger. At La
they show you . large bush that has mn
on - II appears TO have grown from %
seed. ou. IL Is all 4 trick, done by sussu.
tuition The mango Is rs tough az uaa,s.
bone. and can be c.un3pied ID IN arr ola
way and packed into very small compass.
Working under the cloth with his handa
tae magician straIghtens the leaves oct
I stole d trick from an Indian fakir one
time. He threw brick dust In nasl e
water, took some OF Il out erd hlex Il
away. He cid the same with sand. TAan
he stirred the brick dust Up ana made =
thick. Then he took an eSg~shaped pisea
OF brick from his poke, and scrapea III
He put It IN the pail and standing bah
began an Incarnation.
Rance Ssmeei Rance Earnse of Bone
bay be cried. Come 20 me and Saith give
me fve rupees Gu; jumped the ssa
straight al him. / could not make out how
1t was done.
Now. enc OF The rules OF our profess;oa
ts never 10 play the same trick twice II
succession, because spectators are watHh-
ing very sharply. but these fakirs would
sell their grandmothers fer a dollar Ths
man played the trick over again for M.
stu could not see how Il was managed.
ard insisted on seeing II again.
You have an invisible thread sad.
You wave your arms about ard pun ths
thread aud the esq comes 70 you.
'sThe Old fellow laughed al me and sa
the trick again. ! sat close by the pat.
cransng my neck over =. Suddenly I made
q dive in the pail with my hand. The ma.
gie!an made a dive for me, but my attena-
ana headed him eff l nshed up the egy
seated on sort OF casapuit made of al ira
spring held back by a biz OF rock sal.
Waen the salt dissolved Il ioaseaed TIE
spring and that threw the egg cut whs
| was studying this on; the magician was
making an awful ciamor about the ACT q
robbery had committed I acknowledges
that mad done a very unprofessionai saiss
an3 asked him bow much he Thought
ought to pay hlna. He said that FIVE rupees
would make Il all right gave him tea
and he went away very happy
For a long time / Travelled sbou, ~
states exposing spiftualls5s' tricks.
claimed 70 be able % duplicate by natural
means al TIE tricks az the mediumS
White doing this had some very strange
adventures. taat made ms feel Ike iessin1
Esfop.e alone 10 nurse tasir decisions ~
they pleased. There was a man nanssd
Sawyer Who WAS 4 great spirlsgalsst. He
was Interested IN my performance. but ssA
that ii Did not come Up 20 the aosags q he
mediums. only did tricks they gave ~
fallsbie tests.
Ny wife died some months aga -
sad. NOW. II you can bring her up AID
have her give me the private signal agresd
on between as and then show you did II b.
trsckery. Will agree 10 renounce spiritual.
isul.
4 said I would do that vas not al Al
sure that T could. bat chance threw ne
rssst person IN usy way. and / got the IN
formation I wanted On the night 81 ~
next performance sawyer was present;
When the res m ~as al ia darkness. a yoics
called 20 him from the ceblnst claiming 70
f.s. Il Srsiy ~ s. Ia vxsffz A fa@