The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1901-07-26
GheHemnfrat- Star
MACK'S WONDERFUL POWER.
THOUGH WEIGHING BUT 120 POUNDS.
STRONGEST ATHLETICS CAN
NOT LIFT HIM.
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the falling apples, c~uriously wonder
Ing what unseen force put them in
motion, he evolved the principle Of
gravitati0n which the world has ac-
cepted in its computations through
all the years that have intervened
since that time, No one has dared to
deny the theory that he advanced, no
one has produced IA better me-.
II the day of miracles has passed,
there has been IA young man in this
city during the past week who laughs
at the rule OF gravity and sets at
variance scientific theories. r. II.
Mack is a physical phenomenon. He
has Travelled in every cline, been ex-
hibited in every large ciIy Of the Old
and the New World, challenging any
man to lift him from his feet. He
has met all OF the strong men Of the
world, Sandow, Cyr, Kennedy, Jeffries.
Sharkey, Fitzsimmens and Others, but
none OF these giants of strength have
been able to lift his little 100 pounds
from the floor. He has been examined
by such famous scientist as Virchow
in Berlin and Charcot in Paris and
batlled them with his strange power.
Virch0w calls his ability to withstand
strength in the manner he does "the
force Of nerve resistance" Prof. Sar-
gent, Of Harvard would advance no
theory beyond a sort of personal mag
netiSm. He cannot explain Mack's
peculiar gift nor does he know how
he acquired it. When Mack was
eight years old, then living 10 Brook.
Ign, he returned from school one day
without the usual merit card which
was given for proficiency in studies.
His father %reproached him for it and
attempted to chastise him for his lack
of study. Young Mack involuntarily
threw up his hands to protect him
self and touched his fathers flesh:
the father could not lift him to his
parental lap to inflict the usual
punishment, and struck with sur.
prise and awe, let the lad 90. From
that time on young Mack was con.
sidered as a sort of s%piritualistic mar.
vel and travelled around as such with
a local medium. After he was four
teen he began for himself and travel
ed all over the world. He once ex-
hibited before Ii Hung Chang and
the venerable statesman remarked
that he ought to be rich, seeing that
he had such a grip on earth.
In giving his exhibitions he does
not seem to exert any force whatever,
beyond a sort of mental action which
Is invisible to the observer. He sta.
ties that he feels a sort of mental
weakness after each exhibition, which
soon passes away. Mack is a slight
young fellow without the slightest ap
p%earance of strength, and really has
but little aside from his almost super.
natural power. He weighs slightly
less than 12O pounds but giants in
comparison cannot bulge him. He
will look smilingly at the modern
Simpsons and. without %evidencing
any fatigue, will tire the strongest of
them ia their efforts to lift him. He
has no reasons whatever to give for
his wonderful power: in fact he has
never stopped to consider what it is.
Besides the power he has himself,
he can impart his power, or whatever
1t is, to Others and compel them to re.
sist the strength Of strong men. BY
placing his hands on a dog he can pre-.
vent him from going to his master
when called. He formerly could stop
a horse from moving by simply laying
on his hands, but as his power is de-
creasing with years he cannot always
do this now.
Matt Hinkle and several local
athletics have tested the strange
strength of the young man but could
not lift him.
Mack gave an exhibition before a
representative Of the press in a local
GALLERY in this city. When IA person
Of nearly twice his weight attempted
toilift him he did it easily but when
asked to do so again he could not do
it, strain as he might, Mack, when
he wishes to resist one, places one
finger on the neck and one on the
wrist Of the other person. The mys.
ferrous force moves quickly, and
whether it is magnetism or what not,
the litter is fOiled. 1t seems the
thing in the world to one of
ordinary strength to HIT this frail
boy but he is not To be moved. 1t is
not to be understood that he cannot
be pushed or showed, all he claims is a
straight lift, catching him around the
waist and lifting straight up.
During the exhibition Mack placed
1is hands on II little street urchin,
probably weighing seventy-lve pounds
)ut the litter could not bulge him.
lie next permitted two men to make
IN effort to lift him but they too fail
I'd. During this he preserved Il non.
,halance and Calmness that was mar.
selous considering the resistance that
he had to overcome.