Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-11-25
THE CHARMfRS OF HIN
D0OSTAN.
MaryrlS that a French Traveller
Says that lie Witnessed in
the East.
[Erom III" F,a..c"- lmcricau. !

From III" FIn,.rr- imcrcau1
Many Of these Hinhno iugrlpr-
who live in the silence of 'hr pa .,,ulus
perform fra'- Ear supa~-ing III. pres
tigin'inns Of R"' ert ll"udin, aud
there are many others who produce
III. most curious phenomenal in mag
nrtiSm and cntHlrp>v upon ,h, first
objects that come across their wav.
tha, have often wondered whe; her
the hrahuins with their urcul' sciences
have not matte great discoveries in
the questions whirh have recently
been agitalrd in Europe
Or one occaSion while and Others
were in a rafe with Sir Mn-wrll. he
ordered his dnbochv to introduce the
charmrr. Ina few moments n lean
Hindoo, almost naked. with an asceiic
face and hronzrd color entered
Around his neck. arms. Thighs. aud
h"dv were cuiird SERVANTS of different
sizes. After Ssluling, w. he said,
"G"d he wilE YOU. Inn Chihh-Chon-
dor. son &c Chibh- h-Gonrnalh- MAYA"
I'VE desire I" see what you can
do" said our host
II obey the orders Of silva, who
has sent nae here" replied the fakir.
squatiing down upon one Of the
marble slabs
! The srrprnts raised their heads and
and hiSsed. but without showing ANY
anger. Then taking snail pipe. at.
tartrd to IL wick in his hair. he pre-.
durrd Srarrrlv audible sounds, irri.
iating he tallapaca. a bird that feeds
upon bruised cocnanuts. Here the
! 3rrp-nts uncnilrd themselves, and
one after another glidrd To the floor
/ As soon as they lnncttd the ground
they raised ah"m one third of their
bodies. and began to keep tine to their
dropped his instrument and made
several passes with his hands over
the serprnts. Of whom there were
about ten. all Of the most deadly
cobra species of India. His ewes
Assumed "A strange expression. We
all felt an undrfinahle uneaSinrSS. and
sought 10 turn away oar gaze from,
him. At this mnmpn, smal. shncra
whose business il was 70 hand fire in
a small brazier for lightning cigars
Welded 10 his influence. lay down.an
fell asleep. Five minutes passed
thus. and we felt that If the manipu.
lations were To continue few seconds
more we should all fall asleep
Ch"ndo then rose. and making tw,
more passes over the -hncra. said to
it: give the commander some fire.
The young serpent rose, and without
to;irring. came aud offered fire To il,
master. 1t was pinrhrd pulled about
till there was no doubt a',ont its being
scIna!lv asleep. Nor would it NOV,
from Sir Ma>wplps side till ordered
to do SD by rha fakir.
We then examined he other cohraS
Paralized by magnetic influence the,
lnv at full length on the ground
On taking them mp we found then
stiff a> sticks They were in . stat.
of complete catalenSv. The fakir rhrr
awakened them. and they thrr re-
turned and again cniri then-rlv-,
round hiS body. On asking IA If h,
could make Us feel hi. influence, h,
made few passes over our legs. snt
instantly we last the use UI ,bes,
limbs A.; we could not leave our seats
He then released lis IA easily rs b,
had pa:a'yz'd us.
Chibh-t thnndnr closed bis seanc,
nv experimenting upon inauims,
objects. BY mere passes with Ill
hands in the direction # the object It
be acted upon. and without lravin!
his seat. he palr,l aud exringuiShe'
lights in the furlheSt parts of ih'
room moved 'hr furniture, inciudin.
the divanS upon which We set, npene
ani closed doors Catching sight q
a IIindno who was drawing watp
from n well in the garden. hr made
pass in his direction. and the r"p
suddenly stopped in is h>ccn,. resist
! ing all the Efforts of the a-,oni$hr
gardner With another pass the rop
again descended
] asked Chibb-CnOnder, "Do yo
emplov the same means in actin
upon inanlma,e objects that you d
upon living creatures ?"
He replied, Il have only on
mrrnS"
What is il ?"
"Thr will Man. who is the r,
suit of all intellectual and melrri;
forces. mus, dominate over all. Th
brahmins know nothing besides this