The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-23
THE MAGiCIANS OF INDIA.
UONpEES PIRFOHuyD yt- mn,
HINDOO COtINB.fSIny.

WON"AFS PtHfOHuED ry rUr
HINDOO COI5NDtSjyy
Narrative Of Manifestations win, -.
IrLir~ Related bv Or Mn,imi,,", Dam, .'e
Professor Of Fn,~icnl Science. icrnr.
~" ne t"'.a s. .H.t5u.
Jn'o'hot hid explained to the f,lir No
| ""i' U.S. h"r',lli tne t'"ts II anim magnetism
,in@ H,''ni'A ."i.-Ol. which, tc 'orimg 10 the nc-
agency hut h' .ull NJ. nnd nn ~ ~ e ''', ,,,
! experiments ~ these. tie had sometimes seen
cit or. as a certain Epsih m ! = hclic'"'i'' ~
| materially in'rc lsing their specin gr WY Nv
| means Of the power or IN some other unln1wi,
manner. JIcOlhOt. Wishing t. repeat This cx.
| peru. Mt, To X ii Tie cnNdlc 81 md made VI
| teak wood. which he could rrtse wtt1 MS tnnr,h
| and fore-nnger, placed It In The middle Of tho
Terrace, and asked the tdHr wh ther he could
| nNlt thnge So nrmy thu II could not be re-
| moved The Wall rrr laid both his h inds on
| the upper pl tie or uifice, and after remaining
nearly quarter Of an hour IN that position. said
| can remove thi4 stand without their will" Jl-
cOlut tried. butthe tui igmOveI about a. much
as u II had been liked to tho ground with
upper portion broke oil IN his nds. Next on
ppltlnr his strength without ay III 10 tho feet
Wulcn formed cross ne thought 10 himself, II
the thing Il charged with some forcs from tho
hands OF the enchanter. aud mat force t. not
renewed aitci tine u VIII be possible To move
the object iIe therefore oegg ID the fitir t. 70
to the end Of the terrace, AMI assurcdlv, in
iHw minutes, j icplllOt was nDle to move tho
stand, which TACT COvind tstny oxpl iucd by
saving that the spirits md gone away. "Rnt
words he LAID his hands on ono OF the great
siNer-plated copper disks. which tho rich ma
ives use t"r particul game, ana immedi lte1v
q succession Of loud noises was heard Xix tho
fallin of nail upOn metal, and Jncoliot thoueht
he saw although It was oroad daylight, nnro-
lions. lhe aopearance came aud won't at tho
Will OF the fakir
THE .EoLIAN HARP ECIIPsrD.
- Qnv rions tables In this alfEuropcan hal'.
Orient i Chamber there stood anumher of knok-
knlrks little windmis which caused hammers
to strike; leadcD soldiers, wooden ANIMALS WITH
green tre"s, formerly n cnild's pllythings. auI
other Nuremburg ware. besides a few costly md
artistic OBJ cts, all mixed up together. jacob
Hot took little min which was worked by nell
lows aud gave motion 10 u tie puppets; hs
asked Coyindash,ny to move them without cnrl-
tact. THIS he did by simply holding his h mis-
over them. ana the movement became quicaer
in proportion Hs he approached nearer to them.
Jacolhot hung harmonica by fine cord ons
Of the iron hooks on the terrace. 40 that Il
swung about two feet from the ground he beg
ged the enchanter to draw sounds from 1t with
out touching it. COyindasany took the cord he-
tween the thumb and for finger OF earh
hand, and standing mOtionlcss, became
quito selfabsorbed. The instrument s"1n
began to move, motion was impaired
10 the pines by invisible hands, aud
long-drawn tones proceeded from IL. but no
asked Jacoliot. "Iwill invoke tho spirit 81 a
former musician Of the pngodl." replied he,
JacOlltOts question. Aftera long pause "a be-
gan to move. succession of chords were PLAYED
rs "A pIellut. hilU Lntn came one OF tnp
popular airs of the 'lali blr Coast. which begins
with the words, Bring jewels for tine ma. en
81 Arune. Ine fakir, always immovabie, SON
tinued holding the cord between nis fingers, and
Jacolliot who was kneeling beside the instrar-
mcnt, saw the hook bend up and own as occs-
sion required.
MAGICAL FEATHERS.
The twenty-nrst day OF Coyindasimy's stay IN
Ben res had arrived, and 1t was his duty 10
spend twenty-toar hours from one sunrise 10
another IN pr yer before returning - nv IN
deram. " But VIII nr,t," SAID he to Jacllliot.
devote TO you one day aud one ni-hl Tor yoI
were good to me. whose lips had so long been
closed YOU spoke to me ia the language tAtS
my mother used, wren she rocked me To sleep
In a banana loaf" No Hindoo spe h. withnut
emotion, Of his mother. On the evening pre-
ceding the long day Of prayer, when tovind -
amy was about to leave the terrace, he saw I'm A
vase number of v.riegl ted feathers II Won.
detful Indian birds ne took up a handful aud
threw them IA high a. possible over ms head.
and when they were ABOUT to descend no mAla
IA lew passes with his hands underneath them.
As soon as one Of the feathers came nsar IL
the Nerandah above. All the other feathers fll-
lowed the same course, but moment afterward,
IN consequence Of their natur i gravity. boean
to sink - the ground. Arrived half way, how
ever. they ross again. and stuck fast against the
ceiling. Again they began trem ling, and show
ed slight lnclinationito tall, out they presently
remained hanging mltiOuless, and their yarie-
gated colors had quite a pretty appearance on
matched roof The fhkr had scarcely dep .rted,
however, when they fell SLOWLY to the ground,
where JacolIipt let them lie for some time, u
convince himself that he had not been, wnile
gazing ON these incredible phenomena, the sio-
tim OF haucnatiOn.
WRITING IN SAND.
After his mission - ~ ended. the fakir devoted
one CAV more to JicOlliot for two stttings nns
during the dav, and tue other at nisnt, tn,t.rn
bA run iamrltsht. lie had promised 10 tnvoks
all the spirlts who ever assisted HIM. 50 max
J1coil OF iui ;ht see things tuat he would never
forget. CuVluua~amy h,uughf to the Il ~ srancs
"A nttle btI Of hue sand, Wnicn he cmptted On
the ground, aai spread nut with his hand over
~ even s9is- u al ut hfy square centimetres.
lie then tod Jacnll. Dt to sit opposite 70 nun az
lhp' WIN p"ptr aH peh'il, asked Tor = : All
piece ~ wood, whcreupOn Jtrpliiut han led ann
"A ponhpluer. when ne ltid carefully upon fna
sand viii now sand Cpylndl- amy, rau
upon the sDirits. So soon "a YOU see the OBJ .v.t
YOU gave me raise Itself vertic tlly with its 20
III ipuchiht the SAhd, you may trace any sig IS
wa IKE oh the paper, aud You will SEQ thsni ro-
peated on the sand" Ho then stretched Idt
hls hhnis horiz lntaly, ami muruurrd
hiS mystefioIs invocAtions, wherounpn inc
wnile JncOliiot drew the str,rrnst fl .',r.,
upon tie sand. Wnen Jacolii". # ,N,
the penholder stopd still also, nj be. ~ H.un
wnen Jacoliot continued. the fuiir r,maiu.nr
perfectly calm II. a disi,7co from either IL
ke sure that the fakir could n. see tho
movements OF his neil Jac0lllut placed hlrl-
sell IN a position wnerc this was iuJo, inis;
mt SIN com 3lrinV th1 h-ures on the per and
tue NJ, he round then Identical
sANsCRIl.
The fnklr next amoothed the sand over with
his hsnd and invited Jacoiliot to Ink II sl,ns
word III the divine language, the Sn-rrt. Wnen
ne asked why IN this in-Itge In uartic ilir. the
ielhN was that the spliits II more easily use tha
immortal tongue, winch was f,roildrn % tha
IMPURE Jacoiliot, VINO never dlsoli,d with Co.
Vindasany aDOut his religious Views. thuu-ht =
ndnscrit word. Inc iindOO stretched form
ms hands as before. the magic stick to-,uf
move then rose up and Wro re-" PVurhf,' ono
divine progenitoD, tine word j rDliIt d i
Thought of. A whole sentence. winch j ..0lilpt
had In his mind was also " iiten /" L. 4, l,ii-
midm nun" (Nishuu sleeps on Mount N,ihIn
tO. could the spirit VINO inspire. thee,' a-oed
Iiarolllot give llne 2ti IN IN fourth h.uA u
la ff.slIa - 49, %.