Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-09-23


different Organs OF their bodies. and
U'ore especially over their muscular
contractions When all the necessary
preparations have hoon accomplished,
The fakir closes all the openings Of his
BODY with shoppers made oi Aromatic
wax, lays his tongue far back in his
throat, CROSSES his hands ON his breast
and Bdspends animation BY nleans Of
holding his breath. On HIS being
brought back " llfc one of Tho first sls-
oratiohs IL, by means 81 tho ingols, 10
draw tho tongue away from the back
oil the throat; . warm and aromatic
paste mado Vi meal Is then placed on
his head. aud air is blown into his
lungs and into the eaeholes. from
which the wax r,Gppers have been re-
moved, the stoppcrs In the nostrils
'seing presently forced out with an eX-
ploslyc noise. This is said 10 be the
iirSt sign Of return 10 life. He then
gradually commences 10 breathe, opens
the eyes, and recoyors consciousness,
continuous friction Of tho body being
carried on all the time,
"iIerV Il further curious statement
of opinion on tho subject of the Indian
stories from an equally rare source. the
little pamphlet OF Sir Claude wade,
published In 1887, was present. he
writes, az the Court of Hunjeet Singh
when the Fakir, mentioned By the Hon.
Captain Osborne, was buried alive for
six weeks; and although | arrived a
few hours after his actual interment,
and did not, consequently, witness that
part OF the phenomenon, ! had the
testimony OF Kunjcet Singh himself, aud
others of the most credible witnesses OF
his Court, 10 The truth OF the Fakir
having been buried before them; and,
front my having been myself present
when ho was disinterred, and restored
10 state OF perfect vitality in posi-
tiOn so close 10 him as 10 render any
deception impossible, 1t is my firm be-
lief that there was no collusion in pro-
ducing the extraordinary sight which
( have to relate. / will briefly state what
I ! saw, 10 enable others 90 Judge OF the
weight duo 10 my evidence, aud wheth.
( or any proof OF collu-ion can, in their
/ opinion, be detected. On the approach
OF the appointed time. according % iu-
I vilatiou, accompanied Runieet Singh
I to the spot whero the Fakir had been
buried II was in a square building,
called barra durra, IN the middle Of
/ one OF the gardens adjoining the Palace
at Lahore. with an Opou yeranda all
around, having an inclosed room in the
I center. On arriving there, Runjeet
/ Singh. who WAS attended on the occa-
/ sion by the whole of his Court, dis
mounted from his elephant, asked me
! 20 Join him in examining the building
/ 10 satisfy himself that it WAS closed as
1 he had left It. After our examination
/ we seated ourselves in the vcranda OPP
/ posite tho door, while some OF Runjeet
/ Slngh's people dug away the mud wall.
/ and one Of his officers broke the seal
aud opened the paddock. When tho
/ door was thrown open nothing but a
/ dark room was to bo seen. Runjeet
Singh and myself then entered it. in
( COMPANY with the servant Of the Fakir,
aud, light being brought, we de-
seconded about three feet below the
floor Of the room, into sort of cell,
| where q wooden box about four feet
long by three feet broad, with n slopng
roof, contained the FRkir, the door OF
which had also a paddock and seal sim
liar 81 that ON the outside. On opening
Il we saw figure inclosed in bag o
white linen. fastened by string Oyoi
the head, ON the exposure of which Z
grand salute was fired, and the sur
rounding multitude came crowding e
the door 10 see the spectacle, After
they had gratiiied their curiosity, the
Fakir's servant putting his arms intc
the box, took the figure out, and, clos
ing the door, placed II with its back
against Il, exactly as the Fakir haC
been squatting (like a Hindu idoD II
the box itself. Runjeet Singh anC
myself descended into the cell, which
was so small we were only able 10 si
on the ground IN front Of the body, anC
so close to IL as to touch IL with oul
hands and knees The servant theT
began pouring warm water over the
figure, but rs my object was 10 see ]
any fraudulent practices could be do
tected, proposed 10 llnnjeet Singh L
tear open the bag aud have perfec
view of the body before any means o
resuscitation were employed, ao
cordlngly did SO; and may here remarl
. that tho bag when first seen by u
looked mildewed, as If IL had beol
buried some time. The legs and arm
of the body were shriyeled and stitl
the face full, the head reolined on tn
shoulder like that of corpse. | thel
called TO the medical gentleman VIII
was attending me to come down AM
inspect the body, which he did, bu
could discover no pulsation In the heart
the temples, or the arms. There was
however, a heat about the region Q
the brain which no other part exhih
ited. The servant then commence
bathing him with hot water, and
gradually relaxing his arms and leg
from tho rigid state in which they wer
contracted, Runieet Singh taking hi
right and his left leg, TO aid by frietio