Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-29
Nbeelias Register
. GOOD STORY FROM INDIA.

rurIOus and Sensational, but Nobody Is
Compelled to Believe 1t.
traveller from India relates tie follow
mo trick of the fakirs, which, If true, GER
.a;nly ou+Houdipizs Hcudip, says the
Bot Home Journal A fAkir MAKES q
wager with some skepticsl person or per-
,ous, generally Cfficsrs of the B itch army,
that he viii sllsw himself TO be buried
in the earth from cora 10 corn" period
Of about ak months When tie arrange
Tnsnts are compls ID the fakir besakss him
self to his fani y, probably fjr the purpose
of going through q eourss OF treatment.
He is then brought forth dressed in fam
rel, which Is tie chief article of apparel
among his cas-. Every ole who desires
il permitted to witness what occurs from
this point.
The man is then laid up>n the ground
by his brother fakis, ana his tongue is
thrust upEsrd and backward irto his
throat and there secured. This Is proha
sby done, physiCis- think, TO prevent the
flSw OF saliva. II knees sre then drawn
I'D and his head thrust Down between
them, hrirSiag him iLt> ~ small COM
pass IS possible. Ia this position hs is al
lowed to remain until such time az he be-
comes unconscious aed his respiration i'm
psr, epsibls. It is supposed that urcon-
sciousnes1 is produced by the Ioaition Of
the tongue. he is then placed IN q rubber
bag ta protect him from sill moisture, and
the bsg is sealed up. By this time Ihysi-
y LA H. ha, n khrnr1eh ha
ccnstose state, and into state of coma
only ore Ie1 owe from death.
The Lessons who have m de the wager
are then allo Eed 20 sslset the spot in
which they wish the b dy hu5ied, their
bairg bat one restr ction imposed upon
them, which is that they shalt select q
plsSe slightly Elevated sbGve the surround
ing country, in order that the water or
Moisture msy net settle about the buried
fskir. He is buried In full vitw of all
Over him the ground is narrowed and corn
seSed snd rsaPed. 10 one instance where
this trick WAS performed the iii ,ers WHO
laid the wager kept two ssntinels, who
were relieved according to 70 .ular military
custom, psc!rg ever the body of the bur-
itd fakir both night and day fram the
time he was in erred to tie tine he was
exhuned in their prese
When the six m1nths or thereabouts
had expired the body WIS disinteTrtd
1aad laid upon the ground in the
presence If o considerable audience.
After 8 short time tie rubber bag
YVES rm1v.d, care bling taken to keep
ire body alwsyJ on tie right side, and
anoth<r interval &C ugrsd. Then the fisn-
mel covering was loosenGd, ald shortly
after the tor gle was brought bseS TO IFS
proper position. The body Yves then rsiSsd
to standing p sition, and carried sb,ut
between two f,kirs until the limbs became
capable OF motion. These demonstrations
were continued but short time before the
fakir, to the satisfaction OF his audience
walked up and down NJ aidedte erI times
before them and then dspar' e1 alone to HE
home to be cared fer by his family.
Medical men who Were present at this
experiment and wire allowed TO examine
the flkir when tXhumsd, asserted thst
they were unable to detect the slightest
evidence of circulation by fCe.ing tf tie
pulse or the heart.