The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-13
evening. and duly communicated them to

on the door OF the apartment or tomb.
as Il may be termed, being thrown open,
nothing was visible except dark room.
Runjit-Singh and Sir Claude entered the
servant OF the buried fakir accompanying
them. A light was brought, and they des-
cended into a cell about three feet below
the floor of the square apartment. In ms
cell was a wooden box four feet IN length
by three in width. with a square. slop-
ing roof It stood upright. It's door was
locked and sealed in tn, same manner as
the door OF the barra durri The box was
the coffin of the fakir. though ~ couid not
literally be said to contain his remains.
Before opening the box the body was
brought TO view. enclosed in a while linen
bag. drawn together at the ton: ana Sc,
curely fastened with string. Inc grand
salute now shook the garden air, and the
lowering multitude came crowdinS 10 tne
want first removed the body OF his mas
ter from the box. and placed II against
the closed door OF the recep,acie III Il
s1uatting posture. Runjit-Singh and SIR
Claude then descended into the cen; "hich
was so small that when they tired TO SIT
down on the ground in front OF the box
their hands and knees came IN contact
with the person OF the seeming corpse.
The servant now commenced 10 pour
warm water over the body OF his master,
but. as II was the purpose or Sir Claude
To defect any fraudulent practice, he OBJ
iccted 10 this and proposed to Runjit-Singh
TO have the bag torn open, so as 10 w
spcct the person of the fakir before the
process OF rcsuscitatioh was lhlt, 49,,
This was accordingly done, the bag being
80 midewed as 10 render II but the Work
OF a moment.
The legs and arms Of the fakir were
shrivelled and stiff, but the face was full
as I'm life the head reclining on tho shout
der ike that OF a corpse Sir Claude call
ed to the medical gentleman who was IN
attendance to descend into the cell and
fnspect the body. which he did, nut conic
discover no pulsation In the ncart. tenn
pies or wrists. Inere Wa, a
beat about the coronal region OF the BRAIN
which no other part OF the person eXhipi-
ted. This is one Of the facts which estap-
lish a resemblance between the linl,ftoh
death Of the HindOo fakirs ana catalepsy.
In this disease flushing or the race mas
often been noticed while the trunk and
extremities remain cold. In perhaps the
majority OF cases. however. the face IS
pale and at least as cool as the rest on
the body TIE servant now coii,ihehC,u
bathing his master i'm hot water, the arms
aud legs gradually relesing from the risl
state I'm which they were contracted
RunHt Singh assisted the servant Dy run
b.ng the legs and arms or the to-dll-ap.
pearanccs dead man, WINE tne ialler on
"a hot wheaton cake on TOP or the iak'I
hoad-a process which was twice or thrice
reneated before any result was apparent.
rhe servant next emoved from the cars
and nostrels OF the master the wax anu
cotton Mugs with which they had oeen
scaled then opened the rigid Jaws by In
sorting the point OF his knife between tne
teeth and prying them apart Jhen hoid-
ing the jaws open with ms ieit manu- ne
drew the tongue forward win tne lorti.n-
ger of his right. that usual flexible mem
nor nyina hack to it's curved position so
that its tins closed the gullet repeatedly
during the process. He now RUBBED me
faklr's evolids with clarified butter gnu
for some seconds until he SUGGESTED IN
open!ng one Of them. The eyepah was
still glazed and motionless. -.
Tho next process was 10 renew the not
wheaton cake on the top or the hedI. ~
this instant the body heaNeh Io'iN l 1lS.NS
" the nostrils became violently lhnatru,
respiration was resumed, an .',.,i ~ S,,iness
began 10 assume their natural IuiheSS.
THE servant at this stage placed Some
clarified butter on the tongue or the idhil
and made him swallow II. rev minutes
after the eyelids began 20 dllate' Slowly
recovered their nsturai color by insenslple
gradations. and CLEANED with intelligence,
and recognizing Runjit Singh, VINO sdt
facing him the fakir cominchccl 10 a.
cuiate in scarcely audible tones lns
whether he was now conxinte1; Nuny.s
singh answered In the affirmative ana
then beean the ceremony Of investing tne
daring experimentalist with pearl neck
lace pair Of superb gold bracelets
shawls, and pieces of SILK ana muShh'
forming a fun khilet or res"i', - s.,
The period that elapsed between tne
onening OF the box and the recovery or
the voice was about half an hour; ana IN
hair an hour more the fakir was able 10
fatk freely though feebiy. with those
about him Sir Claude wade REMARKS III
concluding his narrative that he now ,oyA
some mains to Investigate the manner III
which this result was effected ana "as
informed that the rationale or me pro
cess rested on the view or the hindoo
psychologists that heat constitutes the
saif existent principle OF NE, ana tnat III
the functions even be rot 50 far inter
riIptcd as TO leave this one In perfect putt
~. lfe can be continued Tor long peilo 'us
without air. food, or other means OF sus-
tenance. H. -, A.
So much for the resurrection OF the
fokir. and now for the appliances ana
means 10 boot" "a King Henry saith, by
which ne worked his little game I'll
these viii be found set forth IN yeTy
choice English IN a work entitled "Ihe
Court and Camp OF Runjit Singh by
can't. Hon. ". @. Osborne. Capt. Os-
horne was Secretary 20 the Governor
General OF Lahore and he gives very
minute description OF the way the fakir
prepared himself for the ordeal. Anoint-
ing the BODY with CHI and stopping up tne
nostriis and ears were necessity. as tne
writer remembers the description: IL Is
10 be regretted that the words OF capt
osborne cannot be given IN full. but there
"a not copy Of his work In the PUBL
library or the Athenalum when can De
consulted Sir Claude Wade's testimony.
however given above. Is sliilclent 10 sno"
that the feat which Tyndall proposes 10
norform is not a new one. and ten days
Ia as nothing 10 six weeks walking IN
Tho "Vallev OF the Shadow OF Death.
There was certainly no imposition as far
ms the fakir was concened.-Boston