The herald., 1895-10-06

The remains of the devil were smugglec
out of Japan at the risk of the lives OF
several men, who confessed that they
stood in fear of the parsonage whose
bones they were attempting to carry &c
this country. To be plain, there was
found some years ago in the ruins of a
Japanese temple grave in which there
were the bones making up an apparently
perfect skeleton of gigantic proportions
and altogether strange and hideous in
appearance. which, according to an in
scription found above the tomp. consti-
tuted nothing less than the remains OF
his Satanic Majesty, as the Japanese I'M
derstood him.
A doctor in Yokohama, to whom the
news Of the discovery was brought, sue
ceedsd in obtaining possession of the as
tonishing skeleton, and in time conspired
with tine captain of a tramp steam er
which visits New York. and succeeded
in having the dead devil forwarded to
this city.
As Miller & Sons who now have the
skeleton devil in keeping. have much to
do with shipping men, Captain Williams,
of the steamer Argyle, decid ed to place
In their possession the seven foot box in
which the skeleton was contained.
When the box was opened few weeks
ago and the straw and strange wrapping
paper removed. Mr.. Miller found an ap.
parently perfect skeleton of some creature
of gigantic stature. The box was only
seven feet long. and in order that the
giant bone might be ommodated, those
OF the thighs and legs had been placed
beside the rest of the skeleton. To begin
with. there was a terrific head. The
skull presented frontal bone almost a
foot across, showing eye sockets of aston
fishing size, square jaw like nothing
that anatomists know, and a mouth fully
six inches wide, garnished with twenty.
eight teeth which we're closed and inter-
locked and of astonishing size and sharp
ness.
Altogether tn, effect was truly terrify-
ing. The head was articulated to the
vertebras, and the spinal column was al
most five feet in length, to which ribs of
tremendous proportions and sternum of
immense strength and size were Joined.
The skeleton was apparently complete
from the skull to the end OF the pelvls.
Beside 1t were placed thigh and leg
pones, which it seemed at first glance
must have belonged to some monster OF
the guerilla species.
The legs apparently had been of the
uuOIt anu tremendously pOWeFIul OrQer.
which New Workers have seen in the
Central park msnagerie when Chico was
alive and imprisoned there.
The foot was fully fourteen inches
long. and had but three toes, each of
which, in addition to being of enormous
length, was furnished with an almost
claw-like nail. Its appearance, there
fore. was between that to the human foot
and that belonging to a bird of the
ostrich species greatly exaggerated
Some attempts had been made to re-
articulate the skeleton. for the knee Joints
were furnished with modern couplings of
brars and the bones were really ready for
mounting.
Captain Williams of the steamer Argyle,
who entrusted the box and its contents
to Miller Il Sons few weeks ago, told
them simply that the skeleton was the
property of an European doctor now re-
sident in Japan, and that the director of
statement that the bones were those of
monster which lived long ago in the
mountainous regions of Japan. He as
sisted the doctor in smuggling it out of
the country. and apparently believed that
1t was genuine skeleton.
n As matter of fact the skeleton con-
tains bones of the bovine. equine. human
and shark families, and having been
brought here and 'sized up'' by an ex-
pert in anatomy, they furnish materia
for an expose of Japanese dem monology
which is nothing short of rem markable.
This skeleton was simply manufactur-
ed long years ago and buried beneath a
temple at Kutsu to serve the purposes of
clique of priests who ruled that section
OF Japan by fear at that time.
Accordingly when the skeleton was
finally discovered. there was found be-
side it sort of map containing picture
of the devil in life, together with a full
q tn 10 af h
and interment. The map contained
picture which is presented here without
any attempt producing the finer lines.
which are of Japanese workmanship and
intricate beyond measure.
Buried ages ago under a temple in the
center OF an inland province OF Japan,
and one, which, by the way, has been of
great interest since to archaeologists, it
was discovered by workmen who were
excavating for the purpose of erecting
new structure on the old site. Thirteen
feet below the surface of what had been
the cellar OF the old temple the workmen
discovered an old stone grave, bearing an
inscription in Japanese characters which
being interpreted means 1.-The Tomb of
the Devil"
This, together with the discovery OF
the remarkable bones which the coffin
contained caused great excitement among
the Japanese and led 10 a scientific inves-
tigation OF the nature of the discovery
Among other results was the finding of
CHAPTER in the BuddhlsJ sacred writ
ngs. which was supposed to refer to the
construction OF the man found in the
tem pie underneath which the skeleton
lay, and which reads as follows:
'Anada (name of mani told Butsu
(Ssson or fShaka, You en- body in your
self the Tainwku and Ksuren, and hav-
ing gone round through the five different
Kingdoms have seen all the pain and
troubles among them to the people.
Upon this all people assem- bled in oruer
to listen to the explanation. Whereupon
Seson (Shaka, said to Anada, AT ali
times and in all places there cannot
always be such things as the Tainwku
and Kueren. and as it is very difficult to
get them l now permit all the priests to
draw at the door of the church the life
and death circle (Shiseirin.
"Whereas at this time the priests do
not know how to draw out the life and
death circle. Seson said: Make a round
circle and put an axle in it, and around
the latter put five spokes, then making
the foot of the axle put the Naraka( hell),
In the right side put brutes' kin gdom and
in the left devil's kingdom.
At the top of the axle put the ma
man and heavenly Kingdoms. Then again
divide the human Kingdom into four
proSinces; make the east the Hiteika. the
south Tambushu, the west Kudain and
Che north Koroshuu. Make the inside of
the axle round white color and draw an