The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

Y: DO thou myself o. Heruratef, my
son, bring him to me-"
The Herutatef. the royal son, rose up,
and made ready boats for sailing up the
river TO Tattu-Seneferu Now, after the
boats had arrived at the quay, the party
set off in marching order, the prince In a
litter OF ebony, supported by poles of ses-
netchem wood, inlaid with gold. When
he arrived at Tattu, the attendants set
the litter on the ground, and the prince
rode up to greet the magician, but found
him lying on a wicker mattress at the
door of his house. with one servant to
rub his head and another to chafe his
feet. The royal prince, Herutatef, stood
up. stretched forth his hands, and assist
ed 'Cetetta 20 rise. and giving him his arm,
accompanied him to the quay Tetetta
demanded special boat for the accom-
mediation of his family and books Where
upon two boats with the necessary sailors
were provided, Tetetta himself sailing
down the Nile in the same boat with the
royal son of Herutatef. Now when they
arrived at the palace, the royal son Eeru-
khutu, the king of the north and south,
the triumphant, of their safe arrival.
and health to, my Lord have brought
Tetetta." Said his majesty in reply, Go,
bring him before me-" His majesty hav-
TIE r easee to res as S1ourS t
into his presnce. Said his majesty, what
Is IT, o Tetetta, that has made thee wish
to see me? Said Tetetta, 20 prince, life.
strength, and health. l appear as an lnvit-
ed one. a call being made to me, verify
obey" Said his majesty, rs il correct
and true. what is reported to me, that
thou art able TO bind on head which hath
been cut OFF, Said Tetetta, Life, strength
and health to my Lord. Certainly, O
his majesty, "Prythee, let there be brought
to me a captive from the prison under
sentence of death" Said Tetetta Life
strength, and health. Q prince, my lord.
Let 1t not be a human being; surely thou
canst command to perform on some ami
maj from the collection OF sacred beasts.
Accordingly a goose was brought, and be-
placed on the west side of the colonnade,
and the head on the east. Tetetta arose,
and uttering words Of magical power, the
body of the goose stood upright on It's legs.
the head arose, and after the one had join
ed the other, the goose stood up and cack-
led. Afterwards he ordered to be brought
khetaa bird. to which he did likewise
His majesty then ordered an OK to be
brought. Having severed the head to the
earth, Tetetta uttered the words Of magical
power, and the OK stood UP as IL nothing
had happened to It.
Nearly 5000 years have passed since the
above marvels were said to have been ex-
hibited before the Egyptian King. And It
Is not little suggestive that every great
civilization that has since arisen, attain
ed Its zenith, and decayed, has left behind
IT similar inexplicable records of mystic
rioqs. powers claimed for certain special
individuals. A writer of the nineteenth
century has pointed out that the civiliza-
tion Of the Europe OF the present day has
as light, loeomotion, and communication
made more progress during the past 100
years than the world has made before in
1900. During George Ills reign the quick
est way TO travel from one place 10 an
other ten miles apart would have been to
jump on horse and ride there. Abraham
might have done the same! The oil lamps
of st. James palace differed only In pat
tern from those Illuminating the palace
Of sennacherib. Gas. electricity. and the
century indelibly as the epoch of mechan-
ical material progress. But what
6 has the stor present ,bi age k,nSg sas
close of the century has seen the Society
for Physical Research established, en-
bodying among its adherents some of the
keenest intelleets Of the day. It Is to the
specialist in all branches Of knowledge
we must turn for appraisement Of facts
and possibly the twentieth century may
see partial unravelment OF this mystic
rious, occult phenomena, which, like a
thread of silver, is found universally IN
terwoven with the history OF the past. The
explanation offered by the supplemented
but unframed and unscientidc observer
are as crude and silly as Is the practice
of ignoring altogether, and denying as un-
true, all we have not studied and cannot
explain.
OF the phenomena of the water in the
story, Jacolli0t, In his ocult science in
India, relates a somewhat similar per-
formance, which, taken In connection with
the evidence stored In the archives of the
old East India company given by military
officers Of high rank and standing
though II does not help us to understand
II, quite forbids its dismissal with a cheap
contemptuous sneer. Possibly the key to
the difficulty, may, after all, be a very
simple one. The Influence Of mind upon
mind is only now receiving scientific at
tention. Many intellects evidently possess
an extraordinary power OF INSTALLATION.
and may be able TO so transfer that power
to another mind as TO make him or her
actually see, as II effectively, what has
no existence. This explanation may he
very wide OF the mark, but IL is feasible
as a working hypothesis, and has much In
common with what the late Nine. Bla-
vatsky termed glamour" The kings
suggestion In the narrative, 20 operate on
a captive under sentence of death, was
very natural and the alternative propo-
sition OF Tetetta throws an element of
slspiclon over the whole performance. But.
while Il Is easy to criticise details, the be-
lief in so-called magic by the Egyptians,
Aseyrians Persians, Hindus, and Greek
and Roman peoples remains an historical
unexplained fact. What the nineteenth
century has done In the domain OF me-
chanical appliances we have seen. Could
prejudice and rldicule have killed, surely
ghosts. haunted houses, et hoe genus
omne, should have disappeared years
since and become as extinct as the dodo.
But IL the twentieth century, as Il prom
ises 10 do focuses its intellect less on
tabuIation,. classification and nomenclat-
lire. and more exclusively on causation,
many subjects that remain mysteries to
us all will become clear and explainable
70 our children.