Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-02
SECRETS OF SAVAGES
MYSTERIES CIVILIZATION is UN-
ABLE TO FATHOM.


Human Face - Change Themselves Into
Beasts -Unaccountable Transmission Of In
telliscnce Over Great Distances - Capt
Welby. the African Explorer, Testifies to
Several Authentic Evidences Of Power to
Bewitch.
London Answers.
That any one should be able to walk
a distance of twelve feet over red-hot
stones with bare feet seems a ridicu-
lous impossibility. Yet that the Mar
ois and other Pacific natives, possess
the power of accomplishing this feat
we have evidence that cannot be dis
puted.
Not only can certain of these Poly
nesians walk over the glowing stones
unharmed, but they are able to dele
gate their power to other people. In
the Journal OF the Polynesian Society.
Col. Gudgeon, British resident at Rar-
atonga, one of the Cook islands, de.
scribes such an Occurrance. 1t was
on Jan. 20, 1899. For many hours a
large fire had been kept up on foun-
dation of large stones, and at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the burning
embers we're raked aside, the Colonel
found the stones to be so hot that q
branch OF green wood thrown upon
them blazed up in few minutes.
The native priest struck the edge of
the furnace three times with branch
of the ti-tree, and then he and his pu.
pill slowly walked across. The pupil
afterward handed his branch to Mr..
Mr.. Goodwin, another Englishman who
was present, and said "I give my
'mana' (power) over to you. Walk
across with your friends" Four white
men thereupon walked across, includ.
ing Col. Gudgeon. The latter, in de-
scribing his experience, says: II
knew quite we'll l was walking on red
hot stones and could feel the heat, yet
l was not burned. l felt something
resembling slight electric shocks both
at the time and afterward, but that
was ALL"
The Shintos OF Japan possess some
similar secret. At the Houshi Shin
shukyo temple, in the district OF Kan.
do, Tokyo, there is q Prevailing per.
formance every half-year. Another
equally extraordinary feat is the "yu'
bana" ordeal by boiling water. Al
this the devotees literally drench them
selves with water out of q cauldron al
. galloping boil. 1t would take The
skin off any one else, but not blister
appears upon the bodies of thes'
Shinto priests. The only explanation
they vouchsafe is that they draw ou
the esprit" of the water, and go it be
comes harmless. Think OF the valu'
Of such q secret to the engine crew o
a modern torpedo boat!
So called savsges, even OF very Low
types, are able to do many thing
which the modern scientist cannot ex
plain, aud sometimes to beat the whit
man at his own game. Mr.. Servais i
Roy's name is we'll known to all VIII
take an interest in conjuring. Oh
one occasion this master OF mysterie
took a trip up the Congo. His feat
of magic delighted the natives. ant
their professional magicians woul'
frequently show the greatest interes
in his tricks. At last, however, h'
met one who was more than his match
This man took an ordinary turnip
and made it change into a huma,
face. How he did it the Belgian con
jurer has never succeeded in discover
ing.
Some of these African wizards pro
fess to be able to turn themselves int
lions, or other animals, and so trave
vast distances, and find out the plan
of their enemies. Be this as it may
1t is quite certain that these tribe
have means of finding out with tele
graphic rapidity occurrences at grea
distances.
About five years ago, DR.. r. w. Eel
kin accompanied Emin Pasha on
tour through Ugunds and the territor.
behind it. The doctor then travele'
northwards toward the Soudan. A
last he got to Lado, about q thousan'
miles south of Khartoum. One morn
ing after his arrival local wizard toll
him that during the previous night h
had been at Meschera el Rex, on th,
Nile. $50 miles away, and that tw'
steamers had just arrived there.
The doctor who had been away from
civilization so long that he knew moth
ing of the retaking of the Soudan
laughed at the news. But the m logo
or wizard, insisted it was true, de
scribed the people on the boats, an,
spoke of one Englishman, short, will
. big beard, who had letters for Dr.
Felkin. He said he was coming I,
Lado. and would be there in abou
thirty days. Thirty.two days late
Lupton Bey arrived with letters. A
for the wizard, the doctor believes tina
he never was more than a few mile
from his native village in his life. I
seems certain that he, and others o
his kind, must have a far greater com