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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1893
ONE MAY BE BURIED ALIVE.
THE HAZ AEDOUS TASK TO BE UNDER-
TAKEN BY A MIND BEAD EE.
The Trick of Indian Fakirs—Rigid Train-
ing Whioh Enables Them to Live in a
State of Suspended Animation.
New Tork Herald.
The announcement recently made that
Mr. A. J. Seymour, the mind reader, pro-
poses to allow himself to be burled alive j
In Chicago and remain underground while
a crop of barley is growing over him—in
other words, to imitate the feat performed
by Indian fakirs—has caused much com-
ment.
One of .our well known and well adver-
tised masters of legerdemain recently ex-
pressed the opinion that it is impossible to
do this and come out alive. He very lib-
erally offers to go out to the "fellow's"
obsequies to see that there is no fake
burial. "I have," quoting this gentleman,
"heard of similar tricks in the east, and j
although I have tried to witness one such
performance during my three visits to
India I have failed."
The life burial of the Brahmin yogis or
the feat of the fakirs who rise several
hundred feet in the air this authority calls
"contemptible tricks" which he "never saw
nor could find any reliable persons to au-
thenticate." Would the prince of Wales or
Prince Henry of Prussia be sufficiently re-
liable for this gentleman?
To understand the supernatural mani-
festations of the Indian fakirs a glance at
the religious development and customs
practiced by them from the most ancient
times, concerning which we know so little,
will be necessary.
The greater part of India's inhabitants
are believers In the ancient faith of Brah-
ma. This religion shows the same pecul-
iarities today that distinguished it thou-
sands of years ago. The customs of the
inhabitants of Indla»-jn 'act, everything
connected with that country's civilization-
together with their ideas of metamorphoses,
are now as they were then.
Their religious and moral precepts, as
well as their instructions for a wise mode
of life, are extremely difficult to obey. Or.e
is almost forced to believe that a being
hostile to humanity has devised these rules
as their slightest infringments are visited
by the most fearful punishment that can
be meted out, common among which is ex-
pulsion from among the community of the
living. Such teachings could only take
root in a country extraordinarily endowed
by nature and among a sentimental peo-
ple inclined toward meditation and con-
templation.
The legend tells us that Buddha, during
his period of preparation, sat rigid and
motionless, and, to satisfy his desire for
contemplation attempted to abstain from
food, accepting but a single grain of rice
for his daily meal. To follow the precepts
of their holy teacher, his followers, that
they might attain the highest degree of
happiness, imitated hi.s self-abnegation and
self-torture, excelling their master in many
of their horrible customs.
Among these curious enthusiasts are
founcT ascetics who have held their arms
so long in one position that the muscles
have stiffened and can not be moved; or
they clasp their hands till the nails of one
pierce through the flesh of the other.
Others cause themselves to be burled alive
bead downward. Among the tortures con-
tinuously practiced are sitting ?n sharp
iron points which pierce their muncles, ly-
ing quietly with hot ashes piled on the
breast, or stretched upon the ground, their
faces covered with damp earth In which
mustard seeds have been sown. This pos-
ture is retained, the enthusiasts remaining
without food or drink, exposed to the sun's
heat by day and the dew and cold of night,
until the plants sprout, which generally
occurs the fourth day. In this manner
they torture themselves for a considerable
period, hoping that the Increased pain
will more quickly deadTO their flesh to all
earthly sensations.
Many ascetics indulge in contemplative
rites and chastenings, or rather, commit-
ting a slow suicide. They sit immovable,
their mouths bound In order to avoid the
slightest contamination of breath, and
take as daily nourishment only a few rice
grains moistened with water. They soon
attain a condition that scarcely betrays the
presence of life.
Of all the customs originally practiced for
religious purposes that of a continuation of
life without food, air, light or any appar-
ent endfavor for Its preservation is most
interesting to us. It was a topic of dis-
cussion In the most ancient writings—the
\Tedas of the Hindoos and the law books
of Manu.
Most mysterious and perplexing are the
performances of the eastern devotees who
allow themselves to be buried for months
and years, and in whose bodies certain vi-
tal forces must continue to exist which can
be fanned into action after a considerable
period of apparent lifelessness.
There are in India fakirs appointed by
their orders to follow the profession of bet-
ing burled alive. To perform this the most
careful preparation Is necessary. To
deaden the senses a candidate must repeat
the holy word "Am" [God] twelve thou-
sand times every day, besides saying other
similar and deeply significant words many
thousand times dally. He must practice
standing on his head to accustom the heart
and brain to regular action under any con-
dition; the body must become habituated
to most painful contortions; it must be
contracted into an almost incredible space
and strange shapes, and all this time the
mystic words must be continually repeated.
By continued practice they succeed In nar-
rowing their passage. The breath must
also be held for an Incredible time, and air
swallowed or forced into the stomach. An
ability to breathe so rapidly that perspira-
tion breaks out, or to withhold the breath
entirely for an incredible time, is obtained
only after years of practice. The food of
the yogis during this time consists only of
rice and water, or sometimes a little milk.
Exceedingly slow movements, even the
avoiding of the motion, silence and per-
fectly moral behavior are Insisted upon.
Among the preparatory exercises, insert-
ing the thumbs In the ears to close out
sounds, holding the Index finger over the
eyes and covering the lips with the other
lingers, are practiced. Utter darkness
should enshroud the flesh deadeners, who,
after devoting themselves for years to such
tasks, are fully recompensed by the peculiar
sensation of "ineffable eestacy" they ex-
perience.
Absolute seclusion and quiet, the shut-
ting out of all light and conlinlng them-
selves to the smallest amount of vegetables
and other easily digested food is neces-
sary. They thus bring themselves to a
condition In which the physical and men-
tal powers learn to resign themselves to
any place or position, and they gradually
sink Into a trance-like state.
After years of preparation, when the
fakir has arrived at the highest degree of
proficiency In deadening his rtesh, burying
alive follows.
Various authors and travelers have of
latt devoted themselves to investigating the
mysterious art and performflnces of fakirs
and monks of the east. On these subjects
many suppositions have been expressed;
but It has been possible only comparatively
recently to explain through the medium
of careful scientific researches the majority
and the most extraordinary of these per-
formances.
,fThe fakir," quoting from one of Dr.
Honlgberger's reports, "being carefully pre-
pared by members of the order, after about
one hour when every apparent sign of life
had departed, In the presence of Maharad-
*hah Kunschlt-Slngh and his magnates,
was sewed into a Tinen sheet, sealed, and
the package containing the body placed in
a case, pad-locked and burled in a park of
the palace at Lahore; barley was sown
over the grave, a wall erected around it and
guards stationed there. Three months
later, at the tme appointed for the disin-
terment, the prince's councillors, nmnng
whom whs General Ventura. Sir Claude
Wade and several other Englishmen, the
court phvsiclan and myself, arrived at the
place. When the grave was opened we
found the linen sheet In which the fakir
had been wrapped untouched and covered
with mold. The fl^sh on the man's arms
and legs were loose and wrinkled; his head
settled upon his shoulders. The physicians
present were unable to distinguish any
Hgna of life. After this examination water
MTM Uu-QWB gvtr him aud his until § body
vigorously rubbed by members of his order.
A hot wheat paste was placed on his head
and after considerable exertion the firmly
set jaws were separated. His eyelids were
rubbed with melted butter; they opened and
showed the staring and apparently lifeless
eyes. Soon his body began to move con-
vulsively, respiration and pulse were dis-
cerned, the limbs grew soft and round, his
eyeballs resumed their natural color and
shajpe. ,
"The first question addressed to us after
consciousness had returned was, 'Do the
Christians believe me now?' At first his
utterances were low and scarcely distin-
guishable, but after half an hour all pres-
ent could distinctly understand him.
The fakirs have an exact and prescribed
method of training and long practice is
necessary before they are permitted to un-
dergo this ordeal. Surgical operations must
be resorted to and tne cords under the
tongue cut. This enables them not only to
protrude the tongue to a great length, but
also to lay It so far back as to cover
the cavities that open into the throat. For
several days before the test is made a
scanty diet is followed, and on the day of
burial a linen tape three inches in width
and about fifteen yards long is introduced
into the stomach to purge It thoroughly.
After these preparations the ears, eyes,
nose, etc., are closed with wax, the fakir
assumes a crouching position, draws ills
tongue backward into his throat, folds his
hands over his breast and reduces himself
to a cataleptic state. The color of his face
becomes ashen.
But this power has not been entirely
confined to the Indian fakirs. In a medi-
cal journal published in Edinburg it is re-
lated that a colonel of the English army
sent for two physicians and asserted that
he possessed the faculty of dying and re-
turning to life. The experiment was im-
mediately entered upon, and soon every
sign of life disappeared. The physicians
feared the experiment had been carried too
far, as they thought the prostrate man
really dead, but soon slight motions were
noticed, followed by returning pulse and
consciousness.
In the extraordinary performances of
Hindoo fakirs the circumstances favoring
them must not be overlooked. They have
been prepared and hardened for their ex-
hibitions by previous and long continued
penances, tortures and deprivations, and
by religious enthusiasm which has become
second nature. They seem also to have
weaned themselves from what Is supposed
to be necessary for sustaining animal life,
seemingly being able to live for a time
without water, air or food.
Prof. Preyer, the renowned physiologist,
and director of the Physiological insti-
tute at Jena, gives an explanation of this
state of lethargy*, or "anaboises," as it is
termed. He does not relegate these mani-
festations of the Indian priests to the do-
main of superstition or humbug, but en-
deavors to bring them into comparison
with the well known scientific facts from
the domain of animal and vegetable life.
"It Is probable," says the orofessor,
"that the condition Into which these per-
sons place themselves Is a lethargy similar
to the winter sleep of mammalia, and not
an entire suspension of life, as is the case
with frozen animals or dried seeds."
In some animals regarded as dead breath-
ing and the action of the heart have not
ceased, but only an apparent death has
taken place. This may be observed among
certain varieties of fish. The pickerel, for
instance, can be apparently frozen dead
and when thawed brought back to life.
An ei,'g, while being in the process of
hatching, can be frozen until action has
ceased without serious results; if after a
day or week it is warmed life returns and
the hatching process continues. Prof.
Tuberwill Needham discovered in diseased
wheat cell-like bodies forming a solid mass,
but apparently lifeless. He supposed them
some fibrous growth and was greatly sur-
prised when, after wetting the mixture, it
became alive. The animalcules were again
put In a dry place for two years, and could
at any time, as frequent experiments
showed, be brought to life.
Buffon made similar observations, as did
also the distinguished physiologist, Fon-
tana. Plants when cooled to the freezing
point and allowed to thaw out slowly do
not suffer any injury, although during the
time they remain frozen every function of
life is entirely suspended. Dumerill made
Interesting experiments with frogs and
never failed to bring them back to life.
Hence, we see that in amphibious ani-
mals when frozen solid the functions of life
are suspended, not, however, the capacity
to live. Seeds of plants and grains of dif-
ferent kinds can be preserved for many
years without losing their germinating
power if cut off from the air and kept dry.
Desmoulins reports that seeds of several
varieties of plants found in Roman graves
continued to germinate, although they had
probably lain for more than 1500 years In
the dry ground. Radishes and cucumbers
germinate after seventeen years, melons
after forty or fifty years, oats after 140
years to 150 years, and beans even after 20J
years. ,
Animal eggs have been kept alive in a
dry state for more than half a century.
The Brazilian anaconda Is another in-
stance of this lethargic state; for 500 days
at a time It remains apparently lifeless
without taking any nourishment.
The so-called "winter sleep" of the mam-
mals Is a similar state of lifelessness, and
not real sleep. There is no doubt that some
animals which do not naturally succumb to
this annual state of apparent lifelessness
can pass Into It of their own free will.
They usually choose for this purpose hid-
den and probably undisturbed places Into
which very little air penetrates. Emacia-
tion, slower pulse, lessening of respiration
and lowered temperature of the body fol-
lows.
This recalls the condition In which the In-
dian adepts place themselves. Medical re-
ports have shown that hysteric nervous per-
sons are at times overcome by drowsiness or
sleep, and remain for days, weeks and even
months in such a state. Consciousness is
sometimes retained during these seasons and
sometimes lost. So the sick may or may
not have the least knowledge of the dura-
tion of their malady, or of what occurs
while it continues. The vital organs are
unqestlonably Influenced in somewhat the
same manner as in the case of mammals
during their winter sleep.
Even perfectly healthy persons are capa-
ble of sleeping for several days, especially
if confined in a very small and almost
unventllated room. An instance of this is
the case of Gulseppe Ciaborrl, a boy 14 years
old, who was buried alive In Cerreto during
the eruption of Vesuvius, and who slept for
twelve days Inclosed by brick walls.
In a medical report the case of a young
girl is stated, who. on account of a convul-
sive closing of the throat in consequence of
severe spasms, which occurred after even
the slightest motion, was unable to take
nutriment for about four weeks. Her limbs
became rigid, she lost her sight, her eye-
balls were turned convulsively upward and
her hearing failed, although she recognized
friends when they touched her hand. The
send-death of the senses and immovability
of the limbs in bed lasted for a month,
when she awoke and demanded liquid food.
It was remarkable that during this length
of time she did not become emaciated.
Knowledge, therefore, gained from differ-
ent sources shows that there are conditions
which permit the life-burial of these persons
to seem possible.
The death-sleep of the fakir seems a case
of self-hypnosis; respiration and pulses
ahe Imperceptible, the limbs are stiff, the
body remains in one position, the Jaws are
firmly pressed together and must be forced
open. The hypnotic state has been known
In India for thousands of years, and has
been used to enhance the impreaslveness
of their religious ceremonies.
experiments the in-
dividual yields to the hypnotizer's influence
much more easily the second and third time
than the first, and usually after several
experiments a simple command suffices In
the same manner Indian adepts are obliged
to undergo lung practice before they suc-
ceed in hypnotizing themselves for aiiy de-
sired length of time.
Although asserting that self-burial Is
possible In consequence of self-hypnotiza-
tlon, the conditions are not yet understood
that make it possible for the body, other-
wise so easily putrescible, not only to resist
its vital powers, and, later on, resume all
the functions of life. This is the obscure
point of the phenomenon, and this is where
science needs to apply its lever.
TO READ HIS TITLE CLEAR.
Lancaster News.
In selecting their allotment of 160 acres
which the government allows the Chero-
kees to retain the Indians have chosen
tracts adjoining the railroad which runs
through th" strip. The unlettered suvage
is fast getting up (o date.
WHY BLAME THE CORRESPONDENTS?
Kansas City Journal.
If Mr. Ingalls is any sportsman at all he
should go gunning some morning for that
Atchison correspondent who habitually
places him before the country as a quer-
ulous crank and calamity howler.
The modern beauty thrives on good food
and sunshine, with plenty of exercise In
the open air. Her form glows with health
and h"r face blooms with Its beauty. If
licr system needs the cleansing action of a
laxative remedy, she uses the gentle and
nUiumnt liquid UuuiUve* tiyruo of Figs.
CHINA TO GIVE TIT FOR TAT
RETALIATION 8DRE TO FOLLOW EN-
I0R0EMENT OF OUR LAWS.
Kev. Gilbert Reid Thinks the United States
Could Better Reaoh the Desired
Ends by Treaty.
j Washington Post.
! The Rev. Gilbert Reid, who has been
| a missionary in China for over ten
1 years, and has had considerable deal-
) ings with Chinese mandarins, knowing
something of their views on the Chinese
question, has been in Washington tor
several days consulting with prominent
men in the interest of greater friend-
| ship between the two countries, being
| met by a reporter of the Post and asked
j if he had any late news on China's in-
| tended attitude, he said:
"From what I have been able to
learn, both from China and here, I
have no doubt that China intends to
act whenever our own country acts,
and very much in the same line. If
the Chinese should be deported, the ef-
fort would be taken to expel Americans,
or at least those who may be undesir-
able to China. If regulations are en-
forced here against the Chinese, and
not directed to other nations, China
will then lay down regulations for Amer-
icans in China, but not applied to other
foreigners. In other words, it will be
tit for tat, and in harmony with the
ancient law of revenge, 'an eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'
"It is quite evident that by forcing
China to take a retaliatory method of
maintaining her honor, Americans in
China will be placed at more of a disad-
vantage than the Chinese in the United
States. The principle and necessity of
exterritoriality have always been recog-
nized in dealing with oriental countries,
and by the law of nations and as estab-
lished by treaty, foreigners in those
countries have been subject still to their
own respective governments and pro-
tected by them, rather than dependent
on the caprice of oriental rule. Nov/,
our government decides not only that
it has the might, but the inclination, to
abrogate certain articles In the treaties
made with China, and so weaken if not
destroy the force of our solemn com- (
pacts. China, if she follows out the
natural course under such circum- i
stances, will then declare the treaties I
to be abrogated, and that her will Is to
do as she pleases in the might of her own
sovereignty with regard to all Amer-
icans in China. That will leave us un-
fortunate American citizens in a posi-
tion which no Christian state has re-
garded as safe in dealing with oriental
nations. For an American to be left
in the lurch while residing in England,
France or Germany is far different from
being thus neglected in the oriental na-
tions of China, Japan or Slam. We
may deem it best to make no show of
the foreign protection, but none the less
it has been recognized as necessary
to have this protection whenever needed
or sought for.
"Americans have their full liberty,
under the equal protection of Ameri-
can laws, to choose each man his own
trade and his own religion, and if I or
others choose to be a missionary and re-
side in a foreign land in the legitimate
pursuit of my calling, I am none the
less guaranteed the equal protection of
my government with all the multitudes
who now reside here in the pursuit of
their callings and adhering to their own
individual choice of a religion or no
religion. I hardly think It Incumbent
or seemly for me to come to Washing-
ton to convert our legislators to a fair
recognition of either the worth of mis-
sionary work or our right to a prompt
and equal protection of our laws. A
little patriotic declamation might be
heard for real American citizens living
abroad who have been educated at
our institutions and delegated by cor-
porate bodies, representing the life,
culture and religion of our American
civilization. Let it be known far and
wide that an American citizen, at home
and abroad, is not to suffer merely be-
cause he belongs to America and Is
glad to extol her record.
"My only point, as I have said again
and again the last few days, is simply
this: Why insist on Independent leg-
islation in a matter that concerns two
countries, when practically the same re-
sults could be secured and In an honor-
able way if a treaty Instead of legisla-
tion should be adopted?"
Mr. Reid was then asked If he could
give any Information concerning the
standing of the new Chinese minister,
and he replied: "It has never been my
pleasure to meet the new Chinese min-
ister, though I know that his record is
already most creditable. He belongs to
a good family, which has had high
political honors in the past, has him-
self ranked well in his discharge of offi-
cial duties, and is a man of extreme
courtesy and open-hearted cordiality.
He has had official dealings with the
representatives of foreign countries at
the port of Wuhu and elsewhere, and
has always been respected by both na-
tives and foreigners. His departure
from China has been announced for
several months, but week by week he
was delayed, that there might be fur-
ther conference and instructions for a
safe and honorable action on the Chi-
nese question.
"He has at last arrived in this coun-
try, and stopped in San Francisco for a
few days to Investigate matters there,
and on his arrival here the former min-
ister, Mr Taul, will at once leave for
China, after four years in this country,
and will promptly report himself to the
emperor and prime minister with the
latest official intelligence on our in-
tended attitude to the Chinese laborers
| now residing within our borders. I
likewise regard him as a very capable
j and genial man, and I only regret that
he will have no very lovable story to
j tell of our American courtesy and civ-
! lzatlon. When calling on him the
other day I could not but be Impressed
! with his politeness, Insisting on treat-
ing me with the best Chinese etiquette,
and full of good wishes till we might
meet again next year in China, on my
return to that land. I must say that
while I have been politely received by
our own politicians of even diverse
views, the politeness of the Chinese man-
darin Is certainly of an equality."
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WHY NOT DISARM?
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Why should not the disarmament of Eu-
rope take place at once? What is gained
by maintaining vast armies and flunking
every time there is a chance to use them?
If diplomacy Is to take the place of dyna-
mite and other destructive agencies let
the general order go forth that swords
' may be beaten Into plowshares In time
i for fall plowlns. This late fiasco between
i France and Italy goes far to show that
the chances of a fight over the water are
absolutely nil. We begin to fear that If
1 the price of wheat ever advances In this
country a war In Europe will not be the
| cause of It.
GIVE IT TIME.
New York World.
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ALASKA AND THE SEALS.
The Homes and Habits of an Animal
of Much Notoriety.
Exchange.
Alaska, formerly called Russian Amer-
ica, covers an area of 514,700 square
miles, and Includes the territory bound-
ed on the north by the Arctic ocean, on
the east by British America and on the
south and west by the Pacific ocean.
The northwest coast of this part of
America was discovered and explored
by a Russian expedition under Vitus
Bering, a German in the Russian ser-
vice, In the year 1728. A later expedi-
tion, in 1711, under the same leader,
resulted in shipwreck and the death of
Bering.
The territory embracing Alaska was
granted to a Russo-Amerlcan fu'r com-
pany by Emperor Paul VIII in 1799, and
this charter was renewed in 1839. The
privileges of this company expired In
1863, and in 1867 the whole Russian pos-
sessions in America were ceded to Amer-
ica for $7,200,000.
The climate of Alaska Is not a thing
to brag about especially, the mean tem-
perature being about 43 degrees, and the
average rainfall about 80 inches. The
population consists of 8000 whites and
15.0U0 Indians, with some few Esqui-
maux on the northern coast. Native
grasses and berries are the only vege-
table products of the soil. Trees are
abundant, cereals of all kinds will grow,
but never ripen. Game abounds In the
forests and fish are plentiful, but the
sealing industry is the only profitable
pursuit followed by the residents.
Seals are of several species, the hair
seal and the fur seal being the only ones
worth consideration from a commercial
standpoint. Of these, the fur seal, the
species found off Alaska, Is the more val-
uable. The males of this species attain
mature sizes about the eighth year, when
theis length Is between seven and eight
feet, their girth from seven to eight feet
and their weight from GOO to 700 pounds.
The females mature at four years, and
measure fofor feet in length, two and
one-half feet girth and weigh from 80 to
100 pounds.
Although seals are dependent for their
sustenance entirely on living prey cap-
tured In the water, the young seals take
to the water at first very reluctantly,
and have to be taught to swim by their
parents. The number of young produced
is one annually and occasionally two.
Most kinds of seals are gregarious and
congregate In herds, especially at the
breeding season. About the middle of
April the males begin to make their way
toward the "rookeries," as their breeding
grounds are called. By the middle of
June all the males have assembled and
then the females begin to appear. Each
old male collects from ten to fifteen
females, whom he guards most Jeal-
ously, fighting for his home circle brave-
ly should any intruders appear. By the
middle of July the young seals begin to
arrive. These are nursed at 'wide Inter-
vals. During the entire period spent
annually on the rocks—from three to
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