Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-04-09
ments nt his flute parties.

W " 1uN, anu tlldsttl NliSNs
sublime melodies Who could be inscnsi
bic 10 SO much grace, viSor, anil inspira
ton T.
Nv eyes cloSed,-i knew uo more
Selsam, tho crystal, and my annt's nr'la
dy were AL forgotten
At the expiration OF an houI | awok,
;ls from dream. lyiu. un The sofa Of DR.
Adrian, and asking wha; had iu>i hap
pcsed.
Sel>am was armed with stlong mag
nilyiug glass. his lace WaS III the g'ohc
aud the water had become troubled.
well, Sesam," asked | IL a We a
voice. "urc YOU content ?'
With radiant face. h. canic to mr,ano
.raSpng my hands, exclaimed:
Thanks thanks. nv dear and worthy
comrldc. II thousand thanks. You hay,
ju>l rendered great service To sciru'".
How have rendered u service &c
science, 10y play Ing musical air
Dear Theodore, | Sill not leavs >ou
in ignorance OF The gloriou. part that you
have taken in the solution oi the grand
problem. Follow mei YOU shalt com
prehrnd ALI"
lie lighted candslabre, then he open
cd side door, and hade me follow him.
As Neprussei several successive Rooms
WAS ptel 10 the deepest emotion, h'-
hcving that rrv J,ulinn VA about t. hc
accomplished in my being; that was
going 10 rcr"iyc the kcl oI Invisible
worlds
Al last. We came to large bronze
stair case which we descended into arI
Interior court IN his court, uniiccd
that the air was cAlm; that nunberlog>
stars shons in the heavens, aud that scs
oral dools presented themselves a> 80
passed along; Selsam paused beiorc one
OF them. and turning towards ne, saul
This is my amphithcatre, where
work. and dissect. Do not be troubled
Nature unchains her secrets only IN the
presence OF The dead !"
was awe struck, and would have
Withdrawn. but Adrian having entered
without awaiting my response, Il wa'
necessary to follow him.
| went into the room, pale with emo
( ton, and SAW corpse, the corpse OF q
Young man-exteudod Oh large OAK Ia
bIe, his hands bound to his body, hi.
head thrown back, and his eyes wid,
open. On his left side was a terrible
wound, which penetrated the cavities oi
the breast; but was not 50 much i'm
pressed by the sight of this wound or 10y
| the sombrc character OF the head, =,
was by the imm0biliIy, The silence
This inertness, this eternal ,epoSc, j;
man :" said |. to myself.
At this moment, Selsam, resting The
blade Of his scalpel on the incII badr
,aid to NE:
"All that liyes--all that Will sool
spring up again Thousands of exist
ences cnslayed by the same force, are
going to resume their independence
The only thing which has ceased 10 be
in this body, is the power OF command
the authority which imposes one dirsc
ton only. 10 all these individual lives
,ciH, That power was there"
He struck the head which returned ,
heavy sound rs ii he had touched wood
"All i not then annihilated," though!
/; so much the better, had rather lis
in detail than mol live ut all,
Yes. exclaimed SelSam, ho SCENE,
to see these reflections coming and goins
on my forehead; yes, man is immorta
in detail; each of the molecules whicl
compose him is impcrishable; they al
live but their lives, their troubles, ar'
transmitted to the soul which rules them
consull. their needs and imposes on then
its dccrees. One has sought for the mos
perfect mode OF government. and ha
claimed to find it in bee hive, in al
ant-hil; this ideal model OF government
is here"
He then plunged his scapel into III
corpse, and completely opened it. | re
coiled with horror, but not even appear
ing to notice this movement. he calml
continued:
First let us note the means OF oper,
ton, aud transmission OF the soul. Io
see those thousands of white libres whic
ingeminate the entire body; these n
the nerves, these are the grand routes o
this vast country, through which courier
are ever going and coming, bearing wit
lightning rapidity, orders from the mole
cule ccntrale, OF warnings to the latter
of the needs and dangers which agent, g
threaten its innumerabo subjects. The
all is in commotion, everything is tent
ing toward The end assigned by the sou
Yet each moecu!c has its Task, aud il
peculiar condition; for instance, Theo
dore, here are the organs of respiration
the lungs; here are those OF the circul;
I ton Of the blood; the heart, the vein!
the arteries; and here are those OF digei
lion; the stomach, the intcStines. Bu
5 do not believe they are composed of tll
1 same elements. No! when decompos
S ton takes place, the lungs produce il
7 sects called doureS. with bodies long an
1 filitorme. which settle themselves lik
leeches, in the midst of two pores. III