The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-10-02


mon 10 ousrrol o. r.a nrnssnc ,ancraao
In M ,oworlohle town ,brcc whol.
ovon;rrs woro ;rvor,alIv rco,;roJ e..
Tho ncrsormancc Of tho o,cra ~ aTho
Uucneno,s.@ tho a,.io. was a. verv slow
and ,bo singers draoveJ so terrible ,ho,
,hov novo, co,,d ron.co 40 oo, ,hror.,,
,,or,, ,ho, Zoo oc,s 4, s;x hovr. yvL.
Tho lively trimming air sung NV E;ooro
when no m.tes bis s,ne,r,nce In Tho a.,
oc, of tho " Darher Of Seville, was o,von
like a n.alm time and !, tool Tho actor
s;f,v-cicht minp,cs n s;rg 4, and ,h.,
the pcople ,bougb, be wa. coing lilo
w;Ids,ci
Now one f,no mor,;,o tho a,r;vo, 1,
town l. announced If q dis,jng,;shcJ
STRANGER Doctor OK who is accom- anied
bv an assistant called Ygcp Tbis Doc.
Tor OK l. a verv learned man and a worry
oil man too Cor no nre,enJs tho, ,a,e,i
and cloycrrc.s and ;moc;no,;on All
readiness of ,crccn,ionl-;n shor, ali In.
,ollec,po, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Inn, matter
Of more or less oxygen. Where could he
find better field for his experiments
than this blissnl little town of Quioucn.
done, where the people are about as lively
and as bright as spongcs; or. at any rate.
are sadly in want of some motive mower
to stir them up?
Doctor Ok has discovered the means
Of obtaining oxygen in immense ouan-
titles, not exactly according to the pro-
cess of NJ. du Motay. but with far more
ingenious and more powerful apparatus,
such as NJ. verne's imagination always
holds in readiness and provides for hi.
created heroes. lie obtains from the city
authorities a grant for the lighting of the
whole town, and all the more easily as he
solicits the contract on purely gratuitous
terms. The SEQUEL may be easily imag-
incd. All the pipes and fixtures are
laid; only the burners are wanting. Just
at this juncture, without a moments
warning, Doctor Ok slyly turns on his
oxygen.
Oxygen is a gas without any smell or
taste to it whatever. Doctor OK is care
full to administer it only in small doses
at first, and he selects for his OPENING cx-
pertinent the famous theatre. the very
night when they were performing the
fourth act of the Hugenots." That
day, the fourth act of the "Hugucnots,"
which previously lasted six hours by the
clock, was begun at halfpast four O'Clock
and closed at twelve minutes of five p.
NJ. 1t had lasted Just exactly eighteen
minutesl The leading clarionet PLAYER
had swallowed his reed, the second oboe
performer was chewing the last bit Of
his instrument, the unfortunate cornct
player could not get his hand out of his.
And such transformation scene as took
place in the audience! All the notabili-
ties had disappeared: everybody was ON
the same footing with everybody else.
Oxygen, the invisible cause of this un-
precedented and incomprehensible rcvo-
luton, had made them all equal.
After while the endemic. which was
at first confined TO public resorts only
spread all over the citv. Doctor OK had
OPENED all his cas-cocks. The comical
incidents suggested bv a similar sub;ect
TO the vivid imay;nat;op of the narrator
almost battle description. inst fancy n
town flooded with oxvyen, Peaceful
citizens transformed into demonioc.l
Lovers that were IN wait for each o,be,
five long wears rushing into matrimony
in less than two months, Besides noend
of absurdities and drolleries And IA
can the climax Ouiouendone declares
war 10 her rival Virgam.n ON the nile, n,
an old feud. which dates hack some e;ybt
or nine hundred wears,
Pnre oxygen is heavier than tbe air vc
breathe Jnles Verne with hi. custom.
ary cleyerness turns this ia account and
makes il the subject of n most lauohable
incident At tho height Of tho General
excitement Van Trica,se the burco.
master and his dear fr;ond and conn.
sellor Nicklau, go off tocc,bcr 10 see
what repairs are needed in the Great heI.
fry tower Grumbling and scrambI;no
10 get ahead of ono anotber the two mon
chamber nimblv nm tho first twenty s,en.
of the long staircase But as thew 90 nm
higher and HIGHER the otmosnbere re-
sumes is wonted density and their nm.
usual animation il ouieteJ down "a If
by enebantmept When they roach the
bell.room. ar ton of the tower far the
first time in twentv.eour bour. tho two
friends begin to talk nationally Pre-.
sently they 90 down stairs again and
when they oct 10 the last TWENTY-FIVE
stems Van Tricasse stons short and hecs
Nicklous 10 90 a little slower becauso he
felt him coming down ON his heels and
that "bothercd him" Nicklaus mokcs
A saucy reioider. They cot into n orar.
rel, and both tumble down stairs Oxv.
cen had the hotter of them again
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