New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-18

felt that were I restored to the world
could never again have q moments peace
with this dreadful knowledge of the here
after fresh in my mind. Nothing in my ao
tual life is or ever has been more vivid and
real than this imaginary sojouIn in hell wal
at the time. l wondered where the world
was, and voice seemed to reply, sit is no
where; it is out Of existence. Time is di
vided into more minute divisions than the
human mind can conceive of. A million
centuries from now the world will exist for
another fraction of second" Then ]
realized that this revolving mass of heat
was tho machinery that kept the earth in
existence. and that henceforth forever
must remain part OF it, Again l saw the
darkened room and the young man dying on
| the sofa. The final breath that had seen
him begin to draw these centuries ago was
not yet spent. and again / recognized my
self in the dying form. 1t was but q
momsntary glimpse, and was once more
in hell. The fiery wheel had disappeared,
and in its place existed only thin edge
an edge infinitely long, but thinner than
the blade OF a razor and torturing to look
at. had no eyes, yet l saw it, it and
nothing else. 1t was the definition of q
line. felt that to keep my attention upon
it second longer would bring oblivion.
Suddenly it was split in two. and was
compelled to look at the half. Again it
split, and the agony of contemplating 80
fine an edge was doubled in intensity.
Next it divided into eighths, sixteenths,
thirty seconds, and so continued splitting,
and l know there was no end to it's divi-
siOns. At last, as if to show me it's infinity,
the remaining edge split into million
pieces, and once more l saw the dark
room. The young man on the sofa was
dead. His cheeks were go sunken l
hardly recognized myself. felt of his
hands; they were cold. l pushed open his
eyelids: his eyes were gone, and only two
holes remained. fell into one of the holes
and found myself again in hell. l was
snap given to the rope. The vibrations be-
came shorter and quicker, felt that they
must soon cease, and that then would come
oblivion. They ceased, but in the stopping
another Migratory movement was given to
the smaller fibres of rope, and so on for
ever. Again saw the dead man; this time
he was in his coffin. l bent over and
touched him; as l did so / became the
corpse. 1t had always been ]: now be-
mouth went through the bottom. and |
fell upon the floor. I drew in q |
long breath, and in doing 80 sucked |
the carpet from the floor into nv mouth; !
the Ecarpet pulled the one in the next !
house, that the one in the house beyond, |
and so ! sucked into my mouth one whole |
layer of the earth's surface after another,
IN winding the earth like ball of yarn,
until had swallowed the world. remem-
Der this torture more wildly than any of
the others, and hoped against fear, as the
world gradually unweund before my eyes,
hat this would bring oblivion: but as the
asst particle disappeared down my throat,
'ther worlds eprang into existence on ali
idee, chasing each other into my mouth
With frightful rapidity. "Will / never def
screamed, and. as if in answer to my cry.
saw four men lowering coffin into q
rave. The lid was of, and shuddered to
ee myself being put into the cold ground.
)ne man raised Q shovel and threw dirt
pom the face of the corpse, and that in
tant opened my eyes and saw Mr.. ~
ending over me.
This is the end of the young mans narra-
We, but it was by no means the end of the
fair. His breathing had become 90 heavy
nd labored during the swoon, and his I
nlse SO violent, physician was summon
!, and. having aroused him. which was
one with the greatest difficulty, powerful 4
netic was administered, after which he | a
as put to bed and fell into q natural '
eep. The next morning he awoke with q | t
'Od appetite, but with q wandering mind. q
9 talked incoherently and exhibited all t
9 characteristics Of an insane person; nor t
d this insanity pass of quickly, though a
Q intervals of saneness became more fire. v
lent and of greater duration. All day O
lesday and Wednesday he walked up and 9,
wn the room, at times conversing intel
emily. bnt at others acting like wild Il
IN. He was attended constantly BY q D.
ysician, and it was not until Thursday g,
ening that the effects of the hashish en-. d
ely disappeared.-Ne,c York World. 81