Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-08-15

are from time to time narrated in the
columns Of the press, because these
stories have acquired an awkward
habit Of turning ont to be true, and to
make those Knocked and Ieered feel
small. Therefore, it will be well to
wait before smiling at al, extraordina-
ny account Of a recent discovery which
the Times Of this morning copies from
the Brisbane Courier. For the bene-
fit Of snch Of my readers as have not
seen this account, may explain that
it announced that certain Signor
Rotura, gentleman who knows q
great deal about South American bot
any, has found out method Of sus-
pended animation in living bodies for
an indefinite time, and OF bringing
them to life again whenever he likes,
unless certain accidental circum-
stances prevent the success of tie ex-
pertinent in hand. Aided by James
Grant, Signor Rntura has been operat-
ing Oh dogs, cats and sheep with most
marvellous results. if the story is true.
He makes a slight pnncture in the an
imals ear and pours in few drops af
some S,mtIi American vegetable ex-
tract now known only to himself, and
the dog or sheep Immediately becomes
rigid, and, to all present intents and
purposes. dead Then the animal is
pnt away on shelf to keep. Not in
this state, however, for long, for it is
said that the resemblance to death is
SO complete that decomposition soon
sets in. This, therefore, is to be
avoided by freezing the subject into
the hardness of stone and brittIeness
.of glass, and in this state the beasts
are to be sent over to England or any
other country which may want them.
As soon as they arrive another little
hole is to be made in the neck, few
drops Of the antidote to che poison In
iected, and the animal will Immediate
ly regain consciousness and begin TO
skip and frolic about. Sometimes, it
is said, the subject succumbs to the
operation Of freezing, but not often
For even such delicate creatures as
newly born lambs have been resusci-
tated after being apparently dead for
nineteen days.
The immediate object and applica-
tion of the discovery is the transmits
sion of the surplus stock of Australian
sheep and cattle to Europe, but Signor
Rotnra expects to work still greater
marvels than that. He has not vet
experimental npon a human being,
because, suppose, no human being,
not even himself, has been found, VINO
cared to risk martyrdom in the inter-
ests Of science, bnt application is said
To- have been made to Sir Henry
Parkes to allow the next ielon con
demned to death in the colony to be
operated upon. ! suppose the crimi
nal would not object. At the worst.
he could only die, and if the expert
ment succeeded, he would probably
receive pardon for his services. If
Signor Rotura gets the man, he pro
poses to inject the poison, put the TEL
low in refrigerator for mouth, and
then take him out aud bring him to
life again. The most extraordinary
lpart of the story is that the Signor be-
lieves that The time the pelson or ani-
lmal experimental upon remains un-
conscious, and this may be years, is
not taken out of his ordinary life, be-
cause no bodily change will ever take
Iplace while the trance lasts, SO that a
lperson who was tired of life now and
wanted to leave the world and come
back another day, would only have TO
lget himself entranced and frozen up.
and be brought hack to active exis-
tence at an appointed time. If all this
} is invention, it at least shows that the
, wurld possesses a writer Of romance
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