The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-19
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Il MODERN MTRli GLE.

Animals Back to Life-A Story thpt Needs
Confirmation. .N'.'' ... .'.. 'n
A miracle has been wrought in, the
South Seas. a! bot,lnist, named Sig
nor Rotura; has, iliYentcd a process of
suspcnding animation iii animals i'll
definitely and Of restoring it at pleas
urc. In connection with Mr.. Jumes
Grant, who has u freezing chamber Oh
one Of the hcadlands OF Sydney liar
Dor, he has been operating on dogs,
cats, lambs and other, domestic ami
mails. a slight puncturc is made in Tic
dogs car, and two drops. IT Il South
American Vegetable poison. arc inject
cd. III three or four minutes the vital
function arc suspended; the frame be-
coincsi rigid; tic he,lrb ceases. to bcnt
tho tailNho, longer Wags; the dog is
dcad-so dead, that decomposition
would set in if the body were not
frozen iuto the hardness Of stone and
the brittlcncss of glass. The dog is
laid away on n shelf in the refrigerator,
and romans there for weeks and
months, until it is the pleasure Of Sig
nor Rotura to resusitatc him. Then
the subject is Immersed in a tub of
warm water for ten minutes and
brought back to blood heat. a few
drops Of the antidotc to the poison are
injected with 4 silver syringe. In five
minutes intelligence returns to the eye,
rigidity leaves tho limbs, the tail is
gently waggcd and the dog barkS and
trots as though nothing had happened.
The inventors experiments OH ami
mails have been SO successiblc that 7hc
has requested the Governor to allow
him to operate on the next tclon under
capital sentence. lie proposes to
freeze him up for a month and then
th;.w him out, and declares with the
sublime faith of a genuine discOvcrcr,
that he has no fear Of " fatal result.
Signor Rotura is uncertain whether the
longevity of the subject is affected by a
temporary suspension of animation,
but believes that the period Of Inert
ness will not be cut out of ones full
time, but will simply be SO many
weeks, monthes or years cot uncon-
sciOus existence tackled OH to ones
scnticnt life" The account Of this
process is so sensational that if it had
appeared originally in an American
newspaper, 4 skcptical public would
have regarded it as an ingenious hoax,
but inasmuch as it has been transfer
red from the columns Of the Australian
press to those of the London Times,
and hcralded with the utmost gravity
as al wonderful discovery" who shall
Edaresto dismissaitssoAlightly? Who can
say ina this,ycar grace that anything
is too strange to be true? The practi-
cal result which the inventor hopes to
accomplish is the transportation of
surplus 1.-Two stock from Australia to
Europe; but why should the applica-
ton Of the process be restricted to the
meat trader Let it once be demon
slratcd that the lives of human beings
can be discontinued for definite
periods and resumed at the instance of
the operator, and suicide will become
unpopular Persons who arc tired of
living in the present degenerate age,
andpWho hope for something better in
the future, instead Of using the rcvolv-
or or jumping into some convenient
river, will have their cars pierced and
be packed away on ice until a given
dale.@-EGchdnge.
WILLIAMs, BRINE & Cos CREDIrous
In response TO a written cali, posted
ION the bulletin board cfthc Cotton EA.
change, Il meeting Of the creditors o
4 Wi l.ans, Birnie & Co.., was held yes
tcrday afternoon in the exchange com
miHcc room. Between thirty an(
forty firms, representing unsecured in
dcbtcdncss aggrcgating $286,OO0, tool
part in the proceedings. Mr.. j John :, l.
Macaulcy presided. Considerable In
i flignation was manifested ipSrcgard ,tt
a the alleged intontion Of Mrs William:
:! to repudiatc the contracts OH 9ftttures'
n made by Mr. .t3irniein tho names Of tn
firm, after promising creditors person
ally that he would pay everything be
fore leaving Now Y ork. Other gen
J tlclnen continued to have faith in Mr.
Williams promises. They said tha
the full cxtcnt Of the indebtedness was
: known to him when he made them
lis return to Charleston, they believed
) was merely for the purpose of collect
ing the necessary funds. They, there
fore, considered tho uncomplimcntar.
remarks that had been indulgcd il
gratuitous and premature. 1t wa
agreed on all sides that Mr.. William
was legally responsible for tho acts @
: his partner, and, after discussion,
a committee Of .scyep, was, appointed t.
I Eendeavor to secure ont AMI cable adjust
, mont Of tho sums duo, and, failing /
that, to proceed against Mr.. William
to the full extent Of the law. Variou
amounts due the late firm OF Williams
Birnic &, Co. by members. Of tho EN
. change, will reduce the aggregate t
8 about $25o,oo0.-N, Y. Times, i'm
4tb.
Referring to the allowance Of pi
money given, to English ladies, tn