The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-16

''''N'' =" tNtttotuihafS instance
at tlrr Gr.grc,. Condition of T,i,tenee-
i>arfi>h .t.euti>t', Theory.
he tntltic eNI erimenter and the relig.
iotIs .rtlJ, have ever Ia the same enemy
I" over olue a morning worlL As late
IN history a, iNsl Geotg, Stephenson uSed
every e.nrt o. have William trou ham
'onsisael 10 le,llam for advancing hi, Won.
der III Theory uf steam locomotlon, which,
sin IT. aioI tloa, has proved OF such ben
sit D. nEuL hi, Is but Oas OF the many
inst.In - where a mans increduhty has
teen proof of his Ignorance ami lack Of
genius IL, then, the innovation, in the
form of tn" most practical Improvements
arr loOaci upon askanc,. by the world, what
"a small chance must abstruse scientific
knowlNlIe have Of tstit H,hlns its theories
AMI h"lrts Vet there comes, from widely
dlvegg M parts oil the earth, a theory which
makr, the most credIluu, doubt, AMI the
most ncra,tulou> "a GER 10 sleeve IL is the
theory of teSRlli, alton, by which persons
nppatently dead can bo brought back to
hle
FIRST, the startling announce nrnt Of FRO
iesNor GraSsethack, n distinguished Swedish
chemist Of the University OF rpsal, in refer
enee to the Egyptian nlumrnies found IN a
state OF perfect preservation in the ancient
tomts Of the Nile surprised tho scientific
wurlL Differing from other mummie, i'm
that neither thor brains nor entrail, hal
been removed, ho claims that they were not
emhilmci at all, but are really the bodies
III di>itu1ts whora lives have bcen mo
nentarily suspended, with the intention Of
restoring them at some future time only
thh secret + lost. Nn instance in mo lern
history which SEEMS To give plausibilty Ia
Tins belief IN suspended animation Is par
tlcularly arropuS
nINnoo fAEll,'N EEsusCrrArIay.
sir 'hule NJ. Wa,ie. political resi- lent at
l.uilanal, British agent at the court Of
kuJit singh, arms most soicmnly that he
saw fahir oi lindo,tan brought back TO
life alter b"ins apparently dead for six
We Is, at l.ahor', IN Isl. tic says hs ar
riNel at the place "A few hours after tho
iahir lul been buried, the l;un,t Sm.L
AMI other responsible persons t,stfying TO
the truth OF his death Tho tomb contain.
Ing The holy was uaro room called a
harra durri situated in tho garien al loi
InS the palace. 1t hal four doors, three of
which were hermetlcally snalcl the fourth,
at iron, Icing occurred with paddock, the
holo of which was sealed with the private
s'al of the Ia ali, hence there was no Dos.
oiblh means of entrance or egress beside,
thr> precautions two companies kept guard
To lrc,ynt fraud. At the enl of tho six
weeks numtn'r Of III ,nltari,s assent Ll to
witness tho r,suscitaton and, on opening
the collin, Slr tllulo Wade says tho limbs
az t. Ia, a Il
the face only looking full and natural Tho
corpse wa, then sub rcted TO "a system Of
treatment, IN which hit applications TO tho
mead ami limbs were prominent. and in less |
than half An hour the fukir was talking !
freely. Tho Interest thus awak ned in Tin,
British agent, resulted in his subsequently
making inv esti satnn' bearing on tho sub.
lcct. durns which h. learned that Tho rn.
tiOnalG Of the process rested on the view ,f
the llIndOo ply ,lolp lists that heat consti
tutes the sell existent principle of life and
that If TIN functions even ha 50 far inter
ruptcl rs To- leave this onh in perfect uur
ity. life can l." retained for long p.riols
without ar, fool or other means OF suste.
name.
mat Su'h thing rs st1spending anima.
ton va, really known ami pra tic,I at 80
late "A cate ~ the nineteenth century make,
1t more than probable that i. was known 10
the anri,nt< That there was "A my,tsriou,
black art Known To, ana prnctic,d hy.
the l"opl" IT the east is no myth but that
all knowiels" Of 1t wa, lost in tho destruc.
ton ot the AhNandrIan library, eXcert
what Tradition has handed down, is elually
certain. Tho object now, however Of the
scientific Investigator is to discover the
secret hy which this suspended animation
may l." restored
Air. Frnnci, terry Fairfield, in his essay
on Apparent Death gives an instanr,
where the knowledge terminated tragtralIy.
\ certain ga Ali Of Iutiiali, named Ihnl /
who knew TIA" art of fegning death. eludnd
the hands Of Ia, creditors 10y dying suddenly:
his body was then given To his wife, EpaIi
liali, who had it taken back to his home.
and 10y her knowledge If the So ret of rayiy I.
Illcation, Restored Inn to his original con Ii I
ton IaIcJ on, however, he hal orrtsion
to play the sam sharp trek hut having in
the meantime married another wife unac
unaiulcd with the art, AMI who believed him
really dead, hi, body was burnt with due
ceremony.
Vow, We presume this i, what Professor
tr1s~cIlack believes to have hauupnel to
those mumme, foun in the tolb, of the
Niir that for some reason of their own
their animation had lecn suspended AMI
hc!oro the period SGT tor their return to life
hal elapsed, those possessed Of the secre,
hl +. died and their secret with them Tbs
ptuithslr pres MS many proofs of his theory
ct rrvi,itiratiOn. most cuns ncing Of which
are his own successful experiments during