The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-03

Were 'n4 % oooAs' edco one bearing q sign,
''For Science"
"hr. Utterex here offers an opportunity of
rendering by ones death a great service to
human kind, says the guide, according to
the story. Here, in the experimental cham
Der, nagnanimous individuals, who care
nothing about their lives, experiment on sub
stances, to prove to science whether they are
harmless or toxical; others submit,themselves
to cruel surgical operations and successive
mutilations that give the exact measurement
Of human sensibility. Some DAYS ago a
young Russian had quarter of his Uranium
sawed of; he survived exactly three hours
and fifty minutes. The house doctor, Mr..
O'Neil, was wild with JOY What splendid
experiment" he cried"
1.-THE Chamber of Lost Diseases is also very
popular" continued the clerk, pointing to
the door; ''if you apply your nostrils to the
well, you will notice that it is isolated by
perpetual interior bath of pheuoL We have
the finest collection of virus that there is in
the world At the present moment leprosy
patient is in extremis behind this wall"
Electricity plays the principal role in
death by laughter" continued the guide,
leading the young man to another room
This is concealed method-a bed that looks
comfortable and invites you to sleep, but as
soon as living person is stretched upon it he
is riveted by irresistible grapnels, while the
Elusive couch is instantly decomposed into
multitude of minute brushes, very soft and
yet very stiff, which run over the patients
body, initiating the prickings of millions of
insects, stopping by preference on the joints,
and never ceasing to play strange and skip
ping marches upon the soles of the feet.
But curious spectacle, and one that will GER
tainly interest you," pursued the guide, in a
soft, insidious and almost confidential tome
''awaits you. Kindly follow me-"
His guide took him by the arm and led
him on A door opened. At first he did not
distinguish anything; then, in the greenish
air, he saw the rigid forms of.naked walls in
large unfurnished and silent room. The
room was silent. But murmur came from
the deaf walls, a murmur that can only be
compared to the distant report of storm,
or the hoarse resounding, increased a hun
dredfold, of one of those shells wherein
vibrates the obscure roaring of the ocean
The clerk went to the wall, and, with the
gesture of a magician making passes, touched
it rapidly here and there. Immediately the
right side of the wall disappeared and the re-
port redoubled. 1t was like tho confused
echo of lives secthing in the waves. And
there they were swarning in the flooded
walls-fshes, crustacea, mollusks and all sub
marine animals. 1t was the sea, and upon
this dark green bottom, coming from afar,
increasing and charging, entering in the
chamber, appeared tens, hundreds and thou
sands Of arms terminated by round and
hloodless mouths.
The visitor stepped back-mentally-for he
was incapable OF making a physical move
ment; ell sentiment of life that remained in
him was in his head, in the roots of his hair,
an unusual pricking, as though his hair stood
literally on end
1.-THE devil fish," said his guide in hollow
voice; "a living body full of muscles and blood,
trembling and sensitive, thrown into this ar
tifcial sea, which, although without water, is
more terribly real than the other, can here
find the most splendid banquet of physical
suferings. Just imagine the sensation of
mortal disgust at the sticky and swarming
kisses of those innumerable tentacles, each
one gifted with the force of a thousand
leeches! The very essence of the body is in
the blood, and with the blood life escapes
through this monstrous suction. Little by
little the patient grows weaker, tho eyelids
close and rigor sets in. No one will ever. know
whether you persisted by fear or by pain"
The young man grew white, and seemed
to be in paroxysm Of dread. The guide as
sisted him to the balcony, and supported him
while he breathed the fresh air.
LIFE IS SWEET.
"What manner of death have you chosenY'
The stranger was feverishly agitated 81
cannot should prefer"-
ITO visit the establishment again, per-
hapsT'
''No, no."
However, you may choose some"-
'Yes, of course, must; it is evident"-
He gradually regained his self possession
and at the same time his love of life; he as
sumed, not without effort, an easy air and an
appearance of indifference to the physical
terrors at which, in reality, he still inwardly
trembled Suddenly, as though illumiued
with an idea, he said:
LET US go down stairs"
When they reached the third floor he
pointed to the experimental chamber and
said:
"You say it is occupiedg"
"Yes, it is occupied"
"What pityl Well" and the stranger |
affected to contemplate longingly the forbid |
den threshold; well, will wait. Let US de- |
scend.n
At tho Office be was received by Mr.. Ut |
terex himself, who welcomed him with a |
gentle smile.
1.-THE room that I have selected"-begaR |
the young man with an easy manner.
1.-THE experimental chamberF'
"YeS"
SIT is occupied" said Mr.. Utterex, stin |
a1niling, and at the same time Offering the |
visitor thin sheet of Bristol board with gilt |
edges, on which was written:
Mr.. x. TO Richard UttereS, Dr..
To restoring love Of hfe.. 900 |
As the Peeler Saw It.
Policeman-Yes, sir, Mr. Storn,sby viii be
/ famous man some day. He already has a