Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-17

the floor. Again, as IN the Hu"i LII . -
pofqgi. rof. rGgouts. and legUmeS were sup
piled through the iOod-plpes.. IoWaru une
close Of the meal, phoDotelephetic com
municstion was made with Pans. Smltn
saw his wife. seated slOne at the dinner
table locking anything but pleased at heF
Loneliness. .,.o
"Psrdon me, ny dear, for having lett
Won alone. - he said though the telephone.
i was with D.. wilkins ~
"Ah, the good doc,orm remarked M's
Smith: her cOuntepance Hgntlog up
"Yes. But, pray, when are You coming
home?"
"phis evening "
Every well. Do you come ny luOS u
by air-train?"
oh, by tube"
yes; and at what hour will y0u ar
riye?'
About eleven, suppose. " o,,
Eleven by Centrop Ills time, you meanf
'Yes."
'Gsod-by, then, for a little while" said
Mt. Smith, as lie severed communication
with Paris.
Dinner over, DR.. Wilkins wished to de-
part. Il shall expect you at ten, ssia
Mr.. Smith. To-day, itseems, is the day
for the return to lie of The famous Dr,
Faithburn. You cid not think OF 1t,
suppose. TIE awakening is to take place
here in my houss. You must come ana
see. | shall depend on your being here.
Il will come back, answered Or. VIII
kins
Left alone, Mr.. Saith busted himself
with examining his accounts task Of
vast magnitude, having to do with trans
actions which involve daily expenditure
Of $500, 900 Fortunately, indeed, the stu
psndous progress of mechanic art IN mod
ern times makes it comparatively easy.
Thanks to the Piano Electro -Rsckorer, the
most complex calculations can be made IN
few seconds. 10 two hours Mr.. Smith
completed his task. Just in time Scarcely
had he turned over the last page when Dr.
wilkins arrived. After him came the body
of DR.. FaithbuIn, eeco It'd by numerous
company Of men Of ecience. They com
menced work at once. The casket being
laid down 10 the middle Of the room, the
telsphote was got ia readiness. The outer
world, already notified, was a1xiously ex-
pectant, for the whole world could be eye
witnesses of the performance, reporter
meanwhile, like the chorus in the ancient
drama, explaining il all Uira roce through
the telephone.
They are opening the casket," ne ex-
planned Now they are taking Faith
burn out of ia vsIitable mummy, ye'-
low, hard, and dry. Strike the body and
| it res0unds like q block of wood. They
are row applying heat; now electricity.
No result. These experiments are sus-
pended for moment while DR.. wilkins
makes an examination OF the. body. DR..
Wilkins rising, declares the man to be
dead. 'Deadr exclaims every one present,
'Yee,' answ ers DR.. Wilkins, 'deadr And
how long has he been dead?' DR.. Wilkins
makes smother examination. "A hundred
years, he replies"
The case stood Just rs the reporter said.
Faittburn was dead, quite certainly dead!
Here is a method trat needs improve
ment, f" remarked Mr. Smith to Dr.. VIII
kire, as the scientific committee on hiber-
nation bore the cake. out. $50 much
for that experiment. But If poor Faith
burn is dead, at least he is sleeping, he
continued. WISH NVulu HCb nOAlc
sleep. am tired out, Doctor, quite tired
out Do you not think that a bath would
refresh me?'
Certainly. Bat you must wrap your
self up we'll before You 90 out into the hall
way. You must not expose yourself to
cold"
Hallway? Why, Doctor, as you well
know, everything is done by machinery
here. It is moi for me to 90 TO the bath;
the bath will come to me. Just lock-"
and he pressed button. After few sec
onds faint rambling was heard, which
grew loudet aud louder. Suddenly the
door opened, and the tub appeared.
Such, for this year of grace 1889, ia the
history Of the life of the editor Of the Earth
Chronicle And the history CT that one
day is the history Of 365 days every year,
except leap-y ears, and then of 366 days
for as yet 20 means has besn found Of in.
creasiDg the length of the terrestrial year.