Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-29

tecL upon tnh nuluun hVNihas hu"
photographs are taken OF suns which
have long ceased to shine; kettles OF
boiling water can be photographed
in the dark. Therefore we must add
nit our own eyes are but very im-
perfect perceivers. But how about
the so-called lower animals
Has not one of our most celebrated
living naturalists proved by his ex-
periments upon ants that these in
sects are clearly sensitive To rays be
yond the violet? What they See Is
probably a color perfectly inconcoiy'
able to us. IL il not possible that
the sO-termed 'ghost-seers may be-
gifted with retina sensitive to these
ultra rays! Would not this theory
account for many remarkable cases
of persons beholding apparitions,
and in which circumstantial evidence
seems 10 point to the honesty OF
those visited? Because We can not
MS yet understand these phenomena
we call them 'delusion Must iteyer
be beyond the power OF science TO
supply with means OF increasing
our sense Of sight in this direction?
Such were the questions suggested
by 'he splash Of "A tiny goldfish To
answer them ina practical form was
the task now set myself. | deter
mined to carry out nm elaborate Sc
ries OF experiments upon the visual
apparatus of fish; taking into con
sideration the changes light must
undergo in passing through the re-
iracting media OF the curved glass ol
the aquarium and tho bubbiing wa,
ter ii contained Nv goal was To
SEQ the nnssen--to construct an np.
paratus which should enable tn. hu.
man eye To perceive the ultra RAYS.
Whether succeeded or not can be-
proved only upon the disecting table.
Perhaps. after all, am mad, and
the phenomena which nm about To
relate are but hulluciuations OF
morbid mind.
IL do not intend 10 describe in de-
tail the progress Of this novel study,
nor To disclose the various discover.
les which enabled me to succeed after
III ms weary failures
The startling and altogether an.
suspected consequences ofmy success
compel me To believe that have
oycrstcppcd the moral bounds %
science, md that should De increAs.
ing my guilt were ! to enable others
TO follow in my path IL must be-
sufficient for me to say that the me.
dunn | constructed through which
was to- behold the lCnd was. To all
appearances, an arrangement OF col.
Ored lenses. II was not long before
] had nm opportunity Of testing nv
discovery One night awokc with
the consciousness thnt my wife was
present. ! even knew that she was
bending over me. could almost
lTnagine her breath upon my rheek.
Ny optical apparatus my ON tho Ia.
BILE within easy FeaCh-wlth a paipi. Z
tating henrt placed ID belorc my
eyes. For "a moment was lnzxird by /
a brilliant fash 81 light; then, cloth.
ed ~ indescribnhlc colors. beheld
the face Of my dear wife. To give /
the very iaintest iflea OF these mar. 4
Vicious hues il utterly impossible. /
They could no more be- imagined
than one coul,i conceive a new aeusa
Nothing in our neutrality-suspicious. rnn F..
give the least notion oftheir et.chnl 1. (
ing beauty. Yet the ince did not an.
pear unnatural; on the contrary Il .
seemed perfectly rrnl and substantial .
II was my beautiful wife-trnnsr,,n.
dentaliy beautiful. ImpulsIy,ly I \
sprnug townrd her, throwing inside /,
the lenses IN my ecstHncy. They fell
upon the floor shiycr.d to atoms
let the hrilliunt image remained bS.
fore mo in oil its loveIlncsa I'm thscx.
cltement ot the moment thia did moi
seem strange. ! was in a semite. I
Urium
How long continued in tbis
ncstatic state cnnunt tell ~.
hcing aroused by I 10 openine,
OF the bedroom door. and tho ynj,,c
d my valet informing me that IL wna
Time to arise. turned In the dirar.
ION ION &. 81 the sound, bn1"cnulI see moth.
ny except my wiies features / mia
not Tor . moment snspcr the trutb
believed my sight was temporarily
impaired, "a IL naturally thrra4enIt.
~ gazing ut MI extrcmply bright ~.
ect. But before long awoks In Tia
act that ] was blind to cvcrytbinr
Dut my wife's image. This remnino,I
permanently before me. but NOT inits
irIginal hues-still more beautiful
ihts gradually eclipsed the Others
11,r,obahly their complimentarycolora
MS iinal nppnrition has never l,.ft
nc. whether my lids are closed or
open, my wife IL always before mo
yes: At times feel her preaencs
'ut her voice is dumb forever
~ had never occurred to inc durino
ne time ! was celebrating INV ex
'erlment that the ultra rnys might
ave an injurious effect upon the ~
INA. lnow believe that these RVS
y unusual light have produced =
astrological change in this mem
,rahe. 1t IL Tor those who conduct
ne examination of my remnins ~
rove ny actual demonstration tha
ruin Of my story" '
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