Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-05-02


lations that give the exaet measure.
ments of human eensibility. Some
days ago yOaag Russian had
quarter of his head sawed off; he
survived exactly three hours and fifty
minutes. The house doctor, Mr.
0'Neil, was wild with jov. What n
splendid experiment. lie cried"
The stranger tried To share Mr.
O'Neifs enthusiasm, but his teeth
chartered.
"The Chamber of Lost Diseases is
also very popular" continued the
clerk, pointing to the door. III you
apply your nostrils TO the wall you
viii notice that it is isolated by
perpetual interior bath OF phenol
We have the finest collection of virus
that there is in the world. At the
present moment n leprosy patient in
extrcmis behind this wall.
The young man started back in
horror, but he quickly recovered him.
self and followed his guide up a few
steps.
The Stake Chamber-the death of
Hercules! The walls and the ceiling
are in precious paste and ere fire.
proof. The quaruering-all you have
to do is to place your ankles and
your wrists in these collars, held to
walls by electric bands; this stool,
upon which the person sits, rests up
on button, the pressure on which
starts four equal and contrary cur
rents. Submitted to the action of
forces vigorously symmetrical, the
limbs are at once torn apart. The
| Decapitation Chamber"
The visitor remained stupefied at
the sight OF marvellous guillotine
in cedar wood, with keen and
cleaning knife. The guide, with the
half-smiling manner that he would
use to beg you to excuse the trick of
a child, opened wardrobe:
We reserve here, Tor the use OF
imaginative persons, the costume of
Louis the Sixteenth. Besides, the
blade, in falling, touches music
box, which at once initiates the his
torial railing OF Santerre's drums.
/ The strangulation Chamber-two
! strings fixed to u small board at the
height of the bed, fly to the ceiling
and remain there ii one puts the
weight of his finger upon it. Electri.
city also plays the principal role in
death by laughter, This is Il con.
cealed method, u bed that looks com
Portable and invites you to sleep. but
as soon asa living person is streatch.
ed upon it he is riveted by irresista-
/ BILE grapnets, while the Elusive coach
is decomposed into multitude Of
minute brushes, very soft and
not yet very stiff, which run over the
patients body initiating the prick
lings OF millions of insects, stopping
\ by preference on the joints, and new
/ er ceasing to play strange and skip
ping marches upon the soles OF the
teet-but what is the matter, sir?'
The young visitors face was white;
he had slowly tottered back to the
wall aud was leaning against it for
support Suddenly it seemed to
him-pure hnllucination, of course
that the artificial insects just de-
scribed by his guide were making
wild excursions from his head to his
feet.
Here is the Inquisition Chamber.
reinforced by the subtle invention OF
the Chinese, Turcomans, Apaches
and Caribs, the whole manipulated
by electrical Wallets. This chamber,
must admit, is little frequented.
1t is not of a very pure taste, in
my humble opinion, but Mr.. Utterex
did not want his house to lack in any
of the numerous suicidal methods.
But a curious spectacle and one that
will certainly interest you" pursued
the guide, in a soft, insidious, and al
most confidential tone, awaits you.
Kindly follow me.
These mysterious manners made
an impression upon the young man;
his lips and hands trembled, his brow
was covered with icy sweat Nolong-
er able to resist. he did not know how
to say that she would like better, :"
that he would, perhaps, prefer"-to
remain there. His guide took him by
the arm and led him on. A door
opened. At first he did not clearly
distinguish anything; then, in the
greenish air he saw the rigid forms of
naked walls IN a large, unfinished,
and silent room. The room was ST.
lent But a ruurmur came from the
deaf walls, a murmur that can only
be compared to the distant report of
storm, or the hoarse resounding,
increased hundred-fold, 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. Immedi-
ately the right side of the wall disap-
peared and the report redoubled; it
was like the confused echo Of lines
seething in the waves; and there they
were swarming in the flooded walls
fishes, crUstacea, mollusks, and all
submarine animals. 1t was the sea,
and upon this dark-green bottom,
comming from afar, increasing and
enlarging, entering in the chamber,
appeared tens, hundreds, and thou