Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-25

To gratffv NV every wish-save one.
NV love OF the stars he shared, Tor
every Arab is q udenJ Of the constel-
Iadous: he listened with incredulous n
teICs- to my story OF lenses and what
they DE- ght accomplish, and spared no
cost .o procure for me the books and
instruments by means of which he noped
nigh, DE made content
"Il was during this restless period that
I began To- explore the numerous tom0s
tfa- scar be great cliffs Infringing the
valley. and in one Of the largest 1 esJaD-
NNled q rude labrat0ry IN which L eX-
p1r.meu-ed with many things 1 nad
abandoned lenses for The time. l could
procure no glass suitable for such use.
Are YOU aware" he abruptly asked,
That ,aere is a light which will pass
through s,one?'
/ WAS ast0nishej at the question, but
perhaps less so than he had anticipated.
j explained 10 him that this was one or
the latest discoveries of science, and
that German professor had earned un-
dying ren0Wn in virtue OF 1t.
81 gvulge him not his fame, re-
sponded the old man, with slight I'M
patience In his tone, "bUJ this thing was
known TO me full TWO score years ago;
ans those shadow pictures of which you
tell me are bu, a trifing matter. Can
NOT this German see with direct vision
what his light iiium.nes?'
/ assured him no.
HE has much 70 learn" replied my
friend. He has but made q beginning.
know that these rays, which are in
visible simply bcc1Cse their vibrations
are too rapid for the eye to perceive,
gre In large measure reflected back from
the eden which tn y enter; and by
proper methods their puls8uOns may
. be so retarded as 10 convert them into
tha. form OF light which, being within
the register of the reJina, produces the
I sensations which give rise 70 sight.
This may be accomplished by inter
posing O series of thin films Of some ma
,eria, which would pOlarize rays or the
ordinary sort. Sheets of mica are most
convenient for the purpose, but alone
are not sufficient: at least three sub
stances must be combined, ana TO ge-
/ satisfactory results very delicate al
/ ius-ments are necessary. But given q
properly constructed converter, the rays
/ which enter dark emerge luminous,
anO through the transmitting plate you
/ may gaze into the rock as one LOOKS
down into water that is not quite clear.
How far YOU can see depends upon
+ the strength Of the rays and the quality
+ OF your apparatus. About twenty feet
+ is The most 1 have yet attained, but, as
I y0u are aware. my chief attention has
/ been devoted 70 another task"
I sat IN speeches. establishment. The
. las. miracles Of science seemed strangely
on OF date. And, what manner OF man
was this?
Yet it vas through these expert
| uents." he proceeded quietly. that I
made the discovery which has shaped
my life. One day, as 1 shifted the PEN
1 etrating rays from side 70 side. I per
ceived IN what had supposed to be the
/ solid rock q Gidden chamber cut off
from the gallery in which l was en-
I gagged by an immense slab of stone, so
I eXOuisiteiy fitted and so cemented by
/ tie lapse Of years that no joints were
| anywhere observable. In the same
/ manner the builders of the great pyra-
mid had designed TO seal its vaults.
but their plan was carried out only in
part
''Wich much labor I chis=led through
| The obstruction and found myself in q
/ gloomy passage fully thirteen feet in
| height. but alarmingly narrow and lead
[ ting downward al a steep angle TO an I'M
| 6ncwn depth. Il was several days be-