The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25

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in heaven and earth than our philoso.
ply dreams Of. 1t might be US he said.
"You see," continued tho doctor,
"that this man was wiso in his day and
generation and very prudently directed
tho medicine that was to restore him
to lifo to be entombed with him"
''Do you suppose he began his long
sleep, if it is one, voluntarily"
Hardly. 1t may havo been a pun
ishment for betraying some secret of
the priesthood or religious rite, tho
subject of which was selected by lot
But that is mere conjecture."
docs it not seem impossible to you
as a medical man?" queried.
"My FRIEND" was the reply, cit is
only the student of medicine who ap-
preciates how little is known Of the hu-
man body. 1t seems improbable, yes,
wildly improbable; impossible, no"
Every we'll, then," exclaimed, fill
ed with rising belief and enthusiasm,
''let us try to rosuscitate this citizen Of
the primoval world"
''To workl' calculated the doctor,
turning to the body.
We first lifted it from the case and
laid it upon piece Of canvas which
was to have becn our tablecloth. In
doing SO we found it was not 80 stiff as
we had supposed. 1t was, in fact limp
and yielding, like that Of a person in
some forms Of epilepsy. We then pro-
ceeded to wipe it dry with our towels.
The flesh was firm and natural, though
cold as the clods Of tho valley.
"But how shall we use the liquid?"
I inquired.
"Why, there are but two ways of
using it-externally and internally. I
can probably tell from the odor whether
it is dangerous to give internally. There
Is enough Of it, should think, for both
uses"
So saying, the doctor, after some diff.
ficulty, removed the stopper, which had
been sealed with natron. AS he did 80
q light, luminous vapor arose from the
flask, filling the chamber with q deli
cate perfume, like mingled ether and
crushed apple seeds. For moment the
scent made mo giddy, but this soon
passed away.
"We will first rub it with the liquid
After that I will try to pry it's mouth
open and pour some down its throat"
We began rubbing the body. For
long time we worked in silence. 1t was
hard work, and the perspiration was
soon flowing from us in streams. An
hour had passed and no result was np-
parent.
"I'm afraid it's no use," said at
last II don't SEQ any indication Of
life"
"Keep it up" said the doctor stern
ly. "Do you suppose that one is easily
awakened after a sleep Of SO CEN
turies?''
So we continued our work for some
time. was nearly exhausted, when a
cry from the doctor attracted my ntten-
tion.
"Look, look'' he cried, pointing to
a place upon the right thigh Of the
body.
I looked at the place indicated. AS
did so the doctor pressed upon the spot
with some force. A paleness resulted,
followed, as ho removed his thumb, by
a slow tide of returning color.
"Almighty GodH' | cried HE
lives! He livcs"
nC QOcIOf was SlICht
1t would he impossible to describe my
sensations on rCic, Wing this indication
of returning animation Coupled with
eXultatiOn at the success Of our expert
ment and the marnitudc Of cur discov-
cry was namriCaS Ecrrol at the thought
of the pcTsCEa!ity e :ClLS Whcm
we We're abCut tn.l's,.Iv tC i.ir. Read
ers OF DE Quincy SCI :,m dr( ans Will
remember the lu.iGi Win NEith "the
tremendous, the hGiiiic amt :Quity' Of
the countries of Asia inspired Kim as
wildly as they recall his ''cunc crous
kisses of the CroCodiic., Such an indie
1lnable horror now posse sscd ne. The
being before me had lived and loved,
had thought and dreamed, had hor"d
and longcd and feared before the dawn
Of history, when tho earth was pcoplcd
with strange races whose very names
had been forgotten long cons ago,
when tho flood was a matter Of yester-
day and the tower Of Babel an existing
wonder of tho world, and yet I now
saw before my eyes the tide Of life,
stagnant for ages, once more beginning
to course within his veins.
Antiquity had not begun
Long Gro his primeval race was run.
He seemed to belong noithor to the
living nor tho dead. He was frightful
anomaly. I sickened with horror, but
still continued mechanically to chafe
his limbs.
After tho lapse of some minutes,
which were accompanied by increasing
evidences of the return of circulation,
the doctor opened the firmly compressed
lips and with his penknife easily pricd
tho teeth apart and poured several drops
Of tho liquid down the throat Of the
body. Tho effect Of this was soon evil
donced by very slight but yet percep-
tiblo respiration. There was no longer
room for doubt, If indeed there had
been any before. The man lived.
Tho doctor was still silent. and in tho
whirl of my thoughts I was incapable
of speech. Wo renewed our rubbings
with the liquor, and tho respirations
grew stronger and stronger. At last
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