Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15

le with needle point, such as physi
t. clans use for hypodermic injections.
of Man, he exclaimed, a thin blefu
IL of this elixir, injected into a man.
G veins, five minutes after injection vii
n render him SO impervious to fire tina
he could crawlinto your furnace and q
g to sleep there without particle of in
Il Jury; could inhale the flames without
e injury to throat or lungs! Mny,' he
shouted, stepping in front of me, it is
=, the invention of the centuryl Doyou
wonder that the heat from your fire
had no effect upon me? I am fire.
proof! [ have taken the injection, and
all the fires of Hades could make no
impression on my desh!'
u began to be alarmed at this en-
thusiasS he was getting so nervous
and excited, but T inquired:
:" How do You know it will work TO
the extent you claim, professors?
" Il made my last experim ment last
night, lie replied, 'and it was a glo.
rious success. I took large dog, adj
ministered powerful opiate, so that
he would not resist, injected the proper
amount of the elivir and placed him
in my large furnace and shut the
door. When I get home tonight I
shall let him out.
- And you expect to find him
alive" l burst ont incredulously.
L most certainly do, and he will
be none the worse for his experience.
except that he will be pretty hungry;
two hours after 1 left him my assistant
told me he was sleeping peacefully.
Now only one more trial is necessary to
convince the world thatit can be done
nay, that it is done and that is to ex
pertinent on a human being! After this
last experiment. 1 shall introduce legis-
lation making incubation compulsory,
so that death by fire will forever be
thing of tha- a-,ans4 - ,--1 = t
man race. And now, having taken the
injection, and with that magnificent
glorious fire of yours at hand. L pro
pose to test it on myself, with your
permission.
sI started to my feet. Ny eyes
were opened at last; was talking to
lunatic, determined madman. L
looked at him with horror and made
up my mind that he should not thus
commit suicide; / would knock him
down with stick of cord-wood. first.
"Meanwhile he had drawn small
bottle from his pocket, removed the.
cork and saturated a handkerchief
with it's contents; I smelt the fumes
of ether. In second, before could
think further, he sprang upon me. In
stantly it flashed upon me that he In
tended to experiment upon me, not
himself. With the cunning of mad
man he had thrown me off my guard
and intended to etherize me and then
to inject some of his compound into
my body.
"Now, as you see, am a pretty
ru rged man, and I was still more SO
ten years ago. Without weapon OF
any kind, it was to be q struggle III
which strength and strength alone
would count, and to my dying day .!
shall never forget the desperation OF
that combat. fully realized that II
he succeeded in placing that handker-
, chief against my noetrils all would be
ended; so, shouting loudly for help,
: put forth my strength in my fight for
life. In less than minute l realized
: that had found my match.
t "I had succeeded i'll grasping his
wrists, and I dared not release them
t for fear of the ether. Back and forth
8 we pushed, round and round we cir.
cled; we tripped, fell, broke apart anc
7 rose again both at the same instant.
a "He rushed Mt me again with wild
a uuearthly cries; he bore me backward
!. struck against barrel OF lime, ano
4 over went with him on top; some
4 thing pressed down hard on my mouth
and nose; I struck out blindly, then
d great blackness came over me, and
e knew no more.
d 'When came tomyself was lyin'
Of on pile of old bags, right where yo'
N are sitting now, with man working
It over me; near the door was my pro
fessor, securely manacled between tw
id other men in uniform. The Pre-
ID fessor was bewailing his ill fortun
r: and pouring out curses upon his caE
le tors for interrupting him.
IN well, neighhor,' said the ma
er who was attending me, that was
" pretty close call; wait until your hea
" gets little clearer and will explain
es sIn short while they told me thu
the professor was an inmate OF IL
natic asylum in P, where the
o. were employed as keepers. He ha
1d succeeded in escaping that morning
and they had tracked him with gre
he difficulty, rs he was wonderfully GU
nv ming. When in the neighborhood
our kiln they had heard his WI
". shouts as he made his last attack
nd me and rushing thither had arrive
ICE Just as fell. overpowered. After
ad desperate struggle they had secure
him.
do "sHe is sound enough except
this subject of fire. said the keepe
M Only last night he poisoned one
M our pet dogs with some chemical mi
I'VE ture, treated the body with his ELI
, 7 and then put it in the furnace. IL
Sc. only way we could quiet his fren
,m- was to tell him the dog was sleepl
of quietly. And now, as we must
re him back to the institution, is the
the anything we can do for you?
ody II requested him to go to certt
md farmhouse and call one of my help'
uld to take my place, as I did not f
90 able to finish out the night. This