Year: 1863

2 shall be able to try my grand experiment now shall be able to find out whether tAe heart can be extracted while man is alive without killing him Twice I have failed, but the stars have told me that third time I shall not fail. o fame, glory, immortality, I have you in my grasp What! pitiful fool, do you turn pale and tremble If you die you will die a glorious martyr to science; and if you live, you and I will share the glory of this grand and glorious discovery

 From this ridiculous rhodomantade I per- ceived.that my pleasant eccentric travelling companion was g rpying maniac. What was I to do ? I could rot move hand or foot, or even speak, and the madman was arranging on the seat in front of me q collection of bright steel instruments, which he took from the ma hogany box which have mentioned before. Was there any hope for me? I tried to re- member how long itwas after We left M----- before went asleep, as I thought if we could only get to F-- the maniac would be dis covered, and I should be relieved from the horrible death which seemed imminent but as had been dozing some time before I went regularly off to sleep, found that l could not in the least remember what time had passed.

 After some time spent in preparing his ir- struments, my persecutor began to prepare me by unbuttoning my waistcoat, and bareing my breast At length every thing seemed to his satisfaction, and he took up sharp, keen bladed knife. shall never forget my sensa- tions when saw that little glittering instru- ment, so soon to be dyed with my blood. l felt cold shudder run all through my body, and longed to close my eyes, but tkey seem to keep open by horrible fascination. After trying the edge of the knife, and preparing a cloth and giving one final look to his instru- ments, my eccentric friend pressed his finger close above my heart. and said: ,- -.

 This is how am going to manage it, my friend; am going to cut circle in the flesh about the heart, with this knife it will not hurt much, as l shall only just cut through the skin. and the knife is exceedingly sharp. shall then proceed to extract the heart with thisp ..t -... -.---..., .

 The reader may imagine my sensations dur ing this celd-bloodfd recital, for am utterly unable to describe them but when the knife first pierced Thy flesh, and felt the warm blood flowing out, all my ast life seemed to pass before my mind in a moment of time, on- ly 10 make my desire of living and the harror of an ignominious death tenfold, -

 Slowly the sharp knife plowed in my flesh, making my blood freeze in the veins, and my eyeballs to burn and feel ready to burst from their sockets, and now felt my reason gradu- ally leaving me; the strain upon my nerves was too much-they must give way; but I considered that, if they did, my only hope would be gone; for if I moved should be choked with the rope around my neck.

 Slowly the sharp steel, impelled by steady hand, continued it's deadly course, and now the circle was nearly accomplished, when felt the speed of the train gradually diminish- ing. A ray of hope illumined my breast. looked into my companion's eyes to see if he, too. noticed that we were nearing F--; but he was too intent upon his horrible work.

 At length he leaned back and said: %

 'There now; only about an inch more and I shall commence the deep cuttingp

 Only about an inch And the station was yet some way off. Only about an inch! My life hung upon the merest thread.

 It was not long that the experimenter ad- mirad his diabolical work, he soon fell to it again but I saw the lights on - sta tion flash past the window of the carriage, I saw strange arm seize my tormentqr. l heard loud and appalling cry like that of 9 baf1ed wild beast, and became insensible.

 For weeks after this lay between life and death. in a brain fever brought on by the in- tense excitement and fear of those twenty ! Iqafterward learned that my pleasant com panion had been doctor and surgeon, but that when he was young man and just mar ried, having performed an operation on his wife to remove cancer of which she after ward died. he went out of his mind, and had been ever since attempting to escape. in order that he might perform the experiment which so nearly resulted in my death.

 A NEW RULE IN BILLIARDs.-A Detroit pa- per tells good story at the expense of Q Cana dian billiard player who was unlucky enough to be the !" champion ot the cue" in his vicinity. Fully appreciatipg his own abilities he went to Detroit to try his hand with Seereiter. On ebanking" for the first shot Seereiter won, took his cue, couated, and continued to count until the game was finished, the astonished Ca nadiap looking on in mingled admiration and wonder. At the conclusion of the game, the foreign gentleman was about leaving the room, crest-fallen, and the conceit entirely taken out