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Teetimony of a. Modmal Expert. Respect- ing-. LL- DI.--`an. gag- Qvdrnnnnvnog V: in auuvsnnvwuo 1:.-v-u, a-vv-ufvvv- mg themienomena. Dr. G. L. Beardsley, a medical ex- pert, has been giving to the public the latest investigation -by physicians re- specting the phenomena attending the closing of life. It seems that while `there is a natural dread of death on the hashish, ether, etc., are not properly part of all sane and wholesome people, there is no_ such repugnance among those whose end is near. The function of dying is negative, we fall to pieces like a ower. The organic, chemical changes are not only natural, but are accompanied by a sense of relief and even of pleasure. The criteria of death are being satised, and the process is consummated when this extinction of sensibility prevails at the ultimate la- ments. During the progress of this dissolution of the nerve force, this creeping on of the numbness of death, the individual is rapidly passing into a condition of repose, and instead of tor- ture or pangs, a degree of such satisfac- tion oft approaching enthusiasm is realized. The sensations peculiar to the thereapeutical operation` of opium, 1 akin to the mental activities of the dying. Barring the hallucinations ex- perienced in the stupor as it gains on the subject, the moribund is familiar with naught that borders on suffering. The carbonic acid has poisoned or nar- cotized the several ganglia, and reex productions are interjected. A con- summate analgesia prevails. In short, the notion of pain is forbidden the in- stant that any stimulus fails to excite a response. -The condition to this ir- ritability is the the nerve "centre and track ire sound. If this vigor vanish- es, reex pheno na are at an end, and suffering, physi logically speaking, is impossible se of the `arrest of ' the function of the sympathetic. Under thesecr-nditions there is no physical or mental recall from death. Dr. William Hunter was -sorry he was un- able to write ` how easy and delightful it is to die." Dr. Solander, ` the travel- ler, was so delighted with sensations of excess in coldthat he"wa.s the rst to lie down in the snow to realize the lux- ury of such a death._ 'Dr. Barney` tried `hard to resist` the e`orts" made to` rescuscitate him:-from drowning, so be! meme.sud:germ}-:$rtegaergggsai-ing. :Its `hat rstnasriflldir` in;.th*t1h* `Whih1f."96t#5 witched was he by his prolonged slum-g ber. lnfants die I as` serenely '? they breathe, `and though I -han`ging , is the most cruel "form of .death,- savegcruci-, xion, yetjafter the` rst agony-_..of stran- gulation, halluoinations`~ rapidly `follow- th_at_a_raj intdnsli.-.;.p1easIiF%b19~ Death , 4 i - `61iin;~."=-~ -'- ;."a-sr 3.. .2 ` . . ' "` JV"` " """ ""-"' r*` `U r As 1 ran to the bows I picked up a piece of rope lying on the oor, and it was not ten seconds work to lash Clinks to an eye-bolt. Wewere sink- ing as I nished, and I stepped to the gauge and stood there until it showed that we had gone down sixty-eight feet. Then, as Ooggs called out to Flash, I ung myself down and secured 9. firm hold with _l3oth hands. As the Destroyer headed for the cen ter of the pool she began to lurch and wallow and jump in the strangest manner, and the `dash of water against heriron sides was deafening. In this uproar I detected the sharper sounds of ' beams and planks bumping against us, and I- knew that all our perils we had `emcountered were triing compared with this. For perhaps two minutes I we were ung from side to side and 1 banged about as I. cannot describe, and then, as suddenly as one can cry out, the uproar was over and we were riding on an even keel in smooth Waters. Coggs and Flash were cheer- ing as I rose up and ran to my win- dow. We had been sucked down into the whirlpool and cast out. into the continuation of the underground river. I could not see the roof overhead, but the sides of the passage were not over twenty feet wide at the place where I rst looked out. uvvunn Vanna; vuuavl-Iv I IIll&\J|I J.`l@ `lulu Under other circumstances, yes,'. but here we are, clogged and weighted by reptiles and our bearings all lost hi this circling~ movement. _'If I put on a full head of steam and make a rush it will be all guess work. We may rush into the very center of the pool.` While I believe our machinery will re- spond when called upon, the slightest break new means our death." And what can be done 1 We will at once sink to 9. consider- able depth and then head directly for the "center of the pool. The question of what will become of us can be settl- ed in two minutes, Get to your sta- tions 1 When I cry out to you, Flash, `put your wheel herds port. ' A... n ...._ .. 4.1.. 3.....- 1' ..:-|_-_1 --_ _ I-$-----O-C-OT-ruwr -1701-sgod va`.l`n'elnlI` _ 'Fu r"1![an L; es | or Fur pen, go to '1`. W. rayaz 009:. While we might possibly have re- turned to Lake'pErie by _at:v.j-t_ing_ half In hog!` 4a'go,. /`said it "is nowtoo la e to hope that any effort of `cars can get us out of this whirlpool. We can no longer see the sides" of the the cavern, which is proof that we have run from the enter into the" second or third circle, or rather, been drawn in." T -"`."l'3:1t-i.1;svn t we power enough to stem this current?" asked F1841. It" I outh `Afrioi, 01: to poison cvvuuonvun vv was I-vnnnvu -II\lUII vuw ;nd Flash locket; andacted like men who were facing a question of life and death. L ple tab dent:-_o_y no ! N6t$ mm ot ad will ever leave thi`s basin 'alivo_ ! _ 3 " "A; '1' 'e87J&'p:.'iS:J"im him, I returned to the dome. Both Coggs ant` ulna`: It\l|`PAl` awn. an-nag` Ln n.-- M(`6 c`>`n;l:;:ied_ next`. `A week.) TEE mm or 1.1 ;-n. IIICIBUU nlllln Tn: Nou1'nnnN,AnvAxcn is advancing.- VMont1-eal Witness. 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I was up for a. drink of ater, when I felt something bump us. have heard and felt the same thing dozen dil-rent times, and I ll be amged if I don t beheve we have got he snakes and lizards around us again! 1 What shall we do 3" ; There came three or four slight hinks whispered : H I`..- .....-.... 4... ;.-.... -_ LL- -I--L..2- umps as I made the enquiry, and ave !n ..-___.. .. _--r-.-.. . I'm going to turn on the electric gbt and see what sort of vgsitors we "When I followed 1 found him peep- V g through one of the stern windows. took the other, and had scarcely put ing bump our craft {quite forcibly here seemed to be some sort - of object. ere before me, butas we had no light eeting on the waters it was impos- 'b1e tn be certain of anything. ' . " What do you make out? whisper- Chinks. ` ya. face to the g-`ass when Iufelt some-_ ed 1 him. .~rv- -- -v w----up "yaw |nll|'|lJ Invvl-In before the music of a chant reached or ears. It came faintly, as if from at off, and it. was accompanied by the nsic 1 have before referred to. The und slowly grew in volume, and after." enty aecorids every man turned his ce upwards. A ll ,' 5 ,. They are on the deck _ aboveos _!"f' hispered Chiuks. ` . " I .13; was not a dirge, but o;`inohr-hfu}, ` lanoholy chant. We oouldj poi Don t do it. 11 it is the reptiles gain the light may arouse their fizryl" At that instant both Ooggs and lash tumbled out of their berths in a urry, sndthe former called out as he ught sight of us: . . Lands alive! but I can hear some- " dy Walking on deck above us l" We listened for a moment, and it t emed as if we could hesv the soft pat- r of footsteps on the iron roof. It is the reptiles come again I hispered Flash, as he crept among us. ` N o. replied Ooggs, after he had t his face to one of the windows for moment ; there is no dashing about at the snakes striking at the glass or the lizards bitingat the deck rings." But what on earth can it be?" I lied. ` The answer came in an unexpected kntn-an `kn -wanna`:-n 1.` 1` -I._.._l. the waters outside, and you do not ape. The words were hardly utter-t 'I'Mor!_ot the Vader- lIOlt_Il0Ol'Ol|g Stay. -` -y :- We did not remove any weapons tom the niche; having neon`:-`ed '33.... lea on the ledge below, -but we took ood care not to leave a gold or silver- ead or ornament behind. Wheh we t them to the boat it was nearly 5 `clock. and we were pretty well -worn` ut. We sat for awhile looking over ur relics and estimating their wiorth, (1 just at a moment when we all hap ened to be silent, we heard the notes. in ute far up the path. They did ot come clear and sharp, but were evertheless so perfectly distinct that e looked at each other in wonder and. azement. 82 we almost ceaaed to . athe the notes rose and fell in what . (3 might believe was a monrnful re- in. It was slow time and every ' dually that we hardly realized its ding. _ _ i " I ll be shot if this place isn't full spooks!" cried Chinks as we nally ted our heads. Where's" that date you picked up ?" , 1.-.! I3|....L . \/ -J1.--nu on wt u--..-u.v, ---ma v-4\4I\l |J\r\4u..-`aha reason why we should not sleep ithout fear of molestation. 7 It was but little after 6 when we imbed into our berths, and it was ex- Lly 11 when I felt a. pull at my arm (1 opened. my eyes to see Cninks bent want of sleep. Such continued tclxfulness and excitement had told avily_ on every man, and indeed inks had to_be aroused from 3. doze eat. "his lunch. A While Cnggs desired to go, ahead we ubzl him into lying by for a few um at least. What diiculties might ll present. themselves `we knew not, dif (fbinks and I were to act as 1.:-outs it. would not do to sleep on ty, -lu `ve_mi:.utes after deciding at we would turn in and sleep, for cs or six hours we were ready for d. The cover of the man-hole was revved on, our light turned down to e blaze ifs. candle, and there seemed ,_,____ _L__ _r_. -L__-I_n _.-L __I--__ " Hush !" he whispered as he saw hat I was awake. ' What is it ! V- T ? Get carefully out of bed and come (3.?! . ',(`J !`:-1z;l;;t'>ustled around and soon und it, and when he asserted that the- T sic we had heard had been produced just such an instrument no one was _ J_ A. JZ..._--L- 1.3-- ,..... ....-.. .... ............,... _. ..... ...... dy to dispute him. A _ What do you think '1" I asked of ggs, who looked very thoughtful. L A Well. he whispered, we have n the dead and `we -failed to nd 9. ing thing except the shes. We all m a spirit who or-what then `I ? e waited in the deepest silence for ng five minutes, but there was no etition. It was now time for sup 1 ,, .4 , _- I , , _ _'L 1, AI . rd the music. If it did * not come ' v--nu say Vv w--n-V av. -.- ......._.._ . - ,. f, and when thatmatter was br0ach~ it was discovcwd that all of us .felt: 15%? Kentuckyl Is<.a:i'I?*"~?s'*= We drifted with the current for a few hundred feet, and then the walls which had` not been over twenty feet wide since leaving the lake of the In- dian dead, suddenly widened to eighty or a hundred,- and the roof rose until we could no longer see it. On the right hand or starboard side there was a waterfall pouring down like the Brid- al Veil at Niagara, and fully as large.` `It was probably a creek` owing awav from some. areat underground river far above our heads. The waters looked as clear as crystal, and fell into a sort of "cauldron which boiled and bubbled like hot silver. We tarried near it for in few minutes. and then passed on, and withiua mile the walls again shut in until they came within twelve or fteen feet of us on either side. Here and there we caught sight of the limestone bottom. but at such rare intervals that we realized the stream was increasing in depth. ' ' ` ` 4 tn- |.-.1 [.4-.. LL- ._-;._,.- n . . nvav L nvvvvv Ina nillulv c IIVIIUIQ Elfin J That settled it, especially when we turned on the light and found the water and shelf entirely clear of reptiles or ghosts. If the spirits had come they `had also departed, and as we .had se- cured all necessary sleep it was agreed t get away `at once. The Destroyer had been made fast to the shelf by a light cord, and one turn of the screw broke this and started` us` on our way. Ohinks and I_ took the bows agam, and in five minutes we had run across the lake and plunged once more into the -mysterious river. u ' -4.; uuuu -V-nu 1.7 -- We nownoticed that the current had a slower movement. After leaving this lake it did not seem to run faster than two miles an hour. while the depth of the water sensibly increased. The sh were more numerous than ever, and they svmetimes gathered `%`-in such a mass in front of us that 1t seemed as if we were running into one solid body. TIT- I...) 1...-.. ...-..._-_.. _ `I:4.I . . . .... ..- ..-.- -..........._. -..-.. -..- .....-.. _-.._,. V1 We had been running a little over 1 an hour. making ten or eleven miles, i when Chinks held up his hand and 3`.`?i`e .1 - A e in": l 1. viii I heard it plainly. and at the first signal to Coggs he reversed the motion and held the boat stationery against the light current until I went over to him. ; Then we could all hear it, and present % ly all agreed that it was the sound of a waterfall. 4 ' .I QC. 1 I -"'.`l;h;;;.:vas aileioe for`: moment as` we began dressing, and than Chinks *1i.!=.`3= - % I navov i ll see the spirits to Halifax rat! exclaimed Coggg, suddenly throwing o` - the feelings of awe and mystery that had oppressed us. * T It A...` `II L..I... .. 1...-.. .E _!...I... L- onwv-I w ovnrvvnu 3-I Aid Ill takue a heap of risksdbe- fore I leave my share! added Flash. 'I`I....o- ....M-l....I :4. .........-:..II.. ._L...'. ..... vatth French ity. 1 number of '3 will reach vv unuvvu nuonu; If its is in our path we are fairly R caught, said Flash, as we crowded to { the bows to get the sound more plainly. In `I I-_..- :5. 0'1 `I-....... :4. V I ......:L...II.. """' "" ""' "' b"' "" """""' """" I""""J' I knew_it !'I knew it ! excitedly replied Cbinks. Men who will rob the dead are certain to meet with some terrible luck ! We must. now turn back, and if we don't throw this stu` overboard we will never get out alive! II T :nL4\-g I" . .... .....l...l l"|.......... -.-.-....... ..- .. ........ 3... .,... ........ Listen !" commanded Coggs. Theta is a waterfall near us`. but the fact that we hear it so plainly, shut up in here as we are, is good proof that this current does not makes. fall over a ledge at some point below us. If it did the sound would be muied.` I think it is a heavy body of water falling into this. ~ Get to your places and we will drop slowly down. i ` -Irv `u on u 4- vv1vu:uIvI- . I tell `you, if `we Acarrv this plunder away from this cavern we are" certain to meet with some terrible had luck. Let us leave everything. on the shelf |ih9?.. e nun v-Ia vnnu , . We had left the waterfall perhaps four our ve miles behrud, when we suddenly came upon an .other under- ground basin or lake -the third wehad encountered. The walls broke away on both sides all at once, and we shot from a-narrow passage into a space so large that we could see nothing but water. .W_e thought to nd a current driving through the center as in .oth_er "cases, but two or three minutes investi- gation proved that we had debauched lnt0 the strangest place of all. As near" as we could make out therewas sour- rent running in a circle, and the De- stroyer was carried far to the lett. of ' {the hazing what seemed a "straight course across. vn-v--,v I-CV0: unvnu IIIUIU IIIIGII any UL [ID think for` !" How 3' " We are not yet out of this under- ground river! Who knows that we will ever make our exit into the ou_t- i aide world again !" ' 1 mknn Evan tan..- g_A--.---L Ann- ---. v-cu-uu The waters in this basin looked b`ack as midnight under our light, and as Ikept wasch from `the bull ;-e_ye I rvvvhd, --vs vuvl lulilil? UCVIJ quunuuuls UN on the port ends from -canoes. That chant may mean more than any of us thnnlr can "9 I j3W$ -`:.()'} course `I do! We havevbeen plundering thedead -robbing the dust . of a brave and forgotten people. The . music of the ute -we heard just before supper was a signal to call the dead to- gether. They have come down the path, and they have been" boarding` us All ihnn hnle nuoln "sauna 4..-.-.u. 'l`L..|. uvuu spirits ? naked Coma. `no a `I`1T_I_-___VI,-__- '? ;:-I-iiguvturuthihk thy weie I imty Hugues ed M. Morin, - ,1 1 ,..L:-. -Vt.-z:- "'-,",' attempt to pronounce it but the. `ohsnt. itself was rbgolsr, and in good musical 1 time, and the music from s dozo utes ` bivndod beautifully with tho voices; 'l`ho'mnsio must hsvs lastedsli of two minutes, sud than it died swsy like the echoes of s bell and left as standing stock still with _ our faces turned up-`T wards. _ . . - ` ' ` vv wt--nn It is`; ehant of the dead! edema- ly observed Chink: when we could no uonger catch. the echo. nur|...-o .1- _-.. .|_:_1_ .'L.,_ ,._J.. mwh%i nnlnnlx in Iuunnnnnnua :5 -1...; LL); "-LZ..4. ' :i);5n t you hear a. nw sound '1'- ' A dull mating? I17-.. H I a slow rate of speed we vmoveda onwards, and in about ten minutes I could see the sides of the cavern. We approached within ten feet of the rocks and then skirted the side, main- taining about the same distance for a space of ten minutes I was wonder- ing how this could be, when a ` hand was laid on my_ shoulder and Ooggs "whispered : u`\T-.- ....... LI... .........._L .'.. .LL.. .._..... _ We shall see, he remaaked in any- thing but reassuring tones. "As we seemed to maintain an average dis- tance from the side I will add more speed and you look sharply enough to recognize certain landmarks if we pass them again. Something struck the bottom of our I craft a sharp blow, and it instantly oc- curred to me that it was. a plank or beam tossed up from the depths below. If `this was the case, there certainly must be 9. terrible agitation of the Waters down there. ~ We have been running in the outer circleof this `whirlpool ! [whispered Coggs. I -want: to bear away to port and get out of it. Go to your win- dow, and be prepared to signal me on the instant. ' ' ' vcnv nan: wanna ~ When I. returned {to my `place Chinks was completely unnerved and sitting with his back to thewindow and his hands over his fa.ce- As I looked from the window I could see that the water was alive with reptiles, and it was probably their presence which had unmanned him, . u nancurwnvvn . You see the current is the same here as further in 't We are certainly in the outer circle of the whirlpool, and there" is no getting out of it, be- cause it runs close to the walls. nnv cameo, ave mono I) _()o s.A . for only, such: We cannot have made more than half the circuit of the place, I answer- ed. It may be that a great rock sets the current all on this side. As I turned to the window I caught sight of an arch in the rocks and some- thing like a stone gure standing in the center. Furtheron there was a curious 1edge-tbena place where it looked as if steps had been out to ascend from the water-and then a cavern-like opening large enough` for a canal boat to enter. I noticed many other things as we sped along, all the time followed and. surrounded `by rep tiles. and all the time feeling them crawling and writhing over our decks `Jul vvl C-611: That e`true, but you were not~1ook- in the rvght direction. What do you mean 1 - ` Itie beneath ne !" The `center of this basin is a funnel, down which the waters are drawn to run off in '9. river again. "And--'- __ V *Gall.the others 1" , - * Flash responded promptly enough, but Olinka` was clear gone. ' When. I pulled at hie arm and delivered my message, hegtoaned out -:A n(\|_ I .I..... ..` 0..-..-ugh ovum ` Thnnn I don't like the looks of this basin I at _all. Say nothing to Flash or Chinks, but return to the bow and use your eyes aeif your" life depended on your viailance, which indeed it does ! What do youthink of the place '1 I believe we are in a. sort of a. mael- strom. Hear that 1" Before the speed was increased I glanced at my watch and marked the time at 6:50. We ran at a speed of about eightmi es per hour for what seemed to me a full half-hour, and then all of a sudden I caught sight. of the arch I have mentioned. This land`- mark was followed by` all the others in rotation. We had` made the circle of the basin. I consulted the watch, we had been twenty.-one minutes do- ing it. ` When certain that" the `circle had beenfcompleted 1, went over to Ooggsand announced the fact. ' xi "was prepared to hear it, he quietly replied. an... ....1..... `..:....I...1 u... r...:..`..:..l._ I went over to Ooggs and told him what I had seen, and I noticed that his face wore a very serious expres- sion. He had been glancinaont from one of the windows at intervals, and had consulted the look of the water more than any of us. As I stood beside him he whispered : T Illvvnl C vrnovv. u (`But we have circled the buiq with- out nding an opening to continue our voyage." - um|.....I..`a....... 1...; ...... ......... .....A `l....l.,, uxuauwsu, ui: stvpuwu van: a "Oh I _ don't touch me! Those spirits have lured us into this horrible, minutes,_ our screw all the time_bscking the current to keep. on; speed down to about four miles an hour, when a horrible sight suddenly sprang` into view. `mom beneath the`inky- 1` black waters the body of a man, face bloated. eyes wide open, teeth clenched and lips` smldeuly ieuped into view asi tossedup by a spring-board. ' It was there, right befm'e._ my face, and the body shot up with such force" that everything abovethe waist was in full view for three or four seconds. This may seem a very brief time to you, but to me it was suiciently long to note that the man s esh was scarcely decomposed. His hair was of reddish cast, with heavy mustache and whiskers of the same color, and -his blue annel shirt was open at the throat and breast. I saw all this and more. Around the neck of the dead man a serpent was writhing and twisting, as if terribly en- raged, and four or ve others followed the body to the surface and struck at it with their fangs in a savage manner. My shout of alarm was echoed by Chinks. From the port-hole on his side he had seen snakes and lizards and his nerves were in a` bad way. ~ I` C an .9 reduced it: 9. day. ' _ n- the Rocket ave been dh