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AH Job Work Promptly, Neatly and Satisfactorily Executed.
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NORTH SIDE CASH HARDWARE STORE,
Corner North Front and Locust Sts., NORTH PLATTE.
JOS. F. FILLIQN,
'ap x-"cr siira,
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Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized Iron Cor
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Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive prompt attention.
Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth,
North. ".Platte,
N"ebraslta.
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Having refitted our rooms in the finest .of style, the public
is invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment.
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar:
Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables
aud competent attendants will supply all your wants.
KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT.
LAND OFFICE NOTICES.
NOTICE FoiTrUnLlCATION.
Land Office at North Platte, Nob., I
Art-;i ir.th. 1RQS. i
Notice is hereby Riven. thnt the. following-
SMBea pettier iih uit-u uuuh: . ,
make final proof in support of his claim .and
that said proof will bcTimde c theltecwter
and Receiver of the D. 8- Land Office at North
Platte. Neb., on Jane. M6V3. viz: Ashley Peters,
who made Homestead Entry No. lj.Ojb forthc
lU I 1 nKhikwiifit nnnrtnf month 1 1 H 1 f IlOrtll-
weet quarter section 22, township 15 north, range
aywesi. lie nnxueo
prove nis continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of said land, viz: Welman Stearns, Chan.
B. Jordan. HurIi T. Crockett and William Koes,
all of North Platte, Nebr. .,. .,
158 A. S.BALDWIN Register.
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
VfiUifmi J. FerreH, Mrs. FerreH the wife of
William J. FerreH, whose first name is unknown,
and the unknown heirs at law of the said defendant
'William J. FerreH, defendants, will take notice
that on the 2d day of May, 1893, James W. Hani,
Peter B. Wycoff and John F. Dillon, executors of
the estate of 8idney Dillon, deceased, Isaac Dillon
and Chester W. Collins, doltg business under the
name and style of Dillon, Collius & Company,
plaintiffs, filed their petition in the district court
of Lincolu county, Nebraska, aalnst said defend
ants, the object and prayer of which are to have
the title to the west half of the touthwect quarter
of section ten (10), In ienship fourteen (11 J north
of range thirty-one (31) west, decreed and con
firmed 1 tne said firm of Dillon, Collins & Com
ny"and praying further that said defendants and
each of them be compelled to come into court and
' set forth all their claim of title and estate in and
to said premises above described aud that the same
be declared null and void as against the titlo and
state of said Dillon, Collins & Company, and that
said defendants, and each of them, be perpetually
enjoined from claiming any right, title, interest or
i - (n did nrflmlM nnrl that fhpv and
each of them be perpetually enjoined from inter
fering In any manner wiiu iuv iwwumiuu h nuu
Dillon, Collins & Company In and to said premises;
and praying further that the said cloud upon the
title to said premises by reason of the falluro of
the records of Lincoln county, Nebraska, to show
the certain deed made and executed by said
conveying to said Keith said premises herein alovo
nescnDeu, oe xvmuvcu uuu im puu " i-
.1 .it- 4n ttin onnrtm-, ntnvnr int and
equitable. Yon are require! to answer said petition
on or neiore uic um uj t"
Dated May 2d, 1833.
O&imes & Wilcox,
174 Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
ORDER OF HEARING.
Tax State or Nkbkassa )
T.TKHOLN CoUKTT. S '
At a county court, held at the county court room
In and for said county. May luin, in.
In the matter of tho estate of Richard Ooddard
deceased.
On reading and filing the resignatiQn of the
administrator of said estate and tho court moving
that administration of said estate may bo granted
to Sidney Sapp as administator.
Ordered. That May 2tth, ISC, at 10 o'clock a. m.
is assigned for hearing said matter, when all
persons Interested in said niattor may appear at a
county court to be held in and for said county, and
show canse to the contrary, and that notice of tho
pendency of said matter be given to all persous
interested in said matter by publishing n copy of
this order in The North Platte Tbxbune, a
weekly newspaper printed iu said county, for three
anwotulnt weeks nrior to said day of hcarinc
. r.-f r WAV " i
WANTED
SALESMEN
Ttl nav 'tfiia ain. Wfl TlVO our men
seed and seed potatoes to sell in addition
;to complete line of nursery stock, thus
enabling them to make their services
worth nearly twice as much as with any
other house in the country. Work all,
the year. Apply quick, stating age.
L. L. MAY Sc. CO.
Nursery Florist and Seedman, bT. Paul,
Mikn. (This house is responsible.)
TROB.VTE NOTICE.
In the matter of the Estate of George Hawley,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the creditors of said
deceased will meot the executor of said estate be
fore me, county judge tf Lincolu county, Ne
braska, at tho county court room in said county,
on the 20th day of August, 1S93, on the 2tith day of
September, 1640, and on the 25th day of October,
1813, at one o'clock p. tn. of each day, for the
purpose of presenting their claims for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance. Six months are
allowed for creditors to present their claims and
eight months for the executor to settle said estate
from the 2Cth day of April, 1853. This notice will
be published In the Nouth Platte Tribune news
paper for four weeks successively on and after
the 2'.th day of April. 1833.
ItH JAMES M. KAY, Ccraiity Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Ity virtue of an order of sale issued br AV. C.
Elder, clerk of the District court of Lincoln county
Nebraska, upon a decree and judgment rendered
by said court in favor of Charles S. Seaver and
ngainst Axel F. Westin, I have levied upon the
following described real estate as tho property
of tho said Axel F. Westin, to-wlt: Southeast
quarter (S. E. U) Section ten (10), Township
sixteen (18) north of Range twenty-seven (27) west
of Sixth Principal Meridian, in Livmla county,
Nebraska, and I will on the 17th day of June,
1893, at one o'clock p. m. ot said day, at tho
cast front door of the Court house of said
couuty, in North Flatte, Nebraska, sell said
real et.tatc at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy said order of sale,
the amount duo thereon in the aggregate being
tho sum of ?223.G3, and $23.81 costs, and probable
increase costs, with interest on said decree and
judgment.
Dated at North Platte, Neb., this 1st day of May.
1SV3.
175 D. A. BAKER, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Dy virtue of aa order of sale, issued by W. C.
Elder, clerk of tho district court of Lincoln county,"
Nebraska, upon a judgment of foreclosure ren
dered in said court In favor of N. W. McGco
ngainst Christian Schwamb, an insane person, and
Cyrus Fox, his guardian, I havo lovied uioii tho
following described real estate as the property of
said Christian Scliwamb, to-wit: The southwest
quarter of section 5, in township 16 north, of range
27 west, and I will on the 17th day of June,
1633, at ono o'clock p. m. ot said day, at the east
front door ot tho court house of said county, in
North Platte, Nebraska, sell said real estate at
public auctiou, to the highest bidder, for cash, to
satisfy said oruer of sale, the amount duo thereon
in the aggregato being the suni of $190.59 and
interest thereon at tho rate of ten per cent per
annum from March 3d, 1833, and $19.63 costs and
accruing costs.
North Platte, Neb., May 2d, 1893.
175 D. A. BAKER,
Sheriff of Lincoln County, Neb.
E. B. WARNER,
Funera Director.
AND EMBALMER.
A full line of first-class funeral supplies
always in stock.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBRSKA.
Telegraph orders promptly attended to.
$50 REWARD.
j viriUH til uio mws ul me outus ui .leunuKii
I hereby offer a reward of Fifty Dollars for the
mnf mn nnrl rrtrtTi it nf nnv n)ruin ffhftreod
with horse stealing in Lincoln county.
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Cash Paid for Hides and Furs.
Your patronage is respectfully so
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von 'at all times.
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Insurance !
Agent for best line of Fire,
Life and Accident Co's.
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Leave them at S. Adams' storo and they
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PRICES REASONABLE.
Hershey 8c Co.
DEALERS IN
Airicolloral : Implements
OF ALL KINDS,
Farm and Spring Wagons,
Buggies, Road Carts,
Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb
Wire, Etc.
Locust Street, between Fifth and Sixth
rKOPRIETOK OF THE
Front Street Livery Stile,
(Cue block cast of McDcaalU's Eaalf.)
First-class Single and Double Rigs
to Hire at Reasonable Rates.
CGive Me a, CalLJ
A. P. CARLSON,
Merchant
Tailor.
Full line of piece goods always on
hand and made to order.
Only first-class workmen employed.
Shop on Bpruce Street over JIanB Gertler&Co.
NORTH FL&TTS
Marble Works.
Manufacturer of nnJ Dealer In
JWonaments, Headstones,
Curbing, Suilding Stone,
And all kiuds ot Monumental
and Cemetery Work.
Careful attention given to lettering of
every description. Jobbing dono on
short notice. Orders solicited and esti
mates freelv given.
NOTICE TO
LAID BUYE
Are You Buying
L-i J. 1T O
I. -A. FOET
Has 400,000 acres upon his list
from which to select, in all parts of
the count', at from 3 to 20 per
acre. Terms from cash to fifteen
years' lime. Call and see me at my
office over postoffice, or address
I. A. Fort, North Platte, Neb.
R. D. THOMSON,
icliitect,
Contractor and Builder.
127 Sixth St. Cor. of Vine,
NORTH. PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
THE WHISKY TRUST WAR
The Combine Still Lives, Says Presi
dent Greenhat,
PROPOSES TO FIGHT.
A Caie Covering the Points In Dlipato
Trill Be Submitted to a Peoria
Jadge An Interview With
Jacob Woolner.
Peoria, Ills., May U3. At a confer
ence at the whisky truet headquarters
between representatives of the five dis
tilleries which have withdrawn from
the Distillers and Cattle Feeders com
pany and the officials and lawyers of the
latter corporation it was decided to sab
mit,an agreed case covering the -poiats
in dispute to a local judge for settle
ment. The case will come up before
either Judge Shaw or Judge Worthing
ton. The date has not been decided
upon.
President Greenhut was 6een and
spoke as follows: "I have not much to
Bay on this subject. The five houses
claim that the leases are f orfeited. fcWe
have not paid any rent to theafar
almost a year. But there was to have
been a revaluation made at the end of
five years. That revaluation hasnot
been made yet and that is. the reasoj we
have not paid any rent for almvta
year. The houses" will be ru
The matter will be 4ri
courts and may go higher
mate decision is in our favi
will be run by and for tho
the independence of the b
eo against us. "We think wi
"We propose to close the houses June 1.
The opposition say that they will run
them. We will see. The litigation will
make no difference to the government.
The fact of the matter is that our com
pany owns the buildings and machinery.
"We lease the grounds of the several
companies. "We do not dispute that nor
do we dispute that rent is duo them.
But the amount we cannot and will no'
determine until revaluation of the
property is made. That is all I care to
say at this time."
Eegardiug the withdrawal of dis
tilleries from the whisky trast, it is inti
mated that if the management attempts
to bring an action, the court will hold
in pari delicto, that is, where both
parties are in the wrong, the court will
not help either, and throw tho case out
of coorr. This, it is paid, will satisfy the
"Woolner- Francis - Easton - Schwabacher
party, as it is in possession of the with
drawn distilleries and does not want the
courts to assist anyone in taking.the
property away. This was the position,
it is said, that the supreme court took
in the case of a Nebraska distillery
which the trust had leased and the
lessors refuseu to give up. The court
maintained both sides were in the wrong
and threw the case out.
Woolner's Opinion.
Chicago, May 2o. Jacob "Woolner, a
member of ono of the firm3 which an
nounced its withdrawal from tho whisky
trust, was at the Grand Pacific hotel
Monday. "When asked abont the al
leged disruption of the trust he said:
"I do not know what action tha direc
tors ?f the cattle feeding company will
take, with reference to the matter, nor
do I care. "We are out of it now, and
our affairs cannot be interferred with
by the courts, nor can a receiver control
onr propertj if one is appointed for the
company. I believe that the consolida
tion of the distillory interests is once
and for all time broken up. How it will
affect the stock I neither know nor care.
We would not havo pnlled out had not
the law proceedings been begun. The
whole matter has come about in the
most unprecedented way; not even at
the recent directors' meeting here was
there a word said about it.
The Nicaragua War.
Panajia, May I?.-. The government
of Nicaragua notified the Pacific Mail
Steamship company that their vessels
must not stop at San Juan while that
port is in the hands of revolutionists,
but may land passengers, mail and
freight at Corinfo. No movements of
importance are being attempted by the
levolutfouists, as thov are waiting for
more arms and amunition.
Wheelmen Arrange a Program.
Chicago, May 23. The executive and
racing committees of the National Asso
ciation League of American "Wheelmen,
together with the local committee, were
in session Monday at the Great North
ern hotel arranging for the program of
the international and nntional meeting,
which takes place in Chicago the week
of Aug. 7 to J 2.
Minnesota' Sevora Storm.
St Paul, May S3. A terrific wind
storm., nanowly escaping the propor
tions of a cyclone, passed over Minne
sota Sunday night, doing great damage
in every direction; rut causing no loss
of life. The storm reached its height at
Stay ton, where four houses-were torn to
pieces and most of the barns and out
buildings were wrecked, but no lives
were lost.
Hizh IVIncU at Sioux City.
Sioux City, la., May 23. A wind
storm, blowing at ths rate of Hi miles
an hour, passed over this city Sunday
night, doing great damage. Several
houses in the course construction were
demolished, a number of barns blown
down, plateglass windows broken and
the telephone and electric light systems
demolished. Reports from the country
show much damage to buildings.
Heavy Rain In Western Nebraska.
Keakney, Neb., May 2H. The -fiard-est
rain storm that ever visited this sec
tion commenced at 4. o'clock Mohcjay
morning and was accompanied bythjjn
der, lightning and considerableJJ
The signal service observer reportstnat
nearly four inches of water fell in
five hours. This i3 the first rain in
nearly nine months, and will do a great
deal of good in thb country to growing
crops.
Cyclone In Wisconsin.
Daeungtox, Wis., May 22. A cy
clone about half a mile wide and of
great violence passed about three aud a
half miles north of here about 6 o'clock
Monday evening. All the buildings in
the track of the storm, were wrecked.
The only persons hurt, as far as heard
from, where Mre. James Bailey, who
was killed, and James Bailey, who,
though severely injured, will recover.
Boot and Shoe Dealers Fall.
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23. The busi
ness of Cowan & McGrath, wholesale
and retail shoe dealers, has passed into
the hands of a receiver. The liabilities
are estimated at t!5,000; assdts, $25,000.
Real Ktate.Flnn la Trouble.
Denver, May 23. On the petition of
Mr. Charles Donnelly, Judge Allen ap
pointed E. R. Hanley receiver of the
real. estate firm of John M. Birkey &
Co , doing business in the Boston block.
v
Postponed the Trial.
. San Francisco, May 23. The trial of
John "W. Flood, ex-cashier of the Dono-hue-Kelly
bank, charged with em
bezzling 164,0)0 from that concern has
been'postponed until nest Monday '
THE G0LDBUG
By E0GAB ALLAN P0E.
CONTINUED; e
I
i
'Precisely. This mistake made a dif
ference of about 2i inches in the 'shot'
that is to say, in the position of the
peg nearest the tree and had the
treasure been beneath the 'shot' the
error would have been of little moment,
but the 'shot,' together with the nearest
point of the tre, were merely two points
for the establishment of a line of direc
tion'. Of course the error, however trival
in the beginning, increased as we pro
ceeded with the line, and by the time we
had gone 50 feet threw us quite off the
scent. But for my deep 6eated impres
sions that treasure was here somewhere
actually burie'd we might have had all
our labor in vain."
"But your grandiloquence and j-onr
conduct in swinging the beetle how ex
cessively odd! I was sure you were mad.
And why did you insist upon letting fall
the bug instead of a bullet from the
shell?'
. "Why, to be frank, I felt somewhat
annoyed by your evident suspicions
touching- my sanity, and so resolved to
punish you quietly, in my own way, by
a little bit of sober mystification. For
this reason I swung the beetle, and for
this reason I let it fall from the tree. An
observation of yours about its great
weight suggested the latter idea."
"Yes, I perceive. And now there is
only one point which puzzles me. What
are we to make of the skeletons found in
the hole?"
"That is a question I am no more able
to answer than vonrself. There seems.
however, onlv ono nlausiblo wav of ac
counting for them and yet it is dread
ful to believe in such atrocity as my sug
gestion would imply. It is clear that
Kidd if Kidd indeed secreted this treas
ure, which I doubt not it is clear that
he must have had assistance in the labor.
But this labor concluded, he may have
thought it expedient to remove all par
ticipants in his secret. Perhaps a couple
of blows with a mattock were sufficient
while his coadjutors were busy in the
pit; perhaps it required a dozen. Who
shall tell?'
THE END.
The Case of M. Valdemar.
By EDGAB ALLA1T P0E
Of o rarse 1 shall not pretend to con
sider it any matter for wonder that tho
extraordinary case of M. Valdemar has
excited discussion. It would have been
a miracle had it not especially under
the circumstances. Through the desiro
of all parties concerned to keep the af
fair from the public, at least for the pres
ent, or until we had further opportuni
ties for investigation through our en
deavors to effect this a garbled or ex
aggerated account made its way into so
ciety and became the source of many un
pleasant misrepresentations, and, very
naturally, cf a great deal of disbelief.
It is now rendered necessary that 1
give the facts as far as I comprehend
them nryself. They are succinctly these:
My attention for the last three years
had been repeatedly drawn to the sub
ject of mesmerism, and abont nine
mouths ago it occurred to me, quite sud-
denlj, that in the series of experiments
made liitherto ihero had been a very re
markable and most unaccountable omis
sion no person had as yet been mesmer
ized in articulo mortis. It remained to
be seen, first, whether in such condition
there existed in tho patient any suscepti
bility to the magnetic influence; second
ly, whether, if any existed, it was im
paired or increased by the condition;
thirdly, to what extent or for how long
a period the encroachments of death
might' bo arrested by the process. There
were, other points to be ascertained, but
these most excited my curiosity the last
in especial from the immensely impor
tant character of its consequences.
In looking around me for some sub
ject by whose means I might test theso
particulars I was brought to think of
nry friend, M. Ernest Valdemar, the
well known compiler of the "Biblio
theca Forensica" and author (under the
nom do plume of Issachar Marx) of the
Polish versions of "Wallenstein" and
"Gargantna." M. Valdemar, who has
resided principally at Harlem, N. Y.,
since the year 1839, is or was particu
larly noticeable for the extreme spare
ness of his person, his lower limbs much
resembling those of John Randolph, and
also for the whiteness of his whiskers in
violent contrast to the blackness of his
hair, tho latter in consequence being
very generally mistaken for a wig. His
temperament was markedly nervous and
rendered him a good subject for mes
meric experiment.
On two or threo occasions I had put
him to sleep with little difficulty, but
was disappointed in other results which
his peculiar constitution had naturally
led me to anticipate. His will was at no
period positively or thoroughly under
my control, and in regard to clairvoy
ance I could accomplish with him noth
ing to be relied upon. I always attrib
uted my failure at these points to the
disordered state of his health. For
some months previous to my becoming
acquainted with him his physicians had
declared him in a confirmed phthisis.
It was his custom indeed to speak
calmly of his approaching dissolution as
of a matter neither to be avoided nor re
gretted. When the ideas to which I have allud
ed first occurred to me, it was of course
very natural that I should think of M
Valdemar. I knew the steady philosophy
of the man too well to apprehend any
scruples from him, and he had no rela
tives in America who would be likely to
interfere. I spoke to him frankly upon
tho subject, and, to my surprise, his in
terest seemed vividly excited. I say to
my surprise, for, although he had always
yielded his person freely to my experi
ments, he had never before given me
any tokens of sympathy with what I did.
Hi's disease was of that character which
would admit of exact calculation in re
spect to the epoch of its termination in
death, and it was finally arranged be
tween us that he would send for mo
about 2 hours before tho period an
nounced by his physicians as that of his
decease.
It is now rather more than seven
months since I received from M. Valde
mar himself tho subjoined note:
Iy Deaii P : You may as well come now.
D nnd V arc ngrccil that I cannot bold
out beyond tomorrow midnight, and I think
they have hit the time very nearly.
VAI.DE2IAR.
1 received this note within half an
hour after it was written, and in 15 min
utes more 1 was in the dying man's
chamber. 1 bad uot seen him for 10 days
and was appalled by tho fearful altera
tion which the brief interval had
wrought in him. His face wore a leaden
hue; the eyes were utterly lusterless, and
tho emaciation was so extreme that the
kin had been broken through by the
'cheek bones. His expectoration was ex
cessive. Tho pulse was barely perceptible. He
retained nevertheless in a very remark
able manner both his mental power nnd
certain degree of physical strength.
He spoke with distinctnecs tcoh some
nalliative medicines without aid and
when I entered the room was occupied
in nencilinir memoranda in a pocket-
book. He was propped up in the bed by
pillows. Drs. D and l were in
attendance. After pressing Valdemar's
hand I took these gentlemen aside and
obtained from them a minute account of
thenatient's condition. The left lung
had been for 18 months in a semiosseous
or cartilaginous state, and was of course
entirely useless for all purposes of vital
ity. The right in its upper'portion was
also partially if not thoroughly ossi
fied, while the lower region was merely
a mase of purulent tubercles, running
one into another.
Several extensive perforations existed,
and at one point permanent adhesion to
the ribs had taken place. These appear
ances in the right lobe were of compara
tively recent date. The ossification had
proceeded with very unusual rapidity;
no sign of it had been discovered a
month before, and the adhesion had
only been observed during the three pre
vious days. Independently of the phthi
sis the patient was suspected of aneur
ism of the aorta, but on this point the
osseous symptoms rendered an exact di
agnosis impossible. It was tho opinion
of both physicians that M. Valdemar
would die about midnight on the mor
row (bunday). It was then 7 o clocir on
Saturday evening.
On quitting the invalid's bedside to hold
conversation with myself, Drs. D
and F had bidden him a final fare
well. It had not been their intention to
return, but at my request they agreed to
look in upon tho patient about 10 tho
next night.
When they had gone, I spoke freely
with M. Valdemar on the subject of his
approaching dissolution, as well as moro
particularly of-the expenment proposed,
He still professed himself quite willing
and even anxious to havo it made and
urged me to commence it at once. A
male and a female nnrso were in attend
ance, but I did not feel myself altogether
at liberty to enxaxe in a task of this
character with no more reliable wit
nesses than these people, in case of sud
den accident, might prove. I therefore
postponed operations until about 8 tho
next night, when tho arrival of a medical
student, with whom I had some ac
quaintance (Mr. Theodore L 1), re
lieved me from further embarrassment,
It had been my design originally to
wait for the physicians, bnt I was in
duced to proceed, first, bv tho urgent
entreatiesof M. Valdemar, and, secondly,
by my conviction that I had not a mo
ment to lose, as he was evidently sinlnng
fast.
Mr. L 1 was so kind as to accede to
my desire that he wcnld take notes of
all that occurred, and it is from his
memoranda that what I now havo to re
late is, for the most part, either con
densed or copied verbatim.
It wanted about 5 minutc3 of 8 when,
taking tho patient's hand. I begged
him to state as distinctly as he could
to Mr. L 1, whether he (M. Valde
mar) was entirely willing that I should
make the experiment of mesmerizing
him in his then condition.
He replied feebly, yet quite audibly,
"Yes, I wish to bo mesmerized," adding
immediately afterward, "I fear yon have
deferred it too long."
spoke freely tcith M. Valdemar on the
subject of his approaching dissolution.
While he spoke thus I commenced the
passes which I had already found most
effectual in subduing him. He was evi
dentlj influenced with tho first lateral
stroke of my hand across his forehead,
but although I exerted all my powers no
further perceptible effect was induced
until some minutes after 10 o'clock, when
Drs. D und F called, according to
appointment. I explained to them in a
few words what I designed, and as they
opposed no objection, sajingthat ths pa
tient was already in tho death agony, 1
proceeded without hesitation, exchang
ing, however, the lateral passes for down
ward ones and directing my gaze entire
ly into the right eye of the sufferer.
By this time his pulse was impercepti
ble and his breathing was stertorous and
at intervals of half a minute.
This condition was nearly unaltered
for a quarter of an hour. At the expi
ration of this period, however; a natural
although a very deep sigh escaped tho
bosom of the dying man, and the sterto
rous breathing ceased that is to say, its
stertorousness was no longer apparent.
The intervals were undiminished. The
patient's extremities were of an icy cold
ness. At 5 minutes before 11 I perceived
unequivocal signs of the mesmeric in
fluence. Tho glassy roll of the eye was
changed for that expression of uneasy
inward examination winch is never seen
except in cases of sleep waking, aud
which it is quite impossible to mistake.
With a few rapid lateral passes I made
the lids qniver, as in incipient sleep, and
with a few moro I closed them altogether.
I was not satisfied, however, with this,
but continued the manipulations vigor
ously and with tho fullest exertion of
the will until I had completely stiffened
the limbs of the slumberer, after placing
them in a seemingly easj' position. The
legs were at full length. The arms were
nearly so and reposed on the bed at a
moderate distance from the loins. The
head was very slightly elevated.
When I had accomplished this, it was
fully midnight, and I requested the gen
tlemen present to examine M. Valdemar's
condition. After a few experiments they
admitted him to be in an unusually perfect
state of mesmeric trance. The curiosity
of both the physicians was greatly ex
cited. Dr. D- resolved at once to re
main with tho patient at night, while
Dr. F took leave with a promise to
return at daybreak. Mr. L 1 and the
nurses remained.
We left M. Valdemar entirely undis
turbed until about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing, when I approached him and found
him in precisely the same condition as
when Dr. F went away that is to
say, he lay in the same position. The
pulse was imperceptible, the breathing
was gentle (scarcely noticeable, unless
through the application of a mirror to
the bps), the eyes were closed naturally,
and the limbs were as rigid and as eold
as marble. Still the general appearance
was certainly not that of deatb.
As I approached M. Valdemar I made
a kind of half effort to influence his right
arm into pursuit of my own, as I passed
the latter gently to and fro above bis
person. In such experiments with this
patient 1 had never perfectly succeeded
before, and assuredly I had little thought
of succeeding now, but to my astonish
ment his arm very readily, although
fcably. followed- every direction I as
signed it wita mine, x determined to
hazard a few words of conversation.
"M. Valdemar," I said, "are you
asleep?" He made, no answer, but I per
ceived a tremor about the lips and was
thus induced to repeat the question
again and again. At its third repeti
tion his whole frame was agitated by a
very slight shivering; the eyelids un
closed themselves so far as to display a
white line of a ball; the lips moved slug
gishly, and from between them, in a
barely audible whisper, issued the words:
"Yes asleep now. Do not wake me
let me die.soP
I here felt the limbs and found them at
rigid as ever. The right arm, as before,
obeyed the direction of my hand. I ques
tioned the sleep waker again:
"Do you still feel pain in the breast,
M. Valdemar?'
The answer now was immediate, but
even less audible that before:
"No pain I am dying."
I did not think it advisable to disturb
him further just then, and nothing more
was said or done until the arrival of Dr.
F , who came a little before sunrise,
and expressed unbounded astonishment
at finding the patient still alive. Af tei
feeling the pulse and applying a mirro
to the lips, he requested me to speak to
the sleep waker again. I did so, saying.
"M. Valdemar, do you still sleep?"
As before, some minutes elapsed ere a
reply was made, and during the interval
the dying man. seemed to be collecting
his energies to speak. At my fourth repe
tition of the question he said very faint
ly, almost inaudibly:
"Yes; still asleep, dying."
It was now the opinion, or rather the
wish, of the physicians that M.. Valde
mar should be suffered to remain undis
turbed' in his present apparently tran
quil condition until death should super
vene, and this, it was generally agreed.
must now take place within a few min
utes. I concluded, however, to speak to
him onco more and merely repeated my
previous question.
While I spoke there came a marked
change over the countenance of the sleep
waker. The eyes rolled themselves slowly
r open, the pupils disappearing upwardly
the skin generally assumed a cadaver
ous hue, resembling not so much parch
ment as white paper, and the circular
hectic spots which hitherto had been
strongly defined in the center of each
cheek went out at once. I use this ex
pression because the suddenness of their
departure put me in mind of nothing so
much as the extinguishment of a candle
by a puff of the breath.
The upper lip at the same time writhed
itself away from the teeth, which it had
previously covered completely, while tho
lower jaw fell with an audible jerk.
leaving the mouth widely extended and
disclosing in full view tho swollen and
blackened tongue. I presume that no
member of the party then present had
been unaccustomed to deathbed horrors,
but so hideous beyond conception was
tho appearance of M. Valdemar at this
moment that there was a general shrink
ing back from the region of the bed.
I now feel that I have reached a point
of this narrative at which every reader
will be startled into positive disbelief. It
is my business, however, simply to pro
ceed.
There was no longer tho faintest sign
of vitality in M. Valdemar, and conclud
ing him to ha dead wo were consigning
him to the charge of the nurses when a
strong vibratory motion was observed in
the tongue. This continued for perhaps
a mmute. At the expiration of this
period there issued from the motionless
and distended jaw a voice such as it
would be madness in me to attempt de-.
scribing. There are indeed two or threo
epithets which might be considered as
applicable to it in part. I might say, for
example, that the sound was harsh and
broken and hollow, but the hideous
whole is indescribable for tho simple
reason that no similar sounds have ever
jarred upon the ear of humanity.
There were two particulars, neverthe
less, which I thought then and still think
might fairly be stated as characteris
tic of the intonation as well adapted
to convey some idea of its unearthly pe
culiarity. In tho first placethe voice
seemed to reach our ears at least mine
from a vast distance, or from some deep
cavern within the earth. In the second
place, it impressed me I fear indeed
that it will bo impossible to make my
self comprehended as gelatinous orglu
tinous matters impress the sense of touch.
I have spoken both of "sound" and of
"voice." I mean to 6ay that the sound
was one of distinct of even wonderful
ly, thrillingly distinct syllabification.
M. Valdemar spoke obviously in reply
to the question I had propounded to him
a few minutes before. I had asked him,
it will be remembered, if he still slept
He now said:
"Yes no I have been sleeping and
now now I am dead."
No person present even affected to
deny or attempted to repress the un
utterable, shuddering horror which these
few words thus uttered were so well cal
culated to convey. Mr. L 1, the. stu
dent, swooned. The nurses immediately
left the chamber and could not bo in
duced to return. My own impressions I
would not pretend to render intelligible
to the reader. For nearly an hour we
busied ourselves, silently without the
utterance of a word iu endeavors to re
vive Mr. L ' 1. When he came to him
self, we addressed ourselves again to an
investigation of M. Valdemar's condition.
It remained in all respects as I have
last described it, with the exception that
the mirror no longer afforded evidence
of respiration. Au attempt to draw
blood from the arm failed. I should
mention, too, that this limb was no fur
ther subject to my will. I endeavored
in vain to make it follow the direction
of mv hand. The only real indication
indeed of the mesmeric influence was
now tonnu m tne vibratory movement
of the tongue whenever I addressed M.
Valdemar a question. He seemed to be
making an effort to reply, but had no
;er sufficient volition. To queries
put to him by any other person than
myself he seemed utterly insensible, al
though I endeavoied to place each mem
ber of the company in mesmeric rapport
With him. I bclfeve that I have now re
lated all that is necessary to an under
standing of the sleep wakers state at
this epoch. Other nurses were procured.
and at 10 o'clock I left the house m com
pany with the two physicians and Mr.
In the afternoon we all called again to
see the patient. His condition remained
precisely the same. We had now some
discussion as to the propriety and feasi
bility of awakening him, but we had lit
tle difficnlty in agreeing that no good
purposo would be served by so doing.
It was cedent that so far death or what
is usually termed death had been ar
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Valdemar would be merely to insure his
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this time the sleep waker remained ex
actly as I have last described him. The
nurses' attentions were continual.
It was on Friday last that we finally
resolved to make the experiment of
nw? fcoii jp.T or attemntinj: to awaken him.
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