The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-08-11

When Nictorine was sufficiently re-
covered, they left the ehurchyard and
went 10 Bossouet's residence, where
a physician administered such rene
dies as were necessary to eHct the
complete recovery Of the unfortunate
woman. This proof Of BOssOuet's
love naturally made a deep impress.
sion on Vietorine. She repented her
past fckleness, and resolved TO hy
with the romantic Jules to America.
There they lived happily together,
without, however. being able to fully
overcome their longing 70 return to
their native land
Finally their desire became so
strong to revisit the scenes Of their
youth that they deciled to brave the
danger attendant on q return, and
embarked at New York for Havre,
where they arrived il July, lS39.-
Vietorine, in the interim, had natu-
rally changed very greatly, aud Jules
felt confident that her former hus-
band would not recognize her. IN
this hope be was disappointed
Renelle had the keen eve Of huaa-
eier. and recognized Eictorine az the
first glance. This strange drama
ended with a SUR brought by the
banker for the recovery OF bis wife,
which was decided against him on
the ground that bis claim was out
iaWed
The scene Of the following two
cases. with which we shall end our
review, is in England:
One Edward StapletOn died-as
was supposed-of typhus fever. The
disease had been attended by such
strange phenomena throughout, that
the physicians were desirous to make
post m0rtem examination Of the
case. The relatives, however, posi-
tigely refused their consent. The
physicians consequently decided to
steal the bOdy-not al unusual thing
in England-in order TO satisfy their
curiosity. They communicated with
a band Of rascals, who at that time
made a business Of stealing bodies,
and three davs after the funeral had
the BODY of Stapletou brought to
the desecting room Of a ueighborlng
clinic. When they made the first IN
cision. which was across the abdO-
men, they were struck with the fresh
appearance of tke flesh and the clear
ness and limpidity of the blood.
One of the physicians proposed
that they should subject the body to
the action cf a galvanic battery
This they did, with abnormal results;
the movements and contractions OF
the muscles were more powerful than
I are usually observed. Toward even
ing a young student suggested that
they should make an ilcisiOn IN the
pectoral muscles. and introduce the
poles Of the battery into the wound.
[ This was done, when, to their amaze
ment. the body rolled from the table,
( remained a second or two on its feet,
stammered out two or three unintel-
ligible words, and then fell heavily to
the floor. For a moIlent the learned
doctors were conf0urded, bat soon
regaining their presence Of mind,
they saw that StapleJ0n was still
alive, although he had again fallen IN
to his former lethargy They now
applied themselves to resuseitating
/ him, in which they were successful.
/ He afterward said that during the
whole time be was fully conscious OF
I his condition, and Of what was pass
ing around him. The words ne at
tempted to utter were: Il am alive. "
( \ somewhat similar experience was
that Of an English artillery officer
who, in fall from a horse, had frac-
/ tured his skull, aud was trepsuued.
/ He was in q fair way 20 T OTer,
when one day be fell into a letha argy
so profound that be was thought to
/ be dead. and in due time, was buried.
/ The following day, beside the grave
| in which be had been inferred, an
other citizen Of London was buried,
and at last one Of the assistants
CHANGED to stand on it. Suddenly
the man cried out that be felt the
ground move under his feet as though
I the occupant Of the grave would ind
! his wav to the surface. At first the
man was thought to be the victim OF
an hallucination, but the earnestness
with which be persisted attracted the
attention Of q constable, who caused
the grave to be opened. They found
that the officer had forced the coffin
lid, and had made q partially success
ful effort to raise himself up He
was entirely unconscious when they
got him out, but it was evident that
the effort to extricate himself had
been made but a short time before
he was carried to a hospital near By
where the physicians, after time,
succeeded in resuscitating him. lie
stated that, for an hour before his last
swoon, he was fully conscious cf the
awful situation be was 10. The
grave had fortunately been very has
tily and lightly filed with clay, and
here and there the continuity Of the
mass had been broken By large stones,
which allowed the air to penetrate as
far down as the coffin. He had tried
in vain to make his cries heard, and,
finally, partly in consequence OF haY-
ing an insufficient supply OF air, and
partly IN consequence Of the mental
agony he suffered, be had fallen into
the unconcious state in which be was
found.
Another Englishman describes
what be experienced, while lying IN
a colin in perfectly conscious state,
in the following words:
1t would be impossible to ind
words that would express the agony
and despair that | suffered. Every
blow of the hammer with which they
nailed down nv coffin lid went
through my brain iike the echo OF
death knelI I would have never be-
lie7ed that the human heart could
endure such terrible agony and not
burst into pieces. When they let
me slowly down into the ground,
distinctly heard the noise the cofin
made every time it rubbed against