Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-16

meat, staggered back. Can dead
man drink" he Dried.
'tiive him more morcn exclaimed
Sir Henry, recovering his presenc OF
mind and selling the bottle.
A tinge SO light that only medical
eye could have detected il, began faint
~ To sull'usc the white face. The doc
tor tore away the shroud aud placed his
hand upon the heart. There was no
movement but they lifted the body out
of the coffin and proceeded to adopt the
measures proper for rcsuscitation.
Meanwhile, the hedrse stood at the
door; tho funeral guests wcro assem-
bling outside carriages arriving; while
within, all was commotion and sus.
pense servants hur,ying to and fro
fetching hot bricks, stimulan,s, rcyor6-
tives, in obedience TO the doctors cpm-
nlands; the latter plying every means
skill could devise to keep the llickcring
spark of life from dying out; and the
startled family, half paralyzed by the
sudden reyulsion, standing around,
gathered in anxious, silent groups.
Breathlcssly they watched for tidings
For long time the result seemed doubt
tul-doubtful whether the hcarso be-
fore the door, the gaping colin, the
2rave-clothes lying scattered about and
trampled under foot, all the grim para
phernalia of death, hastily discarded in
the first wild moment of hope might
not yet be needed to fulfill their mourn
ful office. But no! Breath, pulsat on
consciousness, were slowly returning.
Colonel IL was given back To his
family and home, filling again the place
that it was thought would know him no
more. And not until Internationally
years had passed away after that mem
orable morning, were his friends sum
moned-this time TO pay him the last
tribute.
A young officer returned from China
related, apropos of burying alive, the
following experience:
ION our passage home he said
''we had in the transport, besides our
own troops, n large draft OF French sol
dicrs. Disease soon broke out among
the closely packed men, and deaths
were OF daily occurrence The french
dealt summarily with their dead. As
soon rs poor follow had brcathed his
last, he was stripped, a twcnty-pound
shot tied to his heels AMI his body
thrust through portfolio into the sea.
John Bulls prciudices rebcllcd against
such rapid proceedings. When we lost
any of our comrades, they were allowed
TO lie for twelve hours covered with the
Union jack, and the burial service was
read over them before they were
committed To the deep. One day, 4
French Sergeant, who had Just fallen u
victim to the pcstilcnce, was brou Inf
up on deck in the sheet in which he had
died, to be thrown overheard The
twenty-pound shot had been fastened
to his feet and the sheet removed. when,
in pushing him through the portfolio,
he was caught by a protrudng look OF
nail at the side, and stuck fast. A few
more vigorous thrusts sent the body
further through; and in 50 doing, the
flesh was torn by the hook, and blood
began to flow. The attention of the
bystandcrs was attracted 10 this; and,
moreover, they fancicd that they saw
about the corpse other startling symp-
toms. The man S alive" llcw from
mouth to mouth, in an instant, willing
hands were pressing eagerly tC
the rescue, and before the body could
touch the water, il was caught and
brought up ON deck.
The French sergeant was one of the
soundcst men on board the transport.
ship when we landed. ~ ChdHj rs
JOUTRaL