The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-05-10
SEEM ALIVE, THOUGH DEAD.

Instances in Which Corpses Have Had
the Sem mblance OF Life.
Live persons have feigned death
with marvellous exactness, but when
the dead feign life, or seem to feign
life, the spectacle is as grewsome as can
well be imagined.
Not long ago a Russian cemetery was
the scene of as weird wedding as
ever has been witnessed. A young
girl who had been betrothed died on
the eve Of her marriage and her friends
decided that, in spite of the intervening
hand of death, her marriage must take
place. The wedding ceremony was
performed at the side of the grave, and
after the marriage the body was re-
turned to the coffin and lowered to its
long resting place.
1t Is not long ago that a valuable cup
was won in q bicycle race In Australia
by man who was dead when he pass
ed the winning post. The race took
place at an electric light carnival, so
called, in the presence of 10000 spec
tators. In the last lap James Somer-
vile, rider, forged to the front and
secured such lead that his victory
was assured. When within twenty
five yards Of the finish he was seen to
relax his hold on the handle bar and
lose his footing on the pedals. He did
not fall from the machine, however,
and amid frantic cheers dashed by the
goal, winning the race by half a wheel.
As he passed the finishing post he
pitched forward and fell to the ground.
When he was picked up he was found
dead. and what was more the doctors
declared that death had come to him
when he was seen to lose his hold OF
the handle bars. 1t was a dead body
that had ridden the last twenty
yard of the race.
On recent voyage the sealing
schooner Arietis was cruising about
200 miles off the coast Of British Column
| bia. when she sighted a dismantled
ship. The Arietis bore down upon the
derelict, and as she got near enough a
man was seen on board grasping the
wheel and apparently steering the
craft. No other sign Of man was seen
on the ship. The man at the wheel was
hailed, but returned no answer-just
stood there looking straight ahead. A
boat was lowered and the mysterious
ship boarded. When they came close
to the man at the wheel they saw with
horror that he was dead and had evil
IDENTIFY been dead for many days The
ship which was named the General Sic
lin, had sailed from San Francisco for
Alaska. She had clearly been bisman-
tied In a gale and then abandoned by
her crew The captain had refused to
leave the ship, and, finding his strength
failing. he had lashed himself to the
wheel and literally died at his post,
steering his craft for hundreds Of miles
with hands that held the wheel in as
firm a grip as when alive.
Since the plague has been prevalent
in India searching parties go through
the villages inspecting the houses with
the idea of seeing that all cases of
death by the plague are reported to the
authorities. On entering a suspected
house one day the inspectors saw a
group of natives playing cards. Some
thing in the appearance of one of the
players attracted the attention Of one
of the inspectors, who placed his hand
upon the mans shoulder. To his
amazement the man swayed and fell
to the floor. Upon examination 1t was
found that he had been dead some time
but in order to avoid having the house
marked as plague-stricken the other In
mates had concealed the fact Of his
death Chicago Chronicle.