St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-27
SEEN ALIVE THOUGH DEAD.


Live uersons have felgneo
nth marvellous. .exactness, but nen
the dead feign life. or seem g 10y.
life. the spectacle is ~ grewsoae
can well be imagined.
Not lon1 ago ! Russian cemetery
was the scene Of as weird = "eue
as ever has been Witnessed a yoaA
girl who had been betrotheo .us-o
on the eve Of her marriage ana neI
friends decided that, in spite OF Tue
intervening hand Of death, her MAJ
rage must take place. The woo..e
ceremony was performed at the sloe !
of the crave. and after the marriaes
the body was returned to the eomn !;
and lowered to its long resting !
says a London paper. ...;
It il less than . year ago
. valuable cup was won IN .
race in Australia by . man who Vas.
dead when he passed the winn'ne,;
post. The race took place g ~
Electric light carnival. so-caiieo' y
the presence Of 10000 speetsso0 ~
the last lap James Somervhle' s,oe
forged to the front and secured ssc
. lead that his victory was ase cs
When within 2. yards Of the nnas1
he was seen 70 relax his hold On thes
handle-bar and lose his footmS 0ls
the pedals. He did not fall from sns
machine, however, and amid n.ns'S
cheers dashed by the goal, wnn
the race by half . wheel. AZ ny
passed the finishing post he patcneq
forward and fell to the grounos
When he was picked up he was foune
TO be dead, and what was more tny
doctors declared that death naGj
come to him when he was seen tS
lose his hold Of the handie-bers.
was q dead body that had ridden tnY
last Is yards Of the rsee.
On a recent voyage the seann4
schooner Arietis was cruising aDou1
200 miles of the coast of British Coa
lumbia. when she sighted dismsn
tied ship. The Arietis bore do"
upon the derelict, and rs she 60!
near enough . man was seen o
board graSping the wheel and az
parently steering the craft No otneg
sign of man was seen on the ship
The man at the wheel was hailed, bus
returned NO answer-just stood therf
Rrasping the spokes of the wheei
and looking straight ahead. A boas
was lowered and the mysterious ship
boarded. When they came close tp
the man at the wheel they saw witn
horror that he was dead and hap
evidently been dead for many dayf
| The shin, which was named the GET
er,l Sielin, had sailed from San Fray
cisco for Alaska. She had clearly
been dismantled in . gale and theln
abandoned by her crew. The capeayu
had refused to leave the ship. snf
finding his strength failing. he h1d
lashed himself to the wheel SID 1t
orally died At his post, steering Ha
craft for hundreds Of miles with
hands that held the wheel in ~ Afln
. grasp as when alive.
Since the plague has been prevh-
lent IN India searching PARTIES $c
through the villages inspecting tpe
houses with the idea Of seeing that
oil cases of death by the plague ste
reported to the authorities On en-
terine a suspected house one day tbe
inspectors saw . group of natives
playing cards. Something in the 3p-
pearance of one Of the players IT.
tracted the attention Of one Of the
inspectors. who placed his hand uppu
the mans shoulder. To his amaze
ment the man swayed and fell to the
floor. Upon examination it was fou3ad
that he had been dead some time. lint
IN order to avoid having the ho3se
marked rs plague-stricken the other
inmates had concealed the fact OF fia
death.