Show burying auve alive i A pa paper er was read before the french academy 3 0 of science in which the following exta extraordinary ordinary instance was waa adduced 1 as a rea son for abolishing the present custom of burying so soon after death A young female had been twice pronounced dead when only in a trance but had recovered in time to prevent being buried alive A third trance came on and in consequence of what had previously occa occurred permission was obtained from the constituted authorities for the body to remain above ground as long as decomposition should not take place A week ten days passed away there was stir still no d decomposition compos but all the medical men decla declared avil that she was dead and at length she was laid in her coffin only a few minutes before the coffin was to be nailed down and while the bell of the village church was air already eady tolling for the funeral a fei female nale from an ad adjoining J g village who had been a school fel low ow of the supposed deceased came to take a last farewell she stopped to kiss the lips of her departed friend and remained in that position for some time the bystanders aftem attempted ted to remove her lest her emotions sh should 0 Z be injurious ious to her she waved them away with her hands bands and remained in that position with her lips upon those of her bw deceased friend and breathing as it turned out afterward the warm breath braia of life into her lungs at length she exclaimed she lives I 1 and rising from the body pointed N 1 anted out unequivocal guiv qui ocal vocal signs eiris of life she 6 then stated that tbt as a she was kissing her bor friend aha fancied she felt her li breathe mathe and in a few minutes was on convinced vinced of the fact the female who was wag supposed to be dead was waa taken out of the coffin and placed laced in in a warm bed and in the course W of a few hours bours fully revived she stated that she was during her trance fully sensible of an all that was passing nosing around her and she even heard the kat death beu bell toll but was utterly incapable of speech or sign to show thea that she was not dead |