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Show Burled Alive. President Georgo T. Angell of the American Humane society has sent the following to tho legislature of every state: "It is well known to the American Ameri-can press that many persons and how many no one can tell have been buried alive. The father of the undersigned came very near being buried alive, being be-ing declared by his physician dead, and all preparations made for his funeral before be-fore he could give visible signs of life. Tho object of this petition, which I hope you will causo to bo properly presented, is to call public attention throughout our entire country to this important subject, sub-ject, and I takG pleasure in sending a marked copy of it to tho editors of every ev-ery American newspaper and magazine north of Mexico, asking their assistance." |