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Show To Prevervt BxiriaJ While Alive.; What If In tho tomb I nwakof Ho-m"o Ho-m"o and Juliet Alfred K. Ollw, All LLD, who was ducatod at Drown university unci practiced prac-ticed law In Boston for a quartor of n century, baa mado provision to guard against a premature burial without waiting for legislation by tho general (Court,, of Massachusetts Ho resides nt 2GG Falrmount IT, Hydo I'ark, Dos ton The house stands on tho top of n high hill, amid pleas-nnt pleas-nnt surroundings, tho outlook of tha fairest A shed runs at right angles from the main building, and therein ho has prepared a room, furnished It, and In this apartment, whenever the time mar come, his spirit will dlsen-gago dlsen-gago Itself from the bodjr Mr. Giles believe that real death works gradually; never Instantaneous- troduced Into the present legislature He read the section which deals with certain testa by physicians and objected ob-jected A moment later ho was on hts feet leading the way to tho case which contitned volume after volume of tho literary works of Andrew Jackson Dv vis. Tenderly ho Intel open great book with such profound titles as "Tho Dlvlno Hcvctatlons of Nature," and "llarmonlal Man or. Thought For the Age" Ho showed a steel engraving en-graving of a young woman on n beJ, tho physicians eloo by, watching, while tho spirit of the million rose Into the air from the body Then, returned to the easy chair, tho genial old gentleman conversed concerning his practlco of law In Iloston from about ISiO until IS7G. His children having died, he saw no necessity for "See those win ows," exclaimed tho old gentleman as he pointed to oblong ob-long aperture In the walla which wera head high "These are for tha admission admis-sion and emIAdon of air The caskot would be brought In nnd placed upon tho floor perhaps Tho tomperaturo of the room would be kept at a roodcr-ato roodcr-ato degree Hero In this closet I keep some of my books and magazines," "Do you tee this place at tho present pres-ent timet" Tho query was suggested by tho neatly made-up bed ' O, yes) Sometimes I haro a friend as a guest who sleeps hero when ha j tarries under my roof" Mr (llteo doe nnt hao much faith In the schemes devised for tho ringing of bell nnd the shooting of balls Into tho air, etc , which aro meant to give i . ., ly. Tho death of tho body Is tho birth tf th spirit Tha death trance continues con-tinues nt times for days, even for weeks Tho lungs then ccaso to breatho, tho heart to act; tho corpso-tike corpso-tike face, glnzcd eyes, absence of sensation sen-sation and Intelligence, rlgldnes and coldness of tho iMjdy not one, nor i oven all of theso appearances, aro con- y ' cluslvo that tho person Is really dead. 5 Th only sign of death which la sure, f both to manifest Itself In duo time, If and to bo absolutely conclusive and undeniable la tho development of a sufficient degree of putrefaction. Tho retired lawyer, slltcry-halrod, brlghteycd, animated, sat In the parlor 1 . of his home and discussed tho subject , I with enthusiasm, tho writer being his 1 1 e auditor. Ho had a copy of the bill ln- contnuod accumulation of money, and so bo retired Ho ha lived for 30 years In Hydo Park. Mr. Clllcs throw open n door and disclosed dis-closed what appeared to bo a closet with clothes hooks. Dut tho back of this closet formed a second door. This, too, ho opened and there In sight was tho private mortuary, Tha old bar walls of tho end of tho shed havo been plastered and aro whlto and clean. Tho llttlo rafters aro painted bluo. Tho room now Is furnished Ilko an ordinary sleeping apartment, with single bed, washstand, mirror, a plcturo or two, knloknacks and a chair. An exit at tho rear leads directly out Into tho open air, where lattice work bars tho Intrusion of wandering men, women nnd children. notlco that one apparently dead Is yet alive. He does not approve oven of cor. tain tests by physicians placed In tht ' bill before tho leglslaturo, because. In his opinion, tho spirit Is moro sensitive to suffering when disentangling Itsvlj from tho body than before that mysto-1 rlous process begins. Ho says that, without specially looking look-ing for any, ho ha found In tho newspaper news-paper the details of somo CO or mors ' cases' wherein tho patient wo conscious con-scious of preparations being made for bis funeral, and yet waa unable to' manifest the slightest sign of life. |