A Voice From The Dead

For over a year M orrte Roaeh of 169 Dekoven street, Cuicao, bas been slcnvly dying o. consumption, and on a recent êvenmg his frleods and familv stlpposed that hls time bad come. Alter passing a vcry biid day Roach went thrbueh all the ontward symptoms of deatli, and bis body next received the last sad attentlons due a corpse. The lowerlimbs were conflned, the eyes weighted and tbc lower jaw fastened by a bandage. Tbc watcbers ivere ealled in and in the eourse of a co-.iple of hours the familv and friends were settled Tor tue night. Ábout that Urao tbe sopposed eorpse frightened the watchers and the en tire householil ahnost out of tbeir senses by sitting up in bed, tE&rfng tho bandaje frota bis ,ifiv,'s and demanding to know v.iiat it al! meunt As soon as tbs' frightened people could be convinred tlnit líítacb was not dead evrv nttention was paid him, but it vas of no avail, for after the exeitement of his revival pased off the man sauk again rapidly and died for certain. " _ Samson's Scare. During the performance at Cole's circus in Lapeer, the elephant "Samson" broke away froni bis keepers wfaile perfovmluz in the ring. He deinolishcd the banu stand, Eore up tlu1 Beats and iinally made bis t-scajje from the tent and ran Into a sVamp a few rods from the show, where, after considerable difliculty, ha was captuivd. In the rush to get out öf the tent several people wore injured. Mrs. Kay of Iralay (tv had ft broken leg and several brutees; Tndmas McGloghlln, a uruken leg; K. Earle, au ankle badly Bprainod. ianv othera were slighUj Injured. Russian generáis wlio have gained great victories in former j'cars feel "sore" over the marks of distinguislu'd ronsideration bcstowed by the czar on Konuai'off, who had that litUe sklnnish with the badly armed Afghans. Japauese builders próvido agafnst damngi! by earthquakes by plae.ieng ordinary dwellings on squarud stuurs burled üi the eround, or on ouantitirs nf shot, tluui p.vrtialiy preventing the trannmisslon cf t'ue shocks. It takes a gtrong Uealtiiy castor oil plant to knock niosiiuitucs and tiies "silly." If tbey enter a room where uc.li u plant U kept they curl up and dlo br sliey haTe Ume to make their wills.