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SPOOKS AND HOBGOBLINS ,
The Ghosts of the Dead and Tholr
Wanderings.
LIME KILNS THEIR RESORTS.
A Spectre in Every Kiln "Warnings of
Death By Apparitions Haunted ,
Houses Spirits By
the Score.
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The Ghost of the tilmo Kilns.
A fully authenticated ghost story
time , place , witnesses , details , everything -
* thing duly attested .comes to the Chicago
cage Herald , from the region around
Rhode Island avenue and Lincoln
street , where n few limo kilns dot the
broad expanse of prairie. It lias boon a
\vonder why those particular limo kilns
were without a ghost , that necessary
appendage to every other known limo
kilu in the country. The reiiUorJumes
King , gives his address in a Blue Is
land avenue saloon , but as ho also men
tions a number of other witnesses of
the apparation , policemen included , it
can hardly bo said that Black road ben
zine is alone rcsponsiblo for the weird
specter of the limo kiln. The story
may as well bd told Sn Mr. King's own
style except such alterations in the way
of spoiling reform as will make the nar
rative intelligible for the Herald read
ers. Mr. King says :
"Having road your ghost story of the
water tower at Pullman with a croat
deal of Interest , I should like to toll you
of a ghost at the limo-kiln of Lincoln
street. It is the strangest spook of all I
over heard of. I have soon it at least
ton times , but last Saturday ( March 24) )
I got near enough for the first time to
give a inscription of it. A friend of
mine namon Cassidy and I returned
from a wadding about half an hour before -
fore midnight. In passing the lime
kilns wo saw the ghost , but wo walked
on until wo reached Twenty-first street ,
where wo mot officer Mooro' of the Ilin-
nittti street station , Officer Lavin , of the
Hyde Park force , and Owen Sheridan ,
ox-sorgcaut qf the Hyde Park police.
Wo wont baok with htm , and on our
way wo mot Mlko Luvtu , Monahnn ,
TUannignn , Hanloy , Iloaly and Boh
Hanko , who also went along.
"Near the limo kiln is a long shod ,
upon the roof of which wo all saw
the form of a woman with long , flowing
white hair. Her garments were also
white and fluttering in the breeze. Wo
could EOO this very plainly because the
rotlox from the rolling mill furnaces lit
up the sky. Ofl'cor Lavin wont up to
within throe feet of the apparition ,
when It began to move backward ,
liockonlng the officer to follow. This
ho did and wo foil in with him. Over
rock piles and trestlework wunt the
march , from ono kiln to another , the
apparation slowly retreating , hut ail
the while soomlngly pointing out some
thing for the olllcor to find under the
rocks. The o ill cor would got so near
uomctimcs that it looked as if they
could have caught her , hut the spccltir
always moved hack until it hovorpd
over an old well , where it finally dis
appeared. Olllcor Lavin says that ho
once placed his hand upon the annara-
tinn , but all ho caught was air.
"Nino years ago an old German
woman was murdered in the dreary
* pot , and her body WHS found in the
well , She had been on the way of
taking-hor husbandVliightlunch to tlie
rolling mill just about the time when
wo saw the ghost. There had boon
much quarreling between the women
and her husband , and ho was Buspocted
for a time , but no proof could bo found
against him. Ever sinoo this ghost
has boon soon by a good many people. "
A Splrl t Materialized.
A lady will , wo are told , soon ap
pear in London who is an apparition at
lirst , afterwards a solid , palpable , and
oven n somewhat fat ly\y ; then she re
tires from her fat and her solidity and
dissolves into airy nothingness , says the
Court Journal. In the center of the ex
hibition room a globe will appear with
out , apparently , anything suspending it
supporting it ; from that globe , after
the mystic words have been spoken , to
the accompaniment of weird music , a
female form will bo soon to emerge
( draped ) , but .hardly recognizable , so
vapory will shd bo. '
Then she will gradually solidify ( nour
ished or , nothing ( a much-desired at
tainment in these hard times ) , and
after smilingly but speechlessly inter
viewing-the public , will gradually bo-
corao vapory , and retire 11 n ally to her
residence in the hanging globo.
Warnings of Death.
The story of "Tho White Bird of
O.xonhnm" reminds mo of a like ex
perience , say a a writer in the London
Light. Only last winter I called on
EOIUO friends , and was mot ut the door of
the house by the words , "Our little
niece is dead , but wo do not wish Mrs.
to bo told till to-morrow. " I
promised to say nothing , and went up
stairs to whcro the old lady was sitting
near a window. Before I could make a
remark she exclaimed , "Ono of us is
gone : I have just had the family warn
ing. " She then told me that the sign
of a death in her family was tv little
bird , which flow against the window
and then foil dead. This had just oc- '
curred. I have since heard of another
case where a small white cat is soon
rapidly to cross the room. In connec
tion with this are the haiibhocs of the
Highlands and of Ireland , and the
phantom coaches heard to drive up to
the door of the house. A friend told
mo she had boon in the house on ono
occasion when this occurred , and saw
her host turn palo as death as the gates
were thrown opou , and there was noth
ing to bo seen. Akin with this also are
the bagpipes that wall around Highland
houses , and a family in England hears
lovely music within the house itself.
Instances might bo multiplied ad
libitum. The question is not whether
these warnings are given , but , whence
do-thoycomoV What laws give rise to
them ? Are they from the physical ,
astral , for dreams and visions , appar
ently of the astral body , just before or
after the death of the individual , sometimes -
times answer the faamo purpose , The
second sight of the Keltic races may
probably have the same origin. A lady
well kno'.vn to possess It , on going to
the station ubro.ul. to meet her box con
taining Vinr wedding trousseau , was
seen to shrink irom it and turn pale.
Afterward she told her version. "It
was a cotlln1 she said , "tho men car
ried out. I could not go near it. " Next
day eiuna the quite unexpected news of
the death of u near relation.
Another perplexing question is ,
whence comes the power to bless and to
curse , undoubtedly possessed by certain
individuals from all timoV Tho'nstunccs
of this power throughout the bible are
logion. Wizards , witches and gypsies
have boon supposed to possess It , and
also the evil eyo. Generally , it is ac
companied with a certain knowledge of
the future. A man uujustly condqnmed
to bo executed many yearn ujo for steal
ing protested his innocence to thcT labt ,
and * uld that no grass would grow upon
his grave , as its outer sign. A frlc.id
assures mo that she herself recently
saw the grave , andin spite of all olTorts
to cover It , the grave remains bare.
Again , a lady died protesting against
the resurrection , moaning , nrobably ,
that of the body. She ordered the stone
above her vault to bo an extra thick.-
ness , and said that if there wo 6"sucli a
thing-thon trees would grow up through
the stones. A friend declares that she
has soon thQDi herself , and she buses
thorotfn her belief in.lho full and per
fect resurrection of the Hesh.
I should bo gratified for any light
thrown on these and similar experi
ences. _ _ _
The Haunted Houses of To-day.
A house in Tolono , III. , which had the
reputation of being haunlpd.becauso un
canny sounds were heard in it , and was ,
therefore , frequently for rent , was fin
ally tenanted by its ownorwho resolved
to "tuko the bull by the horns" and
solve the mystery. After a careful in
vestigation ono night ho discovered that
some mischievous parsons stationed in
an unused parsonage opposite had at
tached a brickbat to one end of a string
which was dropped through a hole In
the porch roof of the "haunted" house ,
BO that when the "ghosts" pulled the
other end of the line the brick would
rise and fall , strikinp-tho porch coiling.
The angry owner besieged the parson-
ngd with revolver in hand , but the fugi
tives escaped from the building.
Spirits by the Score.
Mrs. M. F. Williams , the materializ
ing medium of Forty-sixth street , in
vaded Brooklyn with her band of spirits
last Wednesday evening , says the Now
Nork Mercury , and received u very flat
tering welcome. It was the first uubllo
Eoaneo that hud over been given in the
sister city beyond the big bridge , and
the cozy theater of " the Co
lumbia conservatory of music , at Bed
ford and Fulton avenues , was packed
with a very intelligent , refined and
well dressed audience. Mrs. Williams
seemed in excellent spirits herself , and
so far as the building up nnd turning
out of spirits from the laboratory of
Spirit Chemist Arthur Mortlncz wont ,
the experiment was a success. Prof.
Jeanoret acted as master of ceremonies.
Mrs. Williams was dressed in bluck silk
and hud a bunch of big nodding rod ,
roses pinned on her bosom. She mnuo
a short speech , giving the benighted
Brooklyniles nn idea of the philosophy
of spiritualism nnd spirit phenomena
and manifestation.
The spirits that generally attend
Mrs. Williams' cabinet were all there ,
including Or. Holland , the joyous little
Bright Eyos. Frank Cushman , Lucille
the Beautiful , Chemist Morlinoz , E. V.
"Wilson , Lucille Western , Alice Cary ,
etc. The Bcanco was marked by n largo
number of spirits who took On tun-
glblo form and came out lo perform the
social politeness of making calls on
their friends still detained in the cum
bersome flesh. It was a most sociable ,
harmonious , lively and agreeable re-
ceplion , or Ipveo and conversazione bo-
Iween llio morlal nnd immorlul. The
largeness of the uudionco was surpris
ing , When every seat on the
floor wus filled the lato-comers had
to book the galleries. Txvo and three
spirits came out at a time , and ( juito a
number of thorn not onlydomutenalizod
out on the open stage , but ronmtorial-
ized , as if coming up through the floor ,
in open view of the audience. Among
the spirits who came out to frisnds were
Montague Borg.TJioimujCombsAmanda
Bowman , Lillie Heed , George Hnrk-
nofcs , Curdo Miller , Aimlo Muguiro ,
Tillo Roberts , Charles Cunningham ,
Miss Flovd , Dr. Sloouin , Mr. Nichols ,
Fannie Hazard and a friend , Mra.
Charles Fox , Mr. O3tran < lorand several
young ladies with their escorts or com
pany. Brother Tico , of Brooklyn , was
present to see that all things were
right. A committee that volunteered
from the audience examined the cabinet
and declared that there waa nothing
that could contribute to tho. practice 01
deception.
Lord Castloroatth's Ghost.
LoroUCastlorcagh , when commanding
in early life a militia regiment in Ire
land , was stationed ono night in u
largo , desolate country house , and his
bed was at ono end of a long , dilapi
dated room , while at the other extrem
ity a great fire of wood and turf had
been prepared within a huge , gaping ,
old-fashioned chimney. Waiting In the
middle of tjio night , ho lay watching
from his pillow the gradual durtconing
of the embers of the hearth ,
when suddenly they blazed up
and a naked child stopped from
among them upon the floor. The flguro
advanced slowly towards Lord Castlo-
roagh , rising in stature at every slop ,
until , on coming wilhin two or three
paces of his bed , it had assumed the ap
pearances of a ghastly giant , palo as
death , with a bledding wound on the
brow and eyes glaring withrago and de
spair. Lord Castloreagh leaped from
his bed and confronlod Iho figure in an
allitudo of defiance. It retreated before -
fore him , diminishing in size as it with
drew in the same manner that it had
previously shot up Jand expanded.
Ho followed it , pace by paeo
until the original chlld-liko form dis
appeared among the embers. Ho then
wont back to his bed and was disturbed
no moro. This story Lord Castloreagh
told with perfect gravity ut ono of his
wife's supper parties in Paris in 1816 ,
when Scolt was among Iho hearers.
Revealed In u Dream.
A special to Iho Now York Star says :
A. F. McNcnl , a well-known citizen of
Rawfion , Allen county. O. , died on the
20th ult. nftor u short illness. A strange
story connected with this fuel is as well
authonticnled as his death. On the
night of the 28th of January lust ho
drcumod that ho had died and gene to
heaven. In the dream the date of his
dealh. March 20 , was ; firmly fixed upon
his mind. In Iho'golden city of his
dream , Mr. MoNoat rapt Mahlon Povon-
mtro , of Ada , un olil acquaintance and
friend , and asked when ho had loft the
earth. Povonmiro replied that ho had
como to the otornaj wopld n week before.
There were other qirqymstancos in the
dream equully as strungO ) which so im
pressed McNoal that the next morning
when ho uwoko in i is usual good health
ho reduced the dotuils to writing and
put the manuscript ujvay In his < lesk ,
where his wife found 1J and read It with
four und trembling , but said nothing ,
although It made aji ynprossion on her
mind which she coulii , .not efface. On
Monday , March ZQ ] M.cNeal died ex
actly ss Indicated , , \i'li lo Povoumiro
hud dnssed to the land of the unknown
just a week beforeMrs. . MeNoal is in
possession of the manuscript , dated
January 29 , and containing the sub
stance of her husband's dream us above
recited , .
A Queer Superstition.
Pitlsburg Commercial Gazotlo : On
Tuesday night Officer Mercer , of Allo-
ghenoy , noticed a woman go into the
raiddlo of Main street und dig u hole
with a hatchet. She placed an object
in the hole nnd carefully covered it up.
The officer unearthed the object and
found tv small mirror with writing on it
which ho could not decipher. Tuking
it to the woman's house , bho explained
that Iho wriling on Iho glass was
'Father , Son and Holy Ghost , " and
that it was n charm to drive away an
'ailment in her head. It was a Svviss
custom and she wanted to keep It
buried for three days. She was al
lowed to rein tor the glass.
Lost Keys Found by Spirits.
Mrs. . O. A. Woodruff , of Tfoy , N. Y. ,
i fifes to tko Roligio-Philosophical
Journal : "Wo used to bo just as skep
tical as skeptics could be thrco of us ,
soli , husband and daughter. The keys
to our poultry house and yard were lost.
They had boon looked for diligently by
every member of the family for more
than a week , but as no ono could find
thorn they were given up. Wo hail a
little music stand that used to do queer
things sometimes , and often spelled
out messages that proved to bo true.
Wo three sat with our hands upon it , as
wo had often done before ; it seemed to
be unusually vigorous and active , jump
ing around at a great rate , so much
that wo were quite nonplused , and
couldn't think of anything proper to
say , although wo know it was waiting
to bo Interrogated. Presently I thought
of our lost keys , and asked if the con
trolling influences could toll us where
to find thorn. While ono of us said
the alphabet in the usual way they
spoiled : 'Will try. ' They in a mo
ment said : 'Found ' 'Whoro' ? ' 'In
cow shed , on window stool. '
"It was dark , the lantern was lighted ,
the search was made and the lost keys
wore found just as they had said.1
"Was It the Ghost of Ills Dead Friend ?
The Carthage , Mo. , correspondent of
the St. Louis Glebe writes : Mr. J. D.
K. , a resident of West Carthage , a car
penter by trade , experienced a few
nights since , the following novel ad
venture , which ho firmly believes was
with some one from the spirit world : It
was about 11 o'clock , while ho was on
his way homo from a call on a friend ,
who was seriously sick. Mr. D. lives in
the outskirts of the city , and when pass
ing through u hollow , near his homo , ho
was startled to hear his name called
quite distinctly in a queer , ghostly
voico. IIo stopped and looked about
him , but , though the night was quito
moonlight , ho could see no ono. Just
then a something struck near by him ,
as if thrown by come ono. Ho stopped
to see what it was , when ho received n
blow on the back , as if from the slap of
u parson's hand , and at the bumo time
his own name was spoken throe times in
rapid succession in a voice unmistakably
plum. Seriously alarmed and mystified
ho traced his stops as rapidly
as possible toward homo , but without
further adventure. When ho stopped
in the ho USD ho looked at the clock ,
which stopped ticking1 as ho did so , the
hands indicating 11:10. : By this limo
Mr. 1) . was in such a nervous state of
mind that lie did not care to retire , but
sat down in an arm-cluiir in the dining
room without rousing any of the sleep
ing family. How long ho sat thqro ho
dooB not know , hut no unconsciously
foil asleep , and was awakened by foot
steps on the stairs. Thinking it some
of the family ho started with the light
to the staircase , plainly hearing the
footsteps all the while , but when the
light llusncd up the stairway no ono
was to DO seen , and further search
found the family sound usloop and not u
soul stirring in the liouso. Mr. D. be
coming alarmed then related his ex
perience to his wife , and together they
sat up during the remainder of the
night , but no moro ghostly sounds were
heard.
Next morning a messenger brought
the word that his sick friend had boon
taken suddenly worse ana had died
shortly after Mr , D.'s departure , and at
piecisoly the hour indicated by the
hands of the clock , as it had slopped I ho
night before. Mr. D. is completely
mystified at his strnngo experience , but
firmly bolioves-lt was the ghost of hla
dead friend that thus haunted him , and
now shudders to venture but in the
night lost his unpleasant experience bo
repeated.
WHY SHE DIDN'T HOLLER.
Was Afraid Ho'd Stop and She Sued
Him Tor Breach of Promise.
A young woman from the country was
suing her ox-swoothoart for breach of
promise , and the lawyers woreus usual ,
making all sorts of inquisitive in
quiries.
"You say , " remarked ono , "that the
defendant frequently sat very close to
you ? "
"Yos , sir , " was the reply , with a
hectic Hush.
"How close ? "
"Close enough SO'B ono chcor was all
the sottiu' room we needed , "
"And you say ho put his arm around
you ? "
"No , I didn't. "
"What did you say , then ? "
"I said ho put both arms around mo. "
"Thon what ! "
"Ho hugged mo. "
"Very hard ? "
"Yos ho did. So durn hard that I
como near hollerln' right out. "
"Why didn't you hoUorV"
" 'Cause. "
"That's . Bo
no reason. explicit ,
ploaso. Because why ? "
" 'Cause I was afeorcd he'd stop. "
The court foil oil the bench , and had
to bo carried out and put under a
hydrant for the purpose of resuscitation.
A Historic Mansion.
The Villa Pnlmlorio , where the queen
is residing during her stay ut Florence ,
has been described by ono able to speak
with authority on the subject as "the
fairest snot on the Tuscan mount , " says
the London World. The villa otande
on the Bologna road , about two miles
from the Porto San Gallo , within a short
distance of Fiesola.
It belonged for many centuries to the
Pnlmiori family , Hio were of great note
in Florence , and it originally- bore the
name of Scliifanoiu , but it subsequently
became royal property , and the Grand
Duchess of Tuscany Bold it to the late
Lord Crawford , who expended at least
12,000 on improvements nnd additions ,
and it is now the residence of Ills willow ,
who has placed It ut the disposal of her
majcfaty.
The vi'la is a very largo house , built
in two stories entirely in the old Italian
style , with loggia-covered balconiosbut
it iu a thoroughly Knglish residence in
its comfort and luxury. The hitcrior is
beautifully decorated , and the hull , gal
lery and sitting rooms nro full of pict
ures and objects of art , and there is a
fine library.
There nro magnificent views of Florence
once and the surrounding country from
the windows of the principle rooms and
from the terrace below , wniuu in u sunk
garden , as ut Windsor uautlo , The
grounds are extensive , shady and ad
mirably arranged , Ono portion , in
cluding a long terrace from which there
is a very grand view , is separated from
the homo gardens by the road , across
which is a private bridge.
The villa was the constant resort of
the great artists of the sixteenth cen
tury , and within the grounds is a pri
vate chapel , which is undoubtedly the
original of the ono represented in
Raphael's celebrated Sposalizio , in the
Broru gallery at Milan. Altogether
the queen may bo congratulated on her
good fortune in obtaining the loan of a
residence so delightful and BO interest
ing. _
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A TALE OF TWO LOVERS.
Awkward Predicament of Two Young
Tcoplo Who Wore Very
Ncar-Siuhtcil ,
In a cozy flat on Ono Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street , says the Now Yorl <
Graphic , lives a plump and rosy young
woman , who , like most young women of
her ago , has n cavulior who calls upon
her at regular intervals during the
week.
The young man is honest , industrious ,
and is n trusted clerk in a large store on
White street. Ho is about twonty-fivo
years of agohas red hairand is so near *
sighted that without spectacles ho
would bo unable to toll the difference
between an elephant and a hum door at
u distance of ton foot. Ho wears a pair
of strong convex glasses , which tire
thicker than a pauo of French plate-
glass , and as long as the specs are
astride of his nose ho is perfectly conI (
dent without them ho is a helpless , dependent -
pendent child.
Strangely enough the plump nnd rosy
young woman in Ono Hundred and.
Twenty-fifth street is near-sighted , too.
She has an astigmatism which obliges
her to wear a pair of glasses of peculiar
construction , and which uro suited lone
no other eyes but hers.
The father of this damsel is u very
stern and peculiar man and ho posses
ses an intense dislike for the young
clerk , because ho says , when his daugh
ter gets on the street with her lever
they look like two walking advertise-
mqnts for on optician. The young man
has been forbidden to enter the house ,
but his love is strong and ho makes
clandestine visits despite the parental
warning.
Anybody who has had any experience
knows that it is impossible to read the
soul in the eyes with tj. pair of thick
toggles in the way , nnd UIOKO young
lovers know it woll. It is their custom
therefore , to remove the glasses when
enjoying each other's uocioty , nnd to
put them on again when good night is
icibsed at the door.
The billing and cooing was proceed
ing , iu usual last night without the
fipocs when u heavy , and unexpected
tread was heard in the hall. The lover
divinodut once that papa hud unex
pectedly roturncd ai.d grabbing liin
glasses blood in the shadow of the
kitchen door until npu passed through
nnd then stele silently dovn stairs and
into the street.
Ho had not taken ton stops when ho
discovered , to his horror , that ho had on
his girl's glasses. It was absolutely Im
possible for him to see oven his hand ,
Ho was moro helpless than a blind mini ,
but ho dared not return to got his own
property , He etumblcd r.loig ; until ho
foil down a collar. When ho got out ho
full in the gutter , and from that muddy
predicament lu > was arroslod by a
policeman for intoxication. When ar
raigned before the justice lie muilo an
ollortto make u private explanation ,
and wns at once set uown im maudlin.
Justice in this instance wi'u ' not blind ,
or oven noar-sightod , anil couJd ot ap
preciate the ugoiiy the yoinjr man suf
fered. "Ton dollars or lot : days" would
have boon enforced hud not by the mer
est accident u former porter nf the White
street store , now a policeman , como to
the rescue.
Mean time the young \roman was not
faring much belter. She wont blunder
ing from ono room to another , net dar
ing to remove .her spectacles , for that
would excite comnviiit , tuid fowbiy to
confess the Iruth to her father , Jt had
to como at lost , however. The poor girl
could not attend to her household du--
llvs.and was. forcoa to tell wlial hud hup *
peed
The tiaj i have sine * been i&i
changed , but the