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EEI.N(J things at night. It appears, is nil ctpitI-
rnrp whose thrills not only Interest the human
nervous system but also agitate the unimal,
(.-rented n little 1iwit than m:m.
Ghosts )'rof. Ernest Itozzano terms su
pernatural is yrliif I rr ptlons. nml In- ling
found sixty-nine cases jf cne sort or another,
which le says may easly bp doubled, whcrpin
the beasts of the field and fireside arp party cllh. r to tele
pathlc hallucinations, to " phantiis:r.i " r speeteis. or to
phantasmogenle localities," commoniy called haunted houses
or regions. In twcnty-thr?o of thpse Instances thp animals be
came awaro of the uncanny presence beforr their liuman
companions and therefore could not h:ve received their Im
pressions through any contagion of fe'linfc, or thought trans
ference. The first proofs of these weird ami lit! experiences c.-uim
from H. Bider Haggard, tne novelist, who dreamed that I. Is
dog was dylr.fr. only to find a day or so later that 'he noc
turnal vision had been enacted In reall'y nn hour or two
previous. Bob, his (rood old retriever, having rcccivtd a mor
tal wound from a night train, was thrown into the water
among the brushwood where his master had seen Mm In
his dream, and Instantly perished. The story was nols.d
nbroad widely, rigorously Investigated, and documented by
Mr. Haggard himself and by the Anglo-American Society
for Psychical Research, drew the nttentlon of psychical re
searchers to the study of possible telepathic transmission
between man and animals, and finally, through the Investi
gations of lYof. liniian.i, has brouis.it to light the trials
ond terrors of canines, felines, equlnes. and others of the
four footed folk in their encounters with spooks and specters.
Madame d'Esperance Finds Proof.
One of then" encounters is repoe,-d by Mine. d'Espe
rance, a distinguished woman, universally known In the
field of psychical studies, who In iv.i t.x k uplcr residence
In her present home. " I knew the place well," slip says,
having paid several long visits to i: previously, and al.-o
knew that It had toe reputation of being haunted, but be
yond this few of the stories had reached my ears, first be
cause I know scarcely -inv one In .he neighborhood, and,
secondly, because those I did know U'd not understand my
language nor I theirs. Communication was therefore, for
home time at least, extremely limited, ro that what I saw or
rancled I saw was not the result of previous Information."
In her dally walks Him. d'Esperance generally went
through a little wood. A public road runs along one side
of the wood and she frequently had noticed that horses shied
and were frightened when passing it. This behavior always
puzzled her for there was never anything to account for It.
Once or twice when accompanied by a couple of canine
friends she found them absolutely refusing to enter the wood
but laid themselves down with their muzzh s between their
paws, deaf alike to threats or persuasion. They would Joy
fully follow her In any other direction, but If she persisted
In going through the wood, would break loose from her and
scamper off home with every symptom of fear. AVhen this
had happened two or thrpe times she mentioned it to a
friend, the lady of the manor, who said that such things had
happened ever since she could remember, not nt all times
but at Intervals, and not with all horses and dogs.
Flee from Ghost Calf.
One day Mme. d'Esp?rance was strolling along the
western part of the wood with this friend when before her
stood a red brown calf. She uttered a surprised exclamation
ond the creature ran into the wood. As it darted Into the
brushwood a curious brightness flashed In its large eyes,
giving the Impression that they emitted fire. Since then
once or twice at long Intervals rumor had It that the calf
with the fiery eyes has been seen by some one and the wood
for a time has been carefully avoided by the peasantry.
Nearly every day, accompanied by two or three canine
friends, Mme. d'Esperance has walked or driven through
the wood, never, however, meeting the mysterious enlf until
a few weeks ago when she entered the grove with two collies
and a terrier whlc'.i, before entering, laid themselves down
and exercised all their persuasions and art to Induce her to
take another direction. Finding her persistent, they at
tended her with visible reluctance. They seemed tq forget
after a while and gamboled on ahead.
Suddenly they rushed back and rrouched at her feet
l.whle the little terrier sprang Into her arms. Almost at the
same moment a sound of beating hoofs approached rapidly
from behind and before she could move nut of the way a
h rd of roe deer came In full stamp' do. galloping past, Un
ix (fling both her and the do'js. nearly throning her down as
they passed. She looked around auntd and saw a red
brown calf turn and lose Itself in th" brushwood. The dogs,
which under ordinary circumstances would have given chase
to the flying deer, yelped with excitement, crouched, trem
bling and whining at her feet and the little terrier refused
to leave h r arms. For sever il days afterward he refused to
go through the wood and the qolllos went only under pro
test, plainly showing suspicion and fear.
Animals Knew Calf Was Supernatural.
"The re suit of all ou." Inquiries." says Mine. d'Espe
rance, "only confirmed our first Impression that the calf
with the fiery eyes was no ordinary, living, earthly creature.
1 do not dotibt that the strongly Intuitive or clairvoyant
faculties of the animals made them aware of some unusual
or unearthly presence In the wood a.id that the shrinking
from the supernatural which In human beings we call super
stition was the cause of their strange behavior. Had I been
the only person that had seen the mysterious creature It Is
more than possible I never would have mentioned It, but It
has been seen at different times by many persons living on
the estate."
To this Prof. Hozznno agrees, noting that horses,
dogs, and deer usually are not frightened nt the sight of a
harmless calf and that a living calf would not account for
the panic of fear often shown by the horses and dogs when
to all appearances there was nothing abnormal to the senses
of men.
sptang over her head and for upwards of half an hour ran
up and down stairs as If pursued.
Home time afterward It transpired that a former pro
prietor of the house, a woman, had hanged herself In that
room.
' Boziano Declares Ghosts Exist.
Each of Prof, liozxtiiii's specters tu more marvelous
than the last and they bring I lio finally to the conclusion
that " Even If we wish to show ourselves particular and
strict In the analysis of single cases, even If we wish to ex
clude n certain number from tlie total count, and even If we
assign duP weight to the Inevitable error I and ainpllfleat'nns
arising from lapse of memory, in spite of all this we shall
still have to admit that there are a good number of which the
Dogs Fear the uncanny.
In the remarkable account of a haunted house during
an occupation by a well known English church dignitary,
the extremely different behavior of dogs In the presence of
real and phantasmal disturbances is pointed out. Win n an
attempt was made to rob the vicarage the iSo-s gave prompt
alarm and the clergyman was aroused by their fierce bark
ing. During the mysterious noises, however, although these
were much louder and more disturbing, they nev. r barked at
all but always were found cowering In a state of pitiable
terror. They are said to have been more perturbed than any
other members of the establishment, and if not shut up be
low "would make their way to our bedroom door and lie
there, crouching and whining, ns long as we would allow
them."
In the terrible case of haunting given by one Mrs. S. C.
Hall, who was herself familiar with the main facts, the
haunted man had not been able to keep a dog for years.
One which he brought home when Mrs. Hall became ac
qalnted with him could not be Induced to stay In his room
day or night after the hauntlngs began, and soon afterwards
he ran away and was lost.
Dog and Cat See Ghost.
To this historical case Is added a recent and wonderful
instance of hauntings In Pennsylvania when the apparition of
the white womun appeared to the Informant's brother. The
third night he saw the dog crouch and sture and then uct
as if driven around the room. The man saw nothing but
heard a sort of rustle and the poor dog howled and tried
to hide and never again would that dog go to that room.
A ghost a cat saw was In a room lllumiriated by the light
of the fire. Puss, otherwise known as " Iady Catherine."
lay with her head upon tier young mistress' arm In a pen
sive attitude of drowsiness and purring. Of a sudden her
purring ceased and she exhibited rapidly Increasing signs of
uneasiness. Struggling to her feet despite her mistress" en
deavors to soothe her. and spitting vehemently, with back
arched and tail swollen, she assumed a mingled attitude of
terror and defiance. Looking up, the young woman who held
Lady Catherine now perceived with Inexpressible horror, a
little hideous wrinkled old hag occupying a chair at the op
posite corner of the fireplace, stooping forward and stead
fastly gazing with eyes piercingly fixed and shining.
The cat, after some most desperate efforts, escaped from
her mistress, leaped over tables and chairs and all that came
In her way, and repeatedly threw herself with frightful vio
lence first against one and the other of Ihe two closed doors of
the room, and becoming every Instant more frantic. The mis
tress had regained her breath and screamed. Her mother
ran In Immediately, and tht cat, on the door opening, literally
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substantially and incontestably genuine character cannot be
doubted.
" From all this It resulu that now and henceforth It Is not
permissible to deny a priori the possibility of the occurrence
of psychic perception in animals. And if on the one hand
It is Incontestably true that from the point of view of scien
tific research there Is yet a long distance to be traversed be
fore the category of phenomena In question can be consld
ticd as definitely gained for science, on the other hand, how
ever, nnd on the basis of the facts above set forth. It Is per
missible henceforth to recognize without fear of error that
the virdlct of future science cannot be other than fully
affirmative."
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Animals See More than Man.
Animals, besides sharing with mar. t.ie Intermittent ex
ercise of faculties of supernormal psychic perception, show
themselves more normally endowed with special psychic fac
ulties unknown to man. Mi-h ns the so-called Instincts of di
rection and of migration, end the faculty of precognition as
regards unforeseen ntmospherlc d 1st ur nances, or the Immi
nence of earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
Although man Is destitute of such superior faculties of
Instinct, nevertheless these same faculties exist In the unex
plored recesses of his subconsciousness. In fact, the facul
ties of telepathy, tehesthefia, lucidity, premonition, nnd pre
cognition, as manifested in man during physiological sleep
or by the effect of Induced sleep or somnambulism, correspond
to these faculties of animals referred to, although In man
they ordinarily show themselves under aspects more con
formable to his nature.
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tho professor. " However, the time has not yet come for
attempting this task. I will therefore confine myself to re
marking that In the day when we shall come to obtain the
scl ntlflc proof that the phenomena of supernormal psychic
perceptions which occur in human experience are realized
In an Identical manner with the experience of animals, and
complete this proof by the further fact that the higher forms
of instinct proper to animals are found to exist in the sub
consciousness of man, on that day we shall also have arrived
at the demonstration that there Is no qualitative difftrence
between the human and the animal psyche."
Animals, then, see ghosts, and, In seeing them, yield to
man another proof that they are bis kinsmen.
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has ruled for over 4tm successive years. At the time this snap shot was taken he and
five of his wives and his cabinet has Just ridden into the walled city of Jolo from their
royal palace In the mountains to pay their respects to the wife of the Armenian governor.
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negroes. But In Belize mahogany Is cheaper than pine.
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the ifma.Iest twigs are carefully gathered by
the fuget makers, whune bunches retail in
town und city for 3 cents apiece.
RUSSIAN NUN.
.Vl Berksmere church In England Is pre
served this Sim I. made for a fox huiu.ng
parson, who found himself unable lo prtuch
uileas astride saddle. coniut n! ly he liad
tills curiosity made. and. when sealed llieie
oa, would deliver most eloquent st-rmons!
To appreciate the di!nlty of the numaker's
I'Hittui n ire in i1s to know the sacred net
cf the fishing net. and the protection which
the li art' ri!. At till umiitt they used to
quir.iri:ie h i..wi: rlnrki n with ma!Ipex
1 i ien tf ti-l !i k net about It. for the legal
I ' r. illy f r dinurbir.g the nets was so great
that r.o no dared attempt to break through.
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Wince their expulsion from Frame the
monks who muke the liquor have located at
Tarragona In Spain.
These coffins, made by one f the lilbes of
the Congo Free State, are of wood, with a
carved head on a lung, thin neck. The
wooden coffin contains the bedy, and the
dummy hand holds one of the knives of the
decease-d. Some of the tribes meke their
Collins In the shape of canoes, and the coffins
of chii ts are Inlaid in precious metals.
The Paris cabman has the re putation oi
being the meanest man on earth, ilul.b. 11
who was formerly of Chicago, and Is lu.v u
of the American artists In Paris, had tl is
picture of these old " cochers " In the salon
of 1!XH.
CHEAP SHINE
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These women live en charity, and add to
their Incomes by givii.g advice si out mar
riage, and sell iig lucky crarins. In 1 1 e pho
tograph t ne is seen telling the fortune ot
a little girl pupil.
An ingenious respiratory apparatus f i r the
use of firemen has been Invtnted by Charles
E Chapin of Berkeley. Cal. It consists of a
hood lined with oiled silk to cover the he-d
and an air cylinder which Is strapped on the
back. The cylinder Is divided into tl.it
chambers, carrying und r a pressure thai can
be regulated enough air to last an hour.
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Gi.spel missionaries touring I'tah's rural sections in covered wagons. They in this
way reach sections where rclisiuus mining oilier than those of the Mormons have
never been held.
In Paris even the poor man stops on his
say to work to have his irtioea shlned. It
costs him only i I'nili, and bs might lose
his Job if he didn't.
