The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-12-17
spEcrRAL APrEARANoEs.

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ortho blind poet Ptef0. hN, been widely
Oirnlaiodby the press and syelI known,
| shall here mention 80 mneh Of il as i
essential, PCeEel had engaged :, young
Protestant clergyman, Of tho pame Of
/ Billing us menuensis,
Tho blind poet, when he took walk,
held Blliug's arm, and was led by him
One day as they wero walking in the
| garden which was at some distance from
the town, PleGsI observed that 40 often
as they passed over a aortqiD spot, Bill
iug's arm lrenbled, and tue youpg man
became uneasy, ,am
He mldo Inquiry as TO The cause Of
this qndiBilusglal last opwlliqfly cor
ITsssSdi 6at asotlsu as hepassod over tho
spot. he was attacked by certain sonss-
lions, over which he had no control, and
which he always experienced where hu.
man bodies lay buried. He added, that
whom he came 10 such places at night,
ho saw strange lhiogs. PlelEel with the
view of curing tho young mau Of his fol-
", NG be supposed it to be. went that
night with him 10 The garden,
When they approached tho place IL
the dark, Billing perceived a feeble
light, and whom nearer be saw tho deli
cate appearance of a fery ghOst'liko form
hovoring 10 tho air over the spot. He
described il as female form With one
arm laid across the body, the other hang.
ing down, hoYeriug in an upright post
uro. but without movement the feet on
y few haadbrealhs above Abe sol, ~
PfeGel, as the young man would not fol :
low him, went up alone to lha spot, and
struck at random all round with his stick
He also run through tho spectre, but III
neither moved nor changcl to Billings
eyes.
II was as when we strike with stick
through a fame; iheaform always ne, /
peared again in the same Ohapo, Mapy'I
experiments vstoD1tied during several
months; company was brought 70 the
place, batno change occurred and the
ghost seer adhered 10 his earnest asset
'lious. and.'iu consequence Of them, 10
tie huspicions;tbnt som ono lay bnrlcdI
s;s5si, ssssss,
AZ last PisGsl had The place dug up.
At oonaidorphls depth. they came. 70 a
firm lay Orof white lime, sboul. ne long
and asbfoad rs grave, tolcmbly thick
and 90 breaking thrsagh this, tho bcnos
Of human being we're discovered. Il
was thus ascsr,ainel that come one he'd
been buried there. and covered With 81
thick layer Of lime, as is usually done 10
fines Of pastlcnGo, earthquakes and sims
liar salOmitiea, The bones were takgp
out, the grave Glled up with earth and
scattered abroad, and the surface level.
ed. When Billing was now again
brought 10 the place, the appearances
was no longer visible, and tho nocturnal
ghost had vanished forever. It Il, hardly
necessary. 10 point opt 70 the reader what
! thiuk Of this story, which caused 50
much discussion 10 Germany because it
came to uson the authority Of cus ofthS
most trustworthy men alivsrGnd receives
from tho thoologlans and psychologists
thousand frighiuI INTERPRETATIONS. ~
To my eyes, il belonged entirely to
the domain Of chemistry, asd adaitlod
Of q simple and clear scientific explana-
ton, A human. corpse Is a rich field Of
chemical ehanges--foT fermsutA lion. pu,
trefsc!'0p, Justification and iheplOy Of pll
paannOr Of afinilieS. A layer ot dEy,I
qaicklme, compressed iaioR deep pill
adds 10 is own powerful AfiipiiioV to or
gsnic matters, aqd lays, the foundation
Of a long and slow action Of these oilini.
ties. Rain water from above is added;
and the lime drstfalls TO mealy pow
der, and afterwards is converted, by The
wafer, which tricklea down iulo it, into
a tollow-liko external MACS, through
which tho external hair pepetrates but
slowly. Such masses orlime nave boon
found buried in Old ruined castles.
where they have lain for couturiosi and
yet the limo has boen so fresh. that it