Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-08
Ar. They H.ra,.rerv or death,

Are They Harbiagers % Dsashf
STRANGE ACTIONS or ANIMALS BELIEVED 10 III
FATAL FORECASTS.
Prom the Elmira Telegram.
Do animals have some mysterious Psychological
intuition Of the approach OF death 70 the family
In which they are domiciled! II would seem 30
from the many cases on record In which domestic
animals have acted In q strange and excited man
ner just previous 10 the decease OF some member
OF the household. Sir Walter Scott frequently al
iuded 70 this feature OF the dumb creation Edgar
Allen Poe wrote frtghtful tale OF black cat
upon 70 help contribute these remarkable stories
70 the literature OF the past There are people To-
day who believe the cat Is invested with the
the nreside win suck the breath OF a Sleeping In
FAINT A well-known professional nurse OF this
CITY. VINO has an investigating mind, gave her ex-
81 am not supersttious,- she said @out I am
never called out TO nurse In q new place without
md IL Impossible to divest myself OF feeling OF
rear that was grounded In me when o child. An
infant member OF my family was dying. There
was great scratching and mewing at The door,
and strange cat walked In when the door was
opened IL was 2 great wiid-looking creature.
which it regarded with me most serious attention
Then II Went slowiy out and my mother said In
awscstr %.I tones; .ine child WIN not i've
SWhat became OF the cat2"
'Ts remained with US and We could not get nd
OF it; for long time it was q constant source of
annoyance. AZ last We put tt into bag and took
u away. suppose we were afraid OF another
euperstitaon-that II we killed cat we would al
ways have bad luck"
..Is that the only instance you know OF Q cat
sorerunning death?"
mo. knew . family where the youngest child,
Doy OF thirteen, had pet cat which he had
raised himself He Was out one day playing. when
the cat walked Into the parior and, standing be
!ore the sofa, mewed piteously. II was impossible
70 orive the animal from that particular spot OF
stop us cries little later the child was brought
N oeao-he had been drowned-and WAS laid on
Inc sofa Al the very spot where the cat had cried
nave nad great trouble with my sick people" re-
aa MARIE tne same nurse, from dogs hownng un'
Cannot that be prevented by claiming up the
.It Is not always the family dog. have known
uoss 70 80 long distance 70 SIT and howl under
window where some one was lying Ill"
how 90 you account for that?n
"a nave heard II said by people who had looked
INTO the matter that it Is the unusual light ano
noises mat disturb the dogs Then there 4.
anotner theory that the powerful sense OF smell
"a these animals enables them 10 detect In the at
mosphere odors noxious TO them"
have you ever noticed any peculiar result frou
| the bowling OF a dos?"
NOTHING but the nervousness and depression O
tne patient 1 must say that it is an appalling
sound 70 hear at the dead OF night have know
the patient TO recover In several cases. In on,
oeath had already set In, and it was a fayorit,
mousse dog that howled all night. Even n one ha.
no SUPERSTITION IL causes a thrill of fear 10 hea
sucn q melancholy and unusual sound