St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-11

| lie filled his pipe, 1--WE are reasoning
from facts to theories and not vice versa.
The more facts we have the more solid
is our foundation. That would be a
very treacherous structure which was
placed only Oh one frail post. A theory
of thought transference based on one or
two or even hundred cases, however
well attested. would have no value. The
! existence of one spirit apart from the
body would not prove the existence Oh
other spirits. The fulfillment of one
dream, the reality of one apparition,
| the ver6cation of one premonltlon,
might be called a coincidence, and the
man who should attempt to build the
ory on it would be justly ridiculed. But
give us, out of 10000 dreams, appari-
lions OF premonitions, 1000 which are
| verified, and the plea of mere coinci-
dence no longer holds.
The work is far from being COM
pleted. We have vast amount OF evil
dence. but it is not yet examined and
| sifted. A great deal Of it is, of course,
utterly worthless. The replies to our
circulars asking for personal expert
ences are still coming in, and it will be
months before tangible results can be
announced"
IN HAUNTED HOUSES.
''Do you consider the haunted house
branch of the psychical business dlyl-
dend-paying 0ne?"
The enthusiastic doctor gave the Ques-
toner a quiZzical look, drew three OF
four whiffs from his pipe and said:
mo. that seems to me the most unSat-
isfactory part of our work, although
several incOntestable and unexplained
facts have been gathered. l have one
case in particular in mind. A librarian
died. About year later his successor,
an entire stranger to the deceased and
to the town, was appointed. One even
ing, just at dusk, he saw in a dark al
cove the luminous figure of man
walking along with shutting gait, as
if in search of book. The new libra
rian, doubling his senses, and fearing
that he was becoming insane, passed
his hand over his eyes and looked again.
The apparition had disappeared: Feel
ing ashamed of himself for being the
victim of what he considered mere
halucination, he said nothing about
the occurrence to any one. But the
next night his two assistants, after they
one of the rooms light
and the shadow of q man. Knowing
they had turned out the gas, they re-
turned to the room to investigate, but
all was darkness. The next morning
they related their experience to the
librarian, and he told them of his own.
From his description Of the shutting
gait, the long coat, the STOPPING form,
they instantly recognized the deceased
librarian, of whose personal appearance
his successor was entirely ignorant"
The Society for Physical Research
guards its gathered materials with great
secrecy Its rich fund of facts is not
published until they have been passed
upon and thoroughly examined by the
various committees; even then the
names of those who contribute their
experiences are in no case furnished to
the public. Among the following are
some of the most astounding facts on
Mrs. T., a lady living in a Western
town, writes to member of congress,
the husband of her daughter, in Wash
ington. This letter explains telegram
which Mrs. II. had sent only three hours
before, inQuiring about her daughters
health. The original of this telegram
has also been seen by Dr.. Hodgson.
The telegram reads:
TO the Hon. --, House of Repre-
sentatives, Washington, d. c.
lean. viii come if Nell needs me.
The signature is the mothers name.
Mrs. T. letter of explanation first says
that she had been for some days anX-
ious about her daughter Nellie's health,
although there had been no illness of
late. Letters from Washington had
been lacking for some days; the last
one had reported the daughter as having
just returned from making fifteen calls,
Every tired and nearly frozen" 81
a1roI T,, IL MI IHa
tween II and O'Clock, deeply impressed
wanted TO get up and send telegram.
If | had consulted or followed my own
inclinations, wonld have dressed and
gone down to the sitting ROOM"
Later, however. Mrs. Il. went to sleep
again; but in the morning the vivid i'm
preston returned. at Z a. m. Mrs. Il.
sent the telegram, land wrote apparently
before she received an answer, for in
the margin of the letter is added the
postscript: Telegram here; thank
goodness you are WE'LL" The lady in
Washington, whose mother had had
so vivid an experience, had been
seriously ill during the same night,
although the morning had found her
much better. Her attack was very
sudden one, which she described as
neuralgia of the lungs, with chill. st
must have been,'' she says, ''about the
hour mentioned in my, mothers letter
that l at last exclaimed: oh, don't l
wish ma was here! l shall send for her
tomorrow il am not better.'" In the
morning came the telegram from the
West, but the patient was better and
she and her husband were puzzled at
her mothers uneasiness, and replied by
telegraph: 1--WE are all well; what is
the matter with You?"
THESE ARE WEIRD TALES.
An old gentleman living at Albany
had been i'll for months. His married
daughter resided at Worcester. One
evening last summer she suddenly laid
down the book she was reading and said
to her husband, II believe father is dy-
ing" She was strangely overcome by
the impression, as there had been moth
ing whatever in the conversation or in
her own thoughts to lead to the subject
of her fathers health. All that evening
and the next morning the feeling
haunted her until dispatch came say
ing that her father had died the evening
before.
A Lowell physician was called to see
patient about 10 o'clock one night.
1t was extremely dark. and in allghting
from his conveyance he made miSStep
and sprained his ankle severely. His
wife, who was at home IN bed asleep,
suddenly awoke, with the vivid impress
sion that an accident had occurred to
her husband. She arose. wakened the
servant. and communicated her fears to
her. Nothing could induce her to re-
turn to bed. At o'clock the doctor re-
turned, and it was found that the mo-
ment of his accident and of his wife's
| awaking were simultaneous. He was
three miles away from home at the
time.
A young lady of Boston was visiting
her uncle at Montpelier, VT He had
but recently moved there, and she had
never been in the Green Mountain state
before. The day after her arrival he
took her to a jewelers. to see a curious