Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-21
4 WOMAN CLAD IN WHITE.

| seem TO fall, but simply vanished. At that
moment there was the sound of q heavy body
| falling down the stairs. The sound was ac-
| companied with piercing shriekS and loud
! groans, that woke up every one in the house.
Lamps were lighted and the house thor
! oughly searched, but nothing could be found
/ 1t was determined to try the place one more
I night, and number Of the neighbors were
! called in to help watch for the ghostly dis
/ turber. They divided themselves into squads
! and took possession Of every room in the
/ house, including the cellar and garnet. At
/ Just IL O'Clock q woman clad in white, with
q child in her arms, came through each room
simultaneously. She was bending over the
child and weeping most piteously. Suddenly
/ the noise of a heavy body falling down stairs
was heard and the form of the woman disap-
peared at the same moment. Then the shrieks
and groans Of the night before were heard.
| This lasted several minutes, and when it
ceased the black bird few in and perched on
the head of the bed, as before.
That dogs see ghosts as clearly as men DO
is too well established TO admit of doubt,
and it is worth noting that it is only the
"sensitives' who do so. Il is not the bull
dog, but the spaniel, that is the gifted seer,
and it is too plain for argument that the dog
is not at all pleased with the gift, for his
fright is pitiable. Almost every man who
has spent much time with dogs has seen some
occurrence like this: He is walking alone in
q large field where there is neither brush nor
high grass, his dog sporting around him;
suddenly the animal runs to his master
trembling and whining, and crouches at his
feet. He presents every indication of the
most abject terror, often squeezes between
the mans legs and turns up to aim two eyes
eloquent with agony and imploring. Far as
the masters eye can sweep there is nothing
In sight to inspire fear, nor does anything
appear after the tit is over. Yet the dogs
panic sometimes endureS a minute, and cases
have occurred where the poor creature was
completely exhausted His health, however,
remains as usual. So we must accept the
Scotch explanation: He sees ghaist"
1t is little singular, by the way, that
among many species OF animals, as among
men, there is more fear of the dead than the
living What is there in a deed bullock to
make the living herd below and gore up the
earth! Have they u sense OF mortality and
glimmering notion of a future lifes Another
question Of some interest is: Why did the
Aryan nations for thousands OF years see
ghosts clad only in whitet Once in a while
the classic authors put theirs in armor, but
the common people always took theirs III pure
white. Owing, however, TO a reprehensi5le
habit most people have of taking to their
heels, or fainting, or covering their eyes and
yelling at sight of ghost, minute descrip-
tons are not as common as could be wished
The ancients appear 10 have been more cool
and observing, probably because they were
used to it, for
In the most high and paIny state Of Rome,
A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
The graves stood Jenancless and the sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber il the Roman streets.