The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-22

oomStlmes the ghost was seen by one mem
De.s OF the household, while il was invisibIe
TO others close by, which, OF course. would
Iholcste that the seeing or not seeing
uepenoed on the ocular condition Of tbe
FAMILY. AT least, a skeptic would STRONGLY
urge that the probabilities were in favor Of
visual delusion. Sometimes mvsterious
sounds showed the ghost to be about, while
ne was not visible TO any OF the watchers
Hearing easily follows hys erical seeing
nave myself seen wires aud lamps when I
kne" none existed. THE family that last
occupied the house thought a fierce dec
might settle the problem. on the supposltion
I9ae human trlckster was at the bottom
OF the disturbances On the first
night OF the dogs residence the
spectral ratings were heard. The watch.
ers took the dog to the corridor True 10
the instincts Of his nature be rushed to the
'front.', barking savageiY. Suddenly. when
halr way through. the corridor. the dog
stopped and gazed upward in evident ter.
ror. His tail dropped, and then he retreated
trembling. But 10 the human eve nothing
was visible" This story is authenticated as
coming from persons Of unQuestioae ed verac-
ity and excellent powers of judgment.
A writer in the Charleston Democrat
says that he heard lawyer Of ability relate
the following incident: "Perhaps YOU are
not aware that dogs and horses are as much
afraid Of ghosts as the most timid of the
human species. Iproved it at one time on
TWO dogs. Not long after the war the
negroes we're so tad about our place in Ken
lucky that 1t was with difficulty that we
could keep our belongings on our place.
Every other method having failed. | finally
hit upon the plan Of frightening them by
appearing before them dressed as a ghost is
said to habilitate himself. OF course the
negroes were successfully frightened away
from US, but upon one occasion I
also frightened our two watch dogs az
badly as the negroes. The dogs were
fierce fellows, and would allow no
stranger or strange thing on the place: but
one moonlight night they came on me in my
spectral attire. The first dog to come up to
me bumped up his back until all his feet
covered not more than six square inches.
his eyes stood out aud his hair stood up.
and he began moving backward, never for
moment taking his eyes from me. His
companion came up, went through the
same movement, and then both backed
cautiously off together As long as l could
see them they put distance between us IN
that way. A few moments later heard
them barking at home, half a mile distant.
They then took refuge under the house, and
it was four days before we could coax them
out OF their retreat"
OF course this writer, as well as the mar
rator, intends TO convey the impression that
these dogs recognized the makeup Of their
master as ghOstly, precisely as timid negro
would have done, In which case it follows
that thin white astral figures really are
something in nature that at times become
visible to all visual sense5-at least of dogs
and men, suppose many would reply q
dog is equally scared at any unusual ep-
pearanoe, and doubtless has no notion Of
ghosts whatever. The reader must Judge
for himself. We must at least demonstrate
that apparitions are at times visible TO
human vision, before this story is Of any
value.
If you will excuse me for turning aside
from the main thought l will give one or
two illustrations to show that ghost seeing
Is not 50 improbable as you have judged.
Fanny Kemble tells us that when residing
In Rittenhouse square, her maid, sitting SO
that she faced and could see the staircase
and upper landing, saw the door Of her bed
room open, and an elderly woman, in a
flannel dressing gown. with bonnet on her
head, come out, walk the whole length of
the passage, and then return deliberately in
the same manner. The maid knew her mis-
tress was downstairs, and also was conf
dent that no such person as she saw could
be IN the house. Having good nerves, the
woman did not at first tell Miss Kembie
to see IL she could solve the puzzle, all the
time afraid her mistress would be dis
turbed by some similar apparltion, She
atterward came on a portrait in the house
suddenly that was an exact copy of her
ghost A good chance. of course, for an
imaginative maid, or a cunning one. to
work up a fine yarn. Yet it is something
that Miss Kemble believed the girl did see
an apparition. Miss Kemble tells better
story as follows:
"Corryboro, my friends pleasant home
in the Highlands. was moorland farm aud
grouse-shootiug property. The house stood
within its own grounds, at distance from
any other dwelling, entirely isolated. with
no habitations in its neighborhood but those
Of the people employed on the land, which
circumstances render curious what l am to
relate. ! was expected on a visit there on
O certain day of q certain month and week.
The persons staying in the house were
friends Of mine, as we'll as of the lalrd's, aud
had all been looking for my arrival in the
course of the day. When. however, the hour
for retiring for the night had been over
passed in the hope OF nv stiA possible advent,
and everybody had given me up and gone
to their rooms. a sudden sound OF wheels on
the gravel drive, the loud opening of car
rage door, and violent ringing OF the door
bell drew every one forth again with the
exclamation: %, there she is-come at last!
NY friend and host ran down to the door to
meet me, but found nothing but emptiness
and darkness-no arrival and no carriage,
nothing and nobody, and he retired again to
his room. The next day / arrived, but
though able to account for my delay, no
one could account for what had been dis
tinctly heard by half dozen persons. Ev-
identity we must flnd more solid ghost eVi-
deuce than this for foundation to build an
extensive theory on.
The Epworth parsonage case, involving
John Wesley, is Of great value because IL
links both man and beast in the sensing OF
apparItions. Mr.. Wesley says: "Soon after
our large mastif dog came and ran to
shelter between us. While the disturbances
continued he used to bark, and leap, and
snap on one side and the other, aud that
frequently before any person in the room
heard a noise at all. But after two or three
DAYS he used to tremble and creep away be-
fore the noise began And by this the
family knew it was eft hand; nor did the OBJ
servarion ever fall The testimony here IS
certainly credible merely as honest asseVer-
alton; but we are free to judge whether 1t
was some electric or magnetic phenomenon
that the dog felt, or was ghostly presence.
very strange case is reported by Mr.
Hodpson in September, 1880, IN which
White Iady appeared. "The third night the
haunted mans dog crouched and stared and
then acted as if driven around the room:
Brother saw nothing, but heard kind OF
rustic and then the poor dog how'ed anu
tried to hide, and never again Woulo tnaU
dog 90 to that room" Robert Dale owen
repofts a case of a haunted man VINO haq
not been able for years to keep DOG; /
when