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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
FACTS ON PHANTOMS.
Remarkable Cases Reported to the
Society Of Psychical Research.
A VISITATION FROM A YOUTH.
Story Of Man Who Was Much Interested
in Stage Production.
A LEGACY ANNOUNCED IN A VISION

The article entitled 'Marching Phan-
toms, |" in THE DISPATCH Last Sunday, has
attracted great deal Of attention. 1t came
from thoroughly trustworthy gentleman,
and his account of his fkmarkable expert
ence may be relied upon as truthful
Apropos of this It may be stated that the
Society of Psychical Research is continuing
its investigations at London. According to
Pail Mail Budget the proceedings" contains
q number Of cases of more or less uncanny
character which have recently come under
its notice.
In paper by Mr. 3. w. h. Myers on
Indications Of Continued Terrene Knowl-
edge on the Part of Phantasms of the
Dead" the particulars Of case for which
the writer il indebted to Lady Gore Booth
are given. Her son, then a schoolboy Of
10, was the percipient, and her youngest
daughter, then aged 10, also gives first
hand account of the incident, ~ follows:
An Apparition Following q Death.
LrssADELL, SLIGO, Feb. 1891.
On the 10th of April, 1891, at about half.past
9o'clock A. n. my youngest brother and l
were going down a short flight Of stairs
leading to the kitchen to fetch food for my
chickens, as usual. We were about half
way down, my brother . few steps in ad-
vance Of me, when he suddenly satdl "Why,
there's John Blaney, didn't know he was
in the houser' John Blaney was boy who
lived not far from ID, and he had been en-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
MIsTAH PEACOCK AM MIS- GUINEA
HEN.

rwR1rrEN FOR THE DrspArcH.l
Dey lfbed on de same plantation,
But cudden' git long berry well,
Kase he'z mighty hi alutin',
An sass her lot, SO dey tell;
! heah she his po' relation,
An do dnan know dat fer fack,
Ef true, hits mos sho'ly de reason
Fer de mean, shabby way he ack.
He had de run OBJ de gyardin,
Vile she halter stay him de fence
Wild wings cut ter keep Ter frum fyin'.
tell yu, he tink he'z immense
Wen spreadin' he tlil an struttin'
So bigsitty ober de grass,
An goin' close MP ter de palms
So she halter look at lin pass.
One time he fly up on de railins
On pu'pus ter gin her some jaw,
Mis- Guinea knowed wat a-comin',
Az put put but ut he lay down Mn, Dc law,
Dey ain't nary spot on de place
My pow'ful voice hit won't reach tor,
No use ter try hidin' yo' face."
mo wundah yu wanster hide hit,
Yuz po' OIL speckle-face ting.
Wtdout emmy tail ter speak OBJ
Or ebcn de use OBJ a wing;
BE fer de mattah OBJ talkin',
Yu can't eben ansAh me back,
All evah hea'h yu sspon' 10
'Put-rack-a! put-rsckl put-rackr
Mis- Guinea she bout ter ansah
An tell i'm de mos OBJ folks say
He's vain, silly, proud an foolish,
All tail an no bead, an de way
He go on erbout he fedders,
An spread 'em wen folks passin' by,
Had giben Iiz ter a sayin'
Dat pea-cocks is all gret big IL"
She stop an tink twict erbout hit,
An doan say no wuhd but sput-rack,"
llpe guinea talk fer good mawnin'"l.
She knowned faint no use ter hit backI
She walk Of an lef him jawin'
All mawnin' atop OBJ de fence,
An wen yu heah nat ting happen,
fu1l say dat she show her good sense.
De missus walk in de- egyardin,
An ray, 20 dat terrible noissl
I'll hab dat bird pnt an eend ter,
Fer all peace an quiet he 'stroye.
] tink. too, he'd look right harnsum
Wen stnned nice an stood on stanl
He lubly tail all out spreadin',
Yas, dat am berg good plsn."
De tale of de Peacock an, Guinea,
Dis hsah ts de ueanin'. low,
Taint safe fer ter be too good.lookin,.
Er try ter show on ennyhow,
An wen fer tor sing yof own praises
Yer chunes up, de music amt sweet
In de ea'hs OBJ lis'nin' people. ls
Do yu tink yuS dom 1t neat
AHx1 Yxnau1k oUxD111op1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
THE P|GMY SAVAGES,
What Is Known of the Four
Foot Men and Women
of Darkest Africa.
TAKE THEIR MEAT RAW,
Climb and Swing in the Trees Like
Trapeze Performers
POISONED ARROWS FOR WEAPONS.
Creep Up on Lions and Big Game Disguised
in Ostrich skins.
THE TRIBES ARE EVIDENTLY RELATED
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. ]

W o impor-
tant discover
les were made
25o years ago
by Andrew
Battell, an
English pris-
oner in the
hands of the
Portug ue Sc
He was kept
for years in
t b 9 convict
colony of An
COLA on the
west coast of
Africa, a n d
udu al oPpoi-
tunity while
living there
to ra v Q ]
much in An
COLA and the
adjoining re-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28


NE Of the original
leaders in the Ku-
Klux Klan- Of the
South Is at present
engaged in business
in Wall street He
is an Alabamian. a
tall, muscular blond,
with an exceedingly
emotional tempera-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
BY DAVID Low
FOR THE DISPATCH 4.
IN TWO INSTALLMENTS.
JAIL RIGHTS REsERvzD.1


pa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
CHAPTER II.

THE SECRET OF THE WOOD.
My father affected surprise at my delay
He was turning over the leaves of the copy.
book when voices sounded near the house.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
A Travelling Mau's Experience With Diar-
rh0A

xhnA
am travelling man and have been A.
ficted with what is called chronic diar-
rhoea for some ten years. Last tall was
in Western Pennsylvania, and accidentally
was introduced to Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrh0a Remedy. I ventured
to make trial and was wonderfully re-
lieved. would like now to Introduce it
among my friends H. M LEWIS,
"a Freeman street. Cleveland. O
W1h0u
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
THE KU-KLUX KLAN.
An Ex-Member Tells the Story Of It's
Formation in Tennessee.
PURELY TO PRESERVE THE PEACE.
Its Code Of Signals, Demonstrations and
Protective Measures
EFFECT OF THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE D1sPATcH.I
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

LADIES are greatly benefited by the use
Of Angostura Bitterk
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

1t is now possible to divide the dwarfs of
Africa into tour groups-the pygmies of
West Africa, known as the Obongo, Akos
and Babongo, who were first met in recent
times BY DuChsillu; the dwsrls of the cen.
trail regions, known as the Aka, Wam-
butti aud Bstus, discovered md described
by Grentell, Won Francois, Lenz Volt,
Wissmann and others; the East African
pygmies, known as the Dokos, though they
probably compose several tribes speaking
different dialects; and the dwarfs south Of
the Kongo basin, who are the Bushmen, and
their relatives of South Africa Some time
ago Mr.. Hsliburt on reported the discovery
of dvarfs among the Atlas mountains Of No
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
-Four Groups of Little Folks.

pitfalls They do not know the use OF fire
and eat the flesh of serpents and other ami
mails raw.
The Progress., 1892-11-19
A Remarkable Operation.

Evening News: About two weeks age
Mat Charleston, a colored boy aged
twenty years. was shot i'll the head with
bullet from - calibre rifle, in the
lower part of town. Some two or three
days arterward the boy was seized with
convulsiOns. which was conclusive evil
dence that the bullet had broken thu
skull and would uecefsitate surgical OPP
peratiOn to save his life. The operation
is known as trep.'ining or boring the
skull. Drs. ForsyttIe, Hilton and Surgh-
nor were called i'm and performed the Op-
peratioD, removing the bullet and broken
pieces OF bOhe that were pressing on the
braIn and causing the cOuyulsions. The
boy has recOvt red and can be seen on
our streets every day. He will always
have a circular hole i'm the skull merely
covered by the scalp. HIS intellect will bs
unImpaired.
The Progress., 1892-11-19
A BRIGHT NEWSPAPER MAN.
The Career of Montgomery Schuyler, OF,
the New York Times.
Especial Correspondence.l

New YORK. Nov. 16-AmoDg the news
paper writers in New York there is no on
who has a more attractive or more engag-
ing personality than Montgomery Schuy
Ter. of the New York Times
In appearance he is handsome, striking!y-
SO, and in manner he is genial and demo
cratic, but he is plainly person with
whom no one would care to take liberty
or to make joke with any personal bear
ing. For an amateur Mr.. Schuyler has
singularly accurate knowledge of archi-
lecture, and upon this subject he writes
with understanding and appreciation. An
architect whose work meets with Mr.
Schuyler's critical approval Is usually a
very happy man. In music, too, he is IA
connoisseur.
He is descended from the first Peter
Schuyler. Of Albany, and was born in
Ithaca forty-nine years ago, though he
The Progress., 1892-11-19

teachers aud criticisms were made in
general.
These teachers meetings are held for
as possible.
The faults and good points of different
children are taken into consideration
aud the ways of training them are spoken
OF exhaustively. also suggestions are
made relative to implanting upon the
pupils mind with the best results such
studies as are pursued.
The Progress., 1892-11-19


does not look nearly so old. lie entered
Hobart college, in 1885, but was not grad
uated. His first newspaper work wa
in 1865 on the New York World. when
Manton Marble was editor and William
Henry Hurlbert and the late Ivory Cham
berlain the chief editorial writers. Mr..
Schuyler soon made his mark even in suc.,
brilliant company as this, and for eighteen
years he retained desk In that Office. now
writing editorials, now art and thea.r;cst
criticisms, and again serving as maragin:.
editor. lie was managing editor three or
four times, but he had hearty distaste
for the drudgery of executive work. On
several occasions lie did reporters work,
and each time he showed the youngsters
in the office what could lie done in the way
of first class descriptive writing. He re-
ported among other occurrences the burst
ing of a dam in New England, several col
lege boat races and the hsngingo of Guiteau.
In 1888 MIR. Schuyler joined the staff Of
the New York Times. Keeping up hi4
work on The Times he served for several
years as managing editor of Harper'l
Weekly. The work in the two Offices
after awhile became too burdensome and
he relinquisbed his place mt Harper's. AZ
an editorial writer he is singularly happy.
1t matters not how dry the subject may
be upon which he treats, he always makes
1t interesting and never fails TO say some-
thing bright. The view he takes upon
any public or social question isthat which
is natural to n gentleman and n clean and
cultivated man Of the world and what hc
hos to say is usually expressed in language
which it would bo very difficult TO i'm
prove. JSo. GILMER SPEED.
The Progress., 1892-11-19
Teachsrs' Institute.

Monroe Evening News: The Teachers
Institute held quite an interesting meet
ing to-day ut the school house. Papers
were read relating TO the proper discip-
lining Of children and after each paper
was read ruggs s,lons were offered by The
The Progress., 1892-11-19
NO. ~.

the agricultural interest strong advo-
cate of the principles of reform - set
forth by the Peoples Party, be-ides he is
an unswerving iand uncomprOmizing
Alliance man. | hope the citizens OF
Northwest Louisiana will appreciate the
injustice done Brother Tets, ami send
their one dollar, aud take his paper.
Sustain him by all means. Wool HAT.
The Progress., 1892-11-19

Send to Wagner Bros. for fine pork
sausage, Vienna and bologna sausage.
The Progress., 1892-11-19
"A Home Industry.
DOWNS e. CO.'S
N A RBLE w ORKS.
Successors to JOHN w. TABER.

Successors to JOHN w. TABER.
Italia
In Of
sses Of right andt will fall
OUR SIDE LINES
The Progress., 1892-11-19

wrssht Ir.n and 0.y..d cling a but no. ea. We
cuns steps c' windo. sin. This the finest Stone for Sidewalks
much
tour
10
Will
DOWNS & 60
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23

the school-room into the parlor. You
are SO accustomed to criticize In your
own household, that ! am afraid you
forget that your opinion OF right and
wrong may not have the weight 1t de-
serves in the outside world. Nay, do
not 90. We have much to discuss yet.
You sec Kate Is fortunate to have fallen
into your good graccs, while l am
Obliged to confess that she has failed to
awaken the slightest interest in the
hearts of either my sister or myself"
''Nor do believe that anything more
need be done for her." chimed in her
ladyship. "She has good education, q
good outfit of clothes-and in this mat
ter cannot but feel thankful that the
admirable rules of your establishment
preclude the wearing Of costly mate
rails, for what she has will be quite
fitted to her new sphere-and with a
few pounds in her pocket, she is better
equipped to start in the world than half
the girls of the middle classes who are
left orphans at her age"
What can she do?" Miss Balderstone
pleaded, sacrificing her personal indig-
nation to the chance of securing some
provision for her favorite pupil.
brought up as she has been. it will be
doubly hard for her to face the world,
and"
"Oh, do not think, Miss Balderstone,
that we ever approved OF poor Harry's
wickedness-I can call it by no other
name-in placing the girl in such RI
diculous position"
''But now the mischief is done, sure
ly-"
ave wash our hands of the conse-
ouence. Kate must act quite independ-
emily Of us. Let her go out rs gov
erness, or even lady's maid. ] am sure
that the duchess of Ripon ut Cowes
last summer had quite an accomplished
girl in her service, and l should think
such life much preferable to that OF q
preceptress, who in the social scale is
somewhat in the position of Ma
hornets coffin in the cave OF Mecca
floating between earth and Heaven
the servants hall and her mistress
drawing-room."
Lady Scarborough" Miss Bladder
stone said, rising as she spoke, ''if the
governess of your own children ever
enters the heaven of her mistress
drawing-room l am afraid she will be
disappointed with her glimpse of para
disc"
And having fred this broadside, the
pluclsy little woman took her departure,
not even waiting for the scarlet-plushed
fiunky to show her the way to her car
rage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23
Sha Liked Ham,

According to the Rochester Democrat,
the following incident occurred in its
city recently: She was pretty little
thing, and it was plainly to be seen
that she had not been married long.
She tripped into a Monroe avenue
grocery store and said to the pro-
prietor: my husband there was a
great emphasis on the word husband)
bought couple Of hams here some
time ago" "Yes, ma'am," said the
grocer. "They were very nice, very
nice, indeed" "Ycs, ma'am," assented
the grocer. "Have you any more like
them?" "Yes, ma'nm, said the grocer,
pointing to q row of ten or dozen
hanging suspended from the ceiling.
"Are you sure they are from the same
pig?" "Yes, ma'am," said the grocer,
without culver. "Then you may
send me two more Of them" and she
tripped out of the store as she had
tripped in, and the grocer laughed a
wicked laugh as he told his clerk to
'scnd two of them hams up to Mrs.
Rlanlxn
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23

school Mt Calcutta, where / remained
for nearly six years; then-ah! shall I
ever forget the dny-he came one morn
ing and told me that / must come to
England, for his sister Ind promised to
be mother to me and the climate was
not good for me. That-was-the-very
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
Sobs choked her utterance.
"And those letters-are they nll his?"
"Yes, except this one which ] received
an hour ago from Miss Grahame. Please
read it,"
Miss Balderstone glanced over the let
ter the girl handed to her. She was, l
believe, take her for oil in all, as
charitable woman rs you could find,
but am afraid it was in no spirit OF
Christian meelSness that she read Miss
Honoria's communication.
.DEAR KATE: inclose o check on Drum
mond's bank for twenty pounds. This must be
considered as closing our interest In your Of
fairs Lady Scarborough, however, suggests,
and heartily indorse the proposition, that II
would be mark Of good taste II you were to
adopt some other namo than Grahnme, which,
with Miss Balderstone's connivance, you can
very readily do; and in case you ore willing to
accede to this very reasonable request, fur
ther sum Of fifty pounds win DO placed at your
disposal. Very truly yours,
"HoNoRIA GRAHANE."
"Sit down this moment, Kate, md
answer this insulting proposition" Miss
Balderstone insisted. "There, are you
ready? Now, begin"
"Miss Kate Grahame returns Miss Grahnme's
check and declines any further correspondence
''But, dear Miss Balderstone," Kate
pleaded, but, nevertheless, writing as
she was hidden, '.you forget that she
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23
MISERY IN TEXAS.

A Section OF the State Reported to E'e Ia
Great Distress Disease and Famine STAR
ing the People In tho Face.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 21.-For
three year the counties of Starr, Hidal-
go, Encinal, Zapata and Duval have
been subjected to drought of such se'
verify as to render the production OF the
necessaries of life impossible.
The season for planting this year has
passed and early crops having been
killed by frost there is no hope for re-
lief unless summer rains should secure
light fall crop.
The loss of stock, the depreciation in
value Of all kinds Of property, the ina
bility of ranchmen to procure money
for the payment Of taxes, the prevalence
Of smallpox through a section extend
ing through San Ignacio in Zapata
county, to Rio Grande City in Starr
county and the bnleful effects of the
Cara revolution combined have pro-
duced restitution hitherto unknown.
Some of the people are using the
meat Of cattle who have died from
disease or starvation, and others arc
drying the flesh for future use.
The losses on cattle, the principal in
dustry of this section, are estimated ut
80 per cent, and in Nueces county alone
90, 900 head have died.
The famine district containsa popula-
ton estimated at $1,000 to 1000 people.
and probably one-quarter of this num-
Der require assistance, while the re-
sources Of the balance of the population
are only adequate to maintain them
selves and families
The people have appealed to the STATE
in vain, and another appeal, signed ~
the leading citizens and addreaae1 ~
the public has been published, usi,ing
for contributions of corn and other s,lpp
plies to be addressed to the central com
mittee, Starr county, care b. r. MonEc,A
county judge.
The counties in which the suffering
Is reported form the main portion of tho
southern extremity of Texas Zapata,
Starr and Hidalgo counties, bordering
ON the Rio Grande, the boundary line
between the United States and Mexico,
and Nueces on the Gulf OF Mexico.
Corpus Christi Is the chief city OF
Nueces county and Rio Grande OF Starr
county. The conntry IL covered with n
thick growth Of chapparal. Fort Ring
gold Is within few miles Of the latter
place.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23
LETTER

small ''honorables" to provide for, while
his second sister, Honoria, lived in sim
-gle blessedness in Sir Harry's town
house, the chaperone of his young ward,
whom she hated with all the virulence
of five-and-twenty years of unappreciat-
ed womanood. For the worst OF 1t
was that not one-fourth of the bache-
Tor eccentric baronet's estates were
sentailed, and 1t was quite in his power
to rob his natural heirs Of the bulk of
his fortune and leave 1t TO this waif;
may, he had even gone so far as to noti-
sfy his relatives of his intention to do so.
Meanwhile, of course, the young lady
was o person of consideration. Miss
Honoria lavished ugon her those super
ndoon affections which cold world
had never rightly estimated, and Lady
Scarborough, having red-headed,
lfnocl-kneed son, two years Kate's
Junior, dreamed of the possibility Of
keeping the fortune in the family after
all; so her words to the orphan girl
were always sweeter than honey.
Itwas Kate Grahame's last half.year
at school. In another week she would
bogin 70 take her place IN the gay
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23

marked upon tablet and crosses each
out with q pencil as its total OF sixty
minutes is consumed. Now all the
world knows that Miss Balderstone's
establishment is no common seminary,
nor is that lady by any means type OF
the schoolmistress novelists love to
portray-the washed-out, faded piece OF
,gentility who presides over gloomy
mansion where the lives Of girls are
made miserable by the discipline OF q
penitentiary and the diet Of q work
house; for, on the contrary, the lady
herself was q pleasant, brown-eyed
woman Of five and thirty, with cheer
full, lady-lilke manner and generous in
.stincts, and her house, No. z Clarendon
Terrace, Kensington-the best quarter
of London-was as brightly and hand
somely furnished rs any mansion in its
vicinity. OF course, her terms were
high, and, equally of course, her pupils
were drawn from the very first families
in fact, to be one of Miss Balder-
stones young friends" was as good as
q patent of gentility.
Yet, of all Miss Balderstonc's young
ladies none were SO envied as Miss
Kate Grahame, the adopted daughter
and reputed heiress of Sir Harry Ora
hame, who, Notwithstanding the fact
that dozen years ago he succeeded to
the baronetcy and rent roll OF twenty
thousand pounds year, continues to
serve her majesty in India, where he
has covered himself with glory. OF
course he is young yet and it is on the
cards that he might marry, but those
who know him best are assured that he
never will.
And about this adopted daughter there
are some curious stories, more or less
believed in according to the disposition
of the tattler, but the one which per-
haps maintains the fewest adherents is
that this beautiful girl was rescued by
Sir Harry, when he was plaiE Cornet
4Grahamc and she was little baby.
from the clutches of some wicked
Nawaub in India.
Anyhow she is there-a palpable, and
to some people, disagreeable fact, for
Harry Grahame's eldest sister had mar
-ried Lord Scarborough, by no means
rich for O nobleman, and had host OF
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-04-23

is Sir Harry's sister, and that 1t ill-be.
comes one who owes so much to the
family to show such temper"
Temper, child! Do you mean to &c
cuse me of temper? When did you ever
know me in a temper? l never was
calmer in my life, and-I should just
like to box that woman's ears. Tell me
one thing do you wish to net with the
spirit of independence that Sir Harry
would approve Of? You do? Then
send that letter.
So the check was inclosed and the let
ter mailed.
But there was another letter to dis
cuss-the one from India.
II do not like to pry into your affairs,
my love-" the schoolmistress said; "but
did you not receive communication
from India to-day?"
''Ah, yes! here it is. And to think
that the hand which wrote it is cold in
death. 1t is from him, dear friend, and
comes to me as q voice from the grave.
Win you read it. too?"
"What q charming epistle 1t is! Oh,
Kate, you have indeed lost friend In
this man." Miss Balderstone CIRCULATED,
rs her eye ran hastily over graphic de-
scriptions of life in an Indian village,
amusing gossip concerning mutual &C
quaintances, and occasional words OF
tender solicitude and gentle admoni-
tions, with here and there clever pen
and-ink sketch Of some grotesque figure.
ITO De CONTINUED.