The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
THEIR IDEAL GHOSTS.
Eminent Writers and the Spirits Of
Their Creation.
Specters Foretold the Death Of Julius
Cesar 80 Sextus' Interview With
Lucretia-A Ghostly Legend From
Stockholm Castle,

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Lucretia-A Ghostly Legend From a
Stockholm Castle.
From the Chicago Herald.
London, Jan. l5.-Some excitement was
recently caused in England by the eye
and ear witness accounts Of the weird
sights and sounds met with in the old
Tudor palace of Hampton Court Among
the noises were the unearthly shrieks to
be heard in the haunted gallery" These
were said to be produced by the ghosts of
hapless Queen Katharine Howard, who,
on one occasion tried to reach her spouse
in his oratory through this gallery. She
was unsuccessful, and was borne away
shrieking by the guards, only to perish on
the scaffold shortly afterwards. This
shrieking is not unusual with ghosts and
other supernatural beings, for though
they are generally forbid to speak, " still
they make up for this by utterlng dis
NAL cries, shrieks, bowls, wailing, etc.
Some sort of sound is always associated
with the spirit world when it visits the
glimpses of the moon. OFTEN the noises
are in the form of a football, rustllng OF
dresses The ghost OF Hamlets father
was very silent at first but made very
long speech Wleu ne ulu BtEiu. IL viz
same play Horatio reminds us that
In the most high and palmy state Of Rome,
A little ere the mightiest julius fell,
The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted
dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets
VIRGIL, HORACE AND SHAKESPEARE GHOSTS.
Many wonderful things seem to have
preceded the death of julius Caesar, Tor
Plutarch as well as Virgil and Horace
alludes to them. Virgil tells us IhaG
''mighty voice was heard in the groves
that were generally silent" that great
cities resounded to the bowling of wolves
throughout the night" and terrible pOr-
tents were observed. Plutarch says That
''there were strong signs aud presages OF
the death of Cesar greater even than
the light in the heavens, the strange
noises heard in various quarters by night,
and the appearance of solitary birds In
the forum" Shakespeare enumerates
all these dread forebodings OF CAESARS
doom with a certain poetic exaggeratlon
which only heightens the effect. mus
he makes Casca declare that
Men. all in fire. walk up and down the streets,
And yesterday the bird Of night did SIT
Even at MONDAY, upon the market p4aCei
Hooting and shrleklng.
Calpurnia also tells Caesar how she
heard that
Horses did neigh, and dying men did groani
And ghosts did shrek and squeal ABOUT the
streets.
In a similar manner in Macbeth" the
horrors of the tragedy are made more
vivid by the description of the terrOrs of
the night. In this instance it was night
such as LenOx's young remembrance
cannot parallel fellow TO it," Macbeth
himself has heard a voice which pro
claimed that he had murdered sleep and
should himself sleep no more. LenoX,
too, says that lamentings have been heard
in the air besides
Strange screams OF death:
And prophesylng, with accents terrible.
OF dire com lustion and onfusad events,
New Matched to the woeful time; the obscure
bird
Clamored the livelong night.
MACAULAY's LUCRETIA HAUNTs sExTUs.
Macaulay, in the Lays of Ancient
Rome describes how the "False Sex
tus" was haunted by the ghost of Lucre-
tia on the eve of the battle of the Lake
Regillus;
Men said he saw strange visions,
Which none beside might see,
And that strange SOUNDS were in his ears
Which none might hear but he.
A woman fair and stately,
But pale as are the dead,
Oft through the watches Of the night
Sat spinning by his bed.
And as she piled the dstan,
In a sweet voice and low,
She sang OF great old houses
And fights fought long ago.
So spun she and so sang she,
Until the east was gray,
Then pointing to her bleeding breast,
And shrleked ana lied away.
SWEDISH BLooD-cURDLER.
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castle of Stockholm, which is very weird
in its way. 1t is the story of a vision seen
by King Charles XI.-a vision which is
supposed to have presaged the assassina-
ton of Gustavus III, and the consequent
decapitation of Count Ankerston, the as
sassin, and his associates. Thus the story
runs: liking Charles, in deep grief at the
loss of his queen, whom he had passion
ately loved, was sitting in his apartment
one night. In attendance were Count
Brahe, his aide de-cdmp, and the kings
physician. The bereaved monarch had
given no encouragement to conversation.
and silence had reigned for some time,
when the castle clock struck the hour of
midnight,
THE king rose and expressed wish to
retire for the night. He asked what kind
of night it was, and the count stepped to
the window and withdrew the curtains,
and Immediately stepped back in amaze
ment. The royal castle in Stockholm is
an immense pile of buildings, surrounding
a vast courtyard. The Swedish diet par
liament) is domiciled within the precincts
of the castle, and when in session occu-
pies now as in King Charles day, a great
hall opposite to the royal apartments
From the long row of windows streamed
blaze of light. Parliament was rot in
session, ana the illumination at the mid
night hour was wholly unaccountable.
The king commanded Count Brahe to
summon the marshal of the castle to his
presence. The old man came in state of
bewilderment and trepidation. and could,
Of course, give no explanation of the mys-
terry. The king determined to ascertain
the cause for himself, and, bidding the
seneschal precede him with his lantern
and keys, he crossed the deserted court
yard with his two attendants Entering
the vestibule of the diet hall, they be-
came aware that the walls were hung
with black cloth, entirely covering the
faded tapestries Awed and impressed.
the party stood silent and undecided for a
while, murmuring of many voices evil
IDENTIFY proceeding from the greet hall,
being family but distinctly audible
Deciding to solve the mystery at all
hazards the king commanded the senes-
chal to open the door forthwith. In
mortal terror the old servant fell on his
knees and implored his ma jesty to forego
his determination, declaring his own in
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