The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-30
SCIENCE SEES GHOSTS,
Yet Much That Is Uncanny Is Not
Supernatural.
From the washington Post.

From the Washington Post
Ghosts have been kind of popular out
our way this fall" said lawyer who
lives in Maryland at city hall the other
day. "and there has been a friendly ri
valry between the surrounding towns not
to be behind the times in the respect of
spiritual phenomena. We haven't had
any features in this line so strictly up
to date as that of the Philadelphia medi-
UNI who has been recently calling up the
spirits Of the departed and running a
typewriter with them in full view of the
audience, but we have a good rural story
which l can vouch for.
1T happened to a farmer who lives with
in a short distance of Hyattsvil1e." the
man continued. There has been saying
for years that one of the rooms in his
house was frequented by the ghost of an
aged peddler who died there suddenly
While staying over night. The room had
been vacated for some time, and about
week ago the farmer turned a few bask-
cts of corn upon the floor to dry The
next day when he was gathering in load
Of the fodder out beyond his barn, his
wife came rushing from the house
He fastened to meet her and to learn
of her trouble. The young children were
trailing behind her, and from her ap-
pearance one might have thought the
| buildings were on fire. 1t was more than
five minutes before he could calm her
| sufficiently to learn that she had heard
the ghost of the departed pedder in the
haunted room and that II was walking up
| and down the floor Tradition had it that
the peddler had been pacing the floor the
| night he died, and that when he returned
again to the scene of his death he AL
ways continued his ambuations"
There was nothing for the farmer to
do but return with her to the house and
| investigate. 1t seemed rather out of the
| ordinary that the spirit of the old peddler
should be bold enough to stalk abroad
in full daylight, but when he reached the
door there was the sound of the steps
beyond doubt, and it brought his heart
well up into his mouth. The foot falls
on the floor above succeeded each other
apparently in regular order with an oc-
casional quickening of the pace as though
the spirit traveller was in hurry to reach
its destination. The farmer hesitated to
go up the stairs and face that bold bad
ghost but the sight of his wife nerved
him for the attack. He made his way IN
the steps and into the room
In moment there was an exclama-
| ton Of wonder that added to the terror
of the woman waiting below. Then her
husband called her to come along and see
| what ghost really was In one cor
/ ner of the room was a chicken pecking at
an ear of corn, which it ro-Ied about the
/ floor. This was the sound and resemble
the walking.
The supposed visions of the old ped
| dlers ghost, which members of the fam
/ lily declare they have seen at Intervals
/ Tor long series of years, may have been
/ que 10 too much bending Of the back in
the act of STOPPING which one authority
says WIN enable persons TO see almost
any vision in a few minutes, or to some
other similar cause. Men Of science. how
ever have recently been willing TO admit
/ that there may be ghosts and Prof Hud-
/ son has acknowledged, after careful ex-
animation, that ghosts and apparitions are
/ real although he Goes not saw that thew
are or other than material origin. Ac-
cordng TO his way Of thinking. the whole
world is haunted. more or less Prof
/ william James Of Harvard college who
ls prominent member of the American
/ society Tor Psychical Research. stated
an meeting In Boston last week. al which
ne PRESIDED that the appearance OF the
dead had been established bv tho ,,orl,
OF Mrs. Sedgwck Of England on a sol
entihc basis, and II was no longer super-
stltlous 70 accept them as resting on a
strong statistical presumption OF the
truth. 'N
This Is mentioned as AN Introduction
20 strange ghost story that "A told by
gentleman OF the bureau OF othnolor,s
lt has reference TO the times OF tho prIni-
iiiNe Indians. ana tho scene ls on tho
cumberland river, in Tennessee count,
Doc nn Indian burying ground ms
ffouui Del fuil as the tradition is handed
"oNN WIN ihe bones of "a large number
of lnauraaC Greeks Hud ph1gtHv,a- yb,
hHd battle thoro Boa primeyHl tIn..
Ihe Nhngu.Hhrl iniiaus arc said 20 have
h'ihh'n thrmatlFss tu "a hIHh cave. vb.r.
ih'I H"rr n'IrFrl When famine thr,af.
.N'l destruction % passage vac Discovered
ln ODE rear oi tle cave, which led. amer