Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-23
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1@dH An interesting EnenofhenoD.
 x,sIsal Men Studying It.
 re,1, ,arkable case of natural and un-
 s.ia,,s yentriloquism-a phenomenon
 5S, seientifie men believe was respon.
 a ffr most of the cases in which per
 once were supposed to be possessed
 3avfls--has caused much consterna-
 among the superstitious and great
 MAXI among the scientific in Orange
 .g c. The history of the case is
 bv. William L. Bulkley of Claf1in
 versity, Orangeburg, ill The Appeal
 rha phenomenon appears in 13-year-
 eolored boy, the son of poor and il-
 ,rafa narents. He was taken i'll about
 nof1fb ago with violent pains in his
 x3,.cb The doctor was called and afzd him for week or more, but the <aw no better. After he had been a zSont nine days his parents began to
 ar Arrange noises, apparently in his = n,;aeh. They were inarticulate and a rt at first, but daily grew stronger.
 isV f1ascribed them as like the growing :. cock the barking of dog and the Winr of a COW. In few days intel l. 11b1e sounds, expressions in human
 eecb. were heard. A voice, sounding
 from the boys stomach, said 70
 nd. want to get out, "I'm so
 sed, "I'm hungry,' . and "You hurt
 Hz44544 r11. Tod
 ted the circumstances to other doctors
 laGpeople in the village, especially the
 aroes. became much excited over the
 ienonenon, and the boys home was x rouued daily with curious visitors 48 voice would answer questions put :. it. The boy averred that he could not
 f3trol the voice and that 1t was in eff / ct a thing apart from his own con- i0usness. The voice said it's name was } Nephine. The superstitious colored 1ks became terribly wrought up over te case, especially as they treated the 5ice as an oracle, and the voice seemed 3ry willing to accept the part. All \ amer of questions on religious and srsonal topics were asked, and the an- 1ers were taken as having Q super } atural importance
 S The doctors thought it couldn't be a Ke of ventriloquism because the boy Z Maed really unable to control the } ve, and the sounds came without his l &tion. The boys parents asserted sat the voice prophesied and foretold u manner of things that came to pass. lore than one superstitious person went D bod and doctored himself because the ncaBny voice had predicted, directly or adirectly, his early death MT Bulkley , ssited the boy and givesthis account of | is Experience with him:
 E visited the boys home and asked ! i'm to tell me his name He did so from his mouth) then said, Talk rom your stomach. He replied, I ant Well, then, make Josephine } nix. And he, to my great astonish ! nent, said, Talk, Josephine The f6ica said, I won't do it. Don't you Hant some candy?' No; I don t. Thus
 kept up fusillade of questions to no-S z ice the effect. The response always ;a1ne in decidedly different voice from mabut the remarkable feature is that h8 makes so many absolutely distinct konds in his stomach, or bottom of his eh6st, without the least motion of the lac8 or lips. His throat, however, moves. l put my hand there to make W8Test His father claimed that Jo- sepAine could talk while George was aating. when he was sleeping or simul- Mneously with him. ''
 Aedical men have gone from all parts M the state and surrounding states to e1nay the case. One physician, Dr. J. 5sHydrlck, thus sums up the case
 At first it was case of unconscious
 Mtrlloquism. The boy did not know
 4gift. The noise surprised and fright
 him. But now he knows his power
 can speak or keep silent at will
 will notice if any one holds his ear 9his stomach he will make the sounds, 14 Ii the investigator places his ear to
 boys larynx or holds it he will re- zz21n from speaking" The theory of tA spirits taking possession of men and
 4men IS very old and common to prac- fly every people. The old sorcerers sM witch doctors used ventriloquism to ny out their impostures and Iniracu- S91s cures, but once i'll awhile case of stural and unconscious ventriloquism Z&Seurred and helped out the situation
 around. Most of the people round
 Pngeburg are illiterate and believe
 pngly that the boy is possessed of
 IL Not few are expecting the end
 the world very soon, while all are
 pectlng something interesting.
 z6S At Loggerheads No Longer.
 Minneapolis and St. Paul have almost
 pped quarreling, and The Tribune of sI2 former oitx ll1r CT, crc1ncte,