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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

long time, and for nearly half an hour be
appeared absolutely dead. White his body
was lying in this doathlike trance his soul
was disengaging Itself from AIS earthly tab
ernacle This is the account he gave of his
sensations
:" i woke up out Of Inconsistencies into
a state of conscious existence and discov-
cred that the soul was In the body, but
not OF it. With all The interest of physi-
clan, | beheld The wonders Of my bodily
anatomy intimately interviewer with
which, even tissue for tissue, was /, the
living soul Of that dead body / learned
that the epldermls was the outside bound
airy of the ultimate tissues, SO TO speak, Of
the soul. / realized my condition. and rea-
soned calmly thus. I have died, as men
term death, and yet am as.much man
as ever. / am about 20 gel out Of the
body ] watched the interesting process Of
the separation OF soul and body.
"By some power, apparently not my
own, the ego was rocked TO and fro, latter
ly, as a cradle is rocked. by which process
its connection with the tissues OF the body
was broken up. After a little lime the lat
eral motion ceased, and along The soics
OF the feet beginning al the toes passing
rapidly TO the heels. felt and heard, as
il seemed. the swapping Of innumerabse
small cords. When this was accomplished,
l.
ward The head, a. Il rubber cord shortens.
[ remember re1ching HE hips and saying
to myself, Now there is no life below the
hips / can recal no memory Of passing
through the abdomen or chest, but recol-
lect distinctly when my whole self was col
lected in the head. when | reflected thus;
am all IN The head now, and ] shall soon
be free. I passed around tho brain as II /
were hollow, COMPRISING II and its mem
branes slightly on an sides toward the
center, and peeped out between the SUI
lures Of the skull. emerging IKE the fat
tened edges OF a bag of membranes. ] re-
collect distinctly how ! appeared to my
self something like a jellyfsh as regards
color and form. AS 1 emerged from the
head / hoated up and down, and latterly
like soap bubble attached 10 the bowl OF
pipe, until ! at last broke loose from
the body and fell lightly 10 the floor, where
slowly rose and expanded into the fun
stature of a man. ! seemed to be translu-
cent, OF a blush cast.
~ fed toward the partially opened
door, but upon reaching the door / turned
and faced the company AS ! did so my
| left elbow came IN contact with the arm
OF one Of two gentlemen standing In the
door TO my surprise, his arm passed
through mine without apparent resistance,
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A FOrerunner of the Most
Fatal Disease.

Though it's offensive features
are sometimes almost unbearable,
few people.are aware of the danger
of which Catarrh is the forerun-
ner. Catarrh invariably leads TO
Consumption. Growing worse and
worse each winter, those who rely
upon the usual treatment of
sprays, washes and inhaling mix
lures find that it is impossible to
check the disease with these local
applications which only reach the
surface. The offensive discharge
increases all the while, causing a
feelingo of personal defilement, and
gets deeper and deeper until it is
only a question of short time
until the lungs are affected.
The importance Of the proper
treatment can therefore be readily
appreciated. But no good what
ever can be expected from local
applications, as such treatment
never did cure Catarrh, and never
will.
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THAT FAMOUS NOSE.
Continued From Page 20.

fastened TO the actors face with gum, and
then both nose and face are made-up to-
gether.
Though the secret of the plays success
doubtless lies in its merit solely, I counted
eleven rabbit feet upon the actors dressing
table. He is very fastidious about the
little things of the toilet and wears stock
ings which cost IS a pair, but he does not
use silver-backed mirrors, combs and
brushes. These necessary articles are all
of plain white celuloid and look as if they
might have seen long service.
Mr.. Mansfeld's valet is very much at
tached to him, and while the master was
on the stage during the first act, the man
displayed with pardonable pride those IS
stockings and the silk-lined trousers which
Cyrano wears when he goes TO meet Rox-
ane in the pastry cooks shop at o'clock
in the morning. This functionary has to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

noie OF the redncss Of the soil and Of tho
washes the rain had made, / took rather
pathetic look about me, like one who Is
about TO leave his home for a long time.
Then ! discovered that ! had become
larger than / was IN earth life and com
graduated myself thereupon ] was some
what smaller in the body than / just liked
10 be, but in the next life, | thought.
am to be as | desired. My clothes, | noe
ticed, had accommodated themselves 70
my increased stature. and fell to WONDER
ing where they came from and how they
got on TO me SO quickly and without my
knowledge / examined the fabric. and
judged il TO be Of some kind Of Scotch
material-a good suit. ] thought, but not
handsome; still. neat and good enough.
The coat fits loosely too and that Is well
for summer. How well | feel" 1
thought. "Ouly few minutes ago / was
horribly sick and distressed. Then came
that change called death, which / have
so much dreaded It Is past now, and
here am !. still a man. alive and think
ing-yes. thinking as clearly as ever, and
how wen ! feeln'
an the exuberance Of my joy az tho
thought that 1 would never be sick again
/ danced in high gee. then noticed
that / could see The back Of my coat with
The eyes Of my old body while my spirit-
tal eyes we're looking forward. | diseov-
cred that a small cord, like the thread Of
a SPIDERS web, ran from my shoulders
back 70 my body and was attached to II
at the base of the neck N front. Then
passed through the air upheld BY a pair
of hands which / could feel pressing light
ly on my sides ] Travelled al a swift but
pleasant rate Of speed until / arrived on
a narrow but wesi-built roadway inclined
upward at an angle Of % degrees. Ii was
about as far above the tree tops as 1t was
be low the clouds. The roadway seemed 70
have no support but was built OF milky
quartz and white Sand. Feeling very lone
IN / looked for q companion, and as a
man dies every twenty seconds thought
I ought moi TO have long to wait before
some one would travel my way But
could see no one. AT last, when was be-
ginning to feel miserable, face fuii OF
ineffable love and tenderness appeared TO
me Right in front Of me | saw three
prodigious rocks blocking the road. Al
voice spoke to me from a thunder Cloud,
saying: This is the road 10 the eternal
world once you pass them you can no
more refurr 20 the body" There were
four enhances, one very dark; the other
three led into a cool quiet and beautiful
country. / desired to go in. but when +
reached the exact center of the rock / was
suddenly stopped. ] became unconscious
again and when ] awoke / was lying IN my
bed ] awoke 10 consciousness and coon
recovered
"This narrative was written out by the
doctor eight weeks after the thing occur
red, but he told the story 70 those at the
bedside as soon as he revived. The doctor
who attended him said that the breath was
absolutely extinct so far as could be OBJ
served, and every symptom marking tho
| patient as dead was present"
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low notes that you hear emanate from
the throat Of a German canary. All our
best canaries come from that country, but
they degenerate very rapidly over here,
so that after a few generations they sing
in that high, shril, piercing voice with
which we are all TOO familiar. That
charming quality which seems to surprise
you is the result Of centuries Of culu-
walton. and the story OF how it Is accom-
plished Is really very interesting 10 one
unfamiliar with it,
The little town Of Andresberg. IN the
Hartz mountains, Is The great canary CEN
Ter Of the world. ana all Of our best song
steers are imported from that region For
generations the obscure cobblers therea-
bouts have inherited the business Of rais-
ing canaries along with the trade OF re-
pairing boots ana shoes and they al have
curious rude devices for training their
little fedgllngs into the variods notes for
which they are distinguished. Every au-
tumn a large faH Is held and premiums
OF considerable value given the man who
can produce the best singers. Or who has
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

the point by the shortest cut He often
falls IN LOGIC, but never in tact or cour-
age. When absolutely necessary. he OBJ
serves caution, but it is because rashness
VIII faii not because he prefers the first
course. He thinks rapidly, ana is impa-
tent to execute.
He is net unamiable but is impatient of
obstacles, though he has the strength of
purpose to persevere until he overcOmes.
lie Is cheerful, e'ever, and, at times. al
most prophetic. l say prophetic. because
the lines of The third. first and fourth fin
gers indicate inutive reasoning rather
than logical calculation. He will be sue
eessful, but through personal magnetism
ana daring impulse rather than calm iudg-
ment, Mrs, Blank had been reading Gen.
Joseph WheeIer's Impressions, and how
nearly correct her characterizations are
of his ana the other well-known person
ages earlier in The reading, the public may
Judge for themselves.
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY DECEMBER il 1895

in any way achieved a new variety Of
note.
The stock notes are called the roller.
water. flute and bell. To effect the first
large wooden wheel is kept constantly
revolving in the vicinity OF the birds BY
means Of pulley ana weights and against
the surface quill is made 10 press This,
as YOU may imagine. does not give rise
TO a very beautiful sound, but the bird s
effort to initiate il produces a very pleas
ing nCte. indeed.
The water note is not unlike q uiu. The
birds are initiated INTO this by means OF
a tin pan nailed in The middle to a post
firmly planted in The ground Through a
pipe from above water is made to drop,
drop, into the pan, and the vibrations thus
caused rendered into bird language has
quite a Patu-like effect
To gain the flute note. though I do not
see why they should not rather cali il the
violin. they rub together two bis of wax
ed end held taut by sort of rude frame
work
The bell note explains itself: and as the
various cobbers have different bells. il
naturally follows that this variety OF note
should vary with their respective birds.
This is, indeed, the case. ana the oonnois-
seurs of that country can tell by which
particular dealer a bird was raised by
the quality of its bell note These, birds
that you hear will doubtless always re-
tain their beautiful voices and method.
The next generation removed from their
parents cultivated environment, viii not
sing SO well, and in three or four genera
tions the descendants win screech and
whistle with the best American canary
going.
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the severed parts closing again without
pain, as air Ieunites. 1 looked quickly up
az his face to see II he had noticed the
contact, but he gave me no eign-only
stood and gazed toward the couch ! had
just left i directed my gaze in the direc-
ton Of his. and saw my own dead body.
= i saw a number Of persons sitting and
standing about ne body. and particularly
noticed two women, apparently kneeling
by my left side. and l knew that they
were my wife and my sister, but / had
no conception Of Individuality Wife Sis
ter and friend were all as one to me I
did not remember any conditions OF rela-
tiouship. at least. did not think Of any.
j could distinguish sex, but nothing more.
Not one lifted her eyes from my body.
." II turned ana passed out at the open
door. ineiining my head and watching
where ! set my feet as ! stepped down
onto the porch. / crossed the porch, de-
scented the steps, walked down the path
ana into the street There / stopped and
looked about me ! never saw that street
more distinctly than 1 saw Ct then, / took
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woman whose husband had come TO life,
and we've been waiting to see you.
THAT finishes the Irishman's story, but
il you like / win tell you OF another man
who had a similar experience, which is
more satisfactory, because he was intelli-
gent enough to watch the changes and re-
port them when ne returned to conscious
ness. This incident happened TO one DR..
Warren, a physician Of Columbus, o.,
about twenty years ago. I win give you The
facts as they were related to me by one
Of the members OF the Society for Psychi-
cal Research. DR.. Warren, when IN full
possession OF his faculties, appeared to
come to the moment Of death IN the last
stage OF typhus fever Before the final
lapse into inconsistencies he discussed
with his friends the question OF immortal
ity. His voice failed and his strength
weakened, and, AZ a last effort he sfiffen-
ed his legs. He lay for hours as dead, the
church bell being rung for his death. a
needle was thrust into various parts OF his
body from the feet 20 the hips without
having any effect. Iie was pulseiess FOR q
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

down to her farm on Long Island every
Sunday and spends most of the day in
tramping about with a faithful old SER
want at her HEELS This maid IS perfectly
devoted 10 Miss Adams. In fact, every
body high Or low. who comes in contact
with The Little Minister'S" sweetheart,
falls straightway under her spen | know
of a little girl who is quite poor who saved
her pennies all last winter and went TO see
Maude Adams six times, though she had
to so without candy and many other
things dear to the Hearts of little girls.
But the most devoted OF all Lady
Babies admirers is a gentleman of
whose existence she has probably never
heard. He is a millionaire and a club
man. and, though distinguished in APP
pearance, he IS Old. The walls of his
bachelor apartment are covered with pho
tographs and posters Of tie clever little
actress-there are over 100 of them in all
and when the time comes for him 10 start.
for business in the morning he is obliged
to forcibly tear himself away All day
long, during the intervals of Business, his
thoughts turn longingly to the photographs
that are waiting for him at home. and at
night hes hurries back 10 them as Other
men go homelto wives ana children
When he talks about her his eyes
glisten, and a tender expression comes over
his fine old face. OFTEN, he says when
riding in a street car, he win see a poster
Of Iaude Adams on a bin board and. no
matter who is with him, he is obliged to
turn and follow The picture with his eyes,
perfectly fascinated, til it is out of sight
There is something in the expression of
her face which enchants him. But The
strangest part of the story is the fact
that he has never been to see her play, and
has iiever met her anywhere. He only
knows her face from pictures, and he says
that, as these have power to move him so,
he is afraid to go 10 see her for fear he
might do something foolish.
Elsie Barker.
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SENSATIONS or a GHOST.
Two Men Who Died and Then Came
to Life Again.
From the New York sun.

From the New York sun
Speaking of strange experiences" said
the professor as the party sat chatting
over their after dinner cigars, 'ff you
care 20 hear It, I will tell you how It
seems to die. My uncle, Dr. j. S. Long,
one of the prominent physicians of st
Louis, told me years ago. The man that
died was an Irishman named Patrick
Flaherty. My uncle did his best to save
him. but one night said he could not live
til morning. 10 his utter amazement, he
found the Irishman alive and on the road
to recovery the next morning. In reply
to his question as to why he had not died
during the night as be should have done,
Pat said:
! sure, doctor, I did die, but | came
to life again And they held wake over
me, but I came back and scared The life
out Of most Of them. About So'cloek last
night I fell back on the bed utterly ex-
hausted, and soon became unconscious.
How long l remained so I don't know, but
the next thing / knew / felt myself fan
ing on the floor which / struck with a
bound. l looked toward the bed and saw
that my body lay there stif ana appar-
entity dead, while my wife knelt beside
il crying. I glanced at my new body ana
saw 1t was shaped and clothed like my
old body. / did not feel a bit sorry to
see The old man lying on the bed, and
never fell so well in my life as l dld
then. just then Mrs. Maginnis, one of
our neghbors, came in, and she tried
10 console my wife. She said: ".Wen
wen have the wake tonight. TN have
my man get the pipes and tobacco, send
Tom Johnson after the whisky. ana my
boy win go round and give The invites. "
And so she started the ball a-ro,ling. and
in less than Two hours we had "A packed
house and the room fun offsmoke.
+" Before the people came in / hoated
up and took my seat on one of the cross
beams, watching the proceedings
l noticed that ! was still at
tached to my Old body by something
which looked like a string. Several times
/ called out to Bridget TO cut the string
and let me go but she did not seem 10
hear me. What seemed most curious 10
me. I did not want any OF the whisky
nor TO smoke, and It made me nad when
Tim Cragan tried 70 pour sorne whisky
down my dead throat and then stuck a
pipe in my mouth. t
Along toward morning / fell The
string pulling me toward the bed When
had reached the bed l became nncon-
scious again and the next thing remem-
Der was when ] opened my eyes and look
ed around, asking the one nearest to me
for a drink When they saw that / was
alive, the people fell over each other in
trying to get out of tho house. soon Bird
get came to ma and acted just IKE a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11

see trim little figure on a dark horse
cantering along The bride path. Ii is
Maude Adams, whose clever acting Of La
dy BabAie in TThe Lite Minister" has
endeared her TO every body. Even the park
squirrels have learned TO watch for her.
aud when she stops her horse they go
quite c.ose and sit up on their hind legs
waiting for the nuts which she carries
concealed about her somewhere for Lady
Babbie is o great lover of animals
There is a rumor which everybody
whispers and nobody believes. that Maude
Adams is privately married. Her manager
has now adopted the policy which Mr.
Daily previously used with Ada Rehan. and
is carefully secluding her from everybody
When she is paying in New York she runs
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A PERSISTENT DINER.
Goes 10 Banauets where He Is Not
Invited, and Gets served.

Goes TO Banauets where He Is Not
Invited. and Gets served.
New York Letter In Chicago Record.
There Is a singular old man in New York
who makes II a rule to attend public BAN
quets without being invited. He has done
Il so long that he is now pretty wen known
by the head walters at Delmonico's. ths
Waldorf and other places where big din
ders are usually given, and 1T taxes his iu-
genuity to evade them. He Is fine-look-
ing man, perhaps 90 years old, with full
gray beard trimmed close to his face. and
a p!nxish bald head He wears eyeglasses,
has a well-htting dress suit and pleasant
manners, SO that he easily slips into a
party of gentlemen and makes himself
agreeable TO whoever comes up against
him.
Az gatherings where there are from 200
TO 500 guests. there are always several va
cant seats. People who expected TO come
are detained at the last moment and the
intruder has taken advantage of that fact
with the skill Of experience He usually
waits until the guests are seated and then
when the walters have gone out for soup
he slips into the nearest vacant chair and
inquiries of his neighbours If the person 10
whom il is assigned Is present. IL so no
excuses himself and tries another, and IL
not he explains that he has given his own
place 20 friend and viii occupy that IL
there Is no objection At a recent dinner
he had the audacity to take the place as
signed az the presidents table 20 a dis
tinguished gentleman who did moi come,
and was mistaken for him by SO many
people that the banquet committee made
an inquiry and found he had no business
there The public dinners Of New York.
as in other cities, are al managed By u
few men OF experience In that line, who
frequently meet each other and exchange
gossip. In that way the intruder has be-
come so wen advertised that be cannot
now enjoy his dinner in comfort as FORM
erly. Curiously enough, no one knows
who he Is. IL Is the popular opinion that
ne occupies some humble place in life,
and has an irresistible desire to attend
public banquest and associate with men
above hts STALLION.
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FAMOUS FINGER TIPS.
characteristics of Lieut.. Hobson,
Con. wheeler. aNn1e McIhn.

Gen. Wheeler, Mime McIba.
New York. Dec. 9.-Phalangology is the
pretty art of reading character and fate by
means Of lines on the finger tips. Pudd'n-
head Wilson Feintrodueed il 10 the public.
but in lands of the occult, Egypt. for ex-
ample, it has always been followed with
superstitieus faith. Below are given The
character readings OF several prominent
people, the lines of whose fingers were ex-
amined by the .ablest phalango,ogist in
his country.
perhaps it Is BEST here the professor
Gf phaiangolosy turned TO the writer smii-
ing that YOU have it distinctly under
stood. from the beginning that / am abso-
uieiy ignorant OF whose Impressions L am
to read, though / presume-and my infer
ence IS quite natuFal-that they are all Of
Them persons Of importance.
Mime. sNgeibaz Readine.
mo. / is Internationally a woman, and
a woman who possesses undoubted artistic
talent You will notice the extreme del
icacy OF the lines Of her finger tips-not
weakness, but. threadIlke finess-and OBJ
serve the impruts of the cushions. espec-
lady Of the middle and third fingers The
thumb is well proportiened and the
straight markings of its surface indicate
an individual independent in both thought
and action. Not especially logical for you
see how many of the lines run together
suggesting that she is guided by intuition
rather than reason.
Now notice the unusual length of the
tip above the ball of the first finger. 1t
proves that this woman covets power pas
sionataly. and in this instance she gets it,
else the line Of success on her little finger
would not so strongly be marked. The
lines of this first finger also demonstrate
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lief and found only disappoint-
ment in local treatment viii find
it wise to waste no further time
on sprays, washes, inhaling mix
lures, ETC., which are only tempo
rary and can not save them from
Consumption. Catarrh is deep
seated blood disease. S. S. S. is
the only remedy which can reach
the very bottom of the disease
and cure it permanently.
Books sent free by the Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
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shawl, carrying a heavy baby on one arm
while another child not much older hung
on 20 her skirts He was bawling az the
top of his lungs, for the crowd jostled him
terribly, when his mother opened her reti-
Guile took out a gray and ancient looking
marshmalow and gave II TO him, saying
Here, take that and shut your mouthp'
The youugster grabbed the candy and soon
besmeared himself after the fashion OF his
kind
Lady Bnbbic Horsew0mnn.
People who walk or drive IN Central
park theee crisp, bright mornings may
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plaInness of his surroundings though The
dressing gown in pink and brown stripes
which hung on the wall would jar some
what on any eye sensitive 70 color.
Every night and at the Saturday matt
nee the theator Is packed from orchestra
10 dome. and 81 is necessary 20 buy tickets
for any performance a week or more ahead
OF time.
Nanderbilt-AstOr shopping.
Holiday shopping has now begun IN
earnsst and there are crowds Of people
in the stores every afternoon. wealthy
iadlcs OF the Vanderbilt ana Assor clique