The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-28

tween them (Mr. aand Mrs. Wesley.
While the disturbance continued he used
to bark and leap, and snap on one side
and the other, and that frequently be-
fore any person i'm the room heard any
noise at all.
But after two or three days he used
to tremble and creep away before the
noise began. And by this the family
knew it was at hand; nor did the OBJ
servation ever fail"
One of the worst cases of animals
being affected is the following
During the disturbances at the Come
terry of Ahrensburg, in the Island of
Oesel, where collins were overturned
in locked vaults, and the case was in
vestigated by an official Commission,
the horses of country people visiting
the cemetery were often so alarmed
and excited that they became covered
with sweat and foam.
Sometimes they threw themselves
on the ground, where they struggled in
apparent agony and, Notwithstanding
the immediate resort to remedial mea-
sures, several died within a day or
two. In this case, as i'm many others,
although the commission made a most
rigid investigation and applied the
strictest tests, no natural cause for the
disturbances was ever discovered.
I'm DR.. Justinus Kerner's account of
"The Scores of Provost it is stated of
an apparition that appeared to her
during an entire year, that as often as
a spirit appeared a black terrier that
was kept in the house seemed to be
sensible of it's presence; for no sooner
was the figure perceptible to the see
ress than the dog ran, as if for protec-
ton, to someone present often bowling
loudly; and after his first experience
of it he would never remain alone of
nights.
I'm this case no one saw the figure
but the seeress, showing that this cir
cumstance is not proof of the sub
jectivity of the apparition.
"In the terrible case of haunting
given by Mr.. r. Dale owen by Mrs. S.
c. Hall, who was personally cognisant
of the main facts, the haunted man had
not been able to keep a dog for years.
zone which he brought home when
Mrs. Hall became acquainted with him
Che being the brother of her bosom
friend) could not be Induced to stay in
his room day or night after the haunt
ing began, and soon afterward ran
away and was lost.
In the wonderful case of haunting
in Pennsylvania given by Mr.. Hodg-
son, when the apparition of the white
lady appeared to the informant's brot-
her, we find it stated:-"The thirC
night he saw the dog crouch and stare
and then act as if driven round the
room.
Brother saw nothing, but heard g
sort of rustic, and the poor dog howleC
and tried to hide. and never agar
would that dog go to that room"
Mr. Wallace concludes that "th
series of cases of the effect of plant
asms on animals is certainly remark
able, aand worthy of deep considera
ton. The facts are such as, on tn
theories of telepathy and hallucination
ought not to happen, and they are
especially trustworthy facts, becaus,
they are almost invariably introduced
into the narrative as if unexpected.
"They show us Enthusiastically thai
large numbers of phantasms, whether
visual or auditory, and even when Onl.
perceptible to one of the persons pre-
sent, are objective realities; while tn,
terror displayed by the animals tina
perceive them, and their behavior, 81
, unlike that i'm the presence of natura
sights and sounds, no less clearly
proves that, though objective, the phe
nomena are not normal, and are not t
be explained as in any way due to trick
or to misinterpreted natural sounds