The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
With the Long Bolu
Chance for a Good Stout Ghost to Make a Name for
Himself DIR. Lombroso Investigates Haunted
Houses and Confesses Himself. at Loss for an
Explanation
R. LoMBRoso, the italian scientist, who is

IN II. LOMBROSO, the Italian SCIENTIST who IS
probably gnarly, dry, unromantic party
- watched chemical reaction, has been
investigating haunted houses During the course Of
year. IN nearly every country on earth there arc
occurrences When the doctor hears of any particu
larry welEauthenticated in Italy he packs his
grip and travels down to for himself. 'Dago
ghosts seem to be about like all other ghosts in the
matter Of moving furniture, knocking walls and
raising invisible and sometimes visible trouble.
DR.. Lombroso reports three exceptionally good
Of haunting and confesses himself entirely at
q loss for an explanation. The ordinary man says
"rats and let's it 60 at that, but rats unless they
not lift up bottle from the floor in the clear light
and smash it down again, sight DR.. Lombroso wit
messed for himself in one house. .x -.
plicable problems that have ever challenged an ex-
plaaation Of the human mind, these enigmas of psy
chca research surely in the forefront Thousands
Of people have gone at them with enthusiasm and
have finally drawn back thoughtful and in doubt.
Q, for one good, healthy unsubstantial ghost with
haunt something 50 hard and persistently that VIC
could finally get together with him and discover from
him of what was really going under sthe surface
Of things. T.. = $"
! Any ghost who will do this will make name for
himself and confer boon that section Of human
ty that is forever asking itself Jobs question and
getting nothing but few mouldy echoes in reply.
What want is to get at those st. Paul ball
players once more and nail nine large, conspicuous
ciphers to their barndoor. -
The p-ab- waist is series of little thread
'tpher' entirely filed With * girl:
visit to the fireworks factory yesterday showed
hundreds Of busily engaged in crowding COM
pressed noise into the crackers and putting the fire.
balls into the roaming candles It is figured that
there is already canned noise enough in stock in this
one factory to drown out battery Of two three
hundred midnight babies. invention this year
is a compound Japanese cracker. The canned racket
is figured about equal to that made by little boy
coming down stairs when father is trying to catch
his Sunday afternoon nap.
= favorite explosive this year promises to be Of
about twofnger power, but if the boy is not quite
quick enough it is thought that he may succeed in
losing portion of his thumb also. We would be
sorry to see rain on the Fourth.
For over twenty years John Stink, a full blood
Usage Indian has been in sorry plight. About
among the Usage people, He owned more than
his share Of cattle and in the councils Of his tribe
In the midst of this honor and prosperity he was
him as became his rank and gave him openair burial
with elaborate funeral ceremonies on high hill east
OF Pawhuska The mourners, duly considerate of his
comfort in the other world, deposited upon the ton
Of his carnmade grave provisions for three weeks
journey, and tethered his pony near by so that he
might ride when he became tired of walking.
The horror of the Indians can easily be imagined
when John Stink appeared upon the streets Of the
village the morning after his burial The populace
fed in terror at his approach declaring that he had
From that day to this no Usage Indian has ever
spoken to John Stink. Twice he has built himself
g house, but the Indians burned both Of them, de-
live in the air. No amount of argument will con-
vince the Indians that their unfortunate brother was
not dead, but was simply the victim of cataeptio
trance. They sow him with their own eyes,
The present session of congress has shown that
there are number Of white men who have passed
away but the crowd around them less wise than the
glaring publicity. "A. R. J. -