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increased its emission Of the rays. He
could even tell. he said. what part of
the brain was in action. and, therefore,
what in general the subject was think
ing about, merely by testing the neigh
borhood OF his head for n rays.
This ought to have made the telep-
athists sit UP and take notice. but still
they gave no sign. 1t is evident that
II all this is true and if single addi-
tional fact should be proved. namely
the ability of radiation from one re-
gion of the brain to stimulate the same
region in another brain, we have telep-
athy established as a physical fact. I'm
fortunately however. although other
French experimenters confirmed the
work Of charpentier. hundreds of labo-
ratory workers in Germany England,
Italy and America have been totally
unable to repeat IL. Nay, even when
an English professor was told what he
Easy enough" said the Frenchmen
I'VE have more delicate eyes than you
Teutonic races"
yes; easy enough" retorted the Ger
mans and Englishmen; you French are
nervous and excitable and jump at con-
clusions. You have manufactured a
whole series of important physiological
discoveries out of mere imaginative
moonshiner
Here the matter still rests. No one
doubts the good faith of the French
scientists, but no one. in the face of
the facts. can yet accept their resultsy
But where are the psychical re-
searchers? Here. seemingly within their
grasp, are the scientific proofs of telep-
athy. Will they not bestir themselves?
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as a cat would do when preparing to
spring With head high flung and nos
trils dilated, he blew and snorted and
at the same time jerked his head from
side to side, looking in every direc-
tion
Knowing that the scent of a bear or
other wild animal will sometimes
frighten the most staid of horses.
concluded that some prowling creature
from the woods had crossed the road
at the place where the horse took
fright I thereupon urged the animal
forward. but was astonished at his alb
solute refusal to bulge. No amount Of
coaxing or petting could move him.
Finally, losing patience, / lashed him
with the bride rein. He then plunged
forward with a start that came near
leaving me sitting in the road. II was
with effort that I prevented him from
speeding and finally brought him down
to moderate gallop. We had gone but
a short distance when a large. white
horse, with long, flowing name and
tail, cantered up beside us. I was
puzzled TO account for the appearance
of this strange animal. L was quite
sure that this horse had not been in
the road only a few moments before,
for the course was straight and I had
just previously looked behind, as we'll
as before. when trying to discover the
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The Latest About Plants

HE recent statement that pro-
] fessor of botany has discovered
that plants see" may be regarded as
true or not depending on ones defini-
tion of sight" but in any event no
new discovery has been made. That
plants are sensitive to light and adjust
themselves so as to receive 1T to the
best advantage every one- knows who
has ever tended growing things We
may, IL we like, say that the plant
sees" the light and turns toward it.
The connection between the stimulation
of the light and it's result in the plants
Yiovement is greatly aided by the exist
ence in the leaf surface, which is the
principal seeing part of the plant, of
cells the outer walls of which are
curved, making them into lenses
These converge the rays upon the in
ner cell walls, whence they are trans
mitted to the sensitive cells beneath.
The similarity of these cells to eyes,
In both form and function, would nat
urally strike any one, and those who
choose to assert that plants see may
derive additional comfort and satisfac-
tion from II.
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Linking the Pacific Islands by
Wireless Messages

SCHEME to connect the chief
n groups of Pacific islands by means
of wireless telegraphy has just been
announced. The plan is proposed by
capitalists interested in some of the ISL
ands of the Gilbert group, but govern
ment aid is expected from all nations
having possessions In the south Pacific.
including Great Britain, France, Ger
many and the United states. The
French island OF Tahiti Is particularly
interested, the nearest available ocean
cable station being at present Auck-
land, New Zealand. 2,25o miles distant.
1t is proposed to install 10 or IL cen-
trail stations, each controlling circu-
lar region, the largest of which will
have radius of about 1,250 miles.
The capital of the Pacific Islands radio
telegraph company, as it is to be called.
is stated at $4,000, which seems small
compared with the results that are
sought and expected.
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swept through the swamp, around the
winding road hurrying through the
dark passages of overhanging vines
and Spanish moss. We had reached
small opening in the woods, approach
ing the edge of the cane fields, where
splotehes of pale moonlight lay in the
road and against the trunks of the
towering cypress trees, when once
more that riderless phantom galloped
just behind us. l grew weak with fear
and a feeling of helplessness came over
me that caused me to close my eyes
and grasp the pommel of my saddle
Dan Logan split the air as IL he had
raced in the blast of hurricane.
do not know how far into the sugar
cane fields the apparition followed us,
but at the end of two mile stretch
that brought us within few hundred
yards of the plantation quarters poor
Dan was still running strong. To the
mystification of the darkies who had
heard the approaching ciatter of my
horses feet we swept by the row of
cabins and their groups of dusky spec
tators. as excited a pair as had ever
seen a real ghost
Placing my horse in the stable, after
rubbing down his foaming tanks,
went a roundabout way to my room
doing this surreptitious act to avoid
meeting any other members of the
household.
After a lapse of half an hour. during
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schemes of old, which contemplated the
production of whole operas upon the
moving picture screen. A monoiogue
or very brief dramatic episode is all
that we can have yet.
This is due to several facts. First
every speaker must be directly in front
of the phonograph to get the proper
effect A phonograph would be neces-
sary for each performer and no one of
them could alter his position, which
would be absurd. Secondly. the length
of the performance is limited by the
size of the phonograph records to about
three minutes.
The principal difficulty. however, has
been in getting the two instruments to
work precisely together. so that word
and action will correspond. The slight
est variation may produce laughable
result.
Owing to the use of modern synchro-
nous electric motors, with regulating
mechanism. which have now been
brought to a high decree of perfection.
this trouble has been obviated. The
method usually followed is for the ac-
tor to speak his part before the phono-
graph(and then to act before the cine
matograph. while the phonograph
speaks his words for him, the two de-
vices being coupled as they are to be
during the next performance. This
necessitates a long training of the ac-
tor beforehand, in order that he shall
be able TO fit the gestures to the words
very exactly.
During the performance the phono-
graph is placed of course, near the
screen, so that the voice may appear to
come from the pictured actor. The
operator, who is too far away to hear
clearly is connected with the phono-
graph by telephone so that he may
be sure that all is going correctly. In
case of accident differential gear.
controlled by the operator. enables him
TO bring the two instruments back into
exact correspondence at once.
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peculiar nensation of fear. We had
gone but% few PAGES farther down the
road when to the terror of my horse
and myself, for now we had both seen
1t, that diaphanous creature galloped
beside us. Dan Logan sprang forward
like veteran of the racecourse. He
needed no urging above our mutual
desire to cover ground in the quickest
time. The uncanniness of the object
now became more pronounced when I
had discovered that its hurrying hoofs
gave no sound from the hard packed
road, although the hammering from
my own horses feet must have been
saw the phantom more clearly and
discerned that he bore upon his back
an efhpty saddle and the military trap
pings of a cavalryman.
On he came with head bowed to his
chest, with stirrups, canteen and
holster noiselessly bounding at each
stride. like some wind blown silken
gossamer. Dan Logan was given free
rein and only abject fear could have
made him tear through the darkness in
such a manner. AS we swung from the
highland road into the trail that led
down into the swamp the white
charger again vanished, leaving as
suddenly as it had done before. We
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- the scientific world that the re-
ports Of spectral visitations,
whether or not they be well authenti-
is most entertaining in modern litera-
ture- Many good ghost story. how
ever, has been relegatcd to Oblivion be-
cause OF the victims fear OF criticism
and the relentless jests of his fellows.
One may not believe In the existence
OF the transitory semivisibles OF the
spirit world. but numerous accounts OF
the appearance OF these mysterious
bodies have been vouched for by
enough honest persons to cause the
most conservative minds to speculate.
It was on Sunday afternoon during
August-thst month when travelling
through the south becomes burden TO
man and BEAST Journeyed on horse
back from a southern plantation to
visit friends in Baton Rouge Awaiting
the cool Of the evening before starting
on my return trip, night had drawn
near before I had covered more than
half the distance homeward. At the
foot OF the low lying hills, parallel to
my road. lay the swamp. On the oppo-'
site side are scattered farms and
patches, pretentious and unpretentious
In their progressive or retrogressive
signs of husbandry; but all quiet and
drowsy in the siesta of typical south
ern summer afternoon.
As the sun went down the air be-
came somewhat moist and cooler
when the south wind bore across the
fields and woods from the big river.
The long, gaunt shadows of evening
had blended into the soft. fat tones OF
the landscape The sunset lights Of
crimson. orange and finally pale-gray
afterglow, filtered through the moss
festoons Of the cypress.
The horse 1 rode-I shall never for
get him-Dan Logan, fleet footed and
intelligent. and as handsome a thor
oughbred as ever man mounted. This
steed was a spirited animal, but he
was so free from bad qualities that a
woman or a child might have driven
him without fear Of his becoming
frightened at anything likely TO be
met in a country road.
had ridden to within about one mile
OF the point where the plantation trail
turns abruptly from the highland road
and leads into a swamp. Dan was
ambnng along and I had dropped the
bride rein upon his neck while I
munched from a bag Of peanuts. Sud
denly my horse stopped as abruptly as
II he had brought up against a stone
wall So unexpectedly did this occur
that I all but lost my seat in the sad
die. say nothing unusual and / could
not imagine what had startled the ami
NAL in such manner. It had grown
dark, and, although there was but lit
tie moon, the evening star. which was
then at IT'S zenith. gave illumination
enough to have seen any moving object
for many rods. The road seemed to
be clear TO me of any living creature,
although Dan Logan was apparently
looking at something ahead of US
That my horse had been seized by
some terror was more than evident.
For an instant he squatted or shrank
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will be that the lenses found in ordi-
nary low priced portable cameras may
be made to produce results that have
hitherto been possible only to the for
tunate possessor Of an expensive an
astigmatic lens of large aperture. The
new rapid plates are as easy to use as
the Older forms. except that unusual
precautions must be taken to exclude
traces of light. Development. for in
stance, is always begun at q distance
from the lantern. in covered tray and
the plates must be placed in the frames
in total darkness
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cause of the fright of my own horse. No
thought had occurred to me that there
might have been a connection between
the white horse and the manifested
alarm of Dan Logan; besides, why
could 1 not have seen it as well as my
horse when the latter first became
frightened. Now the strange animal
had appeared to me. but my steed did
not seem to notice the object that gal
loped at his very nose. Though. queer
that the strange animal belonged to
some of the farms adjacent, and, being
attracted by the passing of my own
horse, it had either escaped from an
Enclosure through an insecure gate or
had ieaped the fence Up to this mo-
ment ! had not noted any uncanniness
in the situation, but, realizing that this
strange animal should not follow US
and, perhaps. stray away from it's own
quarters. leaned from my saddle and
struck at the nose OF my unwelcome
visitor. To my intense dismay that
big white charger vanished as quickly
but a dream. In bewilderment
looked about to see what had become
Of him. but there was not a living
thing TO be seen in that moonlit road,
either before or behind.
My surprise now gave way to a
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Carrots a Cure for Ill Babies

nNE would scarcely think of feeding
Onl babies on carrots. yet this is pre-
cisely what has been done with great
success by an Italian physician, DIR.
act as an intestinal antiseptic. In all
of 4S cases OF digestive disturbances
treated with a carrot puree excellent
results are reported. The soup is not
only antiseptic, but nourishing. There
appears to be no good reason why the
carrot should not have the same effect
upon adult as upon infant digestion,
and lovers of the peculiar flavor of
this humble vegetable may consider
that their preferences are now amply
justified.
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Moving and Talking Pictures

ID ICTURES that both move and talk
We're promised US as soon as the
phonograph and cinematograph became
easy matter, however. to combine the
two machines successfully, and the
combination has not been exhibited
publicly until the present year. Even
now 1t falls far short of the roseate'
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Early Lessons in Aviation

X CURIOUS fact in regard to the con-
1trol of aeroplanes has cropped up
in connection with Wilbur Wright's
trials in France. The French experts,
who, during the Wright brothers period
of secret experimentation were inclined
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ing here daily from December, 1902, to
May, 1905, Hecker carried on the labori-
Gus series of observations that have
now established the existence of lunar
and solar tidal waves in the solid but
flexible mass of the globe.
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By Edward NJ. Muse

- SOCIOLOGICAL phenomena are
becoming OF so much interest to
- the scientific world that the re-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-17
Results Will Have a Vital En-
feet Upon the Present Po-
liticaI Campaign in This
State.
HOTTEST FIGHT BEING
WAGED IN DELAWARE.
Brewers Seem Confident OF
Victory-EIections in Elev-
en- Other Counties of tha
State Today.

Indianapolis. Sept. lion the eve
of the convening Of the extra session
of the legislature the eyes of the poll
ticians are turned towards Muncie,
where the first real test OF strength
between the brewery alliance and the
anti-saloon forces is being fought. II
was conceded at the republican head
quarters that defeat there will mean
a severe setback in their campaign,
while 1t was claimed that victory, even
by a majority reduced several hun
dred. will put their forces in good
fighting trim throughout the entire
state.
From reports received here today
the elections are arousing the people
of Muncie to the highest pitch as
brewery men and radicals are watch
ing the others actions with the clos
est attention.
One of the big factors In the brew
cry alliance made the following state
ment: Watch the outcome OF the
special election. / think we have a
chance to win" The brewer refused
to permit the public use of his name.
Interest In all other political issues
is at low ebb through Indiana. Re-
ports from every section indicate that
the people are wrought up to a fever
heat over the fight for and against
county local option. In spite of the
claims of the rival leaders no one
knows what the outcome will be.
Although the eyes of the state are
on Muncie. elections are being held In
eleven other counties today to choose
representatives and senator's for the
seats which will be vacant In special
session of the state legislature
In Clinton and Carroll counties a
successor to the late Senator Farber
Is being chosen. Jasper, Newton, White
and Starke counties are at work elect
ing state senator to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of DIR. Nc
Cain. Crawford. Dubois and Perry
are electing a successor to Senator
Benz.
Representatives are being chosen in
Laporte, Delaware and Posey counties
TO succeed Representative Faulkner
Carmichael and Wade respectively.
L. d. Boyd, republican of Delphi.
has no opposition for joint senator
from Clinton and Carroll counties to
succeed the late Senator Farber. A
similar case exists In Laporte county.
where there is no opposition to John
B. Faulkner, democrat, who seeks the
same seat in the house of representa-
tives which he resigned.
Abraham Halleck, republican. leads
in the contest to succeed Richard
c. Mccain Of Kentland as senator
from Jasper, Newton, White and
Starke counties. Mr. Mccain resigned
Samuel Benz, son of the late Senator
Benz, from Crawford. Dubois and Per-
ry counties is candidate to succeed
his father. The three counties are
usually democratic by large pluralities
and 1t is conceded that Brz will bs
elected.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-17

this plan, Richmond being the Oldest
the work in Garfield school having
been conducted during the past thir-
teen years.
There are several other cities plan
ming the erection of buildings for the
centralizing of the seventh and eighth
grades that are to be conducted on
same plan as the Garfield school here.
Mr.. Brown stated that the work as
conducted in the Richmond Garfield
school was very successful for so many
years and that it is exciting much at
tention on the part of school men all
over the country. He said his main
object in visiting Richmond school was
because it is known as the best in the
country for the kind Of work offered to
the pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades.
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GARFIELD IS A
MODEL SCHOOL
Excites the Attention of Ed
ucators All Over the
Country.
BROWN PAYS A VISIT.
ARTICLE FOR EDUCATIONAL
JOURNAL TO BE BASED ON A
SYSTEM OF GRADE UNION USED
HERE.
BROWN PAYS A VISIT.

George A. Brown of Bloomington,
ILL.,, formerly of this city. and the son
of Prof. and Mrs. George p Brown.
a former superintendent of the Rich
mond public schools and also asso-
ciate with the Hiram Hadley academy,
was in the city yesterday visiting and
inspecting the work and the method
of instruction used in the Garfield
school in preparation for an article
in the School and Home Educational
Magazine of which he is publisher.
Mr.. Brown was much pleased with
the plan that had been worked out in
Richmond by the centralizing in one
building of the seventh and eighth
grades to be taught in departmental
method and special teacher for each
subject. There are only three or
four Of these kind of schools in the
United States that have worked out
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-17
Edgar Coulter Run Down by
Pennsy Train While Driv-
ing Near WestviIIe.
HORRIBLY MUTiLATED.
HIS REMAINS ALMOST UNREcoG.
NlZABLE- HAD BEEN DEAD
SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HIS
BODY WAS FOUND.

About IL o'clock last night Edgar
Coulter of Westville, o., and formerly
resident of Wayne township, this
county, was struck and instantly killed
near his home town by north bound
Pennsylvania train. The horse he
was driving was also killed. The ter
ribly mangled body of the young man
was not discovered until about 4:30
o'clock this morning when the engi-
neer of a south bound passenger train
was Mortified to see the mutilated
corpse lying within two feet of the
spot where the accident occurred. For
some unknown reason the crew of this
train left the body lying on the road,
but on arriving at Eaton the conduct
or sent wire to Richmond telling of
the fatal accident. The next south
bound train picked the body up and
took 1t to Eaton where the young
mans father, Edgar Coulter. resides.
For some time young Coulter had
been employed on the farm of Sher-
man Pryfogle, which is located be-
tween Westville and Campbellstown,
o. Last evening he went out driving
and was returning home when he met
his death. The details Of the accident
will never be known because it was
not witnessed by anyone. Judging
from the marks on the roadway the
horse became frightened at the train
and bolted directly in front of the en-
gine.
The rig was completely smashed
and the horse was thrown some dis
tance, alighting under a fence. Coul-
ter's body was found nearly Oh the
tracks. 1t was so badly mutilated as
to be almost unrecognizable. The &C.
cident occurred opposite the Reddish
farm, which is about two miles south.
west of Westville.
1t is an unexplained mystery how a
train could plunge into a rig killing
both horse and driver. without the en-.
gineer or the fireman having any
knowledge of the accident. 1t is prob
able that the case will be investigat
ed. Edgar Coulter formerly lived with
his father on the old Hawkins place
on the New Paris pike.
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TAFT MARCHING
CLUB ORGANIZED
Jackson Township RepubIi-
cans Meet at Cam
bridge, City.
KTTERMAN is PRESIDENT.
NEW ORGANIZATION HAS CLUB
ROOMS AND GREAT INTEREST
is BEING TAKEk-DRuM CORPS
PROBABLE,

Cambridge City, Ind, Sept 17-One
of the most successful meetings that
has ever been held here was that of
last evening, when the republicans
met and perfected an organization
that is to be recognized as the Taft
Marching Club, OF Jackson township.
The meeting was largely attended
and much enthusiasm was shown on
the part of the members. 1t was de-
cided that a drum and bugle corps
should be organized and be in readi-
ness to turn out when the various re-
publican speakers come to this place.
Claude Kitterman was elected presi-
dent of the organization, Charles. Kel-
ler was chosen vice president, Thad-
deus Frazer, secretary and o. E. White
was elected treasurer.
Rooms have been secured in the
Kessler block just above the gas Of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-17
BOYS BRIGADE GETS
SPRINGFIELD RIFLES
Furnished by Unknown East
ern Man.

Tne REV. David c. Huntington, rec
tor of St Pauls Episcopal church. last
evening impaired the pleasing infor
nation to the boys in the Boys Bri
gade company. that wealthy man liv
ing in the east had promised to equiv
the company with Springfield rifles
and ammunition when the company
went into camp next Sunday. Mr.
Huntington did not state who this
man was. He said that the donor ad
vocated the teaching of all boys how
to shoot straight, remarking that q
good marksman was always a good
student and one who had confidence In
himself.