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Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-23

Paris Pattern No. 2274-F1gured gingham in brown and tan has been used for this pretty little blouse, which closes down the right side of the front under a bias band of the mate rial. The left side is ornamented with a pocket and the rather tight sleeves are box-plaited into the wrists. It de yelops well in chambray, duck, viyella or Scotch flannel, pique CT galatea- The pattern is in five sizes-fve to thirteen years. For a boy of nine years the blouse requires 2A yards of material 27 inches wide, or IFS yard 36 inches wide
 To procure this pattern send 10 cents to Pattern Editor" office of this paper. Write name and address plainly and be sure to give size and number of pattern
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-23
Chilean copper Mines.

Chilean government official reports shows there have been 1854 copper claims worked in Chile at different times, of which only 74S were worked during the last year. Many of these mines are rich in copper, but with the high price of labor and the poor transportation facil ties few, if any,
 al be made to pay at the present low 6rice of copper.
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Touqh.

Prayed Fagin-Here's a piece in de paper about feller wot's goin' ter swim from Philadelphia to New York.
 Lilyfeld Toilnot-Well, it's a tough git-away; but yer can't hardly blame him if dat's de only way he could manage 1t.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-23
The ideal
manage i

q suppose you always love the things you paint?" asked the sweet young thing, looking about the studio.
 Why, yes; have you come to be psinted?" asked the artist, sweetly.- Yonkers Statesman,
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

ities and powers; and the conditions
into which the man passes are pre-
cisely those that he has made for him
self. The thoughts and desires which
he has encouraged within himself dur
ing earth life take form as definite
living entities lowering around him
and reacting upon him until the energy
that he had poured into them is ex-
hausted.
When such thoughts and desires
have been powerful and persistently
evil, the companions so created may
indeed be terrible; but, happily. such
cases form a very small minority
among the dweliers in the plane i'm
mediately above the physical world.
There is no reward or punishment
from outside, but only the actual re-
suit of what the man himself has
done and said and thought while here
on earth. In fact, the man makes his
bed during earth life, and afterward
he has TO lie on it.
The ordinary man of the world usu-
ally provides for himself after death a
useless and unutterably wearisome ex-
istence, void of all rational interests
the natural sequence of a life wasted
ir self-indulgence, triviality and gos-
sip here on earth. Every thought of
the man which is connected with self
or tainted by any desire for his own
gain instantly draws around itself
matter OF tie astral plane well as
of the mental which remains lowering
around him. During physical life these
thought forms are invisible to him,
although their influence is constantly
reacting upon him and tending to re-
produce in him the thought which cre-
ated them; but after death they be-
come visible and haunting forms
from which he can not escape because
their attraction to him is of the very
essence of their nature. man may
sometimes find imself surrounded
by thoughts which are not his own, for
If any one else is directing toward him
any strong feeling, whether it be OF
love or hate, of Joy or sorrow, he will
certainly find the thought form which
expresses it lowering about him and
will feel within himself the effect OF
the vibrations. 1t is in this way that
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05
By A. II. 7.

n EADERS OF The Sunday Call have
TX had for many weeks an opportuni-
~ TO form a decided opinion in re-
gard TO ghosts The True Ghost
Stories" which have appeared in its
columns have come from far and near.
and while many OF the stories are told
so naiveiy they all, more or less, pos
sess the air Of sincerity.
How many readers of these short
stories have thought Of the cause of
such remarkable phenomena? have
thought that such varied experiences
could possibly come under a specific
heading?
Peter Pan asked. DO you believe in
fairies?" Now comes the question,
"Do you believe in haunted houses%
only a few years ago to have answered
in the affirmative would have engend-
cred ridicule upon the person who had
the good fortune to have met face to
face an inhabitant of the world US
ually unseen. Such experiences were
presumably no less common then than
naturally kept them TO themselves if
they valued their reputation for sanity
Within the last few years, however.
a salUtary change has come over pub
lie opinion in this respect. To sneer
at psychic phenomena nowadays is not
the hallmark for Intellectual vigor, for
there exist societies for psychical re-
search which number among their
members well known scientists like
Sir William Crookes and Sir Oliver
Lodge and public men like Arthur
Balfour, and such American scientists
as James H. Hyslop, formerly professor
OF logic and ethics in Columbia univer-
sity. These societies for psychicaI re-
search issue huge volumes of learned
reports upon such phenomena and con
slider them worthy Of careful and pro
longed investigation. Impartial in
quiry into the subject OF apparitions
shows US that from all countries OF
the world there come well attested ac-
counts Of the occasional return Of the
dead. The bible, for instance. fur
nishes many illustrations. Such visit
ors have rarely given much information
with regard to the wOrlr from which
they came, though a good deal may be
inferred from collation. and comparison
of the various stories. At any rate
the mere fact that man does survivt
the process called death is proved fol
any fair minded investigator by these
accounts.
The distinguished English journalist
William T. Stead, in reference t.
this subject says: "Of all the vulgar
superstitions of the half educated
none dies harder than the absurd de
lusion that there are no such things al
ghosts. All the experts. whether spir.
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the strong thoughts of love and the
friendly wish which should accompany
a remembrance of the dead produce SO
beneficent a result upon them.
Some years ago Christian GENTLE
man who had the power Of seeing and
conversing with those who have left
their physical bodies wrote thus:
I'm passing a certain house during
the past year l have met almost daily
its former owner. He had been ply
sician in good practice and very popu
lar socially-a welcome guest in many
was lonely and miserable; he had COM
panionship, but did not care for it;
he liked better to roam about his old
home and live in his old associations,
though 1t panied him that his wife
thought of him as happy ina faroff
her feel his presence. 1 urged him to
leave the earth atmosphere and rise
to higher life, where the stimulus Of
work is even more urgent that here,
but he replied that he could not see
what there was for a doctor to do
where there were no frail bodies to
wear out"
Avarice and jealousy often produce
baneful fascination on the excarnate
souls who We're mastered by those vices
while on earth. A man who has been
so silly as to feel jealous of the affec-
tion showered upon another often
learns no wisdom from his pass
age through the gates of death.
Though he has no longer any pow er
to interfere, though he can not pos-
sibly himself be the recipient OF the
physical plane affection, he still con-
tinues insanely to grudge 1t to the
other person, and not infrequently
haunts the premises of the one OF
whom he is so insanely jealous. Men
who have boarded money seem gen.
orally to be more or less troubled
about 1t, though their anxiety takes
various forms Some feel strongly the
sense of proprietorship in it, though
they can no longer use it in any way
and they are in terror lest it should
be discovered and squandered, and they
often try to prevent this by haunting
the spot where it is concealed, in order
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Or THE
FLOWERS

The vision of the night was at once
torcibIy recalled to her. and the words
of the apparition, II have brought you
some flowers" seemed to have mean
ing. though what 1t was she could not
understand After examining these
strange blossoms for time she re-
turned to her chamber and awakened
the child. whom she then took 10 see
the flowers and asked II she knew
ANYTHING about them. why, no." the
little girl replied; II have never seen
them before. II was reading my new
book at the table last night until
went TO bed, and if they were there
then 1 should have seen them" So the
flowers were gathered up and placed
on the shelf above the fireplace. and
during the morning were exhibited to
Mrs. =, who came IN for chat. and
who. like my relative, could make moth
ing Of the matter.
At about o'clock in the afternoon OF
that day the postman called at the
hotel. bearing, among his mail, several
letters for my relative. which were at
one that was postmarked Rome" and
was addressed in my handwriting. and
with this she sat down as the irst one
to be read. 1t contained an account
among many other things, OF my expe-
rience in Naples and Rome. and In due
course mentioned the inciosure OF flow
ers from Capri and from the tomb OF
I. vrra,-
no flowers whatever In the letter, al
though each sheet and the envelope
were carefully examined; my relative
even shook her skirts and made a
search upon the carpet. thinking that
the stated inclosure might have faller
out as the letter was opened. Nothing
could be found. however, yet 10 hours
before the arrival of the letter flowers
exactly such as it described had been
found on the center table!
Mrs. was summoned, and the
two ladies' marveled greatly. There
was a large educational institution in
the city and Mrs. - suggested that
the flowers be offered 70 the inspection
of it's professor OF botany, man
whose reputation Tor learninS IN MS
department was international They
lost no time in calling upon him, and
the flowers were shown (without
however. the curious facts about them
being mentioned), with the request
that he state, IL il were possible.
whence they came. The professor ex-
amined them carefully. and then said:
"As to the violets. 1t is difficult TO say
where they grew. since these flowers
wherever they are found in the world,
may be very much alike. Certain pc
culiarities of these specimens. however,
coupled with the scent that they still
family retain and which is Characters
tic. incline me to the opinion that they
come from some part OF Southern
Europe-perhaps Southern France. but
more likely Italy AS to the others.
which. as you say, resemble small
daisies. they came from some point
about the bay OF Naples. as I am un-
aware Of their occurrence elsewhere"
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to terrify and drive away any who may
come dangerously near their hiding
place Others, on the contrary, seeing
their friends or children in need of
the hidden store. are just as anxious
that it should be found and utilized.
The effect in the future life OF the
commission of definite crime upon earth
is almost infinitely varied according to
the circumstances of the case, though
always of a most serious nature. 1t
is found that in many cases a mur-
derer will go over and over again in
thought the crime which he has COM
mitted, and will very often by such
oeaseless round of half malevolent,
half horror stricken meditation produce
something in the nature of a haunting
at the scene of his violent deed.
Hauntings which consist only of
sounds seem much more numerous
than those which involve actual ap-
partition; so 1t suggests itself that the
much slower vibrations of sound are
more easily registered than the very
rapid ones, which would produce an
effect upon the eye. 1t may be that
there is not force enough to materialize
whole event on the physical plane
so that it should simultaneously ap-
peal to the eye and ear. We can
imagine that circumstances uncompre-
hended by US may make it easier in
some cases that the sound shall be re-
produced and in other cases the vision.
A case of this kind is given by DR..
Lee in "Glimpses of the Supernatural"
He tells us how the Rev Joseph JEFF
ferson, vicar of an English parish. de-
scribed to him somewhat ghastly ex-
perience which he had some years ago.
one night as he was passing a certain
spot, but no human being was there
to account for these sounds. He found
on inquiry that a murder had been
committed there under peculiarly hor-
rible circumstances, and that the ter
rible shrieks were simply a reproduc-
ton of those uttered by the victim
Apparitions at the spot where some
crime was committed are usually
thought forms projected by the crimin-
al, who, whether living or dead, is
perpetually thinking of the circum-
stances of his action. Since these
thoughts are naturally specially vivid
In his mind on the anniversary of the
original crime, IL is often only on that
occasion that the artificial elementals
he creates are strong enough to ma
terialize themselves to ordinary sight
IA fact which accounts for the peri
odicity of some manifestations. OF this
class.
Another point in reference to such
phenomena Is that wherever any tre-
mendous mental disturbance has taker
place, wherever overwhelming terror
pain. sorrow, hatred. or indeed any
kind of intense passion has been felt
an impression of so very marked z
character has been made upon the
astral light that person with ever
the faintest glimmer q psychic faculty
can not but be deeply impressed b.
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itual, poeticaI or scientific, and all the
others, nonexperts, who have bestowed
any serious attention upon this sub
ject. know that they do exist. There
is endless variety OF opinion as to what
a ghost might be, but as to the fact.
OF its existence, whatever it may be-
there is no longer any serious dispute
among honest investigators"
If any one questions this. let him in
vestigate for himself In six months,
possibly in six weeks, or even in six
days, he will find it impossible to
deny the reality of the existence of
the phenomena popularity styled ghost
ly. He may have a hundred ingenious
explanations of the origin and nature
of the ghost, but as to the existence of
the entity thers will no longer be any
doubt.
The first proposition to consider is
that there is divine law at the basis
of every phenomenon and operation in
nature; that law guides the spiritual
dynamics of the soul, as we'll as the
forces sof matter. This law of cause
and effect is omnipotent-it controls
the movements of the planets and is
active in the planting of q seed, in it's
growth and fruitage.
The Perfect Man of Galilee said, "As
ye sow. so shall We reap" which is
another way of saying, Cause and
effect" In physics we get a glimpse
of it in the conservation of energy
and the correlation of forces; in the
reasonable mind it is logic, in religion
it is divine justice. The rationale of
haunted houses must be in accordance
with law
Longfellow said:
"All houses wherein men have lived and
died
Are haunted houses. Through open
doors
The harmless phantoms on their err
rands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the
floors"
Hosts of people pass through the
portal called death without having
in any way made preparation for the
great transition. Many cling passion
dLtlA 10 SO IluCu Ol lHt car III lie DIS
they can still see and feel. 1t is said
that many souls for a long time are
not aware that they are dead" for
the condition in which they find them
selves differs so radically from what
had been expected. Those who know
affirm that the horrible doctrine of
eternal punishment is responsible for
vast amount of most pitiable and en-
tirely groundless terror among those
who have recently quilted earth life.
1t is stated that there is not any sud
den change that occurs in the man at
death or that he is spirited away to
some heaven beyond the stars. On
the contrary, man remains after death
exactly what he was before 1.-THE
same in intellect, the same in his quail
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MYSTERY
ITALIAN

ther use TO me-accordingly un-
strapped and unlocked the portmanteau'
found the guidebook. took out lne
flowers from Capri. which were S'ii
between its leaves, opened ana ue
stroyed the envelope already addressed
added the daisies to the violets and put
the whole into a new inclosure, which
1 again directed. stamped and duly
dropped into the maiibox at the oahA-
er's. l am insistent upon these detaliS
because they particularly impressed
upon my mind the certainty that ootn
varieties of flowers were inelosed IN
the letter to my relative.
Subsequent events would have been
strange enough If had not placed the
flowers in the letter at all-but the
facts above described assure me that
there is no question that 1 did so, ana
make these after events more than ever
inexplicable.
So much for my own part In the
arrair-now for its conclusion in New
England.
ing at this time in a hotel in New
England city where she had suite OF
rooms comprising parlor. bedroom ana
bath. With her was child or some
eight years of age. daughter OF a very
dear friend, for whom she cared after
the death of the mother, some years
before. On the same floor OF the hotel
were apartments occupied by Mrs. -,
a woman whose name is well known IN
American literature and with whom my
relative sustained a very intimate
friendship. I am indebted for the facts
I am now setting down not only to my
relative, who gave me an oral account
of them on my return from abroad. but
also to Mrs. -, who made and pre-
served a written record of them at the
time.
About 10 days after I had posted my
letter incIosing the flowers from Capri
and Rome my relative suddenly awoke
in the middle of the night and saw
standing at the foot of her bed the form
of the child's mother. The aspect OF
the apparition was so serene and gra-
cious that, although greatly startled,
she felt no alarm. Then she heard as
IL from a voice at a great distance, the
words, Il have brought you some flow
ers from W." At the next instant
the figure vanished. The visitation had
been so brief that my relative, although
she at once arose and lighted the gas
argued to herself that she had beer
dreaming, and after few minutes ex-
tinguished the light and returned tc
bed, where she slept soundly until
o'clock the next morning.
Always an early riser, she dressed al
once and went from her bedroom, where
the child was still sleeping, to her par
lor. In the center of the room was
a table, covered with a green cloth
and .as she entered and chanced Il
glance at it she saw to her surprise &
number of dried flowers scattered ovel
1t. A part of these she recognized a.
violets, but the rest were unfamiliar
to her. although they resembled verI
small daisies.
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ella Matella. Every tourist knows and
has visited that beautiful memorial.
and so I do not need to describe its
massive walls, its roof, now fallen and
leaving the sepulcher open to the sky.
and the heavy turf which covers the
earth OF its interior This green carpet
of nature, when 1 visited the tomb,
was thickly strewn with fragrant vio-
lets, and of these. as of the daisylike
flowers 1 had found in Capri, I col
lected several and placed them in my
guide book, this time Baedeker's Cen
trail Italy" 1 mention these two books,
the Southern" and the Central Italy"
because they have an important bear
ing on my story.
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understand in what agreeable sur
rounSngs 1 find myself, as compared
with the ice and snow and bitter cold
which is probably your experience at
this season.
Having finished this letter, 1 took
from the guidebook on Central Italy"
violets from the tomb of Cecilia Ma
tella, inclosed them, with the sheets
had written, in an envelope, sealed
and addressed 1t, when 1t suddenly
occurred to me that I had left out the
flowers 1 had plucked in Capri. These.
1 recalled, were still in the guidebook
for Southern Italy" which 1 had laid
away in my portmanteau as Of no fur
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

The next day, calling at'my bankers,
posted before o'clock that afternoon
would be forwarded to catch the mail
for New York by a specially fast
steamer from Liverpool, and l has
tened back to my hotel with the pur-
pose of preparing, and thus expediting,
my much delayed correspondence. The
most important duty of the moment
seemed to be the writing of a letter
to a very near and dear relative of
mine in a certain city of New England,
and to this 1 particularly addressed
myself. l described my trip through
the Mediterranean and my experiences
in Naples and Rome, and concluded my
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ghost is lowering about grave it is probably
the eerc body shell of newly buried This ethec
matter is of cloudke ormaon though be the astral
body OF living haunting sleep the tomb of friend
again. may be materialzed thought form created by the
energy with which thinks of himself present that
particular spot These would be easily distingushabe
from the other by any astral vision
but unpractced person would be quite likely call them all
vaguely ghosts"
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letter as follows:
I'm Naples 1 found February to be
like our New England May, and in
Capri, which 1 visited on Washingtons s
birthday, 1 found the heights of the
island spangled over with delicate
flowers some of which l plucked and
inclose in this letter. And, speaking
of flowers, 1 send you also some vio-
lets which I gathered yesterday at the
tomb of Cecilia Matella, outside Of
Rome-you know about this monument,
or, if not, you can look up its history
and save me from transcribing a para
graph from the guidebook. l send you
these flowers from Naples and Rome,
respectively, in order that you may