Evening star., 1909-06-27

by Fraulein Tiedemann, beautiful
child Of fifteen, who had developed some
alleged talent as an amateur writing me-
diIm- A circle having been formed round
the table shtver passed over the child
and. after impulsively grasping a pencil.
held out to her, she wrote in a jerky way
Abraham Lincoln's spirit was announced
ana In answer to questions stated that
PRESIDENT johnson would want Mr.. schurz
TO undertake an important journey for
him; also that Mr.. Schurz would one day
SIT In the United States Senate.
Prom what slater asked schurz.
From Missouri" answered the girls
pencil. with another Jerk
And President Johnson did surprise
Schurz next day by sending him on a
Journey. And two years later the great
German-American was surprised by an
entirely unsought and unexpected bus-
ness proposition which took him to Mis-
souri,. from which state he was elected to
the Senate.
A clairvoyant cats attack upon dogs
ghost 1s the unique case reported by Here
ward Darlington. mentioned above in con-
nection with the spinning coins. A man
and two women were walking down lane
In q New York village, where Mr.. Car
women saw a yellow, long nosed, curly
tailed dog running along the path just
ahead and in what to her was plain sight.
Although It was perfectly light and the
ground was open and nat, her two COM
panions could see nothing. In spite Of her
pointing to the middle of the road. right
before them, and describing the animal
minutely. The Proup was discussing the
mystery when cat came suddenly from
house, ran ahead of them, raised its
back. spat and struck with its paw. The
one woman distinctly saw the angered
animal strike the dog. but the other two
pedestrians saw the cat merely strike the
air. Only when she moved her eyes to
now watch the fleeing cat back into the
house did she lose sight OF the dog which.
by the time she had returned her gaze
toward 1t. had disappeared. So here were
a cat and a woman who could see dog
which was invisible to q man and wom-
an. It Is claimed that the woman was
a clairvoyant So, then. must the cat
have been, also. Perhaps the colored
folks are right. after all. in their estimate
Of the psychic powers Of the feline!
We have read Of the writing on the
WALL" at Belshazzar's feast, but have
accepted that as a miracle which cannot
be repeated in these material tines But
Prof Hyslop knows personally young
woman who claims to have profited by
such g. miracle, again and again. But
we will let her tell her own story:
II went into Roman history class with
out having looked at my lesson. I was
not in the habit OF bluffing, so when the
teacher called upon me to answer a ques-
ton I rose and commenced to say: I
do not know my lesson today when sud-
denly on the blackboard behind me ap-
peared in red letters, the answer to the
question. I hesftated and then read
aloud what was written on the board. 1t
proved to be the correct answer. The
red letters did not look like chalk but
like ink. This occurred several times
during the year, but only In this one sub
ject, Roman history
That was handy ghost to have around.
as Is this sporty specter which now and
then does a good turn for Mr.. W. II. s.,
another correspondent of the society: 'T
made a mental request that the colors Of
the winner of the Suburban be shown to
me-" he reports. Tho request was
shortly followed by a mental picture OF
Jockey on a horse, the colors on the
Jockey being rather a brilliant blue and
three or four days afterward, with sixteen
colors as above. That was John A.
no faith in the picture received and when
betting paid no further attention to the
to 1 and came In first This gentleman
Il closed my eyes while lying down." he
suddenly showed up before my face