(Stuff? * MI. ■■ , ■■ I —' IWI WI I!■■!»■ Ill" I j/ " - \ FTKIt all, it seems that 7 vif i) there really are such #*vi\ things as ghosts. Scl if? W\ enee at last accords fkv \Bft thorn a somewhat be- Im" lated recognition— VB \9\ though, of course, re x ®\ fusing to acknowledge csS» that they are super natural. On the cxm v trary (according to tlie newly accepted theory), they are to be classed as natural phenomena, chemical in char acter. Why is it that ghosts, since time immemorial, have been so intimately associated with graveyards? Why is It that the dead in cemeteries are so universally believed to "walk" at night? Why, when specters walk, are they so generally accustomed (in pop ular belief) to be sheeted —that is to say, clad in winding sheets —though nowadays people are nearly always buried in ordinary clothing? questions, and others equally interesting, (n regard to phantoms, sci ence is now for the first time prepared to answer. As to the first point, the reputation graveyards have for being haunted is attributable to the l'act that ghosts, of the kind now recogniz ed a*i real, do actually and not infre quently walk about in such places. They are seen at night (rather than 4« tlie daytime) because their chem ical constitution is such that they can not be visible except in darkness. Finally, they are (or rather, appear to be) "sheeted" for the reason that the gases of which they are composed— here we begin to come to the explana tion- -flicker and waver in a fashion suggestive of garments. For some reason not easy to ex plain, the dead are supposed to be hostile to the living. Few people there be who would not run, terror stricken, from a ghost, if they thought they saw one. But, making all allow ance for this fact, and for the influ ence of imagination, it still seems strange that the conviction that a graveyard is a dangerous and dreadful place to venture into at night should be so widespread even among educat ed persons. Nobody objects to enter ing, or wandering through, a burying gfround in the daytime—rather the contrary, indeed, most cemeteries be ing attractive spots. But at night it is different. The real cause of this fear lies in the circumstance that phantoms, for reasons presently to be made clear, are, and always have been, haunters of graveyards. People have been frightened by them time and time again, in such places. Other persons, who have not seen them, and who have professed disbelief, have never theless been influenced by testimony of the sort. Not often has anybody, witnessing a phenomenon of this kind, attempted to investigate it. Much safer doe:; it seem under such circum • tanefs to take to one's heels. Nothing but the skepticism of sci ence can fortify a man against the terror of such an experience. But, as It chaneed, some years ago, a govern ment anthropologist, of high reputa tion (now connected with the depart ment of agriculture), Prof. W. J. Mc- Qce, had an opportunity to study this matter at first hand, lie was living at the time in a small town. In the middle west, where, only a few weeks enrlicr, a burglar, engaged in the ex ercise of his hazardous profession, iiad been shot to death. Hastily bur ied, he might have boon expected to refrain from disturbing the commu nity further instead of which, he pro ceeded to "walk," his ghost being re jH-atetlly seen by a number of reliable witnesses, about the potter's licld where his grave was located. l'rf,'e> or Mitiep, being appealed to ■in the subject. In his capacity of sci entific investigator, fiually consented to look into It. 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As he gazed it became steadily more vivid and dis tinct, appearing to hover in the air— a flame-like, restless thing, about the height of a man and rather strikingly resembling the popular conception of a ghost. When he attempted to approach tho strange object it disappeared. He went back to the place where he had been seated, and it became visible again. Every now and then a gust of wind would seem to "blow it out," and it would vanish for the moment, pres ently reappearing. Apparently its movements were caused by the breeze, its wavering suggesting drapery. But presently the professor saw another ghost, of similar aspect, not far away, and then another and another, until there were at least half a dozen. It was not surprising that the townspeo ple (crediting a report to the effect that the burglar's wife and children, deprived of the family breadwinner, had died of starvation) should declare that these unfortunates cante at night to dance over the graves. Porfessor McGee found it impossi ble to gr' within a dozen feet of the phantoms, which would always vanish on his near approach. He is unable to explain this circumstance; but he became convinced through careful study of the apparitions that they were nothing more nor less than gas eous emanations of a self-luminous character. in ail probability they were largely composed of phosphorus, derived from the dead bodies of peo ple buried in tho potter's Held. Here, then, is an explanation of the reason why ghosts haunt burying grounds. They are in fact a natural (not supernatural) product of grave yards. as one might say. In the body of nn adult human being there arc GG ounces of phosphorus, seven-eighths of this quantity being contained in the bones (where it goes to make phos i i hate of lime), while there are 4 ' ounces in tho red corpuscles of the : blood, and nearly half an ounce in the brain. The processes of decay set this phosphorus tree in the gaseous state— under which circumstances, atmos pheric conditions being favorable*, It : liable to produce, In the night time, c fft'ctg such as those above described. As is well known, decomposing vege table matter in swaiupy places yields the I ill Wbi-u finally «hi- "jjot hrr purl) iln Mlrniu in ta«r hlgh-pitchcd soil" in I" It liupuiilblv for hwp to b« rh-urly iinderniooil. Th«i» hlu> not angry uy in liiM uuHf "central" hud not "giv'ii ti.-r u li«ii»t i-oniitxilon," and finally c'.imi MW'itv ironi tln: Ivlepbon* in urly in it hum* of in-rvoiiii tollupuf, mid lti»is.U*d thit 1 In- {< Inphoun would lliiuliy tnii het lift* I do not think thui hlte Oh.'" »i|»|i««'tid I hit! III" wllol* •liiii ut fHttyut' with Ii bud almost h. might un lltm 1 upon ln-r mum Mb Miluitdy uud i-niir«ly In r own fault A llllii • I'll > r lill full, lu N' I'VtfM Jllld f'i>lliUii.li .-!• inn 1 Ne* Hh,i«« of the Moon. Hi', |M|I4 *«' l" <\< IHIUMxt 4 lit tU* prutthir 1 itiiitiiH io*«i«| till- 11.non ttbnb, lot amino iimum-iii*. hud b<*»o laddt-u to h<• id 'hi 11111M1 in opuu HVkiR Enjoyed it. it id yoi clip') yum vtuiluNt" ,\t i|| i||M *Ol id My ..111- |i-MI ft tuiilitb I* Ul) tul CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1910 an emanation that Is highly phosphor escent, causing the phenomenon term ed "wiil-o'-the-wisp," or "elf fire." It is not reasonable to suppose that there is some relation, in respect to cause, between the wlll-o'-the wisp (which occasionally misleads unfor tunate travelers Into boggy places) and tiie "corpse candles" said to be often seen moving about in the mys terious and awesome darkness of cemeteries? The "sheeted dead" are alleged to carry these candles in their ghostly hands when they walk about afnong the graves at night. The skeleton of an adult human being contains about four pounds of the metal calcium. This, In fact, is the most abundant metallic element of the body structure. In the fluids of the body, also, there is a good deal of it. liut calcium and phosphorus, when combined, form a self-lgnltable substance. Indeed, water will set It on fire. If a bit of phosphide of cal cium be dropped into a saucer of wa ter, it will instantly burst Into flame, on which account, in the laboratory, to protect it from dampness, it has to be kept in an air-tight Jar. Three other self-lgnitable sub stances, all of them metals, are con tained in the human body. One of these (about two ounces in quantity) is the silvery-white magnesium—of fa miliar use for flashlight purposes by photographers. The other two are sodium and potassium—rather more than five ounces of each. A piece of the former, if thrown into water, bursts into a rosy flame, and swims about violently on the surface until burned out. The latter is likewise set afire by contact with water, on touch ing which it explodes like fireworks, throwing a shower of sparks into the air. As for magnesium, it is so fierce ly combustible that it haR to be kept tightly corked In glass bottles, to pre vent it from igniting. Thus I* appears that the human body contains, in considerable quanti ties, quite a number of substances which ar< self-lgnitable, and fiercely t'.oj-on coming into contact with water The marvel is that we refrain from going oft by spontaneous combustion, so to speak, while we are alive. When burin-1, these substances, of course, convert themselves Into gases, whlcli nie luminous I'nder favoring urave yard conditions (the processes of de rup •<( four i un.li of .gar tM MlMflNMi d ground Itlltau ou. on t> a*|'OOltfUl uf rloves id i»M iii if v lit gar Tie (he litre* lu a cli-Oi, imur th« hot syrup er the drained melon rtnd add the |«m. l«t ktaud 34 hours MMrf NM .. »yrup four mwriiings lu suecu j « • "Jlrf /y FENCE PREVENTS WOLVES FROM DEVOURING SHEEP Best Protection Against Destructive Beasts Is Woven Wire Fence With Barb Wire Stretched Across the Top. In answering a query as to the best method of preventing wolves from de stroying a sheep flock, the Wisconsin Agriculturist publishes the following: Many bells on a flock of sheep will no doubt do good service toward keeping wolves off though they would not be proof against attacks from the bolder animals. A few well trained shepherd dogs would serve the pur Wolf and Dog Proof Fence for Bheep. pose better and would make very ser viceable animals in other respects in helping to attend to large flocks. The best protection against wolves for the flocks, however, would be wolf-tight woven wire fence, with barb wires stretched at the top so as to prevent the wolves from getting over and into the sheep pastures. Such a fence must also be built close to the ground to present the wolves from digging their way through underneath. A barb wire stretched tightly along the ground line will be very serviceable In this respect. The woven wire fence should be at least as high as any farm fence ordinarily In use Is, and pieces of 2x4's should be nailed or COMFORT FOR FARM STOCK Should Bo Fed at Regular Times and Never- Roughly Handled by Being Chased by Hog or Left in Cold. (By A. D. WILSON, University Farm. St. Paul, Minn.) One of our good dairy farmers, liv ing in Carlton county, who Is also a Farmerg" Institute lecturer, Mr. F. B. McLeran, In talking on "Care of Dairy Cattle." always emphasizes the importance of making the stock com fortable. He says that If they are made uncomfortable by being fed at Irregular times, so that they spend a great deal of their time expecting to be fed, tho discomfort shows In lower production. If they are made un comfortable by having a poor bed. by being roughly handled, by having a dog set on them, or by being left out in the cold or allowed togo thirsty, these conditions result in decreased production. He emphasizes the fact that one of the great advantages of weighing the milk every day, from each cow, is that It gives one a quick check on any condition that brings about discomfort to his animals. If any cow shows a dropping ofT of her milk flow, us a rule a little observa tion wii. show that she has been made uncomfortable In some of the ways mentioned above; and, knowing these facta, the farmer Is able to check these unfavorable conditions quickly. One of the points thut Mr. McLeran especially emphasizes is the import ance of not allowlug the cows to | out In the winter when they are un- j comfortable, lie states that a good way to determine this Is to take off i your coat and «*o out in the yard with the cows, stand around and act Just as the cows do. When you begin to fei! uucomfortahle and feel like imlng Into thu house, put the rows In the bam, Autos on the Farm. Some people have an idea that the farmer will not be able to properly care for his machine, but my exper!- ence has been that thu farmers who have called for licenses have been fully conversant with the workings of their machines—lu fact, many farmers COMFORTABLE FARROWING PEN . 'SSI# .; * * ,-»U i , *• Tho hr< m) idwi mufet Nhw *fry **n»t spiked to the tops of nil the post* projecting outward from the field en' closed for sheep pasture at an angle of 45 degrees to the upper parts of the posts. The pieces of 2x4's should be 18 to 20 inches long and to them thq barb wires should be stapled. The fence thus made will prevent the wolves from getting over as they cannot get over the projecting barb wire arrangement even though they manage to get up the woven wire to Its top. The accompanying illustra tion showß clearly how the fence la built. Such a fence la of service to any sheep farmer who wishes an effi cient means of protecting his flocks against sheep-killing dogs as well as against wolves. High Prices for Horses. We may well doubt the prediction that the automobile will soon put the horse out of business and reports from every section of tho west show that well-bred animals are selling at $350 to SSOO per pair. are better informed on mechanics, gas oline engines and the like than the average city man who applies for a license. There Is another view held by many city people which is wrong, and that is that the farmer will be content with a small horsepower mo tor car, says a writer In Baltimore American. As a matter of fact, when a farmer gets a car he wants it so con structed that he can use It for pleas ure and for business, and that is the reason that they generally want their cars to have 40 horsepower or bet ter. Time and help are the two things now at a premium on the Ohio farm, and, as an auto saves both, there Is an increasing Interest in the subject I feel certain that the present fall and rprlng will be by far the best selling time for farm autos ever seen. HOW ENGLISH RUN DAIRIES Cows Are Not Soiled to Any Great Extent but Puatura Is Depended Upon for Entire Summer Feed. In England cows are not soiled to any great extent but pasture is de pended upon for the entire summer feed. They say over there that It takes two acres to keep a cow going as she should. Early in August tho cows are turned on the aftermath of the meadows and 'later changed back and forth hot ween the pastures and the meadow. When takea ofT the pastures In late summer the cows are fo 1 a little cot ton seed cake but they do not get much grain at any time. In the winter they are fed roots- - 40 to 70 pounds per day, about 15 l>oundM of straw, half as much hay and about eight |r 100 pounds, after the freight Is paid r« t»» van b* 1444H * iM Mi u*i» • MMit ui ' ««11 if* {iHt « ' illy itmm 'MHft * tit**)* Y%I »4N Ik Ml tb*4t! 111 UiHfc 4tit!