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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. He went to the pol
ler's field on a moonless night, sat
down <t short distance from the grav
(carelessly l«-it nnlv half filled up)
which had been pointed out to him us
that HI the late burglar, and proceed
ed to wait for something to happen.
N'othinu did happen for quite a while,
and he was Jus! making up his mind
that he had come on a tool's errand
wberi he descried a dim light iiiime
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Thobe Who Are Ut»ers of the
Telephone.
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diatel.v over the grave. 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
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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
<ay going on v.-ry gradually*, they
pass oft slowly, by evaporation, and
not in aiij such u u y as that above de
M rlh« d. They present themselves to
the view, in darkness, as mere client
leal emanations lumlnesceui, blown
about by light airs, or dissipated en
tlrely for the moment by H passing
gust of wind. In all probability they
consist mainly of phosphorus.
One cannot capture a *host of this
kiMl It cannot be trapped In a bos
or a bottle and conveyed to a scleiitifli
laboratory lor examination or analy
si* Hence It Is likely that the true
roin position of phantoms will fui«v*i
irmala a% much a inyttery it u t,,
do Hut (supposing the theory here
****' f " r,h correct» It in u, eotufort
to know, In » general way. what grave
yard »M*< ti» ■ w# made of.
When people are tuurdiied, and
their bod it* tas often hapons) »r.
burled in reilais or other damp placer
titeir KIK. ts, 101 the i heiul< al reason
-»lf »d* given, are part'malrly iik.o
to walk Ho says |»rol I'huilu* !•
Muuroe.ii famous .hernial. and dea
oi the Oeorgi' Washington Mitlvurult)
whu even «o<s so far as lo 4eelai
H a he could at a pinch produce |
l«t. laboratory phantoms tu ail Ii
• nn ii grave) nd» ate bopulun
j Z#)j£flsitEN
!^g#ABIIVET
,ln " of man.the sweetest charm of
woman, the scorn of rascals and the
rarest virtue of sociability.
—Stern an.
For a Yellow Luncheon.
During the golden rod season a very
attractive luncheon may be served.
Let the rooms and porches be deco
rated with the feathery yellow blos
som, having all the tabl" pieces low
and not too large.
For the menu serve a delicate soup
like cream of celery, and on top of
each place a spoonful of whipped
cream, and for the yellow color just
a suggestion of egg yolk from a hard
cooked egg put through a rlcer or
sieve. If one wishes to omit the
soup, a fruit course may be substi
tuted, or both may be served. For
the fruit course, the rich yellow of
musk melons served In balls mada
with a French potato cutter and
dressed with a bit of lemon juice and
powdered sugar, Is very good. For
the main dish, chicken croquettes
with white sauce garnished with
grated yellow cheese, might prove
most appetizing.
With the Ice cream, tfhich will be
plain vanilla, serve preserved yellow
pumpkin. It tastes much better than
it sounds and is a beautiful yellow to
carry out the color scheme. Cut the
pumpkin in dainty cubes and pre
serve with orange and lemon. It is
the custom with many who entertain,
when carrying out a color scheme, to
tie the rolls with ribbon of the color
used In the decoration. Ribbon
seems very much out of place on food;
it may be used in the table decora
tion to advantage or to tie up small
boxes of candy as favors or in count
less pleasing ways, but as an orna
ment or garnish for food, It seems In
appropriate.
Mustard Pickles.
Take two quarts of small cucumbers,
the same of small onions and toma
toes, one quart of wax beans, three
green peppers chopped fine. Let stand
in salt water to cover over night, using
half a cupful of Bait in enough water
to cover tho vegetables, put a weight
upon them. In the morning scald un
til tender In clear water, drain and
pour over the following mustard prep
aration: Mix one-half pound of mus
tard, one-fourth of an ounce of tur
meric, three teaspoonfuls of celery
seed and three-fourths of a cup of
flour. Slowly add four quarts of vine
gar and cook until smooth.
I HE grandest thing in having
J/L. rights," "Hid Qeorge McDon
ald, "is that, being your rights, you can
give them lip." "Lovo seeketh not It*
own." It is ready always to yield even
ths.t which It might justly claim.
Digestible and Nutritious Foods.
There are those, who even yet, after
much has been said and written about
foods, their digestibility and value in
repairing waste and building tissue,
speak of digestible and nutritious as
synonymous terms.
Foods may be very easily digested
that contain little nutriment, for ex
ample, the oyster is easily digested
but Is not as nutritious as we once
supposed It to be. Gelatine is easily
digested but is of little value as a
food. The tissue-building foods are
milk, cheese, eggs, fish, lean meat
poultry, dried beans, peas, nuts and
grains.
Those foods that supply muscular
energy and if eaten in excess are
stored In the body In the form of fat.
are underground vegetables, corn,
rice, baron, olive oil, cream, butter,
grapes, dates, tigs, honey and sugar.
A digestible food Is one that Is as
similated. a nutritious food Is ono that
repairs waste, builds tissue and gives
heat and energy.
To Can Tomatoes.
Take one gallon of water, ono cup
ful of salt and when boiling drop in
peeled tomatoes nitd cook until thor
oughly scalded, place in cans, using a
skimmer to drain off all tho brine.
The juice of the tomatoes will make
• nough liquid to cover and the brine
may be reheated for other tomatoes.
Tlie brine at last inay b«* canned as
It will be less salty after using and
after stralnluK It may be used for
soups.
Corn Relish.
Put corn from 12 ears of corn, chop
a umalt head of eabbnge tine, sprinkle
silt all over the cabbage and let It
-'and three hours. I train off the water
md put coru and cabbage together,
eld one cupful of sugar, two quarts of
vinegar, niie haM cupful of ground mus
tard, four small red peppers chopped
Ine cook all until tender, seal In but
•| sor pint csiin If one does not Ilk*
-iibbage, celery may be substituted.
W iter Melon Rind Pickles.
Perl tie rlii.l and cut lu onnlnrh
dees, let stand over night In nail «a
•r Make a »>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
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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 |<ounds of meal and
oil cake mixed
The barn yards are paved with cob
ble stones to keep the cows oi;t of th«»
mud and the manure I* saved un
der sheds. Not a thing Is wasted.
There are very few creameries In
(England and the butter on the mar
ket Is all f.'trm butter but It la of flna
quality, generally a great d»al better
than our farmers make.
The prb-es for milk for the year
a\erases about $1 .'0 i»>r 100 pounds,
after the freight Is paid
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