The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1896, Page 17

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1896. 17 2 A DRIFTING SPAR RETURNED TO ME. BY THOMAS GRHGORY. My Surp WENT OUT ACROSS THE BAR— Day’s GoLDEN Car SwEPT THROUGH THE WEST—THE LIGHT WENT LING'RINGLY. THE WHITE Foc FLuNG Its FoLps AMONG THE CLIFFS—THE Buoy BELLS CLANGED A DREARY GLEE. THE FoaMYy BREAKERS WRITHED AND HISSED BeLow THE MisT— A PALE GuLy, LIKE A PAsSING GHOST, FLED DowN THE CoAsT, AND EERIE Noises IssuEp FRoM THE SEa. My SHIP WENT OUT ACROSS THE BAR— NEAR AND AFAR I Hearp HER SaILoRrs VoriciNG FuLL aND FREE A STORMY STAVE OF STORMY WAVE AND GALES THAT HEAVE THE:PLUNGING SURGE ALEE. THE Buoy BELLS CAUGHT AND RANG AGAIN THE WILD REFRAIN— ‘WiTH SaiL ASPREAD—A WINGED Mass I Saw HER Pass BEHIND THE VAPOR CURTAINS OF THE SEA. My Suip WENT OUT ACROSS THE BAR— A PEERING STAR Tr&oUGH WREATHS OF WHIRLING FOGBANKS SAw HER FLER Away, Away, BEYOND THE GRAY, Ewvi FLUSHING WEST—BEYOND MORTALITY. THE Rays FRoM OFF THE HARBOR-HEAD \ For HER WERE DEAD, No Guipine BEam FrRoM LIGHTHOUSE E’ER WeNT Out T0o HER Across THE GLooMY, TEMPEST-DARKENED SEA. My SHIP WENT OUT ACROSS THE BAR— I FEEL THE JAR OF OCEAN’S MIGHTY THUNDER SYMPHONY— A MONOTONE AGAINST THE STONE FouNDATIONS OF THE HiLLs. A Minor Ky Is IN THE VOICEFUL WIND; AS WHEN THE DROWNING MEN Go MoANING DOWNWARD IN THE WAVES, DowN IN THEIR GRAVES, AND SoUNDs OF SORROW CoME FRoM OFF THE SEA. My SuIP WENT OUT ACROSS THE BAR— THE SHADOWS ARE Now FALLING DARKLY OVER MAIN AND LEa. THE Buoy BELLs RING, THE Damp Foes FLING AMONG THE CLIFFS THEIR PALLID DRAPERY. THE STEELY, HIsSING BREAKERs REACH, ALONG THE BEACH, THEIR FOAMING, CURLING CRESTS OF SNOW— THE NIGHT STooPS Low UroN THE WEIRD, UNCANNY, STARLESS SEA. My SHIP WENT OuT ACROSS THE BAR— A DRIFTING SPAR 7as ALL THE DisMAL Waves RETURNED To ME, It ToLp No TALE OF REEF OR GALE— No WoRD oF OceaN’s TEMPEST TRAGEDY— No GHOSTLY CADENCE OF THE STRONG, ‘WiLD SAILOR SonG. THE PALE GuLL Porsep on LEVEL WING, LoOKED WONDERING DowN oN THE WaIF, ToSSED BY THE CRUEL SEA. A STORY ABOUT THE SULTAN. 1415 Offered as Explaining Why Turkey’s Navy Is Useless. Why does the Sultan allow what was once a respectable fieet to rot to ieces an- chored off Stamboul? Simply because he considers an ironclad a dangerous instru- ment in the hands of any Minister or reso- lute commander. It is true that there are 10 ships to guard his coasts, but also there are none to steam up the Bosphorus and throw a shell into his palace, and that is the first thing to be thought of. The incident which led. to the order for the extinction of the Turkish navy was as follows: A transport was bringing a num- ber of time-expired men home. when the: respectfully mutinied and ‘begged their officers to go below, as they wished to do something which might not ve approved of. Some non-commissioned officers then took command and anchored off Dolma Bagtcheb, and, after firing a small salute, began shouting, *‘Long live the Sultan!” This demonstration caused immediate confusion at the palace, and various high officials were dispatched to parley with the mutineers, but they insisted on seeing the Minister, and when he at last appeared they said that they knew that the Sultan had given the money to pay them, but that they had not received it, and they would . not budge until they did. No arguments were of any avail, and the money had to be sent for and distributed, after which the men weighed anchor with a cheer and gave up the ship again. The Suitan, however, reflected that what a transport had done peaceably a heavily armed man-of-war might do with evil in- tent, and calling Hassan Pasha to him, he declared that he wanted no more navy. In | this light-hearted manner a branch of na- tional defense which had been thejpride of its officers was sacrificed to the royal fears for personal safety, and Hassan Pasha, who has steadily carried out his master’s programme, has ever since been in high favor and 1s, to all intents and purposes, Minister for life,—London Standard. A WOMAN WHOSE TWD DIVERSE ‘NATURES BECAME ACQUAINTED BY W. C. MORROW. [The recent publication of an account by me of a resident of San Franeisco who lost four years by living a life in that interval which was totally strange to his ordinary experience has called forth the following remarkable doc- ument written and addressed to me by a woman, who begs that her identity be not dis- closed. It will be seen to differ radically from the case which I presented in a way which the document itself explains. Apparently it is written in all sincerity and for a very useful pur- pose, as it informs those Who may be thus af- flicted concerning some matters which will have a strong interest for them; but it has a wider usefulness than that, in approximately unveiling one of the profoundest mysteries of the human mind, and in suggesting wonderful possibilities to all.—W. C. M.] Iam about 30 years of age, have a fair education and, as may be supposed, am of a nervous temperament. Up to the time, about four years ago, when I fell down a stair and suffered a severe injury of the brain I was perfectly healthy, not at all nervous, inclined to a quiet life and seden- tary pursuits, and was a hard student of music, in which. by reason of the posses- sion of what were supposed to be uncom- mon talents, it was my great ambition to become famous. My mind was slightly deranged by my fall, and hence I was taken to a distant city as soon as I could be moved, in order that I might be treated by a famous spe- cialist in nervous disorders. I quickly re- covered my physical health under his min- 1strations, but the remarkable part of it all was that my whole nature was changed. Not only that, but I had forgotten all the experiences of my prior life, having even lost every trace of knowledge of my lan- guage. I waskept secluded in a sanita- rium for several months, during which time I had tolearn everything as would an infant; but I progressed very rapidly and when discharged was competent to pass as an ordinary girl. The most fascinating subject with which I had to deal was a study of my former life as it was detailed to me by my patient mother, who was my constant instructor and comfort. It was clear to her and to the specialist having charge of my case that I was another being entirely. It is interesting now to reflect that I preferred my new self to the old, and that I cherished a certain contempt for the creature whom I had supplanted. It never occurred to me at that time that there was really only one of me, and that these two strangely different identities were merely distinct manifestations of a single character. It was only long afterward that this wonderful phase of the subject occurred to me, or that I came to realize the im- portance of seeking out the mystery which lay behind my condition. In those early months I assumed merely that my old self had been destroyed and that a new and wholly separate character had sup- planted it. I know now that such an as- sumption was absurd, and that there was neither destruction nor creation. Had I been, in that new condition, as earnest a student as I was before and am now, my subsequent discoveries might have been easier and of far greater value. It is for the purpose of showing how 1 brought these two parts of me to an acquaintance with each other that this is written. From having been a student with un- common musical talents and a high am- bition, I was now merely such a girl as one sees in fashionable society on every hand—light-hearted, pleasure-loving, de- voted to the frivolities of life, cheerful, fond of dancing and society, possessed of no ambition and blind to every sense of responsibility and power as a comely young woman. It could hardly be ex- pected of such a girl that she would set herself to any serious task, much less one so strange and bewildering as that of solving the complex mystery of her mind. For a clear understanding of all that happened afterward it is necessary for me to reopen a painful chapter of my life and seemingly violate the reserve and good taste which should form partof a woman’s character. But it affects the subject of ! love; and as this and all that it leads to constitute the most vital interest of life, I drag it forth in order to show how com- pletely T changed—how the very funda- mental principle of my existence appeared in different and opposing aspects. I became deeply attached to a young man whom I met 1n the fashionable so- ciety to which I belonged. He was identi- cally like all other young men who find pleasure in such a life. His habits were good, his dress faultless, his dancing per- fect and his ability as a critic of art ana decorated china most entertaining. We wefp very much in love with each other were arranging to be married (our ap- proaching nuptials having been already announced), when another extraordinary bappening befell me. g It came about in this wise: My physician never lost sight of me, but made a deep and almost daily study of me. It is not for me either to condemn or praise him for an experiment which he made upon me; it is necessary merely to say that I con- sented to it. My mother was violently op- posed, for, to tell the truth, she was not at all backward in making me know that sne preferred me as 1 was then to the earnest, serious student of former days. She her- self was a woman of society, and as I was her only child she had looked forward to the time when I should participate with her in the pleas- ures of which she was fondest. But I had inherited the tastes of my father, who had died when I was a child, and sol wasa great disappoinlment to my mother, and no spiritual or mental sympathy had ex- isted between us before I tell down the stair. After that occurrence she and I were in perfect accord and she was very kappy over the fact. Naturally she feared that any further experiment might restore me to my old condition, in which I would be again, in a measure, lost to her. An unaccountable perversity determined me to disobey her and submit to the pro- posed experiment. I am convinced now that while such an act was entirely incon- sistent with my whole nature as it was then, there was something aeep within me demanding dumbly to be recognizea and assisted. In other words, that part which had formerly controlled my con- duct, and which was merely held in re- pression, demanded its share in the oppor- tunity for development which my living and breathing and moving presented. It must have been that I listened to this pleading, or that some profound principle within me was directing my course. At any event I rebelled against my mother’s influence and authority and sub- mitted to the experiment. 3 This consisted merely in a tréphining op- eration. When it had been performed I suddenly changed back to my former and normal condition, retaining no recollec- tion of anythiug that had happened in the .| interval of three years, It seems some- what strange that as a frivolous society girl I very industriously kept a journal. A fascinating. pastime of the suc- ceeding few months was a study of it and an eager inquiry into every detail of my life. My physician was of great assistance to me in this, and I may say here that his pride and gratification over the success of his experiment were boundless, and hat he liked me far better | asmy old self than as the light-hearted | girl whom he had lifted out of darkness. | As for my mother, her fear being realized, she was fora time unconsolable, but lat- terly has become reconciled. ‘When I was perfectly restored and began to long for the old scenes and occupations which I had abandoned three years before, the physician very earnestly said this to | me one day: “You were none the less yourself before | the operation than now. The puzzing | wproblem, which you alone can solve, if | that be possible, is this: We know that the part of you which has been repressed by a restoration of your skull to its former configuration is still within you, stronger now than before you fell down the stair, | because it has been developed by exercise and training. Where is that part of you? | Can you find it? Surely, it was charming | in its way and it is a pity to see its activity | destroyed. Can you not drag it forth and become acquainted with it? If so you will have done a wonderful thing—some- thing rational, scientific, useful and nat- | ural and utterly unlike the idle and whim- , sical conceit of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” The subject at once developed an extra- | ordinary fascination for me. We discussed it often and deeply, and it was ludicrously pitiful to see the helplessness of that giant | intellect as 1t groped and grasped in search | of some means for bringing the other part | of me to the light. Finally it was agreed between us that | there was only one way in the world to ac- | strange thing that was going on within me was when 1 discovered that recollections of my fiance were no longer disagreeable, This slowly developed into a positive lik- ing for him, and then into a great desire to see him. The doctor was my full con- fidant in all these matters, and he took the liveliest interest in them. I shall never forget the day when, after I had shown a strong spirit of rebellion over my confinement and a compleie lack of interest in my quest, I boldly told my physician that the whole proceeding was a farce, that T had failed utterly and that I wanted to see my mother and my lover. The physician sprang to his feet in great excitement and asked: ““And your other self never visits you now ?” “I have no other self!” I impatiently exclaimed. ‘““And you remember all that you did after you fell down the stairs?” “Of course I do,” I answered. never forgotten it!” “You remember all of your life before that accident?” “Certainly.” “Then, my young friend,” he cried in an ecstasy of delight, “you have won the victory, and itis the most wonderful in all history—you have dragged forth your light-hearted seli and made it a part of you. Your two distinct identities, your two separate and opposing consciousnesses, have become amalgamated, and you, as I see you here, are the product of both ina most charming combination.” But it all seemed foolish and idle to me, “I had | and Lcould not patiently listen to him giving me a scientific explanation of it. I know that as T am now I am both studious and fond of society. Really it does seem that Tam different from what I had been in either of my former conditions, and I am willing to let the physician’s explana- tion of it close the case— Except that I might add this: I am very, very fond of my old lover, who is none the less my lover because he happens to be my husband. & PALO ALTO'S SKELETON. What Became of the Remains of the Famous Racehorse. ‘When the great stallior Palo Alto died | about four years ago hundreds of thou- sands of horse-lovers felt real grief for a short time. But the feeling of sorrow did s PALO ALTO SKELETON IN A DARK CORNER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, [From a sketch made by a “Call” artist.) complish the seemingly impossible; but before proceeding to that part of the nar- rative I must revert again to my love ai-| fair. Of course you have already anticipated what course that matter took. My fiance (whom I did not remember at all) was utterly distasteful tome. At first 1 was glad to have had my eyes opened con- cerning him, but then reflected that | he was perfectly worthy of such re- gard as it had been possible for me | in another condition to bestow upon him. But to my reawakened perception he seemed so utterly shallow, so lacking in the depth and strength which go to the making of men who might command my admiration and affection, that I could barely tolerate his society. He could not comprehend the change which had oc- curred in me; nor realize that the nature which he had learned to love had stepped back into oblivion and was no more before him. But his despair was so touching that 1t grieved me to the heart, and this greatly assisted me in the task which T now set for myself. The plan agreed upon by the physicicn and me was that I should go into strict re- tirement and undergo.a long and vigorous course of introspection, concentrating my whole attention on the task of searching within me for that light-hearted, genial part which everybody had loved. A remarkable thing happened two months after I had put this plan in opera- tion—my other self began to appear to me in my sleep. I kept a close record of those dreams, and as I read them now I am impressed with the pathos and tragedy of them. At first we were distrustful of each other. My dominating conscions- ness was my serious, studious self, ana I call that part of me I. My other self held me in a certain Iudicrous awe, while I treated her with a kind of disdain. Bu: she was so sunny, and I was really so eager to cultivate her, that we made prog- ress and eventually became good friends in dreamland. My physician was the only person who bad access to me, and when I reported these dreams to him he exclaimed that T was in the way of success. We talked long and seriously over many straoge problems that presented themselves. One of them concerned immortality, for it was a question which, if either, of my selves would _live hereafter. As this was all speculation, and is not relevant to the business of a plain narrative, I shall give no more space to their discussion. I pursuedt ‘my rigorous course diligently and faithfully, denying myself sufficient food i order to secure a finer sense of per- ception by keeping my physical nature in repression. Presently it came about that my other self’s visitations were not con- fined to my slumbering hours. If I kept the room absolutely dark and my atten- tion sharply concentrated on the subject for many hours, 1 could feel that my other self was with me, at first externally, in the room, and then within me. From this I gradually passed to another stage, in which I was often uncertain which of my- selves was dominant. At all events, we were in perfect harmony of purpose and both worked assiduously to a common notlast long. In fact most people forgot all about it in a few weeks. It was announced in the newspapers that Senator Stanford had been offered a great | sum for the skeleton, but had refused it as it was his intention to put in the museum at Palo Alto after it was properly prepared and mounted. Whatever the Senator’s intentions may have been they were never carried out, for theskeleton is at present in a dark unused room of the Academy of Sciences in this City and has beensince a few weeks after the horse’s death. It seems that Senator Stanford was deeply afflicted by the death of his favo- rite and at once made arrangements to preserve the remains. The bones were ship&e«l to this City and given in charge of ‘W. G. Blunt, who had orders to clean and articulate them and put them in present- able shape for exhibition purposes. Mr. Blunt had a several months’ job be- fore him and did his work in the basement of the Academy of Sciences. The bones had to be boiled and bleached and put through several processes so as tc remove all animal grease and prevent deconposi- tion. They bad also to be filled with poi- sonous chemicals to prevent the ravages of vermin. The work of putting the bones together again was a most delicate task that consumed several weeks. When the skeleton was in shape and the bones occupied the same relative position to one another that they did when Palo Alto was alive Mr. Blunt moved 1t up- stairs to an unused room ready for the inspection of Senator Stanford.” But the Senator never came to see it because he was prostrated by the illness that eventu- ally caused his death. Since then the skeleton has remained in the same room. .It has been covered with a few old oil cloths and pushed into a dark corner. In general appearance the skeleton of Palo Alto does not differ much from the skeletons of other horses, but a close in- spection reveals a delicacy of bone and large joints that carried the powerful muscles of the racehorse. The articula- tions are all unusually large, with smooth, lubricating surfaces. “The loofs ure very small. ‘The ankles are long and with heavy joints. Although the face is noth- ing but bones, it really looks as though one could see the same gentle ex- pression it bore in life. The ribs are re- markably smali, but must have been very flexible to allow the expansion of the pow- erful lungs. Standing alone in the musty corner, cov- ered with the ragged old cloths and the dust of nearly three years, it is hard to realize that those bones once belonged to the greatest horse of the time. Just what will eventually be the fate of the skeleton is a matter of conjecture, ‘What became of the skin of the famous racer appears to be a mystery. ———— A Big Black Diamond. Henri Moisson recently exhibitea at the French Academy of Sciences a black diamond as large as a man’s fist, which is valued at about $40,000. It is said to be the largest black diamond ever found, and was picked up in Brazil by a miner work- ing in private grounds. It weighed 3000 carats, or about twice as fixuch as the largest stone of the kind hitherto dis- covered. 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