Show NATIONAL GHOSTS THAT HAUNT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL A sory ot that at feht when the ot llla L lla are gloomy binl Denert cd nc told by one of the kiil like most good storied stori ec the ancient man who haa ades as a guard the capitol in washington did not yield up the fullness of bla riches without a struggle its unpleasant to be made a mock of by the skeptical ho protested do lu ghosts young many it answering in the affirmative begets an interesting tale I 1 do returned the writer well on tho premise that you do believe to some extent in the supernatural I 1 will admit you to ray confidence resumed the dolfl guard and hero goes for the authentic yam odthe shooks spooks that haunt abo nations capitol in the long monotonous watches 0 the night innumerable are tho shooks spooks hobgoblins hob goblins and the eerie vapory things which glide from the shadowy nooks and crannies of tho intangible nowhere to people tho capatola vast of darkness of course you know of alio extraordinary acoustic freaks which obtain in many parts 0 the great building how a whisper a breathed word at one particular point Is at another scores of feet distant yes novi at night these acoustic spirits simply go mad where they by day apro pygmies they expand into giants and a whistle a sudden sound a footfall resolves itself into a pandemonium dem weird terrifying noises beat upon the eardrums of the watchmen as they purdue their lonely patrols through the seeming miles of corridors and then tho shooks spooks the shades of the nations great the astral bodies of those that toiled in obscurity for the nations good dodge the watch mens step some grand and awful in their dignity borne creeping humbly about in apologetic silence some laughing but all of them horrible horrible theold man paused to rouse do you know he said breaking into bis own reverie explosively feb 23 1 a date dreaded by many of the capitol night guards it was on this day in 1848 that john quincy adams died in the chamber of the house of representatives now statuary hall where the exact spot is marked by a brans tablet promptly at midnight on every of bis death the abado of john quincy adams appears in a sort of phosphorescent glow over this brass tablet oh dozens have seen it from lime to time as well as I 1 and I 1 can refer you to many of them for affirmation of my assertions over the spot the shade begins ao 40 gesticulate after the manner of a member addressing the house aben all of a budden the fine taca becomes distorted and agonized the gracefully waving arms fall convulsively and down sinks tho alindo with all the ache the phosphorescent glow fades away and the ethereal effigy dissolves put although lost eight of its arca mice Is baill made known by the clump flop hop of invisible foot falig departing down one of the long vacant corridors stranger than this is the ghost 0 the entire congress 0 which appears in vigorous it spooky session every once in awhile in statuary hall the old hall pt representatives as I 1 have pl remarked inaudible but are alie debates energetic to alio bursting point of vehemence are the silent political dissensions provoked by a doubting thomas a mem 1 her of the capitol night watch several years ago made affidavit that he had seen this ghostly congress in josslon js slon yes he wis a sober mah and true the of john A logan is visitor atthe capitol almost every night at half past 11 this ghost materializes at the door of uio by the committee on military and militia silently the door 1 owns open and out be looming and luminous stalk stalken ln stately alg atty awa into the gloom this H a favorite phantom with the guards dig Is exemplary then thore is the shade of vice who died in hla room in he senate end of alie wall recall 1 are few and desultory when it daei come ts always ati expression of concern and pelt absorption in the ghostly face alie of ulie vapory body anal hurried i all Q jhc thc older of the night watch aro well acquainted with vice Wll sons apparition and near fall to salute it although truth to tell the remains haughtily in to this spook rarely fullam appearance when the liode of a dead legislator or bt renown Is lying in state in capitol ln the vaults shooks spooks of lesser revel in hordes I 1 mincel lately bonrath boncath bon cath abo liall of representatives every night Is to be found a tall erect specter whose identity has a mystery iff of efforts on the part of the night watch to uncover the secret of its origin and antecedent its tends arc clasped its transparent back in a convulsive clutch and the face evinces a condition of emotions emo tiona prodigiously wrought upon many have been made by guarda with rubber on their shoes this Is tho invariable result Ir ctol it has blown into thin air be foro ohp watchman Is within forty tact cf ifer york herald |