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A DREAMER OF DREAMS.

A Ch5chgeWoman Relates Her Remarkable
Exrerieuces-How Dreams arc Reliable
or the Contrary-The Genuine Article
Described nna niustrated.fTT II
The Chicago Inter- Ocean prints a
communication which says
I want every person who reads this to
understand that it is the plain, I'M
varnishedtruth. Being natural, l should
commence with childrens dreams. OF
course they are morsfoolish and harder
to understand than grown persons on
account or the immaturity Of their
minds; nevertheless; they have o deep
meanings My dreams were always hints,
or, more properly. significant OF the
future. MY Oldest sister was aware of
thissand often asked mewhat / dreamed.
T told her T dreamed brothercame home
and left his bones. Sheseemed excited,
and sat down and wrote him a letter,
telling him to come. home Immediately,
as some great danger threatened him.
He replied to her letter, made light of
her warning, and ended by saying that
was some of her told woman's notions"
Mark what followed In about six weeks
he was brought home a corpse, being
greatly reduced in flesh, having died of
typhus fever. I will relate another
child's dream. A little boy, four years
old, dreamed he vent into a certain
room, and saw5aJ mans head lying
on the floor Some timssafter a man
died IN the same room after a lingering
illness.
The dreams of some persons are not
reliable. Persons having weak minds
and crooked ways couldSnot be expected
to dream straight. The general unbelief
in dreams comes mainly from this cause.
When we moved to Illinois my husband
wished to purchase q span of"herses.
The result was, old nags,f in various
stages Of decay, were brought and rep
resented as sound and without blemish.
In every instance detected what allied
them, and their peculiar traits. To
make a long story short, I will merely
relate one dream. / imagined myself
sitting in the house, when a woman ien-
tered without ceremony. She held her
head slightly back, and T. noticed wrin-
kles extending from her ears to her
eyes, which gave her a look of great
suffering. I.asked her what allied her.
She said: "I have been afflicted with a
pain in the back of my neck. They
have rubbed all kinds of strong stuff on
it, but nothing does It any good" She
said a great deal which is not necessary
to mention. The next day about noon a
mar drove up to the gate with a span Of
mares, which he wisledto sell for $3.50
apiece. Ny husband examined them,
and could see nothing amiss, but said he
would not take them until I looked ut
them. As I walked from the house to
the.gate, I noticed n of the mares held
her head back, had her ears cropped,
and also wrinkles extending from her
ears to her eyes. I bid the man the
time of day, and then said: "There is
something the matter with that off
mare" AS soon as I said that he gave
a sudden start, as though something had
bit him. I felt certain I had hit the
nail on the head, so I said: Husband,
go around and loose the collar and see
if there is not something the matter
with the back of her neck" AS o o az
he touched the harness she kicked like
vengeance. At this tho man seemed to
recover from his fright, and said: sob,
don't do that! I have been rubbing
strong stuff on her neck, and she is
afraid you are going to rub some on"
After the collar was removed it wa
evident she had IN incurable disease;
and her neck was minus a pound of