The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-09
MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES.
Dreams and Premonitions Which Do Not
Come to Pass Are Forgotten.

Dreams and Premonitions Which Do Not
Come to Pass Are Forgotten.
"Im going to tell you something
that's true" said a Brooklyn MANTLE
other day to a New York Sun repor-
ter. "You can believe it or not, but
it's true. / have q cousin who went
to Europe for her health last year.
While in France she died. Comparing
time between France and America, it
must have been within an hour of her
death that her mother, who was knit
ting in the sitting-room at home laid
her knitting-work in her lap and look
ed up with a sort of stunned express
sion. why! Alice is dead!' she said.
Next day we got a dispatch by cable
saying she was dead"
sThere was" said another member
of the party, "a curious illustration of
mind-reading, or spiritual biography,
or whatever you like to call it, during
the war. You remember that thebat-
tie of Gettysburg was settled on the
Sd of July, though Lee lay on his arms
expecting another attack on the 4th,
and began his retreat that night. The
surrender of Vicksburg occurred on the
4th. Gettysburg and Vicksburg are
500 miles apart, or perhaps moro, and
no telegraph message had been re-
ceived at Gettysburg announcing the
surrender of Vicksburg-at least, if
there had been, it could hardly have
reached headquarters before shutdown
on the 4th. The 18th corps had been
drawn up in line ON the afternoon OF
the 4th with a view to changing posi-
ton, and was standing at in place,
rest when one of the soldiers ex-
claimed: Vicksburg's taken!' Theword
passed down the line, and a cheer broke
from the troops. That news and the
certainty that Lee had sustained O.
severe defeat put new life into them.
But when an attempt was made to
trace the news to official sources it
couldn't be done. That soldier felt it
in his bones,' and had spoken right
out. Nextday dispatches arrived that
proved that thesoldlerh had spokenthe
truth"
Eyes, those things are unaccounta-
ble," said a third speaker. 'The in
buttons, or whatevert they are, needn't
be so very important, either. | re-
member that my father was sitting In
his library one afternoon, when he
took out his watch looked at it, and
said: "E-will be here in ten min
| utes. E-was his brother-in-law,
who lived in a neighboring town. and
though hecalled frequently he was not
expected that day. After he had
| spoken, my father seemed rather sur
prised at himself, and laughed a lit
tie awkwardly. My mother asked
| how he knew that E---would bethere,
and he said he didn't know, he HAD
spoken on the impulse ofthe moment.
Sure enough, in ten minutes the bell
rang. E-was at the door. He had
only come to dinner, and his visit was
not important; but he had somehow,
projected his personality ahead OF
him."
Said a fourth: "There really s such
a thing as seeing beyond the limit OF
human vision. I'll tell you a little
| circumstance that / can swear to, and
then let's talk about something else.
When / was 16years old Ihadno more
idea of going to London than / had oil
| going to Nova Zembla. / knew prac-
tically nothing about the city. One
| night / dreamed that l was there in a
park facing some public buildings,
and over the trees and roofs at
the right were the towers OF
| Westminster abbey and parlia-
ment buildings. That night an inn
| portant letter was on it's way SUM
moning me to London. / went there,
arriving just as the man who had writ
ten the letter was leaving his housefor
awalk. Isaw my trunk safely slowed,
and then went along with him. We
| strolled out to St.James' park to hear
a band play. Atonepoint inthep park
/ looked behind me, and there was the
| picture Ihad seenin my dreams-trees,
towers, public buildings, and all.
Before Invent there hadn't the slight
est idea how the city was built. For
aught ] knew st. Paul's Westminster
abby, Temple Bar, and the British
museum stood in a row on one street.
How did / manage in a dream to see
those buildings east of ST. James park
just in the position and size, shape,
and color that they really haveg"