The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
Mysterious Influences.

mats true" said Brooklyn man
the other day. "You can believe it
or not, but its true. l have a cousin
who went to Europe 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 knitting in
the sitting room at home, laid her
Knitting work in her lap and looked
with a sort Of stunned expression
Why Alice is dead = she said. Next
day we got dispatch by cable saying
She was dead"
"There was" said another mem
/ Der Of the party, "a curious iIlustra-
ion of mind reading, or spiritual
Biography, or whateyer you might
,s,se 70 cal il, during the war. You
lrenember that the battle Of Gettys
burg was settled on the 3rd of July,
| though Lee lay on his arms expect
ing another attack on the 4th, and
began his retreat that night. The
surrender Of Vicksburg occurred on
the 4tA. Gettysburg and Vickshurg
are eight hundred miles apart, or per
haps more, and no telegraph message
had been received at Gettysburg an
n0uncing the surrender Of Vicksburg
at least if there had been, it could
hardly reach headquarters before sun
down on the 4th. The Twelfth corps
had been drawn up in line on the
afternoon of ehe 4th with a view to
changing position, and was standing
at place rest when one of the sol
diers exclaimed, 'Vicksburg's takenn
The word passed down the line, and
cheer broke from the troops. That
news and the certainty that Lee had
sustained a 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, Next day dis
patches arrived that the soldier had
spoken the truth"
Eyes, these things are unaccount-
able" said a third speaker. The intu
itions, or whatever they are, needn't
be so important either. | remember
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 minutes
F. was his brother.i in-laW, who
lived in a neighboring town, and,
though he called over frequently, he
was not expected that day, After he
had spoken, my father seemed sur
prised at himself, and laughed little
awkwardIy. My mother asked how
he knew that E. would be there,
and he said he didn't know he had
spoken on the impulse of the mo-
ment. Sure enough, in ten minutes
the bell rang. F. was at the door,
He bad only come to dinner, and his
visit was not important, but he had,
somehow, projected his personality
ahead of him."
Said fourth "There really is
such thing as seeing beyond the
limit of human vision. III tell you
little circumstance that | can swear
to, and then let's talk about some
thing else. When | was 16 years Old
l had no more idea Of going to Lon
don than | had of going to Nova
Zembla. | knew practically nothing
about the city. One night 1 dreamed
that I was there in 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 i'm
pOrtant letter was OH its way sum-
mOnipg me to London. | arrived
there as the man who had written
the letter was leaving his house for
walk. l saw my trunk safely slowed
and went along with him. We stroll
led out to st. James park to hear a
band play. At one point in the park
| looked behind me, and there was
the picture | had seen in my dream
trees, towers, public buildings and
all. Before | went there | hadn't
the slightest idea of how the city was
built. For ought | knew st. Paul's,
Westminster abbey, Temple bar and
the British museum stood in a row
on one street. How did l manage
in a dream to see those buildings east
of st. James park just in the posi-.
tions and size, shape, and color that
they really were ?'-NelC YOrb .Stm.