The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-26


As for Undertaking" mediums, they
were quickly disposed of. There are two in
Boston; one has been exposed, the other is
awaiting exposure.
| DR.. Richard Hodgson read the account of
some experiments in telepathy, or thought
transference, consisting of 5000 gueSses of
the numbers from one to nine. made by
man to his. wife. About three guesseS out
OF every ten were correct, when, according
to the law of probability, only one in ten
| would be right
The most meaty matter-if such term
may be applied to a subject so intangible
OF the evening was furnished by the report
OF the committee on phantasms and pre-
sentiments, which was read by Prof josiah
Royce OF Harvard college. In support or
Illustration of the committees findings he
read number of letters and written state
| ments which had been sent to the society
from all over the country. This experience
was given, not as having anything "spooky"
about it, but as type of cases that possess
subjective interest, as illustrating Gu
rious events in the inner life of some peo-
pie:
I'm the year of 1872 OF 1878 was listening
to lecture on geology in the Boston
natural history hall. Suddenly a human
| face appeared before me of a young lady
who had died three or four years before.
She lived in Newton, and was only known
to me by having seen her occasionally on
| the street in Newton. | had never beel in
troduced to her: and had probably heard of
her death and never thought of her again
until her face appeared about 6 feet in front
OF me at lecture i'll which was much in
| terested, and which could not have lifted
my mind to thoughts spiritual, as they
were way down in the tertiary period. 1t
| affected me SO deeply that | kept it to my
self for about three years. then happened
to make wedding call on a young lady
who lived next door to the one of my dream.
revealed it to her. In few weeks she
died and was one of her pall-bearers. A
celebrated bank president, who now resides
In Canada. officiated also in the same capac
ity, and believe he carried several thous-
and dollars of the officiating clergymans
money with him to that havel."
Unconscious cerebration" is the explana-
ton which the cCmmitteei is inclined to give
to cases like the ole below, which are in
truth, common enough, of forgotten facts
recalled lost articles found or problems
solved in dreams:
about five years ago lived with my
four children-one boy and three girls-on
a farm in Massachusetts. This only son, at
the age of about IA years, lost his life in an
acc dent about six months previous to this
narration. The youngest Of my girls was
the pet sister of Lis since her birth. My
wife had died some SIX years previous to
this story. Being motherlesS made these
children unusually affectionate toward
each other. One day my youngest one,
Some or 9 years old, lost his favor
lite knife in the haymow in the barn. This
terrible loss nearly broke her heart, and all
hands set to work to find the lost treasure,
but without success. This finally broke up
the party in gloom. In spite of my greatest
efforts to paclfy the child with all sorts of
promises, she went to bed weeping. During
the night the child dreamed that her dead,
dearly beloved brother came to her, taking
her by the hand, saying: Come, my
darling, | shall show you where your
little knife is and leading her to the
barn, climbing the NOV, showed her the
knife, marking the place. There the knife
was found"
In the next class of experiences consid-
cred, Prof. Royce took another long stride
nearer to the borderland. Granting that
he experiences are true-and the committee
believes that the statements are at least sin
cere-will unconscious cerebration" ex-
plain thems Here are four dreams, if you
choose to call them dreams, OF a western
woman:
"DREAM LIN Chicago about December,
1869, dreamed that an engine ran into
heavy stone wall in dark place, causing
great commotion and throwing down the
wall. At the breakfast table member of
the family read from the newspaper tina
in the night a steam fire engine, in passing
through the tunnel, ran into the wall caus-
ing a serious break, SO that it would be
obliged to be closed for repairs.
"DREAM I'm Worcester, July, 1874,
dreamed tnat friend was dangerously i'll
and that her brother was extremely ANXIOUS
about her. Her brother and | seemed to be
spending much time in the horse cars
hunting for nurses. / wrote my sister of
the dream, / was SO impressed with his
vividness. In October the lady called
upon my sister and me, and
told us that she was dangerously ill in July,
and that her brother was quite worn out
with anxiety. was not at all intimate with
the family, nor had they been In my thoughts
previous to the dream.
"DREAM Sin Chicago, 1879, | had a dis
turbing dream of sailors in distress at sea,
hanging to the rigging and calling piteously
for help. | told the dream at breakfast,
and while was telling it we saw the life
boat rushing through the ave ue. We ran
to the back windows, from which we saw a
schooner, and the men hanging to the rig
ging as in my dream.
DREAM 4.-In Chicago, January, 1884,
about o'clock in the morning, | awoke
from very vivid dream of vessel at sea.
At first everything seemed bright and
pleasant. Then man came to me and said
that the captain, whose name thought was
MOOnShiDe, naQ mistaken Jue course Oh bHe
vessel and that we were in danger. In a
few moments all were in the water among
the rocks. In few hours we real Of the
loss of the City of Columbus among the rocks
and in bright moonlight, at the hour had
dreamed of the wreck"
Mary II. Watkins contributed the follow
ing experience:
II was living in Ypsilanti, Mich, and
was in my usual health and good spirits
when had the following remarkable
dream: Between and O'Clock on the
morning of April g. 1868. dreamed that
was standing on the shore of large lake or
sea, with wall extending for
some distance along tho bank be-
tween myself and the edge of the
water. Suddenly became conscious that
people were hurrying around the nearest
end of the wall aud knew that something
had happened. But when l attempted to
follow the crowd | could not move. l was
powerle under the terrible realization that
some one dear to me, knew not who, lay
drowned on the other side.
"At noon that day we received dispatch
from Chicago saying that the Sea Bird had
burned on Lake Michigan that morning;
that Steve, my brother, was among the pas
sengers that persisted.
"My brother cared more for me than for
anv one else in the world, AID when h e
realized that his hours were number ed
his thoughts would naturally turn to
me- And that in this case at least, mind |
h,n a WI va ba. |