Wichita eagle., 1889-05-04
DEATH WARNINGS.
Prophetic Presentiments, Disturb
ing Dreams and ASPIRATIONS.
The Death of Julius Cesar Foretold By
the Augurs-Warnings Received BY
Brutus and Augustus-President
Lincoin's Dream.
TCincinnan EnQuirer.1

cincinnati Enquirer1
Caesar was to be offered the crown on
the ides of March The augurs, however,
had foretoid that this day should prove
fatal TO him, and the night preceding the
event he beard his wife, Calpurnia. moan
ing in her sleep, which she declared, upon
being awakened, was caused by q dream
in which she had seen him assassinated In
her arms These omens wel-nigh per-
suaded him 10 relinquish his intention OF
visiting the Senate. where he was TO be
made Emperor, but through the urging OF
those who had formed the conspiracy to
take his life he decided to stifie his super
stitious weakness. So he went. As he
entered the Senate chamber he met one,
Spurina, an augur, who had been among
those who had predicted has danger.
''Weil, Spurina, the ides of March are
come" he remarked, smiiingly. Eyes"
replied the augur, 'but they are not yet
over' And they were not In less than
twenty minutes the great Roman was ~
ing at the base of Pompey's statue, dying
from the three and twenty wounds m
ficted by the daggeFs Of the assassins.
Brutus, the most llustTious of Csesar's
rlurderers, also was forewarned of his ap-
preaching downfall and death. Plutarch
informs US how, when Antony was rapidly
pushing the conspirators into corner,
and when Bfatus was approaching the
confines of Thrace, an alarming specter
appeared TO the nobiest Roman of them
alp one night as he was seated In his
tent. The apparition was of gigantic size
and of frightfu aspect, but Brutass had the
courage to confront it and address it.
cart thou dem on," he exclaimed, ''or q
mortal mani And WHY dost thou come to
mes" ''Brstus," slowly answered the
phantom, II am thy evil genius Thou
shalt meet me again at Phialipps." "Well,
then" said BrutIs, 1--WE shall meet again"
When the appearance had vanished he
called to his servants and inquired whe5tes
any stranger had entered or passed out Of
the tent, but was informed chat no one
bad been seen. The next day he mem
tioDed the circumstance to Cassius, who
ascribed il to the effect Of an imagine
ton too much exercised by vigilance and
anxiety. Brutus, however, remembered
the strange occurrence on the fatal day at
Philhppi, and, when driven to despair by
the reverses he encountered, he chose death
In preference to dishonor.
On the death Of any great parsonage il
is but natural that every circumstance
connected wi "a the affair should be closely
observed and every peculiarly noted. In
this way numerous READ or supposed DEATH
tokens have been preserved and handed
down from generation to generation. OF
this class was the omen th&S was supposed
to portend the death Of Emperor Angus
tus All the people Of Rome had been
gathered into one vast multitude In tho
Campus Martius for the purpose Of COM
p4etlig the census of the city. The Elm
peror was there, too, seated On an elevated
throne and watching has deputies as they
proceeded with tho enrolment Suddenly
an eagle was seen to approach, and, after
swoopiDg several times around Augustus,
1t few to a nesghboring temple and
perched directly over the name of Agri.-
pa. The augurs at once decided that this
bstokened the death of the EnapsTor and,
whether the aogurs were correct OF not,
the fact is that Augustus was taken with a
fatsa disease a short time subsequently,,
and fulfilled the representation made con-
corning him.
A prophecy of the death of another great
man may be found in President l. n .oln's
dream, which some readers may remem-
Der, as it was related short time after his
tragic death. We cite it IS given by Ser
rotary Stanton, who was authority for it's
truthfulness. There was meeting of the
Ca binet on the afternoon preceding the
night on which the President was shot
When Stanton arrived at the White House
he found Mr.. Lincoln and the other men,
bers of the Cabinet already in conference.
he then noticed with surprise, that the
President sat with dignity in his chair
and that he was grave and silent. As the
meeting broke up, Mr.. Stanton, who was
passing out with the Attorne ) General, re-
marked: =" That is the most satisfactory
Cabinet meeting have attended for many
3 long day. What an extraordinary change
in Mr. Liucolnl" ''Yes!u answered the
Ateorney-General "we all observed it be-
fore you came in. While we were waiting
Tor you he said, with his chin on his breast:
Gentlemen, something very extraordinary
liz going TO happen, and that very soon' To
this l observed that l hoped it was some
thing good, and he answered grayely: L
don't know; l don't know. But it will
happen, and shortly, too At this we were
all impressed, and | asked whether any in,
form alton had been received which had |
not been divulged No the President
answered, but l have had dream. And |
have now had the dream three times
once on the night preceding the battle of |
Ball Run; once on the night preceding !
such another battle He named this bat
tie slowly. and then let his head drop for
ward until has chin rested upon mis- breast |
AS ne said nothing further, some one asked /
K he had any objection to divulging the /
nature OF the dream. Well, said Mr.. Lin /
coin, without changing his position. / am
on great, broad, rolling river-and am
n boat-and / drifs-and / drift But |
dis is not Business he exclaimed with |
sudden vigor, as you entered; let us pro-
iced to business, gentleman That was
Ill, added the Acknowledgement. land |
nave told 10 just as it happened" "Weu. !
we will watch" remarked Mr.. Stanton
when his friend had concluded, land see
whether any thing does happen" That
night the President was shot.
The Death of Prince of the House of
is foretold by an apparition
IF the white lady, which appears in differ
'nt castles of Germany, by day as well as
~ night, prior TO such an event. She is
as the sncestreSs Of the race and
Always appears clad in snow-whitc gar
nentS and carrying a bunch of keys with
which to open the doors that bar her way.
The earliest appearance of this apparition
pohen OF was in the sixteenth century
Ind was famous under the name of Bertha
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