Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-21
Thoughts Of a Day.

Are we really fire-willed beings? If
so, what is fire-will? 1t seems but too
evident sometimes that we are puppets
hardly with a will of our own, but
moved by the will of some person re-
moved from us by more than distance,
by ages.
But yesterday the story of poor wom-
an, an organ grinder on one of the
streets of our cities came to light. In
her veins flowed the blood of the Vasa
dynasty, q renowned race of Sweden.
Her father was Russian noble. She
had had her share of magnificence, yes,
of love. But her lover died at her
fathers hand. She, with the same
"will" her father had bequeathed her,
firmly refused a marriage he had set
his heart upon. She ran from home;
ana is today, not princess, but one of
the most wretched amongst wretched
population. 1t was not her will that
opposed the fathers, but it was his own.
And here is woman who has lived
through sixty years of suffering and
misery. because she happened to be the
daughter of tyrant, with sin within
him for which he hardly suffered in
comparison with others grief.
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Continually instances are coming up
of halucinations or premOnitions in
dreams. OF course these are hardly
sufficient to establish a science. New
ertheless, it seems that there is some
Accommodation between souls for
we must necessarily use the word for
want of Il better sOmething-elec-
trio influence or magnetism, by what
ever name we may designate it, which
in lucid moments warns us of threat
ing disaster to someone. Two instan-
ces have lately happened which bring
the question home once more. What
is this premonitioD and where is it +?
Is it a part of that spiritual eXistance
or life, which constitutes our living
self?
According to newspaper reports,
VIM. A. Malloy was standing on one of
the streets of Port Huron talking with
some gentlemen among whom was Il.
Barron, of st. Clair. He remarked, 81
heard you were dead, Mr.. Mallory"
He answered. 81 am still alive" and
dropped dead almost instantly.
Some months ago, just before the
death of Justice Miller prominent
man in Washington dreamed that he
had seen Justice Miller dead and that
he died instantly after. He told only
the first of the dream. But on hearing |
of the Justices death he exclaimed, |
'And that was not all of my dream"
Within twenty-four hours he was him |
self dead.
"This is an age of invention. This is |
too often repeated for one to forget it. |
But there be Yankees in Michigan too,
who have thoughts Of making this life |
easy. Down in Richmond there is man
named G.. l.. Stoddard. Evidently he
had had some little trouble with the
servant girl about getting up in the
to build the fires. carrying
coal for the sitting room stove, etc.
Now he will be troubled no more in
ibis way. He has a clock that will tell
The time of day, the month and day of
The month. But that was not enough.
He put another hand on, connected
with battery SO that at an early hour
The stove-draft opens and he may fin
sh his morning nap. But if this were
Ill, he might have to get up and build
The kitchen fire. SO he attached an
other hand, and put in another wire
with the kitchen stove so
hat at the proper time it strikes
match and lights the fire in the cook
stove. However with all this conven-
ence he had no intention of allowing
he servant girl to sleep all day, so he
fastened on another hand which rings
IN alarm clock like jehu" until she
,ets up. and stops it. He also contem-
)lates putting OH another hand which
will put his nam and eggs on the stove
md fry them; and one to stir up the
,uckwheat batter. Il tell you we are
,etting on fast"