Telegram-herald., 1890-08-04

FiCf1lsx oZ TIE A1< cEselL1 century, a.
ways maintained that b. finest coDpO-
sit.on. ths Devils Son2tz, Wa dzs 70
= dream rs imagined Wt4ks asleep
that the devil appeared and eEAllsnsed
him % triAl II skill ca his t4sonts IL
scrUment- Accepting tAs challenge, tho
Send began . solo that fascinated the
masician - 10 listened Ths moment
the appaEitiou vanished T1rtlni swoke.
dashed dosrn the notes as nearly ~ ks
could recall them. aad played them
aftsrw4rd In pablo u its enthusiastic
admiration
Many such cases might be cited. cases
that rest On excellent authority. Itmust
be admitted. however. that dreams arc
fer ths most part incohereat and iass-
quentid. and % not help as . solve the
intricacies and problems Of life.
Any number Of prophetic dreaEas are
recorded One Of the most Easmorable IS
recouated by Plgtarch-the familiar
dream q Calphaznia the night before the
ldes q March. Sae felt assured by u
that Csesar's lie was threatened. and be
sought him not % 90 70 the senate he
was 50 moved by her entreaties, especial
l. as sae VAS rot sapsrstitious. that he
w0ull have remained at home bat for
the urgency II Decius Al5inus, one OF
Lh5 conseirarJrs IN whoZn he trusted.
He could not bear 70 30 suspected OF
fear. being bravery Itself. and 30 went 70
his death. That 8 WOMAN Ike Calphurnia
shauld hare been inauelced y dreams
Is Ta05t remarkable
Dr.. Macario. IN lis work on ''Sleep
all Dreams" mentions a perfectly au-
theaticated case. In ChGrite-SEr-Loir
small French village, very pretty
but poor girl wa5 sought in marriage by
a young xagl OF means. Her parents fe-
vcred his suit, bat she rejected him.
They importuned her until she prayed
70 the Virgin for guidance. The same
night sGe dreamed OF q young man IN
travellers garo who asked her 10 be his
wife In the rn0ruing she recite1 20 her
parents VIVA. had passed II her vision,
and they ceased % urge her marriage.
Not long afte- she recognized at village
bail the young man Of her dream; his
figure. features. every detail Of his dress
CORRESPONDING thereto. She blashod; he
nodced her. obtained an Introduction.
and speedily became her husband lie
was EInile de Il Bcdolliere, on the staff
OF The Paris Steele, and he wrote Ma
carlo corroborasing the story in every
particular. Her name was Argeie Bobiu,
who had given 10 her teacher some time
before meeting the journalist an 2ccu-
rate description of his person.
John Beaumont publishes in his Urea
tiseof Spirit" story told nearly two hun
dred years ago by Sir Charles Lee TO the
Bishop OF Gloucester, and by the bishop
to him, Of his daughters extraordinary
death. She was engaged to be married,
and having gone 10 bed on a Thursday
night in excellent health, aTToke about 2
a. IL. TO see al apparition near her Pill
low. The apparition said; Il am your
mother; | an happy. BY noon today
you will be happy tco. Yea will be with
nc" The young LADY knocked for her
maid. but could get no clew 70 the mys-
terry, which had deeply. impressed her
She dressed herself, wrote 10 her father
she was living with her a1nt-and re-
quested that the letter be sent him as
sooaa5 she was dead. Her aunt thought
she had lost he- reason, and summoned
a physician. lie came, but could dis
cover no indications Of mental or physical
ailment. The young lady asked that the
chaplain should read prayers, which he
did. Then she took her guitar. played
delightfully."- until near u O'Clock. when
she took another chair. and Oh the ctlike
Of the hour drew long breath and
passed away.
D.. Macnish. who has no faith in
dreams except Is phenomena, narrGtes a
remarkable experience Of his own in his
Philosophy OF sleep" he was in Cath
ness. Scotland, when he dreamed that a
near L.nsma1. residing 800 miles dis
tant, had suddenly died. He awoke in
terror, and the sa-no day, writing home,
referred 10 the circumstance half Jest
inZiy. he could not help feeling pre-
sentiment of evil. and yet he blamed
himself for what seemed 20 be 2 childish
weakness. Three dsys after posting his
letter ne got one. written the day before
his. which announced that on tie very
day OF the morning os his dream his
kins1an hal dis1 of q paralytic stroke,
though u7 70 that moment he had ap-
Qe2-ed % - ia perfect health.
The major y Of mc1 have vein ~
suporzs .tioa. unwilling though they u,av
bo to confess i5 Many thiak thsy a-e
not sapcratiti0as became they have not
the supcrstit.-n5 that are commonly 20
called 1-y s1r-rstitiol may bo tla5 !
believe r2veelf without superstition.
have no faith in theology ca in dreams.
One sce1ns wholly irrational; The other,
while curious. interesting. sugyeetive. q
entirely indefinite. Ihavc eftea tLor. ..ht
that some Of t5e leading theories of the-
ecy. ESe i.s ~e-l1. me- nave to-- 1c
rivea from G~o1m1. w.lich v--.- evidently
-se visions of t1e Oh MONKS aal iltlori
cs iho -aurcil. E1vc ret me vulgar ideas
81 hcavca ard h-.l been gct from good
and bal drea-1s. S.ee0 and dss-l are so
a1l.ogo-s tas- tbs ri~at roa iiiy 10.
So sleep. d-lth .ad ,----l7 r-sn parallel.
end 6v vivilant voech1r a-5 rc- s.e1.
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