Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-05

Gordon coming toward me. Then We
wandered about enjoying the lovely spot
together"
one week later she arose from her din
ner-table, saying she felt badly. they
laid her on sofa, and In short time
she was dead In less than month Mr..
Gordon was stricken with paralysis. and
three months later he went to that I'M
known land. which. perhaps. had been
mirrored in her dream.
DREAMED OF STOCKS.
A very practical business-woman, who
was left widow early. and was obliged
TO depend largely on her own exertions
for the support OF her large family, told
OF a remarkable dream she had had. Her
brother was to sell some stocks for her.
and she had not the falntsst idea OF the
price they would bring. as that would
depend on the nuctuation OF the mar
ket.
In her sleep she dreamed her stocks
had been sold and had brought N,3oo21.
She told her dream at the breakiast-table
the next day. and her children laughed
at her. as the sum seemed to them pre-
posterous. They thought the stocks would
bring about 500 They brought their
mother letter p little later.
"Ah." she cried. here comes my
81 co.,
Eyes. and q cents put In one OF her
girls.
They tore open the letter. The mother
read: Thirteen hundred dollars" she
began. then dropped the paper. The oldest
girl caught II up and read:
And twenty-one cents"
a theatrical man who now occupies
conspicuous place in the profession.
and is rich and PROSPEROUS. tells n story OF
strange dream. Stage people are not
usually modest I'm tho matter ~ having
their names used, but on this dream
hinges d delicate question OF poverty,
wn.~h the man rs not anxious 10 adj
vertise now. and prefers that his name
be kept secret
-...- u the dream he was in
very hard luck. The only engagements
he could obtain were In poor companies,
which successfully burst up in towns
far away from home. He was poor al
the beginning. and these ventures left
him absolutely penniless. He was lite
rally down to one shirt. and the only
thing he had not pawned was violin
which had belonged to his father.
one night he dreamed that II he bought
n lottery ticket Of a certain number u
would make him rich. The dream was SO
vivid that the next morning he pawned
the violin and bought the ticket. II won
him prize OF 500. n fortune OF untold
riches 10 him ut that time. That was the
dawn Of his prosperity. and to-day he is
worth $4,000.
Miss Phoebe Couzens tells OF peculiar
dream she had in Chicago the night
prior 20 Carter Iiarrison's murder.
II seemed as wide awake as | am now
said she. land round about me were
crowds upon crowds cheering some one
unseen by me. In the centre OF the vast
throng stood n massive pillar. Suddenly
saw an eagle soar upward amid the
pIaudlts OF the multitude. He had
reached an immense altitude. shot
rang out. and a moment later / saw
the eagle stop In his flight his head
seemed 20 droop. and he fell dead nj the
foot Of the pillar. The next day Carter
Harrison made his great speech at the
Worlds Fair. and to me the crowd seem
81 strangely familiar. I recalled my
dream. hut laughed II away moment
later. That night. Carter Harrison. typi-
fed hy the eagle, was shot down by
Pren1ergast."
General Lewis n cousin OF the famous
novelist some years ago while on a
visit 70 New York from South America
told OF a strange dream he had while
he was in the English army in Russia
during the Crimcan war.