Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-07

Coincidence. 1T viairts-A Drowning
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writer To- The Tlnes-rF eTaid. ! got a; Hrss
hands which s pe-r-rS thpir CHIEF merit.
We read a good many hinEs .n books -ad
newspapers that are Qua " .he r-5'll--
range of our lv1erennc anu ya.ea ya a.s.-
tate 20 believe but wReu a friend .e.is Hs
face Co face and With sil seriousness 1f
some aE;-l5-a.uarv o, gtr-enea rs 4ra very
apt 10 .-asura 10 up n memoir tud ellss.fv
t v.h the unexplained nae-olena % .als
mysterious tlmau ife.
s lady af my ae4uaintaura who IS enc
sarcl IN newspaper work in New York
received a visit a tew years aE1 from
western friend Vho was about 20 take
Sound steamer COR Boston The same evening.
while they were talking the lady had
startling vision. she seemed % see .a4
man walking On The deck Of a steamer an
lark aiEat when the falling ram s-aze
into s.aat as . struck 'he deck. Ha slipped
and FELL slid under the guard rail sul was
auEuial ln t1e sea. The vision came ana
passed 70 second. The IEGv begged her
friend no. 20 60 on me steamer --a- l.Udt.
She told him what she lad seen. Ea Was
2 natpr,aIsr and laughed the whole matter
II Is 3 a. VI die fancy. he took he boat
.la; evening slipped on the .cy deck Cell
overheard just as he did IN the vision. and
VAS drowned.
Three years ago was living In a car and
travelling from town 20 town 10 the state OF
Washington In Cheney had @ cal. from
real estate man. Some way or other he
talk iriitei 20 queer experiences Ny friend
-oi1 me be had had one such experience To-
life. and one only Ten wears before he
was raining train our ut Chicago as q cone
luCtu- IN one W the BuE.l-E-on lines One
morning after heavy rains. when here were
.-rs1ets 10 -1e streams. be stood upon tle
platform % a way station about thra4 miles
was about TO signal his engineer 90 20
ahead. when voice spoke plainly 10 his
ear Look 1lt FOR the bridge so one
vas standing near al The time. re walked
forward anu said 10 tac engineer. Jim.
mink YOU had better slow down a: the curve
JUS, his side % The bridge There is
nothing ne matter with -le bridge said
iae engineer. 1r ne would have lal a
wire from it, Perhaps here isn't re-
piled The conductor. .'tut you slow down all
he same. There vas a sharp curve q
short distance from The APPROACH 20 -a.
bridge. So near. IN fact -la. .t would have
been impossible 20 stop the train after com
-IE 10 sight " he bridge had .t been run
-llc al The usual rate q. speed The a-rs-
-eer slowed down. The bridge was zone
L lGl been carried away between -he time
he rain LEI. he last station ana its arrival.
10 The curve Had u not been Tor ne ---z-
ferrous warning he whole rain would have
gone INTO The river.
prominent Chicago Qhyz.ail once ken,
a drug store n a small town IN Illinois
Across The street rom he store was q CON
Ei1eTaal= stretch q uuie1.al town Lurs Sit
ing II The shade N front % The store one
summer afternoon the doctor saw a Young
man Of lis acquaintance approaching across
ile open lots. When be was I'VE or six rods
away he doctor without any synurons Of
being 20 an abnormal condition. seemed 20
see the whole anatomical structure Of the
nal-all his bones ana internal organs and
mi nG at
the young man pockets. The vision passed
in an Instant Wehn the youth came 40 TO
the doctor The latter said. Henri can
tell you Just what y1u hEve your pockets
IN one Of the pockets OF your trousers YOU
have bunch ~ string FOR tying uu bags n
ne other there is 4 blEsk-hunaled 5ackknife
Two tenpenny nails and 3 hal; dollar. The
date on The half dollar Is s=f" The Young
man turned his pockets inside out ana
showed that ne was carrying the articles
described. lie tOok-she-cuIn. looked al L
and found mat the date named Hy The doctor
vas correct. Ee was so Estunisned ~ this
ease Of claIrvnyEnca thst be nearly tainted.
/ VIII add a queer experience Of ny own.
In company with three friends ! undertook
20 ford a slough Of the Yakima river. z the
state Of Washington. four years ago We
had Dig wagon and tuUT-Eurse 'eam.
The river was very liEh. and the broad
slough Sas running Ike a mill race. We
knew that the forifnE place WAS narrow
and the water deep. but we expected moth
ing mora serious than 20 get our feet wet
by ne water coming into the wagon box
When about halt way across the lead ne
horses got their hind feet over The double
trees ana became Interchangeable. The
wagon was swept Of the ford INTO deem
water One u ny friends Y : Mellcn
who vas then general manager n ne North
arn Pacific railroad swan ashore. Two 9th
ers climbed out Of he -au end II he wagon
and managed 20 keep their footing IN The
current until rescued. I attempted the same
feat, but I vas the last man 20 ger 0ut. and
before 7 could ma ny footing he wagon
vas swept into deep water. overturned. and
he wagon. horses ana myself we're soon
auunuer-uE u The current. ! could NOT swim
and gave up all hope Of saving nv life
While under The water I had 4 very clear
experience %. what psychologists call the
double consciousness. i. seemed as e
we're Two persons. one = physical man. sttl!
intelligent enough 70 struggle among he
horses: he other consciousness vas entirely
serene ana happy. anu looked with adnira-
-iul AZ The beautiful color Of he water over
head. wondered # the BODY would come
ashore somewhere down stream and be re-
covered. ana felt quite delighted ar being
released from partnership with the other
fellow. How long this lasted 10 not know
I ala not have any Of that vivid recollection
Of all the events lf life which men restored
from drowning usually tell about This
higher consciousness only felt mat i vas
N Independent spiritual existence now for
ne Irsr time released from the buniaEe u
dwelling IN q physical body. The body IN
It's desperate struggles clutchei ne ear 1f
one 1t the horses the horse got is head
above water. and thu man head came uu
with il. Tie man vas rescued ny = boat
ana with extreme regret the higher con-
sclOusness vas forced 20 re-enter its old
dwelling place.