The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
A DREAM DISCOVERY.
Mrs. Rorer's Vision Helped Scientific
Man to His missing Link"

Mrs. Rorer's Vision Helped Scientific C
Man to His missing Link"
A very curious instance of what may be
called thought transference, or telepathy,
was related recently and is unquestionably
authentic, since the narrator was herself
the medium through whom very strange
bit of lore was communicated to q scien-
tific man, whose most persistent researches
in that direction had failed to discover
what he sought.
Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer related the in
cident. She was at the time sharing a
summer cottage in the woods with the
Cushings-Professor Cushing of the bu-
reau of ethnology of the Smithsonian In
stitution and his wife. They were domi-
ciled in one of those camp lodges, where
the partitions between the rooms are only
about eight feet high and serve merely as
a screen since they do not obstruct ventila-
ton, conversation, nor lit seems) the cir
culation of that subtle current which is
commonly called magnetism"
Mr.. Gushing was occupied in the prepa-
ration of q history of THE Evolution
of the Arrow" There was gap in the
chain of succession which he seemed un-
able to fill. 1tcame between the Throwing
sticks of the mound builders and the Tar
tar arrow. and diligent search failed to
find the missing link. This worried him
greatly. His perplexity had been the
subject of conversation one evening be-
fore the family separated for the night.
''Of course, we couldn't be of the least
service" said Mrs. Rorer, "only to SYM
pathize; but that we did most heartily"
She continued in these words: II fell
asleep as soon as was in bed, and then l
had strange dream. Some one came to
me. l seemed to know he was venerable
man, but l cannot describe him except as
presence, though / saw with absolute
distinctness what he held out to me. 1t
was bow and arrow. different from any l
had ever seen. The bow was bent some
what after the manner of the Tartar bow,
but the lacings were peculiar. They were
crossed to form slx-pointed star in the
center. What does that mean p asked.
And the presence answered: The four
points are the four directions of north.
south, east and west; the other two spm-
bolize the upper and the under worlds.
The arrow passes over them all in its
flight, and, crossing this star, is sped on Its
way with the blessings OF the gods. This
is the arrow you seek.
W"Then stretched out my hand to take
it. The vision vanished and / awoke. AS
| opened my eyes | heard the stroke of
match, and | saw its flash in an adjoining
room. l knew by that sign that Mr.. Cush-
ing was awake, smoking and worrying
about the missing link. called out that
l had just dreamed of an arrow. and told
him what l had seen. When I came to
the lacing of that bow and its meaning
his excitement was great, for the whole
thing proved to be exactly what he was in
quest of.
SIN some mysterious way the revelation
which his alert, anxious, active brain
could not receive had been brought to my
mind as lay, passive asleep. That arrow
went into the history, and ever since, be-
cause of that dream, 1 have regarded N.Y.
self with certain pride as sort Of latter
day Joseph. New York Herald.