The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-07

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AW, N very interesting
GStlIIO paper on PRESENT.
,fasICN D ments suggested,
IdE1IlIgrSM Of course. by the
WlWAyM terrible Paris IRE
JfsxsvkH In that staid and
/eJCyISr. reliable periodical,
, FriaF4 z the Journal dcs
MI ~ Debats. Il Is from
tee pen OF Henri
De paryille. than Nhom there u no
greater authority on mattess relating
to halluclnatlon. second sight. obses-
sion and kindred subjects
First the fact is noted that Nine.
Julie GarIye,. one Of the victims OF the
Gre. had a clear preseniiment OF her
Heath When she babe her friends goou-
hy on the morning Of the fatal day u
vas evident that she never expected TO
see them again She i~'d that during
ihe night she had suffered from
frightiul nightmare and that she had
dreamed ~ being burned alive Equal
| iy singular WAS the recent experience
uf a Partisan doctor This gentleman
was taking "a walk one afternoon when
suddenly thc thought struck him That
his house might catch hrc during his
absence. There was apparently mo- rca-
/ son why any such accident should take
phce. nevertheless the doctor hurried
home. and sule enough as Dee ap-
preached the dwelling DE saw volumes
u smoke pouring from one Of The
chimneys Rushing In. be- found that
the nue in the room adjoining DTS own
had caught nre. Thanks 90 Dbl. pre-.
sentiment, he was soon able 10 quench
the flames.
The Annales dss Sciences PsyohiQues
rccounts two slpilar examples Of exc
ceptional value President Lincoln. u
says. had an unerrlng nresentlment
that he would be assassinated Dur.
Ing the night preceding his death he
dreamed that he walked down a flight
OF stairs which were draped with black
cloth When he asked the cause u
this mourning he was told that the
president Of the United States had
been KILLED al the opera house he told
Mrs. Lincoln OF his dream. and he
begged him. but In vain. not 10 60 10
the thoaier that evening. lie smiled
~ her fear and went calmly out 90
meet bic doom.
The second story recalls the mystic
rioua tragedy Of Louis n of Bavaria
This mad monarch threw himself boz.
10 stornberF lake. which SURROUNDED
his palace. and dragged down 90 death
With him hs physician. Dr. Won Gul.
den. who had plunged into the water
Ia the hope Of saving him Nou. o.
few days before bis death. Won Gui-
lea had dreamed that be- vas Hug-
Cling 10 the water while yainiy .p.
Ink 20 save another man from drown
lng. lle told hIs wife about tho dream
aud after his death sho told the story
10 the Anthropolog.cal society OF stu
iich.
Equally singular are the stories toil
about NJ DE Lorigolios This gentle.
nan was recently crossing "a mountain
e. little distance from DIS home when
% suddenly received. as % Were. TO-
'cre shock. which plungod him into
De deepest melancholy Ilo iet as
.hourh ho had been struck ly a
linched hsi. aud Tor a few minutes his
nguish was extreme Ills Grst thought
Vas that SOME terrible calamity had
happened 90 him or hls family. and
hat he would hear OF lt on bic arrival
At home. lie was risht Hardly had
ie crossed the threshold OF his home
ghen he received a dispatch announc.
.ng the death OF bis father.
on another occaslon Mr. De L..
riEolles vas travelling with bic wife
and she remarked one morning that
she had not been able % sleep during
he night as she had constantly be-.
fore her eyes her dear friend Mime pe
a.. who. according 90 the vision seemed
10 be dying. As Nine. d. q was mp-
posed 20 be In excellent health. Mr. DE
ierlzolles assured his wife that Their,
was no significance in her waking
dream. But his wife would NOT be- con.
WINGED. and. indeed. letter came In a
few days telling them Of Nine De ma
unexpected death.
Elght hundred cases. somewhat dn.
liar 20 this last one. are recorded In a
book published some time ago In Eng.
land In each case some person saw
a ghost or aplnrltIon of some lIyIna
relative or friend a. the precise mo.
ment when this relative or friend WAS
on the point Of dying.
II Il were not Tor a prescntiment Mo-
Eart would probably never have conn.
posed hls immortal Requiem" ON,
day. while he was sitting alone. l,t
In a melancholy rcycric. stranger en-.
tered the room. and. laying a hand.
some sum OF money on the table Do
questcd him 20 com-slse a "ReouIem"
In memory OF a dear friend who ha5
Just died. Mozart agreed 10 DO "a. and
he began work At once Night ana
and day he lahored with extraordinary
zeal, until finally. hIs strength save
way and he became lll when his wli,
tried 10 cheer him he said hrtisouslv
IT'S no use. composed that Re.
QUEEN for myself and Il will be- playaj
at my funeral" Nothing could rld bir
mind Of this idea Nay ne was even
convinced that the stranger vas a yIe.
itor from the other world who had
come to warn him Of his approaehinr
end. So he worked At the REQUIEM"
until Il was finished but when tbs
stranger came for Il Mozart was dead
lie Cuuld yets.
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