The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-09-23

GNSt DeDats: It is from from
De Parville, than whom there is no
greater authority on matters relating
to hallucination, second sight, obses-
sion and Kindred subjects.
First the fact is noted that Nine.
Julie Garivet, one of the victims OF the
fire, had clear presentiment OF her
death. When she babe her friends good
by on the morning of the fatal day 1t
was evident that she never expected to
see them again. She said that during
the night she had suffered from
frightful nightmare, and that she had
dreamed of being burned alive. Equal
ly singular was the recent experience
OF a Partisan doctor. This gentleman
was taking walk one afternoon when
suddenly the thought struck him that
his house might catch fire during his
absence. There was apparently no rea-
son why any such accident should take
place; nevertheless, the doctor hurried
home, and, sure enough, as he ap-
preached the dwelling he saw volumes
OF smoke pouring from one Of the
'chlmneys. Rushing in, he found that
the f1ue in the room adjoining his own
had caught fire. Thanks to his pre-
sentiment, he was soon able to quench
the flames
The Annales des Sciences Psychiques
recounts two similar examples of ex
ceptional value. President Lincoln it
says, had an unerring presentiment
chat he would be assassinated. Dur
Ing the night preceding his death ne
dreamed that he walked down flight
OF stairs which were draped with black
cloth. When he asked the cause Of
this mourning he was told that the
president of the United States had
been killed at the opera house. He told
Mrs. Lincoln of his dream, and she
begged him, but in vain, not to go to
the theater that evening. He smiled
at her fear and went calmly out to
meet his doom.
The second story recalls the mystic
rlous tragedy of Louis II of Bavaria.
This mad monarch threw himself in
to Stornberg lake, which surrounded
his palace, and dragged down to death
with him his physician, Dr. Won Gud-
den, who had plunged into the water
In the hope of saving him. Now. a
few days before his death, Won Gud-
den had dreamed that he was strug-
Cling in the water while vainly try
Ing to save another man from drown
ing. He told his wife about the dream
and after his death she told the story
to the ARCHAEOLOGICAL society of Mu-
mich.
Equally singular are the stories told
about Mr.. De Lerizolles. This gentle
man was recently crossing a mountain
at little distance from his home when
he suddenly received, as it were, a Sc
we're shock, which plunged him into
the deepest melancholy. He felt as
though he had been struck by
clinched fist, and for a few minutes his
anguish was extreme. His first thought
was that some terrible calamity had
happened to him or his family. and
that he would hear of it on his arrival
at home. He was right. Hardly had
he crossed the threshold of his home
when he received a dispatch announc-
ing the death Of his father.
On another occasion Mr.. De Le-
rizolles was travelling with his wife.
and she remarked one morning that
she had not been able to sleep during
the night, as she had constantly be-
fore her eyes her dear friend, Nine. De
b., who, according to the vision, seemed
to be dying. AS Nine De B. was SID
posed to be in excellent health, Mr.. De
IeriZolles assured his wife that there
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 B. g
unexpected death.
Eight hundred cases, somewhat SIM
liar to this last one, are recorded in 2
book published some time ago in Eng
land. In each case some person saw
a ghost or apparition of some livine
relative or friend at the precise mo.
ment when this relative or friend was
ON the point Of dying.
II it were not for presentiment Mo.
Fart would probably never have com.
posed his immortal "Requiem." One
day, while he was sitting alone, LOST
in melancholy reverie, a stranger en-.
tered the room, and, laying a hand
some sum of money on the table re-
'quested him to compose a 'Requiem'
IN memory of a dear friend who hal
Just died. Mozart agreed to do so, anc
he began work at once Night an6
and day he labored with extraordinar,
zeal. until, finally, his strength gave
way and ne became i'll. When his wifi.
tried to cheer him he said brusuuely
cts no use. I composed that RE
QUEEN for myself and it will be played
at my funeral" Nothing could rid his
mind of this idea. Nay, he was ever
convinced that the stranger was Wis
itor from the other world, who hat
come to warn him of his approaching
end. So he worked at the "Requiem'
until it was finished, but when tn,
stranger came for it Mozart was dead
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