Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-23
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There is very interesting paper ii
observation-disclosures, Of course
by the terrible Paris lre--in that state
and reliable periodical the Journal de,
Debats It is from the pen Sc Henr
De Parville, than whom there IA ~
greater authority on matters relatin,
to hallucination. second sight. obses
sion and kindred subjects.
First the fact is noted that Nine
Julie Garivet, one of the victims Of til,
fire, had clear presentiment Of he,
death. When she babe her friend,
good-by on the morning Of the fata
day it was evident that she never ex.
pected to see them again. She said
that during the night she had suffered
from frightful nightmare, and tha,
she had dreamed of being burned alive
Equally singular was the recent ex.
perience OF a Partisan doctor. This
gentleman was stalking q walk enc after
noon when suddenly the thought struck
him that his house might catch fire
during his absence. There was appar-
emily no reason why any such accident
should taFe place: nevertheless, the
doctor hurried home. and. sure enough,
as he approached the dwelling he saw
volumes of smoke pouring from one OF
the chimneys. Rushing in, he found
That the flue in the room adjoining his
own had caught fire. Thanks to his
presentiment, he was. soon able to
quench the flames.
The Annales des Sciences Psychioues
recounts two similar examples OF ex-
ceptional value. President Lincoln. IL
says, had an unerring presentiment
that he would be assassinated. During
the night preceding his death he
dreamed that he walked down q 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 20 to
the theatre that evening. He smiled
at her fear and Went calmly out to
meet his doom.
The second story recalls the mys-
FERROUS tragedy of Louis II. of Bavaria.
This mad monarch threw himself into
the Stornberg lake, which surrounded
his palace, and dragged down to death
with him his physician, DR.. Won Gui-
den. who had plunged into the water in
the hope of saving him. Now, few
days before his death, Won Gudden had
dreamed that he was struggling in the
other man from drowning. He told his
wife about the dream. and after his
death she told the story to the Anthro-
biological Society Of Munich.
Equally singular aye the stories told
about Mr.. De LerizOlleR This gentle
man was recently crossing mountai1
at little distance from his home whea
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 ~ clinched fist,
and for few minutes his anguish was
extreme. His first thought was thar
some terrible calamity had happened .
him or his family. md that he would
hear of it on his ARRIVAL at home. He
was right. Hardly had he crossed the
threshold of his hon when ne RECEIVED
father.
On another occasion Mr.. De Lerizolles
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 before her eyes hel
dear friend, Mime De B., who, accord
ing to the vision, seemed to be dying.
AS Nine. De B. was supposed to be in
excellent health, Mr.. De Lerizolles as
sured his wife that there was no sig
nificance in her waking dream. But
his wife would not be convinced ami.
letter caf1e in few days
telling them of Nine De BIS most un-
expected death.
Eight hundred cases, somewhat SIM
liar to this last one, are recorded in a
book published some time ago in Eng
land. In each case some person saw a
ghost or apparition of some living rela-
tive or friend at the precise moment
when this relative or friend was on tn,
point of dying.
If it We're not for a presentiment
Mozart would probably never have
composed his immortal Requiem"
One day, while he was sitting alone.
lost in melancholy reverie, stranger
the room, and, laying hand
some sum of money on the table, re-
quested him to compose Requiem"
in memory of a dear friend who had
just died. Mozart agreed to do so. ana
he began work at once. Night and day
he labored with extraordinary zeal,
until finally his strength gave way and
he became i'll. When his wife tried to
cheer him he said brusquely: Its no
use. l composed that Requiem for
myself and it will be played at my
funeral" Nothing could rid his mind
of this idea. Nay, he was even con-
WINGED that the stranger was a visitor
from the other world. who had come to
warn him of his approaching end. So
he worked at the Requiem until it
was finished, but when the stranger
came for it Mozart was dead.-New
York Herald.