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dreamed of being burned alive. Equally

dreamed of being burned alive. Equally
singular was the recent experience of
Partisan doctor. This gentleman was
taking a walk one afternoon when
suddenly the thought struck him that
his house might catch fire during
his absence. There was apparently no
reason why any such accident should
take place; nevertheless, the doctor
hurried home. and, sure enough, as he
approached the dwelling he saw volums
of smoke pouring from one of the chime
neys. Rushing in, he found that the
tiue in the room adjoining his own had
caught fire. Thanks to his PRESENT.
ment, he was soon able to ouench the
flames.
The Annales des Sciences Psychiques
recounts two similar examples of eX-
ceptional value. President Lincoln, 1t
says, had on unerring presentiment
that he would be assassinated. During
the night preceding his death he
dreamed that he walked down Alright
of stairs which were draped with black
cloth. When he asked the cause of this
morning. he was told that the Presi-
dent 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 thea
ter that evneing. He smiled at her fear
and went calmly out to meet his doom.
The second story recalls the mysteri-
Gus tradedy of Louis III. of Bavaria.
This mad monarch threw himself into
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, few
days before his death, Won Gudden had
dreamed that he was struggling in the
water while vainly trying to save
another 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 are the stories told
about NJ. De. Lerizolles. This gentle
man was recently crossing 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 a clnched fist,
and for few minutes his anguish was
extreme. He first thought was that
some terrible calamity had happened
to him or his family, and that he would
hear of 1t on his arrival at home. He
was right. Hardly had he crossed the
threshold of his home when he received
dispatch announcing the death of his
father.
On another occasion M. De LeriZoiles
was travelling with his wife, and she re-
marked one morning that she had not
been able to sleep during the night, as
she had constantly before her eyes her
dear friend, Nine. De B.. who, accord
ing to the vision. seemed to be dying.
AS Nine. De B. was supposed to be in
excellent health, M. De LeriZolies as
sured his wife that there was no signi-
ficanee in her waking dream. But his
wife would not be convinced, and in
deed letter came in few days tell
ing them of Nine. De BIS most I'M
expected death.
Eight hundred cases, somewhat SINH
lar to this last one, are recorded in a
book published some time ago in Eng
land. In each case some person saw
ghost or apparition of some living re-
lative or friend at the precise moment
when this relative or friend was on the
point of dying.