The times., 1898-08-18
Instances Where They We're
Clearly Prophetic.
SAID TO BE AUTHENTIC
A Warming Given to an Alleged Vic
tim of HypnGtism-A womnn,s
Vision of the Parting Spirit of
Her isetrotL From
Subject With Consumption.

Research, which processes to conduct its
Investigations in a scientific spirit Men
of science usually dismiss the apparently
truthful instances in which dreams
come true as condolences. Among the
recent material Of this kind gathered by
the Rev. Minot ]. Savage, the New York
Sun publishes these cases
| curious psychic experience, well sub
stantiated, occurred last winter in con-
nection with an event which caused
| scandal. This event was the marriage of
/ the widow of a high naval officer to a
hypnotist and fake. 1t caused sorrow to
many a person who had previously
known the bride as a large-nearted. free
! handed woman. romantically given to the
4 ideal side of life in all it's phases In
| the minds OF those who knew her best
/ there was no doubt but she was the vic
! tim OF hypnotism-or. had she lived
/ some generations ago, what would
| have been dubbed black mag
| ic. Three or four days be-
/ fore the matter eliminated certain man
| went to her and told her that ne h2d
/ had a sort of trance vision in which he
/ saw her sitting with her hands folded in
| her lap and her head bowed. She was
| weeping, and dark mfst-lifse pail SEEM
| ed to surround her. He spoke. as ne
! thought, but could not make her rouse
] herself or heed him. All this, but much
more cfrcumstantiaily he told the lady,
! and. 10 his chagrin. found he could make
no more impression in reality than he
seemed TO be able TO make in his trance
| vision. The woman appeared to be living
! in a dazed. automatic way, which surpris-
ed the man who went to her with his
story. but knew nothing whatever of the
existence of the hypnetist.
Not many days later the whole scan
dal became public. together with the
hypnotists efforts TO obtain the womans
property. his arrest. etc.
Here is a story of quite another sort.
but equally we'll substantiated. The
woman to whom It happened is prac-
ticaI. rather hard-headed, and an instruc-
tor of the young IN the classics. She
had long been interested in man and
he in her; their tastes were kindred: they
exchanged views on all sorts of subjects;
they were much together. There was no
formal engag agenent, but that there would
some day be marriage in which they
two would be the central figures was.
doubtless. equally in the minds of both.
One evening she pared from him she
felt much troubled. He cd not complain.
but she feared he was NOT well.
A few DAYS later she returned home
about dusk. and. being tired. threw herself
on the lounge for brief rest before light
ing the gas. A strange. lonesome feeling
possessed her She got on her feet 10
strike a light and as she did so became
conscious that a figure passed directly in
front of her. She looked long enough to
recognize it as that Of the man who filed
her thoughts. With a murmured excla-
nation she puI out her hand started
forward as he moved toward the door
and grasped only fhe air A moment later
Hsit h thrs raom Lighted she almost persuad-
&c herself that sne1T had been the Victirn
her own faneies. cNet until next morning
did she learn that, the man who had made
her world brightest had passed away the
evening before from the mysterious cause
which doctors. for want of a better name.
have labeled heart failure. The strongest
belief that the woman holds since is that
The mans spirit as # was leaving his body
revealed itself to her. But she has no
proof OF this that could convince others.
for the thing that happened was OF the
very nature she would. keep from others
in advance OF confirmation
A most curious dream episode. occurred
TO two sisters who lived in Portland Me
The family had moved The house they
went into was an old one whose interior
called for repairs; but II was central and
with certain changes suggested possibili-
ties Of coziness. It was, in short the sort
of house to stimulate ones imagination
with wondering about the private histo-
ry of those who occupied 1t long ago. Its
hooks and crannies and cupboards, its
very walls seemed to exhale a history,
but of this history its new occupants
knew nothing. The moving was badly
done and night came on without beds be-
ing up for all the family. Rooms were
made comfortable for the eldest and the
two sisters did not mind shifting the best
! they could. One took to couch that had
/ been chucked into a room above stairs
and the other decided to make herself
comfortable on a pile of bedding that
| had been dumped into the front par1or
/ below stairs. Both were very tired and
soon fell fast asleep. In the morning
! each hurried down TO see what could be
! done about improvistng breakfast,
"oh, L had the aueerest dream" ex-
| claimed she who had slept on the lounge,
! so did t. said the other.
What was it?'
'You spoke first Tell yours, then I'll
] tell mine"
Well continued sha who had occu-
| pied the lounge. 81 dreamed that right
/ across from where ! lay, sitting by the
! window, was very young man, l should
! judge not over twenty. He had very blue
and mournful eyes; / noticed them espe-
| cialiy, for they were fixed upon me in
tenty for a while Then he got UP and
passed close by me, coughing a short
/ cough, and passed out the door. 1t was
/ all very vivid.
! Good gracious," cried the sister, who
| had listened. HE must have come right
down to me, for / saw the very same man
/ in my dream. In mine, the room / lay in
was furnished in tireary black haircloth-
like the typical comm IN parlor of long
| ngo-and that pale young man with the
| sad blue eyes sat In a chair near an air
| book, with couple of fingers between
| the leaves, as it hung down beside his
| chair After gazing at me a while he
/ spoke.
| You should rot lie there he said. Tt
| is damp on the whole of this floor. There
! used to be a cistern right under where
] you lie and "a spring used to run under
! this house That's all I remember clear
| ly. There was more confused stuff.
| They afterward had reason to believe in
| the story of the spring on account OF the
moisture that oozed from the cellar floor
| at certain changes in the weather. Tell
/ ing their dream some time later to long
| time resident of the neighborhood, the old
! dame exclaimed:
why, land sakes! l. should say you'd
seen Mrs. Ms son Sol. He died years
| ago with consumption He had Just them
! sore of blue eyes and was fond of books
! and always looked sad. poor boy. They
always said them rooms was Damp
| After that night they never saw the