The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-29
Premonitions of Death.

l the first symptom OF approaching death
with some is the strong presentmeat thai
| they are about TO die.
| Ozanam. the mathematician. while il
apparent health. rejected pupils from tis
feeling that he was on the eve Of resting
from his labors. and he expired soon az.
ter an apoplectic stroke.
! Fletcher. the divine. had q dream which
Swallowed out his impending JissoIu;icn
and believing il to be the u,rcifa! warn
| ing OF heaven, he sent for a sculptor. and
ordered his tomb Begin your work
forthwith he said at parting: There i.
no time TO lose" And unless the arts;
| had obeyed the admonition. death would
have proved the quicker workman Of the
two. Mozart wrote his requiem under the
conviction that the monument he was
raising 10 his genius would. by the 2owe!
or association. prove a universal mOnu-
ment 10 his remains. When life was fleet
ing very fast, he called Tor the score,
and musing over II. said: Did 1 not tell
you truly that il was for myself that ]
composed that death chant3'
Another great artist. in a different de-
partment, convinced that his hand was
about 70 lose its cunning. chose = subject
emblemaucal OF the coming event His
friends inquired the nature OF his COM
ing design, and Hogarth replied. The
end of all things In that case re-
Joined one. There will be an end Of She
painter" What was uttered in jest was
answered in earnest, with solemn look
and heavy high There will he said,
and the sooner my work is done the
better" He commenced next day, labor
ed upon the drawing w%As unremitting
diligence. and when he had given il the
last touch. seized his palette, broke +; IN
pieces. and said. Il have finished" TIE
print was published in March. under the
title of ''F1nis.' and in October the curl
Gus eyes which saw the manners in the
face were closed in the dust Our ances-
tors, who were prone 10 look IN the air
for causes which were 10 be found upon
the earth, attributed these intimations TO
various supernatural agencies.
John Hunter has solved the mystery. II
mystery it can be called. in a single SEN
tence. I'VE sometimes" he says, feel
within ourselves that we shall not live;
for the living powers become weak. and
the nerves communicate the intelligence
to the BRAIN
His own case has often been quoted
among the marvels of which he offered
this rational explanation. He minated.
on leaving home that il a discussion which
awaited him al the hospital took an angry
turn. ii would prove his death. \ coll
league gave him the lie. the coarse word
verified the prophecy. and he expired al
most Immediately in an adjoining room
There was everything to lament in the
circumstance, but nothing at which 10
wonder.
Circumstances which at another time
would excite no attention are accepted
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order for the requiem with Mozart. the
dream with Fletcher. turned the current
Of their thoughts TO the grave. Foote,
prior 10 his departure for the continent.
stood contemplating the picture OF
brother author. and exclaimed, his eyes
full of tears. Poor Weston In the
same detected tone he added. after a
pause, Soon others shall say. Poor
Foote!' And to the surprise of his friends
A few days proved the justice Of his prog
losticatiOn. The expectation Of the event
lad a share in producing 1t; for a slight
shock completes the destruction Of pros
rate energies.
The case Of Wolsey was singular. The
morning before he died he asked Of Cav
'ndish the hour and was answered, Past !
light" Eight of the clockY' replied |
e olsey; that cannot be; eight Of the /
lock-nay, nay, 1t cannot be eight of the /
lock, for by eight Of the clock you shall /
ose your master"
The day he misCalculated. the hour
anne true. On tho following morning.
5 the clock struck eight. his troubled
pirit passed from life. Cavendish and
he bystaHders thought he must have had
revelation Of the time OF his death,
nd, from the way in which the fact had
AIKEN possession of his mind. we suspect
hat he relied on astrological prediction. |
'hich had the credit Of a revelation in his
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