The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-09
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nitions.
Perhaps you don't believe In thought
TRANSFORMERS, and perhaps you do. A WON
an who doesn't know whether or not shs
believes In it docs know that she was ter
ribly frightened twice IN her life when
there was no apparent reason why shs
should have been-that Is, In advance oi
her actual knowledge of trouble or danger.
She declares that these are the only Incl
dents Of the kind In her life, and abe
further declares-this for the benefit OF
Observation-Disclosures she cannot recall that
she ever had any other premonitions. true
or false. ht ma
A man who pretends TO know something
about mental manifestations says that
this Is an extremely Important point for
he says that most mothers have 40 pre-
monitions an evening when they are away
from home that something terrible Is hap
pening TO somebody somewhere. Accord
ing to this wise man, a mother goes to the
theater leaving her beloved 6-year,old
peacefully sleeping In his bed. She has
premonitions that he has fallen out Of bed
and broken his neck; that he has been abb
Quoted; that he has been burned up that
he's has coughed himself TO death, and that
escaping gas has asphy xiated him. She
has an appalling premonition every 10 min
utes. When she eoes home, she enters the
child's room in q brsathless suspense. II
the boy Is sleeping soundly, N is the case
90 times out Of 100, she does not give a
single thought to any one of her horrify-
ing premonitions
But If, the wise man declares, she comes
homo on the huDdredth time and finds
that her adored SON has awakened In the
night and asked FOR q drink OF water be-
cause he could think of nothing else to
ask for, or be has had an uneasy dream
because he was allowed TO have pudding
with his dinner, she clasps him In her
arms and declares that she had a premo-
milton at the very moment he awakened,
tortured with his feverish thirst, or at the
exact instant the nightmare assaulted
him.
The woman who had the two dreadful
or whatever you please 90
call them, Is positive, however, as has
been pointed out before. that these two
are the sum total Of her prcnonisions, and
she hopes that they Will remain so, and II
any one could te so stupid as to doubt the
veracity or the memory Of a woman. why,
then 1t need only be said that this woman
Is the daughter II famous bishop, so that
point Is settled once and forever But now
for the premonisions
She had been down town and was rid
Ing home In car when her mind was op-
pressed with n sense of some harm coming
TO her little sister. She grew extremely
nervous, and her suffering became so keen
that the other passengers In the car no
ticed her distraction and enaeavored te
sootho her. Finally her agitation became
10 terrifying thas she repeated moan ed
her sisters name, falling eventually fnto
such condition Of collapse that when the
,ar- reached her home she could barely
stagger to the house. At the door she was
met by servant, who was palefaced and
'obbing.
"Oh, cried the sister. "how IS
tits terrible, terrible" sobbed the
maid, but she h alivep' and rushing into
he house the woman found her little sis
er lying on a couch with white face. !
vet; streaming hair and almost lifeless.
She had just been rescued from drowning |
n a shocking way, having fallen into
'istern, and having been taken out with |
he greatest difficulty.
The period covering the ehild's fall into !
he. cistern, her struggles there and her |
escue in an unconscious condition CORE |
ponded with her sister $ attack of nervous |
renzy, oyerpowrring depression and sue J
eeding collapse The periods. So far as |
ould 10 judged, were also coinoident In !
uration
To tho wise man this seemed a clear |
'aso Of tplepntily, with no confusing asso-
,iatioDs and no deceptive circumstances.
The other instance wos similar, though |
N this case tho mental impressions wexe |
lot so vivid. But, on the Oth0r hand, the |
inducing cause was not 80 serious, though |
no sympathctis brain was undoubtedly OF |
more powerful infiIHnce, being that Of the |
ishop.
Again, tho woman was in street car, |
n her way to a church, where her father |
vas taking pare IA some service, when she |
gas startled witch n senm of impending |
anger to him. The oppression Of the pre- |
ious experience was repeated, and this |
vas followed ~ an extreme eagerness to |
each him. When the car carried hor TO |
he church, she fumped b. the street, hur- |
led into the basement and was running |
through several rooms which were between |
er and the room where sho knew her IA |
her should be when she mes young |
woman.
"How Is my father" cried the bishops |
laughter, but 30 did not walt for an an
wer, running On DO the rear room. Hero
he found her father. He had tainted, and |
aving partly recovered was being re-
moved from the room to his carriage.
Two interesting features OF this case
we're brought out by questions of tho wise
nan. The bishop was not subject ~
ainting attacks--in fact, his daughter
id not believe that he bad over before
he bad scarcely been Ill day
n his. life, so that there was no reason
ounded on association or habitual dread
Why the daughtev should have boon struck
With fear for bar father.
These are the simple stabements OF tho
ases, given hors 10 they were given by
be. bishops daughter, for what they are
worth to those who are interested In psy-
biological discussion and research. New
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