The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

vision of his son at sea under peculiar
circumstances which afterward proved to
! have been real.
These are only few cases out of
many. Perhaps, however, the most per-
fectly authenticated case Is that pub
lished some time ago in the private
journal of the Society for Psychical Re-
search and originally reported by DR..
NJ L. Holbrook of New York In brief
| the record is as follows:
THE DEATH OF MRS. MORSE.
July II, n:3O a. m.-Mr. ]. F. Morse
reports that he dreamed last night that
his wife was dead in Delaware county,
Pa.
July II, 7:15 p. m.-Receved from Mr..
Morse telegram as follows: My wife
| died last night
July q, p. m.-Received from Mr.
Morse particulars OF his wife's death. He
reports that on meeting Mrs Morse's
| brother at Dayton, O., the brother said:
| L knew Carrie was dead I saw her in a
dream. She was gliding from my room
into the hall and said, Don't you know
| me, WHIP"
| Sept II have learned from Mr.
Morse that he did not actually dream
| that his wife was dead, but that he was
dressed in mourning and was taking
railway journey. Mrs. Morse. had been
Ill for some time, but was expected to
last for several MONTHS
The same journal reports the case of
Miss Mary Luke, who had dream in
which she saw a friend in conversation
with another man in Albuquerque, NJ M,
and heard their talk. Six weeks later she
dreamed that he was in New York and
told her father Of it, and a few hours
later the man actually made his appear
ance and recognized Miss Lakes descrip-
IN nf hiS orio
This dream is pretty we'll authenti-
Gated. and the authenticity Of Mr.
Morse's dream Is perfect There are,
however, vast number Of dreams re-
ported which cannot be depended upon
The trouble with most Of them Is that
they are not narrated until after the
event has happened, and the dreamers
are quite likely to mix actual facts with
their dream Impressions
Historical dreams have probably been
added to by succeeding narrators MANY
OF them also might have been accounted
FOR on ordinary grounds had they been
properly investigated at the time AS a
general thing accounts Of dreams cannot
be entirely depended upon unless they
have been described in writing before the
occurrence of the event which they are
supposed to foretell.
Regarding the authenticated dreams
| there are also doubts. They may have
| been condolences. People are dreaming
| all the time, and 1t would be strange if
| some of their dreams did not turn out
| correct. In the case Of the "Nimblefoot
| Mystery" for instance, 1t should be add
| ed that the Melbourne cup race Is the
| equivalent Of the English derby, and
| people dream about 1t for months in ad-
vance. The chances naturally are that
| some of these dreams may be coinci-
dences; some may result fl ON that mys-
| FERROUS agency called telepathy Of which
| We hear so much and know SO little. 1t
| is not unfair to assume that this Is true.
THE REALM OF COINCIDENCE.
In the matter of premonitory dreams It
| is not impossible that they may be sug-
geSted from the spirit world. There is
some evidence in support of this adduced
by the experiments of Mrs. Piper, in
Boston, which are SO remarkable as al
most to compel the belief that spiritism
Is not a deception.
Take, for instance, the case Of Dr.
Thaw. a wealthy graduate of Harvard
late of New York One Of the so-called
spirits with which Dr. Thaw held con-
verse through this noted medium said:
Nv. Is coming to US. He is coming
within six months or a year. He is going
to sleep and when he wakes he will be
in spirit land. His heart VIII stop. His
kidneys are out of order He's out Of
order all over
DR.. Thaw had no more reason then to
expect the death of "W." than at any
time for two or three years, he being
chronic invalid with asthma. Two
weeks after the sitting 'W." was ex-
anined in New York and kidney disease
discovered for the first time. He died
during his sleep Of heart failure, within
the appointed time.
Such instances could be multiplied
many times. They seem to prove that
Mrs Piper has either communication with
the spirit world or that she has an infinite
mind which can reach cut into space
and grasp facts from any person at any
distance.
Now If the assumption that spirits can
communicate with us through a me-
dunn is correct, 1t may be properly in
ferred that spirits can suggest ideas to
US .telepa thically during sleep. If this
is true many CT these dreams may be
| thus explained