The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-02-20


sgr-ls .a ,bc story. He pledged every
r-sF p. secrecy concerning names. dates.
~ anything which would fix the identity
lsrfa PARTIES All are Chicago people OF
vsr-k-aUr families. and the principals
AZ alive to-day"
ks,- e,Pu.a..1g that the names OF the
-.--.r .a print should lie Charles Smith
s-s N-s Charles Smith, the bishop told
che story. al follows.
some years ago Mrs Charles Smith. the
40. OF YOUNG Chicago man living on
-a North Side. was taken seriously III /
.-E ..lI !n a short time she was not /
.rlaaeI and was buried TWO or three
ssgs later IN Rose hin Cemetery. She /
vas buried In the afternoon, and In the |
s-.-.a2 a. friend cf the family came in and |
se..I 10 stay In the house that night /
z. the husband and servants. In the I
-EIe OF the night Mr.. Smith was awak- /
f-f5 from rather restless sleep by some
s-a calling his name lie heard the name /,
TAO or three times. Charles. Charles
r.-v distinctly He did not associate the J
voice with any one he knew. and said TO
himself that IL was a halluCinatiOn. Be
me "a man Of materialIstiC views. he at /.
taar45 no supcrsttious meaning 10 the
matter. and soon fell into a troubled sleep /.
again After q little while he was wax |
sesE Iy The voice again, this time more
.~s-trut. Charles, Charles Charles" /
Jgst as day was breaking, for the third
tine be- heard the call again, this time en-
t-eauagly.
This time ne recognized the voice very
distinctly as that Of his wife. Moved by
some iucxplainable impulse, he sprang up,
searched the room thoroughly, found 10
one and rushed into where his friend was
asleep.
Come, get up" he said; I'VE must go
70 Rose Hiur
His Wife Was still Alive.
His friend tried to dissuade him, but to
ID purpose They harnessed a horse TO a
light buggy, took spades and pickaxes,
and drove to the cemetery at a break
mock speed. As quickly as possible they
d'egsd down 20 the coffin, which had been
pI- there the afternoon before, and open
ed IT, The young wife was just turning
over in the casket.. Although alive she
was unconscious. Presumably she had
been in a stupOr the entire time She was
taken home, recovered consciousness, and
IS alive to-day. She has no idea that she
was ever buried alive, and probably If
She had known all of the circumstances
| o. that time the shock would have killed
| pr. She was told that she had been very
ID and had recovered almost miraculously. |
/ Beyond that she knows nothing of the |
story. There seems to lie but one expla- |
ration. and that is that Mrs Smiths SUBJ |
conscious mind influenced the mind of her /
husband -6lopathically and warned him OF /
her danger.
AT one time" Bishop Fallows went on |
10 say i was a member of a society for
| B. ID
The time the English one was formed,
and among our members were several
uergymeu / think the society grew out
Of a li,tl. rreaChers' club We used to call |
the Round Table. Among the members
we're R4bb! HirsCh, Rabbi Felseuthal. DE-. |
Thomas. Or. Truesdel. of the Relief and
AID Society; DR.. Ryder, DIR. Gavin-aboUt
Weniy-three or twenty-five in all. We |
used 10 discuss psychic topics in both /
these societies. and l recollect a story OF
ieepSthlC influence that DIR. Truesde told
lie had gone down 20 Rockford TO attend |
The annual Methodist conference Sud
denly he was seized with the idea that he
sas needed at home. II was a busy meet
Ing, Dr. Truesdel was not in the habit
OF naylng attention 10 Superstitious
vhlmS, and he shook off the suggestion
j returned again, and this time so strong
} Thar he would not resist it. He took
The first train for home, and found his
wife very i'll and calling for him con-
sianuy
Dreams Which Came True.
a lady, whose name ! will not mention,
noi who Is the wife of prominent Indi-
eLa pu-,cldn, and the daughter Of a
Ae'A'1-f minister Of Chicago, told me at
,-.st meetings a number Of very curious
instances OF c-airvOyance, second-sight
'--lttrr you viii. All her life she had
.T'NH 10 possess a curious sixth sense,
anu aileT q severe illness she was troubled
" lamentations. Friends at a distanc>
'~4 i' appear TO her in troops talk 10
-'' ana ask her questions. By degrees,
os SIZE grew stronger, these visions went
away, but Sue seemed still to retain a
F"rI oi second sight. For instance. she
'." ne ilaf she dreamed one night that
servant had SET tIre TO a storerOom filled
YIN trunks. She got up and looked cut
me window toward the storeroom. saw
~ evidence Of fire, and went to sleep
sEa'E he third time she dreamed the
sai-r Thing again, and this time when she
.''A-d ua, lhe window smoke was pour
az -'o;a the storerOom. The servant lad
Varied a candle in. set it near a curtain.
eng -ae curtain had caught fire
ilA woman always knew, she said |
zen any " her relatives or friends were
S.'-' TO do. Invariably she was warm
| dreaming of eating muscatine
s'~P'' Once her daughter lay very i'll !
OIL al-a.i'Hg room. The mOthnc Dream s
- s.- Was surrounded by barrels Of
.-.. a..I- grapes. She walked up, rushed
10y --.rHf-r's sick room. and found
, -''As. This premonltiOn came to her
r- an again and seemed invariably ,
.r On" mad no theory 10 account for IL |
~ 70 -f.- ] remember then the mead p,
49, '.'-la"um, told 4 curious story of
or# healing. or something on that !
az q. i.' .al a relative near death, and {
p- s."a. ly The bed and looked down | !
t-.. I occurred To him with irresist-
can bring her back 10 life. |
r. .'. -rr back Moved By the i'm
s .a.I-. out. Helen, you are not |
..-. } G are going 10 be well In |
Con-. .He Come back Do YOU hear? r
lsr. tt.ls woman was aroused from
.r I'D recovered eventually.
a.. ..r Hll an Old aunt who was
r-r.l al too dear % hear a word OF !
- '.".". around her. She used In sit
o. ....E circle knitting p.acldly. and
rs.. A'-' looking az the speakers 10
vH.. .'"trrs@t'Du. would ask questions 3
tsg showed that she knew what the
stories Of Nind-rending.
.''r YOU eyer had any curious psychic 7
'aHa ia your own experience,
.-.' ! have NOT. though often have
,s-...'.a.- lHua experiments TO see If I
o ming o. that sort would not come Of
r.. roy. How "a Dig fellow al Andover. c
r- l mind reader, and often sur
-. .g knowing what others Of me
L.. "'f- thinking about. For example,
f...i 'ha, ore day the boy had been 5
....'.s little Do and his mother Uas re-
t.. her mind just what medicine
s give MIN. Not "a word had been 4
zone ....-' .' and the boy SAT AZ taole
l-f .'H'e away. All Al once he broke ! ]
rr..-.. . =. have 81. / won't have II, You
Sd. .h il iDr me. / can't take IT,
O. M. ,.." ,ha' his mother was deciding O
' = s'oy OF ciairyoyaEcy thatl