The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-05-24

in "a dream. She warned him he was
soon to die, a warning that was soon
after verified. 20" =.
Butcher told the king of Prussia that
he had been notified Of his approaching
death by the apparition Of his entire
family. He died very soon afterward.
Abraham Lincoln has left on record
several curious dream experiences. He
had undoubtedly had a presentiment of
his assassination for several years be-
fore it took place, and he alluded to it
in one OF his public addresses and told
it to Noah Brooks, one OF his biograph-
ers, who gives it in President Lincoln 8
own words:
1T was just after my election in
1861" said Mr.. Lincoln, when the
news had been coming in thick and
fast all day and there had been great
'Hurrah. boys so that I was we'll tired
out and went home to rest, throwing
myself down on lounge in my cham
Der. Opposite where l lay was a
bureau with a swinging glass upon it,
and, looking in that glass, I saw myself
reflected nearly at full length, but my
face I noticed had two separate and
distinct images the tip of the nose of
one being about three inches from the
tip of the other. I was little both
cred, perhaps startled, and got up and
looked into the glass, but the illusion
vanished. On lying down again I saw
it q second time, palmer If possible than
before, and then I noticed that one Of
the faces was a little paler, say five
shades, than the other. I got up and
the thing melted away and 1 went off
and in the excitement Of the hour for
got all about it-nearly, but not quite,
for the thing would once in a while
come up and give me a pang as if
something uncomfortable had hap
pened Later in the day told my
wife about it and few days after
tried the experiment again, when sure
enough the thing came back again;
but: I never succeeded i'll bringing the
ghost back after that, though I once
tried very industriously to show it to
my wife, who was worried about it
somewhat. She thought it was a sign
that I was to be elected to a second
term of office and that the paleness of
one Of the faces was an omen that
should not see life through the last
term
History proved that Mr.. Lincolns
presentiment was entirely correct.
1t is known that President Garfield
had a. long life premonition that he
would die on the anniversary of the
battle of Chickamauga, in which he
almost miraculously escaped with his
life. His premonition was verified, but
he does not appear to have had any
warning of Guiteau.
Prime Minister Canovas Of Spain was
warned by gypsy of his fate many
years ago. His wife for some time
prior to his assassination had been
filled with premonition of it.
The charity bazaar fire in Paris was
foretold by the famous clairvoyant,
Mile. Conedon, who foresaw it in a
vision.
In some parts of Ireland the belief
in banshee in prevalent and nearly
every old family has it's ghostly visi-
tor. The banshee takes different forms
to warn those it protects from danger
Some families are warned of death by
the baying Of q hound, others by a
vision OF woman combing long, black
/ tresses,- or by q woman keening or
grooming and by the appearance of
specters carrying winding sheets, a
skull, an hour glass or the lid of q
coffin.
There are a number of authentic
cases on record in which persons have
been warned of the intent to kill them
and also in which murders already
committed have been revealed through
the agency of dreams. Mrs Ruther-
ford, the granddaughter of Sir Walter
Scott, dreamed repeatedly that she saw
the murder of her mother by a. black
servant employed in the house.
She was SO. impressed with this
dream warning that she went to her
mothers home and there met the black
servant whom she had seen in her
dream. A watch was set upon the man
that night, though there seemed to be
no reason to suspect him Of any mur-
derous design. But in the dead of
night the guard surprised the fellow
making his way up stairs stealthily to-
ward Mrs. Rutherford's room, carry
ing scuttleful Of Goals. He said he
was going to make. up the fire, but the
Goals being searched were found to con-
tain strong knife. Later on this
man was actually hanged for the MUIR
der OF another person and confessed
that he meant to have killed Mrs.
Rutherford.