The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF.
Many Instances in Which Dreams Are
 Corroborated by Facts.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Dreams that pass through our heads during the night that is sacred to sleep, from whatever cause pro- duced, frequently turn out to be pro- phetic in their character.
 An instance is given of a young Italian lad named Luigi Tiranti, em- ployed in home for lost children in London, England, having dream in which four numbers occurred fre- quently. So impressed was he that he saved up until he could afford to spend $3 on lottery tickets. At the drawing, which occurred shortly af- forward, the magic numbers were drawn, bringing him in $80.
 | An elderly Oregon woman was the recipient few years ago of an inter- esting present from Queen Alexan- dria She then lived in Croydon, England, and had, several dreams in which her majesty had given her a chair, shawl, and a Bible. Worried by the constant repetition of these | dreams, she wrote to the queen, and day or two later a chaplain of the royal lady went to Croydon and fully inquired into her circumstances. Soon l receiving a beautiful warm woolen shawl and Bible, on the flyleaf of ] which was inscribed that it had been sent by command of the queen.
 During breach of promise suit an epistle written by the faithless lover was produced. In it he stated that he would terminate all relations with 1 the young lady, as there we're "no l cyin nf h,1c coming a fact" In explaining the pe- culiar reason the defendant stated that for three nights in succession he had dreamed that the father of the girl had been made rich by finding a rich seam of coal on some of his land This dream had led him to court the | girl that he might investigate the matter and see the likelihood of the dream ever coming true, but his ef- forts being fruitless, he decided to break off the engagement In sum- ming up the case to the jury the judge commented scathingly upon the sor- did motives of the mercenary lover, and the Jneed one was awarded $250 damages. The father, though a hard | headed business man, could not rid hlmself of certain impressions re- l of his oft-repeated dream, so com menced boring for coal in the field and, as the sequel proved, found it in such rich quantities that he and his daughter are now worth small for tune through such find. The faithless , lover now wishes he had married the 1 girl.
 A story comes to us from Scotland | Dp ba nf i ing the lives of two little children near Dumfries. They were daughters of a blacksmith and disappeared one secured the neighboring country dur | ing the night, but without success. One of the searchers went to bed early the next morning tired out with his long search, but, unable to sleep, | he passed into an uneasy doZe, when he dreamed that he saw the missing children in a hole at a certain part of the woods which he and others had | passed in their search during the pre- vious evening. Though skeptical of | dreams, he got up and went to the place, and, To and behold, he found | the children fast asleep, though hid | den by a dense pile of brushwood. Richard Mansfield, the actor, once had a dream in London, England. which was the turning point in his career. It occurred years ago when MT. Mansfield was trying to eke out an existence as a painter in London, that his training as a singer enabled | him to obtain an engagement with d'Oyly Carte in travelling Pirates of Penzance" company, but the man. ager of that company was so exacting, cutting salaries, or imposing fines on the slightest excuse, that MT. Mans