The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-25
MYSTERY OF DREAMS
Whence Come the Warning vis-
itors We See In SIeep2
TWO VERY PUzzLING CASES.

oHv WHoTv WVtHoT nHo oVD botH 1ot
Tidlngs of Disaster at the Same
Time and One Who're O Child Saw
Her Father Saved In q ShIpwrsck.
Out OF il0 dreams Of h very striking
kind investigated by one Of the lead
Ing psychic research societies no fewer
than scvcnty-nine related 10 death,
and perhaps tho rarest OF all these
dreams In tho case where two persons
dreamed The same thing on the same
night. and the episode came true. This
striking instance IL reported by the
Rev X. u, Ellington:
"A woman parlahloner Of mine" he
says. whose husband was fisher
man, at that time on the sea. dreamed
one night In terribly vivid fashion That
his little craft had been cut In two By
the towering steel bows Of great
liner. Her eldest son was with the
husband. and as she woke she screamed
out. oh, save my boy. my boyr This
was remarkable enough. considering
The sequel. but almost al the very mo.
ment the poor woman was IN her dis.
tress. yet still asleep, another son was
pounding nt her door. half asleep and
half awake. and crying, oh. mother.
where Is fatherT The terrified woman
now rose and let the boy In. He wns
crying, Tie told her he had distinctly
heard his fathers heavy tread coming
~ the stairs and his ponderons kick
with sen boots against the door, as had
been his manner when returning nh.
ruptly from long cruise. Next morn.
Ing the alarmed mother aud wife told
NIL the neighbors, a1d before the day
was out the dreadful news came that
every detail Of her dream was true.
The little trawlIng lugger had been run
into by coasting liner, nearly cut In
two and sunk with all hands. includ.
Ing her husband and SON."
Premonitory dreams occupy a large
part OF the psychological records. and
the following case IL a very, puzziing
one: A Mrs Sprut lived at Balmain.
one Of the suburbs Of Sydney, Austria.
lIa. Her husband was sea captain
In command Of the Ataeama, q wooden
ship Of i.300 tons, which had arrived In
Sydney Ia q leaking state and was
picked up cheap by frm known ms
cowllshaw Bros. for $500. Twice MS
much was spent In repairs, and then
the Atacama was sent up the coast
with a cargo OF coal. She delivered
this and next set out for San Diego.
But when 800 miles out from sgd.
ney she snrang leak. and Captain
Sprnit decided to put back. In spite
Of the pumps the water gained. and
soon there was a depth OF eleven feet
In the hold. SpruIt now resolved TO
abandon the ship and launch the three
boats The captain himself. with one
seaman, the steward, boatswain and
an apprentice, was In the twenty-four
foot llfeboat, while the rest of the
crew, twelve In all, We're in The other
two boats. Heavy seas were running.
aud the boats were nearly swamped
As Sprult could not swim. he was
nearly drowned. Some Of his men
were lost Their situation was indeed
fearful In boats half filled with water
and exposed 10 fierce gale 400 miles
from land. Again and again was
Sprult washed out, but at last his boat
was picked up when its occupants'were
In the last stages OF exhaustion from
fatigue, exposure and lack OF food A
OF the Sydney Morning Her.
Md called to interview the captain and
found him barefooted, with terribly
swollen legs. covered with severe cuts
md bruises,
Now consider Mrs Sprult's report to
The Psychlcal Research society, which
Is most remarkable.
"Last Thursday week." she writes
mt 3 O'clock In the morning my thir-
daughter Lily came into |
ny bedroom and woke me by tap on
ny forehead, oh, mamma she cried
"A breathless whisper, I'm 80 fright.
med! tried to soothe her. but she
'niy covered her face with her hands
Ind whispered tremblingly: oh, look
Ny papa's ship Is all wrecked! Papa's
'ome home all In rags, with his feet
md legs cut. and | see two or three OF |