The daily Alaskan., 1910-01-12
BRAIN MESSAGE
 BY WIRELESS.
By MARTIN ANDREWS.
[Copyrlght. 1909. by American Press As'
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demn superstition and certain frauds by which it is supported. But while we are losing faith in the miraculous there is a growing disposition to ex- plain wonders scientifically,
 I am especially subject to thought transference, and so is my wife. When together a thought no sooner enters the head of one of us than the other gives expression to it. l am scientific man and expect the time to come when one will be able to detect the subtle cause or means of this com munication.
 Some years ago l went as scientist on an exploring expedition. We were obliged to enter Into an ocean that was then comparatively unknown. Our maps were the best that could be ob- talncd. but had not received the same attention as other districts. Besides, convulsions beneath the sea are con- stanuy occurring to change the con- dltons.
 We were sailing northward within a hundred miles of a coast running northeast and southwest. It was near midnight. was sound asleep in my berth. Suddenly l awoEe. What oc- cured during this awakening l am not going 10 attempt to explain except negatively It was not a dream. It was not a vision. | heard nothing. l saw nothing. It was rather a con- sciousness. In that infnitesimal bit of time. during which l passed from a sound sleep to a Svide awake condi- tIon. my wife, who was several thou sand miles distant from me- was gcs- ticuIUting wildly, convulsed with ter TOT, pointing and crying Keep onH
 As l have said, l received this as brain impression The moment l was awake 1t was gone There were the usual roll of the ship and creaking of tlmbers. and l looked out Of the port hole. The night was starlight, and there was but fair wind. Nevcrthe- less what had occurred had impressed me thoroughly with a sense of danger. ] arose, put on my clothes and went on deck. The officer in charge, John Jacobson, was pacing the after deck. There was no land in sight nothing but a broad cXpanse of ocean.
 What is it| asked the officer as joined him.
 "Why do you ask the question"
 "Why? You wouldn't be coming up here at this time of night for nothing. Besides, you look as if you'd seen ghost"
 John" l replied, will you do some thing for me without a reason|
 What is it?'
 That's shorcward out there, isn't it?' pointed westward.
 Yes"
 Put her off to northwest"
 Good Lord. What for"
 Ut was to be without a reason"
 'NWhat will the old man do to me| "I'll take the responsibility and stand between you and him. Come, John, be quick, There's danger aheadw
 He seemed to catch an inspiration of fear from me and gave the necessary orders As the ship was rounding to her new course went to the port guuwale and looked over.
 Come here, qujckr I called to the officer.
 He came and looked over the side with me.
 "Whats that| I asked
 'I see nothing" he replied,
 "Not that whitish line out there"
 He continued to peer and suddenly cried under his breath. Great heav- ensw then gave the order to the helms man to sheer off to starboard. He saw, as | did. thin white line It could only be foam and could only come from submerged rocks. It ran north and south, broken here and there by the dark water 10 rcappear farther on. We got only a glimpse of it, for our change of course served to take us away from it. For a time we both stood with bated breath, every mo- ment expecting a shock or to hear the hold beneath us grating on a reef. Then l went below and called the cap tain.
 We saw no more evidences of the sunkcn reef, but on reaching the next port learned that it had been recently discovered by others. Its appearance dated from the last earthquake on the coast.
 l made a note of the day. hour and minute, as near as the latter was pos siblc, that my warning came to me, and when some months later return ed to my wife I told her my story. Without waiting to hear me through she interrupted to tell me that while I was away she had dreamed she saw our ship sailing toward a sunlen reef. She. tried to warn us off, but could not do so Her terror awoke her. She looked up the date and found it tallied with my memorandum.
 A reference of my warning to sCien- tifc causes may be weakened by It's dependence on a dream. Dreams are now believed to be simply mental ac-