Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
Dreams.

| dreams admOniSheS man, anu alae
 shows him some things that will hap
 pen to him in his future career Many there be who scout this ideal and say: "If he had eaten less
 supper, he would not have dreamed
 I admit thai most of the actions oi the brain are caused by physical means, but still that does not prove that all dreams are the result of phys ! icai causes.
 Dreams were considered from ear | Hest antiquity as sacred admonltiOns and hints ot futuriIy. Many of the heathen oracles were delivered ID this manner, and even among the Jews
 we find sev, ral intimatiOn conveyed to their prophets in this way. The Romans in general were great oO- servers of dreams, and Augustus Cesar is said to have escaped very imminent danger at the battle of Phil iippi by quitting his tent in compll- ance wi.h dream of Antonlus, ms physician.
 St. Augustine in his youth was wild and hceutious man. Monica (St. Augustine's mother, a Christian wOman) saw herself one night stand ing on a certain wooden rule, when a shining one came towards her. He was cheerful and smiling, but she was grieving and overwhelmed with grief.
 Why weepest thNu?" tenderly in- tHo ,,,retarfnns visffgr
 Oh, my Aurelius! sobbed the mother. |" My heart will break for him.
 Look" said the stranger. And glanclng in the direction to which he pointed, she saw her son standing by her on the same rule. Be content and of good cOuragei" he added |;
 ,,where thou art, there he is also"
 Monica awOke; it was dream. She told her son the dream, but il did not turn him from his evil ways. After nine years Augustus turned unto God. Who will not admit that God gave his mother that dream to encourage her !
 Alexander the Great was dying of a wound that did not at first seem dan gerous, but it batfied the skill of his physicians and Was rapidly becoming mortal. One night 1t is said he dreamed that some one had brought him peculiar looking plant; It was found and applied and he was cured.
 When Lord Bacon, as he himself records, dreamed that he saw his fathers house in the country plas- tered all over with black mortar, p his feelings were highly wrought upon. The emotions under which he labored were of very apprehensIye kind and he had no doubt that the next intellI- gence from England would appriSe him of his fathers death. His appre- hensions the sequel proved well founded, for his father dIed the night of the dream.
 When Dr. Wm. Harvey, of the Col leee of Physicians, London, went Co Germany, he went 10 Dover to cross the water. At Dover he and those with him were obliged to show their passes 10 the Governor of the place. Fhe Governor told Harvey that he could not go, for he must keep him prisoner. The doctor wished Co know why. We'll, it was his will to have it so. The vessel sailed at evening with the dOctO. s companions in It. A storm came up, all on board were drowned. The next day the news reached Dover. The doctor was unknown tO the Gov ernor, both by face and name, but the ight before the Governor had a dream Oi Harvey, and had a warning Co stop him. This the Governor told Harvey the next day.
 Goethe saw himself at a certain place on horseback. Eight years uiterward he was at that place
 Hiram Powers said after his " Greek Slave was finished.
 This almost verifies a dream in all respects but one. It was this: used to see in my dreams, when a child, white female figure acrOss the river. It stood upon pillar, was naked, ana to my eyes very beautiful; but the water Was between me and it and too deep tO ford. This dream ceased when l began to model. At that time l had no thoughts of sculpture, nor had 1 seen anything likely to excite such a dream
 NIT. Stanton told the following about Lincoln:
 On the afternoon of the day on whicn tle PIesiuent was shot, there Was Cabinet council at which he presided, Air. Stanton, being busily engaged, did not arrive until late; indeed, they were waiting for him, and on his entering the roum the Pres ident broke oil in something he was saying and remarked:
 |" Lel us proceed 10 business, gen. tlemen."
 MT. Stanton then noticed with great surprise that the President sat with an air of dignity in his chair, instead of lOlnng about n the most uugainly attitudes, as his custom was, and that, instead of telling stories, he was grave and calm, and quite a different man.
 Mir. Stanton, on leaving the council with the Attorney-General, said to him;
 That is the most satisfactory cab inet meeting 1 have attended for many a long day. What an exlraor- dinary change in Mir. Lincoln"
 The General replied:
 ' We ali saw that before you came in. While we were waiting for you, he said, with his chin down on his breast, Gentlemen, something ex- is gong to happen, and thGt very sOon.'
 To this remark the General ob- served
 ' Something good, sir, 1 hope
 The President answered gravely, Il don't know-I don't know, But it will happen, and shortly, too.'
 The General said, Have you re ceived any information, sir, not dis closed 10 us?'
 ''No," answered the President, 'but l have had a dream, and 1 now have had the same dream three times ;Once on the night pending the battle of Bull Ran; once on the night of such another" naming a battle not tavora- hlp to tha N forth