The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-20
METAPHYSICAL INFORMATION.
When a man awakes at morning, with

METAPHYSICAL INFORMATION. When a man awakes at morning, with an idea of dreams. half formed and fragmen,aiy, dodging in ard out of his mind, he should not get up, thereby dis- polling the dreamy suggestions, but should lie perfectly still and devote his mental energy to the work of s,raighten- ing out and unraveling the eobweb visions. To an ordinary thinker, one so practical that he expects the explanation of everything to lie on the surface, this statement would seem foolish, but II IS the result of careful study. Nearly every one has at times been sadly perplcsed by half formed recollections of some thing which he is convinced never occur rfed; has looked at landscape which for a moment he is convinced that he has before seen. although he well knows that he has not has. while performing a piece of work, sudden impression that several thousand years ago he performed the same piece Of labor under circum- stances strikingly similar This has caused many people to become insane. in the belief tha, they have lived another life, and that occasionally they were getting glimpses of 1t. An old gentle man in Arkansaw, some time ago, while mending a telephone, suddenly turned from the instrument. and said to his son :: I mended telephone just like this more than five hundred years ago. The young man would have called his father a fool, but final disposition of the old mans property had not been agreed upon. so he merely disputed the state ment with two very logical conclusions, disclosing first, that his father was not five hundred years old to his certain knowledge. and secondly. that the inven- ton of the telephone was so excessively modern that almost any boy could re- member it's introduction
 That makes no difference" declared the old gentleman. for know that a, leas, five hundred years ago, long before Chaueer began a foundation for English literature, mendcd a telephone"
 Where were you living then v asked the son.
 That's what am trying to recall. It mus, have been in England, for my an cestors, so far as we have any record, originated in that country"
 Are you certain it wasn't in Arkan- saw
 Tt must have been in England. Yes, sir, five hundred years ago. By George. sir, il may have been a thousand years ago" and the old man studied over the affair until be lost his mind.
 These momcn,ary flashes of distorted recollection result from dreams. After getting up ai morning and eating break fast. man forgets the fragments of dreams of winch he had an imperfect Idea before arising Sometime during the day. while engaged ln work. a part of a dream will suddenly occur to hum. Unable to locate or. in any possible manner unravel the mystery of the sud- den impression. he al once associates the flash with his work. aud involuntarily conecves the idea that sometime during previous ages he performed the same piece of labor. \ great many brilliant minds have been injured in this way, and even those who set it all aside on the ground of hallucination. have still rc1erted to the impression and become mentally injured. Dreaming. and getting on, of bed before recalling and fixing the dreams. IS the sole cause. IL is actually dangerous 10 get out oi bed at morning bclore you have thoroughly canvasscd yourself to see whether or not there are any splin,crs of dreams lying around in your mind. Married men. especially. are Tn danger. Getting out of bed before day and holding teaspoontul of pare gorio over the lamp chimney has ruined many mans mind, and hopping out ere the morning star, whatever that quotation from Lord George Gordon Byron may mean. ard building a fire, has ever been an effective call from a lunatie asylum. Women should think oi this metaphysical matter. if matter can be metaphysical, and compel the husband to get out of bed deliberately. One false step and all may be lost.
 
 SENATOR GARLAND.