Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-06

slumber had lasted ouly during the sing
log OF single llne.n
"Can the brain act coheIently during
sleep2" aeked one Of the Doctors curious
little audience
30, yesi that ia we'll established, and
has but recently, in striking lncld Mt,
been further verified. Canon Knox Little
OF Manchester dreamed that he wrote a
hymni remembering IL upon waking he
wrote II down on the iy-leaf OF u handy
book. He then fell asleep again. When
No Awoke the second time he had forgot
ten the words OF the hymn, and supposed
that oil OF the incident had been dream,
but when he looked at the ny.leaf In the
book he found there, sure enough, the
verses he mad written down, and which
are Incorporated In several hymn books
In England.
at Is matter OF, history, as we oil
know, that the poet Cocridge com.
posed his celebrated fragment 'Kubla
Khan while asleep. He fell into doze
while reading Purchas' Pilgrim, and was
In slumber several hours. When he
awakened he remembered an entire poem
which be had composed during his sleep
lie NJ once seized n pen and wrote down
the part OF IL that had been preserved.
but was called away when he was but
hall through, and was never able after
ward TO remember the balance, so Tint
the poem has remained as fragment
Tartina, the musician, composed the
Devils Sonata under the inspiration of
dream, and matpematiciaus have solved
problems In their sleep which they were
unable 10 master while awake.
but" continued the doctor, after a
shght pause, strange as these unac.
countable phenomena may seem, there is
yet moro curious fact In relation 10
dreaming, which has never been SUN.
ciently noticed. II dream be but a
oaseless fabric, TO what unsubstantlal and
elusive thing shall we co pare the dream
OF a dream The thing happens often,
out IL so mingled with the fantastic med.
ley OF the dream itself as to be seldom
clearly defined. A very good friend Of
mine who lives In West PHILADELPHIA
some months ago related to me the fol.
lowing dream OF this kind, which many
years ago disturbed his slumbers, and
which, being dream within dream.
made great impression upon him, fixing
Itself indellbly upon his memory. Il WAS
sleeping he said, 'aud fell into dream.
In which imagined that was in a sick
room talking to the visiting physician
about the patients condition. Thought
was tired and sleepy. aud the doctor
kindly advised me to take nap, offering
TO remain at the patien Is bedside while
obtained some rest dreamed that
threw myself upon sofa aud slept, and
ss slept thought that dreamed OF a.
terrible thunder storm, aud that was
awakened by a fash Of lightning. Open
Ing my eyes saw the doctor b my
friends bed and spoke to him OF my
dream. "Ol" said he, dthat Is easily
explained, Your face was toward
that window there, aud the wind blew
open one OF the Stats you see there.
and the sun was thrown directly IN your
lace and thus caused you to dream OF the
lightning" sun, In my dream, talked
some time with the doctor and then
awoke, The doctor, his patient, the
sick-room, and all had been dream, dur
Ing the progress OF which had actually
dreamed OF the lightniog stroke, awoke
from that dream aud continued for some
time 70 carry on the thread OF the drs,
vision. | Iight multiply such experi.
ences,' said the doctor, AS he prepared
to bid his friends goodnight, nbut none
o. them wenld 70 clearly illustrate that