The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1888-12-07
A cHArEH oIpREAMs.
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Little Do w Lnop of aem-pyspepsin
- FriDae I'D Tor.
many have 1iscoursedt tearnedly upon
,, eams, prop92nding VIE theories and
making piauslh]e sugge{ions, yet no one
\ tis uas ever arr td at any real solution of
tSeS sSe matte; 4 js only barrier of cloud
<ay e. knowledge thereof,
pregnable. 49t is bucfk stem fror, our
noisy, busy world to tlb vague and vast
territory where,
| Hollow as b-eatb,no s,,el,
-, ano heS fprlorn of light
but no man may set up milestones ALONG
that trackless waste. We only know that
when all things lapse to ..a sleep and n
forgetting" the Imagination becomes n
i.y-ment' ana tpe wits speed over
tu .I1iiu anu Sea IKE wllH birds set free from
a., mere are. tcW creatures exempt from
Ine tnese nocturnal J9urneyings, however
T,,e Tiiei anu GircumscFibed they may be.
sn ne uo8 hunts In Dreams" the cat
Se' i's patties over again, and the bird
oinSs III us sieep, while even tho most
oiiohpiace PERSON can usually give
oI,, one oiuue accounF of his experiences in
CerIaln dreams are common
IN gu Peopie-falIfhg from q precipice,
uoMn, oown' 70 sfome unfathomed gulf
10 walk upon floor that sinks
:iniy peheath THE feet-endeavoring
a. - u Sea' haste, tqh put on garments that
up oa, tu1H writong side out, and de-
Ieiop otRIr lmpli,sh propensities-riding
Al coacn whlc4p suddenly crumbles to
pieceS' ana leaVEss one staring in the
i'o ioau. 90 70 spear'k, it is q marked pecu-
u dreams that "the bottom drops
ous Oh eVerythln9S."
~ tepeiiious al re dreams, and so erratic
III ,hsit course, That they cannot be COM
Peneu py any & ,ffort of will; wild fire
Souiu , 10 more e e{asily chained. We may
.onS aloehtiy toPt see once more, in '.the
"nueIhess Oh sSieep," some beloved and
,'a sheo lace; 1yet this poor solace may
o 40 uIneo, "h1ll ere alien images crowd into
Ino oraiH. Ojtpon this subject Hazlitt
"io,e' heVf tsr dream of the face of any
yhe ~ am Partld Gularly attached to. / have
.nought aimosY to agony Of the same per-
'on ior years, tjnearly without ceasing, so
- 70 nave ner face always before me, and
~ pe nauntedE by perpetual conscious
ieSs VI dlsapH pointed passion, yet never
Il aL Ihat 3ssme dreamt of that person
noie tnan ofolce or twice, and than not
lor can the last impression
e2SSived by the mind before slumber
overwhelmsit be calculated upon; for we
may read of Mother Blood's execution,
and dream, Immediately atterward, of a
cabbage garder or, transversely, we may
be Graded by TIE most soothing, placid
meditations, ye. the weird magician,
who bears the branch of poppies, will
beokonsus to follow through seas of gore.
Experiment has proved that dreams
ha rr,Htt
through the inlets of the senses; the thun-
der of drays upon the cobblestones sug-
gests tempest to the dreamer, and the
fumes of sulphur or the pleasant odors of
aromatic water near his nostrils trans
port him to strage countries. For this
reason the noises Of awakening life give
color and movement to tho visions that
chang upon the edge of day." rendering
them moro real and vivid than those
which come at dead of night.
1t is one of the peculiarities of dreams
to seem to be tending toward some stu
penduous climax, and then to turn away
r'asstl> mt. iDSeleuanco Tl.S dreamer re-
mains imperturbable in the face OF the
most astounding transformations; if ami
mails, and even inanimate objects, become
gifted with speech, he is not surprised;
yet he is likely to startled and terrified
by the most trifling things. If he dreams
of being pursued, it is not by lion or
tiger, but, perhaps, let us say, by an in
distinct yellow blur, lowering near the
ground like a will-o'-the-wisp-unsp
ably sinister to his fancy-darting from
thickets, and gliding in and out among
the trees.
1t is somewhat Disseminating to realize
that dyspepsia is one Of the prime factors
in dream making. 1t matters little
whether the conscience be clear, if the
digestion be not in equally good case
Most people have experienced the excita-
ton, the supcrsensitiveness of every
faculty, brought about by febrile con
dition of the blood-the lightness of head
and limb, extending, as one fancics
even to the loss of gravity-the strange,
unfamiliar aspect assumed by well known
objects about the room; for fever, like
indigestion, is a fertile breeder of phan-
tasms. s.-New Orleans Times Democrat.