The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-10
4 CHAPTER Oh DREAMS.
Li,tIe Do We Know Of Them Dyspeps"
"A Tt.,.is actor.


MANY have dis.our.el learnedly upon
dreams. plopoun ling wise theories ana
making plausible suggestions. yet no one
has ever arrived at any real solution OF
the matter. IL IS only barrier OF clouu
that bars the way 10 knowledge thereof,
vet no fortress wall codii be more I'M
prccnable. l. is but a step from our
noisy. busy world to the Vague and vast
territory whfIe-
Hollow rs a breathing spell,
Drsamlanl lies f0rioru % lg..-
but no man may set up milestoneS along
that trackless waste. We only know that.
when all things lapse 70 "A sleep and
forgetting the Imagination becomes a
1v-by-night. and the wits speed over
land and sea like wild birds set free from
the cage.
There are few creatures exempt from
these nocturnal journcyings. however
brief and circumscrbed they may DE.
The dog "lnints in dreams, Tie cat
FIGHTS It's battles over again, and tie lird
SIM in lis slcep. while oven the most
commonpiace person can usually gave
some crude account Of bis experiences
slumber. Cerain dreams arc comwca
70 I'D rcopic- falling from pioclpice.
down. dow. 70 some unlathomeI g'ii;
striving 10 walk upon a floor that sinks
horribly beneath the fcct-endcavoilnS'
in urgent haste, io put OLA garments thlt
droD of. turn wrong side oHt. and dee
1elop other imri,h propensiiies-rlGlas
- "a coach which suddenly crumOles ID
pieces aud leaves one staring ln the
road. So ID speak 10 j. marked pccu-
h4r,y of dreams that 1.-THE bottom drops
ont Of everything.
50 rebeliOus are dreams. and so erratic
iu their course, that they cannot be COM
p.llcd by any effort Of will; wild fire
could be more easily chained We may
long ariemlly % See once more. in "the
wilderness of sleep" some beloved and
vanished face; yet this poor solace may
he denied, while alien images crowd into
the brain Upon this subject liazlitt
wrote. Il never dream Of the face of any
one am particularly attached TO. have
thought almost to agony OF the same per
son for years, nearly without ceasing. 80
~ 10 have her face always before me. and
to be haunted by Il perpetual c0nscions-
ness OF disappointed passion, yet | never
IL all that time dreamt of that person
more than once or twice and then not
wildly. Nor can the last impression
received by tho mind before 7lumber
overwhclmsit be calculated upon; for we
may read of Mother Blood's execution,
and dream. Immediately aftcrward. OF a
cabbage garden or. transversely. we may
he Graded by the most soothing, placid
nlcdiiatiOns. vet the weird magician,
who bears the branch of peoples. viii
beckon us to follow through seas Of gore.
Experiment has proved that dreams
may be Influenced. if not controlled.
through the inlet, of ,he senses; the thm-
der of draws upon the coohlo,,ones sus-
g.,;s icmpc.t 10 the dreamer, and the
fumes Of sulphur or the pleasant oiors Of
aromatic water near his n0,triA trans
port him 10 sirage countries. For THIS
reason The noises of awakening life give
color anl movement t. the visions that
~hang upon the edge q day. 80 rendering
them more real and vivid than those
which come at dead Of night.
Il Is one Of the reculiartie3 Of dreams
10 seem to be tending toward some stu
r,lJuous climax. and then 70 turn away
with utter iTcleyance. The dreamer re-
mains impcnurhablc in'the face Of the
most astounding transformations; If ami
mails. and even inanimate objects, become
sified with speech. be Is not surprised
vet Ec is likely % startled and terrltiol
by Tive most tIhing things. II he dreams
Of being pursued. it IS not by a lion or
tiger. but, perhaps. let us say. by an M
distinct yellow blur, lowering near the
eiolnd Ike q wiil-o-,he-wi-p- mspeak-
ably sinister To his faucy-daring from
ihiclets. and gliding in and oat among
tie trees.
il Is somewhat Disseminating 90 realize
that dyspepsia is one of the prime factors
in dream making II matters Little
whether the conscience be clear, If the
digestion he not in equally good case.
Most pcople have experienced the eXclta-
ton. the supersenoitiyenes5 Of every
faculty. brought about by tcbglle con
dilion Of the blool-the lightncss Of head
and limb. extending, as one fancies,
even TO the loss of gravity the strange
unfamiliar aspect assufled by well known
objects about the room, for fever, like
indigestion, Is / fertile breeder OF phan.
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