Telegram-herald., 1890-08-04

xvs.s ua..ior;rv q csgilizsd human be-
6as are strongly attached - hfs under
az.Tsbiax Ike favorable condltioEs, ard
SEEN u shTink insE1ncuyeiy frOcl tns
idea q anuLailstion. they inyar1a2ly en-
isy sound. uabroken. 0olfyious sleep,
AMI speak II Il as a rare blessing Or
nature Yet saeh slsep u, 50 Tar - ws
may Judge, . eounssrfeTr ard exact
e0untsEpar5 u DEATH Enicn = declared
T. bs rae kizg Of teFTVrs- How Il this
zlarinx Inconsistency q be recOncileE
LIost persons w0Gld cay that they relish
sleep beca1se IL Ia good for them. be-
eaulss it Is restorative. because II Is brief.
Lave they any reason for t-inkizy that
seath - lot good for them. even better
taaa sleep, since 10 l. e.s-uaE
Men aTo always illogical A strange
analogy Peryadas the universe. Sleep
and death. as has frequentsy been sad,
are brothers. Thsy must - equally
desirable. Both q them mus. give Is
.est-one et close u day, lie other az
close Il Life. We sleep every fifteen .
eighteen keurs We die consciously
tut once. We imsgins that we conpre-
bend sleep. Death No account q nays
tary, aad. being mysterious. IL Is alarm
ing. B1s a. We comprehend s.eep and
is c0ncoIni- ant creal1ss Not AZ ell.
Dreams have pEzzled ssges from tins
oHs q mind, ana puzzle them sill
They are lar more un;uteligibls than
dsach. This eeeus 70 - simply the end
D. activity, the stop OF f1ncClor.s, the
halt 81 motors. u is no task % con-
ceive n the termination of anything;
the mo-o complicated a thing i5 tho
more natural that 10 should termina1e.
Dreams appear % BE- a sort OK life. dif-
fsrent from and yet analogous ID our
normal LIE. while tas normal life is sGs-
pended We generally ioso while
dreaming ell power OF VIII. I'll control
q current thoughts which 60 on IN
hnitcdly. involving IS IN con.r2dic-
ti0us. absurdities. impcssibilities. We
eppear % share the same feelings, 10
cherish tho same passions. 70 perform
TIE sans acts as IN our waking hours.
Nevertheless, il coming cut Of dream
land va remember that we were not orr
actual selves there; that our princi-
pies, our morals, our judgments were
changed.
Things that are clear, consistent, per-
fectly natural during sleep become IL
tangible, inconceivable. unthinkable on
our return 10 the faIaihar world. Plato
sec,-s 10 explain this by the theory that in
dreams our s0ais are freed from the body.
have higher conceptions, more luminous
Visions. deeper insight, and that when
fetlered and Ohscured again by the body
we cannot grasp their import. PhiloSo-
piers and poets IN every age have had
numberloss fantasies and conceits on this
subject and have given them plausible
names Bat we can reach no conclusion.
We are no wiser II the last quarter Of
the Nineteenth century than were the
rlvstae.ogues two thousand years ago.
Dreams are curious studies, are exceed
ilgly suggestive, are full OF interest. but
they baffle Us at every turn.
Sometimes dreams appear more real,
more Harmonious. more satisfactory than
LIE itself How can we tell whether we
are awake or dreaming; where dream
ends and life begins, Our supposed life
may be dream. Our supposed dream
may be life. Philosophers have declared
that neither time nor space exists: that
there is nothing eternal only our idea Of
the external Is it singular that in this
clash of opinions. this contradiction Of
teaching. men. losing faith in ono thing
after another. finally become universal
skepsics' II Pyrrho. the GFecian, could
b such a sksptic TWENTY-FIVE hundred
years ago the present time should abound
IL Pyrrh0mists
My rot death bs dream Of life?
Hay not lifo be tho death Of dream? IL
we should die-and may We n0ts-a5 Of
ten IS we sleep death would lose its
soicmnisy. We SHOULD think 10 moro
o. dying than Of taking our breakfast;
an breakfast may. AFTER all. Dc mora i'm
pcrtant than cur ext from the planet.
NctuTo takes no a-cou1tof the individual.
We a7o wholly without consequence
$50 iu orr own pa-tiel eyes. Fhmsy
ae dreams u1y c~nc0- they h-ve played
arr cs- r-omiasn- rc-e in the history Of
blm7rl-v. The Influence chat they have
s1-rci-,l is beye-3 c-ti11ton. Tie
cr.g.l Of t11..o-Y. t-o primal iisa Of a
poEr above o--Cltce. tle Carhcs. ar-
r~sh-r- -i1n 0f what we ell God. ray
have -o1c from dreams. HOBBIES has
sad ttat tle genesis ~ GfoI IS The dread
81 IN un s77un powsr. Xhe u1CiviiiraI
r-a1 ncY have been frightened by his
6rea~e. end from these may have been
evolved. lueliY ~ course. vv1as ulti-
ra.e 1e theolcgic svsterl. Tais
- % oa- ncs aa ortao i1z view.
VISA Is basel. Is Ia believed. ca inspira-
u11
pr,z-s ri-er wids'v with dirercu.
r-s-1s re &c oac seem En- hare \
geuius f-r dreaming They dream r.
tianeIiv. con oc9tiv-lv. 70 positive cd
v11f1-s. So Doubt all If rs dream
Drrrr-s a-e t',e natur1l attendants arI
csa.--r1 - sieop. ur- MANY v-1 fsr-
rt tlei- ir-an1s Cd waxing believe that
tfer ltve n-t .lreemel We often rise
in .,,a ru er-Ir-. and shoali not fhire #
oar dreams over at1ht e s1c-e crc1r-
renee ~ lhe dlv Gil nes recall them.
So stran<e. 81 cci1cide1t-l. 81 urac-
cur1rebfs are d-eane -ften tbat it IS
net -ulsr t6eT have Been cona lcresI
sapernasaral ty tbose tae lsast disposed
t. suucrstiricn. faii cf d-ea8. -1rn,az
pr1 -rcrhecr st-1e srrre1i tel dreams
taee reund hSs 81 tion ARP worta chrons-
chng
C-aacrcrt. the renowned French
mstterauci1n ar3 philos0rber fhs
zr~ts IN favor - American iadeTend-
sr-c. advocated raQub''can principles.
s-8 c-I-1ittrl sri-ila - avcii execu-
Fe 80 -f, f-f--r--rts 90 f'.q E--1e'.