The Meeker herald., 1891-11-28
TIE MIND In SLEEP.
Mental Activity puEiog tho Sea-
ooa q Glum5cr.
Instances Of the Action 81 'hr Hrain
Forces W,.ns IA ii"iiiS senses
Wsro A.l~sp SOFAS strange
hrlAstIoas.
What isn droamo


Simply .ho working Of tho mind while
the body 4, g-iceg,
The mind do, not rocl slccp; at
least, in good heal d. it never takes 1t.
/ Sir William Hamilton declares nays tho
7 New Iorl. .igniAY louFnal' that the
/ inlnl j. never wholly Inactive. and that
7 We arc never cniiryiy unconscious Of its
activity. Jourrly :. quoted - denying
Z that during bll.y ..rcp tho mind is
dormant. Eyca give do not remember
our dreams, he sl3s, o. IL no proof that
we have not drzIard.
How uany dusma leave only tho
fsiH;cst trace on The memory! II Is,
therefore. permitted to suppose that
many dreams loayg so tr.cn ~ all.
Kant said. that yc slgays dream when
asleep. and Tia. . ccaso 10 dream would
be TO cease - I've, icOplc who talk
OF dreamicaa slcF uac an expression
which really ID .. variance with facts;
the mind ~oil.i g.. work egrF'
When ary one /, cnsascI ON a pro-
longcd enterprise Ike : great booolS,
the building Of ~ ed.Acr, the conduct
OF military e-lf i'm. the negotiation
OF . valuable eontmet, Lo not only fire.
quentiy drtatls u hi, WORK, Int the
mind LTcanl Of IL a. tlE.,s whom the
memory does m. Irco'd IL distinctly.
This 8, the ''uEc1a-ciou, ccrcbrailon"
which la, worn orr 30 GiaGy brains and
wrecked 90 maly elrcgs.
When Sir NslttF scott was writing
his great scTlr, u l..f1flcal novels he
recorded in bis diary that whenever he
caEsv 10 difficult rlacy. rhrss BIS char
a.tors seemed 70 ~ Ia 81 ingSjFirablo
situation. be waited fat!csgiy until the
next morning, Nl,a On awakening, tho
solution of The whole trouble would
come int hl, uisl.
Tb!, gaa bcrausr the ''Enconsci0us
ecrrhFsilon,- wilsh Ia i!mo Was 10 use
up the sri'n'L brain. had brcu ruin:
on all uiehi spi,ln- She difficulty while
the authors holy va, allowed 10 take
rcpoEc.
Sometime. ;hc h04y T. Influenced By
it, Surrounding, or rs certain s-nsa.
lions s. hieh isrnrtla'' through the vail
OF hircf,-sl shat tho tsiGd inluisrs In
prank, susa - afflicted FOO! ID. Greg
ory.
Ihis ulsc tian had q t0t,lo Of ho.
water pui n his feet oa going 10 bcL
one cold rlrLt Ir-s"nt!y 10 burned
his loca 80 severely itag lie dreamed he
Was cliuhlns NruHt E,aa and tina, hi,
icc'. tr'akiuR through the volcanic
soil. sc.~ blFasd Ia Los lava.
Narn hc aupEc and tlusi tina; ,ho
water bottle uss ;iir C4.-, Dt ihe lfvan.
he ~ once Fvsariei IL - curious In
stance 81 the effect Of she soaso o, ,oael.
In Irr.aN.
iIis case Wss Ito 'ta; o., another doc.
tor. uho. having Aai hil head Liistrr-ti.
fell ssicrp aHi lFrlIac,i tina, b. was 10.
Ing s.'-ii.-i ~ Italians.
Another ir.i1rrc u iiio association Of
III. sensation ~ iugeh vita tirram, was
tina. Of wcsicFa i.i1arss DO. brlns in
camp one night Wrapped Ia bis blankets.
ar-au1ci that he vas ci.at.ins rho
- ..,,as-s go So. ...ss.....ss .i.s
the -.
Presently he evoke Ui,h s star, and
fuani that ihc s,lI nusr Of a ~.ls ga.
;.uchias i,is rhrcs.
= fru-L asisaiis; unrc ~spr-im-n,-yi
on himself ~ .ssrailur ca his mind.
through the srnsr u touch. shll- hr ~as
asleep.
ii- LET, hIa knees uncovered ahrn hn
wat 30 I'D uno cold uI-'t a,,i dreamed
thai hc as FIiinF IN OIL stage cuarh Ia /.
terrible irmrr.i, iHriHE uLlrh he sai.
foru,l terribly irpn c1il i.ur-s
Surroundings often Fiyc the primal
inrBlsr 80 tho miui. 60 ti.aG uhcu Il,
dram IL Il merely ss.F~Fss.ss sstts an las,