The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
DREAMS THAT COME.
,-oANes FREAKS AND FANTASIES OF
THE SLEEPING MIND.

..,ol reality Of what he sees, that the
&c or images follow one another as the
e.sult o. certain mental operations or asso-
...tioos over which We have absolutely no
s.,r.r, whereas in our waking moments
We may begin, vary or discontinue inc
s-ies at viii. We cannot divert any VI
,.,r impressions while dreaming oy refer
,.ce to external objects, for the Simple
mason that the power OF comlS''is son -
lost and there exists peculiar coDui''O"
NJ mental impotency which gives rise 70
Ivory incongruity and ahsurdity OF inc
6realncT's experience.
M givo an example Of these: a man
5-oarnsof attending friends funeral, and
lis and cbatsin the procession with that
80 friend without thinking IT at all odd
,.,,,,nar. and frequently, as every
- Knows. we wiz shift orr scenes to
-,...',.t {cc-cdible distances in a mere mo-
-...-,. without accusing single reelection
-r...,rishrneat at thus overcoming such
.,.-...si ,upossibilities. II rs marvellous
l..t ,rhat reoidity tho mental panorama
..t.ros masses in review-so rapidly
........ a-rtrd or distur bance which wakes
.,...,,r appears actually to set in mo-
.te train of images which produces
,-..- II * told Of q man who served
a.. .,r late war that be dreamed he had
..-.5 zone 10 the front, fought two bat
a.. ,+ WILDLY separated times, deserted,
ra,.ured carried back, court mar
Er.s enhanced 20 be shot and was
..'oe.l by the report Of the firing party
-r,3 ttat hc had been asleep just four
minutes.
49,, ... .-e-.re with mitral stenosis (valv-
-s...a.e of che heart) VINO was com
-.l -, .'ee. 3D. sitting posture, as he
..-s4+.en .et horrible sense Of suffoca-
et.,.,.- no lay down. In these
-I....-- ha thought he was attacked
..,r.-r0ls skeleton which clasped its
-...rs about his throat and tried TO
....r-..rlm. Once he fell over upon the
l.a ~ li, sleep His attendant ran and
raised hmup Instantly, yet IN that brief
,,.r.rt If time he seemed to have strug-
r.af with tao demon for upward OF an
hour
friend dreamed that he went from
N.~ York 90 Boston by steamer, spent
several days with an acquaintance, and on
taeratr-n voyage, gale arising, the seas
broke over tie vessel and drenched him
with spray. He woke TO find his wife
rhrfuIly spyiDkling water in his face
re had dozod in his chair for less than five
minutes A comical story Is told OF
naval surgeon in whom dreams OF any
character could be- produced by simply
whispering in his ear during sleep. He
could be made 20 go through the whole
ordeal of a quarrel, a challenge and duel,
the pistol being discharged by him at the
given signal with as much accuracy as TO
time rs II he were wide awake. Finding
him asleep one day in hammock on deck
one Of the officers whispered in ms ear
that he had fallen overheard and TO swim
for his life. rs a shark was after him. The
f.ct that it was principally for the marines
did not detract q whit from the enjoyment
with which they witnessed his troglike
cOntOrtious.
On another occasion they told him YES
sci had been engaged; that the decks were
being swept by musketry fire, and the men
falling like leaves around him. He became
white as a sheet and manifested the live
hest symptoms of fear. After awhile they
all began TO grOan in imitation Of the
wounded, and upon one Of them suddenly
shouting. Down goes Billy McCue" (the
surgeons assistant) the poor fellow jump
al up with cold perspiration standing like
beads on his forehead and broke for the
cabin on nun Strange 10 say, however,
be had afterward moi the slightest remem-
brance Of the dream.
That dreams areocula sublecta fdeIibus,
laid before the faithful eye as mental
shadows OF what has passed previously be-
fore U.s. is evinced by the fact that they
never reveal any change which may have
taken place IN the scene since we last saw
H. IL we dream Of a place we have visited
ir summer 10 must always recur to us IN
fs summer dress, but if we visit the place
both in summer and winter the scene is apt
u appear In the garb we first saw II in, as
the Impression first conveyed is likely to
have been the stronger.
The nDdiverted ideas Of a dream may
sometimes correct the errors Of the day
A paying teller in "a bank noticed among
she line Of patrons one particularly noisy
artirnpatient individual who insisted upon
tae Immediate payment of q check Tor fifty
dollars IA he could not wait his turn. The
teller. 10 get rid Of his opportunities paid
BIN and thought no more OF the circum-
stance At the end Of the fiscal year the
books Of the bank showed a deficiency Of
lf,y collars, and after a weeks hard work
ST. irving to make them balance he gave
tle natter W and drew his personal
check for the amount. The same night he
dreamed. and the whole circumstance OF
tie noisy individual returned to him 50
clearly thu. be went to the party's account
all found where the money had been PAID
an never entered in the books Of interest.
scott relates a story Of q gentleman VINO
We sued for the recovery Of certain titnes
Which, he vas strongly impressed, had
be1 paid by his father then deceased.
TIE l,ght before the trial he dreamed that
hs i.5iler appeared and told him the debt
bad been paid and the papers relating 10
Zee transaction were in the hands of GER
tru attorney, whom he had employed on
tl-s one occasion for special reasons. lie
further said that should the matter nave
escaped the attorneys memory 1t might be
recalled By mentioning a Portuguese gold
reoe which had been given III payment
hnt tte change spent at the tavern. Inc
gentleman hunted up the attorney VINO
bad entirely fore often the matter, but y
taen Tered it Immediately when the gold
con WAS mentioned. -Philadelphia Times.
fNust Have Felt Ike cold Corpse"
a few years ago young man living not
over thousand miles from Hartford, felI
bead over heels in love With young lady
whom be had been introduced TO at the