Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-21

/ Periences In Sleep.
A lawyer who had been overworked
rose In his sleep, went into the hall of
his house and discharged pistol. The
household hurried to the place and
found him at the head of the stairway
awake, but much bewildered. He had
dreamed of burglars and had gone to at
| tack them. One member of the family
slept through the noise. When he came
/ INTO the dining room-before he had
heard of the events of the night-he com
| planned that his sleep had been much
disturbed He had dreamed that he had
/ been condemn ed to be shot. that he had
been led to the place of execution and
had fallen SCI seless when the guns wore
| fired.
A lady dreamed that a man came into
her room, poured some water into ba-
sin, carried the splashing water to her
bedside and began to sprinkle it over her.
/ She awoke and heard loud splashing
| At first she vas motionless with fear
but presently she lighted candle and
went TO the basin, where she found a
mouse making frantic efforts to get ont
of the water.
Another dreamed that she had a Sc
we're earache. that she rose, unlocked n
door that separated her room from one
in which two children slept and went
to shelf whore was a lotion which she
applied to her ear. When she awol,e
she found herself in her own bed and
without pain. The door was still
| locked, but il Il few minutes one of the
children began to cry that his ear ached.
and she rose and went to the shelf for
| the lotion.
n young man dreamed that he was in
his Office, busy with troublesome est.
mate, when & woman came in with a
screaming BABY and began to walk rap
Idly up and Gown the room, so that it
was impossible for the calculator to re-
member his figures. Presently the wo-
man thrust tie child into his arms. and
he was So startled by this that he awolle
but the screams still troubled his ears
for mother Il neighboring room was
walking about vainly trying to quiet
crying child.
Another incident appears to be case
of thought tIansfeTercc. Several wears
after the death of her husband. widow.
lying awake one night, recalled windy
some scenes OF her husbands last illness.
Presently her daughter, who was beside
her, awoke and said, "Oh, mamma.
have been going over in my dreams all
the scenes of papa's illness" She then
told her dream. in which the scenes were
almost the counterpart of those that had
been recalled by her mother
Tlrna1Oa,.s C.rp.+;r,,oe ,,,.,,...,,
and carry on more or less coherent CON
versations.
a lady had summer cottage on an
island in Mus lloka. One night her sons
were stormstaid ON the mainland, and n
young English visitor went to sleep full
of apprehension that Indians might visit
the house while their protectors were
absent.
In the nigh the hostess was suddenly
reused by some one clutching her arm.
and when she opened her eyes she saw
her guest standing by the bedside.
''Oh, Mrs. LaughtOn, Mrs. Laughton "
exclaimed the girl in a hoarse whisper.
there a man at the window-an Indian
He's gone to get something to climb in
by"
The next moment Eva was fumbling
about ON the floor.
What are you doing?" asked Mrs.
LaughtOn.
Il have some liniment in my valise,"
was the answer. I'm going to get it
out, and when he puts his head through
the window again I'll throw it in his
eyes"
Mrs. Laughton, who was not nerv Ors,
began to laugh, but Eva paid no atten-
ton and presently asked, where's the
button hook
what do YOU want it for?"
why, Mrs. Laughton," said Eva
aloud, and in a very indignant tone, ''do
you think would allow myself to be
seen anywhere with my shoes unbutton-
ed? No man would respect that kind of
girl"
In the morning when Mrs. Laughton
awoke and looked across the room to
Eva's bed she saw the girl sitting up,
gazing with smay at her crookedly but
toned shoes in which she had slept She
had no recollection of the remarks she
had made i'll the night, and it was evil
dent that she had been asleep all the
time.
One night in camp heard a peculiar
sound near the middle of the tent, and
by the dim light saw one of the camp
ers apparent y trying to climb up the
tentpole.
What are you doing?" l asked.
"There's snake in my bed" she an
swered, $50 m going to sleep up there"
up therer
eyes. why not? 1t will be more COM
Portable"
Then, with sudden change of tone,
she exclaimed, Il forgot to say my pray
ers." But instead of kneeling she picked
her way through the tent to the foot of
enc of the beds and lay there till morn
ing. She did not remember the CONVEX
sation of the night, but told us that she
had habit of talking in her sleep, and