Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-10
THE SLEEPWALKER.
THERE ARE SAID TO DC FOUR KINDS
or sOMNAMByLlsN.

Stories ~ Curious Thing, Doz- iy Thos'
Addicted 20 the uabit-1hc boy Who
Went Ti.bine Cares Of siecpwaiiins
witch Had Tatai Results
According 70 scientists, thcro arc four
kinds Of somuamhuli
Those who talk whilo sleeping, but
30 not wall, or otherwise net
Those who wall, or otherwise act whilo
sleeping. hut do not talk
Those who both ac. and talk vuiio
sleeping
Those who act and talk and have tho
senses Of touch, sight and hearing, and
N IS alleged, iu s1mo instances. tho
tcnses Of tlato and lmoM
This fourth kind mover found ok.
ccpt when induced By me monc or hyp.
motto influences
Il Is OF tho third kind that there nro
most qucor developments, independent
Of voluntary external influences Often
tho somuumbulist will riHo iu the night
aud wall, through the various rooms OF
the house, ~ cut on purtic0s, and. Ia
some cases, ON steep roofs, whore no
would not dare 20 whom awake. Ere.
quOntly no will leave tho house and
walk through street or field aud will
return and 20 20 bed without lnowl.
edge Of anything having transpIrcd
The celebrated French physician, Bern.
helm. tclltNu his work un Suggestive
Therapeutics o. photographer VI his
acquaintance who r0so in tho night and
finished the work on which he had boon
engaged during tho previous day and
was astonishod ON finding ~ finished
when no wont 90 work ON tho following
morning. Painters have been known
90 do superior work while asleep, and
essays have been WriltOn and poems
composed Ia the same way.
A young countgmun related an Incl.
dent occurring Ia his own family. His
brother was slccpwalkcr and also fond
Of fishing For q number Of nights In
succession hewould got up and go down
through a long meadow 60 a creek and
seize tho root Of walnut tree growing
ON the bank and pull and tug with all
his might and at tho same time calling
for ihc hired man 10 help him land a
big flsh. 81 had heard, " said his broth.
or, THAT II would break sloopwnlkor
Of the habit 10 wake him suddenly when
he was out rambling about, and | do.
Ct led 10 try its efficacy on my brother
Ono night followed him whom he loit
the house. A. passed by the woodward
picked up tho AK. and when wo got 20
the creek and ho began Juggling az HE
imaginary FISH | cut tho root and lst
him fall backward into about two feet
Of not very warm water. Ho camo out %
badly disorganizod and somewhat fright.
oned boy. have mover heard ~ him
going fishing or otherwise walking In
his sleep since his ducking.
Sometimes sloopwnlkors 20 over places
whore thoy would not daro go when
awake, and the fact that such things nro
frequently done with safety has led
many 20 believe that they mover hunt
themselves Ordinarily that may be-
true, but there u az least ono authentic
record o. ono death resulting in that
way. The aleopwalkor walked Of a high
portioo and died from tho fall
One Of tho most singular and NJ the
same time sad cases Of slcopwalldng oc.
CURED near Bakcrsvillc. ~ e., fow
years ago. A young man Of the name
OF Garland had been n sloopwnlkcr from
childhood His ramblings had always
ended without harm TO himself or others,
and for that reason his vito usually
paid little attention 10 his nocturnal &C.
centrioitics But II now phase presented
itself when no began 10 stay away longer
AZ time and always return "wringing
wet, - as tho washerwomon say. His
wife determined TO follow him and OK.
plUrc tho mystory. when ho left his
house, no followed the road 20 Tow riv.
CT and then took a rough, narrow pig
trail leading mp tho river
He picked his way through tho tan
gled homlock aud laurel and over stones
and fallen trees and along tho SUBMITS
OF ppcipitous cliffs His wifo kept In
sight by means Of the moonlight wayor-
ing through the trees For more than
mile tho sleeper trudgod ON until no
came 20 u largo poplar tree which had
fallen with It's topmuat limbs far out In
the river. IIo Walked the log till he
came 10 a large limb extending from Il
over tho water; then no got down and
began crawling out ON tho limb Tho
now thoroughly frightened wife scream.
ed and called 20 him TO wake up and
come back. He was awakened by tho
cries, and, doubtless startled and con.
fused by the situation. fell into the river
and was drowned Ho had been getting
up In his sleep, going mp tho river,
crawling ont ON that limb. jumping
from there into the river, swimming 60
the bank and returning home uucon.
feious Of anything that passed
These facts arc well known 10 "a mum.
Der Of people now ia Washington. .-
Washington Star.