Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-03
CONCERNING pREAMs.
They Occupy oRiT Few Seconds and Al
Affected by Events.

They Occupy ORiT Few Seconds and Arc
Affected by Events.
Doctors assert that dreams occupy q
few seconds only-at most the space Of
about three minutes. This statement
10 startling to those who have not no
ticed for themselves what part time
plays in such a connection. The writer
has had several opportunities of prov
ing its correctness hersolf, and many
might arrive at a similar knowledge by
asking to be awakened q minute or 80
after falling into first sleep All who
dream will do 90 Immediately on fall
ing into unconsciousness. Another reli-
able test Is to be found ia the sleep that
follows upon the morning summons for
rising. A few moro moments snatchOd
for the tempting after dozo will not un-
frequently mean a dream of very elab-
Orato nsture-one which implies almost
as many hours as seconds.
Are dreams affected by the events Of
our wakeful hoursG il the question that
has been asked over and over again, but
the result Of observa lion leads one to be-
lievo in such being the case or not, ac-
coIdiug to the Importance with which
We treat them. In connection with such
a question events and individuals can
scarcely fail 20 require separate eonsid-
GRAFTON. Events that are all important
to some do not commend themselves In
that light to others, and this fact leads
one to express the opinion that, accord
ing to the intensity with which outward
events occupy our thoughts, will our
dreams he in any way affected by them.
To one woman the exercise OF hos
pitality means the entire surrender Of
her mental domain to all the worries.
real or inlagiuary, consequent upon the
preparations for the contemplated en-
tertsinment. To another, the needful
directions once given, there is nm imme-
diatc return 10 considerations which out
weigh IN her opinion the more material
ones that held a whilOm place in her
thoughts. In the one case culinary fail
ures and visions Of indifferent service
will probably haunt the dreams that
precede or follow that entertainment.
In the other no such tortures are In
volved in the sleeping hours.
There have been startling instances Of
the brain 8 power to solve difficult Ques-
tions during sleep. A case Ia point is
that of a lawyer engaged In a criminal
defense. The examination Of one wit
ness after another seemed only 10 add 20
the proof OF his clients guilt. Wearied
one night with trying to find some point
which might turn the scale In the pris-
oner's favor, he fell asleep, and in a
dream the desired point stood out clear
ly. On awakening il was Immediately
worked out, and the verdict Of mot
guilty" was found consequent upon that
revelation afforded during the hours Of
sleep.
When exercising the imaginative IA
culties TO any great extent. tho dreams
will always preserve the ideal charac-
ter Of the waReful houra. The composer
will dream Of the melodies which pro-
vide his own lullaby when dropping
into slumber and tho artist and ths
writer enter the land Of dreams In COM
pany with those that the pen or tho
brush are guided to depict with such q
loving hand. Plots have been furnished
and subjects tor the canvas have been
suggested over aud over again In the
quiet hours Of the night, when TO all
outward appearances there is nothing
bat the most peaceful Hlumber on the
pant Of the sleeper. T.-Cincinnst Com.
mercial Gazette.