Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
They Occupy Only n Fow Seconds and re
Affected by Eventa.

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Doctors assert that dreams occupy n
few seconds only-at most the space of
about three minutes. This statement
is startling to those who have not no.
ticsd for themselves what part time
plays in such a connection. The writer
has had several opportunities of prov
ing its correctness herself, and many
might arrive at a similar knowledge by
asking TO be awakened a minute or SO
after falling into a first sleep. All who
dream will do so Immediately on fall.
ing into Inconsistencies. Another reli
able test is to be found in the sleep that
follows upon the morning summons for
rising. A few more moments snatched
for the tempting after dozs will not un-
frequently mean a dream Of n very elab-
crate nature-one which implies almost
as many hours as seconds.
Are dreams affected by the events Of
u wakeful hoursT ia the question THAI
has been asked over and over again, but
the result OF observation leads one to be-
lieve in such being the case or not, ac-
coIding TO tho importance with which
We treat them. In connection with such
a question events and individuals can
scarcely fail to require separate cOnsid-
GRAFTON. Events that are all important
TO some do not commend themselves in
that light to others, and this fact leads
n to express the opinion that, accord
ing 70 the intensity with which outward
events occupy our thoughts, win oui
dreams be in any way affected by them.
To n the exercise of hos
pitality means the entire surrender Of
her mental domain 10 all the worries,
real or imaginary, consequent upon the
preparations for the contemplated on.
tertainment. To another, the needful
directions ICE given, there is an imme-
date return to considerations which out
weigh In her opinion the more material
ones that held q whilom place in her
thoughts. In the one a Q culinary fail
ures and visions Of indifferent service
will probably haunt the dreams that
precede or follow that entertainment.
In the other no such fortunes are in
yolyed in the sleeping hours.
There have been startling instances Of
the brains power to solve difficult ques-
tions during sleep. A case in point is
that Of a lawyer engaged in a criminal
defense. The examination OF one wit
meas after another seemed only to add to
the proof Of his clients guilt. Wearied
one night with trying 70 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 it was Immediately
worked out, and the verdict Of mot
guilty" was found consequent upon that
revelation afforded during tho hours Of
sleep.
When exercising the imaginative IA
culties TO any great extent, tho dreams
will always preserve the ideal charac-
ter Of the wakeful hours. The composer
will dream Of tho melodies which pro
vide his own lullaby when dropping
iAto Elumber, and the artist and the
writer enter the land Of dreams in COM
pany with those that the pen or the
brush are guided to depict with such a
loving hand. Plots have boon furnished
and subjects for the canvas have been
suggested over and over again In tho
quiet hours Of the night when 10 all
outward appearances there - nothing
but the most peaceful siumber on tho
part Of the sleeper Cincinnati Com
mercial Cazetts,