The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF.
Evidence That the Mind Reasons to
the Cause Rather Than from It.
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From the Pittsburg Dispatch
"Did it ever occur to you that when we
dream our minds operate Backward"
said scientific man yesterday. II mean
by this that the cause which gives the
impression to the sleeper's mind that
makes him begin to dream is always the
climax of the vision. We can find many
examples that will sustain this theory.
Take, for instance, man who falls out of
bed. He dreams, perhaps, that he has
fallen from precipice. The ause of this
dream is the shock he receives by
coming in contact with the floor
Between the time he receives the
fall and the moment he awakes
in this short period. almost intini-
tesimal-his mind follows out the i'm
preston received by the fall, reasoning to
1t as climax. Thus, when he comes to
his senses he remem Jers having had the
vision and wonders why he should have
fallen out of bed just at the moment he
should have reached the bottom of the
abyss 1t would be folly to think that he
had been dreaming of falling, and then
suited his actions TO the dream by doing
so at exactly that moment. l have had
dreams in which explosions occurred
and they were caused by the noise OF
door being slammed. The noise sound
gave my mind the impression of an ex-
plosiou, and so | reasoned to it. The de-
tails have been so perfect and the series of
incidents leading up to the explosion have
seemed to take up such great length of
timesthat have oft n wonder. d at the
rapldlty of thought while in sleep.
In moment incidents can be re-
viewed which it would take hours to act
out. | know friend who fell asleep
while looking at a clock one afternoon
and began trip to New York in adream,
He remembered vividly the ride from his
house to the depot; how he was stopped
by friend, who questioned him about
lmpor liant business; how he got on the
tram after having an alteration with the
oaggagemen In regard to the charges for
overweight all of which compelled him
/ to run TO catch the train; how he sat in
the parlor car and en- Dyed the scenery,
remembering all the stations until he ar
rived at Greensburg, when a friend
asked him to join game of poker; how
ne played each hand, the pleasant recol-
lection of several times holding four aces
being plainly in his mind how he Contin-
ued playing without interruption except
for dinner until he arrived at Phia-
delphia when he counted over some
$500 in winnings. Then he remembered
having met friend while eating in Broad
street station who talked upon a leading
topic in politics then he got on the train
and began reading magazine which he
had purchased at a news stand, finally ar
irving at Jersey City. He had not got on
the ferry boat when his wife came in and
woke him. He rubbed his eyes, and
thinking he had been asleep for some
time he looked up at the clock, when he
found that but three minutes had elapsed
since he fell asleep. In these three min
utes he had made a Journey to New York,
seeing everything as wildly as If real.
tell this Just to show the rapid activity of
the brain OF a sleeping person and in sup
port Of my theory that in a dream the
mind reasons to the cause rather than
from it,