Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-09-21
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
An Interesting Lecture by . Noted
English Sci-E-ist-
'soperSit'ons About Visions uwi1G sleep
finthlessiy Dealt Nith go ihysicai
ills In M.st Gases are
TO i,;ap

10 Liar
What the actual scientific view Of
dreaming now is may be inferred from
4 lctt.re which waa recently delivered
on the subject at the royal institution
by DIR. Il. y Richardson. IL the poet
view" say, the London Telegraph,
dreams are visitors from t-c ivory ratc,
or, as Shakespeare call, thea. children
of an idle brain but science Il more
proSaic and tea hes that dreams may
be, after all. nothing more than the
common vibrations Of terrestrial
media acting upon cprporcal
Moratorium ike the sound heard
on u wire intrn~ign long after
it has been struck by the mlsi'
clan. AL musical instruments dre--il.'
says DR. Richardson, after We cease to
play on them and ii we bring the mi
crUphone into use sc can hear the
dream. This j. 40 near poetry as science
viii permit Us 10 apurel"h in explain
ing the phcnoucua al Thought "olog GA
during sleep; Tor the accomplished
lecturer proceeded 60 inform h.S au-
.dicncc that dreams arc all cSp.ainaL.e
on physi al cruunGs-thvrc Is no Iny~
terry about them ...ve that which eprings
from 'b.udnc., T. facts
After dividing dreams into sub
jective and objective, and mixtures Of
both. he went on to class among tie
first species dreams pr duccd by inai-
gestiou pain or fever. while objective
dreams are those started 10y noises or
other events going ON outside the slccp-
err This is a :ar sample # the ruthless
way in which science di,pOsss Of super
stition.' Against the imaginative view
of the Significance of dreams men Of
science protest, and will probably con-
time To protest as long Gs there are
any men of science lclG They quote
the old lady in the Spectator. who be-
lieved that the earthquake at Lisbon
had some mysterious hut quite uEcy-
planned come ton Vi,h the fact that Il
few days before she had happened -
spill some sal 1T table.
'Pcrhay, Tie most PRACTICAL lesson
taught 1T the royal institution L. cure
was one which may assist n, to know
which of our dreams a.. signs that
something is wrong win cur bodily on
ganizatiOn As Il rule, SAID the lecturer,
it is better not to dream &t all Droaru-
leSsncss is usually Il symptom of all
roGid he..luh \ .hi'd's creams ere in
varia bly, signs Of disturbed hea lth. and
should be regarded with anxiety. For
aC..lts it Is a good thin" to know that
our braius are being ovcr,truIned when
our nightly dreams relate 30 events Of
the day, and if we actually seem in
sleep 10 be continuing or daily work
this is a danger signal which never
must be disrr gardca " hen We feel
wcaried in tn. T. -nirE very likely it
results from dream, we nave forgotten,
and then the hest Ga NJ % lC J. 20 take
exercise Without coming 80 any de
cidcd opinion as to the supernatural
meaning attributed - dreams, we can
At least profit 10y these practical hints.
"CoEsidcrct as products Of bad digcs-
tion drearis cannot hc reasonably cN-
pected to tell us anything Of : u>cial
character or 20 supply U.s. with any warm
ing. "-ccpt one directed against the
continuation of dcqraycd dictctic hab.
its. II il is true that the SivCpOf health
is dreamlcSs then At becomes difficult 10
believe that the Gully persons 20 whom
visions in sleep are vOuchsafcd should
be the victims OF Indigestion. 1t Is AZ
ways a puzzle for per rs OF an unim
aginaiivc tara Of mind % understand
how the future. viii n does not set
exist, can be supposed "a have any 81
feet on the present. and it mast he adj
United that dreams of warning are
\, A. l.
brain waves and 'tlrueht transfer
ences' which members ~ the psrcnic&
research society take as matter:
quite in the ordinary course of THINGS
There is a considerable mass of tcsti
mony in favor of the power Of the mlut
to produce result, at an enormous dis
lance by SEINE system uf p~y- Inca
telegraphy Of wL.,h u.bpjy has YET
discovered the secret 4 man who gOo
to sleep and dream that his brother i
being killed 10y Wild tribe in ccutra
Africa, and who afterwards hears tina
he did meet with that fate at the pre-
else time when the vision occurred. nee
not fly to any supernatural explanation
of the phenomenon. 1t Is quite differ
ent when a dream tells of somcthin.
which is To happen IN a few munt...
time. In the latter case most pcopl
will prefer to join with scielcc il
attributing the fact either to Law
of coincidence or to a simple Geiusion.
I'VE must do science the justice t
admit that if she increases the gloom
ness of life in some directions, Il : 10y he
doctrine of the struggle for eXiNtcuce
she decreases it in other respects. on
of viii h is by aiding in the gradga
Punishment of any confidence in vision
and Onens and 'wcirdncss' generally"