Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-05-05
WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF.
Evidence That the Mind Reasons to the
Cause Rather Than From It,

Evidence That the Mind Reasons to the
Cause Rather Than From 1t.
Did it ever occur to you that when
we dream our minds operate back
ward:' said scientific man recent
ly. Il mean by this that the cause
which gives the impression to the
slecpcr's mind that makes him begin
to dream is always the climax of the
vision. We can tird many examples
that will sustain this theory. Take,
Tor instance, Il man who falls out of
ped. He dreams, perhaps, that he has
fallen from a preclpicc The cause of
this dream is the shock he receives by
coming ill contact with the floor Be
tween the time he receives the fall and
the moment he awakes-in This short
period, almost intnitcsimal-his mind
follows out the impression received bv
the fall, reasoning to it as Il climax.
Thus. when he comes to his senses
he remembers having had the vision
and wonders why he should have
fallen out of bed Just at the moment
Ii" should have reached the bottom of
IN" abyss. II would be folly To think
that he had been dreaming of falling
and then suited his actions to the
dream by doing so exactly that mo-
mrn. have had dreams in which
explosions occurred. and they were
caused by the noise of Il door being
slammed. The noise gave my mind
tn" impression of an explosion. ana
SO | reasoned to il. The details have
Dttn so perfect and the series of in
cld"ntS leading up to the explosion
nave seemed To take up such Il great
length of time that | have often won
u'r"d at the rapidity of thought while
III sleep. In moment incidents can
be reviewed which it would take
hours 10 act out | know of Il friend
who fell asleep while looking at Il
clock one afternoon and began "trip
+" New York in II dream. He rrmcm
bered wildly the ride from his house
IN" depot; how he was stopped by
al TREND who questioned him about
important business: how he got on the
train after having an alteration wi h
tn" baggigeman in regard IN charging
Tor overweight. all of which compelled
MN ~ run t" catch a train: how he
sal i'll tn" parlor ear and rnovrl
the scenery. remembering all the sta
tons un il he arrived at GrccnShllrg
when Il friend asked him To Join in IA
game of poker: how he played each
hand, tn" pleasant recollection of Srv-
erAl times holding four aces brin.
plainly in his mind: how he continued
playing without interruption except
for dinner until he arrived at Phila
1"lphia. when he counted over some
Slim i'll winnings. Then he rrmr4n-
b"rrd having met Il friend while eat
ING IN Broad rect station who talk
ed upon leading topic in politics.
then he got on the train. and begun
reading Il magazine which he had par
chased at the news stand. fin lily ar
irving at Jersey city. IL" had just
got on the fcrry-boHt when his wife
cam" in and woke him. He dubbed
his eyes. and. thinking he had been
asleep for some time he looked IL tn
clock, when he found that but three
minutes had elapsed since he fell
asleep. In these three minutes he had
made journey to New York. seeing
everything as wildly as real. ! II
this Just to show the wonderful az
tivity of the brain of a sleeping per
son and in support of my theory that
in dream the mind reasons to IL
cause rather than from it''-St. Louis
Republic.