The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-03-22
CONCERNING DREAMS.
They Occupy Only u Few Seconds and Arc
Affected by Events.

They Occapy Only u Few Seconds and Arc
Affected by Events.
Doctors assert that dreams occupy q
few seconds only-at most the space Of
about thrco minutes. This statement
ticod for themselves what part time
plays In such q connection. The writer
has had several opportunities of prov
Ing its correctness herself, and many
might arrive at similar knowledge by
asking to be awakened minute or 30
after falling into first sleep. All who
dream will do 80 Immediately on fall
ing into Inconsistencies. Another reli.
ablo test is to be found In tho sleep That
follows upon tho morning summons for
rising. A fow moro moments snatched
for tho tempting after dozo will not un-
frequently mean u dream Of worry elab-
orato nature--one which implies almost
as many hours us seconds.
Arc dreams affected by tho ovonts Of
our wakcful hours? is the question that
has been asked over and over again, but
tho result of observation leads ono to be-
licvc in such being tho case or not, ac-
colding to tho Importance with which
wo treat them. In connection with such
question events and individuals can
scarcely fail to require separate consid-
Grafton. Events that are all important
to somo do not commend themselves in
that light to others, and this fact loads
ono to express tho opinion that, accord
ing to tho intensity with which outward
events occupy our thoughts, will our
dreams bo In any way affected by thom.
TO ono woman tho exercise Of hos
pitality means tho entire surrender Of
her mental domain to all tho worries,
real or imaginary, consequent upon the
preparations for tho contemplated en-.
tertainmont. TO another, tho needful
directions once given, there is an imme-
diate return to considerations which out
weigh in her opinion the more material
ones that hold whilom place in her
thoughts. In tho ono case culinary fail
ures and visions Of indifferent service
will probably haunt tho dreams that
preCede or follow that entertainment.
In tho other no such tortures are in
volvod in tho sleeping hours.
There havo been startling instances Of
tho brains power to solve difficult ques-
tions during sleep. A case In point Is
that Of a lawyer engaged In q criminal
dofcnso. Tho examination Of one wit
moss after another seemed only to add to
tho proof Of his clients guilt. Wcariod
ono night with trying to find somo point
which might turn tho scale in tho pris-
oncr's favor, he fell asleep, and in a
dream the desired point stood out cloar-
!y. On awakening it was Immediately
worked out, and tho verdict of mot
guilty" was found consequent upon that
revelation afforded during tho hours of
sleep.
When exercising tho imaginative fa-
culties TO any Glcat extent, tho dreams
will always preserve the ideal charnc-
ter OF The Waliciul hours. The composer
will dream of the melodies which pro-
vide his own lullaby when dropping
! into slulnhcr, and the artist and the
writer enter tho land of dreams in com
! pany with those that tho pen or tho
brush are guided to depict with such Il
loving hand. Plots have been furnished
and subjects for the canvas have been
suggested ovor and over again in thu
quiet hours Of tho night when to al
outward Appearances there is nothin.
but tho most peaceful slumber on tn
pant of tho epor.-Cincinnati Com
morcial GaZotto.