The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-25
WHAT DREAMS ARE.
sIGNlFIcATlON OF VISIONS THAT ARE
BEHELO IN SLEEP.

Scientists and Soothsaycrs Unsatisfactory
In Their Attempted OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the Interpretations Given by tho sages
of Long Ago.
Scientists explain that dreams arc
but reflections of our waking thoughts
and actions. We who dream know it is
not so. Wo know that sleep brings Wis
ions not of places and things and people
we have seen, but of strange, weird i'm
ages and happenings that our mortal
eyes never saw and moditations never
conjeotured.
Tho Bible tells of the interpreting of
dreams, and ancient experts OWNED
according to principles now unknown.
Those wise seers believed in dreams as
foretellers of future events, of good and
evil to the dreamer, whose sleeping
hours wore filled with visions of delight,
or mayhap with phantoms of horror
The sage, Abraoadabra, i'll his immor-
tai treatise on the Specification Of
dreams. says among host of wise and
witty conclusions: "It is fortunate to
dream of little pigs, but unfortunate to
dream of big bullocks.' 1t may occur
to the feeble intellect cropping for cause
and effect that this can be explained by
tho self evident fact that little pigs
nre harmless. but "big bullocks" are
tho opposite
IF you dream you have lost tooth,
you will soon lose friend" remains
prophetic. Indeed tho loss of q molar or
an lncisor is to be deplored, and perad-
venture the first promonitory twinge Of
an exposed nerve has caused tho dream.
But how explain "If you dream your
house is Oh fire, you will soon have news
from far country" and "to dream of
clear water is sign of grief?"
Perhaps the modern system of inter
probation may be summed up in tho
terse aphorism that "dreams go by con-
traries. " So if you dream of receiving
money you will likely loso it; if you
dream of kisses, fond and sweet, you
have blows in store. ''If you dream of
the dead, you will hear from the liy-
ing"
1t is moro conducive to comfort of
mind, Oh the whole, to return to the
ancient sages. Abraoadabra may again
be quoted as declaring that the "most
fortunate OF all dreams is to dream that
you are up to your neck in mud and
miro. " But. again, Ito dream that you
stand naked III the streets is sure sign
of trouble. distress and perplexity."
Not to BIO wondered at sure even in q
dreaml
Let us 60 back still further and con-
suit much older authority than Abra-
cadabra-the wise and learned Tyrosco-
phornus. He gives long list of signifi-
cations, embracing almost every known
tree and plant, vegetable, flowers and
fruits. To dream of leafless tree is
sign of great sorrow; of treo without
branches, despair and suicide; the yew
and tho elder mean sickness to tho
young and death to tho DID,
For maiden to dream of stripping
the bark from any tree is sign of loss
of character, declares tho hoary old
sage, for married woman it means be-
reavement. Indeed Tyroscophornus di-
vldes his Specifications according to the
sex and condition of tho dreamers Thus
to a man tho stripping of tho bark por-
tends All increase of fortune Tho limo
tree means voyage across tho ocean;
the elder treo is suspicious and the fir
tree moro SO; to dream of the oak por-
tends long life and prosperity fitting
is this, decidcdly-and tho ash tree fore.
tells long journey.
Only limited by tho number of known
shrubs are their Specifications. TO
dream of dock leaves means present or
possibly only visit from your country
relatives Of artichoies we are told that
they signify favor from an unexpected
source. Sorrol means tho approach of
calamity which will require all your
courage to face. OF the sunnower, the
loved of the aesthetic deep wound to
your pride
# fair maiden dreams of daffudils,
she must, alas. mistrust her loverl He
will bear watching. A sad fate with
which to burden the innocent posy.
Hearts ease means heartacho Lilies,
JOY; to dream of roses brings happy love
not unmixcd with sorrow Tho fragrant,
modest violet, whose perfumed petals
give sweet odor without stint, if seen
and carried i'll dreams, brings sorrow
and evil to the unweddod, but the op-
posite. joy and good, to the married
Water lilies appropriately portond dan
gers from tho sea. Yellow flowers betoken
jealousy. Ofsfruits, pomcgranato is tho
best. 10 dream of this rosy fruit denotes
happy marriage to tho single and peace
between quarrelsome couples Green
figs mean Embarrassment, but dry ones
mean money to the poor and mirth to
the wealthy. Ounces Indicate pleasant
company. and lemons tell of separation
TO dream of aloes in bloom betokens
a legacy Without blossom, long life
The broom flower means an increase of