Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-24

Scientists explain that dreams are
but reflections OF or waking thoughts
and actions. We who dream know it is
not so. We 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 meditatious never
conjectured.
The 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 were filled with visions of delight,
Or mayhap with phantoms of horror
The sage, Abracadabra, in his immor-
tai treatise on the Specification Of
dreams. says among host Of wise and
witty conclusions: 1T 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
the self evident fact that "little pigs"
are harmless, but ''big bullocks" are
the opposite.
If you dream you have lost a tooth,
you will soon lose friend" remains
prophetic. Indeed the loss of molar or
an incisor is to be deplored, and perad-
venture the first premonitory twinge Of
an exposed nerve has caused the 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 the
terse aphorism that "dreams 60 by con-
traries." So if you dream of receiving
money you will likely lose 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 liv-
ing"
1t is moro conducive to comfort Of
mind, on the whole, to return to the
ancient sages Abracadabra may again
be quoted rs declaring that the "most
fortunate of all dreams is to dream that
you are up to your neck in mud and
mire." But. again, 'to dream that you
stand naked in the streets is a sure sign
of trouble, distress and perplexity. :"
Not to be wondered at sure, even in q
dream!
Let us go back still further and con-
suit much older authority than Abra-
cadabra-the wise and learned Tyrosco-
phornus. He gives a long list of signifi-
cations, embracing almost every known
tree and plant, vegetable, flowers and
fruits. To dream of a leafless tree is q
sign of great sorrow; Of tree without
branches, despair and suicide; the yew
and tho elder mean sickness to the
young and death to the old.
'For 4 maiden to dream of stripping
the bark from any tree is sign of loss
of character, declares the hoary old
sage, for q married woman it means be-
reavcment. Indeed Tyroscophornus di-
vides his significations according to the
sex and condition of the dreamers. Thus
to man the stripping of the bark por-
tends an increase Of fortune. The lime
tree means voyage across the ocean;
the elder tree is suspicious and the fir
tree more SO; to dream of the oak por-
tends long life and prosperity-fitting
is this. decidedIy-and the 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 artichokes we are told that
they signify favor from an unexpected
source. Sorrel means the approach Of
calamity which will require all your
courage to face. OF the sunflower, the
loved of the aesthetic, a deep wound to
your pride.
If fair maiden dreams of daffodils,
she must, alas, mistrust her lover! He
will bear watching. A sad fate with
which to burden the innocent posy.
Hearts ease means heartache. Lilies,
JOY; to dream of roses brings happy love
not unmixed with sorrow. The fragrant,
modest violet, whose perfumed petals
give sweet odor without stint, if seen
and carried in dreams, brings sorrow
and evil to the unwedded, but the op-
posite. joy and good. to the married.
Water lilies appropriately portend dam
gers from the sea. Yellow flowers betoken
jealousy. OF fruits, pomegranate is the
best. To dream of this rosy fruit denotes
happy marriage to the 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
legacy. Without blossom, long life
The broom flower means an increase of
family, and the delicate anemone is a
sign that you will soon fall in love or
be made love to. To dream of asparagus
In punches, as one buys it from the
market stalls, is sign of tears, but if
in your dream you see it growing it
means good fortune. Caulifower is bet
ter to eat than to dream Of 1t signifies
when you see it in your dreams that all
your friends will drop you for no worse
reason than poverty.
There are more disagreeable signifi-
cations to dreams than pleasant ones.
To dream of vermin is o sign Of sick
ness. hav, found this true in my own
experience To dream of serpents, false
friends are about Won falling rain