Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-04-26
WHAT DREAMS ARE.
slGNfFicArlON OF VISIONS THAT ARE
 BEHELD IN SLEEP.

BEHELD IN SLEEP.
 Scientists and Soothsayers Unsatisfactory
 In Their Attempted ExpIanatiOns-some
 of the Interpretations Given by the Stages
 of Long Ago.
 Scientists explain that dreams are but reflections of our waking thoughts and actions. We who dream know 1t is not so. We know that sleep brings yis- ions not of places and things and people we have seen, but of strange, weird im- ages and happenings that our mortal eyes never saw and meditations never conjeotured.
 The Bible tells of the Interpreting of dreams, and ancient experts diYined according to principles now unknown. Those wise seers believed in dreams as foretelIers 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 signifeation of dreams, says among host of wise and witty conclusions: Tt is fortunate to dream of little pigs. but unfortunate to dream of big bull0eks. o It may occur to the feeble intellect groping for cause and effect that this can be explained by the self evident fact that little pigs" are harmless, but 4tbig bullocks' are the opposite.
 If you dream you have lost tooth, 4uio a41 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 on fire, you will soon have news from far country, and Ito dream of clear water is a sign of grief?'
 Perhaps the modern system of inter- pretation may be summed up in the terse aphorism that "dreams go by con- traries. D 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 "
 It is more conducive to comfort of mind. on the whole. to return to the ancient sages. Abraeadabra 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 mire. :" But, again. ito dream that you ! stand naked in the streets is 0 sure sign of trouble, distress and perplexity. Not to be wondered at sure, even in ! dreaml
 Lot us go back still further and con- suit much older authority than Abra- oadabra-the wise and learned nyrosoo- phornus. He gives long list of signifi cations, embracing almost every known tree and plant, vegetable, flowers and fruits. To dream of Q leafless tree is sign of great sorrow; of tree without branches, despair and suicide; the yew and the elder mean sickness to the young and death to the old.
 "For a maiden to dream of stripping the bark from any tree is sign of loss of character, declares the hoary old sage, for married woman it means be- reavement Indeed Tyroscophornus di- vtdes his signifioations according to the sex and condition of the dreamers. Thus to man the stripping of the bark DOT 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 DOT tends long life and prosperity-ftting 1 ia this, deeidedly-and the ash tree fore tells long journey.
 Only limited by the number of known shrubs are their signifoations. To dream of dock leaves means present or possibly only a visit from your country X relatives. Of artiehokes 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 @sthetio, deep wound to your pride
 ! If fair maiden dreams of daffodils, she must, alas, mistrust her loyerl He will bear watching. A sad fate with f which to burden the innocent posy. Hearts ease means heartache Lilies, l 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 seeH and carried ill dreams, brings sorrow and evil to the unwedded, but the op- posite, joy and good, to the married. Water lilies appropriately portend dan 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. Quinoes indicate pleasant company and lemons tell of separation.
 To dream of aloes in bloom betokens a legacy Without blossom, long life. l 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 Ole buys it from the market stalls, is sign of tears, but if | fY IL