The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-06
WHAT DREAMS ARE.
sIGNlFlcATlON OF VISIONS THAT ARE
BEHeLO IN SLEEP.

of Long Ago.
Scientists explain that dreams are
but reflections of our 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 meditations never
oonjeotuTed-
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 filed with visions of delight,
or mayhap with phantoms of horror.
The sage, Abracadabra, III his immor-
tai treatise on the Specification OF
dreams, says among host Ct wise and
witty conclusions: ct is fortunate to
dream Of little pigs, but unfortunate to
dream of big bullooks. F." 1t may occur
TO the feeble intellect cropping for cause
and effect that this can be explained bI
the self evident fact that little pigs''
are harmless. but 'tbig bullocks" are
the opposite.
If you dream you have lost a tooth,
you will soon lose friend, =" remains
prophetic. Indeed the loss of molar OF
an incisor Is to be deplored, and perad-
venture the first premonitory twinge Of
an exposed nerve has caused the dream.
But how explain eff you dream youl
house is on fire, youwill soon have news
from far country" and ''to dream Of
clear water is a sign of grief?"
Perhaps the modern system Of inter
probation may be summed up in the
terse aphorism that dreams go 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. eff you dream of
the dead, you will hear from the liv-
ing"
1t is more conducive to comfort Of
mind, on 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
mire. " But again, to dream that you
stand naked in the streets is sure sign
of trouble, distress and perplexity."
Not to be wondered at sure, even in q
dreaml
Let us go back still further and con-
suit a much older authority than Abra
oadabra-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 leafess 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 maiden to dream of stripping
the bark from any tree is sign of loss
of character, declares the hoary old
sage, for a married woman it means be-
reavement Indeed Tyroscophornus di-
Yides his signifoations 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-ftting
is this, decidedly-and the ash tree fore
tells long journey.
Only limited by the number of known
shrubs are their Specifications To
dream of dock leaves means a present on
possibly only visit from your country
relatives. OF artiohokes 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 sunfower, the
loved of the aesthetic, 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
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 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. Ounces indicate pleasant
company, and lemons tell of separation, !
To dream of afoes in bloom betokens
a legacy. Without blossom, long life.
The broom flower means an increase of
family, and the delicate anemone .
sign that you will soon fall in love or
be made lows to- To dream of asparagus
in punches, as one buys it from the
market stalls, is a sign of tears, but if
in your dream you see it growing il
means good fortune. Caulifiower is bet
ter to eat than to dream of. 1t signifies
when you sea it in your dreams that all
your friends will drop you for no worse
reason than poverty.
There are more disagreeable signif-
cations TO dreams than pleasant ones
To dream of vermin is a sign of sick
ness | have found this true in my own
experience To dream of serpents, false
friends are about you. a falling rain
tears and broken eggs a quar-
rel. Eggs unbroken denote good luck
and prosperity, To dream of fruit Of
any kind out of season means anger
without reason, which is rhyme at all
events. -Emma Michigan in st Louis
Post Dispatch
Discovery.
1t has remained for the public library
committee of the English town of Eal-
ng to discover that Mr. Hall Gaines
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