The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-22
WHAT DREAMS ARE.
sleNFicATloN OF VISIONS THAT ARE
sEHELD IN SLEEP.

Scientists and soothsayers Unsatisfactory
Ia 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 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
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 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 of wise and
witty conclusions: at is fortunate to
dream of little pigs, but unfortunate to
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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 tooth,
you will soon lose friend" remains
prophetic. Indeed the loss of molar or
an inoisor 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 q 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. ''1f 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. Abracadabra 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 sure sign
of trouble distress and perplexity.
Not to be wondered at sure. even in q
dreamf
Let rs 90 back still further and con-
suit much older authority than Abra-
oadabra---the wise and learned Tyrosco-
phornus He gives long list Of sigDifi
cations, embracing almost every known
tree and plant, vegetable, flowers and
fruits. 20 dream of leahess tree is a
sign of great sorrow; of a 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 d.
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 a voyage across the ocean;
the elder tree is auspicious 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 signiications 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, deep wound &c
your pride.
If fair maiden dreams of daffudils,
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
dIh A0LAASh IA AlNtAAil1s bAAA-o obAAOM
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 qnarrelsome 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
q legacy. Without a blossom. long life.
1 The broom flower means an increase of
family. and the delicate anemone is n
sign that you will soon fall in love or
be made love to. To dream of asparagus
III punches, as Or buys it from the