The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-04-17
WHAT DREAMS ARE.
sleNlFlcATloN OF VISIONS THAT ARE
BEHElD IN SLEEP.


In Their Attempted ExpIanations-some
Of the Interpretations Given by the sages
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 inn
ages and happenings that our mortal
eyes never saw and meditations never
oonjectured.
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, in his immor-
tai treatise on the Specification of
dreams, says among host of wise and
witty conclusions: ut 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.
eff 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 sign Of griefP"
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. ''If 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. 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
miro. But, again, ito dream that you
stand naked in the streets is a sure sign
of trouble, distress and perplexity.
Not to be wondered at sure, oven i'll
dreaml
Let us go 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 leahess tree is a
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 1t means be-
reavement Indeed Tyroscophornus di
vides his Specifications 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-titting
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 n present or
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 tho sunfiower, tho
loved of the aesthetic, 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 OPP
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 aloes in bloom betokens
a 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 1t from the
market stalls, is sign Of tears, but II
In your dream you see it growing it
means good fortune. Caulifiower 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 sign of sick
ness. | have found this true in my own
experience To dream Of serpents, false
friends are about you. A falling rain
foretells tears and broken eggs 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 a rhyme at all
events Emma l. McLagan in st Louis
Post Dispatch.
How Flies Walk on Window Panes.
The microscope reveals the neat con-
trivanco which enables fly to walk up
a window pane or defy the laws OF
gravity by gliding along, back down.
ward, ON the ceiling. The magnifier
shows the foot to be made up OF two