The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

when awake, II one separates himself
from his surroundings, dreams may be
prcduced-day dreams. If one lies down
in a quiet place, making the mind as
empty as possible, the day dreams are
almost sure to enter into the vacancy.
For instance, on such an occasion /
began to dream of the sugar bush where
l made sugar as a boy. Then I thought
of fernando CortezAwho conquered Mex
leo; then Of the Egyptian pyramids; then
of Herodotus; tHenSpf the Cape of Good
Hope, and then Of the discovery Of Amer
lea. 1t was a perfect dream, with all the
seeming incongruity. which real dreams
have, and yet, the chain of thought was
quite natural. Az a boy had read about
Cortez while cooling sugar. He had men
toned pyramids I'm Mexico. The thought
of pyramids suggested Herodotus, who
had written about the Nile 1t has been
implied that Heredoths knew that Africa
had been circumnavigated. This suggest
ed the Cape OFF, GpQd Hope; Vasco da
CANA discoveries the cape, and that sug-
gested the discovery of America. These
facts. may possibly suggest that some
connection may exist between these dill
ferent parts of q dream which seem alb
solutely disconnected. While / dreamed
this day dream Iiwas not conscious of the
links which bound the parts together.
HOW DREAMS ARE SUGGESTED.
If such homogeneous dreams come to
us when awake, 1t is reasonable to infer
that when sleep ,relievese the mind from
tht trammels of earth our dreams will
be wilder and more unreal. as they are.
I suppose there is no doubt that many
OF oar ordinary dreams are suggested
by day thoughts, although they may be
as remote from them as Hcrodatus and
the pyramids are from an Alabama
sugar bush Sometimes the connection
is plain Again the thread Of connection
is SO fine that it is impossible to detect
it. But doubtless it exists.
The same uncertainty exists regarding
dreams which are called prophetic or
course, all sensible men reject the super
stition that dreams have meanings; that,
for instance dream of death foretelis a
marriage or that a dream OF a snake is
a warning against treachery: but it is
not safe to say that warnings are al
WAYS absent from dreams. That Is an
other of the mysteries.
The newspapers every little while con-
tain accounts of dreams giving warning
of certain events, such as deaths, the
discovery of mines, the detection Of Grim
inals, and so on. I have investigated
some of them and found them untrue.
Then there are historical dreams of this
kind. Calphurnia, for instance, is said to
have had a dream warning her OF Cae-
sar's death. The Bible is full OF prenlon-
itory dreams. There are also some au-
thenticated dreams of more recent ORR
gin, such as the "Nimblefoot mystery
Of 1870.
THE NIMBLBFOOT MYSTERY.
In that year Walter Craig, of Ballarat,
Australia dreamed that his horse Mn
blefoot would win the Melbourne cup,
and that the jockey would wear Grape on
his arm. Sure enough. Craig died soon
after, and Nimbiefoot won the Holman
stakes, with his jockey in mourning
This drew public attention 20 the story
md much speculation was INDUCED in as
TO his chances in the Melbourne. But
Nimblefoot Won hat also ana 50 Inc
dream of prophecy was fulfilled.
In 1895 Aurania won the same cup, att
err her victory had been presaged in
dream. 1t was long shot, and the
dreamer won $1,000 for his widow by
means of this ghostly tip. But the dream
had also foretold his own death, ana ne
died before the race was run.
The proceedings of the Society for Psy-
chical Research. 1889, record the case
of CHRISTOPHER c. Brooks the son OF
wealthy parents in Baltimore, VINO
dreamed that the spirit of his dead tu-
tor appeared and warned him that ne
would die Of heart disease on Wednesday,
Dec. 5, 1888
He was a strong. healthy youth, and
his heart was seemingly in perfect conoi-
ton. A few days before the stated time
Dr. Mann, of Baltimore, who was treat
ing the young man for some slight 1nd's-
position, said: ~ pledge my diploma that
ut the end of few weeks he will be per,
fectly we'll" But at $40 on the appointed
day the boy died of paralysis of the
heart
hook. "Phantasms Of the Living" a
standard work, allege large number
Of instances where premonitory dreams
have occurred.
DREAM THAT GAME TRUE"
For instance, Mrs. Montgomery an
Irish lady, with a large estate called
Beaulieu, County Louth during her hus'
bands absence at her sisters funeral.
saw in a dream the entire funeral cere,
mony, during which her brother tainted
and fell into the grave.
Mrs Henry Lincoln, Dublin lady,
dreamed twice that friend was dead.