The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-30

rlous and fantastic fancles It Is a
boy out Of school. II Is very like the
effect OF opium on the senses as de-
scribed by DoQulncey in his confes-
sions. The will seems to be the strong
est and most responsible faculty OF
man. The heart As commonly called
the seat Of the affections and emotions
lin fact the very soul OF man, and
David says the heart Is sinful above all
things and desperately wicked, but
that, Of course, is fguratiye. The heart
is but a lump Of fesh-a machine, an
engine as 1t were, Tor a mechanical
purpose. It has nothing to do with
affections or emotions or sins or crime.
1t may be badly diseased and the man
not know II. II his stomach is out Of
order he knows II quickly and feels
sick all over rhe will, and the brain,
which is the seat Of thought and rea.
son, make up the spiritual part of man,
but how they are connected is known
only to the Creator. Generally they
work in harmony. Sometimes they do
not, for, as Paul says, that would do
l do not-and that would not do that
/ do"
A friend asked me the other day II l
believed in dreams; that is to say, In
dreams as a warning, or sign, or proph-
ecy.
No, do not The dream book is a
humbug. But l do believe that some
times there are spiritual visions that
come in sleep, but these are very rare.
Some are too we'll authenticated to
leave any doubt Swedenborg had
many Of them. Tartinian, a great COM
poser, says that the devil appeared to
him one night and challenged him to
play some music, and he composed the
Devils Sonata" in a dream, and the
devil sang it and danced it, and Tar
tinian put it on paper when he awaked.
Coleridge says he composed his poem
of ''Kubla Khan" in a dream, but could
only recall 300 lines of it next morning.
Abstruse problems in mathematics
have been solved in dreams, but the
most reasonable explanation Of all
! these is that the tired mind had rest
from sleep and became more sensitive
and acute. Whether we have good
dreams or bad dreams depends almost
altogether upon what we had for sup
per and how much we ate of it. The
stomach is the great regulator Of our
repose, whether it be peaceful and re-
freshing, or disturbed by unwelcome
dreams. Children dream a good deal
and have nightmares, but old men
dream seldom, for they are more care
full about what they eat for supper
Blackberry pie washed down with but
termilk don't harmonize. But wher
the brain gets old it is tired and takes
more rest. It can't jump around ant
lrolic in dreams like it did when VIZ
were young.
This is enough of dreams. In fact
it is about all I know.
have been greatly comforted o
late with some more good reading
Colonel A. K. Mcclure, the notable edi
tor and writer, has written a letter I,
The -mes-Democrat, of New Orleans
his recollections and opinions Of Lin
coin and Davis. 1t is a long letter
carefully and admirably written 1t !:
fair and just to both the presidents
1t places Mr.. Davis on a higher plan
than any northern writer has eve
done, and l wish that every leadin
paper north and south would copy i
: 1t settles that whole controversy abou
the Hampton Roads conference an
leaves no room for doubt. Colonel Nj
: Clure is just man and deserves tn
thanks of the south for his beautifl
tribute to our president.-Bill Arp, i
Atlanta Constitution.
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