Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-23
HAD A BAD DREAM.
Man Who Imagined He Woke Up
 in the Year 4oO3.

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 sSpeaking of dreams reminds me R,.o,-..the strangest kind of thing that and chsned to me few nights ago, and M"hiay l have not recovered thorough oD' from the shock of the peculiar m my mind took while slept" said .ns tnmr.lan who is fond of spinning yarns, and tya New Orleans Times-Democrat re- both brter. "What on earth caused me p'op0l dream such foolishness I cannot
 nagine, unless it all resulted from a
 tile study l conducted recently ,ne rs.hile investigating one of the phases Afr the new woman problem. My mind ssttppaavas probably influenced by this fact, newhough there was nothing in the study Serto suggest the fearful experience the trough which passed while asleep. ducMy dream began with an awakening. atnsThis ant not paradox. I dreamt it. I atothought that in some mysterious way ; sl was reused from sleep. The things tharound me were strange. The furni- ssssture had a curious look. Had I been esndrunk the night before, and had some prgood friend put me to bed in strange uplace? No, had not been drinking, , for my mind was too clear, and there was an absence of that heavy feeling | which always follows a night of dis sipation. On the walls of the room could be seen all kinds of push bells, and speaking tubes, and other things the like of which 1 had never seen be- fore. began to become a little dazet on account of the strangencss of the situation l looked over to- ward the window l saw a number of curious things brushing by the win dow, passing to and fro, and l con- cluded that would survey the situa- tion more closely. Outside the air was simply thick with people. They were sailing through the air in all di- rections. Looking across the street from the building l was in, l saw street cars running on the tops of houses, long streets and broad had been laid out on the roofs of build ings, and people were moving around, and wagons and other vehicles were rumbling along just as 1 had known them to move in the streets closer to the ground. You can imagine my surprise when looked out of the win low and down in the street below!
 made me dizzy. l fell back on M tbe floor. I ak rlRs-sahapt s5 tall build ines! Well, the building Twas in was vas cautiep- The men inthe street be-
 ,o<Asooked like ants. And the street was so narrow you could step across it. The long lines of cars resembled gift from Santa Claus. l couldn't hear anything except the swish and click of flying machines and the clang and rumble of cars on the roofs of buildings across the street. While musing over the strangeness of it all woman dashed into my room, and she was quickly followed by another Their eyes were deep-set, and serious, and they both wore bloomers. They glanced at me curiouSly, and then held whispered conversation. What does this all mean? Where am l.:
 Who are you!' l demanded after few moments reflection. One of them explained that they had inherit ed me. l had been bequeathed to hem by a scientist who had died some years before. In fact she went on. you have been handed down from one scientist to another for 5000 years What! Isn't this 1903:' l stam- mered. No,' she answered calmly, this is 1903. You see they put you to sleep while making a scientific ex- pertinent. While not knowing any thing or anybody, you have been alive all this time, and have been doing we'll Sweat was rolling off my fore head in great beads when woke up, and 1 am sure if 1 hadn't awakened when I did my hair would have turned as white as cotton in another minutes time just from thinking how orf was"