Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-13
MYSTERY OF DREAMS.
The Wonders the Brain Sees In tho
Fraction of u Second,

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The Wonders the Brain Sees In tho
Fraction of u Second.
1t Is not unusual to hear one suy that
he has been dreaming about something
nll night, when possibly his dream oc-
cupicd only Il very short time. Aiuny
attempts have been uintlc to measure
the time occupied In Il dream, md rec
ords appear from time to time in the
papers showing that often elaborate
ones occupy but few seconds Tile
following incident Is told by gentle
man who vouchcs for it's accuracy:
He was engaged one afternoon with
clerk i'll verifying some long columns
OF figures that had been ch,ied from
one book 10 another. Tli,Enumbers,
representing amounts In dollars and
cents. were composed OF six or seven
figures. The clerk would read, for In
stance, Fourteen. one. forty-two,
twelve" making the amount of SI4,-
142.12 and the gentleman would an
swcr, Check" to indicate that the
copy was correct Page after page had
been read as rapidly as the words
could be uttered, each number recciv-
Ing the ''chcck." The work was drowsy.
and it WIS with difficulty he could
keep his eyes open.
finhily sleep ovcrcinc him. and he
urcamcu- dreamed of an old horst. he
lnu been accustomed to drive twenty
i've or thirty years ago. He could not
recall any special Incident connected
with the dream except the locality and
the distinct sight OF the horse and Of
m I'm, a., .,.I,
lie nwokc suddenly and, MS IL number
was ended, called Check" He was
conscious of having slept and of hav.
Ing dreamed ana said to the clerk:
Charlie, | have been asleep. How
many Of those numbers have miss.
ed:' None" lie replied. you have
checked every one" Close question.
Ing developed tie fact that OF the iig.
ures Sli.ll2.l2 he had heard the four.
teen anu the twelve, but had slept and
dreamed during the time occupied in
rapidly nttcring The words zone forty.
two" He tried by reading other num-
bcrs to measure the time AMI thinks II
could not have been more than hnlf a
second
Another story Is told of Il man who
out uciorc Ills IRE III Il uTOWSy cOtlul
tton draft blowing across the
room set large photograph OH the
mantel to swaying. \ slender vase
was in front Of it, anil the man re-
members wondering, in mood Of
whimsical Indifference, whether the
picture would blow forward and send
the vase to the floor.
Finally gust of wind did topple the
picture, and II struck the vase The
man remembers having been curi0iIsly
relieved In his state Of drowslness that
at last the "old thing was going to fall
and be done with it,"
Presently he was In the midst Of a
complicated business transaction In q
western city miles away. All the de
tnils Of new and unhcard of scheme
were coming forth from his lips, and q
board OF directors was listening The
scheme proSprred. lie moved his fam
| lily west. Fragments of the journey
thlthGr and glimpscs Of the fine house
he bought came before his vision.
| a crash woke Him. The vase had
struck the floor. He had dreamed M
unlivcd life covering years, and all iii
the time ii took for the vase which 4
had seen toppling before lie fell asleep
to fall five feet nnd brcak-Youth's
Companion.