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New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
RECORDS OF DREAMS,
Nine Ont of Ten Suggested by Ear
periences IN Waking Moments.

In spite of the fogs which cloud the land of
dreams modern science has recently robbed ii of
many of it's oldtime mysteries. The student of
to-day undaunted by the fears and failures Of
ancient philosophers. has been exploring further
than into the world of sleep and by cold logic
and soulless arithmetic he has sought to meas
ure and mark of its shores and boundaries. And
though still compelled to confess that he has
failed to explain everything he sees in slumber-
land. yet he maintains that eventually all its
fantastic phenomena viii be as understandable
an the most humdrum thoughts of waking life
The time will come. he says when men will no
longer believe that sleep borders the super
natural that dreams are often prophetic of
future fortune disaster. and then. says the
mater1alistic thinker. two hundred thousand
dream books will no longer be sold TO super
stitious Americans every year, as at present
The student who would analyze a dream has
indeed far more difficult task than the engineer
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
Dramatic Description of Private Execution in Ger
Ordered by Injured Husband.

work being done. will restore him to his home
with the same speed and secrecy with which you
brought him from H.
'Such were the mysterious orders Prince Victor
gave his page: and weissenbOrn. selecting for his
comra6s In the expedition Lieutenant Bartenstein.
set out his strange Journey.
'.All this while the palace was hushed, as II in
mourning the bulletins in The Court Gazette
appeared. announcing the continuance OF the
princess's malady, and. though she had but few
attendant. strange and crcumstantial stories We're
told regarding the progress OF her complaint She
was quite wild She had tried to kill herself She
had fanciec herself 20 be I don't know how many
different Characters Expresses were sent 10 her
family informing them OF her state. and cour1ers
dispatched publicly to Vienna and Paris to procure
the attendance OF physicians skilled in treating dis
eases of the brain. Thai pretended anxiety was
all felnt. II was intended that the princess
should recover.
THE day on which Weissenborn and Bartenstein
returned from their expedition. II was announced
that her hishness the princess was much worse.
That night the report through the town was that
she was in agony. And yet that night the unioFtu-
nate creature endeavoring 10 make her escape
she had unlimited confidence in the French
chamber woman who attended her, and between
her and this woman the plan OF escape was ar
ranged. The princess took her jewels In a easAeI
A private door opening from one Of her rooms
and leading TO the outer gate. It was said, OF the
palace was discovered for her. and a letter was
brought TO her. purporting to be from the DUKE
her father-in-aw, stating that a carriage anu
horses had been provided and would take her To
B. the territory where she might communicate
with her family and be safe.
The unhappy lady. confding in her guardian, set
out the expedition The passages "oHao
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

the astronomer the bacteriologist or any other
investigator of material nature. All these sps-
cialists have their five senses to aid them. They
The student OF dreams has none OF these aids
Even before he can enter upon his work he must
surrender all of himself except that mysterious
part which he would examine. AS he
passes from the waking to the sleeping world
he at once fOrgets why he came He becomes
oblivious even to the fact that he ever had
former existence. and he makes no preparation
for returning to a state of complete conscious
ness. Instead Of carefully jotting down his OBJ
servations of tabulating his sensations IN sta
tistical form. he INDUCES in performances which
to his mind when awake appear idiotic. As
likely as not he returns from his dream journey
with the yell Of a maniac in the belief that
demons In pursuit.
Nothing in dreams appears illogical until
viewed from the opposite shore Of conscious
ness" AS an Illustration. NJ. DeIboeuf. the
French psychologist, Immediately upon waking
one morning. wrote down the last sentence OF a
book he dreamed he reading and which at
the time seemed delightfully."- lucid 1t was this:
Tine man raised by the woman and separated
bys alterations, pushes facts disengaged by the
analysis Of the tertiary nature into the path of
progress"
IF we dreamed the same dreams every night. "
wrote Pascal, Eve should be affected by them as
we are by things we see every day. II arti-
san was sure TO dream every night for twelve
hours that he was king believe that he would
be nearly as happy as a king who dreamed every
,fcrE+ fo--r oIr- Ic,,~ L.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
GUILTY HARRIED BY DREAMS.

II was once regarded supernatural tnar
guilty souls should be harried by dreams IN
which those whom they had wronged avenged
themselves Visions OF this shastly SORT are
frequent in the plays Of Shakespeare. Richard
Ill the last night Of his life was visited by the
ghosts Of those whom be had killed Brutus on
the eve OF his last fatal battle. saw The wrath
of murdered Cesar Modern scientists. how
ever explain that dreams Of this character may
be traced &c perfectly natural causes. They say
that in the relaxation OF slumber the mind
drops whatever mask IL may wear when awake.
Dreams. accordingly. almost always reveal ones
true self the faults and weaknesses which one
NAV not even realize when IN a state % fun
consciousness Dreams like wine. bring cut
latent passions and desires" said Noltaire.
That dreams rest or tire the mind Is a point
on which students differ Most savans hold
there are others who assert that dreams are
necessary To clear the brain and prepare q for
the labors OF the coming day.
In sleep" said Dr. Louis Robinson "tha
brain does a lot OF asserting Of ideas born OF
previous waking hours. and Il pigeonholes them
as a mail clerk does letters. IA the sleeping.
brain there Is great hustle. 10 Is Grcasuing con-
stantly but only the mental conditions ex lstinl;
lust before awakng is re mem bered. The dream
life that led up 10 that final stage OF dream con-
sciOUsness cannot be recalled When we awake
refreshed IN the morning it is because all the
loose ends and fragments OF thoughts have been
cleared up put together and stored away in taslr
proper places
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
EXPERIENCE OF WEBSTER.

Daniel Webster, while member OF congress,
once dreamed that he returned TO Dartmouth.
his alma mater, to attend a class reunion and
that he was met there by an Old negro who
shook his hand sadly and said: "Dey's all dead.
rnassah dev's all dead. YUh be de only man
of 'sr all left" ON awakening Webster tried
IN remember who the negro OF his dream cou4d
he His efforts were futile. aad not untlI ne
vent 10 New York on the following week and
stooped. as he always did at the Astor Rouse
did he solve the mystery. There IN the dining
room he saw the phantom OF his sleep. II was
the negro waiter who came TO take his order
..T)td YOU ever wait on me I'm this hotel oefoTeF
asked Webster after he had recovered from ms
surprise. No. sah." was the reply. But TIE
seen vuh afore sah. / heard yuh SPEAK ll ''S-
ton hve wears ago. I sat I'm the front row. rishI
az vour feet sab. and whenever YOU spoke OF
the strferins Of the black man yuh kept SiaN-
in yuh big fist al me, sah.'
For fve years the memory Of that nesfo $ iAes
had been buried deep beneath the everyda
thoughts of the Statesmen TO be awakened at
last by a dream. IA,
Dreams induced by narcotics seem especlaiy
extravagant and fantastic. Aet III IaCl N ~
80 tbev are only old memories recalled WltA
,Ip,Is,aI vividness De Quincy said that n
his opi1rn dreams he walked the minuJest de-
tails az his childhood. clothed with al thetr oia
associations and accompanied WIN an tlls leei-
ine.s of youth
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
Three Weeks Imprisonment Imposed a Stabeman
for Applyns a Vile Name to the
kaiser's Favorite Mare.

found maxms of Confucius are to an unedu-
or sparrows twittering together under the caves
OF a barn. In the Orient which to this day Is
regarded as the centre of a knowledge of the
mysteries both of science and OF nature, which
we Western barbarians have not until now sue
ceeded in fathoming, it is worthy Of note that
the Arabs. the Indians and the various races
of Asia Insist that birds and animals converse
in languages that are intelligible, not only to
one another, but also 10 mankind Thus Syrians
have since time immemorial claimed TO under
stand the language OF bears: Arabs put for
ward similar pretensions with regard to crows
and the Japanese TO foxes. In India the Ian
guage, not only of cranes. but also of snakes
understood by the learned Pundits. while the
Persian sages assert that they both
derstand and converse with wolves.
To US. however. the advance guard OF TWEEN
tieth century progress civilization and enlight-
enment-at least, we fondly consider ourselves
as such-the language Of animals and birds still
remains an almost entirely closed book. And
in this We are inferior not alone TO our an
cestors and 10 our Oriental contemporaries but
also to the animals themselves. For. whereas
horses, dogs, elephants. cattle and other domes-
tic animals able 10 comprehend verbal
commands, who Is there among who could
put the correct Interpretation even the loud
and slowly spoken bray OF simple minded
tackass? EX-ATTACHE.
DUKE OF AsRUzzI TO CLIMB HuWENzoRi
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
MEMS UNKNOWN FACES.

Among the persons dreamed OF. the woman
saw more strange faces than the man. only
55 persons out Of DDS of whom she made record
were apparently unknown 10 her. Ninety-four
of them were friends, IS professional ac-
quaintances people her work "a student a
Wellesley had brought her ~ contact With)s ana
% were members OF her family. The man also
dreamed most OF friends but, IN contrast to the
woman, he dreamed more OF his family than OF
professional or business acquaiutancos. Two
hundred and twenty-six people dreamed OF
were friends, IS unknown. 53 relatives and Il
business or professional acGuaint1nces-
Many scientists, however, bold that even the
faces in our dreams that seem unknown 10 US
are not so in truth. They are the features or
people whom In our waking moments we have
forgotten, whom we have seen, perchance, only
once in our whole lives I'm the street the theatre
the railroad train. making an impression SO
slight that, in the garish light OF our day
thoughts they are. like stars at noon. invisible
Yet no imprint on the human mind. however
faint it is said. ever fades altogether. In the
solitude and calm and darkness or sIulnoef
these old memories make bold 70 return 70 US
THE stOrehouses OF the mind are OF lncreCliolo
vastness" says DR. Louis Robinson, y A K
Nothing that the senses have perceived IS ever
Lat
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

visit to England in order complete the details Of
his Forthcoming African expedition, the main object
or which s the ascent OF Ruwenzori. The duke will
leave Europe next month, and, embarking at
Mombasa will travel to Entebbe the capital of
Uganda, from which point he will continue his
journey via Fort Portal 10 Ruwenzori. The British
government is granting every facility 10 the dis
tinguished traveller both in East Africa and
Cganda.-1Iondon Globe
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
STRETCH OVER MANY YEARS.

Dreams to dreamers seldom appear inter
rupted, and often they seem to stretch over in
Vulnerable years. and TO take within their scope
immeasurable distances. Napoleon the night
after the battle of Waterloo was said 70 have
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22

dreamed that rs was ths emperor os ths uni
verse. and lost his sway because be ruled 50
long that at last there no other living thing
left 10 command but himself
In spite of the difficulties which the fnves-
tgator of dream lie encounters. an American
woman. Miss Mary Wilton CaIkins. recsntly
made studies OF this side OF human existence.
which enabled her to chart cut certain Peaks
and promontories IN the land OF sleep more
clearly II is said. than had been done before.
She made her investigations through the me-
dunn Of two other individuals. living IN different
places a man and woman. each OF whom re-
corded night after night. for more than a month.
the different characteristics OF their dreams.
Miss Calkins Is the professor OF philosophy aud
psychology at Wellesley College.
JOTTED DOWN PROMPTLY.
TIE two persons who reported their observa-
tions TO Miss Calkins found at the beginning OF
their work ths II they waited until morning u
jot down what they had dreamed IN the course
OF the night they nearly always forgot their
visions. Accordingly they both armed them
selves with pencils. candles and matches. 50 that
whenever either OF them awoks from a dream
the sensations might Immediately be recorded
In the morning these notes were filed out The
woman who was twenty-eight years old. kept
tab OF her dreams for ffty-Ave nights Tho
man. who was thirty years old. recorded his
dreams for forty-six nights on an average both
recorded about four dreams night.
The belief that dreams have "a supernatural
origin receives hard blow at the HANDS OF Mss
Calkins TIE data that she obtained showed
that nine out OF every ten dreams were clearly
suggested by experiences OF waking moments.
One-half the dreams related 20 occurrences that
had happened within a week. One-haIf the
dreams also referred in one way or another ~
the immediate environment. In twO-thirds OF
the dreams people Of every day acquaintance
figured. Eighty-Ons in one hundred were visual
dreams. One-half OF them COlore1 with
tints that afforded sensations OF pleasure
It was the experience Of both the man and tho
woman that dreams are most numerous during
the latter half Of the period OF sleep. The wonl-
an for instance. recorded in certain length or
time four dreams between the hours of i0o)
D. m and IL 80 .. m. hfty-two from 11.30 a. m
TO $50 a. m, and sixty-two between $50 a m
and $50 a. m The man had only one dream
on falling asleep, twenty-five between IL p m
and 2:3O a. m. twenty-six between $50 a m
and a. m. seventy-eight between 4 a. m. and
a. m. and ffty-six between a. m. and
a
Not only were dreams found TO be more nu-
merous in the latter half OF the slUmber period.
after D. m. for example. but they were far
more vivid. In them sounds seemed louder, and
objects more distinct Odors were often appar-
emily perceptible. and frequently the Grea-ners 3
sense of taste was awakened
New-York tribune., 1906-04-22
DUKE OF ABRUzzI TO CLIMB RuwENzoR

The Duke OF the Abruzzi arrived in London yes
terday evening and wos met by tho first secretary
OF the Italian Embassy. The duke Is paying a brief
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-04
lEsTABLIsHED 1885.
gzNRY SHERMAN. Manager

Hacks CnagesBaggage Checked and TraneTuck and Fur
niure wagons-PanOs Moved, Boxed and Shipped
ass Commercial Street Phone Main I2l
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06
Building up Trado

"Madam," began the pcd-
Her. M he opened his red
'atchel. 'can | sell YOU soue-
thing this moruipgY"
NO" snapped the elderly
matrou, raising her brs,mi
nminouslv, ''and you'd bettes
move ou."
just AZ you SAY madam; I
vas gong ~ offer you The
greatest mediterranean on,
earth, hut | SEE you don't
need IT,"
"Ah, l."
And also this wonderful
remedy for restoring gran
hair To its natural color, but
you have nu use for that
either"
"Why, how kind ot YOU I'd
think So; l."
"And this little volume.
entitled, How I" RemuiiI
Beautiful Forever Hut ID
would bc supcrtluous u" orfeI
II b" YOU. G"d' day Madam
Come back here! Comd
back here this instant. | iii
MT need them, rs yuu say
but | will buy them aud give|
them tn some FREUD. all
ways encourage TRUTHFUL
ness.
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06
Getting at the Facts

The ceusus.taker raped ID
The door of the little farm1
house and opened his loua
book. A plnmp girl Of about
eighteen CAME ~ the door aud
blinked ut him stupidity.
GLOW many people live
hereY" be began.
"Nobody lives here. We ard
only staying through the hop
season."
"How many Of you ard
there Ihere2"
"I'm here. Father's.in The
woodshed. aud Bill is"
See here, my girl, I want
to know bow many iumutes
there are III this house. Howl
many people slept here last
night?"
Nobody slept here, sir.
| bad tue tootbache dreadful
aud my little brother had tbd
stomachachc, and the new
hand that's helping us got
sunburued so on his back that
hc has blisters the size Ut
eggs; aud W. all took GU SCI
that nobody slept u wink all
uigbt lumg.n
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06

tonc Indicated. fnvorabiy known Ivy
the Duke was n testimonial 70 which
amy horse might aspire.
"whar a We cit him. NM Don't 10
20 bIanked oncommunicaun'r' said an
impatient voice.
Bill bcsitnted; then. with m apparent
burst OF confidence. he assumed bis
frankcst name and voice and told
his tale.
Well" he said, taking n fresh chew
and Offering his plug 10 his neighhor,
who passed u on after helping himself,
Sye see. II was like this. Ye know
tAat little Meredith geif"
Chorus or answers: "Ycrl The rcd
headed M 7 know! She's n daisy
Rcs'lar biixsnrdl Iightnin' conductor
Dill paused. stirepcd himself ~.
H. dropped hin frank air and drnwled
cut In cool, hard tones, ~ might re-.
nsrk that that young lady IN. I might
persoom 10 say. q frisud OF mine. whIch
I'm prepared 10 bnck M In my best
style. and II any BANKED bianked son
OF q street sweeper has any remark 10
make. here's his time now"
In the pause that followed murmurs
were heard estoiling the many excel
isnces Of tho young lady In question.
and Bill. nppeased. yielded TO the re-
quests Tor the continuance OF his story,
and N he described Gwen and her pin
10 ana her work on the ranch the men.
many OF whom had had rlimpscs OF
her. gave emphatic approval In their
own way, hut M he told Of her rescue
OF Joe and ~ the sudden calamity ,hnt
had bcfnllen her n great stiffness fell
upon the simple, tender hearted fol
laws. aud they listened with their eyes
shining IN the nrelight with growing
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06

"Go on" she gnspcd.
~ cherished tho opinion" drn wicd
on BiII. Will. Gwen stuck her hardkcr.
chief into her mouth. "thot mebbc
they'd put mp for II the s7O0. and. even
a. II was. s,ein' a. the Pilot appeared
10 be sot on to n. n them felIers would
ind $3.50 l cher another shrek from
Gwen cut him suddenly short.
"It's the rheumnticks. mebbe." said
nil n%nsionsly. Terrible bnd weather
tct 'em. 7 got EN- myself"
"No. no." said Gwen. wiping away
her tears AMI subduing her laughter.
go on. bill"
There Amt no more naid piIl "Ie
bit, and the muster here put II down"
"yes. tie here right enough" 7 said,
hut ! don't suppose you moan to FOL.
low u up, do your"
"you don't. chr Well, Z am not rc.
sponsible for your supposin'. but them
that In familiar with Bronco BIll gen.
ernlly expects him to back no his nm.
dcrtakin's."
"Rut how In the world ran you get
$500 from tho cowboys for n church,"
II hain't done the arithmetic yet.
hut tia safe enough. You see. II Amt
tho church altogether: It's the reputa.
tion OF the boys"
"In holp. BIll." said Gwen.
Bill nodded his head slowly and said,
PROUD to have you" trying hard to
look enthusiastic.
"You don't think I can" said Gwen.
BiIi protested against such nm imputa.
ton. "Rut 7 can. I'll get daddy ana
tho Duke too"
Good liner snid NH, Shaping his
knee.
"And ri give all my money. too; but
II Isn't very much" she added sadly.
"Muchr' said Bill. "If the rest OF
the fellows play up to that lead there
won't he amy trouble about that ave
hundred
Gwen was silent for some time. then
said with m air Of resolve.
TN give my pinto"
"NonHenser I exclaimed, while Rlli
declared 'there warn't no CALI"
Eyes, I'll give the pinto" said Gwen
decidedly. "In not need him amy
more" Her lips quivercd. and Bili
coughed and spat into the next room.
sand. besides, ! want 20 give some.
thing ! like. And Bin will sell him for
me-"
And 10 Il was arranged that the
pinto should be- sold aud that BIN
should have tho selling OF II.
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06
Not Altogether

The motor car accosted th,
horse. Get oil the pave.
mcnt," IL said. Il am going
10 supplant YOU entirely"
Neigh, neigh Responded
the steed. with II horse laugh;
''thcy cant make corncd beef
and sausage out of YOU"
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06

Pinto he BANKED" said young nm.
Say. boys, IL that little girl going 10
lose TINT n pony NJ hers ~ help nut
her friend the Piloti Good fellow. too.
ho Tel We know hos the right sort"
Chorus OF "Not by u long yught, Not
muchl Wen put M the sium. pinto.'
Then" went on MI, even innrc slow
~, there's tho Pilot. hos roln' for to
ante ~ n months pay; 'mln't much. ~
courre twenty eight u month AMI grub
himself. He might IN IKE u two." he
added thourhtfully. ~ Blll's propos
nj was acorned with contemptuous
groans. Twenty eight u month and
grub himself NJ course ns,'t much for u
man 10 have money out OF Ia cddIcnic
himself" nm continued. M II thinking
aloud. "of course he's got his mother
NJ home. hut she can't make much more
than her own Twin. hui she might
help him some"
This was altogether too mnc, for the
crowd. They consigned. mn and his
plans to unuitereble depths Of woe.
"of course" Ril eypl tned. "It'a lest
as yon boys feel about NJ Mcbbe I
was. bein' hot, n little swift IN glyin'
'em thu blum" .
mot much, you Wasn't! Wen sce
you out' That's the tnlk. There's i,e.
tween twenty and thirty uf w here"
~ should he glad to con.rlbntc thirty
or forty N need hc." sod ils Duke. who
wns standing not Tar OF. Ito assist In
the building or n church, II would he
u good thing, nud ! think the parSon
should bo encovnged lIc', the right
sort"
IN cover YOUR thirty" said young
Hln; aud No h went rrom one 10 nn.
other In tens and ffteYir nisi twernles.
Within hair mn hoe I had entered
$3.50 In my hook. WITH Ashley yet 10
from. which meant nfly more. n
was RMS hour ~ triumph.
Boys" he said. with solemn emuha.
sis, we're MI white Hut that lee tie
pale faced gel, that's what I'm thlns In
Won't she open. them big eyes 81
hcrr' cherish the opinion that this n
tickle her some"
Ito bo cuntlnuod)
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06
She had Found Him Out

Tue brldegroom uf u yea,
weut down to bis Office one
lay griunlug all over his face,
All morning long he bummeJ
aud whistled Till bis partuc,
asked him what bed had.
"My wife told me TIL.
morning that ] aui u mo,lc
husband" he answer az
pr mdly.
II don't call that much OF .
compliment"
"l'd like to know why uolY'
Well you just lok thai
word'nUdel' M IN the diction
wy,' WAS the advice.
He did aud this is what N
reid la small pattert,
! Miniature nf something on 4,
larger SCALE"
The Marshall republican., 1906-07-06

'rn coner pour thtrtn" said young HHL.
intentness, Then NIL spoke OF the
rflot and how he stood by her aud
helped her aud cheered her tili they
began to swear no was "all right"
"Aud now" concluded Hill. when the
Pilot IL In . hole she wants to help him
out"
"of course" said one. Fright
enough. How's she going to work 1T"
said another.
swell he's dead set on to buildin' u
meetin' house. aud them fellows down
at the Greek that does the prayin' and
such don't seem to back him upr'
~whar's the kick. Binf'
Soh. they don't want TO 10 down
Into their clothes and put up for t."
~How much"
-whS. be only asked 'em for seven
hundred the hull outft. and would give
EN- two years. but they bueked-
wouldn't hook At t."
"ws.s you there. Bins what did
yoa dor ~
s0As" said Mn modes,ly. Il dlda't
d much. Gave 'em Z httls bluf."
~Did they take you. Bily'.
~Well I reckon theg did. The mas.
tses hers. put u dcwu,s
wAsrsspen I rad the terms os Riurs
These wal : choeus Of very hearty
eppsevale ~ nilps courus IN s'nct TAX.
~ any wNters Prom that v~Ariousty
eAArNctestp>A vVutnt." HUT The ~
speaplblnty of NJ situation began 10
eAWp Nppn them when ssms oas nuksd,'
~ ~ 0ola1 ahex< 4. D1ase|
I'M MIN Z (preAn ~