The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-11-05
THE RIDDLE Of SLEEP
4 Mystery That the Mind Of Man
10 Unable 10 Penetrate.
the CAVERN OF MORPHEUS.

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| u 10 pitsh 0lssk % Per % Human
VWdsssVsndios osss, Fss W. Knew
| Ne Msrs Aheve n Than W. De Aksws
| n. Ts,. n,sss.v. Death.
When oil In written. bow little We
know of sleep: u IL u closing of the
| eyes. . disappearance. q wondering r..
turn. In uneasy siumber In dren nmless
dead rest. In ,hosrid nightmare or In
ecsias'cs Of soninoicnt fnfcles the eyes
arc blinded. The body u abandoned.
while tho inner rss~nce 10 we know not
where. We hsvs no other knc~i"dse
OF sleep than ws have Ut drath 10 de-
I'rsum Ut coma az trance. no less 'bsn
~ normal sleep nnd 10 dissolution. 'be
soul ID gone. IN 'bes~ VI returns. ~
TINT u docs not come sgnin. or 70 ws
'g0ornns'y shlDk.
Vet when J r~nefs "n my death ! sor'
ret thst- ! hss~ encountered u many
times already snd nnd myself non"
the worse. J Soee~t tbat J sleep The
ny hiss no shorter esIs'e0c" thsn
mats. We hustle about sof fcw
Year, With 'udfrous Importance. ~
los''cdies buss st The window psn~s
THY. ton. nsy Imagine shrmse'rcs NJ
'nhnise moment In sbis universe We
shsse With them. nut this 10 tn take
no account os the proGnosssrs ~ sleep
Tbrr~ In somsthins hidden. somcthins
secret. some unfssbomed mysiery
whose presencs we seri. but cannot
verify. some fsertueetive thought In
sistsOtiy moving In our hearts. soms
not whence through our shado~y a.
oms
Neither sieep Itself nor half its prom.
ises nor mysteries have bern piumbed
II IN the mother oe supcrstitions and
Of miracles In dreams we may search
tb~ surface poWesv os thr frerd soul
visions 10 tbs night arr not aii haiiu.
cinations; voices 10 shs nigh, srs not
all mocking There II Q prophet dwells
within the mind not Of the mind. bat
d~~t,rr shrunesl In ol,srurity.
The bsnin cannot know Of this holy
rrrsence nor oe lie iifs In sierp The
brain IL mortal and untvust worthy. q
plonogvaph and Q camcea for audible
and paIpsbie existence strike u Q
b,ow in childhood % that n ceases its
lnloru and awake n by ss,eReey after
forty yesrs apd u viii rsreat sbe Ia.
ssn,Iie action os word Il last recorded
and vii, take up IT. task "a the In.
slant. making no account oe the inter.
mediate ycarp. They are nouexisteut
20 n. Yet 10 that hidden memory those
dls~aseti years are not blank. u knows.
n hns rproraetA shousb the brain has
slept. And In hypuctic OF psychic
trnn~c. when that wonderful ruler n
RELEASED from the prison Of the body. Il
can Sneak through the atom bient ma.
chinesy Of the aesh and TELL OF things
man himself could not know because
Of his paraiyse<i brain. This ruler h
not asleep IN sleep. NOE IN delirium h
n deiIrious. and 10 death 10 Il deads
Through Nil tbc ages u has been our
sphinx. which we have interrceated In
vain. u Joins not In our laughter nor
our tears. We have fancied II with I'm.
mobile. brooding features Of utmost
knowledge and wissiom and sorrow. u
has asked ~ but one question. nor
from the day Of 0edipus unto today
have We answered rightly. - that We
die of our ignorance. u h Osiris Nv.
Ing 10 usI II 10 the unknown God to
whom We erect our altars. the dre tn
ihr tabernacle. the preseuce behind tho
veil. Not In normal wakcsulness at
least will Il answer our queries. hut In
sleep sometimes II Will speak. And u
may possibly be that At last. after all
these centuries. Ne arr learning how
10 question u and In hypnotic trance
aud IN the fearful law of suggestion
arr discovering somewhat OF its mys-
terry aud bow to employ u tor our
worldly good. Yet 10 iis essential ~
crrt We arr no closer than our fore.
fathers were.
VV.. ...s~ .0aAs. slp~n u,s ana no~he.