THE PREYOFDREAMS
Persons Often Obsessed by Hal
lucinations and Nightmares.
QUEER DREAMLAND DRAMAS.
Vialona n 8laap That tave Drivan
ThaV Vieiima to Madnata Odd
Caaea Culled From tha Notebook of a
8peoial'nrt !ln Mental Vieeaaee.
"Dreams, dreams, dreams!" begnn
the specialist In mental diseases gloom
ily. "Dreams have sent me many a
melancholy patient.
"I was early Impressed with the
analogies presented by dreams to In
sanity, but some years ngo I remem
ber this Impression was strengthened
by an Incident which I cnn never for
get. A ynung man 'Consulted me about
a trifling mental ailment. I dealt with
bis ease In the ordinary way", and I
was pleased to notice he quickly Im
proved. Some weeks after I had told
him he was quite recovered, however,
he returned, looking nn awful wreck,
and, fighting hard to keep the tears
back, he begged me to help hlin. lie
lad become a victim of nightmare.
" 'Here you are, he whispered nerv
ously, pressing a sheet of paper Into
my hand. 'Here yon are. :Some of
the things I see.'
"Sketched on the slip were -skeletons,
crossbones, a gallows and a coffin.
" 'And you really see these things?'
I Inquired carelessly.
" 'See theni? he replied. 'See them?
(Why, I feel them! Feel them! Feel
the rope! Smell the coffin!'
"And the poor fellow clutched at his
throat In real agony.
"I did my best for him, but ho be
came worse. The last time he called
upon me he whispered In my ear that
he had been duping me; that be was
the man wanted for the B. murder.
Just as I feared, nightmare had shat
tered his reason.
"He went away, and I never saw
him again. The mnrder of B. was
expiated, but It war it my former
patient's name I rem. In the accounts
Of the execution. I linvc every reason
for believing that he ended bis night
mare In suicide.
"Such are the Instances that stud the
mental physician's book of dreams.
One of my earliest patients was a
young man who labored under the de
lusion, the result of a repeated dream,
that he had suddenly come Into a targe
fortune.
" 'I am not surprised, doctor,' he
Bald. 'I am not surprised. I am des
tined to Oil important positions, and
yery naturally the Frovidence which.
demands that I serve the state has
come to my aid with the means I shall
find necessary.'
"Then to my astonishment, he In
formed me that In order to give the
proper touch of dignity to his exalted
State he had ordered a number of mo
tor cars and horses and carriages and
was negotiating for the purchase of a
large residence, which a leading firm
of house furnishers was to fit out In
' lavish style.
' 'I must do these things, you know,
be added. 'I must.'
"Having uttered these words, I recall,
be drifted to other subjects and con
versed as rationally as any one.
"It was a case In which I took a spe
cial interest. The young man bad a
good face. He was a favorite, I found,
With his employers, and when be ex
pressed regret at having to leave them
consequent upon bis imaginary good
fortune his look of sorrow was some
thing to remember. I told his employ
ers so and discovered that the regard
ayas mutual. They closed their eyes to
Bis strange fancies, accepted his notice
in gloomy silence, afterward compli
menting him on his good luck, pre
dicted for him a great future, and I
was doing my besf.
"In the end, I am glad to say, I was
successful. I found that the young
man bad actually given out the orders
enumerated to me, but these I easily
countermanded. The dreaming and the
'delusion ended when I Induced my pa
tlent to go to reside In another district
,..."He never referred to bis visionary
fortune again. It passed away from
bim like the phantom that It was and
iwaB forgotten. Indeed, very likely
iwere you to speak of It now he would
laugh in bis natural quick, business
like way and sarcastically request you
to explain the lamentable condition of
f orr ." '.-' t t!? person be (Joes pot
few -"--myself.
. "1 nad scarcely finished with this
case, strangely enough, when another
f dreamland's dramas came before
toy notice. Late one night It was and
the end of an exceptionally busy day.
There was a violent ringing at my bell,
and a moment later a man burst excit
edly Into my room and begged uie to
accompany him to his home.
! " 'Strangest thing In the world!' he
Jerked. 'My wife It is. First she Is
covering the baby wltb kisses; next
she is wanting to kill it. Woke up
,wlth a scream and wanted to put the
Infant out of its misery, and it wasn't
in misery at all.'
"I sqilled and accompanied the man
to bis home. It was not an extraordi
nary thing for an insane woman to do,
and this I remarked to the husband,
who at once replied:
" 'But she is sane as you or I.'
"And I smiled again. This horror of
insanity in one's family is with us al
iways. The man ynn, however, partly
right; bis wife was simply another vic
tim of nightmare. The previous even
ing she bad visited the local theater,
nd, being very much Impressed with
AM melodrama she bad seen there. It
- bad affected her sleep.
I "tiha dreamed that hr hatar m-
lug cruelly tortured and that she could
lonr It screaming. Waking up, with a
shriek, she rushed to the little' cot
where tho sleeping Infant lay, and bad
her husband not caught her in time
nightmare would bnve been responsi
ble for another tragedy.
"And I have a most vivid recollection,
too, of a still more extraordinary in
stance which came before me In n
northern city many years ago. A ser
geant of police while going his rounds
fceard a femnle voice exclaim: Ok, my
children! 8nve my children!' He pro
ceeded at once to the house whence the
cries came and eventually found the
room and gained an entrance to it
"'Where is It? the woman cried.
'Where is It?'
"'Where is what?' asked the ser
geant. "Then, with an agonized 'Oh! she
threw her arms Into the air and fell
down unconscious. 'It' was her baby,
and she had thrown It through the
window. -
"The woman, who ordinarily was
quite sane, had leen dreaming that
the house was on fire. So vivid was
the vision that when she awoke she
thought she could smell the burning'
wood and hear the crackling of tin
flames. Hastily raising the bedroom
window, she seized her youngest child,
and, calling out to the Imaginary crowd
bc'ow to catch it, she threw it down to
the street.
"Not the leant rcmnrkable circum
stance In this case was the estrange
statement made by the police court
magistrate during the subsequent In
vcstigatlon. He Bald he considered
that It would be a most dangerous doc
trine to lay down that because a per
son was dreaming while committing
nn offense he or she was not responsi
ble for the act.
"At the subsequent trial, however,
the judge viewed tho matter more
mercifully. If the prisoner, he snltl.
really did this with the I lea that 11
was the best menus of Insuring tho
safety of her child, the jury would bp
justllled In concluding she was not
guilty. And the Jury very properly de
clined to convict.
"A frequent delusion, particularly
among women and girls. Is that they
ore possessed by devils or witches, and
Invariably the delusion comes of
dreaming." Baltimore Sun.
DREAM SENSATIONS.
Caue of Some of the Feelings We Ex
perience In Sleep.
ome iOf our common dreams seem
to be directly traceable. Slipping
dowa 4t the blankets is followed by
dreams of arctic relief expeditions or
falling Into snowdrifts. A gas distend
ed stomach, iPiishlug up the diaphragm
and compressing the lungs, produces
dreams of "something sitting on your
chest" or dramatic struggles against
other forms .of suffocation.
The common single dream, that of
falling, falling, fulling, from a great
height, to wake -Willi a fe'at-p f relict
just ns you are About to strike and be
dashed to pieces, is probably due to
the general muscular relaxation and
falling of the head, anus and limbs
which accompnules .settling down to
sleep. Careful studies bavo shown that
it almost invariably occurs during the
first forty-five seconds of loep. A slip,
a change of position of i sixteenth of
an Inch, is enough to suggest the Idea
of falling to the brain, lit "does the
rest" and provides out of it swannlnR
storehouse of Images the precipices,
flights of stairs, giddy mastheads and
other scenic effects. If the impression
is not vivid enough to wake you, you
"strike bottom" with a delicious sen
sation of restful warmth and repose
Just such as your tired body is getting
from its "downy couch."
The next common dream, whicb we
have all bad scores of times and which,
as Dickens qualutlfevaid, be was sure
even Queen Victoria, with all her royal
wardrolies full of'clothes, must have
also had, that of suddenly finding your
self in public half dressed, seems al
most equally traceable.
The dream, and we can all recall its
mortifying vividness. Is usually asso
ciated wltb Insufficient or displaced
bedclothes. This ' gives our drowsy
brain cortex the Idea that we haven't
sufficient clothes on. Our arms and
shoulders lielng completely covered by
tho close fitting upper half of the
nightgown,' the impression of unpro-.
tccteduess conies most vividly from
our unlncased lower limbs. Our well
trained modesty taker, furrous fright,
and hinc illae lachrymae (hence these
tears). Dr. Woods Hutchinson in
American Magnzlne.
Practical.
The great Marches!, like other fa
mous singers, was the recipient of val
uable gifts from an admiring public.
Many of these were of n perishable
nature, and some were rich and rare.
One only bore the character of abso
lute practicality. During o concert
tour in Switzerland there was one con
cert in which the prima donna was
especially brilliant. Hhe sang a varied
programme a song from Maudcl, an
Italian air, some German songs and
not only through the greatness but the
diversity of her gifts roused the audi
ence to a tremendous pitch of enthu
siasm. Many persons crowded up to
her when the concert was over, over
whelming her with the profusion of
the flowers they brought. After the
crowd had dispersed a bashful looking
girl came up, holding a parcel In her
band.
'"You delighted me so very much at
your last concert," said she, "that to
day I should like to express my admi
ration for you In person. Flowers,
however, fade. I therefore beg to offer
you a lasting and practical souvenir
which will keep me in your memory."
With these words she unwrapped a
silver soup ladle, presented it and dis
Ice and Gloss.
Ire nan the property 'peculiar to
I idles which expand on freezing o
liquefying under pressure and Bolldlfy
lng again when the pressure has been
removed. Consequently the weight of
any body moving upon a sheet of ice
causes the formation of a thin layer of
water which separates It from the ice
find thus, by reducing the friction to a
minimum, enables it te move smoothly
. over the surface J. ., makes the ioe
i more "slippery." On glass, on the con-
trary, this liquid medium Is wanting,
so that the two solid and unyielding
' bodies come into actual ptiyslenl con
tact causing a friction which, In spite
of the smoothness of fhe glass, consid
erably retards tSe motion of the body.
If two smooth sheets of glass be taken
and a few drops of water sprinkled
over the one and the other placed
above It, a thin layer of-water will be
formed, and until this layer has leen
pressed out the upper glass will move
on the other ns smoothly as if on Ice.
This peculiar property of Ice Is due to
the effect of pressure In lowering the
freezing point of water, so that when
ever ice is subjected to great pressure
it partially melts.
She Believed In Presents.
An old woman In Orkney was noted
for selling whisky on the sly. Her
bouse was a few miles from the town,
and the excise officers bad often tried,
but in vain, to get her convicted. A
young oflicer was appointed to the
place, who said, on being told about
her, that he would sxm secure her
conviction. Early one morning lie left
borne and arrived at the old woman's
house at 7 o'clock. Walking in, he saw
no one. Noticing a bell on the table,
he rang It. The old woman appeared,
and he asked for a glass of milk. After
a little he rang ngaln, and the old wo
man appeared. He asked if she had
any whisky. "Aye, sir," she said, "we
aye have some In the bottle," setting
It down before him. Then, thanking
her, he laid down a sovereign, which
she took and walked out. After help
ing himself he rang and asked for the
change. "Change, sir?" said the old
woman. "There's nae change. We
hne nae license. Fat we gle we gle In
presents; fat we tak we tak In pres
ents, so good day, sir." The excise
man left the house a sadder but wiser
personage. Strand Magazine.
Professorial Standing,
A professor of English literature In
one of our universities once brought to
me to publish In this magazine a learn
ed piece of writing. It seemed to me
a pretty dull thing and not Important,
according to my judgment, to anybody
and not possibly interesting to more
than a mere handful of special stu
dents. I told him this ns politely as I
could. He soon came to me again and
smilingly took me Into bis confidence.
"I hardly expected," he salil, "that you
would publish that 'study' that I of
fered you In fact. I core little about
It myself. I wrote It because my pro
fessional standing demands that I shall
produce something at certain Intervals,
but now I have a piece of wilting that
I do take great pride In, mid I want
you to publish It wilhout betraying the
authorship to any living lielng. It
would hurt my professional standing If
It became known that I wrote this."
It was a novel! Waller II. Page lu
Atlantic.
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Hard to Please. 1
"George, dear," said the newly made
wife, "if you .became a Mormon or a
sultan and were allowed six wives,
whom wonld you choose for the other
fiver
George was diplomatic.
"I'd select," he replied, "five dupli
cates of your own pretty self."
"Oh, you nasty thing!" she sobbed.
"When we were engaged you often
said there wasn't another girl In the
world like me!"
"But. my dear Gertrude." he rep'lled,
"it was you who suggested the prob
lem, and, anyhow, I should never lie
come a Mormon or n sultan."
"Oh, you wretch!" she shrieked.
"You mean that If you found any oth
ers like me you wouldn't marry them!
I'll pack my trunk now and go home
to mother!"
It was the first tiff. London An
swers. Too Much Sound.
Iu Dean Ramsay's book of anecdotes
there Is one which refers to a conver
sation between a Scotch minister and
a sexton. The minister was n stranger
to the gravemaker mid discussed wltb
hlin the doctrines -of the neighboring
clergy. As one after another v.as men
tioned the- sexton .wagged his bend
gloomily and said, "He's no sotiud."
At last the minister, who was, by the
bye, a long winded and rather empty
preacher, mentioned Ills Own name and
inquired, "Mr. now, isn't he
sound ?"
"Oo, aye," said the sexton, with a
twinkle in his eye. "He's aw sound."
Breakfast Table Revenge.
Breakfast is an excellent meul- to
Which to Invite one's enemies. There
would be a certain wild joy In drag
ging one's best bated frelnds out of
their comfortable beds at unearthly
hours of the morning and then provid
ing them with a "good, honest, whole
some, hungry breakfast" which they
probably could not eat. London-Gentlewoman.
An Elastio Standard.
Contributor Has that poem any
merit? Edltor-Oh, yes. If it hadn't I
would throw you out of the window.
But It is good enough to permit you to
steal quietly down the back stairs.
Lite.
Literary Motives.
"Do I write for posterity 7" repeated
"Backett "I do, sir ten of em."
Puck.
Paradise.
Hcor tbe merry sluih bells ringing
through tho streets of Paradise.
Tho pie social held in tho Graugn
hall Wednesday evening was a decided
success.
We ure pleased to hiar that P. M.
Svphrlt, of near Troutville, is making
his business as a contrator and builder
a success.
Tlllie Norris visited ber grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hlllls,
Sunday.
We are sorry to bear Charles Hollen
baugh is leaving this week for Okla
homa. Mies Margaret Reynolds entertained
a few .of her f riends Thursday evening
in honor of' Margaret Cathers, who is
visiting there.
Miss EM a Barnett epent Sunday wltb
her parents near Punxsutawney.
The principal of the "Paradl e
Academy" is attending teachers in
stitute this week.
Floyd Yobe made a business trip
to Keynoldsvllle Saturday.
A valuable mule named "Tow" owned
by P. M. Wells, died suddenly Friday
evening of heart failure. Georgo
Sheesloy was physician in attendance
and James Norris night watchman.
Mrs. Nancy DeHaven, of Bradford,
is visiting ber mother, Mrs. Robert
Norris. Mrs. Norris" expects to ac
company her daughter home.
Clay Vlneburg, of Homer City,
visited Paradise Grange Friday even
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran report a very
nice time while attending State Grange.
While they were gone they visited
Philadelphia and other places of in
Window Glass Condition.
From the December Issue of Patton's
Monthly, published by tbe Pittsburg
Plate Glass Co., wo clip tbe following:
"The paBt thirty days may be properly
referred to In the window glass world
as the month of diecord. There has, as
yet, beeu no note of harmony sounded
between tbe official bodies representing
the manufacturers and skilled workers;
and, in fact, nolther crowd has been
agreeing any too well among them
selves. Several meetings have been
held wltb a view to adjusting tho wage
question to meet present conditions, but
the results, according to reports receiv
ed, have been meager and not satisfac
tory to tbe majority of those Interested.
Factories representing more than
two-thirds of the pot capacity have not
attempted to make glass this fall, and
several of the plants which have been
trying to run have been experiencing
various difficulties. Some factories
which were Btarted a few weeks ago
have already shut down, presumably
because the owners are unable to see a
profit In tbe business at the present
cost of manufacture, when selling glass
at prices freely . offered by factories
more favorably situated In several re
spects. While the production bas been limit
ed, buying bas also been below normal,
due In part to the unsettled condition
of the window glass Industry, and In
somi cases to tbe financial situation
Until conditions change to such an ex
tent that glass will be more freely tak
en by the trade, tbe present producing
capacity is ample care for the country's
requirements."
See the $1.00 underwear for 95 cents
at Milllrene.
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Fob Rent Six room bouse in West
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For Rent House next to Presby
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For Sale Sobmer piano at a rare
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Fob Sale Two cows. Joseph Mo
Kernan. Fob Sale A half dozen young
Rhode Island Red roosters.. J. M.
Hays, Reynoldsvllle.
FOR Sale Six room house, barn and
lot 60 x 150 feet on Hill St. Inquire
of E. NefT.
For Sale Cheap An Edison mov
ing picture outfit in No. 1 condition,
wltb extension lens, large curtain views
and films to give an evening's enter
tainment. Also large Edison phono
graph, with nearly one hundred of
the beet selected records. M. C. Cole
man. For Sale--Good property on East
i Main street at a bargain. Inquire of
. E. Neff.
A Real Wonderland.
South Dakota, wlin iis rich silver
mines, bonanza farms, wldi- ranges and
strange nuliirai furniMtlonc, Is a verit
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lung and throat trouble. "Exhausting
coughlnsr spells occurred every five
minutes." writes Mrs. Clapp, "when
I began giving Dr. King's New Dis
covery, tbe great medicine, that saved
his life and completely cured him."
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Here's Good Advice.
O. S. Woolever, one of the best
known merchants of LeRaysvllle, N.
Y., says; ''If you are ever troubled
with piles, apply Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, It cured me for good 20
years ago. Cures every sore wound,
burn or abrasion. 25c at Stoke &
Felcht Drug Co. stores, Keynoldavllle
and Sykesvllle.
J. O. Johns, merchant tailor, next
door to National hotel.
New wlntor hats and caps at Mil
llrens. Gibson's optical examinations are
thorough. Glasses only given when
needid. Only first-class work done.
For bis dates see adv. in this paper.
The finest line of suit cases and bags
can be bought at Bell's.
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