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Notice.
Lost or Mislaid,
To Creditors and Distributes.

rToTf1E.is barcby given. that I viii tc pre-
y parni 10 seltlc In the Office eF The Ordinary
rrr Eiseicll District, on si!c 'lay in March next
1861. with tic Creditors aud Distributes of su'
'''' : : JAS. A. TALaERr, Aam'or.
In. G st.
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Notice.

A Ill roryons having Claims asnins. he hs4tc
"A of Susan +. Tl!bcFt, decd, "se notiii'! to
rcnder ,hon! in forthwith properly ]aifosl''i,
JAS. A. TALBERr, Ador
Yov2l u 10
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Executors Notice.

A IL peraous having dsmands. against the Es-
"A tals of the late John s,idhsm, decd, are
rcque.oad to present thor properly st!asted to
The undsrsjsncd by Tho sr4t aay Of January asxi,
as 1 expect to mskea Bnal settlement of said ny,
tate on thnt day. And those indebted to sale
Eatatu arc requested to mako itpn0diAs payment
to the unaef''snS IeRg Il, srtDHAM, Bx'or.s
Noyt7 btT -
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Estete Notiee

a III persons hasins demands against I. D.;
IN .Inbn.on. dec d.. ntc requested TO forward
them. properly nttsstcd. t." tho Ordinary OF hass1e
fla District, S. c., 10 or by the 18th day Q.
february next, or they will heharr."i:
7. A. PERRIrT, Ad'or.
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NOTICE.

A LII pcrsors having claims against the Estate
N OF Ur.. j. itarwood Burt, decd, are notified
10 prvecnt them, properly atlestcd, as the under
sigued is prepared TO pay the same. 1huse in
deblsd tosaid Es,ats are requested to settle prouit-
ly. W. M.-BUhT, Ex'or.
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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-05-27
SLEEP.

The simplest processes of nature are
usually the most difficult of scientific
explanation. Nature, though persona
fed MS Il woman, can keep secret well.
She does her work with the quietness
of perfection that is neither vain nor
impatient of observation, and she leaves
us to verify our guesses ut her methods
as we may. And the larger part of
what is called science is still unyeriied
guessing. But sdraats are men not
easily discouraged. A theory with
them is often better than fact, mas
much as invention is more glorious
than discovery; and humility is not a
common scientific grace.
Within the last fewyears French and
English Psychologists have been en-
deavoring to find ont, among other
things, how we sleep. Many interest
ing phenomena of sleep have been re-
corded. and various theories proposed,
which neither agree with each other,
nor offer any satisfactory solution of
the problem. All are doubtless col
ored by the personal experiences of the
theorists, for the experiences of sleep
ing are rs different with different indi-
viduals as those of waking. One con-
siders sleep IL state of passive conges-
ton" another thinks it ''not unity
of state, but series Of huctuating con-
ditions;" one believes that we always
dream when asleep; another that
dreams are but the doorkeepers of
mysterious, silent temple. However
these things may be, the most interest
ing, as apparently the most practical
results of these Investigations, are the
hints obtained III regard to cerebral
circulation of the blood, and the means
Of affecting it in the treatment of dis
cases. Experiments have shown that
in deep sleep the blood-vessols of the
brain are nearly empty and almost mo-
tionless, 1t is well known that "hot
head, that is, head full of blood, is
accompanied usually by coldness of the
extremities, and is unfayorable to sleep.
Observing these phenomena, Dr. Chap
man, an English physician, conceived
the idea of treating certain diseases "by
controlling the circulation of the blood
in different parts of the body" In IA
pamphlet recently published, he says;
81 have discovered that controlling
power over the circulation of the blood
in the brain, in the spinal cord, in the
ganglia of the nervous system, and,
through the agency of these nervous
centres, also in every other organ of
the body, can be exercised by means Of
cold and heat applied to different parts
of the back.
Thus, to direct fuller flow of blood
to the brain, he would apply ice to the
back of the neck; and to diminish that
flow, would use, similarly, hot water
bags. His experience has led him to
believe that this simple remedy, the APP
plication of heat TO the back of the
neck, will favor or induce sleep" Ii
this be SO, DIR. Chapman is entitled To
the thanks of all wakelul persons and
their friends, for the discovery of SO
short aud plain road from the purga-
tory OF waking visions to the paradise
of sleep.
But the best way is TO avoid the ne
cessity for remedies if possible. TIC
this end, do as much of your work as
you can by daylight, and let your eve
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spread thick and smooth, and then a
second and precisely similar layer of
crocodilcs was made, another of palm
branches, and thus continued to the
ceiling. These palm branches stems
and mummies lie here in precisely the
state they were two thousand years
ago. No leaf Of the palm has decayed.
There could have been no moisture
from the mummies whatever; or if any,
it had no eflectupon the palm branches.
Among these crocodiles l found the
mummies Of many men.
Sitting down on the side of the hill,
by the dim candle light, I overhauled
gods and men with sacriligious hands.
1t was strange, wild and awful scene.
Among all the pictures that my mem
ory has treasured Of wandering lfe,
have none SO fearful and thrilling rs
this. It was he'll, STILL silent, cold
hell All these bodies lay in rooms, in
close packages, ike so many souls
damned to eternal silence and sorrow
in this prison Five bodies Of men
that | drew ont of the mass lay before
me, with their hideous stiffness and IN
action dared them to tell me in
words the reproachss az which their
silent frowns were soliberal, reproaches
for penetrating their abode and dis
turbing the repose of twenty or forty
centuries.
These were Of the poorest and most
common sort, destitute of any Box.
Wound in coarse cloth, and laid in the
grave with the beasts that were sacred
to their god One ! found afterwards
in n thin plain box, but it contained no
indication of its period, and bore no
marks of its owners name or position,
much to my disappointment
Let us go further" said to the
guides at length.
There is no further"
was satisfied that the entrance we
had effected was not by the passage
known to the ancients, and that some
other outlet lay beyond these chambers.
| pushed my way over the piles of
mummies to a point where another low
passage went on, but it was too diff
cult OF exploration to tempt me into it.
1t may lead to an outlet in the desert
hitherto unknown. or that outlet may
be long ago covered over by the shift
ing sands
What was the object of all this pre-
servation of the Nile monsters, it is
not within the scope of this volume to
discuss 1t is at least a mystery, for
we know SO little of the Egyptian the
DRY of a hereafter, that we cannot I'M
derstand what part the birds and
beasts were to take IN the resurrection.
4 l crawled out as / had crawled in.
Before / came out from the chamber
of horror Mad. TussaUd's is nothing
like it,, | laid the wreck of my brandy
flask on a projecting shelf of rock
where the next explorer will find it.
The chances are that it will turn up in
the British or Prussian Museum, Us
evidence Of the bad habits Of the an
Gent Egyptians, thus proved to be
strong in death.
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loudly, and that my wife, being used to
it, was not affected by the exertion
and that Aunt Mary was getting along
very nicely with her.
Afterwards my wife snid privately:
"Alf, how loudly your aunt talks"
Yes" L said "all deaf persons do
You are getting along with her finely;
she hears every word you say" and l
rather think she did
Elated by their success at being I'M
derstood, they went it hammer and
tongs, till everything on the mantel-
piece clattered again, and was seri-
ously afraid of crowd collecting in
front Of the house.
But the end was near. Ny aunt, be-
ing of an inquiring turn of mind, was
DESTROYS of finding out whether the
exertiou of talking SO loudly was not
injurious to my wife. So" Doesn't
talking so loudly strain your lungs?"
said she, in an unearthly boot, for her
voice was not SO musical as when it
was younger.
1T is an exertion p shrieked my
wife.
"Then, why do you do it?" was the
answering scream.
" Because-because--you can't hear
if l don't" squealed Mrs. All
What p said my aunt, fairly rival
ing railroad whistle this time.
began to think it time to evacuate
the premises, and looking around and
seeing John had gone. / slipped into
the back parlor There he lay, fat on
his back, with his feet in the air at
right angles to his body, rolling from
side to side with his fists poked into
his ribs, having most agonized ex-
preston of countenance, but not utter
ing a sound.
Immediately and silently assumed
a similar attitude; and think that from
the relative positions Of our boots and
our heads, and our attempts to res
train our laughter, apoplexy mus
have inevitably ensued if horrible
groan which John gave vent to in en-
deayoring to suppress his visibility, had
not betrayed our hiding place.
In rushed my aunt and my wife, who
by this time comprehended the joke,
and such scolding as l then got l
never received before, and hope never
to receive again.
know not what the end would have
been if John, in his endeavors to APP
pear respectful and sympathetic, had
not given voice to such a diabolical
noise, something between groan and
a horse laugh, that all gravity was up
set, and we screamed III concert.
| know ! was very wrong and all
that, but / think that " Mrs. Opie on
Lying" herself would have laughed if
she had seen Aunt Mary's comtenance
when she was informed that her hear
inc was defective.
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MY CRUELTY TO MY REL
ATIVES.


! had an Old aunt coming to visit me
for the first time since my marriage ;
and l don't know what evil genius
prompted me TO the wickedness, but /
said to my wife on the day before my
ancient relatives arrival:
My dear, You know Aunt Mary is
coming tomorrow Well, / forgot to
mention rather annoying circum-
stance with regard to her. She is very
deaf, and although she can hear my
voice, to which she is accustomed, in
its ordinary tones, yet you Will be obhg-
ed to speak extremely loud in order TO
be heard 1t VIII be rather inconve-
nient, but l know You viii do every
thing to make her stay agreeable .
Mrs. S. announced her determine
ton to make herself heard ii possible
/ then went to John T., who loves u
Joke about rs well as any person liy-
ing told him to be at my house at 8
p. N. on the following evening, and
felt comparatively happy.
While coming from the depot in the
carriage with my aunt, | SAID;
my dear aunt, there is one rather
annoying infrmity which Anna has.
She is very deaf, and although She can
hear my voice, to which she is accus-
toned, in its ordinary tones, yet you
will be obliged to speak extremely loud
to be heard. am sorry for it.
Aunt Mary, in the goodness of her
heart protested that she rather liked
speaking loudly, and that to do 50
would afford her great pleasure.
The carriage drove up On thesteps
was my wife-in the window was John
T., with face as unutterably solemn
as though he had buried all his rela-
tives that afternoon. / handed out my
aunt; she assembled the steps.
lam delighted to see you" shrieked
my wife, and the policeman ON the OPP
posite sidewalk started, and my aunt
nearly fell down the stoop.
kiss me, my dear" howled Aunt
Mary, and the hail lamp clattored,
and the windows shook rs with fever
and ague. looked at the window
John had disappeared. Human ma
tire could stand it no longer. Ipoked
my head into the carriage, and went
into strong commissions.
When | entered the parlor, my wife
was helping Aunt Mary to take off her
hat and cape and there sat John with
| his face of woe.
There was silence for the space OF
five minutes--the ladies evidently raj
lying their voices for talk.
Suddenly Did you have pleas
ant iourney?' went off my wife, like a
pistol, and John nearly fell from his
chair.
Rather dusty" was the response
in war-whoop, and SO tho CONVERSE
ton continued.
The neighbors for blocks around
must have heard it, When / was IL
the third story l heard every word
plainly.
In the course of the evening, my
aunt took occasion TO say to me:
How loudly your wife speaks, Alf-
Don't it hurt herr"
| told her that all deaf persons tall
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seemed to have united the experience
and wisdom of many women of twenty
five with the grace and loveliness of
childhood and to have answered the
call of the Father with p Q rsarmfuls
gathered in her short career. See how
carefully it is punctuated for the teach-
ers critical eye, and with what earnest
desire the short fingers tried to make
straight the long lines that would go
crookedly any way; how after the mas
ter has returned TO bis studies, she
writes him, as "Most Dignihed, TO
do nothing to disgrace the high-sound-
ing title of Senior, nor even to put his
feet on the mantel-piece;" to beware
of the silken meshes Of Loves net; and
mixes in occasionally, burning with the
fire of her lost and newest study, few
well chosen French phrases, setting off
thereby more fully the beauty and puri-
ty of her child-English.
Love letters OF course That
packet in the corner there. none Of
these bound with cotton strings or
rubber bands, but the one tied with
blue ribbon, little soiled L perceive
the bare sight Of which gives me that
dizziness Burns speaks of, and sets me
at the old wondering whether single
life be not contemptibly selfish and I'M
natural See how the rollicking words
go tripping over the tinted page to the
rarest and the sweetest music that ever
floats through human life; with what
careless grace the most sedate and dig
nified letters join hands with their Co
quettish little partners and tiptoe on
as the delicious surges rise and sink.
See those great top-heavy, tumble
down rs and rs come rolling in, al
most staggering with the amount Of
purple life that has mounted to their
brains, as if they had drunk too deeply
Of the strong wine Of Love; while here
and there is IN A or an n with it's feet
planted firmly, striving to withstand
with its sober dignity the mad march
Of its thoughtless companions
And so we run through the packet.
The alphabet is having a grand Sala
day-loob at that Jolly b nearly split
ting its sides with laughter-and poor
commonplace words are dressed with
most becoming witchery. But stop !
here are some at the bottom of the
package that look more sober, even
downcast The big capitals arc all in
strait-jackets, and the little cherry let
ters are as demme as stealthy-paced,
white clad nuns. lis too much like a
mad-house, or funeral Of dead hope;
let us tie them up again and lay them
away III their corner; and reader, I'll
carry the little black trunk to its hid
ing-place till l can see more clearly
ii grows dark 50 suddenly these win
ter days and wait till the storm howls
less furiously down the big chimney
and sends less pitiful wailings through
every creyice and granny, ere l show
you more Of its treasures.
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From the Bomd Tablet
OLD LETTERS.

l always keep my letters, and occa-
sionally, on some dreall autumn on VIM
ter day, / drag from its hiding-place
for a twelyemonth the little old trunk
that for generations has been M heir
loom in the family, and, bringing it out
in the light of my pleasant study, re-
animate the lifeless forms that lie
buried within its black sides, and spend
half the day in walking with these old
friends the dreamy paths Of pasted
away. What care | though aged trees
creak dismally and wave their branches
in speeches. supplication for quiet and
peace in their declining years, and the
evergreens sigh mouinfully as the chill
ling winds rush through them and stay
not to daily with then graceful leaves
as did the summer breezes-though
the old house moan and rock from cell
lar to garnet, and the rats go scamper-
ing through the wainscot at sound of
then nusual tumult l and my cheer
full fire and these old letters are having
IA grand Reunion, and the nectar of
memory has made me obliuous of the
outer world to-day
Here are packets yellow with time
that often, deep in the stiffness of a
winters night have been opened and
counted through tie lens of n tear
drop as thoughts of school days way
from home with gentle counsels and
anxious inquiries after health came
linked with the familiar words. The
needed hints in regard to improvement
of time and the value OF money; home
advice as TO the repairing of n garment,
and questions as to whether others VIII
/ last through the term; cheering words
of comfort among strangers, and as
surances of love and fond remembrance
among the dear ones, written with the
intention of tightening the burden OF
home sickness, but from their very
kindness adding much thereto-all and
more are familiar as household words,
and need only sigh of the hastily
written address to be called again into
consciousness.
Here are packages of later origin,
each marked with the inevitable stamp
letters from true and tried friends,
worth their weight in gold; letters OF
coincidence, letters of Joy; words OF
cheer for darkest hours, of reproof fol
vain thoughts and frivolous babblings
essays on politics and public economy
to prove the wisdom of the writer and
the patience of the reader; two-sheeted
craft laden with ballast and trumpery
fair missiyes crossed and re-erossed
till one is reminded of the illustrations
of a sewing--machine's unavailable
stitch; selections of poetry; pressed
, flowers; dunning letters. Oh, he thai
has no little black trunk slowed ava,
in corner for a twelve month to pull
out on such a dark and gloomy day a
this, never knows the JOY and pleasure
, of old letters from faithful and foolish
friends
Here is one from a pet, the school
masters pct, who in twelve year
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ming employments be at least lighter
than those of the morning and after
noon. If you must read, let the book
be entertaining and not too instructive.
Let alone mathematics and philosophy,
for two good hours before you go to
bed amy novel will do you less hurt.
Half the pale cheeks of the children
are owing to the evening study which
many Of the more advanced schools de-
mand. Go to bed refreshed in mind,
and when morning comes you will find
yourself refreshed in body also. Go to
bed good-natured;- there are more
reasons than one why we should not
"let the sun go down upon our wrath. -"
An angry man is an unquiet sleeper.
"Ihe halcyon sleep will mover build his nest
In any stormy breast,
It's not enough that he does find
Clouds and darkness IN the mind
Darkness but half his work will do
lis not cnough,--he must find quiet too
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PAPER MONEY IN THE AMERICAN REvo-
LurIoN.-The Albany argus says;-Dr.
James Thatcher Gan ancestor, we think,
of Hon. George H. Thatcher, of this
city, was a surgeon in the army of the
Revolution, and, in 1927, published the
journal or diary kept by him from 1775
to the close of 1888. 1t is readable
and interesting volume. His remarks,
which we find under date of Septem-
Der, 1882, concerning the influence of
the Government paper money of that
day, have terrible significance at the
present time. We copy:
THE continental money having an
swered the great purpose of carrying
on the war hitherto, being deprecated
to a mere shadow, has now ceased To
circulate, by common consent of the
people. 1t had by its extraordinary
depreciation become the bare of socie-
ty, corrupting the morals of the people
by exciting a rage for speculation
among all classes. Reckless of all CON
siderations of honor, justice, gratitude
or humanity, the mechanic, the farm
er, the merchant, and men of science,
scrupled not to involve themselves i'll
paper money speculations, in which
brothers defrauded brothers, children
parents, and they in their turn spared
not their children. Widows and or
phans whose annual interest were their
only support, were impoverished and
ruined Creditors were frequently
obliged by the tender laws to receive
their dues in deprecated money, for
specie that had been lent in full conf
dence of realizing its value in return.
Instances We're not wanting of old
debts being paid when the paper. mo-
ney was reduced in value to more than
seventy for one; and in Virginia, it is
said, when three hundred for one.
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The GRAVE OF HENRY CLAY.-The ed
itor of the Fort Wayne Times has been
on journey through Kentucky, and
went to pay his devotions to the grave
of Henry Clay. In the cemetery not
far from Lexington, he searched for it
first among those covered with entab-
latured slabs, obehsks, pyramids and
imposing monuments, but the name
was found ON none of these; he sought
it among less imposing tablets, but
found it not. A lad at last led him to
the spot, where little mound, marked
only by the footprints of devoted coun-
trymen, told that the great Commoner
still lived in the hearts of the people.
Near by was the monument aifectionate-
ly inscribed by Mr.. Clay to his mother.
On an adjoining eminence, which is a
beautiful site-with an erea Of half an
acre, circular in form-the people of
Kentucky are to erect a monument of
Kentucky marble, of beautiful design,
which is to rise hundred and twenty
nine feet in height, under which the
remains of the noble son of our sister
State are to be deposited.