The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-11-13
Medical Signs of Dreams.

The second number of DR.. Kammonds
Quarterly Journal Of Psychological Medicine
and Medical Jurisprudence, contains long
communication on Dreaming" from which
we extract the following:
Lively dreams are, in general, a sign of tho
excitement Of nervous action. Soft dreams
are sign of slight irritation of the brain;
often, in nervous fevers, announcing the APP
proach of favorable crisis. Frighttul dreams
are sign of determination of blood to the
head. Dreams about fire are, in women, signs
of infamatory condition. Dreams about rain
and water are often signs Of diseased mocuous
membranes and dropsy. Dreams of distorted
forms are frequently sign OF abdominal OBJ
structions and disorders OF the liver. Dreams
in which the patient sees any part of the
body especially suffering, indicate disease in
that part Dreams about death often precede
apoplexy, which is connected with determine
ton of blood to the head The nightmare,
incubus, ephialtes, with great sensitiveness,
is sign of determination to the chest. s'To
these" says Baron Won Feuchtersieben, 1--WE
may add that dreams Of dogs, after the bite of
mad dog often precede the appearance Of
hydrophobia, but may be only the conse-
quence of excited imagination" DR.. Forbes
WinIow quotes several cases in which dreams
are said to have been prognostics :s'Arnaud
de Villeneuvc dreamt one. might, that a
black cat bit him on the side The next
day an anthrax appeared on the part bitten.
A patient OF Galen's, dreamt that one, of his
limbs was changed into stone. Some days
;c1o lx,0n1 Rarov I0vfny,H
KING hit Of the Company of Douglas, went to
sleep in good health; towards the middle Of
the night he saw in MS dream man infected
with the plague, quite naked who attacked him
with fury, threw him on the ground, after
desperate struggle, and, holding him between
his open thighs, vomited the plague into his
mouth. Three days after he was seized with
the plague and died. Hippocrates remarks
that Dreams in which one sees black spectres,
are bad men,"
SHORT RULES IN RURAL ECONOMY
Paint all tools exposed to the weather, and if
with light colored paint, they will not heat,
warp and crack the least in the sun.
Dip we'll seasoned shingles in lime wash
and dry then. before laying, and they, will
last much longer and not become covered with
moss
In hitching horse to common rail or
worm fence, always select the inside corner,
which will be more secure by its bracing
position and the halter will not become en-
tangled among the projecting ends Of the
rails, as when hitched to an outside corner.
Always tie halter by making first single
loop and then thrusting the end Of the halter
through this loop. This is quickly uLtied
aud Will never come united Of itself.
Dip the ends Of the nails into grease and
and they will drive easily into any hard wood,
where otherwise they would double and
break
In screwingnuts into any part ofmachinery,
in cold weather, be careful not to heat them
first by the hands, or they will contract at
ter being screwed on tight, and become i'm
m BILE afterwards.
In blowing or leaning on the road in hot
weather, always rest the horses on an emin-
ence; and where one minute will be worth
two in warm valley.
In setting out young orchards, always reg
istcs the varieties Immediately after in a book,
Were they may be referred to in few years
whe the trees commence bearing and after
the tables are lost and the names forgotten.
| A young Englishman of wealth and cul-
ture recently fell in love with squaw iu
| Omaha, Kansas, and married her. The
day she got drunk and turned somersaults in
the street. Joannes Taurus is at loss whas
to do under the circumstances.