The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-10


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his researches INTO the subject OF longevity,
he found long life. .ssder I'll circumstances
and every course OF habit some old men
bs1ug. abafinent, sgns iuiempsrste, sonse
active, and some it1ofent but all had slept
we'll aud long. Yes Ae gives letter from
correspondent recordipg The case Of an old
nAsf 81 hiaety@ene vesfs ofags Who hsd slept
through lite but four huurs day. Alfred 70,
Great sIept - h0dn; sDefesny Paylor bns
three. Bf.s Gooch tells d. 81 IN individual
who slept nlJ-Gneas minutes N the day but
il is scarcely cfedfiab!e. Bonspart, during
tent with four or 6ye hours sleep the same
is sid Of Freosrick tho lEeaS and Of John
Hunter. know auailsnrays person whose |
average has been eyan lower than this;
heard bis wife say that they were married
fpust Tears bstors she had sysr sees him |
sleep. Seneca 10 quoted Is telling the incred- |
liable story - 1feolnnae tAAa ha hAl pasued |
three years without sleeping single hour |
D06shsse aSys u htmself tANs Ne was elk |
weeks without sleep, from intense and con-
fiaued study. Statements Ike thsee demand
close saaninstiop end sslsar proof. ,r
OF long protrActed sleep there are numer-
Gus sd wonderful takes, from The story Of I
the Seven sleppsrs Of Ephesus and their dog
10 be found i'd che early legends Of the
Church in the Koryn chapter Of the cave;
I'll over the East, Is Gibbon tells as and
wen in Standardization 70 the exquisite
Z Rip Van WikkIe, OF our Washington Iryins.
In the philosophical Transactions'' We
cad Of one Samusl Clinton, . lsboriue man.
Who frequently slept several weeks at time,
md once more than three months without
waxing. In the "Bslin Memoirs OF the Acad-
my of Sciences there is Z curious history
t . lady Of Nismes Who fol aslssp irresisti- :
ly at sunrise, woke for brief interval 1t a
oon, fell asleep again, and continued IN
hat atste until seven or eight Ia the even
pg when shs awoke and remained awake 10
ntil the next sunrise. Scientific Ansertcos.
SocIErY IN GEosaIA.-The Boston Adce,~
ser says:
The following 10 an extract from 8 private
'ttsr, dated Atlantis, Ga, Oct. 26, 1868,
1dressed 70 gentleman in this city. The
rissr il Intelligent and trustworthy, and his y
atemsuts are in keeping With reports from | :.
her SOURCES, public and private: .
"Oficial duty, = fer % il brings ono in Y,
with the people here, 10 very /"
ying. do behave they are utterly ire
aimable. The murders and outragas ron
nd Of are the noYmvi condition. Of the ~
untr7; not owing to reconstruction espe- a. y
ally, but the natural effsca Of say excite Be-
ent among semi. bArbareus people. Muir
II has always besn virtue here, when y
gro or Yankee was the victim; and Al Il
lisble weakness at other times Ii 10 not
construction these people are suffering
i'm, but the letting in Of daylight on their
astfulness, arrogance. taste for blood, ig. ,
rance, and hate Of anything more active y.
refined than themselves. They are, / az n
re you, more like our old friends, the Ma
Is, than aught else. Don't lot them up or
Ist them-they are utterly unreliable, VI
pslesaly irreclsimable. Coming here has
en- good thing for the army-it knocked Va
tnocracy out Of it for all time. Woo he No
Q the country If these people get ii, the :.
endant. ! have travelled al through the :
lntry, and know il we'll, and when get q
ance to talk with you will convince you
/ there isno hope for he black or white
4 snder Southern rule. =