Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-09

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\ pRopuErlc DREAM-The following ap
pearcd among the condensed telegrauIs i'll
Saturdays Republican: "A Chicago dispatch
says: J. e. Cymer, of johnson 4 Co., was
murdered near Vienna on Friday evening, by
an unknown highwaynan.
This same Mr. Clymer Tor rather Mr.. Cly-
niore) has for some years past been in CORES
pondence with Mr.. Horato King, of this city
\ letter received by Mr.. King, on the lst in
>tant contains statement which, in view oil
what has since transplred. is certainly very re-
markable. Omitting the first part Of the letter,
which does not concern the public in this CON
nection, it reads as follows
'EIENNA, ILL.,, March 2j, lS72.-"Sir:
feel distressed this morning by reason Of some
thing uncommon. have dreamed for four
successive nights Of being murdered. | have
very little faith in dreams, though this is SO
singular. j. G. GILMORE"
The dreams in question appear to have oc-
CURED on the nights Of March 81, 22, % and
"A, aud according to the dispatch quoted above
the murder must have happened on Friday
evening March %. The general experience
of mankind shows that Dreams as u rule, have
no significance whatever; but iu the present in
stance there is degree Of correspondence be-
tween this ott-repeated dream and its horrible
fl!hllment, which makes it we'll wor by to be
noted. 1t may. indeed, be nothing more than
a coincidence but if so, it is one Of the most
remarkable cases of that kiud which ever came
to our knowledge. Nor could there be case
more satisfactorily authenticated. : l|ushingto"
Chronicle
MAZZINl's 5 BODY TO BE PETalFIED.-Nla
ziui's body after simulated iuterment has
been turned over to Professor Gorinl, who un,
dertakes to petrify it perfectly in eight months
To preserve bodies eternally, with all the ap-
pcarances Of lite, has long been study among
italian savans, and they have achieved great
results in that specially. prof Gorini. (says
the Paris Libertel whom we have personally
known, and whose science equals his modesty,
enjoys great reputation In this department.
lie possesses a museum of bodies which we
have often visited and examined with wonder
and delight Certain mummyfying prepara-
tons give to the body the strange property OF
assuming all tn; appearances OF sleep, after be-
my in water for some hours. Others give to
the body hardness of stone, and enable them
to resist humidity aud changes Of weather.
We recall the head Of cane OF DIR. Gorlni,
composed OF human eye, perfectly preserved
aud of hardness resembling cry sa or coral
liue--also many heads petrihed, which, alter
thirty years, looked as natural as lite. The
budy Of Muzzn, in the hand of this sklllfu
operator, will escape dissolution, and preserve
the sublime expression Of the last moment
If Iteverybody could be thus preserved, the
earth would soon be numbered with the dead,
and there would be no room for the living
Dust to dust is wise dispensation OF nature,
and it is lucky that it can be disregarded by only
a few vain-glores and couceited mortals -
Richmond Whg.
A DISCOVERY About CORN. N.-lu this think
Ing and observaut age new ideas and discoveries
are constantly being made known, many otwhich,
if true, are never after heard Of, while others
pass into their merit, has been proven. We
have the treasury of established tact, when just
met with the following paragraph IN all ex-
change:
An intelligent aud reliable farmer, who has
for many years been making experiments with
corn, has discovered an importance aud
value in replantod corn, which is quite novel
and worthy of publication. We have always
thought replauted corn was of little cOnsc-
uueuce; he repapts, whether it Is needed or
motor rather he plauts two weeks after the
crop is planted, about every fifteenth row each
way. file says: If the weather becomes dry
during the filling time, the silk and tassel both
brcome dry and dead la this condition, If it
should become seasonable, the silk reyivcs and
r.news, but the tassel does not recover: Then
for want OF pollen the new silk is unable to illl
he office for which it was designated. The
pollen from the rcplanted corn is then ready to
supply the silk, and the filling is completed.
He says nearly all the abortlve ears SO common
in the corn crop, are caused by the want OF
hot ba has a
their size in The second filling.
REQUESTS. We hear of New York gen
rcrnan, u millionaire. bachelor, rstlred
merchant aud an octogenarian, who has been
enjoying himself greatly and delighting his III
tended heirs Immensely by distributing amongst
them while yet he is alive, his fortune, retain
ing only enough property for his maintenance
duriog life. This seems very sensible thing
to do. He has the satisfaction Of knowing
that there will be no quarreling over his will,
and that his fortune will not be wasted 10 litl-
CATION He has the assurance that 1t will not
ia into the hands of enemies or barnacleS, but
that it is in the keeping Of those for whom he
intended it, He will also have the satisfaction,
while he lives, Of receiving, no doubt, their
profound gratitude, and will be able to see
what uses they put his fortune to- and how
much happiness it produces. Isn't this better
than holding on to it to the last? His example
is worthy of being followed by other old mil
lionaires, to whose study We commend it
Cincinnati Com.
ENERGY Observation-Disclosures Mclean, Ia
youth of fifteen years of Harlem, n. T., has
been appointed to the Naval Academy at An,
uapolis, Md, by the President. Grad duatlng
from Hartford Academy, Maryland, and having
passionate desire to become cadet, he de-
trrmined to obtain auappoiutment, au if possible,
aud that, too, without the knowledge OF his
relatives and without the assistance OF HI;
friends. By personal application he received
hearty recommendations from Commodore an
derbilt. Judge kctcham, and other gentlemen
of influence in New York, and starting io'
Washington proceeded at once to the " hlse
llnnsa and nf1nr some delay obtained an inter