The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-16
THOUGHT IT MUST BIZ TWINS. Pit.

oay, ana whlls attending to his bust.
ness there be had strong premonition
that something was The matter ut home.
so, In order to satisfy, hiusslf, he de.
termined to ran down to Philadelphis
oh she neat train. La tho meantime,
ILLS mother-in.law sent hi.n despatch
10 this Il ,ct: Another daughter has
arrived. Hauuah is poorly; come
home ut once" Til. lines were down.
however, aud the despatch was held
over. and meanwhile Pitlnan arrived
home. and found his wife doing pretty
we'll, aud tho nurse walking around
with an infant day old. After stay
ing .wenty-four hours. aud fudIug
that everybody VS. tolerably com.
Portable, he returned to Williamsport
without anything being said about the
despatch. his snother-in-lnw supposibg,
ot course, that he had received it.
Ihe day after his arrival the lines were
fixed, aid that night he received u de-
spatch from the telegraph Office dated
that very day, nnd conveying the fol-
lowing Intelligence: "Ano,her daugh-
ter has jnst arrived. Hannah is poor.
ly; come home VI once" Pitman was
amazed Gnd bcwildered. He couldn't
understand it. Ho walked the floor of
bis room all night trying to get the
harS ot the thing. aud tho more he
cohsI dercd the subject the more he
became alarmed ut the extraordinary
occurrence. He took the carly tram
for the city, and during his journey
Was IN n stats of bewil.lrrment When
he arrived he Jumped into cab, drove
tnriously to the house aud scared his
tuother iu-lnw into coLvulsions by
rushing in in frenzy aud demanding
what on earth had happened. He was
greatly relieved to find that there were
no twins in the nursery, and TO learn
bow the mistake occurred. But he Is
looking now for the telegraph operator
who chunged the date of thut de-
spatch. Pitman is apxious to meet
him. He wants to SEQ him about
something -Ddn6ury Neus.
EFFECT OF NERVOUS INFLUENCE on
TIE HEART. RT.-E1periments made with
much care aud precision, show that
the circulation of the blood is acceie-
rated or retarded by nervous in lueEces
In manner which before Was only
vaguely suspected. More recently, the
Investigations of this subject, made by
NJ. Marcy. in relation to the beating
of the heart aud its connection with
muscular exercise, fever and the vio.
lent emotions Of anger, fear. Joy, IS,
all of which. ho says, exercise u dli ect
action on the peripheric circulation,
have excited peculiar interest. III.
Marcy does not consider varistions in
the beating Of the heart, to be- due ,o
n ,t,or c.k a..
Itself, but says it il certain that
changes in the general circulation take
place under the influence of moral
emotions, the face becoming red or
pale, etc. These we'll known changes
must entail variations in the frequency
Of the beating of the heart, 80 that the
power which moderatts or acoelerates
tho contractions of the heart, he
thinks. can be no other than the con-
tractillity OF the vessels Of the whole
body by nervous energy.
DOOMED AND DESPERATE.
Fraser. who is under sentence to be
banged in Camden on the 26th of
March. recently tried to commit sui.
eide by strsnelipg himself. He pre-
viously male mn III, Hectual effort to
escape by working through the Ceiling
into the garret, and thence out of tn.
top Of the jail; aud, in consequence.
the Sheriff had securely ironed him
and fastened him to tho wall Of hi
cell. Ey means Of nnnll chn;u which
connected with Tho shacklps on his
feet. The prisoner doubled himself
up and twisted the chain around his
neck III eIch II manner as to interfere
with his breathing. ard when founn
by the ]nilor was in speechle-s con.ii-
ton. 1t Is now thought that he i.
willing to await the sentence Of tile
Law. and that be vii! not try any mo..
hanging on his own hook.
AGRICULTURAL LIENS III yon nave
not already ordered your Agricultural
Liens to secure advances, do SO "A,
once. Walker. Evans & Cogswell,
Charleston. 3. c., keep on hand four
different kinds. and if neither of these
meet your views. they are prepared to
print, at the lowest prices, any special
form to order. II the Planter or
Farmer has not yet bought the Rural
Accountant. book for simple farm uc-
counts. let him do so at once. They
also have New Agricultural Lease
which gives the Landlord o lion on
crop of tenant. This is very valuable.
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