The weekly clarion., 1879-02-05

LOVERS WHO ARE MARRIED AT SIXTY, AT

LOVERS WHO ARE MARRIED AT SIXTY, AT
TER WAITING FOR FORTY YEARS.
San Francisco Chroniclel
Among the marriages recorded during
the last month was that Of "A couple whose
Youthful attachment had survived the
nipping frosts of nearly forty winters of
separation. The parties to the marriage
contract are both natives of ST. j ohm,
New Brunswick, where they made mud
pies in one another's company, attended
the same school, gave each other the
cores of apples and otherwise conducted
themselves after the manner of youthful
lovers, young Faucett0or that is the
name of the faithful swain being the final
choice Of the young lady, after having
amused herself by flirting with all the
other boys in the region. AS they grew
oidei Icy become formally engaged, and
for three years the course of true love
ran smoothly; but about the end of that
time Mr.. Faucet foolishly introduced a
friend, named Natthewson, whose fa~ci-
nations proved irresistible TO the tickle
maiden. She Tilted her old love and was
soon on with the new, but the latter had
not up to that time been sufficiently sue
cessful in wooing tickle fortune to take
upon him the responsibility of support
ing a wife He went to Nevada and in
that land of big bonanzas amassed for
tune. He returned to the land Of snow
and ice, was married and came with his
youthful bride to California, where they
passed twelve years of happy welded
life. In 1861 Mr.. Ma thewson died, and
as he left no will his wife succeeded to his
estate. Frucett, VINO bore his disap
pointment as well as he could, also went
to Nevada and quarried treasure among
the Sierrrs, making his home in Virgin
ia City In 1873 he found that bis for
mer love was widow. He wrote to her
and a correspondence of five years fan
red into fame the fire of love which had
all the time been smouldeling in his
BISON. He proposed, was accepted, and
came to this city, where the two long
separated lovers were made one by Rev.
Joseph Rowell. After the wedding,
which was attended by one lady friend
only Of the bride, invitations were issued
it and the friends gathered at the home
at North Beach to congratulate the cou-
on the happy termination of love affair
of so many years standing, and to see
the man who could remain faithful
through forty years of separation.
The Necessity of Plenty Of sleep.
writer in Scribner for February, con-
sidering "The Relations of Insanity to Mod
ern Civilization,' speaks of the loss of
sleep as a prominent cause of insanity. He
says:
During every moment of consciousness
the brain is in activity. The peculiar
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consist of, is taking place; thought after
thought comes forth, nor can We help it.
1t is only when the peculiar connection
or chain Of connection of one brain cell
with another is broken and consciousness
fades away into the dreamless land of
perfect sleep, that the brain is at rest.
In this states it recuperates its exhausted
energy and power, AM stores them up for
future need. The period of wakefulness
is one of constant wear. Every thought
Is generated at the expense of brain cells,
which can be fully replaced emily by pc
riods of properly regulated repose. If,
therefore, these are not secured by sleep,
if the brain, through over stimulation Is
not left to recaperate, its energy becomes
exhausted; debility, disease, and finally
disintegration supervene. Hence the
story is almost always the same; for weeks
and months before the indications of ac-
tive insanity appear, the patient has been
anxious, worried and wakeful, not sleep
| ing more than four or five hours out of
the twenty-four. The poor brain, un-
able to do its constant work, begins to
waver, to show signs of weakness or alb
beration: hallucinations or delusions
hover around like floating shadows in the
air, until finally disease comes on
land plants his siege
Against the mind, the which he prieks and
| wounds
With many leeions of strange fantasies
! Which in their thrOng and press to that
/ last hold
/ Coufound themselves