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Rapidity of Thought in Dreaming.

A very remarkable circumstance, and
an important point Of analogy, is to be
found in the extreme rapidity with which
the mental operations are performed, or
rather with which the material changes
on which the ideas depend are excited IN
hemisherical gangalia. 1t would appear
as it whole series Of acts, that would
really occupy long lapse of time, pass
ideally throug the mind in one instant.
We have in dreams no true perception Of
the lapse OF time-a strange property Of
mind! for if such be also it's property
when entered into the eternal disem-
bodied state, time will appear to us eter-
nifty. The relations of space as we'll as
time are also annihilated, so that almost
while an eternity is compressed into a
moment, infinite space is traversed more
swiftly than by real thought. There are
numerous illustrations Of this on record.
A gentleman dreamed that he enlisted as
: soldier, Joined his regiment, deserted
was apprehended, carried back, tried
condemned to be shot, and at last led out
for execution. After the usual prepare
lions, a gun was fired; he awoke with the
report, and found that noise in the ad-
joining room had at the same moment
produced the dream and awakened him.
A friend Of DR.. Abercrombie dreamed he
crossed the Atlantic and spent a fortnight
in America. In embarking, on his return,
he fell into the sea, and awaking in the
right, found that he had not been in bed
en- M inutes.
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Caution Against Lightning.

People generally suppose that there is
no danger to be app1ehended from light
ming until there have been sharp reports
OF thunder quickly following the flash,
and indicating a near explosion of the
electric fluid.
Such is not the case Two little GIRLS
were killed in the upper part of the city
by the same bolt. There had been but
one report Of thunder before, and that
from a distance. The little girls were
frightened and ran under tree. The
very next discharge from the clouds de-
seconded the tree and instantly killed both
of them.
When the celebrated James Otis, of
Massachusetts,, the great orator of the
Revolution, was killed, 1t is said that but
a single bolt fell from the clouds during
the shower. He had often expressed
wish for a sudden death, and had re-
marked that whenever his time should
come, he should prefer to be struck dead,
instantaneously, by lightning. One day
he was standing in his front door watch
ing a small cloud which had arisen from
which rain drops had begun to fall. There
was single flash and he lay lifeless on
the floor, in accordance with his often
expressed preference.
It is not safe at any time during
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-24
A Grave Joke.

Burlinlelgh writes from New York to
the Boston Journal: There are in this
city a couple Of brothers who look as
much alike as two peas in pod They
are often mistaken one for another. Men
who have business with the one often trv
to do it with the other. One was taken
very sick; his brother attended him with
great fidelity during all his illness. He
was with HIM the night he died. Leav-
ing the body III the hands of the family,
the living brother retired to room to re-
pose. The undertaken came in to meas
ure the body. He knew the brothers
quite we'll, but did not know which one
was sick. Instead of going into the room
in which the dead man lay, he went into
the one where the living man was Sleep
ing. True to his instincts, he took out
his measure and proceeded to measure
the sleeper for his coffin. He was so In
tent in his business that he did not notice
the breathing of his subject. Moving up
toward the face he accidently struck the
nose of the sleeper. This aroused the
drowsy one, and he faced the undertaken
by sitting bolt upright in the bed. The
undertaken fled, hair erect, hatless and
tools left behind. 1t was long time be-
fore he could be persuaded to return and
fit the really dead man for his burial.
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Who are AristOCrats?

Twenty years ago this one made can
dies, that one sold candles and butter,
another butchered, fourth carried on a
dlslillery, another was contractor on
canals, others were merchants and me-
chanics. They are acquainted with both
ends of society, as their children will be
after them, though it will not do to say
so out loud. For often you find these
toiling worms hatch butterf1ies-and they
live about year. Death brings divi-
sion Of property, and it brings new fnan-
ciers. The old gent is discharged, the
young gent takes revenues and begins to
travel towards poverty, which he reaches
before death; or his children do if he
he does not, so that in fact, though there
IS sort Of moneyed rank, it IS not heredi-
tary; it is accessible to all. The father
grubs and grows rich; his children strut
and uses the money. The children IN
turn inherit pride and so go shiftless to
poverty. Next their children, rein
vigorated by fresh plebe1an blood
and by the smell of the
clod come up again. Thus society,
like a tree, draws its sap from the earth,
changes it into seed and blossoms,
spreads them in great glory, sheds them
to fall to the cart again, to mingle with
the soil and at length to re-a ppear in
new dress and fresh garniture.
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The Country Press as Rising
Power.

ut is not true that the ability of the
press is declining. The papers of the
country are better written now than ever
they were before. They are better ed
tied. Their average courtesy is greater;
their average morality is purer; their av-
erage tendency higher. They better hit
the wants of the great miscellaneous
communities, and so they have more
readers in proportion to population.
Their power may be more diffused: but
1t is Enthusiastically greater. There has
been no more remarkable phenomenon
in the history Of the profession than the
rapid growth of the country press and
its increase in ability, in resources, in
self respect and influence. There are
half dozen towns in the interior of
New York which now have better news
papers, with larger income and more in
t1uence, than those of the metropolis
itself third, or perhaps even a quarter,
OF century ago.
mo! The power of the newspaper is
not declining. Never before was it so
great. Never before did it offer such a
career. But it is power accompanied by
the usual condition, greatest, when most
self respecting and least self-seeking.
There is more young blood tending to
this than to any of the other professions.
There is more movement in it than in
bar, or pulpit, or whatever so-called learn
ed profession you will-more growth,
a larger opportunity, greater future
We are getting the best. These young
men will leave US far behind. They will
achieve a usefulness to which we cannot
aspire. Very crude and narrow will
seem our worthiest work to the editors
of quarter of century hence; very
splendid will be the structure they erect.
We shall not rear the columns or carve the
capitals for that stately temple. Let us
at least aspire with honest purpose and
on wise plan, to lay Alright its founda-
tions' ~
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-24
DAFFYDOWNDILLY'S HAT

Miss Dafydowndilly has come on a visit,
In her green silk polonaise and yellow silk
hat
She's as slim as the trimmest lady of fashion,
Neither panier nor pouf, and the trimming all
fat
But the yellow silk hat, that's the crown of he.
costume,
When you once have seen that you won't think
OF her dress;
And where in the world she ever has bought
it, s
iii warrant you never, no, never, can guess.
For I've heard that she made it herself, out Of
sunshine,
With pipings and trimmings Of yellowest gold,
And really believe it, as, watching, wonder,
While the wonderful quillings and Fittings IN
fold.
She must have been wearing it all the long
Winter,
In her dark little chamber, close hidden away,
And had it all ready, through snow storms and
freezing,
To start or her journey the first sunny day.
And now that the robins are piping their nest
songs,
And violets dotting the meadows with blue,
Miss Datydowndilly has come to my garden
10 make a short stay Is she visiting you?
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one thought for moment Of looking to

him.
But nevertheless he laid his plans. To,
pay the mortgage was quite impossible,
but he hired some comfortable rooms in
the old honse where he stayed, sold what
could be sold from the stock of the farm,
had the necessary furniture brought to
town, and installed his father and moth
er in comfortable home. The months
passed. The old folks learned to depend
upon him, and his sister found a situa-
ton as book-keeper.
One day gentleman called upon Ton1,,
and was invited into his room. s'You've
been at work fifteen years on this ma
chine, you say?" remarked the gentleman,
when he had examined it.
The speaker was business man,
whose favor was almost equal to a for
tune.
Eyes, sir, said Tom quietly; ~ was
always a plodder.'
"We.l, you've, plodded to some pur-
pose," was the answer. II am very sure
there's money enough in 1t TO make you
rich man"
Tom grew very red, and the room
seemed to go round for moment
Thank YOU" he made reply. II
should like to be rich for the sake of 9TH
ers.''
A:'d so, eventually, plodding Tom Won
the race, and became the practical, eff
Client, prosperous man Of the family.
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A LESSON IN PATIENCE.

And therefore, will the Lord wait that he
may be gracious unto you. Blessed are they
that wait for him lisa xex: 1S
You are weary Of the waiting,
For the time is passing slowly
And the blessings that you long for arc delayed
And although you Know your Father,
You do not trust Him wholly
There are tones of disappointment in your
voices while you pray
You are weary of Gods waiting,
His answer tarry longer
Than in your impatient eagerncss you ere have
.-. understood. ... 'm.
You know that He is loving,
But it seems if love were stronger,
He would be more swift to help you, and re-
a.. veal the sought-for good.
Oh, like to wilful children,
Who with active hands are trying
To put away the discipline Of patience and of
pain!
Who the unripe fruit would gather
And who spend the time in crying
For immediate gifts and pleasures though with
them be smaller gain!
Oh, like impatient children,
You would hasten the tomorrow,
And deem that you are ready for the good that
it may bring!
God deigns to give the reason
Why He keeps you yet in sorrow,
And holds back from all your craving many a
Wlshed-for precious thing
He waits to be more gracious
In his manifold revealings
OF his wondrous loving kindness and His
tender fatherhood;
He would have the blessing richer,
And more perfect make the healings,
And more costly the great treasures He is
keeping for your good.
And blessed are the patient,
Who can trust Him in their sadness,
And, though He still may tarry, can calmly
wait for Him;
For He, their faith rewarding,
Shall crown them with His gladness,
And their garden shall be perfect though it
comes when day is dim.
His grace is worth the waiting!
Oh, though the day be dreary
And the land is full Of sorrow, be confident and
strong;
He who knows the time OF blessing
Wait on and be not weary,
For soon His wondrous mercy shall fill your
heart with song.
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Miscellaneous News Items.

knowledge is the right bower, and one
OF the showiest cards in the pack, yet in
the game of life cheek is the little joker
that is often-times the winner.
An exchange hastens to inform us that
Queen Victoria drinks her tea out of a
saucer. Glad to hear it.; always sup.
posed she took up the teapot and drank
out of the 'snose"
If you want tew get at the circumter-
ence of man." says Josh Billings, tex
anime him amung men; but if you want
tew get at his aktual diameter, meazure
him at his freside.'
When it takes three hours for the young
ster to get home from school, and his face
clean and back hair wet with the brine,
he is pretty sure of winning the belt on
the last lap he covers.
Glow did you come to get married?''
asked man of very homely friend.
'Wel], you see," he replied, s'after I'd
vainly tried to win several girls wanted,
! finally turned my attention to one that
wanted me, and then it didn't take long
to fix things" :
s:Mother sent me-" said little girl to a
neighbor, Ito ask you to come and take
tea with her this evening"" did she saw at
what time. my dear?" 7No, madam; she
only said she would ask you, and then
the thing would be off her mind-that
was all she said.''
Thomas X. Beecher asks, "Have YOU
ever amused yourself with the whirl Of
water sucking down through the waste
OF bathtub?" We never have, Thomas.
During these days we are satisfied to
amuse ourself with the whirl of the lem
onade sucking up through straw Rome
Sentinel,
"Pa,' said little boy who was looking
at pictures ofstrange creatures, "an aux is
a bird which one would be apt to shun,
isn't it!' II suppose so,' TRANQUILITY an.
swered the father. ssAnd if any one
should shun an aux, then that would be an
wouldn't it? The unhappy par
emit has gone out.
Seven young ladies received the degree
Of A. B., at Northampton, recently.
''But," asks the Lowell Courier, show
can young woman be bachelor?"
Pshaw! A. 3. don't mean that in lady's
diploma. 1t means 'safter BACHELORS and
signifies that the young lady that received
The degree is qualified for matrlmony.
Adolph: What time did your sister
Kitty reach Buffalo? Evadne Cecilia:
Don't know exactly. But persume she
arrived at the same time the train did.
Adolph: ''Ah, indeed! I always sup
posed lady arrived little ahead of her
rain. E. c.: Change Of air is what you
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Milking.

The faster and more gentle COW is
MIXED, the greater will be the amount
given. Slow mixers always gradually
dry up COW, and for the reason that if
the milk be not drawn about as fast as it
is given down it will subsequently be
withheld, and that withheld, IS as mat
ter of course what is known as the strip
pings, in fact the upper surface of milk
in the udder. Many mixers draw the
milk with strong downward pull, in
fact with jerk. This should never be
allowed; it irritates the COW, and often
Injuries the bag. Fill the teat and with
a firm pressure Of the last three fingers
empty it, drawing slightly on the teat
and udder at the same time; SO proceed
alternately with each hand until the milk
supply is exhausted. Many mixers get
the habit of slow milking because steady,
firm, quick milking tires the fingers and
wrists, until by practice the muscles get
used to the work. Until this use be-
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Value of Shade.

a perfect sheep range implies plenty
of shade at some airy point where the
flock can, after feeding the cooler hours
of the earlier day, resort to escape the
burning rays of the summer sun. In per-
manent pastures such can be had by
planting trees where they do not natural
ly exist. Temporary shelters may be
economically constructed from boards
laid flat upon posts six or eight feet high,
where timber is remote, or by throwing
boughs and brush upon rude frame
work of forks and poles. where they can
be easily secured. The time and expense
involved in the obstruction Of such a
shelter will be trif1ing in comparison to
the advantage resulting to the flock. AS
elsewhere intimated, in discussing the
need Of water, the instinct Of the sheep
can usually be safely trusted as an index
of It's necessities. Sheep, as eagerly as
man, seek shade when the heat becomes
oppressive; and to deprive them of It's
enjoyment is neither economical or mer-
ciful.
Like many other good things of life,
this matter of shade for sheep may be
abused, if not carefully looked after by
the flock master. In excessively hot
weather, the flock may spend more time
than necessary in the coveted shade. If
such inclination is evident fet the shcp-
herd, at the proper time, walk quietly
about the resting place, aud, by some
what scattering the animals, turn their
attention towards the pasture. Again,
the close budding will encourage the
development and spread of infectious
diseases, should any trace of such exist.
To ameliorate the danger in this direc
! ton, let the shelter, if temporary, he
occasionally moved to fresh ground; or,
| If permanent, let the standing space be
thoroughly scraped, the manure removed,
and the ground turned over by plowing-
thus bringing the purer and cooler soil in
contact with the feet and bodies of the
sheep. The expenditure of the few hou1s
per week, and the necessary outlay OF
money involved in the above sugees.
tons, will come back more than four
fola in dollars and cents to those who
will act upon them, while in a less selfish
view, the satisfaction Of constituting to
the comfort OF SO meek and appreciativc
an animal should prove sufficient reward
to the man who seeks to secure an
approving conscience, and good
| name, by being classed as one who is
| ''merciful to his beasts. "-NatSonaZ L:yt
Stock Journal.
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The camel presents cry interesting
phenomenon in his well-known humns.
Those protubcrances consist really in re-
serve stores Of fat, which the camel uses
not only for keeping up the action of his
heart and lungs, but also for producing
locomotion in his frequently enforced
tasts among the deserts of Arabia or
India. The Jumps dwindlc away as he
marches, in manner exactly similar to
that OF the bears fat during his hiberna-
tlon, only, OF course, much more rapidly,
as they have much more work to perform.
1t may appear strange that the small
amount of food that we eat should suffice
to carry our large and bulky bodies
through all the varied movements of the
day. But all this difficulty disappears at
once when we recollect what a large
amount Of energy can be laid BY dormant
in q very small piece Of matter.
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FLOODING TOM.
"Tom Dunn, do YOU know your less

''Tom Dunn, do you know your lessor
yet2''
The question, uttered in an irritatel
tone, came from a young man who hac
been reading newspaper, waiting 70,
the tardy boy of his class.
"N-no sir; I don't believe do, quite,
was the hesitating reply.
Are you aware what time it is?''
cone o'clock, sir,'' said young Dunn
He knew that we'll enough. Had moi
his eyes fingered on the tardy hands o]
the old moon-faced clock, and thence gone
rowing through the window to where the
fields where sleeping in the noonday hazef
And then he was SO hungry!
''Tom, come here. cant understand
what makee you so stupid?" said the mas
ter; and taking the book. he proceeded
to hastily review point after point.
"Do you understand this?' he asked.
"and this, and that?n
Toms brow lghtened; he was more
pleased with himself that things looked
clearer, and certain doubts vanished, and
his hearty, ooh thank you, sirm!. made the
teacher smile.
"You're very slow, Dunn, very slow.
I don't think ever saw fellow lust
like you; but guess what you learn you
learn. @
That was just it-what Tom Dunn
knew, he knew thoroughly.
"Well, if here ism t Tom, lust as dinner
is done!" cried his sister Anne. tG
"And every bit of the pudding gone. )"
said Oscar, the next oldest brother. III
made sure you'd stay all day.
"Poor boy!' sighed his mother; che
always seems to be behind in everything.
Ever since he was baby he has been
slow"
Tom sat down, however, and ate the
scraps contentealy. It had always been
his lot to eat scraps. Nobody seemed to
think that Tom would care.
II don't know what we shall do with
that boy" Mr.. Dunn often said, when
talking over the prospects OF their chill
dren. "Cnarley inclines to the law, and
Oscar will be doctor; but what ability
has Tom for anything2 He is so slow
and plodding, so little ambitious, that /
am discouraged when I think of his
FUTURE
"Poor Toni" said Mrs. Dunn. half
signing, half laughing; '.he is the black
sheep of the family. When he was a
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Alive To-Day and Dead To-Mor-
row."

Middletown( N Y. )Press
Mark s. Randall, brakeman on the
Erie freight train, with Conductor D.
King, at four o'clock this morning YVES
struck on the head by the high bridge on
the grade just west of Goshen, and dan
gerously hurt. A brother brakeman
warned him of the danger in time to have
saved him had he instantly dropped. In
stead of that he ran little further, and
then turned to see how near he was to the
bridge. The brakeman who had warned
him hurried for~ ard and held the body in
position, keeping it from falling off until
the train was stopped. He was brought
to Middletown, and DR.. Burke Pillsbury
was called and pronounced his injuries
fatal. This was the man who saved Erie
train No. 10 from being wrecked near
Monroe last winter. The train with two
engines were going up the Oxford grade,
When one of the forward cars was thrown
from the track by a loose wheel. The
train was almost at the top of the hill,
and was running very fast. The man,
who was stealing ride between the bag
gage-cars, signaled the engineers, the
train was stopped and an accident pre-
vented. He leaves vile at East Sandy,
Venango County, Penn, and tender let
ter, which he had written to her only a
few days before the accident, was found
In his pocket. In it he said: III think
| can send for you three weeks from to-
day, if nothingl happens. This is very
uncertain business, alive to. day and dead
tomorrow. It IS as bad as battle
field for hurting men, but am as care
tul as l can be. Only to think Of it,
twenty-three days and we will be togeth-
er.again."
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A Word to the Old Folks.

Under the above heading is an editorial
In the New York Tribune, the writer
sums up the life of typical American
father: "A young fellow leaves college,
hopeful, strong, but only half developed.
lie has just begun to guess at what he is
capable of, just had a glimpse of bound
less paths Of knowledge and achievement.
Some day he will follow them, but in the
meantime he has his board to paw and
clothes to buy. He goes to work, falls
in love and marries; then there is his
wlfe's board to pay; then the children. It
all follows in breathless haste; 1t seems
to him they are scarcely born until thew
are grown; clothes, Yale, jewelry, dane
ing lessons, marriage portions for the
girls follow He has not had time to
take his hand from the pump which is to
bring up money for all Some day he
looks up, gray-haired and old, and thinks
OF the man he was meant to be, man
who might be but never was.
Nobody knows the bitter failures. the
thwarthed ambitions buried under the
commonplace ways OF our old folks, now
here is the remedy" says the writer: "Do
not struggle to give your children for
tune, or to push them into higher circle
OF society than your own. Give them
the best education you can, but give
yourself one also. Take part of each
day, week and year to remember that YOU.
too, are man and not a mere money!
maker. Study some language or science.
Leave the farm or shop occasionally.
Broaden your mind by friction with men.
90 to the cities, to California, to Europe.
OF course it will cost money. Dress, eat.
furnish your house more ssmply: your
sons and daughters will he better men
ana women tor such simplicity. Bequeath
to them high thoughts and noble living
IN lieu of money. They neither respect
nor love you more tor forming an intel
[ectual har- ikar1 on their belief.
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comes natural the individual should only
milk such number as they can without
severe cramping of the hands; what are
MIXED should be MIXED fast, increasing
the number until at last there is no tir-
ing whatever. Five minutes is the time
that should be allowed for milking COW.
There is another thing we'll worthy of be-
ing remembered. Cows should be milk
ed as nearly at a given hour morning and
evening as possible, since undue disten-
tention Of the udder is always injurious.