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Drunkenness was destined to prove
as fatal as it was detestable to AFRO
gante. A gentleman occupied cot
tage Orne by the seaside, the lane of
which ran along the farm and near the
stable which ArrOgante made his head
quarters when not on particular duty.
The gentleman was regularly intro
duced to him, and warned against ever
provoking him. Returning home late
one Saturday evening on horseback
from convivial meeting, as he gallOp-
ed through the lane, he met the dog
and wantOnly struck him or struck at
him with a hunting whip. He was a
large man, and rode a tall, powerful
horse. and being under full speed he
escaped before the astonished dog re-
covered from his surprise. But the
insulted blood of CASTLE rushed in
boiling currents through the veins of
the maddened ArrOgante. He felt,
like his countryman, DeLerma, i'll
Epes Sargent's tragedy of Nalasco,
Struck like a menial buffeted degraded
Spare not my life, if mercy thou would show,
Thou givest me back only what thou hast made
A burden, disgrace, misery
But ArrOgante felt both the power and
will to avenge himself, and he resOlv
ed on bloody retributiOn.
The next morning the gentleman
was on his way to church, mounted as
before. The dog heard and knew the
tread of his horse, rose from his lair in
the stable, walked to the roadside and
stood grimly awaiting his insulter.
When the latter had approached with
in few yards, Arrogante, like a mis-
sile projected from ii catapult, met him
iR the air, in deadly spring ut his
throat. The sudden jump and swerve
of the frightened and very active horse
saved the riders throat and his life !;
but so narrowly had he escaped that
he felt the gnashing teeth of the fren-
zied br tie Scrdpe dOUn his dress, where
they came i'll contact with and closed
upon his watch, tearing it away with
the adjacent clothing. The horseman
fled for his life, while the bat1ied dog
vented his rage on the gold watch
which he had captured, by chewing it
into atoms The cause of this terrible
onset not being disclosed at the time,
Mr.. r.. though convinced from the
character of the dog that he had not
been the aggressor, felt constrained to
give orders to have him shot.
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Dreams are night thoughts, un-
checked by the judgment and uncOn-
trOlled by the will. 1t is not true that
we do not reason III dreams, that the
exercise of the judgment is wholly sus-
pended, and that the will is entirely
powerless or ceases to act. These fa-
culties are not altogether in allegiance,
but they dOze while the subordinate
powers Of the mind-thOse which play
the parts of picture carriers and record
finders-ransack the treasures of mem
DRY and mingle together in direst con-
fusion old things and new. Imagina-
ton is not active, but it remains just
enough awake to supply the connect
ing links which give seeming cOntinui-
ty to those parts of the phantasmagoria
which we chance 10 remember on re-
covering perfect lf-consciousness,
and which, being remembered, we call
"dreams." No one remembers more
than one dream, unless he has reused
from sleep more than once. This ex-
perience has led to the inference that
dreams only occur at the moment or in
! the act of awaking. There are dreams
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Norwegian Glaciers and Folk
Lore.

A correspondent of Nature gives
some curious particulars of the ad
vance of Norwegian glacier known
as BuerbrG, near Odde, on the SOrtjord.
II visited the place." he says, Gin
1874, and the recent plOughing up of Il
considerable bit of the valley by the
vast irresistible ice-plough was very
striking. while the glacier itself was
very beautiful. My object, however,
is to repeat strange piece of folk
lore, which tends to show that in this
particular spot the advance of the gla-
cier must have been long continued.
The legend was told me by Asbjorn
Olsen, an intelligent guide at Odde,
who speaks good English. The tale
was that long ago the Buer valley eX-
tended far into the mountains, and
was full of farms and cultivation. 1t
had also a village, church and a pas
tor. One winter night when Il fearful
storm was threatened, three Firms ii. e.
Lapps) entered the valley and beg
ged shelter in vain of the inhabitants.
At last they asked the priest, and he
too refused. Then the wrath of the
heather wizards was raised and they
sOlemnly cursed the valley and doom
ed it to destruction by the crawling
power of the ice, until the glacier
reached the lake below. The Lapps
were seen no more, but on their disap-
pearing the snow began to fall. The
winter was terrible. The glaciers APP
preached by awful steps, and by de
grees engulfed the cursed valley and
farms. Nor is the curse yet exhausted
for the glacier creeps down the valley
each year, and has yet a mile to 90 be-
fore it reaches its destination in the
lake above Odde. | am no Judge OF
folklore, but this weird tale seemed to
me "A genuine piece of it, and not in
vented for the occasion, as Olsen gave
it half jOkingly as the tradition of the
district. The farmer who owns the
remnant of the doomed valley wanted
then to sell it, as he saw his acres
swallowed up each year, but no ont
will buy. If this tale be genuine, il
points to prolonged advance of the
Folgefond, which has led to the tale o
| the Lapps' CURSE
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which take place in the process of re-
turning to consciousness example.
those instantaneous scenes and specta-
cles which are suggested by the sound
or feeling that rOuses the dreamer /;
but, i'll result of long and close study
of the subject with view to discover
the nature of dreams, aud the laws of
dreaming, for medical purposes, in
connection with the treatment of sleep
lessness, am persuaded that dreams
occur i'll the course of sleep and are
wholly forgotten.
That they do not and can not take
place in deep sleep is probable, be
cause deep sleep is general sleep, and
when this state prevails the subordi-
nate faculties are sleeping, and the pic
lures and records which compose
dreams are not disturbed. To under
stand dreams we must understand
sleep, and it is because the two phe-
nomena have not hitherto been studied
together that so little is generally
known about either Popular Science
Monthly.
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"Hardening" the Body.

A young man was an earnest advO-
cate of the theory that the human body
can accommodate itself to any temper
ature i'll which it may be placed. One
winter he determined to harden him
self by wearing no covering for his
ears; they were badly frozen on a
very cold day, and were tender for
several years after. He grew wise and
abandoned the hardening process.
A young woman heard an eloquent
lecture on the Importance of fresh ali
i'll chambers at night. The lecturer
said there was no danger from win
dow slightly opened; the body would
soon harden itself so as to resist the
effect of the exposure. She tried the
experiment one cold night, and caught
severe cold which lasted the entire
winter. She lost faith in hardening
against cold. A young mother main
tained that children ought not to be
brought up too tenderly. Arms and
legs ought to be hardened by expos
ure in early years, and not be made
tender by warm coverings in winter.
She lost her two oldest children by
Group and pneumonia, induced, as the
ply said, by insufficient clothing.
She gave up the attempt to harden the
others.
The best way to harden the body is
to protect it well from extremes both
of cold and heat, and build up il strong
constitution by good food, good sleep
and good exercise. The Scotch High
landers, with their bare legs, are vic
tins to rheumatism.
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and Indian fighter, now a renegade and
fugitive from justice and associate OF
the worst characters who congregate
in the Indian territory.
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st. Johnsbury Athenmum.

Library aud Reading -Room,-Free to all. OpeI
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St. Johnsbury Church Directory.

AdUent-Paddock Village. sabbath Services at
1890 a. m. las and $50 p. Sabbath School l.
m. Prayer Meetings at 1:30 p. IN. Sunday, Tuesday
aud Friday EVENING"
Bdptist-Railroad Street. Corner Maple. Rev.
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School II N. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
Ing Wednesday evening at 7:3O.
Free Baptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
Rev. II. Lockhart Pastor. sabbath services, 1890
A. NJ and $50 p M. Sabbath School at IL N. Prayer
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ing at 1880.
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Pastor Residence next to the Church Sab
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School at II NJ. Wednesday evening meeting AT
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bath school at 1900. Wednesday evening meeting
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Com ct.

The Comet.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: The comet as seen this morning (Monday, Oatober 16th) is obviously little less ex. tended from the nucleus to it's furthest yisi- ble extremity,-say about half degree. AS
 well as could be estimated in sky more or | less obscured by clouds and mist it would seem, also, to have palsd little. Antecs- dently to this time it had for fortnight | maintained full, if not even a slightly in
 creasing brightness and apparent extent to the
 unsssistsd eye. At the same time it's apparent
 change of position among the stars had been very slow and moderate. These facts would seem to svincs that though it's orbital move | nent be away from the earth, yet the latter has been hitherto nearing it by an excess of velocity in it's own orbit, and in approxi- mately, or rudely, the same direction. For
 since the comets recess from the sun is pro- Rressivsly enfsebling it's absolute brilliance,
 the apparent brilliance can only be main-
 tained by relative nearing of the comet to
 the earth. It is not improbable. however, that
 the next clear morning may afford evidence
 that the celestial visitants departure l. aI-
 ready in progress.
 oA 0uo slA Couots WHICH, III my tlmr, nave been brightly visible in this region, that of | 1843 was far more extended along tho sky,
 from its nucleus to it's extremity most distant | from the sun; but all the way of an inferior | splendor. On the other hand, the comet of | 1858, which equally extended, I remember l it, was also more brilliant. It was, besides, | an exception to any other I have seen in one | remarkable particular. In purely clear at 1 mosphere it was variable, although not flick erlng in brightness, through one fourth or
 moro of it's extent from the extremity of it's tail towards the nucleus
 | Combining together this comets extent
 along the sky, it's even and graceful contour, it's splendor, at once mild and compact (so to | call it) and it's we'll nigh unvaried aspects i and situation for two weeks or more, it may
 well be accounted-although not necessarily
 the most astronomically interesting-yet at
 least the most popuiarly sensational vistant
 of it's class since the early years of this cen tury.
 | In future communication may take oc- i casion to say something respecting the iner- | pEsc16tes relating to these bodies, with possi- ply suggestion or two tending toward some explanation. A. 0. WINNING. Now Haven, Conn.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-17

HOW THE SIGNAL SERVICE DEALS WITH CYCLONES.
 The Signal Service was very successful in foretslling the approach and progress of the cyclone which occurred in September, and it has had no less success with the cyclone which has just visited the Gulf and Atlantic States.
 It is interesting to see how tho Signal Ser
 vice handles a cyclone The first news of
 the last one was received at the signal office
 on the morning of October 8. Tho center
 was then west of Jamaica and south of
 Havana. By the morning of the 9th the
 storm had moved to tho west of Havana. and
 later in the day it recurved and moved
 toward the west coast of Florida The ob-
 servers on the Atlantic coast, from Now York
 south, were immediately warned of the ap
 proach of the dangerous storm, and notice
 was given that it was not safe for vessels to
 sail from southern ports. At half past nine
 8 southeast gale and heavy rain were felt at
 Key West, where signals were flying. The
 gales continued all day on the 9th and 10th
 On the 10th the gales were felt at Jackson
 vile, tho wind blowing forty-feur miles an hour. Signals had been up hero for thirty hours when the storm reached the place. On the morning of the 11th the storm was cen- tral near Cedar Keys, and easterly to south erly gales prevailed in southern Florida A little after noon the storm had passed this part of the country, and signals were ordered down at Cedar Keys and Pensacola. The storm continued up the Atlantic coast, fol lowing the trend of the shore. At Savannah the wind blew thirty eight miles an hour, and at Charleston forty miles, At tho former city signals were up sixteen hours before the storm came and at the latter twenty four hours. At one o'clock Q. m. of the 11th the following message was sent to the Maritime association of New York "Cy- l clone has moved to northern Florida having 1 lost much ofits energy, but the indications ! are that it will move northeastward along the 1 Atlantic coast accompanied by dangerous l easterly winds off the coast" At all the ! North Carolina and Virginia ports signals l were ordered up from thirty to thirty six | hours before tho gale reached them. An ! other warning was sent to the New York l Maritime association later in She morning On the afternoon of the 11th, when the storm l wHs central near Savannah, signals were or- dered up as far north as Sandy Hook, and ] still later at New York, New Haven, New l London, Block Island and Newport and on l the next day, the 12th, for Provincstown and l Boston. A very severe northeast gale blow l at all these ports, the velocity of the wind l ranging from twelve to forty two miles an | hour, but the warning given was ample. The storm went off to sea about northwest of l Wilmington, N. c.
 It has not yet been ascsrtained how many vessels were detained in port by the warn- ings, but the number was largo. Much prop erty and some lives might have been lost had the seamen in the various ports not had such ample notice of the approaching storm.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-17
Poor Sibyl!
God help me now ln

"God help me now! !" Sibyl Sartoris, as she stood beneath the grateful shade of the locust trees that sensu ous day in June, when the kissing winds of summer were balmy with the perfume of the rose leaves that the storm of the previous evening had scattered along the eravelled walks of Coastcliff Castle, spoke these words in a dreamy, languid fashion. 'Heaven alone knows how I have suffered for your sake Bsrtram NcMurtry," the girl said, pluckinp as she spoke a blossom from the bush that was Haunting it's scarlet beauties so saucily against the vivid green of the close trimmed lawn. "And you, little rose leaf," she con- tinusd, pressing the velvety petals of the flower against lips that were equally soft and crimson, you would not, if you could, even whisper my secret to the world, for you too have troubles and are buffeted about by the cruel winds that blow rudely against thy pretty face Not even the star eyed pansies or the modest violets that nod so demurely in the summer zephyrs shall know my se- cret, " and with little laugh that was half sob Sibyl started for the melon patch.
 But ere the little bunionless feet that peep cd out coquettishly from beneath the feecy white dress had taken many steps Sibyl felt touch upon her off shoulder Turning suddenly, she stood face to face with Bertram MoMurtry. He was Q strong manly fellow, and the rich, bock-beer tones of his voice thrilled her very blood.
 "Why are you sad ?" he asked.
 The pretty red lips are dropping now, and the hazel eyes dimmed by tears that cannot be repressed
 "Do you still love me, Bertran ?" she asks
 ''You know I love you dearly" he replies
 "As much as you did last Thursday 2"- and the pretty face looks into his with a pleading expression that shows how she has staked her all upon that love.
 Just as much, ;" he answers, drawing her 1.-the form over in his ward
 Then" she says 1T will toll you every. thing, And, oh, am so desolate, Bertram, so desolate." :"
 "What is the matter, my darling ?" he asks, bending over her in alarm.
 "All is lost" she says. 'All, all ?!
 'tAll what ?'
 Nestling close to the man whose matinee tickets she loves, Sibyl says in low, agonized tones ''All my chewing gum !'' and then her head falls upon his shoulder amid storm of sobs.