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, 1888-07-27

The third theory is that in perfect sleep
there is little or no dreaming. This is
supported by various considerations. The
natural presumption is that the object of
sleep is to give rest, and that perfect
sleep would imply the cessation of brain
action; and it is found that ''the more
continuous and uninterrupted is our
dreaming, the less refreshing is our sleep"
Recent experiments of great interest
appear to confirm this view. The effect
of stimuli, whether of sound, touch,
smell, sight or hearing, in modifying
the dreams without awaking the
sleeper-or in awaking him-all point
in the same direction; and though
there is always some sense of time when
%awaking, which proves that the mind
has to some extent been occupied, in the
soundest sleep, it is SO slight as to seem
Us If the person had just lain down,
though many hours may have passed.
Whereas, just in proportion as the dreams
are remembered, or as the fact of dream
ing can be shown by any method, is the
sense of time the longer. l do not speak
of the heavy, dull sleep which, with
out apparent dreams, results from
plethora, or sometimes accompanies an
overloaded stomach, or is the result of
overexhaustion, OF occasionally super
venes after protracted vigils, but of the
very sound sleep enjoyed by the working
classes when in health, or by vigorous
children.-Rev. j. NJ. Buckley in The
Century.
, 1888-07-27

The Russian bath, as you are probably
aware, is a vapor bath and is intended
more particularly to reach the mucous
membranes of our bodies, that is as 1t is
given in this country. The Russian
bath proper is not the luxury that the
Turks make of it. They are a necessity
to the inhabitants of the country and are
given in a rude wooden building, where
the necessary vapor is secured by throw
ing water upon glowing hot pebbles. An
atmosphere of 40 dogs. can easily be got
in this manner, and after perspiring
freely for a time and whipping themselves
with small twigs the bathers will GO
out and plunge into the ice cold river or
roll in the snow. In this country, how
ever, the Russian bath is a large room,
kept filed with a continuous flow OF
steam and having within its confines a
very cold plunge. AS a rule, it is an ad-
junct to first class Turkish baths. New
York Mail and Express.
, 1888-07-27
Attendants of Arabian Ladies.

Ladies of rank are accompanied, in
paying visits, by a troop Of armed slaves,
who look more martial than they really
are. These attendants are very expen-
sive, as their weapons, with the excep-
ton of musket and revolver, are always
very costly and richly inlaid with gold
and silver. AS the calls are generally
made in the evening, lanterns of great
luxury and many colors are used. A
lady of rank always has two or three
such lanterns carried before her, and it
requires very strong slaves for that.
When a lady starts to pay a call the van-
guard Of the procession is headed by
some ten or twenty armed fellows, two
or three in a line, carrying lanterns; the
mistress, with an Arab companion, fol-
lows, and n number of well dressed
slaves close the procession. The slaves
turn all the people out of the way, and
the latter take refuge in the by streets
and the open doorways.-''Memoirs OF
au Arabisu Princess"
, 1888-07-27

On one occasion, having ridden a long
distance since the early morning, l
halted with my companions at n small
village, and dishes Of newly made gat-
tuck Were placed before us-a prepara-
ton which, when fresh, is really de-
licious.
1t needed no adventurous politeness to
make mo devour it, and l emptied my
huge dish of coagulated milk in a man
ncr which charmed my host. Another
was set before me, which l emptied with
equal aest. l even surpassed my com.
panions in voracity, and from time to
time l observed my gray bearded enter.
tanner urn to the assemblage, and, with
a look of genuine pleasure lighting his
countenance, say, abiding to me: ''He
is Il good man; he is an excellent man."
Central Asia Letter.
, 1888-07-27
Good Nature in Honduras.

The most notable characteristics of the
Honduranians is unfailing good nature.
particularly as displayed toward for
eigncrs. The strangers who flock hither
in mining or agricultural or stock grow
ing interests are always well received.
The natives seem to recognize the neces-
sity Of North American push and enter
prise being infused into the country's
affairs, if the country would advance.
Without these it would certainly remain
what it has been for centuries, a land Of
pleasant dreams, of sweet, quaint guitar
drumming, of dancers moving all night
long in the gay dinza or more lively
polka, of afternoon reveries and day.
break serenades.-C Homa journal.
, 1888-07-27


The wealth and variety of the mate
rails of American history are but little
appreciated. The people who inhabited
the American continent before its discov-
cry We're not all of one race, but of many.
In North America alone there were more
than seventy-tive distinct stocks, having
radically distinct languages and mythol-
ogies, having independent and diverse
institutions, and having diverse and
multifarious arts. At the north we have
the igloo jewellers that live by the shores
of the frozen seas; farther to the south
we have races occupying dwellings made
of forest timber; other C wove their
habitations of reeds; others built their
towns of the clay of mother earth; and
Others erected their buildings of stones
quarried from the cliffs; while still
others hewed themselves habitations in
the solid rock. Some dwelt in towering
and almost inaccessible cliffs, while
other towns were erected among the
craes and cinders of extinct volcanoes.
Some races were hunters, other races
were fishermen, still other races were
agriculturists. Some races worshiped
the SUI and moon and stars, and the
gods of the cardinal points; other races
made the mountains and the rivers the
object of their principal worship; and all
worshiped strange Hydrologic beasts.
All of the tribes were organized into
bodies polite as bodies of kindred, but
the method of organization was multi
farious. Many tongues were spoken:
harsh c%onsonantal and cultural languages
We're found in the cold climate of the ex-
treme north and south, vocalic and mu-
steal languages We're found in the sunny
lands of the middle zones. Everywhere
the tribes had learned to use picture
writing, and to record events with pic
lures of men and beasts and many con-
ventional signs. They made tools and
implements of stone and bone and shell
and horn and wood. They made canoes
and boats of bark and logs. they made
RATS and basket boats of weeds, and
they made kayaks of skins; and in such
crafts they navigated the rivers, the
lakes and the seas. The relics Of all
these mythologies, religions, institutions,
languages, and arts must be recovered,
if we are to preserve the ancient history
of America; and the work must be lone
soon, or they will be lost.-Maj. j. w.
Powell.
, 1888-07-27
Tho Various shorthnn systems.

There have been shorthand systems in
different languages. In the days Of
Cicero there was Il sort of shorthand in
use, and shorthand has been in use in
England back to 1900. One of the most
prominent systems in use there is the
Guerney system, and the Guerneys are
the great parliamentary reporters of
England. There was for a long time an
amanuensis under Murphy who wrote
the Quincy system and who worked I'M
der the Gurneys. He told me one day
that he did not like the Quincy system
as well as the methods used in this coun-
try; that it is harder to learn, and that it
takes longer to write it.
One of the curious old time house re-
porters was n man named Hincks, who
was an Englishman and who was a
graduate of Oxford. No one but him
self could read his shorthand, but it was
perfectly legible to him. He had a good
memory, and he relied upon it largely in
writing ont his notes. He represented
'the world" by a circle, Sin the world''
by a dot inside of it, ''out of the world"
10y a dot outside of the circle, and
Through the world" was a circle with a
line drawn through it.-Frank G. Car
pcntcr in New York World.
, 1888-07-27

There is another kind of intemperance
raging in our midst which Injuries and
eventually kills many people, who die of
respectable, though painful, diseases, ON
respectable beds. There are men and
women who never use alcoholic stimu-
lants, who are on a certain mental ten
sion, a mental drunk, from years end to
years end, and who are being worn out
by u mental condition quite as rap
idly as the person who drinks too much
whisky. They go off prematurely.
Their demise is sometimes attributed to
a dispensation of providence. They
have tempers they canine control, or
nerves which go into a twitter at the
least cause for excitement, or brains al
ways on the nj trying to think and do n
dozen things at once.-New York Star.
, 1888-07-27

When / was down on the Mosquito
coast in Central America / found the
country there an earthly paradise but for
one thing. There were no snakes that l
saw, no tarantulas, no wasps, no poison
GUS enemy of man but one, and that one
was the chigger. / think | know more
about the chigger than any other man in
America. One day ! felt a slight pain in
the second toe of my right foot. thought
it was an ingrowing nail. The pain was
Mt the right corner of the nail and | paid
little attention to it. In a day or two
the toe had swelled to double its size
and became alarmed. / took all sorts
of medical advice, and finally | became
convinced that | had accumulated q
chigger.
The chigger is an insect about as big as
the point of a pin, which works its way
under the skin, usually near n toe nail.
AS soon as it finds a lodgment it lays q
countless number of eggs, each of which
turns out a new chigger, which bores
farther in and lays more g z all in a
a few hours. Each of these new CHG
gers repeats this family programme and
lays thousands Of eggs, so that if the
sufferer is not very careful he can easily
lose a toe, a foot, or even n leg. The
multiplication of the chigger is something
almost incredible, and when it once has
found n secure location the pain is like
nothing except a continual spasm of
toothache. 1t was three months before /
could get the chigger out Of my foot, and
four months before / could wear a shoe.
Talk about wasps, or spiders, or snake0l
/ would readily back the chigger to 30
more real execution in n given time than
any other enemy which man has yet been
able to find in the whole line of animated
nature.-Col. Pat DOMAIN.
, 1888-07-27

When Annie Louise Cary returned
from her study abroad she came in con-
cert company with Nilsson. Cary was
only at the beginning of her earnings,
comparatively, and had but a limited
wardrobe. Nilsson always asked her
what she was going to wear, and then
adapted her own dress to suit Miss Cary's,
her own wardrobe being so full and va
ried. This was done in full kindness for
Miss Cary, and was one of the ways in
which she showed her natural d~elicacy
ofBspirit. Boston Transcript.
, 1888-07-27

THAT baby has been here a dozen!
times already this month. There's more
money in him than in John L. Sullivan y
said a policeman in the Tombs police
court this morning.
The baby " in question was neatly
dressed in white. 1t cooed and spluttered
in the arms of a female prisoner ar
raigned before the court to answer a
charge of intoxication and disorderly
enthusiastically n victim of liquor
and evil associates. She fondled the lit
tie baby with a mothers love and begged
the judge to give her one more chance,
lust for baby's sake" The scheme
worked, and the prisoner was discharged.
Once outside the court room she ceased
fondling the infant, told it to ''shut its
mouth" and, finging it into the arms of
another besotted wretch worse than her
self, hurried away. The scene was wit
messed by a Telegram reporter, and led
to inquiries regarding the remark of the
policeman as to the number of times the
baby had appeared in court. He said:
'tIt's a regular business to let out ba-
bies to female prisoners arraigned in the
police bourts for intoxication and disor-
derby conduct. The old 'stagers' know
that the judges have no sympathy for
them. and all their excuse about seeing
friends off to Ireland or attending chris
Jennings don't work, so some of the
shrewd women have invented the scheme
of coming to court with ute little ba-
bies Juggling at their breasts while they
beg for mercy or the plea that if
separated from their offspring the babe
will die for want of care. These demon
strations of love aDDear an ~penuine that
he lets 'em go. The truth is, these babes
are hired out by ome living in the
slums Of the city. New York Telegram.
, 1888-07-27
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,

Unlted DtateS Land Uflce,
Cheyenne, Wyo., July g.. 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
Robert r, Love,
of Fort Collins, Larimer county, Colo.
has filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim No. 1865,
for the e J of sec. %, and W J of sec "a,
to 10 n, r 62 W, before register and re
ceiver at Cheyenne, Wyo., on Monday.
the 9th day of August, 1888.
He names the following witnesses tc
prove the complete irrigation and recla
nation of said land:
Charles A. Campbell of Cheyenne
Laramie county, Wyoming. and Over
Carroll, William @. Lykens and John H
Gordon, all Of Little Horse creek, Laramie
county, Wyoming.
Edgar s. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-07-27
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Office,
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
Charlie A. Campbell
Of Cheyenne, Laramie county, Wyoming,
has filed notice of intention to make proof
on his desert land claim No. 1743, for the
e J of sec % and W 4 OF sec %, tip 10 n, +
62 W, before register and receiver at Chey-
enne, Wyo,, on Monday, the 9th day of
August, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclaim
alton of said land:
Thomas Rutledge, Owen Carroll, james
Carroll John H. Gordon, all of Little
Horse Creek, Laramie county, Wyoming.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-07-27
Advic to

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. It
soothes the child, %softens the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea, Twenty-Five cents
a bottle
, 1888-07-27
For fine witch repairing.
David Miller, Idtlman block.


The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENr is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute clre for old
sores, burns. wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. WIN positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETlNE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt at 25 cents per box by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-07-27

Collie. diarrhea and hummer complaints
are dangerous at this season of the year,
and the only way to guard against these
diseases is to have constantly on hand a
bottle of some reliable remedy. Beggs'
Diarrhea Balsam is a positive relief in all
these disagreeable cases and is pleasant 10
take. 1t will cost you only 35 cents. W..
n. Hunt druggist.
, 1888-07-27
Dr.. Vagaer&cs.
SFmCIALIsTs

H
We offer no apology for d~evoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class of
diseases, believing that no condition of human
iity is too wretchedt to merit the ympathy and
pest services OF the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and a benefactor TO his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
Is dawning when the false pbilanthrophy that
condemned tue victims Of folly or crime, like
Tor, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may be suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well TO avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of offering humanity. DIR. WAC
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undertakes and fails to cure.
LEI-AG ED MEN.
There are many men OF the age of 30 to GO who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smartlng or burning sensation and a weaken
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sometimes small particles OF albumen will ap-
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All -ommunIcations should be addressed
DR.. G. & co.
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Cut this out and take along
, 1888-07-27

I he largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
Mouse, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-07-27

MONROE, N. G., Oct. %, 1888

MONROE, N. c., Oct. %, 1887.
THE POTTER DRUG n CHEMICAL Co.
GentLenlen:-Mr. WINS. Stephenson of this
county brought his son to town to-day to let
us see him and to show us what Cuticura
Remedies had done for him. This is the case
referred to in our letter to you some time ago
To look at the boy now one would suppose
that there had never been anything the mat
ter with him-seems to be in perfect health.
We have written and herewith inclose what
the father has to say about the matter,-wrote
IT just as he dictatedo
We are selling quite a quantity of Cuticura
Remedies and hear nothing but praises for
them. We regard the Cuticura Remedies the
best in the market, and shall do all we can to
promote their sale. Yours truly,
q M
DrnppIstS and Pharmacists
, 1888-07-27
A FRlGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE.
sufferIngs Intense. Head Nearly Raw.
Body Covered with Sores. Cured
by the CuIIcura Remedies.

MEssRS. STEVENS 4 BRUNER Monroe, N. c..
Dear SirS:-About two months ago, on read
ing your recommendation, 1 bought a bottle
Cuticura ReSolvent, one box Cuticura Salve,
and one cake Cuticura Soap, for my son, aged
IL years, who has been afflicted with eczema
for a long time, and l am pleased to say that |
believe the remedies have cured him. His
sufferings were intense, his head being nearly
raw, his ears being gone except the gristle, and
his body was covered with sores. His condl-
tion was frightful to behold. The sores have
now all disappeared, his skin is healthy, eyes
bright, cheerful disposition and working every
day. My ~neighbors are witnesses to this re
markable cure, and the doubling ones are re-
quested to call or write me or any of my neigh
bors WIN S.
Winchester p. o., Union Co., N. c.
, 1888-07-27

A young oma in Paris committed
suicide by filing her small bedroom with
flowers.
, 1888-07-27
6TEN EMS q NEK,
Druggists and Pharmacists.

Cuticura, the great skin cure, and Cutlcura
cura Resoiyent, the new blood purifier, inter
nally, are a positive cure for every form of
skin and blood disease, from pimples to scrof-
ula.
, 1888-07-27

Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, soc; Soap,
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NJ Send for allow to Cure Skin Diseases, y
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, 1888-07-27

pTMPLES, ~blackheads, red, rough, chapped
liz and oily skin prevented by Cuticurn
Soap.
, 1888-07-27

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Hi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-17
THRILLING STORY OF AFRAID
A Modest Music Teacher Who
Became a Major General.

The early part Of the year 1853 was dull
and drcary time in the north. 1t was time
Of waiting and encouragement. From the
battle Of Stone river TO that Of Chancellrs-
vile, in May, there was little TO break even
thu monotony of the months.
Complaints we're universal at home and IN
the field Those at home grumbled because
Their. was no fighting. Many Of those in
camp complained bitterly Of scant and bad
rations, Of worthless rags issued to them for
clothing.
During this melancholy winter CORE
spondent wrote Of President Lincoln:
THE president looks haggard and care
worn-who wonders at it. Yet he preserves
his good nature, and some new story or bon
mot from him is always in circulation. The
last was uttered on Saturday at the public
reception, when a western payrnaster, in full
majors attire, was introduced and said:
Being here, Mr. Lincoln, thought I'd call
and pay my respects From the complaints
OF the soldiers responded the president, L
guess that's about all any Of you do pay
Almost the only thing to break the dis
couraging monotony were some rafting
ca airy fights and raids.
Up to 1863 the Confederates mostly had
these raids all their own way But by 1863
the north had learned lessons in more ways
than one The fruits Of one Of these lessons
appeared in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-17
An Explanation.

What is this "nervous trouble" with which
so many seem now to be afflicted? If YOU
will remember a few years ago the word
Malaria was comparatively unknown-to-day
it is as common AS any word in the English
language. vet this word covers only the mean
ing of another word used by our forc-fathers
in times past. SO it is with nervous diseases,
as they and Malaria are intended To cover
what our grandfathers called Biliousness, and
all are caused by troubles that arise from
diseased condition of the Liver which in per
forming its functions finding il cannot dispose
of the bile through the ordinary channel is
compelled to pass it off through the system
causing nervous troubles, Malaria. Biliou-
Fever, etc. You who are suffering can well
appreciate cure. We recommend Green's
August Flower. Its cures are marvellous
deod& wchwky
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-17

There are, upon the skin of every hn
man being, child and adult alike, 1900,
900 pores. Through these pores in the
form of insensible perspiration, is ex-
PEELED more than one-quarter Of the nonrish-
ment taken into the system. The importance
of keeping open these perspiration valves
upon child's body is second only to that of
properly digesting the food eaten. 1t w $ to
open the pores of the skin and to assimlate
the food that DIR. Pitcher formulated Casio
ria. Loose bowels, constipation, fevers and
eruptions which are so constant among in
fants and children, and which kill one-third
of all children before they are five years old.
arise principally from these two causes. 1t is
from the wonderful results attendant upon
the use of Castoria in regulating the stomach
and bowels and keeping open the pores of
the skin that Castoria acquired its worldwide
reputation. With plenty of water for the
body, pure air for the lungs and Castoria to
assimlate the food there need be no unac-
counted for sickness among children. Cas-
toria is vegetable prescription without NOR
phine or other narcotic property. Thirty
years extensive use has given it a history
never attained by another medicine.
marsld&w4t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-17
eRIeRsoNs MISSISSIPPI RAID.

Early in the year 1868 an adventurous
spirit had proposed to Gen. Grant to make
bold cavalry raid around and in the rear Of
Vicksburg. The object Of the raid would be
to destroy railroads and bridges, and thus
prevent supplies and re-enforcements from
being easily brought into Vicksburg. The
raid was in this manner to aid in the reduc-
ton Of Vicksburg.
At first Grant said nay to the scheme
The first of April, however, he summoned
its bold protector, and babe him go in and
win.
The man who proposed this raid through
the heart Of Mississippi was Col. afterward
Maj Cen Benjamin Henry Grierson.