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Year: 1871

THOSE cases in which the brain is hard
at work during sleep, instead of being to-
tally oblivious Of everything, may be call
ed dreaming or somnambulism, according
to the mode in which the activity displays
itself Many Of them are full Of interest.
Some men have done really hard mental
work while at sleep. Condorcet f1nisL ed
train Of calculations in his sleep which
had puzzled him during the day. In 1866
a collegian noticed the peculiarities of a
fellow student, who was rather stupid than
otherwise during his waking hours, but
who got through some excellent work in
geometry and algebra during sleep. Cor
dillac and Franklin both worked correctly
during some of their sleeping hours.


The work done partakes, in many cases,
more If the nature of imaginative compo.
sition than Of scientific calculations. Thus
stanza of excellent verse is in print,
which Sir John Herschel is said to have
composed when asleep, and to have recol-
lected when he awoke. Goethe often set
down on paper, during the day, thoughts
and ideas which had presented themselves
to him during sleep on the preceding night.
"A gentleman one night dreamed that he
was playing an entirely new game of cards
with three friends; when he awoke, the
structures and rules of the new game, as
created in the dream came one by one into
memory, and he found them so ingenious
that he afterward frequently played
the game. Coleridge is said to
have composed his fragment of
"Kubla Khan" during sleep. He had
one evening been reacing Purchas' "Pil-
GRIM" some of the romantic incidents
struck his fancy; he went to sleep, and
his busy brain composed "Kubla Khan"
When he awoke in the morning he wrote
out what his mind had invented in sleep,
until interrupted by visitor, with
whom he conversed for an hour on busi-
ness matters; but, alas! he could never
gain recall the thread of the story, and
thus "Kubla Khan" remains q fragment.
DR.. Good mentions the case of gentle
man who in his sleep composed an ode in
six stanzas, and set it to music Tartini,
the celebrated Italian vocalist one night
dreamed that the devil appeared to him,
challenged him to trial of skill on the
fiddle, and played piece wonderful for
It's beauty and difficulty; when Tartina
awoke he could not remember the exact
notes, but he could produce the general
character Of the music, which he did in q
composition ever since known as the
Devils Sonata" Lord Thurlow, when
youth at college, found himself one
evening unable to finish a piece of Latin
composition which he had undertaken
he went to bed full of the subject, fell
asleep, finished his Latin in his sleep, re-
membercd it next morning, and was COM
plimented on the felicitous form which it
presenled.-AW the Year Round.
Year: 1871

Judge Trigg has been earnestly at work
this week, and yesterday finished the
Criminal docket of his court, having dis
posed of nearly four hundred cases since
Monday, exclusive of the Fourteenth
Amendment cases, which have been post
poned until Monday, the first day of May,
to await the arrival of Judge Emmons.
The call of the civil docket will commence
on Monday next, of which lawyers en-
gagged should take due notice, for the Judge
seems determined to dispose of the docket
without hindrance or delay. a word to
the wise is sufficient
Year: 1871

The exchanges ct the clearing HOUSE were
and the resulting balances II, as9l.


more active demand Is reported for money to-day,
and most Of the stock brokerage concerns the common
rate was per cent though hrst-cass borrowers
were accommodated at per cent at least loans pre-
viousy made that figure left undsturbed Trans
actions were reported high the legal rate in gold,
but these If they were actual were exceptional On
Government securities the rates i've and SIX. To
what extent the market is likely to be affected by out
aide interference remains to be but 10 asserted
that the pressure becomes intense the Treasury would
buy bonds once for whatever may be the Score
tarys idea Of his duty respecting gold he entirely appre
cates the Importance of keeping the supply
abundant. Commercial paper is quiet, but calloan
rates harder prime gledged mercantile paper is
not negotiable below seven per cent except In
instances.


Government bonds were barely steady at the First
Board, but improved at the second call reports
that the Secretary Of the Treasury likely to buy
moro bonds soon. The market closed steady on the
basis Of i1s5 for dxtysevens. Flax Hatch report
follows, at D. m:
Year: 1871

Gold has been active to day, particularly at certain
periods During early dealings the price ranged at 1sS
0llla the rise being due to the large purchases Of


prominent foreign banking house Still later, owing to
the continued demand from the same source coupled
with the attempted covering Of some short gold, and
the sitter feeling Exchange the price rose to 1l and
ruled strong thenceforward to the Close The action Of
tho Treasury, yesterday, in giving more gold to the
street. has turned the scale Of cash gold In the opposite
direction and holders Of gold to-day paid g. S and


Der cent god have balances carried late loans
being reported free Of interest to either borrower
ender The days business at the Gold Exchange Bank
was as follows Gold cleared 1000; gold balances
es12Ss5o currency balances, t6iS,2Ss The following
Year: 1871

Gen. Crook relates the following piece
of diplomacy by which Cochise sought
to battle his purpose of negotiating the
peace with the bands of Maguil, Pedro
and Capt. Chiquito. The willy savage
prince, anticipating the generals pur-
pose, sent an emissary to the above-nam-
ed chiefs to inform them that he had
just succeeded in capturing wagon,
near Apache Pass, loaded with arms and


ammunition; that the guns were of a new


pattern, much better than any now in
use by the Indians, and sufficient in
number to afford one to every warrior
and that these guns were at their dispos
al whenever they chose to come for
them. The story was fully credited by
the Coyotero Chiefs, and when Gen.
Crook arrived at their encampment, on
the following day, he found a strong dis
position among them in favor of going
to secure the guns. They related to him
the conditions proposed Dy Cochise,
when the general, knowing that no such
capture had been made, saw at once that
it was a ruse invented by Cochise to pre-
vent the much-dreaded interview and
probable alliance. He had but little
difficulty in assuring them that no such
incident had occurred and, upon stat
ing what he supposed was the object of
the message, he found that his opinions
corroborated their suspicious, and that
they evinced disposition to abrogate i"
toto any friendship or friendly relations
which might heretofore have existed be-
tween them and the chief, who had lied
and tried to deceive them
Year: 1871

How 1T WORKED. The progress Of the


Chicago fire was marked by one peculi-


arity-it resembled warlike advance


and battle. The wind carried the embers


and burning brands to great distance,
and thus like skirmishes were always


going on far in advance of the main


body. The advanced guard or light
divisions followed these, and swept away
the buildings which had resisted the
flying sparks, but left the great blocks
the Custom House. Sherman House,
Post Office, Tribune building, &c
almost unscathed, until the main body,
travelling more slowly, came up and
swept these into utter nothingness. Thus
the sight was terribly grand. Perhaps a
mile TO the northward small jets of smoke
showed where the embers had alighted.
A few hundred yards nearer five or six
small fires, at some distance from each
other, had broken out. Behind these
again came long and unbroken line Of
flame, sweeping away everything light,
and bel ind this was confusion Of smoke
and flame burning nearer the ground,
while here and there stood up the stouter
buildings, each burning pyramid, like
islands of fire in n sea of flame and
smoke. 1t was this that baffled the fire
men. They could never reach the out
skirts of the fire. If they moved back
and took fresh position the fire went
over their heads and fianked them
Year: 1871

A clean shirt is one Of woman's bsst
gifts to man.


The contributions in aid of Chicago in
the country ut large amount TO over
5000. 600.


As usual, society people declare that
there never was seen such n season for
weddings as this Fall has been.


In Asia, among the Mongols and Cal.
mucks, II woman must not speak 10 her
iatherin-lnw nor sit down in his pros
ence.


A sensitive old bachelor says that
pre-, " girls always affect him as orna-
mental confectionery does-they give
him the heartburn.


This is capital ale," said an old
topper "see how long il keeps its head p
"Ay," SAID bystander "but consider
how soon it takes away yours y


A new material called carrohne is now
made from carrots, and used for coloring
butter 1t is an insipid and inodorous
substance, resembling alizarine very
closely.


A pretty girl says IF it was wrong
for Adam to live single when there was
not woman on earth, how guilty are
the old bachelors with the world full of
pretty girls"


1t is asserted on the best authority
that long trailing dresses for the street
will not be considered good style, and
will not be adopted by ladies who wish
to appear well in public.


A dress Just imported from Paris is
considered very elegant, and is certainly
very odd. The lower skirt is pale Law
ender, striped with silk a shade darker
The overskirt is of gray, turned back at
the sides with canary color, and the waist
is of gray with canary colored vest
Year: 1871

BLINDED postmaster at North
Bennington was somewhat embarrassed
the other day on being asked by lady
if there was u letter for my COW.
Being disposed to treat her politely, he
replied that there was nothing forIany-
body's COW. The lady, being equally
embarrassed and disposed to be polite,
said abe inquired ior Mike Howe
Year: 1871

Being sadly plagued with rats about
my house and farm buildings, | tried in
vain to catch them they are too Gun
ming to be trapped, and to lay poison /
dare not for fear of killing my dogs, cats
and hogs, and to wait for them with q
gun was loss of too much time though
| have dropped three at a shot At last
| purchased two goats, which | kept
about my fold, barn and stable, the pig
styes being in the fold. In short time
all the rats emigrated-they evacuated
the place, cleared right out every Jack Of
them, and l have not seen single rat
about the place for upwards of three
years, but my neighbors who are within
eighty rods have plenty of all sizes and
ages Perhaps it is not generally
known that where there arc many horses
stabbed together very little sickness pre-
walls if there is IA goat about the yard
and stables.


A friend of mine in Iowa was so infest-
ed with rats that they were to be seen
running about his fold and farm. build
ings by the half-dozen at time and
playing like rabbits (his farm buildings
are extensively. He tried the goat sys-
TEN, and to his astonishment entirely
cleared his premises. He could not leave
rug or buffalo robe in the stable single
night, without having it cut to pieces by
the rats. The smell of the goat is OBJ
noxious to the nostrils of the rats, and
the two won't be friends and companions
on any account whatever. Farmers and
livery stable keepers, try the goat.
Year: 1871

THE DEMAND FOR IRON. The amount
of railroad building going on IN America
is altogether unprecedented, and the
consequent demand for iron is very great.
Even if no new lines were building, the
mere renewal of roadway and rolling
stock for $1,000 miles Of railroad wonld
require an enormous amolbt of iron.
Then we have a tremendous increase of
demand for iron for machinery in manu-
factures and for implements in agricul-
ture and the ordinary arts. If we take
agriculture alone, and look at the i'm
mense annual increase of tillage, and
calculate the regular demand for agricul-
tural implements. We shall see that this
item is of great interest to the iron trade.
But in addition to this We have CON-
menced the construction of iron steam
ships, tugs, barges and sailing vessels
and iron petroleum cans and tanks; and
the number of iron coal cars demanded
increases rapidly ; we are also using iron
in building to an unusual extent. In
fact, iron was never before in anything
like the demand in America that it is
DOW.
Year: 1871

The meadows slumber fair beneath the moo n
While wakes the watchfnl river at their feet,
And all the air is filled with odors sweet,


The breath offowers that shall unfold full soon.
In mary mystery the forest hides,
And struggling trees have caught sylvan grace /;
The sleeping farmhouse shows its placid face,


Between the shadows where the grove divides.
Still are the sparrows nested in the thatch,
And still the callow larks beneath the brake;
The startled doves with tender COO awake


As bays the moon-struck mastif on his watch.
Now warmer light upon to welkin lies,
And deeper night intensihes the peace;
Only the river moves and will not cease


Its swift un-searching giances to the skies.


By blooming white-thorn and by climbing rose,
know the nook where dreams the maiden sweet
Honest her heart as sheaves of gocdly wheat,


Fairer her face than any hower that blows.
know the chamber where the old folks rest
With hearts at peace and all their labor done;
Where ruddy children sleep till shines the sun,


Where breathes the baby, warm on mothers


breast.


know the barn where safe from midnight


chill


The weary beggar snores amid the hay,
Waiting the first red warning of the day


To grasp his staff and cross the distanthi


God hath the simple homestead in his eye,
And sometimes in solemn hour like this
He sheds about it dreams of promised bliss,


With mellow moonlight from the summer sky.
Year: 1871

After sleep of twenty-five days,a young
lady in Pittsburg arose and was very indignant
with her friends for what she considered their
unseemly wonder at the length Of her nap
Her peculiar appearance during The sleep bad
for time occasioncd the belief that she was
dead, but fortunately her mother insists on
retaining the body until the fact MS beyond
question. On awakening, the young lady i'm
agined that she had slept but a few hours, and
she related fanciful dream.
Year: 1871

A BABY EXCITEMENT .-Sandusky, Ohio, or
rather one of the excellent mothers Of that
town, is the happy poGsessor Of baby that
weighed only one pond when II was born
and only two now, in the fourth week Of its
existence. When II was born lady's finger
ring was drawn over it's arm up to the shoulder.
Year: 1871

The symptoms of Liver
Complaint tareuneasiness
and pain in the side
1 SJNNONS' Sometimes the pain is in
the shoulder, and is mis-
taken for rheumatism.


The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and sickness bowels In gen
eral costive, sometimes alternating withiax. The
head is troubled with pain, and dall, heavy sensa
ton. considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with painful sensation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done; Often COM
planning of weakness, debility, and low spirits


Sometimes many Of the
above symptoms attend
the disease, and at other


ftVEK times very few Of them /,
bat the liveri Is generally
y the organ most involved.


Cure the Liver with
Year: 1871

the larger part of the sufferers are aided
by their personal friends until such
times as they can take care of them
selves. These, the most deserving class
of all the sufferers, have not been seen
at the supply depots, and are struggling
with scantv food and little clothing un-
til they can get something OF their own.
These people should be encouraged to
make themselves known, and such aid
extended as will tighten their tempo
rary wants.


The Mayor and the Aid Society have
a laborious task before them. They de
serve the public thanks for their inter
ference. and the public appeal to them,
in behalf of the suffering, to vigorously
exclude every form of irresponsible ac
ton by any person holding official po
stion, or otherwise, in the management
of this great work for the care and sup
port OF the poor.


NEW YORK.


New YORK, Oct l4-The Committee of
Seventy, last night discussed means of OBJ
tanning an honest count ut the next election.


A convention of all anti-Tammany men is
announced for this evening. A new feature
Of the reform movement is the organization
of Young Mems Reform Association,
which took place last night, Ex-Judge Bar
rett was elected President. These reformers
comprise the best young men in the city, en-
thusiastic in the cause.


The Reform Democracy last evening per-
fected arrangements for primaries for the
next election.


The Deputy Controller responds to the de-
mand of Inspectors of Sewers and Pavements
for their pay, that payment has been stopped
by Barnard's injunction Besides there are
no funds.


The city papers are publishing accounts of
the Chicago fire given by residents of that
city who arrived here.


The Republican Central Committee last
night received Il report from the committee
who waited upon the Mayor that that official
refused a conference concerning the inspec-
tors of election


A movement is contemplated to secure
proper counting of ballots on election
day


The medical profession propose to provide
relief for doctors who are sufferers
Year: 1871

The cable announces the inception of a
movement at Heidelberg for the founda-
ton of sChurch German" participated
in by delegates from various parts of the
German empire, Austria and Switzerland.
The leading principles of the proposed
new church will involve the subordinaticn
of the Pope to the council, the separation
of church and State. participation of lay.
men in the management of the affairs oi
the church, free election of bishops and q
modification of the confessional. It seems
however that there is some division on the
question of the primacy of the Pope, bu|
all matters in connection with this new
movement will be thoroughly discussed al
more general meeting to be held in Mu
Mich in the coming September.
Year: 1871

another county, may be used he de-
ma nds that he shall be retained, and it is
done. Now prepared for any emergency
they constitute themselves u perpetual
board and refute to accept or allow any
stock to vote that is not in harmony
With their pct scheme. They tell US oil
the world is in harmony with them aud
without them no coal, lead, glass sand or
iron resources Of the county will be
dsvelopet. fhcy arc remarkably inter.
ested in the coal, lead, glass sand aud
iron, Of the county. We woald cay for
the benefit of honest men, that a greater
humbug never existed. We have an
abuudarcc of inferior coal sud some good
coal; the lead sSd iron in paying guam
titles is = FARGO, and is used to direct the
sItea.ioa Of tho people, while money is
being eStracled from their pockets.


' About oil Of our loose change has al
read, been sbsosbed, and if We act the part
OF a wise man we will be up and doing
before all 10 irretrievsbly lost. Wc can
all see that there is general stagnation
in business IN our county; there is no
immigration into the county; real estate
has decreased in value nearly one half,
sad personal property has declined in the
same proportion, yet is there or can
there be any reduction in our taxes
The answer is evident; not under the
efficient management Of Our efficient
board. The time for the payment ol
taxes is upon us and many Of US havs moi
the means wherewith to pay. If we Dor


row of our neighbors they will have tc
be repaid. and then We are ruined


There is but one course LETT US that
promises relief; that is to enjoy what W.
have whilo we have it in possession and
bid defiance to him who would wrest i,
from US. If we have to deal with him


who stipulatcs the terms without con


sulting US or our interest, let US act the
part of freemen an1 lay down our dlctum


and then stand fairly and squarely upor


il MONROE
Year: 1871

Our "devil" being told that the water
10 the town spring was running out, said
he knew better, for he had just come
from the spout, and there wasn't drop
running out, and no prospect of it with.
out moro rain.
Year: 1871

property shall be liable, as sin manner
and form first before stated. And for
the purpose of putting the purchaser of
said real estate into the quiet and inn
mediate. possession thereof, if it be ne
cessary so to do, the Mayor of the said
city of Columbia is hereby authorized
and empowered to. issue Ills warrant OF
,ejectment,- directed to the Chief of Po-
lice, or any other officer: of. the city,
! against the said defaulting Taxpayer,
his tenants or lessons, and MI persons
whomsoever occupying or holding the
said property: Provided, That the said
real property shall not be sold, or the
owner OF, the fee therein deprived of the
same, for longer period than two
years. ~ - - 0-1..H


Sec. 5. That the Mayor and Alder
men Of the said city Of Columbia are
hereby vested with all the, power and
authority over the poor within the city
of Columbia, which by the law now be-
long, or may hereafter belong, to the
County Commissioners of Richland
County over the: poor Of said County.
And for the purpose Of raising funds to
provide for the support and comfort
of the said poor, the said Mayor and AL
dermcn may assess and collect poor
tax on the taxable property of the said
city, in the same manner as they aseess
and collect taxes thereon for the support
of the city government: Provided, That
said tax shall not exceed ten per cent,
on the amount Of taxes thereon paid to
the said city: Provided .t,tsther, That
the tax payers of the said city Of Column
bia shall not be taxed forithe support of
the poor outside Of the corporate limits
of the said city. ,..r,try ,...5ss- TEL,
:, SEC. 9. That when any fine imposed
by the said Mayor and Aldermen, or by
the said Mayor alone, for violation Of
any ordinance of the said city of Co.
lumbia, passed pursuant to law, exceeds
forty dollars, the same shall be recovera-
BILE in the Circuit Court Of Common
Pleas for Richland County; and when
such fine shall be for forty dollars or
less, the same shall be recoverable be-
fore the said Mayor and Aldermen, or
before the said Mayor alone Provided,
That in all cases the party so fined by
the said. Mayor, shall have the right of
appeal for hearing to the said Mayor
Year: 1871

A JOLLY FEED.-At the women's celebra-
ton at Evanston, Ind, on the 4th, many of
the visitors were compelled to resort to seats
which were erected in the shade, and the booth
where the ladies of Evanston were serving
eatables at dollar head. Owing to dis
trust of the citizens of Chicago, these ladies
treated them as if they were penitentiary
birds, and lid not allow them to have knives,
issuing to each person small fork withltwo
tInes the result of which was that a person
who attempted to eat beans, could not BY any
possibility carry more than two to his mouth
at any one time, and thereby become despopd-
ent and was convinced that he could not get
his dollars worth. 1t is also difficult to carve
ham with fork, and it was nothing but the
proioundest respect for the charming Miss
ROlfe, one of the Hebes of the Cay, that kept
at least one person from resorting to his I'm
gers. Even a person utterly Indifferent to
consequences cannot but feel a little awk-
wardness when he is holding coffee cup In
his mouth, a plate with pickle, ham, Deans
and sandwiches in his right hand, and some
cake and fork in his left, and IS trying 10
expostulate with misguided woman, who
will insist ON slowly pouring hot coffee on his
pantaloons, and asking him how he Is enioy-
ING The day. There was also one Young man
there playing at waiter, who calmly and de-
liberately put piece Of hucklebsrry pie into
lady's lap-of course she had a white dress
on; and then meditatively asked her il she
thought it would make stain; if so, be was
sorry for it. During the day she sat with her
hands folded in her lap, looking like Evange-
line, and quite as unhappy. On such an oc-
casion it is best to have young ladies for wait.
ers, for they are sweet to gentlemen, and the
gentlemen are soft on them, and come back
two or three times in order to spend little
more money. Financially the meals were
success. As for those who ate them. all that
they got was an appetite for dinner.