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BY JULIAN A. SELBY. The Best Time and Easiest Wat to Woo Morpheus.?Mr. Frank Bnckland, in his "Essay in Land and Water," says: We read of Bismarck that "his old foe, inBomnin, still tenaciously clings to him. Ho passes whole nights waking. At morning dawn, slumber, if not sleep, comes at last, but day finds him weary and unfit for work, yet with mountains of work to get through." Having paid considerable attention to this important ?uestion of being able to procure sleep, venture to record what I know about it The human frame cannot do without sleep. I believe the reason is that the mysterious property?for want of a bet? ter name we call it "vital energy"? gadually leaks out during the day. nrin g sleep the machinery of the body, especially the brain, becomes recharged with it The cause of not being able to sleep?I write now of-people in good health and hard workers with their brains?is that the brain' cannot, so to speak, "go down," but continues to act, more or less. My father, whan writing the "Bridgeport Treatise," had his own way of working. He was an excessively busy man during the day, and had only the night hours in which he oould write. He generally dined at 7 o'clock, and im? mediately after dinner went to sleep for two or three hours. He then got up and worked on until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. Just before retiring he took some light pudding or a sandwich, with cocoa or milk. Thus he always slept well, as the blood was diverted from the brain to the stomach. I have no hesitation in saying that the proper thing to do is to go to sleep immediately (or at least very soon) after the meal of the day. All animals always go to sleep, if they are not disturbed, after eating. This is especially noticea? ble in dogs; and the great John Hunter showed by an experiment that digestion went on during sleep more than when the animal was awake and going about This is his experiment: He took two dogs and gave them both the same Suantity of food. One of them was Llowed to go to sleep, the' other was taken odt hunting. At the end of three or four hours he killed both these dogs. The food in the stomach of the dog whioh had been asleep was quite. di 6ested; in that of the one which had een hunting tho food was not digested at all. This fact, jl think, shows..the advisa? bility of going to sleep immediately after eating. This ignored fact always occurs to my memory when I see'old gentlemen nodding over their wine. Nature says to them "go to bed." They will hot go to bed, but still nature will not allow her law to he broken, so she sends them to sleep sitting in the chairs. People, therefore, who feel sleepy after dinner ought to dine late and go straight to bed when a sleepy feeling comes over them. Most good folks, however, do the worst possible thing imaginable; they retire altogether into the drawing-room, and then, to make matters worse, they drink tea and coffee. Now, I regard tea and coffee, when taken at night, to be poison to certain constitutions. . It is very well in the morning, but is very bad at night. The reason why tea and coffee should not be taken at nicht is that the one contains an alkaloid called theine, and the other contains an alkaloid colled caffeine. These two alkaloids taken into the sys? tem stimulate the brain, and do not al? low it to go to rest I speak of this from experience. If I take thoughtlessly a cup of tea or coffee after 5 o'clock in the evening, going to bed at 11, I cannot go to sleep; and if the brain does fall asleep, the alkaloid will wake" it up in about an hour or two. Sleeplessness, therefore, is usually caused by tea or coffee, though, strange to say, ten and coffee actually send some peoplo into sound slumber. I well recollect the late Dr. Wilber force, then Bishop of Oxford, telling my father, then most actively engaged as Dean of Westminster, of his patient way of going to sleep. It is better than the old-fashioned prescription of watching sheep jumping througaahedge one after another, snips sailing out to sea. Ac. The bishop's prescription was to repeat very slowly the vowels A, E, I, O. In doing this, they were to be faintly pro? nounced with each inspiration and expi? ration. It will be found easy to do this without moving the lips, for to do this the muscular action of the Ups necessa? rily takes place, and sleep comes not. . I advise my readers to try this plan. I once*heard of a midshipman who' com? plained that be could hot sleep at night because there were no waver, dashing against the side's of the ship.' To this noise he find so many moriths been ac? customed that Ire cohldnotsioepwitliout the familiar sound. He asked. his mo? ther to dasb pails of water agaidat his bed-room doot till he went to'sleep. I Was once told, when ?h'a*salmon inspec? tion, that a certain miller could sleep so long as the continued whirr of the mill wheel was going on, but directly after the noise stopped he awoke. : The deepest sleep i? always just before, df.wn. /It Is, I believe-, probable that some change takes place at.this time in ths atmospheri* condition1, as the hour jutt before dsem" is .selected by savages to make their attack, and it is at this time, also, 1 believe, that a great propor? tion of children are born. When staying at. a country home, unfortunately the visitor not accustomed to countrj founds, gets often woke up. The abom? inable cocks begin their horrible, crow? ing, called in Herefordshire "oook shoot" I recolleot. on one occasion, after the wretched cocka had gone from the fowl house to feed, I fell asleep, and then came a most awful cry of agony; in fact, the farmer killed a pig ander my window, enough to wake anybody. The j>ig was most vociferous, bet aa he was mmohtted in honor of my arrival, I \ooold not say much. A My monkeys always get sleepy when A the gas is lighted in my study, and where I and my monkeys always sit. This room was once called by the serv? ants the "master's room;" but I found out lately by accident that they now call it the "monkey's room." This is Dar? win going backward! Dogs, likewise, will sleep at night if they can; cats, I observe, aro sleepy in the morning, the reason being that the wretches have been out all night, and, of oouse, foci very seedy in the morning, and doubtless their head aches sometimes, and it series them right if they do, consider? ing the row they make fighting and caterwauling. I have strong reasons to think that my own black cat is presi? dent of a free-and-easy club, for they hold their meetings among the ruins of the Colosseum at the back or my house. This is a regular "cattery." All the otray cats in Regent's Dark and the neigh? borhood come here to arrange family matters; sometimes they come into a back cellar, where I keep skeletons, casts, Ac., and kindly supply me with a lot of little kittens, which I convert into skeletons, casts, Ac. I confess I do not know how to get rid of caterwauling cats. Will any one tell us? I now venture to suggest a new but simple remedy for want of sleep. Opiates in any form, even the liquor opii stdat, and chloroform will leave traces of their influence the next morning. I therefore prescribe for myself?and have frequently done so for others?onions; simply com? mon onions raw, but Spanish onions stewed will do. Everybody knows the taste of onions; this is due to a peculiar essential oil contained in this most valu? able and healthy root This oil has, I am sure, highly Bophorifio powers. In my own case, they never fail. If I am much pressed with work, and feel I shall not sleep, I eat two or three small onions, and t tie effect is magical. Onions are also excellent things to eat when much exposed to intense cold. Mr. Parnaby, Troutdale Fishery, Keswick, informs me that when collecting salmon trout eggs in the winter, he finds that common raw onions enable him and his men to bear the ice and cold of the semi frozen water much better than spirits, beer, Ac. The Acetic expedition jnst now about to start should, therefore, take a good stock of onions. Finally, if a Serson cannot sleep, it is because- the lood is in the brain, not in his stomach. The remedy, therefore, is obvious. Call the blood down from the bruin to tho stomach. This is to be done by eating a biscuit, a hard-boiled egg, a bit of bread and cheese, or something. Follow this Up with a glass cf wine or milk, or even SIMMONS' PECULATOR SIMMONS' UVE For all Diseases of the Li r "T is evidently a Family Medicine mediate resort, will save many dollar in time and doctors' bills. After forty years' trial, it is still r menials of its virtues from person; pponsibility. Eminent physicians EFFECTUAI for Constipation. Headache, Pain Stomach, had taste in the Mouth, Heart, Pain in the region of the ] forebodings of evil; all of which ar If you feel Dull, Drowsy, Del Mouth tastet, badly, poor Appetite ing from Torpid Liver, or "Bilious speedily and permanently. The Liver, the largest organ in tl disease, and if not Regulated in and DEATH will ensue. Armed with this ANTIDOTE, all food may be faced with nut fear FEVERS, DOWEL COMPLAINT NAUSEA, the Cheapest, Purest o World! "I have never seen or tried sue] and pleasant remedy in my life."? "I occasionally use, when my ct Liver Regulator, with good effect." "Your Regulator has been in us am persuaded it is a valuable add it J. Gill SnoRTEn, Alabama. "I have used the Regulator ii years. I can safely recommend it .have( ever used for'that class of dn ' TmoPKt, . " "fiimriions' Liver Regulator has ] cine."?Ci A. Notttno, President? "We save been acquainted with more than ' twenty years,' and km offered to the public!"?M. R. Lroi fontsine, G&. ?TTVTTwTOTXT?' LIVER For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPAT TACKS, SICK HEADACHE, CO] SOUR STOMACH, HEART BURN Xt ECcub xa I? a faultless Family Medioine, Does not disarrange the/system, Is sure to cure if taken regularly, Is no drastic violent medicine, Does not interfere with business, Is no intoxicating beverave, Contains the simplest and best ren CAUTION.?Buy no Powders REGULATOR, unless in our eni Stamp and Signature unbroken. . Jan 30 tw?mo J. H. ZEILIN & OLIJMBIA, S. C, SUNDAY water, and yon will fall to sleep, and will, I trust, bless the name of the writer. South Carolina, Richland County. IX TILE P1WBATE COURT. In re Estate of Ueinreich F. Franck. NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN , C. SEEGERS, guardian of the estate | of Hoinreich F. Frank, has applied to me for a final discharge as such guardian, j It is ordered that* the twenty-first day of | June, A. D. 1875, bo fixed for hearing I the petition and a final settlement of said ' estate. B. I. BOONE, May 21 112 Judge of Probate R. C. Money to Loan, On Marketable Collaterals. EXCHANGE on New York, Baltimore, | Philadelphia, Boston, and all promi* nent cities of the United States and Eu- ] rope bought and sold. DEPOSITS received and interest-bear? ing CERTIFICATES issued. STOCKS, BONDS, GOLD and SILVER] bought and sold. ACCOUNTS of merchants and others from the city and country solicited, and LIBERAL LINES OF DISCOUNTS granted by the CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, corner of Plain and BichardBon >treets. JOHN S. PRESTON, Pres't J. H. Sawtub, Cashier._Mar 24 California and Imported Wines, Liquors, Etc. JUST received, direct from JKfijR^Calit'ornia, a carload of supe SEDK nor WINES and BRANDIES, *v^W?nnul? of delicious grapes in that highly favored country. Best Imported Scotch WHISKEY, Old Jamaica RUM, Holland GIN, Otard and other brands BBANDY, Sherry, Port and Madeira WINES. I am also manufacturing that superior LAGER BEER, for which my brewery has acquired such a deserved re-_ putation. Give it a trial?it is pure and warranted free from any deleterious in? gredients. Physicians recommend it M -jr Also, best brands Imported and T^mum Domestic CIGARS, Smoking and * kChewing TOBACCO, Ac. My SALOON is supplied with the best of everything. LUNCH every day, at 11 o'clock, Give me a call, at the sign of the big barrel, Nor. 164 and 166 Richardson street JOHN C. KEEGERS. The symptoms of Liver Complainfare uneasiness and pain in the side. Some? times the pain is in the shoulder, and is ? mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach is affected with loss of appetite and sick? ness, bowels in general costive, and lometimes alternating with lax. The aead is troubled with pain, and dull, heavy sensation, considerable Iobs of memory, accompanied with painful sen? sation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. Often complaining of weakness, debility and low spirits. Sometimes many of the ibove symptoms attend the disease, and [it other times, very few of them; but the Liver iB generally the organ mo=t in-| volved. I R ^REGULATOR! rer, Stomach mid Spleen ! i, and by being kept ready for im an hour of suffering, and many a eceiving the most unqualified testi i of the highest character and re? commend it as the most i SPECIFIC in the Shoulders, Dizziness. Sor.r Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the iidneys, Despondency, GIooia and e the offspring of a diseased Liver, ilitated, have frequent headache, and Tongue Coated, yon are suffer? ness," and nothing will cure you so le body, is generally the seat of the time, great .suffering, wretchedness climates and changes <if water and As a remedv in MALARIOUS S, RESTLESSNESS. JAUNDICE, nd Best Family Medicine in the l a simple, efficacious, satisfactory H. Haixnft, St Louis. Mo. tndition requires it. Dr. Simmons' ?Hojt. Ai.kx. H. Stevens. } in my family for some time, and I ion to the medical science."?Gov. i my family for the poet seventeen bo the world as the best medicine I eases it purports to cure."?H. F. >roved a good and efficacious medi f City Bank. Dr. Simmons' Liver Medicine fer >w it to be the best Liver Regulater ? and H. L. Lyon, Druggists, Belle maotiLaATori i 'ION, JAUNDICE, BILIOUS AT AC, DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS, , Ac, Ac., isdies, or Prepared SIMMONS' LIVER paved wrapper, with Trade Mark, Stone other is genuine. 20., Macon, Ga, and Philadelphia. MORNING, JUNE C, 1875. CHEROKEE SPRINGS, SPA It TA NB Uli O, 8. C. WATER ALTERATIVE and Tonic; Climate dry, bracing and bealtbfol. " Every attention paid to guests. References in Columbia.?Muj. D. B. Miller, A. Palmer, Col. Jos. Daniel Pope, Prof. L. Plate and S. J. Perry. WILL OPEN JUNE 15. ?U~HACKS meet visitors t^3jg* ut Sp&rtuuburg C. H. .*ja^iStf^3 JOHN B. BLACK" Juno 1 lmo Resident Manager. GLENN SPRINGS^" Spartanburg County, S. C. -^BBSmna. THIS favorite resort ?j|U0-OB9fc for bcaltb and pleasure ^M^^**flB^will be open to visitors 'VHOEBBEbV on June 1. The medici? nal virtues of the waters of Glenn Springs need no other testimonial than the wonderful nature of the cures effect? ed by their use; and their merits as an unfailing remedy in the cure of all forms of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Disease of the Liver and Kidneys, even in chronic cases, are long and favorably known to the public. Visitors reaching Glenn Springs by the South Carolina, Greenville and Co? lumbia, Spartanburg and Union Bail roads wiU receive the benefit of Excur? sion Tickets for the season. A daily line of Coaches will connect with Trains on Spartanburg and Union Railroad at Rich s Hill, five miles distant, and at Spartanburg, to convey passengers to the Springs. Steps have been taken to se? cure to the Guests the benefits of a Daily Mail and Telegraph. Dr. O. B. MAYER, ranking among the eminent physicians of the South, will*oe in attendance to respond to the profes? sional calls of the Guests of the house. The Table will be supplied with the best the market can afford, Bathing Rooms, Billiard Tables, Bowling Alleys, Croquet Grounds, Music on the Grounds and in the Ball Rooms. Terms mode? rate. Apply to WM. GORMAN, Colum? bia, S. C., or Glenn Springs, 8. C. _May 1C lmot WILLIAM GORMAN. The Charleston Hotel WILL not be closed this Sum finer. AH Guests patronizing us [during the Summer and Fall 'months, and remaining a week or more, will be allowed a reasonable discount?except occupants of rooms on the first or parlor floor. The attention of the Country Mer chants is respectfully called to this no? tice._ May 28 6mos COL. ASBURY COWARD, Princi pal A Full Corps of Able Professors CCOMPLETE outfit of Arms, Apparatus, \j etc., for thorough mental and physi? cal training. Location noted for healtb fnlness, and possessing Railroad and Telegraphic facilities. For Illustrated Catalogue, apply toaPrincipal. June 1 t?M Notice to Tax-Payers. 1MIE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE . will be open for receiving RETURNS j from JUNE 1 to JULY 20, 1875, instead 1 of from July 1 to August 20, as hcreto , fore. The law requires the County Auditor j to assess all parties who fail to list their l personal property within the time above j noted, at the same valuation as of 1871, i and add a penalty of fifty per cent, thereto; and all new buildings and structures, not returned in 1874, must be returned for the fiscal year 1875, and in default thereof a penalty of fifty per I cent, will attach. ? [ To facilitate the Uix-payers in making (their returns for the fiscal year 1875, I 1 will attend in person at the following Precincts: Gadsden Precinct, June 17, 18 and 10. Acton Precinct, June 21 and 22. Davis' Precinct. June 24. Garner's Precinct, Junc.28 and 20. Cump Ground Precihcti July 1. Kill inn's Procinct, July 5 and G. Hopkins' Precinct, July 8. Trcnholm's Precinct, July 10. A. L. SOLOMON, May 2^ lmo County Auditor. J THE SEVEN VV7)NDEBS is found in Heinitsh's Family Medicines. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT?For Puri fving the Blood, and Renovating i and Strengthening the Body. THE KINA CHILL CUKE?The best I Chill Cure known. Will always cure. THE QUAKER LINIMENT?For I Rheumatism, Pains, is a wonderful remedy. THE BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS - Better than any other in the world for family use. V THE STANLEY'S COUGH SYRUP? I The only Cough Remedy that will cure. I It has cured thousands. THE LIFE EVERLASTING BITTERS -A tonic for the Stomach and Digestion, I giving a good appetite at all times. THE ROSE CORDIAL'- Will cure all Bowel Affectlonk; good for children. For sale only at HEINITSH'S May 20 t City Drug Store. ?nd the True Event." VOI Rinari) & Wiley?To patrons in f\ nrohna for their liberality: We Indeed thank you far buying /~\ ur fine ready-made Clothing, \J Neckwear, Undor-wear, cheapest, "I" argest stock ever in the city, I j And we believe best, for we sell TT I nion Adams' Black Silk Ties, \J | Eussian Braces, Suspendera ShirtslkA' ode specialty, good fit; guarantee jLtJL Durability, elegance, comfort to X> uyer. The Quaker City and _L> &Star Shirts are all the go, and T n Silk, Linen, Gingham Umbrellas JL ~*~""","cclainitosellatless'r5rcfita'*ocd " W rticle than an y h e us o in the trad e In fine, ready-made Clothing, our O tyle and price is unequaled. - IO Linen Cuffe.Imndkerohiofs,Collars;/ \ ur stock can't be surpassed. U TTUegance, style and fashion, Hats in assimerc, Silk, Straw, *eit,WooL V> >uth8'Clothing,ShirtB,Hats,Cops, 4 t No. 124 Main street_J\. Spring Clothingl Spring Clothing! Spring Clothing! Just opened The Largest and Best Stock] Ever seen here, AT D. EPSTIN'S, UNDER COLUMBIA HOTEL. STYLES, New and Handsome! FABRIC and DESIGN, Elegant! * BEST MAKE UP! PRICES, Lower than ever! Very full lines of Boys' and Youths' CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS and HATS. Call and examine at April 4 Under Columbia Hotel. ! AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING AND HATS, FOR 8 P B I H SI OF 1875, j Now in store, and to be sold at low prices. R. & \Y, 0. SW4FMLD. Nos. S Broad Street and 109 test Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. First-Cl^ass.Work OUR SPCCIAtLTY, t ET. BY rfflWO CHKApeft OSATiek Or.CTOCX, wa cax r^rnsa wort: at,* LOWEST LIVING PRICE5. FINE FASHiONABLtSJATfONERY Piries Paper ami Errvefopet. $ftiding and <?all invitations ON THE BCST STOCK A*(D ?niNTEO IN THE UeTEST ftTTfl,B. ACTS ?F faS LEGIBL&TTJI1E F?R 1875, with postage, ?1.15, For sale at It L. BRYAN'S May 6_Bookstore. Davis* Diamond Hams. AFULL supply of these choice HAMS just received and for sale by April 16 JOHN AONBW * SON. UME XI-JN?^ Wine List?Key <Sg ^ftfr THE '?CITY M? ? CERY STORE low specified, t ^^^^**List ever pub lumbia: CLARETS?St Estephe, Margaux, Pontet Cunrt, quarts. HOCKS?Laubenheimer, Dudesheimer. SAUTERNES?Haut San A Preignac, Latour B Yquem. CHAM?*Al*NES?F< Lee, decidedly tbe finest ported, Obaus A Ducbi.. Carte Blanche, Kelly Man SHERRIES AND P07 fine quality, age and 1 stock, most carefully si My stock of French" Gin, California-"Wines and B m es tic Whiskies, 'Maryland, "Finch," ' 'Bomgarden, ite brands, is always, full always endeavored to keep of my business supplied ol possible qua!i?fc obtainable, satisfied with flW result 1i Any rare Wine or _ here advertised, will be first hands at very few 5 GECv City Hall Grocer and Wine 1 May 20 -t ?'? -A. JSTJBX sesesssu ? HnB Who feeds me from And shows me every Of dainties, finer than 1 'Tis Solomon. Groceries, Famil; Liquors, Wines, Whose clerks are bland, ' And always at my service ( Attentive to my least comi ., . Why, Solomc Breakfast Strips, Beef. men Bellies, Canned Goods and1 Who cares for no men' While he can keep his ] Yet sells the finest ? Tis Sol A Splendid Assoi fee and Teas?Jt powder, Hyson*] And can I ever cease The best of customer Who always did so'w?1 Oh, Sole \ Fancy; Crackers,' Flour and I'll keep to the store I 111 'Neuth "Mr. Gorman's hi And ketit by Hardy S-0 ~ O-M-O-N. . jSfr-Prices still lower, and I every day. Prepare Your Mineral Wati bV rsrxa the Granular Effervescent KOCKBRLDGE ALUM, VICHY, J ORCHAD, KISSINGEN, V RICHSHALL. The Salts represent condensed and agreeable form the dicinal constituents of these^ v| Mineral Waters, nnd from their nience and comparative chenpnes; coming rapidly inte? use. One or two largo tea-spo<m-fuls 1 to a small tumbler of watc&HE reprodoces a draught of the Water, accompanied by a .apart effervescence. For sale at L. T. SILLIMAN & CO. April 6_f_ Drug St Mackerel. , . - CHOICE MESS MACKEREL. ., No. 1, 2 and 3 MACKEREL* . Just opened and for sale low, ft re by _ _JOHN AqNSW &B4% NEW tBOOKS At E. L. Bryan's GEORGE IV, HiiALifs and;. ?1.25. ? t>r Scientific London, by Beek? Science and Religion, b ?1.75. Farrnr's Life of Cl She Shadowed Home, by Bi $1.50. . Conquering and to Gor Schonberg Cotta Family-$i.2*. . Journey tothe North Pole?$L60.1 JrTfiWs Weatd, .by eutbetf :e*4?, O't^Sl.25. The Science of L**,' 1 Amos?$1.70. i t? ?'?**! ' ; Also, a Variety of new BngBmh 1 paper covers, by: Mrs. geon, author ef "Castle,* Wilkie Collins sad Others.. ^ Al npHE Mechanics' and Farmess' X i?K and Loan Association, of Und, is now jocoiving deposits and npWijSrds, and allowing it the sale of ? pet cent per aanum amounts over $10.00, which days or longer. Deposits T. H. Gibbes, Treasurer, at the National Bank, B. D.