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DYER&DANIELS
SUCCESSORS TO
ZjetixtxetTXX Sons,
We make our best bow to the crockery buyers of Rome
and vicinity and request you to write or call on us for
prices in our line before purchasing elsewhere.
We nave purchased the stock of Lanham & Sons at
such prices enables us to offer big bargains in the line of
CROCKERY
Glassware, Tinware, Stoves, Etc.
We must have room. Have more goods than space to
keep them, with new goods coming in. We carry the
choicest and newest prcductions of the leading factories of
the world. Our stock of high grade and medium class
goods is the largest and best selected in North Georgia.
We mean business when we say that we will sell you
goods cheaper than any other house, and a cordial invita
tion is extended to every one to call on us and look through
our extensive
OUR WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
will be kept up to a high standard.
DYER <2 DANIELS,
236 Eioacl Street.
THIRTY YEAR SLEEP.
THE RIP VAN WINKLE LIKE SLUMBER
OF A NEW JERSEYMAN.
Since His Wedding Night, In 1865, John
Stipple Him Been Apparently Dead, but
Still Brief Periods of
Semiconsciousness.
In the Flemington river valley, two
miles from the little town of Ringoos, N.
J., lives a man of the name of John Stip
ple, who has slept almost continuously the
last 30 years.
The case is a remarkable one, and it has
puzzled a good many physicians, who have
visited the little farmhouse in which Stip
ple does his slumbering from time to time
for the purpose of making a study of his
case. The man is now about 50 years old,
and but for the fact that he looks haggard
- and pale his face has the same appearance
that it had 30 years ago.
Stipple’s long sleep began under pecul
iar circumstances. It was in the winter of
1865. He had married the daughter of a
farmer who lived in the vicinity of Cop
per Hill, and the wedding party, consist
ing of a dozen or so young friends of the
couple, decided to take a sleigh ride on the
Flemington river, which was frozen over
and supposed to bo safe. 1
During the trip Stipple’s horse stepped
Into an airhole, and in floundering around
broke up the ice so that the sleigh contain
ing the bride and groom went into the wa
ter. The young woman was saved with
some difficulty, and Stipple was at last got
out, but ho was unconscious and to all ap
pearances dead.
He was taken to the home that he had
prepared for his bride, and after a couple
of physicians had worked over him sever
al hours in the hope of restoring him they
declared that he was beyond human aid,
and in less than 12 hours he had apparent
ly ceased to breathe. Stipple was supposed
to be dead, and he was prepared for burial.
The night before the man was to be
buried Henry Wilcox and Jason Dalton,
two of his friends, were sitting up with
the corpse. They had a euchre deck and
were doing their best to pass the time
pleasantly with the cards. About 1 o’clock
in the morning Wilcox had picked up the
cards to shuffle, when a voice in the room
where Stipple's remains lay shouted,
“Whoa, there!”
That was all, but it was enough to
bring Wilcox and Dalton to their feet with
their hair up in the air and their eyes
hanging out. They finally braced up and
went into the room with the purpose of
finding out where the voice camo from.
There was nobody in sight but Stipple,
and to the amazement of the two men he
had turned over on his side. He was ap
parently dead, and after trying all the ways
with which they were familiar to discover
if the man breathed, and failing, the
watchers straightened Stipple out on his
back, covered his face again and left the
room to talk Lt over. No more sounds camo
from the room that night, but in the
morning the supposed corpse was found
lying on his side again. The story of what
the watchers had heard and seen was told,
and Mrs. Stipple refused to allow her hus
band’s body to bo buried.
The physicians tried every means known
to the profession to restore Stipple to his
normal condition, but without avail, and
at last they gave up the undertaking, de
claring again that the man was dead.
This, however, the wife refused to believe,
«nd slu> could not be induced to consent to
tne interment of the noay.
Six weeks Stipple lay without manifest
ing signs of life, and then one morning,
while his wife was attending to household
duties in the adjoining room, she heard
somebody shout, “Whoa, there!” She hur
ried into the room where her husband was
and found him sitting up, with his arms
extended, as if he were driving a horse.
Overjoyed at the sight, Mrs. Stipple
threw her arms around her husband and
fell to weeping. Stipple showed no signs
of recognition, but called for something to
eat and drink. His wife brought him some
meat and a glass of milk. Ho refused to
eat the food, but drank the milk and call
ed for more. He eagerly swallowed sev
eral glasses of milk, and then, lying down,
resumed his apparently breathless sleep.
It was two months before Stipple was
again heard from. One day a preacher,
who had a wide reputation for being able
to cure obstinate diseases through prayer,
came to the Stipple residence at the re
quest of the sleeper’s wife, and kneeling
by the bedside began to pray. When he
had reached a point in his appeal for the
restoration of Stipple to health, ho was in
terrupted by the man crying out, “Whoa,
there!” The preacher stopped praying.
Stipple sat up in bed as before, and with
an expression of great anxiety on his face
appeared to be struggling with a horse.
He soon fell back on the pillows and fee
bly called for food. As before, meat and
milk were brought to him, but he swallow
ed only the milk. He drank nearly a gal
lon of ij before he was satisfied and then
became unconscious again.
One day, about 20 years ago, Mrs. Stip
ple Was engaged in sweeping out the room
in which her husband lay, when he sud
denly cried out, “Thank God, Susie, you
was saved!”
Mrs. Stipple was wild with joy, believ
ing that the spell upon her husband had at
last been broken. He appeared to be in
full possession of his mental faculties and
talked with his wife about the occurrences
of the eventful night ten years before.
What had taken place since then was a
blank to him, and he talked as if he had
awaked from a night's sleep. He asked if
the farmhand had milked, and how long
before breakfast would be ready. Fearing
the effect that the knowledge might have
on her husband, Mrs. Stipple did not tell
I him how long ago it was that those affairs
he had been talking about took place. She
sat on the edge of the bed with her arms
around her husband, when his head sud
denly fell forward, and he was once more
in a profound slumber.
At this stage of the peculiar case a re
markable change occurred. The next day
Mrs. Stipple and the farmhand were in
the room, talking over the affairs about
the farm.
“Orrin Whiting wants to buy the Jersey
heifer for S4O, ” said the farmhand. ‘ ‘ What
shall I do about it?”
“Sell her,” said Stipple before his wife
conkl A.ncwu»
Mrs. Stipple rushed to her husband’s
side, thinking that he was awake again,
but he appeared to be deeply asleep, and
all efforts that she made to arouse him
failed. He would converse with her, how
ever, answer her questions intelligently
and give her advice about the affairs of the
farm, but no effort of hers could make
him open his eyes or move a limb.
As before, at Irregular intervals he
awoke, sat up in bed and drank milk, but
on these occasions he gave no evidence that
' he remembered what had transpired or
; what he had talked about while asleep.
| His spells of’wakefulness never lasted more
i than three-quarters of an hour, n-d 1 .
' were frequently ten weeks be’w.wi r '
The neculiar uower of forusichu >
THE ROME TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. JUNE 18. 1895
voyance, or whatever it maybe; Tins grown
upon the man, and he is now put to use by
farmers and curious persons who are de
sirous of knowing what the weather is go
ing to be or what the future holds for
them. There are hundreds of men and
women living within a radius of 25 miles
of Ringoes whose faith in Stipple's ability
to correctly forecast events is solid and
firm as the hills. People come from far
away to have the man tell what is in store
for them, and the contribution of money
from that source has enabled Mrs. Stipple
to surround herself with all the comforts
of living.
It is evident that Stipple knows nothing
of what he does in this line, for when he
is awake he takes up the thread of exist
ence at exactly the point where he drop
ped it a few weeks before. He has now
been in this condition 30 years, and when
ever he becomes conscious he asks if John
is doing the chores and inquires about
breakfast.
Hypnotists, electricians, Christian sci
entists, herbalists, homeopathists and
quacks have done their best to change the
condition under which Stipple exists, but
without effect. His life apparently stopped
when he went through the ice with his
bride, and there is no hope of his ever com
ing out of the trance, sleep or whatever
it may be until he dies.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
BRILLIANT SEA AVENUE.
One Hundred Candle Power Lamps Adorn
the Buoys Off Sandy Hook.
A very important engineering work to
shipping interests has just been completed
off Sandy Hook. It is a system of electric
buoys that light the outer entrance of New
York harbor.
Vessels coming from sea are obliged to
pass through Gedney channel, which is
only 1,000 feet wide. This course was
marked by spar buoys, which made a safe
course by day, but an impracticable one at >
night, and transatlantic liners were obliged ,
to wait 12 hours for daylight after every
point was strained to make each minute
count during the voyage.
This difficulty was overcome byasystem
of electrically lighted buOys designed by
Mr. Ira W Henry, a New York electri
clan. The method employed, which is
constructed under Mr. Henry's patents, is
the placing of an incandescent light of 100
candle power on the top of each buoy, pro- j
tected by a bell of heavy glass, which is '
mounted on a brass bar and clamped to
steel bands attached to the head of the
buoy, the lamp being connected w*h a
transformer controlling the current neces
sary for its use.
The buoy proper is a selected cedar log,
about 50 feet long, trimmed cigar shaped,
so that its greater diameter is at the water
line, the head with the lamp being 12 feet
above the water, the length of the buoy
depending upon the depth of the water.
The spar runs to the bottom, where it is
shackled to a 500 pound mushroom iron
anchor. Along the side of the spar a 2
inch groove is cut to conduct the cable
carrying the wire from the bed of the ocean
to the lamp. The groove is covered with a
batten flush with the circumference of the
buoy, thus keeping an even contour and
also protecting the cable.
This cable is constructed of a copper
conductor, insulated with gutta percha,
then bedded with jute and sheathed with
an armor of hard drawn copper wires.
This cable carries successfully the enor
i mous pressure of 1,000 volts, alternating
current, under water a distance of 6J4
miles.
Captain W. Walcott Marks, under whose
supervision the cable was laid, says that
this is the longest cable carrying a high
tension current under water, also the only
one of its kind ever manufactured, and
that in his 26 years’ experience in the sub
marine cable line he has never seen a finer
piece of work.
A finer sight can hardly be imagined on
a dark night than this well marked course,
resembling a brightly lighted avenue, on
the surface of the ocean, through which
the largest vessels pass with safety.—Bos
ton Herald.
MR. CLEVELAND’S EUTURE.
He May Settle In New York and Devote
Himself to Municipal Problems.
It is only in New York that much atten
tion has been paid to the reports that Mr.
Cleveland is willing to consider the possi
bility of a third term for himself. Yet
New York should be the very last place in
which such rumors could find credence be
cause it is to public men in the metropolis
that the president has expressed himself
most emphatically on the subject. Many
New Yorkers of national reputation have
received verbal and written Intimations of
Mr. Cleveland’s positive intention to retire
to private life when his term of office ends.
William C. Whitney is probably the best
Informed man In this respect, for he has
letters from Mr. Cleveland in which that
gentleman categorically denies any inten
tion to be a candidate again. Indeed it is
no secret in the metropolis that there are
letters in existence, addressed to more
than one person, setting forth this well
considered determination to retire per
manently to private life. The president’s
law partners have, moreover, perfected ar
rangements for him to resume the prac
tice of law with them in a year or two.
Quite apart from any political consider
ation, however, is the condition of Mr.
Cleveland’s household. His wife will under
no consideration hear of any more public
honors. The children are growing up, and
they are not receiving the personal atten
tion from their parents which private life
would make possible. Then there is their
future to consider. Mr. Cleveland’s private
affairs are not in a flourishing condition.
He has some interests which ought to be
looked after by himself. Again, there are
the nervous strain and care of office. It is
significant that Mr. Cleveland has been
arranging to buy a house iu New York.
As for ambition, he could get no higher
than he is, and another term could scarce
ly make him greater.
There is a story, however, that Mr.
Cleveland will settle down in New York
as a private citizen and devote his atten
tion to municipal problems. City govern
ment has attracted his attention lately.
He has talked the matter over with promi
nent reformers, and the probability is that
Father Knickerbocker will have an oppor
tunity of presenting his woes to Mr. Cleve
land, and if the latter alleviates them ho
will be as great as ever he was while presi
dent. The new role would harmonize well
with the- character of the man.—David
Wechsler in Pittsburg Dispatch.
We Hope Not.
It is hoped that the new woman will not
deny her husband a sealskin overcoat every
winter.— Washington Star.
The Witch Tree.
The “witch tree” of Nevada and
southern California exudes or exhales a
phosphorescent substance which makes
every branch, leaf and section of its
bark visible on the darkest night
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