Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1869 — Page 1

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Cißrurr Court.—On the third Monday In April, and the fleet Monday in No-~ vember, of each year/ Commox Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in May, and the second Monday in September, of each year. Commissioner's Court.—On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of each year. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Bt. Mart’s (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath at 8 and 10 o’clock. A. M n ' Sabbath School or instruction in Catechism, at 11 o’clock, P. M.; Vespers at 2j o’clock, P. M. Rev. J. Wemhoff, Pastor. Methodist.—Services every Sabbath at 10 j o’clock, A. M., and 7 o’clock, P .M. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, P. M. jßev. D. N. Shackleford, Pastor. VaMiTTsarax —No Paster. Prayer Meeting every Sabbath al 1 o'clock, and Sabbath School at 2 o'clock, P. M. .an i ill, R. S. PETERHOF, Attorney At 3L»«*x*r, DECATUR. INDIANA. PROMPT ottenlMi not! UoP haUtiew vntr'Mtrl t« hi* err. ’» OVFTCE— In D. Stn l*V*k«r'a Offir* vIJnX.

The Decatur Eagle.

Vol. 12.

ATTORNEYS. HAMEL D. HELLER. Attorney at Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice tils Profession anywhercin Indiana or Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite the Recorder 8 Office. V 101152 JAMES R. 8080, Attorney o-t Xjrtxxr, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Bedronis Land and pays Taxes. OFFlCE—Opposite the Anditor s Office. tlod6. D. sTID A BAKE R, Attorney at luaw, Claim & Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice Law in Adams and adjoining Counties;secure Pensions and other claims against the Government; 'buy and sell Real Estate; examine title* and pay taxes, and other business pertaining to Heal Estate Agency. He iaalsoa Notary Public, and is prepared to draw Deeds. Mortgages and other Instruments in writing, v lOnl V 7 physicians. F. A. JELLEFF. A W. H. SCHROCK. JELLEFF & SCHROCK, Physicians and Surgeons, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vgnlfitf. CHAR EES E. EtJRTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this plu**e,offers his professional services to the people of Docaturand vicinity. OFFICE—In Houston’s Block. Residenceat the Burt House. vllu 161 f. AA!)R EIV 80R « , Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—Ou Second Street, over W. G. Spencer’s Hardware Store. vßn42fl. A. J. ERWIN, M. Surgeon. ■ Dispensary, Avcline Block, V 111125 FORT WAYNE. IND. REAL ESTATE AGENT. J A .18 E 8 R . 808 «, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. 34VXV4V AUKES of good farming land.sev•l "x ” ” <t«l Town Lol. ami a large quantit? | of wild land for «!••. If you want to buy a good ; farm or wiltUnn.) he will sell it to you. I! you want y.mrdun.l sold ho will »ell it lor you. No sale, no charga. vlOndtf. DENESTRY. 1M?~M . McC OA A ELL, Surgeon Dentist, gxrTA DECATUR, INDIANA. All w< ‘r k mntly executed and warUXIjY I jranted t<» give satisfaction. Call and t'xamhie 4no(*lmei:H. OFFIi'E -In Kovel’s building, over Heller’s Law office. vllnCJtf. AUCTIONEER. CHA REES JI. FR A ACE, A.uction.cor, WILSHIRE, OHIO. ’CW’’°ulil announce «<» th • public that he i* areg- ▼ ▼ ularh Lhrnst'd \ut*4h ne< I. and will attend r.U Public Sales, when aver requested, by ,uld replug him m nhove, or cidling nt his rA-ddenee in Bhie- < reck Township, Adm.KCo., Ind. ts. HOTELS. MIE SS E HbIJ SE , I. J. MIESSE, Propi-i'.-tor. Third St., O/>porile the Court ]lou»e, DECATUR, INDIANA. Bn connection wjUi this House there is a Stage run to and from Decatur and Monroeville,daily, w hich connects with trains running both wavs, vllnvtt. MAIN’ STREET -EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, B'csf Main Street, near the Publie Square, FOHT WANYE, INDIANA, vllnlllf. xMAYER HOLSE. J. W. BULL, Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and ITai/ne Streets, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, vilnlltf.

HEDEKIN HOUSE. A. J. 11. MILLS, Proprietor, On Barr, between Columbia and Main Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE of Anbnrn and Deeatnr Stage lino». Also good stabling in connection with the House. vllnlltf. JEWELERS. MAYER A GRAFFE, -DEALERS IKWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, SILVER AND SII.VF.KPI.ATED WARE. Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles, Columbia Street, vllnolyl. FORT WAYXE.IND. NEW JEWELRY STORE! ITODECATUR. - :o: JAMES LALLEY, Announces to the citizens of Adams County and vicinity, thathe ha? purchased the JEWELRY STORE in Decatur, of Mr. Exra Lyster, and will continue the business at the old stand, where he will keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, . Notions, Spectacles. Ae., which he offer* at prices to suit the times. Repairing of all kinds dons on short notice. AU work warranted as represented. xJ2nTJ JAS. LALLKY.

DECATUR, IND., JAN. 22, 1869.

From the Galaxy. SLOW ABID SECRET POISONING. One 6f the Lost Arts. In earlier times, when nature and h€r ways of working were seldom systematically investigated, it was easy for any one, who had, by accident, become acquainted with the poisonous properties of certain substances, to make use of his knowledge for the attainment of selfish ends. Fortuno-telling was then more nearly related to the exact sciences than at the present day. Ladies of rank or wealth of course not thinking of foul play, not tfntrequently had their curiosity gratified as to the time when the lease of life of a husband, a love, the king, or his mistress, would run out. To those who wjshed to have it in their own power, at will, to induce the fates to remove from their presence certain objectionalindividuals, the priestess of this art gave, generally for a consideration, various carefully prepared liquids or powders, known often under the euphonious names of aqua Tofania, aqua del petesino, epuetta di Napoli, eau de Brinviller, poudre de succession, or manna of St. Nicholas of Bari. No perfumer of the present day has succeeded in presenting a more attractive array of names for the sale of his articles ; and it is said that at one time no lady of Naples was without some one of these magic drops or powders on her toilet-tabic. She trnsted'the secret not even to her wait-ing-maid ; ami cruel and tyranical husbands had certainly good reason to mend their ways. The most distinguished fortunetellers of this kind known in history nve, Locusts (who was employed by the second Agrippina to poison her husband, the Emperor Claudius, and, also by Nero to poison Britamiicus, the gon of Claudius and Massalina). Tofania of Palermo, Spara of Rome, and the Marchioness de Brinvillier.

Tofania, who reached and advanced age. wc may say flourished at Naples during the latter part of the seventeenth and the beginning of the last century. She distributed her magic drops, often byway of charity, to such wives as wished to have other husbands. The vial containing them bore the inscription “Manna of St. Nicholas, of Bari,” on one side, and on the other, the image of this saint, in order to avoid the too close scrutiny of the police. This name appears long to have been .given to an oil which dropped from the tomb of St. Nicholas, and had the reputation of curing many .diseases. The aqua Tofania was a clear and limpid fluid, and as tasteless as water. But four or five drops, poured into the tea, chocolate, or soup, wore sufficient.to produce the desired result; and the dose could be so proportioned, wc are told, as to act at a certain time. As we have intimated, Tofania succeeded for many years in these secret acts of charity, and in escaping detection by the government ; but she was at last discovered, and dragged from a convent in which she had taken refuge, and on the rack, confessed to having caused the death of not less than three hundred persons. During the time of Pope Alexander VII., it was observed that there was an unusual number of of young widows at Rome, and that husbands who had incurred the displeasure of their wives, were very apt to suddenly fail in health and die. This epidemic was so decided as to attract the attention of the government, and by the aid of the priests and a crafty female, a society of young married women was discovered, who wer" bound together for purposes of mutual protection, and were presided over by an old woman named Ilieronytna Spara. who possessed the remarkable faculty of predicting the time of the death of any Individual whose name might come up for serious consideration. The whole society were arrested. Some, including Spara. who learned. it is said, her art from Tofania were publicly hanged, some were whipped, and others banished from the country: About the same time Marchioness de Brinvillier, at Paris, attached great attention to the nrt of secret poisoning, bv her own successes. A young officer and needy adventurer became a constant visitor to the marquis, and soon paid his addresses to the marchioness. Not long afterward the husband died, and these two were then enabled to enjoy their amours with

greater freedom ; but the father of the marchioness, outraged by their indecent conduct, had Saint Croix I (this was the name pf the gallant) arrested and thrown into the bagtile. He there had the thoughts ' bent on revenge, and induced an j Italian prisoner to disclose to him the art of preparing poisons. At' the end of a year, when he was j liberated, he instructed the march-; ioness in the mystery, who, as- j suming the garb of a nun, nursed j the sick in the Hotel Dieu, and . tried the strength of her fiendish preparations on these helpless; wretches. It was said to her, by way of satire, that no physcian on entering practice had so speedily filled a churchyard. A servant, —La £haussee, —assisted her in despatching her fa ther and brother; but her sister appears to have been suspicious , of their designs, and could not be brought under the influence’' of their art. An accident, wich happened to Saint Croix whi’e preparing poisons, disclosed the whole scheme of villainy, for nothing of a criminal nature was discovered by the post mortem examinations which were made. A glass mask, which he wat> accustomed to wear when at work chanced to fall off, and he was found suffocated in his labratory. Among his effects the government officers discovered a small box, on which was written a request that, after his death it might be delivered to the Marchioness de Brinviller; or, in case of her death that it might be burned.— This excited, very naturally, great curiosity, the request was not rcgrrde 1, and there was found in the box many poisons, with libel/ stating their effect, derived from experiments on animals. The marchioness, on hearing of the death of her lover, and failing by bribery to secure the caskot, fled the kingdom; but Da Chaussee, who had the rashness to lay claim to the property of St. Croix, was seized and imprisoned, and confessing many acts of villainy, was broken on the wheel. The marchioness took refuge in ' a convent at Liege. An officer of justice, named Dcsgrais, assuming the dress of an abbe, and acting the part of a lover, induced her to go out on an excursion of pleasure and then arrested her. At the convent there was found, in her handwriting, a complete catalogue of her crimes. She was taken to Paris, and in prison, played picquet to pass away time. On conviction she became aeon vert, confessing to have set fire to houses, and to have occasioned more deaths than any one ever suspected. She was beheaded and burned.

An old writer —Pitiva, — says: “In order to satisfy the curiosity 'of those who may be desirous of knowing if such a celebrated criminal partook of the beauties of her sex, I shall observe that nature had not been sparing of the marchioness; her features were extremely regular, and the form of her face, which was ronnd was very graceful. The beautiful outside concealed a heart extremely black. Nothing proves more that metoposcopy or the science of physiognomy is false, for this lady had that serene and tranquil air which announces virtue.” The practice of poisoning did not stop in France with the public execution of the Marchioness de Brinvillier, for so many died under suspicious circumstances that in 1679 it was necessary to create a court under the title of “Chambrede Poison,” which made use of spies, instituted private trials, and condemned many to be burned alive, banged, or confined in the bastile. In°l6Bo this court, which l»egan to partake much of the nature of the holy inquisition, and to be used as a political machine, was done away with. F We know of no substance which will produce death at’ a determined period as did the ancients. Plutarch, Quintillian, and Theophrastus speak of one prepared from anconite, which could be so moderated as to have its effect at any do-, sired time, —say a day, a month, or a year: ami it is supposed that Locusts, during the reign of Nero used this and other similar poisons. Besides those derived from anconite. hemlock and popy, the ancients were acquainted with a remarkable poison obtained from 'the sea hare, with which Titus is said to have lu'en dispatched by Domitian. We are ignorant of the nature of the poison, but some German and Italian chemists have latelv discovered several species of shell fish.—not nnlike the seahare. found on the coast of Italy, with the power of secreting, in what are called their salivary; glands, considerable quantities of ;

the oil of vitrol. The ancients sould hardly have used this for I slow and secret poisoning, and ! with the mineral poisons (hey seemed to have been unacquainted. There is no conclusive evidence that any one has ever possessed a poison which was capable of pro- ■ ducing death at a desired and 4is- ; taut time ; and it is quite proba- : ble that, in all cases of slow and ! secret poisoning, oft-repeated doses of poison were administered. As the poisons themselves were ; not generally known, their effects were easily confounded with those which many diseases produce. — We ourselves are ignorant of this art, —not because we know so little, but because we know so much, and our knowledge of nature is so classified that it is always readily advisable. I A Case of ‘•l'ncontrollablo Frenzy.” Abont a week since a very enter prising young gentleman, who is ' the happj r possessor of a wife as beautiful as heart could desire, had occasion- to go West on business, ‘ with the expectation of being ! gone some time. Returning soon!er than expected, he reached Albany City a day or two since, at an houv'when the gray .of morning was mingling with the shades of night, and of courke found the family all in bed—Oaining admission with his night key, he proceeded at once to his. wife's apartment, and rapped?, for admission, at the same time announcing who Tie was. At the mention of his name he thought he dei tected a smothered exclamation r of surprise, and then some one J got hurriedly from the bed and i took refuge in a closet adjoining thebedroom. All this he heard distinctly as he waited in the cold, with the demon of jealously tugging away at his heart-strings.— There was some one in his wife’s room ; there could be no doubt of th^t; and that sotne one had sought refuge in the closet was equaliy clear. Who else could it be than a lover. Mad with jealously, furious and indignant, he could scarcely vtait for the door to be opened before he burst furiously into the room and ma le for the closet. His wife interfered and begged that he would not open the door concealing the disturber of domestic peace. This only confirmed his suspicions, and he allowed himself to be carried away by an “uncontrollable frenzy.” Moved by an “insane impulse,” he dashed his wife aside furiously, but she clung to the tails of his coat. The ' strain made upon those useful appendages at last compelled them to give way, and the angry husband threw wid« open the door of 1 the closet and lo ! instead of the cunning libertine, his astonished eve rested on one of the prettiest girls imaginable. She was passing the night with his wife, and trying to avoid meeting him in dishabille, brought about a very embarrassing development. The gentleman however, it may be as will to state, prosecuted his searches no further, i and, instead, made a hasty retreat. He dislikes very much to hear anything about an “uncontrollable frenzy.”— Albany press

The following conversation took plSee in the barber shop attached to a Washington hotel the other day: First man and brother (reading a newspaper)—“l see dis Mr. Roschilds, what jes’ died, was worth , fo’ hundred million dollars.” Second man and brother (strapping a razor) —“Who ?” First m. and b—“ Mr. Roschild.” Second do—“ How much was he worf, did you say ?” First—“Fo’ hundred millions.” Second —“Goshamighty! He mus’ a had a good districk!" First—“ Good districk! What, do you mean ?’’ i Second —“I mCan a good dis trick; dat’s what I mean. I s’pose iho was a whiskey ’spector; else how could he make so much money?” . ' Deluded. —A friend relates the following “goakA party of men were surveying for a railroad, and of course they are entitled to the best there is along the line.— At one house they thought the proprietor was a little tartly in producing the cider. It came at last, and was tasted by one of the party with great deliberation : “Mow much cider did yon make this year ?” he asked. ‘ Fifteen barrels.” was the answer. “Well.” said the inquisitor, after taking another sip, “if you had another apple, you might make another barrel.” .

Tbe Influence of Newspapers. A school teacher, who has been engaged for a long time in his profession, and witnessed the influence of a newspaper upon the minds of a family of children, writes as follows:— I have found it to be the universal fact, without exception, that those scholars of both sexes, and of all ages, who have access to newspapers at home, when compared to those who have not, are 1. Better readeis, excellent in pronunciation, and consequently read more understandingly. 2. They are better spellers, and define words with case, and accuracy. 3. They obtain knowledge of geography in almost half the time it requires of others, as the newspaper has made them acquainted 1 with the location of the place of nations, their governments and doings on the globe. 4. They are ans; for, having become'-so familiar with every of style in newspapers, from the commonplace advertisement to the fini||ied and classical oration of the statesmen, they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text, and constantly analyze its constructions with accuracy. 5. They write better compositions. using better language, containing more thoughts, more clearly and more connectedly expressed. Those young m“n who have for years been readers of the newspapers are always taking the lead in the debating societies, exhibiting a more extensive knowledge upon a greater variety of subjects, and expressing their views with greater fluency, clearness and correctness.

Henry Ward Beeclier on Interest » How many people in the country have found out the truth of the following by Henry B ard beecher:, “No blister draws sharper than interest does. Os all industries, none is comparable to that of interest. It works day and night in fair weather and foul. It has no sound in its footsteps, but travels fast. It gnaws a man's substance with invisible teeth. It binds industry with its film as a fly is bound on a spider’s wab. Debt rolls a man over and over, binding his hand and foot and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long legged interest devours him. There is no cron that can afford to pay interest on money on a farm. There is but one thing raised on on a fmmi like it, and that is the Canadian thistle, which swarms new plants every time you bleod the roots, fchose blossoms are prolific and every one the father of a millions of seeds. Every leal is an awl, every branch a single, plant dike a blatoon of bayonets, and a field full of them is‘like an armed host. The whole plant is a torment and a curse. And yet a farmer had better make his bed of Canadian thistles, than attempt to lie at ease uno’ll interest."

Language of the Eyes It has often been said that a wo man with a hazel eye never elopes from her husband, never chats scandal, never sacrifices her husband’s comfort for her own, never finds fault, never talks too much or too little and is always an entertaining, agreeable and lovely companion. *We never knew,’ says a brother quilldriver, “but one uninteresting and aimable woman with a hazel eye, and she had a nose which looked as the Yankee says, like the little end of nothing whittled down to a point. The grey eye is the sign of and talent. Great thinkers and captains have it. In woman it indicates a better head than heart. The dark hazel eye is noble in significance ns it is in beauty. The blue eye is admirable but may be feeble. The black eye —take care! Look out for the wife with a black eye! Such can be seen almost daily at the police office.generally with acornplaint against the husband for assault and battery. “What is your consolation in life and death ?” asked a clergvman of* a young miss in a Bible class that he was catechising. The young lady blushed and- hesitated. “Will you not tell me ?” urged the clergyman. ‘‘l don’t want to tell his name,” eaid the ingenious girl, i “but I’ve no objection to telling you where he lives ’’ -Would you hear a eweet and pleasing echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself.

goodwill Selecting Cows. A Vermont stock raiser gives the following rules for selecting cows: “First, I get a broodsido view of the animal, at the distance of about two rods, ns I have noticed for years that there was a great similarity in the general proportion of all first class milkers, being very small in girth just back of their forward legs, as compared with their girth just forward oi their hips. I have never known a first rate milker, of any breed, not thus proportioned; so that if this form is wanting in an animal I have recommended to me, I do not care to look at her more, unless I want to breed for some other purpose than the diary. For breeding oxen I should want a cow of reverse proportions i, e., larger girth forward. I next feel the size of the milk veins, and trace them to their entrance into the chest, which, in superior cows, are large, admitting the ball of the larger finger :if divided, or subdivided, as is sometimes the case I Judge of the size of each orifice, as I careless for the size of the vein itself than the orifice. Next examine by sight or touch tho udder or bag, which must be capacious in order to hold much milk, with teats wide apart and free from large seed warts sores of any kind. I than inquire how long she goes dry before calving, as I-don’t want a family cow to give milk less than forty-six weeks out every fifty-two ; also, as to the quality of the milk; and, to close, I milk her with my own hands.” Browsing’ Stock. Those who reside in regions where timber is plentiful and of little or no commercial value, can carry cattle and sheep through tbo winter by supplying them with browse daily. The trees suitable for this purpose art? sugar maplo beach, basswood, and birch Cattle and sheep will ledve the best of hay to feed oil the buds and tender twigs of these trees, and we have known them to come out in the spring in fine condition on this food, with an occacasional feed of corm in the ear. Where land is being cleared up, the aid is readt ily supplied, as the chopping is is usually done in the winter season, but where this is not case, let trees be felled daily and the limbs chopped down so that the stock can reach the twigs readily, and they will get along finely. The safest way is fell the trees before the stock is out of their enclosure, lest being on hand when the trees fall, they should be injured or killed in the operation. — HuralNeic Yorker & How To Get Sleep. This is to many persons a matter of high importance. Nervous persons who are troubled with wakefulness and excitability usually have a strong tendency of blood to the brain with cold extremities. The pressure of blood on the brain keeps it in a stimulated or wakful state, and the pulsations in the head are often painful. Let them rise and chafe the body and extremities with a towel or brush, or rub smartly with the hand to promote circulation and withdraw the excessive amount of blood from the brain,.and they will fall asleep in a few moments. A cold bath, or a sponge bath, and rubbing, or a good run, or a rapid walk in the open air, or going up and down stairs a few times just before retiring, will aid in eqiiaL izing circulation and promoting sleep. These rules are simple aiyl simple and easy of application in the castle or cabin, and may minister to the cum fort of thousand who would freely spend money for an anodyne to promote “Nature’a sweet restorer, balmy sleep.”

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Fruit Pudding.—Crumb six or eight crackers, or an equal amount of stale bread, very fine and add two eggs; one cup of sugar, a small slice of butter, spice to taste, one teaenpful of raisins, and one teacupful of dried currants, or two tcacupfnls of any kind of berries, or fruit: boil an hour in a tin basin covered wi,th a cloth, or by adding one quart of milk it is e. very nice baked; presen es may also be used instead of fruit, but it is best not to use quite so large a quantity as they make the pudding very rich. Allic. r — M Hard Gingerbread.—One cup ” of molasses, one cup of sugar one egg, a small piece of butter, one tablespoonful of vinegar, one tablespoonful of "ginger, one teaspoonful of saleratus; flour sufficient to mix stiff; roll thin aud bake iu a quick oven. < Saratoga Ginger Snaps.—Ono cup of brown sugar; one cup of » molasses; one egg; small cup of butter; three teaspoonfuls of ginger ; one of vinegar; one of salertus; sufficient flour to roll stiff. Baks quickly. Temperamce Cake. —One cupof sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of saleratus, onehalf leaspoonful of cinnamon.