Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1869 — Page 1

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Pki'.iii.e.—Trustee, F. W. Gallmcycr; JtwtiecH of the Pence, A. Mangold iyul John Archbold; ('onstables, —vacant. Kirkland.—Trustee, Jonathon Bowers; Justices of the Pence, S'. D. Beavers, and Janie* 11. Ward; Constable, John T. Baker. Washington.—Trustee, Conrad Brake, Justices of the Pence. J. W. Grim and Samuel Merryman; Constables, Frederick Meili nnd Elins Crist St. MAKY'n.a-Tnistee, Ed. McLeod; Justices of the Peace, Samuel Smith, S. B. Morris nnd William Comer; Constables. George W. Teeple, S. B. Fordyce and J. W. Andrews. Bijf MCRXKK.—Trustee, John Emery; Justice of the Peace, Lemin J Williams; Constables, William I. Danner and William Danner. Monroe.—Trustee, Thos. Harris; Justice of the Pence, Ixjrento D. Hughes; € east able, John T. Marts. French.—Trustee, Solomon Shull; Justices of the Ptace, Lot French and V. D. Bell; Cgnstable, Joshua Sarff. Hartford.—Trustee, Peter Huffman; Justices of the Peace, Benj. Runyan and Martin Kiser, sen.; Constables, David Eckrotc and John Simison. Wabash.—Trustee, Henry Miller; Justices of the Peace, A. Studabaker and James Nelson; Constables, Jacob Butcher and A. G. Thompson. Jefferson.—Trustee, Charles Kelly; Justices of the Peace, Justus Kelly and John Fetters; Constables, —vacant. Time of Holding Courts. Circuit Court.—On the third Monday In April, and the first Monday in November, of each year. Common Plkas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in May, the second Monday in September, of each year. < Commissioner's Court.—On the first Monday In March, the first Monday in lune, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of Meh yetF. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Bt. Mart's (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath at 8 and 10 o'clock, A. M., Sabbath School or instruction in Catechism. at 1| o'clock, P. M„- Vespers at 2J o’clock, P. M. Rev. J. Wemhoff, Pastor. Methodist.—Services every Sabbath 10* o'clock, A. M„ and 7 o'clock, P. M. Ssbbath School at 9 o'clock, P. M. Rev. D. N. Shackleford, Pastor. Prrsbttkrian.—No Pastor. Prayer Meeting every Sabbath at 1 o’clock, and Sabbath Bchoel al 2 o'clock. P >f. 17 r , its 1 jx d R. S. PETERHOi, Attorney At v DtCATr*. INDIANA. Prom ft jmhl to .1! I. w | o «m entnut*4 to hi* car*. OmCI-ln D. NtadsUker’. U» Omc*. ♦trn-B.

The Decatur Eagle.

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ATTORNEYS. DAMJEJLiHEELEff, Attorney at Larv, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice his ProfeMlopanywherein In. diana or Ohio. OTflOß—Oppo»ltetb»Jtecorder’s Office. v!ons2 JAWES R . 808 O, Attorney a-t Law, % DECATUB, INDIANA. TkRAWB Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. ReJLVJmbu Land and pays Taxes. OPTlCS—Oppodkc tlie Auditor’s Office. vlOuC. O. AT irb ABAK ERy Attorney At Xiaw, Claim A Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. Wt SL practice Law in Adans ami adjoining Oountie*; mcun Psnsloas aud other claims against the Government; buy and sell Real Estate; tary Public, and la prepared so draw Deeds. Mortgages and othdY Instruments in writing. vlOnll. ... PH YSICIANS. I . A. JELLEFF. W. 11. SCHROCK. JELLEFF & SCHROCK, Physicians and Surgeons, DECATUR, INDIANA. •> OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vSnlftf. CHARLES L. CURTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this pla^e,offers his professional services to the people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICE—In Houston’s Block. Rcsidcncrnt the Burt House. vllu36tf. ■ ANDR E W SOR G , Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—OiI Second Street, over W. G. Spencer’s Hardware Store. vXn42ff. A. J. ERWIN, M. D., Surgeon. Dispensary, Aveline Block, v11n25 FORT WAYNE, IND. REAL ESTATE ACENT. JAMES R. 8080, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATI’K, INDIANA. 3 0110 ACRES of good fanning !ati<l,«ev•Wlr erni Town Lutsuml a large quantity of wild Lind for If you want tu buy a good farm or wildland he will sell if to yon. If you want your laud sold he will sell it for you. No sale, no charge. vlOnOtf. ♦ DE N ESTRY. M. M. TIcCOAAELL, Surgeon Dentist, DECATUR, INDIANA, work neatly executed and warI rrnntvd to give sntiithctfon. Call and examine ap»‘citnenß. I’l rD h—ln Kovcr’s building, over Hvllpt’f Law office. vlllUVtt. AUCTIONEER. CHARLES M. FRANCE, A-victioiiccr, WILSHIRE, OHIO. WMTould announce so the pnldie tiint lie is aregvv ularly Licensed A net ioniau. and will attend all Public Sales, whenever requested. by addressing him ns above, nr calling nt Ids residence in BlueCreek Township, Adams Co., hid. ts.

HOTEJ.S. II lES S E HOUS E , 1. J. MIESSE, P.ropri.dor. Third .Si., Op>><jsitf-the Court House, DECATUR, INDIANA. In connection with thin House there i« a Stage run toAmlfruin 1 Menhir ami Monroeville, dully, which connects with trains runuiiig both waya, vllnvtt. MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN, Proprietor,, II esl .Vain Street, near the Public Square, FORT WANYE, INDIANA, vllniitr. MAYER HOUSE. J. W. BULL, Proprietor, Corner'of Calhoun and IJm/ne Streets, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. vl I nlltf. II EH Ek Iff HOUSE. A. J. 11. MILLS, Proprietor, On Barr, between Columbia and .Vain Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE of Anbnrn nnd Dccatnr St.Ko linen. Aino Rood '■tabling in connection with the House. vllnllt f. JEWELERS. YIAYER A GRAFFE, -DEALERSINWaEches, Clocks, Jeweliy, SZI.rKR AND SILVER-PLATED WARE. Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles. Columbia Street, vllnSlyl. FORT WAYNE, l/D. NEW JEWELRY STORE! XKT DECATUB. < * JAMES LALLEY, Announces to the cititens of Adams County and vicinity, that he has purchni,ed the JEWELRY STORE in Decatur, of Mr. Er a Lyric*, and wili continue the bv<i. sat the old stand, where he will keep constantly .on hand a large and complete assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Notions, Spectacles, Ae. which he offers at prices to suit the times. Repairing of all kinds done on short notice. All Mnrk warranted as represented. »18aW JAS. LALLEY.

DECATUR, IN&, FRIDAY, .TAN. 99, 1869.

ShUtt The In ere awe of Personal and Household Expenses. Mr. Wells’ report is a mine of useful information© He shows that the increase in the price of groceries and provisions in 1867, as compared with 1860 and 1861, is 88 per cent.; of domestic dry goods and clothing, 86| per cent,; of fuel, 57 per cent.; of house rent 65 percent, and in the larger cities the latter has increased from 90 to 100 percent. In the first half of 1868 the average increase of all the elements which constitute the food, clothing and shelter of a family, has been 79 per cent., as compared with 1860 and 1861. Against this the rise of wages in 1867 has only been 50 per cent, for unskilled labor, and 60 per cent, for skilled mechanical labor. Making a careful comparison of the expenses of laboring men in different manufacturing establishments through the country, it appears that in 1860-61 the weekly wages were 86 00, and the expenditures 85 52 leaving a saving of 52 cents s week ; in 1867 68 the wages were 89 54, showing the unskilled workman thia year to be 827 worse off at the end than under gold wages, and without the taxation. If flour lie taken as the standard, the average increase of from 1860 to July 1, 1868, is 90 percent., while the average increase of wages is 58 per cent.; so that in this item the workman is worse off by at least 20 per cent, thia year than he was before the war. It is demonstrated that all household expenses have risen seventy nine per cent, since 1860. In other words, the person whose annual income and expenditure before the war was 81,000 —say the country clergyman, or city clerk or teacher—finds now that his expenses for precisely the same objects are 81,790. If his salary had been raised to the gold standard—say 81,350 —he is still some 8100 behind annually or so mucli poorer. Even in gold his income is worth 8410 less annually. Each individual with fixed income lias seventy-nine per cent, less to spend. His dollar is only worth a fraction of what it was. If he has the same income in gold, his dollar bill now buys forty-four per cent. less. If he is a laborer earning before the war ten dollars a week in gold, and consuming it all, lie now receives but 815 80, while the necessary expenses are ninety percent, greater. The results from inflated curren cy and thetariff system, which is making both producers and consumers poorer, and driving our manufacturers outofforeign markets.

Effects of-Smoklng on Boys. Dr. Decaisne. in the course of investigation on the influence of tobacco on the circulation, has been struck with the large number of boys, aged from 9 to 15, who smoke, and has been led to inquire into the connection of this habit with impairment of the general health. He has observed 38 boys aged from 9to 15, who smoked more or less. Os these, distinct symptoms were present in 27. In 22 there were various disorders of the circulation — bruit de souffle in the neck, palpitation, disorders of digestion, slowness of intellect, and a more or less marked taste for strong drinks. In three the pulse was intermittent. In eight there was found on examination more or less marked diminution of the red corpnscels; in twelve there was rather frequent epistaxis; ten had disturbed sleep; and four had slight ulcerations of I the mucous membrane of the month, which disappear on ceasing from the use of tobacco for some days. In children who were very well nourished, the disorder was, in general, less marked. As to the ages, eight of the boys were from nine to twelve; nineteen, from twelve to fifteen. The duration of the habit of smoking was, in eleven, from six months to a year, and in sixteen more than two years. The ordinary treatment of anaemia in general produced no affect as long as the smoking was continued, but. when this was desisted from, health was soon perfectly restored, if there was no organic disease. — British Medical Journal, The gen ci al report is that the Catawaba grapes have ripened poorly this year, and on Kelly’s island the crop is small. California proposes to hold a world’s fair in 1870, awl the Pacific railroad agrees to carry passengers at half fare.

Something for Democrats to think About. We commend to our Democratic friends the following extract of a letter from Mack, the Washington correspondent 6f the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Mr. John Scott, of Hunting ton, has been unanimously elected Senator from Pennsylvania, vice Charles R. Buckale w.”_ The reader, naturally enough, inquires who is Mr. John Scott? Well, I’ll toll you who he is—and thereby hangs a tale with a moral to it. Mr. Scottis a Pennsylvania politician of small calibre, who never before had aspirations beyond a seat in the State Legisature. He is, however, one of those “life long Democrats” who are gradually monopolizing the front ranks of the Republican party, and doing ; > far more than the oldest of the J original Republicans to give vital energy and force to Radicalism — The moral is this : That if the Democratic party would succeed, ' it mast, in some degree, at least, follow the example of its enemies in this regard. It must liberalize the terms of admission to its ranks and cease to be a close corporation. At present, all that is given to the new convert, be he great or small in his capacity for promoting party interests, is permission to vote the ticket. For the rest, lie must sit on the mourner’s bench and wait till the shock of heavenly electricity reaches his nervous center before lie can be received even on probation ; and after that he must tarry with the rear guard for an indefinite period. Ido not pretend to discuss the relative right or wrong of these two lines of policy—that of the Republican party, which is attraction, or that of the Democratic party, which is repulsion. Results are the best tests of such matters, and ios sufficient to say that the Republican party has been successful on the ' attraction principle when it would have signally failed under the pol- 1 icy of repulsion. No sane man 1 can doubt that if the Logans, the 1 Butlers, the Boutwells and the 1 Drakes had not fifcen liberally 1 treated by the party to which they deserted, that part}’ would to day be in a minority all over the country. There is not a State in tUe Union in wliieh some prominent Democrate has not since 1861 been persuaded into the ranks of the Radical party and rewarded with the best office in its gift It will not do to meet me at the threshhold of these suggestions with a shrug of virtuous indignation and the remarks that the Democratic party will not sell out its principles. I ask, in reply, has ' the Republican party sold out to the Democracy in accepting Butler as its leader? On the contrary, 1 Butler goes to work with the zeal ’ of a new convert, and makes even Ben Wade appear conservative. The House of Hanover. <

Got another baby—The Princess Alice, of Hesse, Queen Victoria is way to become a most voluminous granmama. Her daughters, like good girls, take after their mother, who was a fruitful vine. The Victorian branch of the Hanoverian line is not likely to die out soon, considering how zealously the princess of Wales, the crown princess of Prussia, and the Princess Alice are doing np their work in the morning. Should the British queen live as long as she deserves to live, and as" we hope she will live, she will be able to count as many decendants as years,—children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Her grandfather, George 111., had a fine family of children, but in the item of grandchildren he was very poorly off. When the Princess Charlotte died, in 1817, his sons had not a legitimate child among them all; and several of them married soon afterward for the express purpose of seeing if something could not be done in the way of raising up an heir to the finest of crowns. The principal products of all their operations were the lady who now reigns so wisely over the greatest of empires, the exking of Hanover, and the duke of Cambridge. The former was the daughter of the dnke of Kent, the second the son of the duke of Cumberland, and the third the son of the duke of Cambridge. There were some daughters, too, we believe. But all these princes and princesses were born when Geo. HI was either blind or dead. He never saw any grownup grandchild except^the princess Charlotte. If he was a legitimate grandfather, farther than this, we have forgotten the names of his grandchildren. ‘ There is talk of a velocipede “tournament” at Renselaer park, near Nroy N Y, next September

Menard—Who la He!—His Part In the Jamaica Murders. A Washington letter says: “A noticeable circumstance has come to light about the negroe Menard, now hanging about Washington with a‘certificate’ from his brother radical, the bogns governor of Louisiana, of election to congress from the state. Mpnard is not a Louisiana negro, and was never in the state till some tiro years csince. He is one of those northern negroes sent south at the inception of reconstruction by the wretches who worked the wires at Washbi<rton, and having had attention called to his past career, I find him implicated in the Jamaica troubles of 1865, when so many whites were murdered by the ne- : groes who rose upon them at the instigation of divers white and ' black incendiaries. , For his share in these transactions lie was re- ' polled the island, ami, with great effrontery, made - ] repulsion the subject of a diploma- I tic correspon lence. Seward wrote 1 to England tu have justice done | this gentleman, and Lord Stanley I repliedin a letter, from which .the following is an extract: “It appears that on examination ■ of Menard’s papers, there were ( found speeches and letters with ! his signature, printed in America, : in which he spoke of his deep hat-; red to the ruling class of that coun- ■ try, and in which the following' sentence appeared:” “I am forblack nationality. The prosperity and happiness of our race and their prosperity lay in a separation from the white race — The overseer of Albion estate has organized a most hellish system of l oppression and imposition in this parish.” “In conscAquence of the danger which was apprehended from the promulgation of these ideas, the clerk of the peace recommended that Menard, being a foreigner, should be deported from the colony, and this recommendation was adopted by the executive committee, who directed that it should be carried out immediately.”

From the Detroit Post. A Healthy Michigan Woman. We would like to hear a good sound argument against this wo man’s voting: She lives near Eowagiac, in Van Buren county, in the western part of this state.— Eighteen months ago, dressed in man's clothes, she bought 40 acres of land, and promised when her house was completed to reveal her name. In a year and a half, with her own hands, she has built a ; comfortable frame housa: grub-! bed out 14 acres of heavy oak, and made them ready for the and chopped and split rails, and constructed a fence that is said to the envy and the admiration of I the neighborhood. She has dug “a superior ditch” on one side of her land. She furnishes her neighbors with ax helves and splint baskets. She dug up a tree sawed some runners out with a hand-saw, and manufactured a pair of “bob-sleds.” She hires a team of her neighbors by doing extra work for them. Two months as ter her arrival she went into her new house and out of her old clothes, and said her ‘name was Anna Starov. In addition to those remarkable accomplishments, and the conquest of the obstacles we have mentioned, she has had pluck and deftness enough to overcome the disabilities of half a century of age, and the loss of the use of one leg below the knee. Mrs. Partington Talks of Marriages. “I like to attend weddings.” said Mrs. Partington, as she came ; from one in church, hung her' shawl up. and replaced the black bonnet in the long-preserved bandbox r“I like to see young people come together with the promise of love—cherish and nourish each other. But what a solemn thing, where the minister comes into chancery with surplus, and! goes thro' the ceremony of mak- j ing them man and wife. It onght' to be husliand and wife, for it isn’t every husband that turns out to be a man. I declare I never shall forget when Paul put the nuptial | ring on my finger, and said, “with i worldly goods I thee endow, and i said. He used to keep a drygoods store then, and I thought he was going to give me the whole there was in it. I was young and I simple and did not know till after-1 wards that it meant one gown a | rear. It is a lovely sight to see voung people “blighting their trough,” as the song nays, and coming up to consume their vows. ‘ ■ • —- It was so cold in Charleston, on Christmas that the salt water i I ponds froze over

Different Kinds of Matches. Some one classes marriages un der three heads : Love matches, mone,y matches, and last leg matches. The love match is nearly obsolete in high life, clothes and a fine establishment being now the chief eud of woman. The money match is now the joy of matrons and fathers, and has come very generally to be the ambition of young maidens who are not too much impregnated with romantic notions. The last leg match on the part of man is that which is consummated between an old bache < lor and some pemniless damsel whom he chooses to nurse his weakness and soothe his gout, and who is able to be very affectionate to him because she knows she won’t have to do it long.— The last leg match on the p. '. of a woman is that between a young lady of thirty-five or thereabouts,; who has passed a great many courtships uncatched, and who" finally becomes panic-striken lest she should never marry, and so lavishes herself on the first antiquated masculine who thereafter bids for her hand. There is another kind of match, which is better than all or either of the above—the Sensible Love i Match. Love and Good Sense are ; the foundations of these matches. I The parties love well, and love i wisely, those who are worthy of ■ love. And marry when Prudence I says it is prudent and wise to mar- ’ ry. In these matches wealth is no object; but a sure means of a sufficient and comfortable support is. For no matter how much two persons may love each other, mari riage demands a reasonable and regular suppty of money to maintain itself.

The Rod as a Moral Agent. Our English masters in moral science are reopening the questions of whipping virtue into the human mind—especially the female mind. They hold that previous to fifteep years of age “moral suasion” will answer ever}' purpose, butjust before a girl enters upon “sweet sixteen,” the rod is indispensable for the “correction of errors.” A gentleman communicates his hap py experience in the salutary use of the rod in such cases. He placl ed his daughters under a governess and, after a few years she begged the privilege of whipping them.— Tlie father consented. We quote what he says of the result: One was accordingly procured, and at her suggestion it was made of soft, pliable leather, cut into long, narrow thongs at one end which she assured me produced intense pain, with little or no injury to the persowr It was used for the first time on the occasion of tire girls being detected in pilfering money. I directed the governess to inflict upon eacli of them a most severe whipping. The old est was first taken to her dressing room and prepared for the rod, and then conveyed to the boudoir by the governess, who at once administered the discipline. The younger one was then prepared and received a wholesome flagellation. The delinquents were tightly strapped to an ottoman during the castigation, at the conclusion of i which they had to kiss the rod ■ and thank the governess, when they were permitted to retire.— Since then there has been marked improvement in their behavior, and the progress made in their studies has been truly gratifying.

Business is Business. Some years ago, Henry Ward Beecher and his father was at EastporU-recreating in rural pleasures for a few days. They sallied forth on Saturday to catch fish instead of men. The elder Beecher dressed in his “Sunday-go-to-meeting suit,” went into the business with as much zeal as any experienced fisherman. He took the line, with so much earnestness did he send down his bait into the deep green water, that it was successful, and he brought to the surface a large codfish ; but just as he supposed it safe on the gun wale of the boat, the hook broke and away went the “catch,” but in no wise daunted, he plunged in his arm up to the shoulder, caught it bv its slimy tail and laid it by his side. II is son, seeing his wet sleeve, exclaimed, “Father your Sunday coat, and your are to preach to-morrow.” , “I'm catching fish, my son, I'm catching fish.” Characteristic of the man. The duty of tfie present hour must be done, and well done, and then tomorrow would take care of itself. The schools and colleges of the south have been more numerously attended this season than ever before.

Indiaaa Iteaas. The Sdrosic is a very decided sneceae. A valuable coal mine has been discovered near Lebanon. The widow of the late Maj, Gen. Phil. Kearney is at Indianapolis. The Kellogg concert troupe' will probably visit Indianapolis soon. The Posey county jail is empty. The Mrs. Clem murder trial at Indianapolis has been indefinitely postponed. Spotted fever, of a very fatal type, prevails in Alien county. The Marion county commissioners last year granted 196 liquor licenses. , . ~ A man named Russell was waylaid, murderdd, and robbed by highwaymen, in Shelby county, ■last week. The windows of two saloons in Frankfort, Clinton county, were smashed in bj' anti-liquor enthusiasts on Friday night of last week. The . convicted murderer of Jaynes, now confined in the Spencercounty jail, declares that the Lord has forgiven him and he i» happy. Henrj’ Andrews, of Valparaiso, was stabbed in the abdonun, in a ' saloon at that place, a few days I since, from the effect of which he died. A man in Fort Wayne lias sued his wife for whipping him. The Lebanon Patriot reports a coal m ine as having been discovi ered near that place. Mr. Noah Hay, of Terre Haute, i received from his wife, as a -New ; Year's present “three eight-pound boy.s, all alive and kicking." The lines of street railway at Terre Haute are' to be extended during the coming season. The Universalists of Princeton have built a fine church, which was dedicated Jan. 24th. Several families from this state recently arrived at Salt Lake city and jpined the Mormons. Three families, named Bouchio, living near Vincennes, were poisoned last week, by eating “head cheese” made in a brass kettle.— Their lives were saved with great difficulty. ' A young scamp calling himself John W. Templeton has victimized the citizens of Connersville and vicinity, about 8200 worth. He pretended to be an agent for various eastern publications. Seventy-two persons have recently joined the Methodist church at Wabash. At the close of the meetings? the congregation adjourned to a neighboring saloon and held a prayer meeting there.— Tiie proprietor extended all the facilities in his power for the accommodation and comfort of those present, Four men got into a dispute at Henryville, Clark county, on Saturday night, while gambling in a school house, when one of them, named David Laymond, cut two others, named James Chapple and John Badger, in a mdst shocking manner, and it is believed that Chapple cannot recover. Laymond made his escape. A divorce suit is pending in the Marion common pleas court between Elizabeth and Ferdinand S!ase, Germans, and the most of the witnesses are of the same nationality. The testimony caused some merriment, one of the wit-nesses-testifying that the defendant made a living by being “a good naber.” Kitty Hood died at her home in Jennings county, last week. — Kitty was a colored Korean, 104 years old, and probabiy the last revolutionary pensioner in the state. She came to the state in 1807, and to Jennings county 12 years later. Her pension was drawn by virtue of a wound received by her husband in the battle of Guilford Court House, in 1780.

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A. married lady, in New Albany, retired to bed on Saturday night in her usual good health. On arising in the morning she wae astonished to findjthat she was totally blind th one eye, the sudden blindness having come upon her during the night The blind eye looks as bright and hsalthy as the sound one, and the lady suffers no pain whatever from the singular calamity, nor is there the slightest perceptible cause for the loss of vision. — m 1 ■— % A Golden Thought.—Nature will be reported. All things are engaged in writing their own history. The plant and the pebble go attended by their own shadows. The rock leaves its scratches on the moutain side; the river its bed in the soil; the animal leaves its bones in the stratum, the fern and leaf their modest epitaph in the coal. The falling drop makes its sepulchre in the sand or stone; not a footstep in the snow or along the ground, but prints in characters more or leas lasting, the way of its march; every act of man inscribes its memory on its fellows and his own face. The air is full of sound, the sky of tokens; the ground is all memoranda, signatures, and every object is covered with hints which I speak to the intelligent.