Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1869 — Page 4

Ste (Turner. WO HOME. BT FAXNIR WILDWOOD. No home hare I but in my heart, No other place of rest: God grant that naught but death can part, Or aundor ties so blest! No home have J, no shelter warm, Without thy tender love: - This earth is but a wilderness, And stars shine cot above. 't J ■ No home have I: if flowers die Without the gentle dew, Then why should souls not yerish too When friendship bids adieu? No home have I, this side the skies, Except within thy breast: Build there a fortress strong to shield, And quell ail vague unrest. No home have I, no shelter warm, Only within thy arms : Strong may they prove! in time of need, May I feel no alarm! No home have I: hearts often sigh, And wintry blows the wind, Then to the oak more closely clings T|ie Undril of the vine.

The Arabs of the Middle Ages. The industrious Arabs revived tjiose useful arts which the bar-barians-pf Europe seemed anxious to forget. They wove the inchest fabrics of wool, cotton, or silk ; they manufactured cloth of gold and carpets of unequaled splendor; their divans were covered with satin cushions and velvet hangings; and muslins and lace of fairy-like texture adorned the Moslem bride. Jn metals the Arabs were also excellent work men. They forged huge chains and bars of iron; the steel of Damascus was renowned in the cities of Europe. Their jewelry was the fairest and costliest of the age; they lavished gold and silver in decorating their mosques . and their palaces; and their mints produced a coinage that was the model of the European word. As architects they invented a strangely graceful style of building, in which the fancy of the artist seem ed to revel in new creations, and of which the lovely ruins of the AlhaMbra form a living example; in the private houses they gathered the richest marbles, the costliest mosaics, fouiitaionsof dancing waters, and gardens of perpetual beauty. The Arab workman was usually temperate- almost to austerity. Mohammed had enforced the doc trine of total abstinence with a rig or unsurpassed by the most aus tere of modern reformers. He denounced temporal and eternal woes against the Mussulman who should topch the accursed wine. He had himself set an example of perfect abstinence, and in their purer age his followers obeyed the precept of their prophet. It was only in the decline of the nation that the Mohammedans learn ed to imitate the drunkenness and license of the Europeans. Temperate in their diet, frugal in their mode of life, the Arabs possessed sound intellect in sound bodies ; the}’ soon began to display an in tellectual vigor that raised them to the front of civilzation. They eagerly sought for knowledge amidst the ruins of Grecian literature, and the poets and philosophers of Athens and of Rome were translated for the benefit of I the students of Bagded and Cordova. The colleges and schools of the Arab cities were thronged with attentive scholars when the great nobles of France and Eng- 1 land could neither read nor write;; they produced eminent peots and! graceful writers while Europe ha 1 neither a literature nor a language ; their libraries numbered thuos ands of volumes when Oxford possessed only a few imperfect manuscripts chained to the walls: and the poorest merchant of Bagbad lived with more comfort and was far better informed than the proud knight who came at the head of his barbarous squadrons to die on the burning plains of Syria in an ineffectual crusade.— i Eugene Lawrence. in Harper's Magazine. Knowing Whom to Kick. The late Colonel McClung, of Mississipppi, once got into a dispute in the office of the Prentiss House of Vicksburg, with a rowdr when, to end the matter without delay, ho took the rowdy by the ' “nap of the neck,” led him to the door ami kicked him into the street. The ktekee picked himself up, walked away and here the matter ended. Some weeks after McClung was in New Orleans, and when walking up St Charles street saw the fellow he had kicked out of the Prentiss House kicking a third party out of a drinking saloon. McClung walked upto his old acquaintance, once kicked but now the kicker, and after scanning him closely, said—‘•Look here, my fine fellow, are you not the man I kicked out of the Prentiss House the other day!’ “Softly, softly, colonel,’ replied the rowdy taking him by the arm, “don't meat on it—l'm the man—but—but you and I know whom to hHtT

(General George 11. Thomas as a Lecturer The Scientific Association of Washington—l believe that is the name—pressed upon General Thomas an invitation to give the members his story of the battle of Nashville. General Thomas with great reluctance, consented. With a map hung upon the wall, and armed with a light rattan, the stalwart form of the soldier stood before the little company as much embarrassed as a girl. The man wh'o had marshaled great armies, and unhesitatingly took the responsibility in huge fights, when the fate of the Republic hung trembling on the issue, blushed like a boy, while perspiration gathered in drops upon his forehead. It was with the greatest effort that he forced himself to proceed. He did so, however, with clearness and graphic power. He sketched in a few brief words the campaign that culminated in the battle before Nashville. He then gave the position of the troops under both Hood and himself. He told, with the power of words when u.icolbred by any imagination, the situation of the enemy as the two armies lay facing each other until the hour came when they were forced to try conclusions, and of the victory that followed. Hb voice never was raised bovc a conversational tone, nor did he tor a second betray any feeling. It was the great Captain changed to a historian, and retaining the traits in the one that had ma le him famous intheothe”. In conclusion, he calmly, that looking over all the ground, and tracing back the train of events, he could find but one er ror with which to charge himself. Butthat he said, was a grave error. At the close of the first day's fighting he thought of detaching Stead-” rnjjn with force enough to possess himself of the fords of the Tennessee, so as to intercept the retreating enemy. Over cautious, and fearing to weaken his own force, he hesitated and delayed until after the second day's fight, and then it was too late. That was the one error, but he said.it was a grave one, i

TTliere d<» Gae •• Wonderful” Ba bi cm go to! Can any one tell what becomes of the wonderful children that are momentarily being born ?No woman ever gave birth to, no man ever begat, a common place, ever-y-day sort of Baby : and yet. out of ten thousand given persons, not more than one is in any waj' remarkable. Some great revolution must come to humanity between child hood and maturity. During that period the rare genius, the great beauty, the perfect grace, the personal fascination that belonged to babyhood are blown to the passing winds. Let us all mothers and fathers, no less than maids and bachelors, poets and philosophers, put Babies in the crucible of truth, and reduce them by the fire of reason to their natural elements. Let us cease to confound what they may be with what they are; to worship ourselves in them ; to idealize so much shapeless flesh into paragons of physical perfection. No doubt Babies are interesting to those responsible for their being; bnt to the unbiased many they are quite the opposite. The are like green fruit (I do not intend to in imate they are not tit to be eaten), immature and incomplete, and their tisesfulness is reserved for the future.—Browne, in PackarcCs Monthly soy May. Duties of Soldiers.—A certain Confederate regiment that served during the war in the Western Department was commanded until after the battle of Murfreesboro by a colonel who was a foreigner by birth, but a soldier by choice and education. He never learned to use good English, but he had a short way of expressing himself in impetuous exclamations that was quite as effective in conveying his conclusions as his practiced sword was in disabling an a Iversary. This annecdotc is at ; tributed to him ; Once, when some general officers were hesitaing a bout making an important movement, on account of the loss of life it was likely to involve, he happening to lie present, bawled out: “What, kill soldier! What | soldier made for? Soldier paid to be killed, py tarn!” At the battle of Murfreesboro, when a certain brigade was ordered fofward, on Wednesday, to assist, in the attack on the Federal right, the regiment commanded by the foreign officer referred to met with such a furious reception from "the boys of the West,” as they prided in calling themselves, that it wavered, and was on the point of falling into Confussion, when it is sai<l, he instantly brought the men to a sense of their duties and re s|K>nsibilities by dashing madly i along the line, brandishing his ; sabre over their heads, and shont- ‘ ingat the top of his voice; “Go lup tah! By tarn, do you want to ! livealwaysf"— Drawer, Harper's I Magazine.

1 JOB PRINTING. ■Snr . . r b 1 Eagwg> “EAGLE” JOB PRINTING OFFICE, DECATUR, INDIANA. V _ WE RESPECTFULLY CALL THE attention of the public to our increased facilities lor the execution of every description of PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL JOB PRINTING. =4r Having recently made large additions of uew and fancy styles of TYPES, BINDERS, S ORNAMENTS, A W* to our Job Department, w? are now prepared to execute every description of Printing required in a Country Job Office, such as Cards, labels, Circulars, Ball Tickets, Programmes, BUI Heads, letter Heads, Pamphlets, Order Books. Handbills, Blank Woles, legal Blanks, etc. Special attention given to Colored & Poster Printing Orders Respectfully Solicited And SvTt-traction Guaranteed. AdJrtM all orders to the “EAGLE,” DECATUR. IND

CABINET WAREROOMS! BARTHEL & YAGER WOULD respectfully call the attention of the public to the fact that they keep constantly on hand, and manufacture to order, all kinds of FURNITURE! —SUCH AS— Bureaus, Stands, BEDSTEADS, Breakfast, Dining, Side and Centre TABXiES, LOUNGES, CUPBOARDS, SECRETARIES, CHAIRS, <j-c. All of whieh we will sell cheater than any other establishment of the kind in this county. All work warranted to be made out of clear and seasoned lumber. Please call and examine our Furniture and Prices before purchasing elsewhere. We also make to order all kinds, sizes and styles of COFFINS. We have a fit st class Hearse with which to attend Funerals, whenever desired, on reasonable terms. o Repairing done to order. Bfgj-Shop and Furniture rooms on 2nd Street, opposite the Public Square. Decatur, Indiana. vllnOyl. KNOrF’S AT GALLERY! 11. B. KNOFF, Artist, Docatur, - - - Indiana, VNNOUNCES to his patrons and the people generally, that he is preparI to aico nmo Lite them with every style of Picture known to the Art. Special attention paid to the taking of children's pictures. Having lately purchased a \foinnv>th Solar Camera! spec ally dcsig ted for taking PHOTOGRAPH'S LIFE SIZE! I I am now prepared TO COPY ALL KINDS Or PiCTUHFS and enlarge them to any size, without the slightest injury to the o'-igin-il picture. A large assortment if FRAMES kept constantly on hand. vlonstf.

Nfllice to School Teachers! Office School Examiner, I Adams Cocntt, Ind. j Examinftntions of Teachers for License will ba hell at the office of the School Ecam'ncrou the.following lays, to-wit: The last Friday of each of the following months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September. And upon the second and last Fridays of the following named months: October, November and Dacember. Amlicants will be required to present certificates of goo I mural character. — This rule will bt strictly enforced. Under no circumstances will an examination be given on any day other than here a-lvort : scd. Teachers will be required to pass an examination in the bioht branchesjrequired by law. _ • ' SAM. C. BHLLMAN, July 12, '67-tf. S. Ex. A. C. DAVIS & BRG„ BOOK BIDDERS, -A-Jxrx) Blank Book and Paper Box Manufacturers. No. 25 Calhoun ®t., Opposite Court House FOR* WAYNE, INDIANA. ; M igazines, Music, nnd old Books, etc., bound and re-bound in any style desire!. :£as“?articular attention paid to county work. T. ADELSPERGER, Agent, vlOnl. Decatur. Ind. X=*IJ3L NTOS! - ■ <Z7. la. f-V 7~T«T« 7 Vo*. 5? & 31 Calhoun Street. FORT WAYNE, IND., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pirns, Amsrican Melodeonz, and all kinds of Small Instruments. Bjle Agent for Woi. Kn.abe 4 Co’s Pianos, Baltimore; and Stienway 4 Son s Pianos, New York. Also Agent for Wheeler 4 Wilson’s ’ewing Machines. Parties desiring to purchase will do well to give me a eall. vllnll. JIIYEH i'ttRAFFB, -DKALEfIB IMWashes, Clacks, Jeielry, MZLFCB A.VD MLrKK rLATKD WJUE. Gali, Silrer ail Steel Su-ectades, Cslumbla Street, vllnftlyl. FORT WAYNE,IND.

IMMENSE SALES -ATWARD’S CHINA STORE. Importer, Wholesale & Retail Dealer, 48 Calhoun Street, Opposite the Court House, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Looking Glasses. FRUIT JARS OF ALL KINDSGoods will be sold at the following Prices until further notice : 177 piecesbestsioneChina, $25 to 30 00 100 “ “ “ '■ 12 00 52 “ “ « j •« $5 to 550 l'_ Wine Glasses, * 1 Ob 12 Goblets, large site, $2 to 8 00 Tnmbloi B.each, 05 Crocks, that boiling water will not break, per gallon, 12J 0 common Plates, 40 6 common Tees, 30 Wall Paper best quality, per roll, 16j Window Dlinds, 5 in a roll, 40 Satin Wall Paper, per roll, 28 Glass Molasses Cans, tin tops, 35 Tin Toilet Set, 3 pieces, $5 to 6 00 StoneChinaDowlandPitcher, 1 50*2 00 Common “ §1 to 1 25 Stone China Plates, 75 Stone Chinn Teas, 75 Beer Mugs 12 for 2 00 Labeled Bar Decanters nnd Stoppers, 65c to 1 00 Pnils and Wash Boards each, 25 Whiskey Glass. 12 for 1 00 6-inch Glass dishes, s@lo 12 Cup Plates, glass, 40 S‘eel Knives and Forks, per sett. 1 50 Large Glass Bowls, sltol 25 K nives and Fork s, 1 O"> Thick Hotel Dishes, each, 121 Large 3-boop Tubs, 1 25 I nrtre 2-lioon Tubs, 1 10 Glass Sugars, each, 40 Large Lamps. <«ach. 50.60.80(7?] 10 Swocn and Orator and Plated Goods r ’h : nn. Glass Bowls. Ivory Han-Hod Knives, -n 'act '•voryrii'ne in t) eChinn l ; ne. be sold lower than in nny other hons->. , v11n46. DORWIN & BRO., -DEALERS INOrup,Mdhte t Chemicals, Toilet and lancy .Irtidcfi, Sponges, Hrushts, Perfumery. Cott Oil, Lamps, Patent Jlfediceucs, tfc. DECATUR, INDIANA Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and o '] .-rs answered with Cure and lit,, itch. Farmets and Phy sicinns from the country will find our stock of M rlicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. v9n35 ts. FIBST m THE MABKET! f 1 J. G, Merchant Tailor, lit). 25 Main Street, Tj’ox-t W ayrve, Xnd.. HAS just, returned Lorn the Easx with the choicest and largest assortment of FALL £ WINTER GOODS Ever exh bited in this market, which be is ready to m ike up in the most fashionable styles, at prices which cannot f-.il to please. A large stock of Ready-Made Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods k<-pt constantly on hand. Come and examinebefore buyingelaewliere. good coat makers wanted, vllnll J. G. FLEDDERMAN. GEO. GOILD, Manufacturer and Dealer in UPHOESTEBV & BEDDING, Mattresses, Pillows, Bolsters, • - # Bed Comforters, -ajtd-FEA-TUETI X3XS3DS, SPRING LOUNGES, CHURCH CUSHIONS, No. 37 Corner of Barr & Columbia Sts., FORT WAYNE, v12n25 Indiana.

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I'. S. MAIL. NEW STAGE LINE BETWEEN DECATUR. INDIANA. & ST. MARY'S. OHIO ALSO. FBOM DECATUR TO MONROEVILLE. IND. The and- r»t<i>ed alll tin <Up< n.(t>iarl> betnwm the■Ue.ren.wl *« f<dl«nr». *—«tt: Leere Deeatar. furdt. Mary a, on Monday.and t»t T o’H.e-k, A. M. . Ix».e tte. Mini, far on Taeaday. and T o’clock. A . M. neratar. for .very mocnin« (Banday. eyreatedl at 7 .»Vh*-k. and return the .awlay ats .dork. P. *•• m. k In« connect lon arithtrain, rnanfhf both way.onthr P.lfbtiry, Ft. Wa<fnf i Chirac R. R. I wtllalao do a <«nnral Ftpr-or* bweinee., P*raoMdentrlnc packar* broturkt front any point may

NEW WAGON & .CARRIAGE SHOP, -IN DECATUR, INDIANA. JOHN KING, Announces to the citizen- of Adams county andvicinity, that he is now prepared to put up WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS, SLEDS, and nnything in my line. None but the best seasoned stock used in their construction, and nil work warranted as represented. Givemeacall. II kinds of repairing done to order on short notice. SHOP—On corner of Front and Monroe streets, east of the Burt Foi’sc. vlln2yl. JOHN KINO. FORT WAYNE HOiP sk it factory, No. 91 Columbia St. Hoop Skirts in New Styles, Made of the very cost material, cheaper than ever, and will be Repaired Free of Charge z when broken. CORSETS tin Immense Stock, Cheapci and Better than the Chcnpcat. Every Corset War.-auted all Whalebone. DRESS TRIMMINGS and BUTTONS, an entire new stock, well selected und rich. LADIES’UNDERCLOTH, a complete stock. PARASOLS, n full line. NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, and other articlcstoo numerous to mention. Will be sold cheap, nt the HOOP SKIRT FACTOR?* JOSEPH BLACK. vl2n7yl. 9 Proprietor. ■ MEW BOOT and SHOE STORK. < ts Aunoutiie to the people ot / V ■ Adams County that they art Wm— now opening, in their n< w building, on Second street, in Decatur, in entire lew Mock of Roots & Shoes, Leather, Findings, &c., which we offer to customers cheaper than •he same can be bought nt any other house. Our stock comprises

SADDLE HAnitESS SHOP, K. BURNS, -MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INSaddSes, Harness, Ur idles, collars, Ual'crs, Whips, Briflle-Bits, Barnes, A Decatur, - - - Indiana. I keep cons'an'ly on hand nnd manufacture to order, Saddles, Harness. Bridles Collars, Halters, whips, FlyNets, &c., which I will Sell Cheaper than any other establishment in the county. All Work Warranted tc be of good material and put up in a sub" stantial manner • Repairing Done to Order on short notice. CaE and examine my work and prices. A good stock nl ways on hand. SHOP—On Second street,in Msibers’ building. v11n47. R. BURNS. MoCULLOCH & RICHEY. Wholesale and Retail Hardware, Toners’ Stock, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Mechanics’ Tools, STOVES, &c., So. ST Columbia Street, r. h.m'cvlloch, ) FORT WAYNE, IND. amos richet, j vl2nlßyl Land for Sale. "VTOTICE is hereby given that I will i. n sell at public auction, at the Court House, in Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, ou Saturday, Mat Ist, 18C9, * between the hours of ten o'clock, A. M., and four o'clock, P. M., by order of the Court of Common Plena, of Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: ' The west halt of the south west frac tioual quarter of section twenty-seven, in township twenty-seven north, range fifteen east, containing seventy-seven and e'even-hundiedths acres. TERMS.—One third of the purchase money cash in hand, one third in nine months, and the remainder in eigh-een months, with’iatereat on deferred payments, and with security to the satisfaction of the undersigned. JAMES R. DOBO, March 19. w I Commissioner. Valuable Land for Sale. I offer for sale one hundred and sixty acres of l;nd, being the north-east quarter of section twenty-three, in township i twenty-five, range thirteen, one mile south of the Wabash river, in Adams i county, Indiana. A road nine along the entire caat and south lines of eaid land. Perrons wishing to purchase, esn ! write to JAMES McKELVF.Y, Uanvill. i P. O, Licking County, Ohio. 62

LICENSED BY THE UNITEDhSTATES AUTHORITY. s. c. Thompson;* go’s GREAT OHS OOUAB SMB OF Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Linens* Cottons, Fancy Goods, Albums, Bibles, Silver-Plated Ware, Cutlery, Leather and German Goods of every description, «fcc., <fcc. These articles to be sold at the uniform price of ONE DOLLAR EACH, and not to be paid for until you know what you r.re to receive. . The most popular and economical method of doing business in the country. The goods we have for sale are. described on printed slips, and will be sent to nny address nt the rate of 10 cents each, to pay for postage, printing, &c. It is then nt the option of holdeis whether they will send-one dollar for the article or not. By patronizing this sale you have » cluince to exchange your goods, should the article mentioned on tie printed slip not be desired. The smallest article sold for ONE DOLLAR eflu be exchanged for a Silver-Plated Five-Bottled Castor, or vour choice of a large variety of other articles upon exchange list, comprising over 250 useful articles, not one of which could be bought at any retail country storo for nearly double the amount TERMS TO AGENTS. We send ns Commission to Agents: For a <T«b of 'l birty, nnd 83.00, one of the following articles:— A musket, shot-gun, or Austrian riflo, 20 yards cotton, lady’s fancy square wool shawl, Lancaster .quilt, nccordeon, set of s'eel-hlmled knives nnd forks, violin and bow, fancy dress pattern, pair Indie.-' extra quality cloth bools, on. dozen large size Lnen towels, Alhambra quilt, honeycomb quilt, cottage clock, white wool blanket, 15 yards best quality print. 12 yards delaine, one dozen linen dinner napkins, Ac. I or a Club of Sixty, and SB.OO, one of the following articles:— Revolver, shot gun, or Springfield rifle, 42 yards sheeting, pair honeycomb quilts, cylinder watch. 4 yards double width wntefproof clunking, lady's double w. ol -I awl, Lancaster quilt, n’pneca dress pattern. engraved silver-plated six l.otiled revolving castor, set ivory- handled knives, with silver-plated fork-, pnir of all-wool blankets, pair 6f Alhambra quilts, 30 yards print, or a Marseilles quilt, double eight-keyed ncco'deon, Wei.slcr's nntionnl pictorial dic'imnry, ■ ■OP engravings. 900 pages). 3} yards doesk.n for suit, &c. Fora rtuliofOnc Hundred, and 810.00, double barrel shot cun, rifle cane, or Sharp's rifle, 65 yards sheeting. fancy cnssimcrc cont. pnnts nnd vest pattern (extra quality). pair splendid rose blankets. fancy plaid wool long shawl. 25 yards lomp carpeting, splendid violin nnd bow, splendid nip con dress pattern, silver hunting-cased wntch, single barrel shot gun, Sharp’s revolver, one pnir fine damask table cover", with'one dozen dinner nnpkins ♦o mnich, Worcester's illustrated tinnhrigded dictionary, (1800 pages). &c. For additional list of commissions, see Circular. KsTCommissions for larger clubi in proportion. . Agents will plense take notice oftlns. Do not send names, but number your clubs from one upward. Make your letters short nnd plain ns possible. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE OF THIS sura.and send Money in all cases by Registered Letter, which can be scut from any post office. This way of sending money is preferred io any other method whatever. We ennnot be responsible for money lost, unit sa some precautions arc taken to insure its safety. SMND FOR CIRCULARS. Send your address in full, Town, County, nnd State. S. C. THOMPSON & CO., 136 Federal Street, v!2nßl-51w4 Boston, Mass.x

WE ARE COMING, Ur m D J I .trinirtm im j t< ' » ONCE MORE WITH A NEW SPRING Stock in our great One Dollar Sale of Dry and Fancy G O O ID S , Cutlery, cfc o • PREMIUM RATES OF BHEETIKG:For a Club of 80, r;. 21 yds. Sb»«t>D| For a C’ub of 60, ... 42 “ For a Club of 100,... 06 “ “ All other premiums in the same ratio. Enlarged Exchange Liat, with new and useful articles. See new Circular and sample. Seal toanyad<L?ss free. send money by regiet«ro4 letter, addressed to J. 8. HAWES A CO£ 16 Federal St., Boston, Msss. P. 0. Dos C. vUnSMlw*