Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1869 — Page 1

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Vol. 13.

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DECjYTTTR, IND., FRIDA Y. .TTJX E 11,1869.

Come In Beautiful Dreams. George D. Prentice has written many pretty things, but never anything more quietly beautiful than the following: O e Come, in beautiful dreams, love, Oh! come to me oft, When the light wing of s i ce On my bosom lies soft; Ohl come when the sea In the mooli's gentle light, Beats soft on the air. the pulse of tho night—z7i .i,„ nn( j irave Wear their loftiest blue, When the dew's on tho ’ And the stars on the dew. < Come, in beautiful Oh! come and we'll strnJP* Where the whole year is crowned With the blossoms of May— Where each sound is as sweet As the coos of a dove, And the gales are as soft As the breathings of love; Where the beams kiss the waves, And the waves kiss the beach, And oub warm lips may catch, The sweet lessons they teach. Come, in beautiful dreams, love, Oh! come and we’ll fly Like two winged spirits Os love, through the sky; With hand clasped in hand, On aur dream wings we’ll go Where the starlight nnd moonlight Are blending their glow; And on the bright clouds we lFlinger, Os purple and gold, ’Till the angels shall envy The blits they behold.

pterrHmni. A Touching; Sacrifice. An English East Indian had run up on a reel or bar of sand a long way from shore. The roaring, foaming seas were beating upon the deck and stamping it to pieces. They had crushed the boats like so many egg shells, and the frantic passengers were shrieking the tempest for help. The Dutch settlers saw the sight and heard the cry, and rushed down to the beach, and apparently to do nothing but see the water swallow up the men and women cling to the broken vessel, for they had no boat to push out iuto the surge, and none was W'thin an hour s reach. The wreck would go to pieces, before a raft could be made or any thing floated from the shore. Help there was none at fust sight, but at the sharpest crisis of the agony, a Dutch farmer gallop} ed down to the sea on an Arabian mare, that was like another life to him ; and,bad carried him through all the hazards of a wild world, and its wilder beasts, and seemed to share her master’s intelligence and divine as well as to obey his will. She had swam riversand waded morasses with him on her back, and now, without a moment's pause, she plunged into the sea with a rope attachedto her tail. The brave creature shrunk not for an instant from the fierce wrestle with the baying waves. She struck them down with her strong hoofs, and breasted her way to the ship's side. It was but a moment's stay, and she was making for the shore again trailing a row of men clinging to the rope. The shouts of the crowd awaiting to receive them seemed to thrill her strained muscles with a new vigor; and when she mounted on the beach, and shook the salt water from her sides, she looked round on the half drowned beings she had dragged to land and life, and it seemed given her of the God of us all, to know that she had done a" good act. His master patted him on the neck, as when they faced the lions of the, desert together he patted her with eyes turner] towards the ship. It was but amo ment’s pause. “Once more Jenny I darling, once more,” and as she! turned her head and plunged a-i gain without touch or spur into the sea. Once more she plunged through the surge, snorting over its briny crests. Once more she wheeled to the ship’s side and headed for the shore, trailing another row of men and women behind her. Several times the poor animal had dipped her nostrils in a breaking wave; many times she neighed as forbe'p, as she struck out heavily vnth the long lond dragging her down. She neared the land but more slowly than before and staggered up the ascent and trembling limbs. The second long and desperate tug through the surge had strained every muscle to its utmost tension and she stood quivering, blowing and exhausted There were sev-

era! more human beings left behind on the crashing broken hull, : thfc darkness was breaking in up- ’ on them, and certain death with ( the darkness. The bravo hearted Dutchman heard that bitter cry and saw that harrowing sight.— I Could he try it again? “Jenny, my darling! And put his arms atound her neek fondly and tenderly.. She rubbed her head against his cheek, as if She said, “Master, if you will it, I’ll try.” He mounted her back, and without sense or spur or reign, she turned and walked straight into the fpaming sea, slowly, painfull}’ with weakening strokes, and her wav to the ship, and once more lie&ucu xvi me nuvxc n iu* «u» »- . passengers clinging to the rope.— Witfr-hands "and voices uplifted the crowd upon the shore. God or mercy and might, give the poor creatures strength for this once?” Her head is Tost for a moment I There, she rises ! see her mane on that whitreay. O Heaven be merciful! Do you see her now ? No, but I see good Diedrich's head above the water, reaching towards us. Now it is gone. Oh. poor man! he has gone down with his noble horse and all the men he tried to save. — Noble Diedrich! God bless his his widow and fatherless children, i Dear, good man, he was thinking I more of other men's widotvs and ' fatherless children than his own, I when ho made Vis lust ride into 1 the sea. That was the act of a Dutch boor on the coast of Africa—of a man belonging to a class which manj- writers of history and ro mance overlook in seeking for great deeds of heroism and i chivalry, and for lofty sentiments' of philanthropy or for patriotism. I If ever some one of the class fit ! ted for the task should undertake to write a history of common working men and women of the world, deeds and dispositions of I the same order and merit might 1 be found to fill a hundred vol times.

Klcked by a Mule. Jake Johnson had a mule.— ' There was nothing remarkable in the mere fact of his being the owner of such an animal, but there was something peculiar about the mule, lie (the mule) could kick farther, hit harder, on the slightest provocation, and act uglier than any othermuleon record. One morning riding his property to market, Jack met Jim Boggs, against whom he had an old jjut concealed grudge. He knew Boggs’ weakness Kedrin bragging and betting. Therefore he saluted him cordially- . “How are you, Jim? line morning.” “Hearty, ’Squire," replied. Jim. “Beautiful weather; tine.mule you have there- Will he do to ! bet on ?’’ “Bet on I Guess he will, that I tell you, Jim Boggs, he’s the finest trick mule in this country. Paid five hundred dollars for him.” “Great smash ! is that so ?” ejac-, ulated Jim. “Solid truth, every word of it. Tell yon confidently, Jim, I’m taking him to town for betting purposes. I bet that he can kick a fly ofl fromfrom any man without its hurting him.” “Now look here, ’Squire,” says Jim, “I am not a betting character but I’ll bet you something on that myself.” “Jim, there’s no use; don’t bet. I don't want to win your money.” “Don't you be alarmed, ’Squire. I take such bets as them every time.” “Well, if you are determined to bet, I will risk you a small stake; say five dollars.” “All right, ’Squire, you’re my man ; but who’ll he kick the fly otf? There's no one here but you and I. You try it. “No,” says Johnson, “I have to stand at the mule's head to ori der him.” “Ob, yeas,” says Jim, “then iprobably I'm the ftian. Wa'al, ! I'll do it, but your are to bet ten against my.five if I risk it.” “All right,” quoth Squire, ‘now there's a fly on your shoulder, stand still,” and Johnson adjusted his mule. “Whist Jarvey,” said he. The mule raised his heels with such velocity and force that Mr. Boggs rose into the air like a bin], flew through a briar hedge, and I alighted on all fours in a muddy ditch, bang up against a fence. Rising in a towering rage, he exclaimed, “Ya’as, that is h—1!! I know your d—n mule couldn’t a Iwcn kicked like that for fifty dollars. You can just fork over them are stakes for it, any way.” “Not so fust, Jim. Jarvey , done just what I said he could, that is, kick a fly off a man with-

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■ I out hurting him, You see, the , I mule is not injured by the opera- ! tion. However, if you are not ■ satisfied we will try again if you ' wish.” • • “The d—l take your grammer ketches,” growed Jim. “I’d rather have a barn fall on me at once than let that critter kick me a gain. Keep the slakes, but don’t say anything about it,” and Boggs trudged on in bitterness of soul, murmuring to himself, “Sold by thunder! and kicked by a mule.” — *—— Chemistry at'Food. Baron Leibig compares the body to a locomotive in which air, wagenerate heat ami Torce™ The food is the, fael, without which the machine WjMld be tteless. It I likewise supplied the work and materinl repair what is tost tjy wear and tear S/ the ma- ‘ chine. Three coudi tionp, he says are necessary to consfwmt a perfect toed: a certain quantity of ' albumen, (fl substance popularly ; j known as the “white of an egg,”) i ! which furnishes an important part' : of the blood and the plastic parts ' of the body; a proportion oflieat , giving substances applied chiefly j in the vital process; and nutritive ( ' salts, without which the other two ' ! can not give nourishment. Eith- ' jer of these substances alone could : (not suport life, and only in food j where they are all united, as in meat, bread or milk is found true nourishment. The health of every person de-. pends on the proportion of the ■ different sorts of -food consumed in quantity and quality. This pro- ! portion, differing greatly in each > ’ must be determined by the gener- : al state of each person’health, and ■ ; the nature and amount of daily work to be performed. It is practicable for every one to discover, by careful observation, what food ' and how much is especially suited 1 to his wants, and many thus help ito lengthen his life and increase I his powers. .The daily work of 1 each person bears a relation to (his muscular, development, and. (this again depends on tho amount [ 1 of nutrition he receives from food. I ! The English railway contractors j : are said to measure the capacity ( ; for work of their laborers by their . appetites. In order that the work ■ ing power shall be kept up. the | | food must contain a sutlicient quantity of albumen, to make up ' ' for what is lost in tile body. It is computed that a working man of ; a hundred and forty poutfds, reI quires nearly one-third ofa pound ’of this clement in his food daily. Meat contains this in its most s&luI ble form, and is most quickly di(gested, and transmitted to the blood. Vegetables require, more • complicated organs of digestion. ,in order to extract the nutritive parts. The effect of food in a ! given time mast be in proportion |to the rapidity with which it can ibe assimilated, and it therefore follows, that for energetic work, to be performed rapidly, a purely vegetable diet is not sufficient. But where, the strength is not steadily '

■ taxed, and intervale of rest during labor are aflbnded, less meat is necessary. The soldier, in time of ‘ peace, may maintain perfect health with far less of this kind of food than is necessary in time of war. Heat-generating substances, such as starch, sugar and fat need the same discrimination in their use. A degree of warmth should Ibe generated according to external circumstances. The requirements of the various seasons arc 1 different. Fat food is most fitted for winter, when the heat must be constantly renewed; starch and sugar for summer, as their action is slower. Au extra amount of i warmth-producing nourishment can not make up for a deficiency of strength-producing substances, and will only burden instead of | nourishing the body. So an- ex- , cess of meat will not add strength ' because only a certain measure of i strength can be generated in each individual. The right relations 1 of these two elements of food are ■ of the greatest importance. Wheat and most other grains contain five parts of starch for cv-1 ery one of albuminous matter. — Potatoes contain nine parts of starch to one of albumen, while the proportion of starch in peas is much less. By cooking, the ' condition and nature of food are changed, and frequently its composition and nutritive value. The ’ nutritive salts, such as the phosphates, potash, lime, magnesia, iron, salt, 4c., act an important part in general assimilation with the system. Without them the al- , bumen, as well as the heat generators, would be incapable of giving nourishment. Food in which any ' of the substances necessary to nutrition arc absent will fail to keep

up the proper organizatio ofn the body.— Philadelphia Ledger.

Obi and Fetish. We yesterday witnessed a most singular case of poisoning, and, if it occurred as the patient states, one which will puzzle medical science very effectuallj'. Upon ini quiry we found that the woman was not yet d«id, but that there seemed little hope of her recovery ' Forcing our way through the crowd we found-the sick woman lying on a bed, in a room in the basement of the building. Her name was 1 Sarah Robertson, and she looked l about thirty years of age. ’ Her own statement is that she was poi- ( WbM TJmift?;- JAVjuifigre she refused to give. She says this man is an adept in the mysteries of “fetish” poisoning, and in order to revenge himself upon her. gave her a present of broiyn sugar, on last Friday, in which was mix ‘ ed the “fetish” compound. On ' Friday night, having that day eat- - en some of the sugar, she was at-: tacked with a slight sickness and giddiness, but, as it soon wore off, \ she had no idea what was really , the matter. On Sunday the same symptoms returned, with-the ad- s dition of a violent pain in the ab- i domen, accompanied by fever and ■ delirium. Beginning to believe | now that she was poisoned, with the superstition of her race, she ascribed it to “fetish,” and refused to send for a physician, but con- 1 tented herself with taking feme-. dies of her own. On yesterday morning she was much worse: the pains in the abdomen returned, while frequent vomiting ensued. And now comes the strangest jjart of the story. She and numerous of her friends declare that, while vomiting, she threw up a small | snake, several inches in length, a large spider, two or three cockroaches, and a quantity of human hair -jvhich were manifestly the work of “fetish.” We have no idea that our readers will'believe this story, nor did we ourselves, but the articles cnumeratetThbove have been carefully preserved by the negro attendants, a(jtl show that one of the most singular cases of poisoning on record has occurred, or else a most grosi imposi tiou iiaS been practiced. One thing is certain, however, t'n'e woman honestly believes that she has been fetished, is in a most dangerous condition, and will, in all probability not recover, ns she and her at- ■ tendauts still refuse the services of ( a physician, alleging that white : man's medicine will kill if it touch the fetish poison. She was deiiriI oils n?hrly all day yesterday, and ( in the evening,.though lucid, secm,edto be sinking rapidly. Though ’ perfectly willing to disclose the I manner in which she thinks that ■ she was poisoned, she still refuses ' to give the name of the poisoner, ' or the reason why the poison was ' administered. — Amjasta Chronicle and Sentinel.

“To the Victors Belong the Spoils.” Above the doorway of every Radical in the country, from the President of the United States down to the meanest tool, is inscribed the above maxim. Since the fourth of March r the Radicals have indulged in indiscriminate slaughter of Democratic, officeholders. Never since the formation of the Goveruiqpnt was there such sharp, quick work done by the political guilotine. Not satisfied with displacing one, two, or a dozen at a time, Pollock,’the new Director of the Mint, recently issued a bloody edict, announcing that “all employes whose appointments date since October, 1866, may consider themselves discharged.” At the Navy Yard, under direct orders from the Department »«t Washington, the knife has been applied to every one who refuses to sustain the poetics of the present administration, and wounded and crippled soldiers were turned out into the streets because they dared to exercise_the rights of American freemen aud hold opinions of their own. Everywhere, all around us, is the work of de capitation going on. To all this we propose not to offer any objections. We simply desire to present the facts to Mayor Fox, Tax Receiver Melloy, aud Jail others who have official patronage to distribute. To-d»y There, are hundreds of Radicals in this city, who owe their positions entirely to Democratic forbearance and clem-: ency. How many Democrats are retained by thcliauical appointees of Grant, or tin? men chosen to office by Radical.,votes ? It is now time, high time, that all temporizing on tins question should cease. At once and without delay apply to the Radicals precisely the same law=they sre putting .in force to

| reach Democrats. Self respect and , party preservation now demand such action, and Jet it be prompt, decisive, and sweeping. Pas esl et al> ho<ste doccri,. which being translated, meaneth, “Ii is allowable to derive instruction even from An enemy,” is sound doctrine, (’er tainly the Radicals can not complain if they arc compelled to take their own medicine ; but whether they snivel or not, make them swallow the same dose they ate everywhere compounding for Democratic throats. Let there be blow for blow.— Philadelphia Age.

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i Where WOman’s Power Lies. ' The true power of woman is in the resistless power of affections. In asserting this, am I attempting •to mask the great questions of ( our day with “a glittering generality ? I'm disposed to deny any ] claim which woman may make for i a more extensive recognition of i her rights, or a large field for her powers ? No ; I am not doing any ’ such thing. Let w’oman do what- ! ever, her faculties can achieve—let maud—if sfie”fi , u l Cty "IStiUCts deinstincts, lam sure she will not go wrong. lam sure of this, she, also, that wherever man may law1 fully go, woman may lawfully go. | Wherever woman ought not, to I go, it is a shame for a man, it is a shame for humanity to& be. I : merely insist upon this that what- ' ever woman may accomplisn in the world with brain or hands, will draw its -vital efficacy, its talis- ! manic virtug, from the heart; and i that her strength in all these var- ■ ions shapes of action and of in- | fluence, in its root and essence, i will be the strength of the affections. The hiding of woman's power must ever be in the fervor and steadfastness of her love, And ' her most triumphant characteristic 'is love culminating in its highest, ' expression—that of self-sacrifice. - Thoughtful writers have observed ! the contrast between the sexer, even in their play. “The boy,” he says “gets together woodenhorses and troops of tin soldiers i and works with them. The girl takes a doll and works for it.” • That is a woman's great peculiarity—the work of self-sacrifice—-working for others.— Sev Dr. Chapin k An OnkAx. A few day since. Nathan Salisbury, Esq., living in , East Scott, Cortland Co., New York, found a veiy peculiar ax —The circtim • stances arc as follows : “At ah early day, when Mr. Salisbury in company with others, was chopping clearing the forest of his newly acquired farm, they came upon a very large hemlock standing near the stream. Alter* cutting the tree down. Mr. Salis- ‘ bury discovered that what ed to be the heart of the tree was really a separate trse frojri the one justfailen. On examination, this tree within a tree was found to have been girded at some previous time, leaving a small portion uncut, so that the sap had continued to traverse the trunk until its growth had completely overwrown the girdling, and another tree formed-, growing to enormous dimensions. ! A few day siriiEe, near the trunk lof that tree, about twelve inches below the surface, was found the peculiar ax. It is about ten inches in length by three and ouc-fourth i inches on the cut or edge. It is ; made of iron. Now. what is re markable about this ax and tree is ! this : That the girdling or pack- ; ing of the inner tree corresponds j precisly with the backing of the ax - i found, and counting the concen- - trie rings of the growth of the out- > cr tree, is found the remarkable • fact that the inner tree was girded about one hundred years betore i the landing of the Pilgrims. Who • was in that locality using an ax < three hundred and fifty-seven years ; ago ?"

Wooden («nns for the Cuban Patriots. i / The Philadelphia correspondent of the New York Tribune as--1 sures it that a firm in the city has ftirnised the Cuban patriots with a large number of wooden guns. Logs of the wood known as ironwood are first procured, then shaped to correspond with a regular molded iron piece, the bore and grooves are thou made and lined with heavy copper, several along iron bands are riveted around the wood, and when finished a casual obsever would not notice any \ difference between them and the usual form of artillary armament. These guns have been tested, ?-nd are said to do good work for a short time. Os course, they soon become worthless, but they are much better than nothing. An lowa piper, intending to tell us that a prisoner escaped, says: “The constable an^.prisoner disagreed as to which was the best route, ami, as the prisoner has not been heard from since, it -TB supposed that he took the wrong roa I ”