Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1870 — Page 1

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ATTORNEYS. JAHES R. 8080, A.ttorney eat Laxv, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Laud and pays Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor’s Office. vlon6tf R. S. PETERSON, ■Attorney eat IjaaTV, DECATUR, INDIANA. attention paid to all busi- . ness entrusted to his care. Is a Notary Public, and draws Deeds, Mortgages, and other instruments in*wriling. OFFICE—In D. Studabaker’s Law Office. v!2n33tf DAMEE I). HELLER, Attorney #xt liaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice his Profession anywheie in Indiana or Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite the Recorder’s Office. vlons2tf D. STUDABAKER, Attorney o.t Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice law in Adams and adjoining counties; secure pensions and other claims against the government; buy and sell real estate; exam ne titles and pay taxes, and other business pertainingto real estate agency. 13-23. CHARLES M. FRANC E, Attorney at Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. PROMPT attention paid to all busisiness entrusted to his care. Is a Notary Public, Draws Deeds and Moitgages and other Instruments in Writing. Office in J. R. Bobo's Law Office. 13:37 PHYSICIANS. F.A.JELLEFF. W. 11. SCI! ROCK . JELEEFF& SCHROCK, Physicians and Surgeons, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vßnlstf. CHAR LES L.~(T RTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this place,, offers his professional services to the people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICE—At the Burt House. 11-30 A A DRE W~sb R <8 , Physicltm and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, over W. G.Srncer & Brother’s Hardware Store. vßn42tf. A. J. ERWIA, ill. D., Surgeon. Dispensary, Avelinc Block, v11n25 ' FORT WAYNE, IND. s7c. ATERS. M. D., RESIDENT Ear and Eye Surgeon, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE—South west corner Main & Calhoun streets, over Drug Store. j Artificial Eyes inserted. 12-44 REAL ESTATE AGENTS. JAKES R. 8080, Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. rpHREE THOUSAND ACRES of good 1 farming land, several Town Luts, and a large quantity of wild land for sale. If you want to buy a good farm he will sell it to you. If you want your land Fold he will sell it for you. No sale, no charge. vlOnG AUCTIONEER. CHARLES 11. FRA ACE, Auctioneer, DECATUR, INDIANA. A NNOUNCES to the public that he is A a regularly Licensed Auctioneer, and will attend all Public Sales when requested. OFFICE—In J. R. Bobo's Law office. j7 p at ’JicoiEß’, Licensed Auctioneer, RESIDENCE, near Salem, Adam# Co., Indiana. Post-Office address, Wilshire, Ohio. ttST Special attention given to crying public sales. HOTELS? ' MIESSE HOUSE, T. J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Third St., Opporite the Court Houte, DECATUR, INDIANA. THE traveling public will find this House a desirable stopping place. Good sample rooms. vlln9 MAYER HOUSE. J. W. BULL, Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and M'ayne Street*, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. vl2n7 ts MMREET MGE, A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, Weft Main Street, near the Public Square FORJ WANYE, INDIANA, vllnll If HEDEKIA HOUSE, A. J. 11. MILLS, Proprietor, On Barr, between Columbia anti Main St*.. FORT MAYNE. INDIANA. G ENERAL Stage Office. Good sta* bleingin conaectien with this house. »12a2* ——ts

DECATUR, IISTD., FRIDAY JANUARY 21, 1870.

The Flower. i BY ALFRED TENNYSON. Once, in a golden hour, 5 I cast to earth a seed; . I Up there came a flower— Tbe people said, a weed. f To and fro they went Through my garden-bower, And, muttering discontent, Cursed me and my flower. 1 1 Then it grew so tall, < It wore a crown of light; ( But thieves from o'er the wall Stole the seed by night. i Sowed it far and wide, ; By every t own and tower, , , Till all the people cried, j “Splendid is the flower!” Read my little fable— He that runs can read; Most can raise tbe flowers now, | For all have got the seed. i And some are pretty enough, And some *re poor indeed; 1 And now again the people a / 1 Call it but a weed. i RAILROAD FLIRTATION. “Katonah !” shouted the brakesman, opening the car door as the train passed before a pleasant station on the Harlem Kailroad. I do not know that I should have particularly noticed that we stopped at all, for 1 had been nap•ping tor some miles; but just as I was casting an inquiring, sleepy look out of the window and set Hing myself for another siesta, my attention was attracted by the entrance of a young lady, a pay pas senger, who, perceiving the car well filled, paused before me in evident embarrassment. I scarcely wish the reader to infer from this that there were no vacant’seats; on the contrary, the chair I occupied was selfishly monopolized by my shawl and valise, which had excluded many an ap plicant, and so at the moment I observed the car door open I men tally resolved to budge not an . inch ; but a glance at the new comer changed my mind. She was a yOung lady of exceeding beauty, dressed in modest and tasty st\ le of the present sash ion. Whether it was her genteel aspect or the soft melancholy of her dark, impressive eyes, I can not say, but when she ventured almost timidly to inquire if the half. seat at my side was engaged, T ■ gallantly rose and proffered it to ( her at once. I must acknowledge > I felt somewhat flatter.d by her : preference ; for though young and ; tolerably go6d looking, I fhid the j sense to perceive that there were ’ far better looking men around, [ who, like me, might have shared ; their chairs with the handsome lady stranger. I fancied they envied me. too, as the fair girl sat plump down, and her dainty form nestled elosc to my side. “I fear I have disturbed you,” said mv companion, in a low. sweet voice, that thrilled me with its sweet cadence. “Not at all, Miss,” I rejoined, with stereotyped politeness. “I I aii) happy to oblige yon.” She bowed and sm.led in reply,' and a short pause ensued, as is usual upon such acquaintanceship. In the ineanwhi c the train had started, and we rattled swiftly through the fields and woods, now decked with the lively tints of spring. The conductor came in, and went through his customary .routine of examining tickets. I perceived her's was marked for New York, and after some hes- j itation, I said, “You go to the: city ?” “Yes,” she replied, with a smile of winning candor, “that I presume. you have already found out.” I “I shall keep your company, then,” I observed, pleasantly. “Thankj'ou, sir.” There was a slight dignity, I thought, in her tone, which repuls- , cd further familiarity; so. as lam . a very modest man, I drew back and said nothing further, and 11 was relapsing into my former apathy. when my lady friend, to mv surprise, leaned toward me and whispered : “I am so timid on the cars.” “Indeed!” said I, quite charmed with her abruptness; “you surely are well accustomed to traveling ?” i “Perfectly,” she replied with some nonchalance; “but that is not it exactly, there arc so many dreadful accidents on the railroad.” “Dreadful, indeed !” echoed I “And,” addetl my companion with naivette, “it is so unpleasant j to travel unattended. I usually j have ray brother Charlie with me; ■ bo’s a splendid escort.” “If you wiH allow me-," I ssid I

quite gallantly, “1 will gladly occupy that position.” “I am much obliged to you, sir,” replied the young lady, with a grateful glance from her dark orbs, yet I am accepting the escort of a ; stranger. Not that I fear you, sir; but alas! I have a jealous father.” “A,*jealous father ?” I replied, somewhat puzzled and surprised. “Ah, yes,” said the young lady, “it is my misfortune, while having wealth, health and almost everything that the heart can wish, to be under the tyranical control of an old stepfather, who treats me oftentimes in the most cruel manner, debars me from the society of your sex, shuts me up in the gloomy confines of my chamber, and treats me with .pittiless rigor, if I do so much as to speak or to look at a man.” “What a monster!” I ejaculated, with a face of melodramatic sympathy. “That is the reason,” she continued, looking around, “why I am so diffident about entrusting myself to your care; but Idoit on one condition.” “Name it,” I rejoined, charmed, delighted with the strange confi dence the young ladj- was reposing in me. ‘“That you leave me the instant the train reaches New York. I w r as so bewitched by the beauty and charming insottisance of my new friend, that 1 readily gave the desired pledge. Apparently quite relieved, the young lady threw aside her reserve, and talked and chatted with me in the most pleasant manner. It is needless to say that in an hour’s time I had so far advanced in her good graces as to press her hand, and the sweet, half coquettish smile that played around the corners of her cherry lips did not seem to disprove ot' the liberty I had taken. “Do you know, ’ she said, as we sat talking confidently together, “that I liked your face the first time I saw it ?” It was sympathetic on both sides, then,” I whispered, drawing so near to her that I could feel her hot breath fan mv< cheek. ”Ycs,” the murmuied, gently withdrawing herself from my glow ;ing embrace, for we had passed ; through a tunnel and I had taken ( a lover’s advantage and snatched 1 a hasty kiss. “You’arc a naughty man, tbe naughtiest man I ever saw,” she sead in a low and tremulous tone “If pa should be on this train what would be say ?” “Never fear, sweet creature,” I . rejoined, earnestly, “your cross ; old father is miles away, and let us I improve the present opportunity.” “Are y6u aware,” she observed i half mischievously, “that there is another tunnel beyond a great deal , darker than the one we have just ! passed ?” j- “I know,” said I, with a tender ; glance at tny fair enslaver. “We are drawingjiearer to it very fast.” rnord I placed my arm a round the waist of the young la ■ dy, and wrapped in the gloom of I the tunnel, I took sweet pledges from her lips. It was gratifying to my vanity—all goodlooking men arc vain, you know—to perceive that my lovely companion clung more affectionately to me j than before; indeed I had scarcely , time to tear myself from her arms ! whe'n we emerged once more into broad daylight. She had let her veii drop over her face, and I could see the crimson flush through the net work of lace. Her voice be trayed much agitation as she whispered i, “I have gone too far with you, sir, alas! you have ceased to respect me.” “My sweet charmer!” I ejaculated, “let us be friends; give me your name and address." “My name and address,” she responded, “youqnust never know. I already feel frightened to think how far I have permitted myself to venture with a stranger. Forgive and “A flirt, a coquette !” - “No. no.” she returned, hurriedly pressing my hand ! “I am not a flirt, but I dare not let the ac I quaintancc proceed further. Have pity on me, have pity.” - She looked so pleadingly, so entreatingly, with those soft eyesI gleaming through the silken mesh;es of her veil, that I could not ■ persuade myself to be angry with her. At last she consented to give her name, and handed me a I pretty embossed card. I read : “Kate Darrell. No. —. University Place.” The train had reached Thirtysecond street, and I could easily sec that my fair inamorata grew every moment more restless and j disturbed. First, her head i>ecred , through the windc w, then she would half rise and cast hurried i glances behind. | Already I was beginning to

share the uncomfortable feeling of my componion, as visions of an angry papa, flourishing a cane over mv head rose vividly before my ' mind’s eye, when suddenh’ Miss 1 Darrel uttered an exclamation and darted from the car. I wondered at the ease and dexterity with which she retreated, though the car was prope’led quite rapidly by horse power, but my wonder and surprise was destined to be considerably increased, when a few minutes afterward, a thickset, stern-looking gentleman en tered from the other side, inquisitively scanning the face of each passenger. “Hello!” said he, rather gruffly, | pausing before me, “has a young lady been occupying this seat?” “Yes, sir.” I replied, somewhat disconcerted, and quite abashed. “Light jockey, maroon silk, and grey traveling cloak?” pursued the gentleman, interrogatively. “I believe that was her costume,” I replied, somewhat sulkily. “By gad ! she’s give me the slip again !” cried the gentleman, slapping his breeches pocket with much i emphasis. "Given you the slip?” I repeated, a sudden and awful light break- j ing on me. “Yes; the jade is as sharp as a needle.” “Pray, sir.” said I. with a slight sensation of suffocation, “may 1 be so bold as to enquire if yon are the father of that young ladv ?” “Father! the devil—no sir ; lam a detective.” “Then.” continued I, with desperate calmness, “ who is the young lady ?” “Bless your soul, she is Nancy j Dficors. the fashionable female pickpocket. By *gad, sir. has she i been playing her points on yon?" | The detective grinned, and the passengers gradually comprehend- ■ ing the situation, smiled provok- i ingly. I did not reply—the intelligence was mortifying in the high ! est degree. So my beautiful trav- > eling companion was nothinsrmore than a member of the “swell mob.” and I, while flattering myself upon | having made a conquest, in reality had been the victim of a cunning and designing deceiver. And well had she duped me. for even while I was taking those dear bought kisses, she had dexteriously relicv- ’ ed me of my watch and purse; and ‘ as I never saw her or my valuables ‘ again, it may be readily believed that my adventure was not without its moral, or that I was thereafter not quite so eager for a railroad 1 flirtation. A Romantic Love Story, . The Count de St Croix, belongI ing to one of the noblest families , in France, became engaged, after a long courtship, to a lady his equal r in position and fortune, and la- , mous for her beauty. Shortly as , ter the happy day was appointed which was to render two loving hearts one,- the Count was ordered p immediately to the siege of ‘Sc--3 bastopol; so he girded on his r sabre, and at the head of his reg- ' iment marched to the battle field ’ During the Count's absence it hap- ] pened that his beautiful affianced , had the small pox. After hover- . ing between life and death, she re- . covered, but found her beauty ( hopelessly lost. The disease had . assumed, ip her case the most virI tulent character, and left her not only disfigured, but seamed and scarred to such at extent that she became hideous to herself, and resolved to pass the remainder ot her days in the strictest seclusion A.year passed awliy, when one day the Count, immediately upoh his return to France, accompanied ( by Ins valet,, presented himself at the residence of his betrothod, aniP solicited an interview. This was refused. But he, with the presist- ' once of a lover, pressed his suit, I and finally the lady made her ap- , pearance, closely muffled in a veil. Atthesoundofher voice,theCount rushed forward to embrace her, but. stepping aside, she. tremblingly told him of her sorrows..and burst into tears. A heavenly smile broke over the Count’s handsome features. as,raising his hand above, he exclaimed: “It is God’s work. I am blind !’’ It was even so. When gallantly leading his regiment to attack, a cannon ball passed so closely to his eyes that, while it left their ex pression unchanged and his countenance uum&rkixl, it robbed him forever ol sight. It is almost tin necessary to add that their marriage was shortly after solemnized It is said that at this day mav , often be seen at the Emperor’s re* I j ceptions an officer leaning upon the I! arm of a ladtyclosely veiled, and J they seem to be attracted to the I' spot by their love of music. Noblemen are so__common in ' 'Poland that they hire out as cooks.

Stimulants. The five chief stimulants are tea, coffee, alcohol, opium, tobacco, Stimulants, when taken in a liquid, form, go at once into the Mood, and, of course, operate promptly upon the tissues of all parts of the body. Tea and coffee stimulate, alcohol, opium, and tobacco poi son. Through the blood are carried on the two great vital processes—repair and waste. The human body, always consuming, always replaced, is, on one hand, and incessant funeral; on the other, an incessant birth. Perhaps tobacco is not quite so bad as whiskey, but they are twin brothers, and tobacco make men drink. Tobacco depresses, and ■ the user then craves liquor to stim- ' ulate him. It is found impossible to cure inebriate patients of the! ; use of liquor as long as they are allowed to use tobacco. I The French public revenue from tobacco from 1812 to 1832, was annually 85.6000.0 C0 —of late years it is 836,000,000. During i the former period there were in France, at any given time, 8.000 lunatics and paralytics; now there are 14.000. It will be seen that the ; two totals increase in nearly an I even ratio—six and a half times as ipuch tobacco, five and a half times as much lunacy and paralysis. In this whole period the increase of population has been only from 30,- ' 000.000, to 38,000.000. ‘ i When Louis Napoleon learned this fact, a few year ago. he caused a comparative examination to be I made of the smokers and the nonsmokers in all the public schools ’ and educational institutions, and ' the results to be tabulated. The i non smokers were decidly superior in physical health, intellectual acquirements, and moral deport ment. Upon this the use of to- . bacco in the public institutions of education was by law forbidden, I and 30,000 tobocco pipes were broken in one day in the public schools. Wc never find a healthy person among those who work in the to- ; bacco business. In any sickness a tobacco worker, by the side of an otherwise healthy countryman is slow nnd doubtful of recovery. The children of tobacco-users are , comparatively feeble. i Ice Mountains in West Virginia. _ I —— On the east bank of the North River, in Hampshire county. West I Virginia, is perhaps one of the greatest curiosities in the State. It is literally an ice mountain, from 400 to 500 feet high. The ; western side of this mountain is covered with loose stone of a light color from base to summit. By j. removing the stone, pure, solid, I crystal ice can be found in the warmest days of summer, and it has been found there as late as the middle of September. It may exist throughout the entire year, if the rocks were removed to a suffi cient depth. What seems strange is that the side of the mountain where the ice is found is exposed to the sun throughout the day. and it is said the sun does not have as much effect in inciting the ice as continuous rains. At the base of the mountain is a spring of water, very clear and cold. Scyne years ago the owner of the property re moved the stone and erected a small log dairy or spring house, in which meats can be kept at any season as safe as thay can be pre served in an icehouse. Flies and snakes sometimes find their way into the spring house, where they ] become chilled and torpid. On being removed they soon recover * life and motion. This celebrated ! mountain is situated twenty six 1 miles northeast of Winchester. and sixteen miles from Romney, ,in Hampshire county. West Vir- ; ginia.— Panhandle Neics. ■ ——. r,_. Rules for Growing Old/ • lam now an old man. I have seen nearly a century. Do you want to know how to grow old slowly and happily ? Let me tell ■ you. Always cat slowly—mas- | ticatc well. Go to your food, to your rest, and to your occupation, smil.ng. Keep a good nature and a soft temper everywhere. Never : give way to anger. A voilent tempest of passion tears down the constitution more than a typhus fever. Cultivate a gpod memory, ami to do this you must always be ■ communicative; repeat what you have read; talk about it. Dr. B Johnson's great memory was ow , 1 ing to bis communicativeness. You. young men, who are j-.ret . leaving college, let me advise you to choose a profession in w hich you can exercise your talents the 1 best, and at thebaine time be honest

Miscellaneous Items. A nephew of Calhoun is a street car conductor in Charleston. The Bible is the only book that people don’t borrow from yon, Minnesota has a paper called the Wabashaw Red Headed Herald. A store in Denver City has a sign as follows ; FyNcKut 2 bak O. Greatness may build the tomb, but goodness must make the epitaph. The latest “down East” novelty is imitation chestnuts made of raw sweet potatoes. A New York lawyer compelled his lady client to seH her underclothes to pay his fees. Misers take as much care of their money as if they owned it, and use it as little as if they didn’t, Indianapolis has a lady Universal ist preacher. All the young men of Indianapolis are Universalista. An innocent prelate presented a couple of the London demi-monde [to Antonelli as English ladies of fashion. Rural visitors to New York com- ! plain that the city whisky is stron- - I ger than they are used to in the icountry. “He who drinks-a-quart-of-wa-ter-without-winking” is a Western warrior who has several relations ■ in this neighborhood. i A clerk in the Brooklyn posti office got a “dead sure thing” on ! a contract by stealing all the other ] bids as they came to the office. A nurse in a London hospital poured morphine down the throat of a patient to quiet him. The coroner decided that she succeeded. In Antwerp, Ohio, they drive horses that are so poor, that fence rails have to bp tied to their tails to prevent them slipping through their collars. A “ward of the nation” whose “child” didn't come out No. 1 at a “Buro” school examination in Georgia, fired his revolver at the girl that did. Since the reconstruction of Georgia, the decent whitb people of the State are getting out of it as fast as possible, and emigrating to the West. “Jim, the Hermit of the Platte.” lives in a straw hut near Platte . City, Missouri. He never speaks ' to anybody, and his diet is roasted i apples and river water. Some one calls Ashley “a coin- ! eidence of wind, belly and hair-oil, ‘ who never intentioally injured anybody, but whose life has been an abuse of existence.” Dr. Charles W. Stearns saucily i says of woman in our country, that while “her exactions are rapidly i increasing, her attractions are i steadily decreasing.” In France the people are rejoicing at the approach of the end of persona! government. In this country the Radical party ara la , boring to build up just such a government. •Many exchanges” say that “the I best preventative of a cold is to • keep the mouth shut.” Well, it may be so ; but we distinctly remember getting a good wanning once upon .a time for not keeping I ours shut. Both the Russian and Turkish governments arc making heavy purchases of arms in this county. Events of immense importance are looming up in Europe, and all the powers are preparing for the comi ing struggle. John A. Wells, of Pennsylvania, is recommended for a saat on the bench of the United States Supreme , Court, bccauss he was the author of the epigram denouncing slavery and polygamy as “twin relics of | i barbarism.” It is now said that it will take 1 months to complete the reconstrue- : | tion of Virginia in a manner sat- . i isfactory to Congress. If the vote . of the Statcfehad been cast for the , Radical party, reconstruction would have been completed at once. The negro government <n New , Orleans has succeeded in expend i ing six millions of dollars in six I months, while the receipts were less than four millions. These sable legislators are worthy of a , place by the side of Wagner. Fox and others of their radical brethren of that city'. A sailor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard explained to a curious landsman, the other day, how prize ' money is divided. “It is sifted ■ through a ladder,” he said. “What falls through goesto to the officers; 1 what sticks, the sailors get. z That pleasant story of a Brazilian Doctor fitting one dead ebnl; vict's head oh another dead coni victs body is spoiled by J. C. Roi driques, who writes from Lowell ? that they don't cut off murderers' -1 heads tn Brazil, but hang them in 'the most decorous marner

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