Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1888 — Three French Patriots. [ARTICLE]

Three French Patriots.

A large number of gymnastic and rifle associations attended the patriotic fete at Bougival on Sunday in honor of the three local heroes ■who were captured and shot by the Prussians in 1870—viz., Debergue, Martin and Cardon—in whose honor a memorial was erected in 1878. Debergue, who was a gardener, five times cut the telegraph ■wires put up by the invaders. He was arrested and threatened with death if he repeated what he had done. Nothing daunted, however, he replied, “I am a Frenchman; it is my duty to do all I can against you. Let me go, and I will cut the wires again.” The Germans ordered him to be shot.—Galignani’s Messenger. The common puff-ball strikingly illustrates the rapidity with which fungi may multiply. It is said that 300 years would be required for a man to count the spores of a single ball, if it were possible to continue the counting day and night for that time. Yet a favorably planted spore will produce a plant as large as the double fist in a single night. “When a person is found poisoned by illuminating gas the best treatment is to secure fresh air and if possible pure oxygen; a recumbent position; warmth; diffusible stimulants, with such aids as artificial respiration, electricity and nutrient enemata.” The day of payment is always nearer the day of promise than it seems.