Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1845-01-23
Achievements of Young Men.


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Achievements of Young Men.
Don John of Austria won Leponto
at nty-6ve-the greatest battle of
modern times; had i, not been for the
jealousy of Philip, the next year he
would have been Emperor of Mauri-
tana. CASTOR de Folk was only TWEEN
ty-two when he stood a victor on the
plain of Ravena. Every one re.
members Conde and Rocroy, at the
same age. Gustavus Adolphus died
at thirty eight. Look a, his captains;
that wonderful Duke of Weimer, only
thirtyslx when he died. Banter him
self, after his miracles, died a, forty
FIVE. Cores was little more than
thirty, when he gazed upon the golden
cupolas of Mexico When Maurice of
Saxony died at ,hirty.two, all Europe
acknowledged the loss Of the profound
est statesman Of the age. Then there
is Nelson, Give: but these are warriors,
and perhaps you may think there ale
greater things than war. | do not, |
worship the Lord of Hosts. But take
the most illustrous achievements of
civil prudence. Innocen. ILL.,, the
creates. Of the Popes, was the despol
of Christendom at thirty-seven; John
de Medici was a cardinal a. fifteen and
Guicciardina tells us, baifled with his
state ciaft Ferdinand of Arragon him.
sAlf Observation-Disclosures. :, ;66,;,,v. 10
his richest province al thif'y-hve.-
Take Ignatius Loyala and John Wes-
ley, they worked with young brains.
Igna,ius was only thirty when he made
his pilgrimage and wrote his ''Splrl'u-
al Exercises" Pascal wrote a grea,
work a, sixteen. the greatest of French.
men, and died a. .thirty-seven! An!
that fatal thirty seven, which reminds
me of Byron, greater even as man
than a writer. Was it experience that
guided the pencil of Raphael when he
painted the palaces of Rome! lie died
a, ,hir,y-seven. Richelieu was Secre-
tary of State at thirty one. Well,
then, there were Bolingbroke and Pitt,
bo,h ministers before other men leave
off cricket. Gro,ius was in great prac-
,ice a, seventeen, and encouragement
at twen,y.four. And Aquaviva was
general of the Jesuits, ruled every cab
met in Europe, and colonized Amerlc'
before he was thirty'seven. But It II
needless to multiply instances. Ih'
history of heroes is the history Q
youth. -UIsraeH
To SwEGTEN RANCID BUTTER
The Echo du Monde Sevant says: al
apricul,urist in the neighborhood 0
Brussels having succeeded in removln!
the bad smell and disagreeable tast
from butter by heating; or mixing y
fresh water with chloride of lime, hi
was encouraged by this happy resui! t
con,iilu his experiments, by 'ry'n
them oasbdtter SO rancid as TO be pas
use: axl he has restored to butte
whose odor and taste were unsupporta
bile. all the sweetness of fresh. In
opera,ion is extremely simple and prae
. ,icable 10 all; it consists in beating IN
butter in suficien. quantity OF wate'
in which pu. 25 or 80 drops Of enc
: ride Of lime TO two pounds Of butte
After having mixed it ill all lis part
g are in cnn,ac, with the water, 1t may
: ler, in il for an hour or two, afterwar'
: Withdrawn. and washed anew ~ ire'
i water. The chloride of lime havl'
! no,h,np injurious in i, can with SAFE
be augmented; bu. after having We
. fed The experiment. 1t was iouna ~
, rs or 80 drops Of kilgoramme o. o.
: Ter were sufficient. .
,. HaspsoME sPEcULATIoS.- !,
j, Cherokee Advocate states that WIZ
~ r,r,v wears the United States have 9
!" ,;nouished the Indian title 10 iour hu
:" .i.dred and thirty millions acres Of ia
" ,f Cor eish.v.,wo millions OF dollars.
% ., his rate, they paid the Indians an
10 sr.oe Of less than f,cenfy cents
az ac,e Now il the United States
T.. nosea of those lands 10 their ci'izen'
orI the presen. low government prics
VI on.'dollar aud twenty five cents u
az have received into their Treasury
sum Of four hundred and .Dfy.
mo |51ilidhs fue hundred thousa'"
- hrs above the original cost.