Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-06-03

| WOMAN DETECTING A TRAITOR.

A WOMAN DETECTING A TRAITOR.
A federal officer in a certain city within
this department had long been suspected Of
dsloyalty, but no proof to warrant his arrest
could be obtained, and so as a derner resort
woman was set ut him. She smiled her
way into his confidence, and became his
next best friend" but finding that ears
were Of no use, for he could not be induced
to say one word Of matters pertaining to his
office, she changed her plan of attack, and
turned couple OF curious, and beautiful eyes
upon him. Not unfrequently he would ride
out Of town into the country and be absent
three or four hours and return. For all the
hours Of the twenty four but just these she
could account. Within them, then. lay the
mischief, If mischief tn re was, and she be-
gan to watch if he made any preparation for
these excursions. None. He loaded his old
fashioned pistol, drew on his gloves, lighted
a cigar, bade her loving good by" only
that, and nothing more" Was he deep and
she dullS Time would show. At last, she
observed that he put an unusual charge into
his pistol, one day, aud at once she grew Gu.
rious in pistols. Would he show her some
day how to charge pistol, how to fire pis-
tol. how to be dead shot? And just at
that minute she was athirst, and would he
bring her lemonadeg ? She was toying with
the weapon, and he went. The instant
the door closed behind him she drew the
charge, ifor she kneVDquite as much of
pistols as he, and substituted another. She
was not minute too soon, for back he came,
took the pistol, and rode away. No sooner
had he gone than she set about an examna
ton of the charge, and it proved to be plans
and details of federal forces and movements,
snugly rolled together. The mischief was
in the pistol, then, though none but a woman
would have thought Of it, and SO it was that
he carried information to his rebel friends
with rural proclivities. The woman's pur-
pose was gained, and when the officer re.
turned, his "next best friend" had vanished
like an Arab, or Il vision, and he had hardly
time to turn about before he was under ar.
rest.-B +. Taylor at Nashpills.
Power OF THE WILL-There is a kind OF
philosophy, or which may be called moral
force, which enables men to live above dis.
eases, and survive for many years, ravages
on the constitution, which preyng upon the
persons of less strength of mind, would hur.
ry them to the grave in a very short time
We remember to have heard of a nclghbor
in early youth named Hume. He was u
great miser and very rich. He was appa.
rently at the point of death. All his broad
and fertile acres had been disposed of, and
he ceased to dictate to his lawyer, who,
knowing that he had large amount Of gold
and silver in his house, said to him after a
pause: Well, Mr.. Hume, what disposition
will you make OF your money ~ My mon.
ey! do yon expect me to give away my
money, too? will not do it :" and summon
ing to himself what, under the c,rcun,stance ces
seemed superhuman energy, he arose from
his bed, dressed himself, broke the spell O.
disease, and lived some years afterwards to
advocate the making of tin hats, as they
would not soon wear out.
Of two persons having consumption with
apparently equal chances of life, the man
who abandons himself to his fa.e, hugs the
fire, and is afraid to stir out of doors lest he
should take cold, inevitably dies in short
time, the other having forces of character,
lndontable determination, and a truer phi.
losophy, considers that life is worth striving
for, that he can but die anyhow, and braving
all wind and weathers. fights courageouSly
against his malady and lives to be an old
man.
So it is in some forms of paralysis, rhcu
matism and other disablemenls, the exercises
OF a true philosopher is manifested in brave
resolves to live down disease. to live about it
aud by sheer force Of will to break the spell
which was thrown over the succumbing body;
thus the mind may and often does become a
power over human maladies more efficient
than the most famed medicines of the apoth.
ccary..-HaEs Journal Of Health.