Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-16
necessarily tests for either courage or tHl

every possible effect of idRngeFs0r surprise
on differently constituted : brains, The
lbrSyest and coolest are those who .realtze
the danger, and yet are as calm as those
fortunate individualsSto whom feafGis un-
known. There isas vel rkpqwp story Of
"a gabaltern accusing his Colonetof fear on
an occasion OF approaching danger.
d. Y es "fepl9ed 9hei CdlOnab oasi he. rode
steadily on; Gifi iyopbYsr half AS much
affaid, you would run away. WhetlaeK
such would be, the. result of1fe8p6h the
subaltef1 would depend rbnct the 6ofmation,
.e9YRrdice. would cause its victim to shrink
from approaching danger but the
cowardice, If it can sojbe called, caused by
paralysis of the thinking faculties in exSI
ycessive danger, generally urges the sub
ject of it onwards. Mental depfession
from any cause frequently induces. this
mad courage, and that toe in men con-
was related to the writer by an ofHcer in
the Austrian armyI ,S1Jjog5a
y lFhe bugie4csH had sounded and in five
iPrtes fyfy PgAr wqgS gFohfho n hfis saddle az sT eT
6fkHe mdseBedead, orsosinkshat he can't
crawl" observed an OF, Maj9r i, f II never
sseM B behind when fhYe5e Y6 nHIs was fsht
sNeftRer had 1, and Iagreed with Che Major
that mustibe some physical ncapsbfdty'
called % n his req lfsnt, k rom sRswefine 6
"a lighting buglslcA1l., J / volunteered 80
ideToundnte to- his qlaEteEs, TO easlfertain
what had become Of him. and, accompa-
MED BY a Cornet and junior Captain:
fingIaf his s,camp-tablec his, head Tesf4s
SetEeeR SetE his hands looking as pale as
. 1aHolIo; b BAA4i ON afunk P"r exclaimed
the Oorpetes az b9fvsi .tsu.ua.
ass Nonsense. you young fpoi, sald I.9s
has pluck enough IN his, little fngerOfoTr
your iawhoIeo 1careasso . What O. nWrongi
eF-is all fiha4bgs,S ih4bgsS'ib be replied gd1 am
ina funk. NV time has come, and Snail
leave my wife sand little child 10 baggs1y,I
and BnrselI n he had married in 9pposi-
ton TO his fathers wishes) - nsF
Rnbbish, Qld lcockis said ID 80, the
cSptsih} tEgths To- laugh bin enti9f Ydsn a
an extraordinary stste of mind; = You'll
was al English man, who,, 1ike eimyselE nd
entered the Austrian service !, ,She wa9the
son afaRobleman, ,aAd VA. .YeFy 1yeA aft
!, ,,@HEDo you mean il :" said B--, starting
up,,t with q 1Mf8d q expressieho o dartfhg
throagh his eyes mH1svo2- -1iss. -4u .
oaI do, BY lgye r rePlied .in[,E155 n15x Z, SSSgg.
but but Z S don gSpses ss 20 RST6 to- do 81 HoSdS
fellow 70 yGGll take lcare of. then youn'
se few 11M99S words Of Ana ID 1889 sSsg
tition Of his prdmises on thePartof D LIZ
and buckled on hisiSWqgd,D and in
another Pin4ts he MssL Rp hiss ShsFgsE7
gagged With the ieheniy. 4 kept my eye
Poh BILLY He was .alwaysl brave te hut.
now he was, mad His courage had been
always characterized by extreme COOL
ness, never Eeoarting,i althongh never
shrinking ,froma dagger bnt pow q be
rushed on his aeathTJapd he found; il;
Tss sa fred a SS5 R a s1 c6tUse s etrsnsxed % M i TS
ss dozen beyonet WOundsI . DTS fulfilled
" The I1r Impression on the brain, and it's
Nsnlts id ttheG aotion sof the individually
vary considerably with, the, source ef
danger Thus, fear Of drowning inyari7
ably destroys presence of mind5 the brave
man and the, e6Wafd equally frAntacally
jand Intellectually " etFug gglng for life and
yet under no .ctrcumstapc can presence
of mind be or more avail than in the ef--
fort TO keep5the eadI6bove rWsterl thefe'
being mozart ipswimmiAgo Every. Aciepz
ti6cy man ought to Ibe. able to swim she
first time Of entering the water, and
Would, Rih6 hadf pfesence of mind. Fire,
1lso, o,ohas az ReeulisElYa paEslyzfpg effect
but not 20 gensFplS lSatSfi N ths tsfoS tsafF q aF9n
We are-told that the sensations expert,
I ieneedsby th0ee01ho haHa obeeH 1seized by
the larger HeliD8 are very remarkable
q a,cslmness almost soporific, without fear,
yet the intellect remaining clea1yO and
ready to take adyantsge of any CHANGE 9f
Tiiviib gss6ng and fha5E otliera, as We read
! ip fbeeks1of African, .adgeptures In one
instance (not published) J, an 9ofiiceT in ,1p7
dia, being kjseized by aWounded tiger, held
his breath, to feign death. But he says,
81 felt wide awake, though withal a,calm
sensation stealing. ever me-. By-a9alby, l
cautiously drew my hunting knife, and
4 its point oppo8ite ibrute's' heart;
knew that he would never leave Igo until
She killed me, and if q missed my stroke, /
only FASTENED, my fate by a few minutes
Drawing d long Breath, and eTaspfng the
knife With both bapqs ] Plungsd y to The,
fButiFwon! The tiger fell back dead with
fcsTseg Y stFSgglf I had Fn9 almost out his
The question naturally presents itself
to us: Seeing the advantages to be gained
by the retention of presence of mind,
is it possible ito be acquiredf The an,
sWer, may safely be-: Certainly practice
and education tend to preserve the equi
1Ibrium OF the brain, which constitutes
ipresenceto of mind. The sailor. the rope
walker, the sportsman, the diplomatist,
are all examples of presence of mind I'M
iduced by training. But it may be- justly
objected presence of mind is really only
needed in sudden emergencies, which tits
Impossible to' educate for. Yes that is
true but calfhhess and rdeliberation; once
established ss q habit, become cppstltu-
tionsl, and respond under all cireum-
stances when required. 10 therefore be-
hooVes ius, in the most itri6ing as web asd
the most jmpoTtant actions; TO act think,
and speak calmly, and with deliberatiot
to do nothing in a hurry or furry, ana
above all, to- keep our temperss- ChdfD-
BERG JosDzHG1..s2 . 1.z.- 1aA, mo1l ss
Z THE SuperintendSnt of the New Jersey
Southern Railroad has issued the following
order: Employees Of this company are
prohibited the use OF smoking tobacco, IN
any ofy It's, forms while on duty. cIts sse
is .hindmnce 10, and inconsistent with,
the duties of all employees, while to such
as COME iiim 9coftaet with athe ltfaVeline3
public the order has additional force from
the fact that, to- so many, Of the latter
tobacco, in any form is Offensive"
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