The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-07-23

I According to a special correspondent oi
the New York World, the lion of Odessa
just now is a lantern-jawed Yankee, all the
way from the State of Maine, and who,
without being scholar himself, has. by
shrewdness, grit and pluck, become the
greatest archaeological success of the day.
He has brought to light, after strict sech-
sion of sixteen centuries, the Roman En-
peror Decius and his army, camp chest, bag
and baggage, bodies, gestamina and all, n
remarkably perfect state of preservation
The writer's account is substantially rs fol
lows
Mr.. Doolittie Is a man past fifty years Of
age, and a native of some impossible place
which he calls Molunkas, away down in
Maine, and is a railroad engineer by pro
fession. After drifting around, after his
kind, for a good many years, he joined the
Winans Brothers, ,off Baltimore, about the
time they completed their railroad to Mos
cow, and for some years drove an engine on
that line. Then he drifted down into the
Crimea, and bored for petroleum from the
desert of Khiva to the Black Sea, often
finding oil and driving good bargains.
Although a rolling stone he is rich. In the
spring Of 1872 Mr.. DoOlittle was in Adria-
nople, on his way to Belgrade. He there
met "a Dane named Peter Hoist, and went
with him to visit the flower farms of the
lower Balkan, where ottar of roses is manu-
featured so extensively. They found there
la Frenchmah, from the neighborhood oil
Grasse, who had rented large farm from
Achmet Bey, and had gone Extensively int
the cultivation of flowers and the manufac
,ture of perfumes. Ottar of roses is com
monty made in Turkey by the simple distil
4 IL r a
/ But Cedrat said he; had found it mucl
more profitable to make rose pomade by tn,
favorite French process of maceration or en-
| Jfeiirdge 81 have here" he said "a pecu
lar kind of fat that the peasants bling t,
me from some distance. 1t comes to m,
white and cleans almost like spermacet
mixed with wax. It needs no parifcatiol
or preparation whatever, and absorbs tn,
odofs of flowers more readily than any stool
4 / ever used. POO "That is not fat said Doc
blittle curiouslysI9sa really dosnot know,
answered Cedrat. Doolittle called to hi
yousre scientific fellow; tell me what tia
lis ~ 81 Hoist looked at the substance. OK
4 iamined,, smelt, tasted and tested il, and re
| piled, sit is adipQoere.p but what tn
dickens is adipocere" asked Doolittle. 81
very curious substance, responded Hoist
bstfrom the words deleBs. fat, and ezra
4 wax. 1t is produced by the decompo
sition of animal flesh. For instance
YOU are buried in a cemetery not wei
drained the water leaks into you
grave and you turn into adipocere.
4 sHumpb, said DoOlittle, twill it burn
Hoist rolled bit of slnng in the fat AM
lighted it with match-it famed like til
best stearine candle '.Cedrat, do yo
know If there is much more of this wheI
this comes from9p .DeiJro knows; the pea.
ants that fetch it come from bis village" d.
bro was summoned and said it was secret I
his people. 1t had been in their possessio
for generations and nothing should tent
him to reveal it. 'sYou are right, sal
DOolittle, giving him a handful Of piastres
you're brave little fellow and l admir-
yon. ama traveller, Debro, and Twill te
my people when get home how noble 70
were not to let the Turks steal the secret 0
your villages good fortune. / viii tel
them, the brave mans name is Debro, an
he comes from tie village of --, wha
village did you say2 ! have really forgot
ten It, and II is such pity, for I had IN
tended to write it down 10 my little traye
ing book here"
.'Ouzoon-Keupri - quickly answered ID
bro, fatered out Of his discretion ''OuzOoi
Keupri Very good, very good The
VIII do, Debro ~ Hoist and Doolittle III
termined to have q look at this OuzOOi
Keupn before they went farther. Let nj
look At your map, said Hoist. 'sOuzooI
KeupTi, FoTsh Chebrone on the Isker- NicC
polls was here; what is Forsh Chebrone bu
Forum Teebronii9 An that is the paac
where the Emperor Decius and all his arm
were slain When the battle. was fought
the Goths, who were hard pushed and de-
perate, formed line with their front Resin
on morassl The battle was terrible III
Romans attempted 20 charge across the M
rass. The Goths resisted their passage
The place was deep with ooze, sinking uE
der those who stood; slippery 70 sue
as advanced their armor heavy; ID
waters deep; nor could they weld j
that uneasy sifuation their Wcighty jayeiinl
The barbarians. on the contrary, were d
ured TO encounters Ii the boys; their pei
sons tall; their spears long, and such 4
could wound at a distance. n this mons
the Roman army vas irreyocably lost, 20
could the body Of the emperor ever b
found You can read iE al IN 6ibbOn, VII
took his description from Iacitus. Tia
whole army e fhe bottom d this mars
turned 20 adipocerei There g - emperor
and bis army Of thirty % forty thousand
eugniicd IN = gnag, with their lfnla a1lIloI
|ecuInmcnI1 and 1t1rl The camp che.
alone. 81 such a. arIny. viii - fortune 3
a.. Those Old Romans were h1rd-mone
fellows, and gold and silver don't inn 8