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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16
TIE Fo,,y Of Due,,ps,,


M. Henri de Pene, Parisiun literary MAN.
writes in Figaro some smart observations on
the manuers of the inferier officers o. ske-
French army. Efs hints to them that if they
did not mangle the ladies' dresses with tipeS
spurs, did not smell OF cheap tabse, did not
tails carelessly5 end did MOI rush upoHtIe re-
freshments like beGgry cIowDss aRd If they
generally cHltwated higher moral tone,
they might be less sasyselso&pe eScsts is the
houses than he was ir5cfined To think them.--
This Chesterfseldian counsel enrages to the
last degree the indfviduaisto whom il is ad-
dressed. showers OF four cpistoiary 'ueuaces
assa:I Figaro, and finally gang Of officers
conspiFe TO kill NJ. ce Pene. They TO the
number it is stated (and as we would rather
disbelieve) of twenty-seven, cast lots Tor the
order in which they should attack him, and
he receives challenge.
Now, in England, we have put an end to
this kind of thing. Without reference to the
brutal folly and wicke dness of the duel. we
have put an end to it simply rational be-
ings who can DO in substrnction.-
We have-ater good many years, we con-
fess, OF Montague House and Wormwood
Scrubs arrived at the conclusion that do
cling ls unfair, because tnen are Unequal III
value. We now agree that an educated, in
tellectual, working citizen, the msinstay of
a loved family, the adviser oftrusting friends,
useful, recognized man, with life assuran-
ces that would be viiiated il be fell in will
ul fray, is no match for an empty headed
younger son, with just brains enough for
drill. pale ale. and Skye terriers, who has
been nut in the army To be got rid of, and
who may chance to find room IN his narrow
skull for an idea that he has been insulted.--
Arithmetic has settled the question, and
Cocker forbid pistol cecking. We have got
rid Of the duel, because wo can deduct En-
sign Featherhead from Mr.. Goldworthy and
note the difference. So, il the Ensign, in
an accession of martial FIRE, were to chal-
lenge Goldworthy, be he the author. lawyer,
doctor, merchant, or anybody else who used
, TO cora=- .gthin ~ degree of conssnguin'y
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Hannibni.

The following account of some of the
exploits OF the celebrated Elephant Ham
nibai, is- conEaiEetA in ee obit uarY notice
whiefp appeared in the Cleveland Plain Deal
er few weeks ago, when it was erron-
eeasly reported that be had ended his, eartl-
iy cureer:
This old and Justly distinguished elephant
died at Canfel on Monday. He was quite
foId-extremely so. We have beard his age
stated variously from five hundred to one
thousand years. At times Hannibal was
rather wild. Domestic troubles may have,
been the cause OF this. We believe his
faults were of the head, however, and not of
the. heart. He never used tobbacco, in any
form, and in all his travels was never forced,
TO .'spout'' his trunk for his hotel bills
What other Snowman of any mole can say
as much! Still, the facts can't be disguised,
Hannibal cut up some very hard capers DUR
ing his, life. In Maine, years, ago, ore
night he was, shut up iE a shed. Hn the
morning be was found three or four miles off
with the roof of the shed upon his back
When connected with June s. Tnus' ci4-
Gus and menagerie he had failing ost with
some of the performers, and one day whilst
they were making their grand entire in the
rug on their high mettied and gorgeuusly
caparisoned horses, Hannibal burst his fas-
tenngs, rushed into the ring, and unhorsed d
every one of them. After tossing them a.
round for while he returned to his accus-
tossee place and permitted his keeper to lie
him up again. Going from Boston to Ssliens
some years ago, he became enraged about
something or other and made terrific work
on the road-tearing down fence, tipping
over wagons, and tossing men aud horses ia-
20 the air.
Travelling from one small town to- nnosiiL
er one Sunday afternoon,. in New Hamp-
shire. II 4nnibal met long line OF carriages, |
filled with people going home from church ;
the man in the head carriage struch the e1e-
phant a. siEart blov w,ittptSs wipip'as Ire pass
ed. Hannibal Immediately unloaded the en-
tire line of carriages. NJ one was scrlous- j
" injured. One nsgts, as his keeper was
driving him throogfsa a strip of woods il Yer
mont, q violent tirgnder storm arose. A.tree
was struck by lightning. and one Of the shat
tered branches struck the keeper and killed
him Instantly, Ail night long the elephant
watched the dead man closely ard tenderlS, I
even as a mother would watch. the corpse of /
her child, and never from that moment LETT I
him until he was buried. hannibal neent
well. We don't hear what siled HlnHibai
probably il was old age. We understand /
that he cost his last owners; Van A1nbargIpI
g. Co., 1900 dollars.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16

The largest auction sale of lands ever
made in this or Perhaps any other country.
commences IN Michigen ON the 29th of
July. They are technically deno,ninated
'swamp lands" but ihree-fouths of them are
probably equal to the average of the State.
They will be sold IN parcels Of from 10 to
l.OUo or more acres, ut prices ranging from
to SO cents per acre.
Mr.. James H. Headly, heretofore re-
spectacle citizen of BufInlo, has been zen
fenced to the State Prison for ave years
for passing counterfeit money. The Courier
says the prisoner while receiving his SEN
tence appeared perfectly torpid, lying in an
arm chair pale and moiionless.
The amount of sugar destroyed by the
inundation in louisiana is estimated at $4,000
hogsheads. worth three million eollass. The
cotton destroyed by the overflow on the
banks Of the Mississippiit il is said viii be loo,-
900 bales, whose value would probably be
$4,000 600. In the Wabash Valley, as rep
resented by the Evansville Journal, the losses
by the farmers aud property owners will GER
tainly be equally as heavy.
Fhe British ganboat Ssyx arrived AZ Ha-
vana on the 10th, from a cruise on the north
east coast of Yucatan, and pleads an alibl
TO many Of the charges Of ouirages preferred
cgainst her.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16
stnnnrs s,onv.

The Marksvllle (Louisiana) Centpaas Or
gan, of the 29th ult. has the following:
Some two rights siace, q death occurred
ia'a tain-poftlop of ous papishs. vhiehpwas
brought about in strange manRer. A gem
tIemau living utsfappiiy with his wife, some
few months since conasnitted suicide. This
so affected her that she often. Of rsorRins
declared the ghost oftbe decreased had haun-
ted her during the night. Finally one day
she affirmed the devil had appeared to her,
and, after upbraiding her. stated that here
after when she should attempt to eat or
drink, her food and water would choke her.
And strange TO say, whenever she took any
nourishnlent or drank anything, she was in-
variably cholsed. Tlfis was soarance6 for
twenty seven days, when she died from pure
starvations these facts we have from gec-
tleman of undoubted veracity.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16

man that loved. Th0Baes to, you, you open.
ed my eyes-Io1g since ceased to love you.
And you ceaid Aatter yourself that you had
power To- move mer No, sin. sosr csmin.s
could neither bsiag the blood to my cheek,
qt1ic n asg pulses, or make my ileart beat
y did saast at your entrance but it was because
p hexPected momentarily the entrance of him
whom do love With my whole neart-1ax
afaanred husband-whose steps I hear even
now approaching. Remain, il you choose,
and viii show you MAN. such as you
must become ere yon win the heart of true
woman Forgive me if have been too
harsh. but learn this lessoB,- that he who
sells hzmseH fer money sinks beyond the
level man. and forfsits all claims tc.be
treated as such.s
Witk6ut word Louis Meredith bowed and
wilhdrews sadder if not a wiser man, as
the betrolhed of Beatrice catered the apart
meEt.s
e Afsw weeks later, in those spacious par
Iors, surreandedby her friends, Bea trice gave
her hand where she had long since gave her
heart. Never had she looked so lovely as
now, when with. holy confidence, she en-
trusted her happiness to the keeping of the
man OF her choice, and never during q long
life OK aingded prosperity and adsersity did
she have occasion to regret ir-
Their love wasfounded on a rock, and tho
''the rain descended, the floods came and the
winds blew, it fell not" for it rested on. the
sure touadetion of trust in. each other and in
Gud.
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coMroRT nKFonE AppEARANcE.

a
Most people are apt to sacrifice comfort TO
at pearances. to subject their own families to
q uanifold privatiuns and discomforts in or
/ Ier to astonish with show Of afiuence a
few acquaintanees, who seidum visit them,
and who only laugh at their foolish and penr-
leaattempts at displayingssa little superior
upholstery 10 room which none Of the fam
lily dare make use Of. Many is the house we
have seen wherein the s.parIor' was cram
med with useless stuff. while not single
room was comfortably furnished. Every
family should first seek the utmost com
fort for It's own members. that its means will
compass; and then if there is surplus of
funds which they know notwhat else to do
with, lot Il be devoted 10 the purchase of
something 70 please the eye of strangers
or iopexGite envy rather than pleasure among
rival householaers. Thoss apartments of a
house which are most used should recs5Se the
most especial care. for on these does The
health (and consequently the comfort and
happiness) OF the family pre-emnently de-
pend. II short. seek first your own comfort
I'D the appearances will take care of
themselves.
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Corn PIanting.

| Does7the eariiestplantIngsalwny give rtis
best cfop.: No. P1ansiugsaI the right time
gives the best result And whenisthe right
| time 1t is important to know. for when
that time comes; not a.momeGt is to be Iasf.a-.,
Corn is tropical plant7it loves great dead 5
ct hest aas4buta acknowledgement of moisturetss
il will flourish only in tropical countriess orss
those which have the summer Of tr0Faai ciis
rs0tes. Binder favorable circumstanSess il -
grows rapidly. Three months will carry 49,
iEo~gernainatioa bego0d the danger of inia-rz
ry by srosts provided the weather be waEnya
and-not over wet. Without these fayoEing
circumstances, it 'gets contrary" 80 to-
speak, and won't grow. These are essen
tial to Re tropical nature. Vhere is lsardly.
a more important prohlenvf1r the currhgrnw-
er. than 10. hit upon the time FOR plansinHr,
whes- tte seed will come In three or four
dayss Rdthewgrow s.righton" without stop
ping. ssR
Wheat rye, oats almost anything eiss,
win wait for growing weather, without inius
~ to the 6nal result. Not 80 with corn, 80
Tue farmer must give il the three hottest
usouthS in our climate so ueary AZ hi@s
Judgment will enable him.
Thn true advicewiih regasdto this crop iss.,
not to plant early; bu. as soon as the ground
is warm and there is reasonable hope Of its-
eoosiuusug so5 not to,lose moment. - Pios0s-
koona and AnUig R
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16
NUMBER 10

Chat is might be asked to- shed blood. lsitA
somebody else) G0ldworiht woctE setkct
policeman A, k-5, ms his second, and the
Aord Mayor as his umpiSs@ Be IL said. how
ever, in justice to our officers. tiu4, tsniaaess
and Careless as good many of The 4oung
ones are, they are mostly good-hnsRoresf gem
tlemen, who tahe other genflemerfs haEnor
ID good part. AS tG, theiE el8bhtnz t0netksAr
To- ln5nsea writer who has ridicuaed tl1eng we
should like to see the kicking the Proposer OF
such plot would receive in an EaQlish
mess-room -
But the Fen ,h.thoug<a adas.rabfe' rfatIse-
malicians have NOT yet learned tslas vulgar q.
Fithmstia phey stilf expect EfonsIerr Tete
dor 20 set his head agaiusa thai ct E5emen.
ant Vaurien. Tney cling TO the ssiPers.xsior
that bso,Sdsis dclergent for insuss, and THAT
yoa cam prove uhsst poui did ns,t cheat at
ecarte BY proving TINT yoa can lung. in carA.
~ thy Pefmlt t.rcir valuable citizens to
be killed in ducis BY anybody vsi,v.sa1, f7.t q
smsll-sword and a second
We base ncsfigilt to condemn sGsei. exarnY.
ogance ;ata We sMy is. that we really can't af-
ford to spend with tham One of these days
they may borrow osr Cocker, % which they
shall be very yse4ccme kscaasime v VAurien.
kills Tete d'Ot.-s lfaaus
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16

was burstin' up, and yelled out-"Oh
deari Oh, scissors!" so loud the old theatre
rung agin.' Such row you never seed the
HisSer dropped the piller, and Deuteronomy
~-or what You call her there--his wife
jumped or the bed and ran, while every body
In the theatre was up in a muss, some larein'
an some swearin-' The upshot of it was
the Eerisrs' eerpied, me out of the theatre aad
told me to ma lie myself ssaEce.
Wall as didn't feel any better, went in
to shop close by, an; called for two glasses
of brandy; arter swallerin' il b went hum 70
the tavern. | sot down by the wissdepr and
tried to think Z felt bester,- but ir Was 30 go;
that blessed old engine was still wstleria,
asvag Inside $50 went out and eat s,aar-
ter's wuth of isters an pieee Of mizsSe pie.
Then Invent back, an told the tavern Heeper
feil kinder sick and thought I'D take seme
Castur lie. u nsouthful of cold. meat. and
strong glass Of whiskey punch, anu ;lles. 90
to bed. He got the fixens, which took.and
went to bed.
But, tell yer what, had rather poor
mite. Sometimes was awake groanin', anF
when was asleep I'd better been aw Ike,
for had SUCH perverted dreams. Sometimes
thought | was skinnin' bar, and then by
some hocuspocus 'twoald ed change tother
side an the tarnai Glitter would be skinnin'
me.
Then, agin' I'd dream that was rollin'
logs with. the boys, an Just as I'd be shout
ing out-"uow then!--here she goes!a every
thing would get reversed agin'---i was
leg and the boys were crying me up with
their handspiAes. Then I'd wake up aud
screech aud roar-~then of to sleep agin'-
TO dream that Spanker had run away with
me, or that father was whopping meyor some
other plaguey thing, until morniag-
When got upsa hadn'r any appetite for
nay breakfast. and the tavern keeper told me
thar if pwas goin' to carry on scfeamn' an
groanin as ( had the night afore, nsE room.
was better than my company.
haiR't, said Dir. Spike, in conclusion,
hainit bisfto Portland since, but ifI live to
be as old as Methusdlensr kshall never forget
that all fred Ice Cream.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16


Few sAsdeRs are now found unsuRutAd.
with tomatoes, but very few persorh take
pains TO cultivate them. The wires are
usually left to strangle ad iibltHRss- The
is both bad economy and bad tasse.- Il to-
matoes are plaRted IN rowe. conVenienA
plan 10 10 put up stakes ON both sides Of
each no W, and nBil 90 borizonsnl stripes eg'
Stats to keep the vines perpendicular. They
may be carried up TO the hight of three To-
FIVE feet. BY this mesnsthe viueswal lshoS
much better, especially when covered with
ripened fruit clusteringthickly upon the sides.
The fruit itself will be much superior to than
matured on the ground and in the shade.-~-
Strong wires or twine may be substituted
for the horizontal slsts. A cheaper pro-
cess OF supporting tomatoes 10 to bush them
in the same manner that beans or peas are
treated. Our own tomatoes are planted y
round the border Of the garden and trained
upon the fence, the vines being upheld BY
strips Of leather, doubled arouAA the atalks
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coslaluNIoN MITH con.

"A monarch vested in gorgeoAs habliments
is far less iIlustrious than kneeling sup
plant ennobied and adorned by com munion
with God. Consider how august privilege
il is when angels are present, when Cheru-
BIN and Seraphim eDcircle with their blaze
the throne, that mortal may annroach with
unrestraized confidence .rverse with
heavens dread Soyereig-s.2 Oh! what honor
saas ever conterredlik this. When chris
tian stretches forth his hands to pray, and
invokes his God, in that moment he leaves
behind him all terrestrial pursuits, and tray-
1erses On the wing Of intellect toe realms OF
light; he contempiates celestial objects only,
and knows not of the present state of things
during the period Of his prayer provided that
prayer be breathed with feryency IT Chry-
efef0rn
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16


Carlo correspondent OF the Cincie5hati
Gazette writing July LAT. saqs:::
Cairo is beginning 10. e.siry up. :, and viii
be out of water in a few dars. II wac not
falling half SO fast inside YssserdaY asn seas
OUTSIDE, but men were eagaged ia, deepent
ing the crev4ssss, in order to let the water
out II is three feet above the level OF the
river, inside of towns and the water o4sside
is now seven. fest above the mouths Of the
sewers. 'ghe damage has heerl greater than,
was at FIRST supposed by the peoqae Of Cairo;
ann the houses will need great deal of re-
pairing. The mud is about an inch deep on
all the h1ors, aud is of u very siim5s ei.4ras-
ter and disgusting slaeA. b seems AZ If il
ought to be very sickiy here, and there is
indeed considerable sickness in town. The
weather is still very hot, ard the shy was,
perfectly clear lass night. hf boy of ten
years old should attempt to count The nos-.
qntoes. now in Cairo, he would reach three.
score-and-ten before he had enuaera4ed a.
quarter of them. The high water has left
a very visi bic mark on all the hossses,. asssi.
the appearance of things generally III uHF-
thing but ornamental. The water in. tow 4.
is almost too low to,admis of the use OF skiffs,
and entirely too high fof wading;. conse-
qneDtlF those who live ie town are neaay
isolated.
The track of the NliHois Generni Rail-
road is being repuired as rapidly az pos-'
sible, bat il will be a, IN . nth bufure trains
will be able to run into Cairo. The Rrade
is broken and washed away iu-seperaI places
from 100 to 800 feet in. isn.rfis, and new
trestle work will have TO be put in.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16

Vh e acialt. Of Georgetown wag tfssown
into considerable oxcilemens.yesterlay morn.
ing, by the brutal murder of q pretty, inter
esting young lady named Mary Shehey. by
WIN. Nugent, an Irish laborer ON the WASH
ington aqHeduct. h is reported that Nugent
became enamered of the seung girl. aRdy be-
cause she refused to murry him took her life
IN tit of jealously, under the influence Of
liqu9r.' Has con Iuct preyisus- to TIE eonvL
mission OF the deed was certainly very sing
u4ar. He was frequently heard. to mutter
inconerently To himself, and behaved him
sell IN 50 extraordinary a nsanner, that he
was on last Tuesday, taken, to Georgetown
and placed in confinement, from which he
was released as soon as he eviIscs& sigss OF
returning seif-control. Shorty after his re-
lease he returned to work. and heard to COM
plain of the severity ofthe tasks imposed up
ots him: On Thursday nigta he went
gIiStly to- bed baG aToso between fossr and
five o'clock, and armed with slsaFpened
ease knife entered the aPartIHenf OF the
deCsseed atsd cus lseE throat. She lived but
ten minutes, and when her fashev geaesed
her side WIS just able tos i1fvrR hirA' of the
rs4Dner Of her death. The murderer was
iusrpediately secured BY those who were at
taaeted TO the spot, but before the arrival OF
the ofBcers. bic fellow -laborers commenced
beutiDgin such manner thai he could not
bave survived for any length Of time had he not
rescued. At one moment the mob evinced
q disposition to hang him, 81 intense was
the feeling excited against him; and this,
in all probability, would have been accom-
plshed but tor the timely interposition Of the
murdered girls tasher.-t Washington Union
June 26.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-16

GUt your clover in coed weatssTf aFsf u y
tife swaths be spresd before rooa. Give
The glorious sun god chance 10 dry and
sweeien both stem and leaf WheR shs
moving is done early ititie season theirs is
no danger Of losiag single leaf the first
day, notwithssaudiMgallth has been written
about the LOSE OF the leaves il you expose
your hay to the sun. Every boy who han
dles a ralse B1te~s this, though. he may not
ssasste about il. The large northern clover
ERasss be cut early, while the stems are greeuss
or IL wiii be poor stuff Cattle will non eas.
the STEMS and there will be no IeaEes on tho
stalles. Bot cut it before all the heads are
fuil and'letsit have the benefit OF the aun 70
dry it, 90 you.wodld dry other hay. = sfse
ghs modernscheme of drying. II in cocks
will not answer. Green grass very SOON
heats and ferments when thrown into heaPs.s7
Now, suppose You should succeed in throw
ing an acre of clover intoheaps on tn e afstr
day without drying -apretty heavy job by the
way-and the second and third days prove
stormy. Would you'openit il to the weather
OF Ut il stand in. heaps to shel off the .
rain. By the second day the whole would
be.ushsty, and by the third il would hardly
answer for bedding your cattie.t eesas5
MISTY hay is- poor hayP and the eatise Of
must, is the Absence of the sun. We gcan-s
not always avoid hapiBkE mastY hay siRosss
.wsseannot always depend on good dlssattbEsa
Bat il is trifingswithi the weather 10 neglect
the exposure of hay to the sun when he inc
vites us TO use ilis'sweetning rays, II maAt
be pretty bold man to advise farmers Tor
pack up their grass in heaps in the fore parnog
of a clear day. Vet uee have a member Of
such, advisers; thousrwben' they make any
hay it is usutIIy musty. cacsinga cough in8
the horses and dimipu4ien Of milk in the
cows. ss Il <s-s.- ssr.zsR
Early cut clover eghires-nea-iy rftee days
of good weather for makiug. II need not be
cooked up on the first day, and a trrning of
the swaths in the afternoon will be q snsE
cient stirring. On the second day the hay
may be left in wInrow over night.
Now.you need not be half so much in
of rain on very early cut huy as 'that
which il cut later. We have had early cut
hay out for nine whole days and then foundit
better food for cattle shan late cut hay which
had met with only one day of fine weather.
- Massachusetts PIouqan,dn