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HOUSE FOR RENT-Contains ten rooms; has
~ water In the yard and bath room. Located on
SON, Druggist, coraer 18th street and New York
avenue. ja3l-6tr
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by J. g. MCGUIRE CO.. 'Auctoneers.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE FARM

RY GREEN WILLIAMS ,Auoti 1neers.
VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE SALE
AUCTION.
We will sell, on THURSDAY, February 8, at 4
O'Clock m, In front Of the premises a three story
Brick House and Lot front and back alleys on MI
street north next to the corner of eth street west
adjoining J. Il. Cassin's Drug Store ''
Immediate possession given.
Terms One half cash; balance ia six and twelve
months. decd given and deed oftrust taken
All stamps and convey ancing at the cost of the
purchaser.
fe 5ts GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auct
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ENFER SKINS WANTEp-At RAMSBURG a
~ EBERrS Glove MsnufactOry, Georgetown,
lo5 High ct de l9-tf
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VIOT L b E CK ER,
PLANO TUNER AND REGULATOR, ma
ESTABLISHED IN 1855.
Connected during ten years with the Piano Store OF
John Ellis, Esq, and known as Tuner
for Chieksring Sons.
Orders NOW RECEIVED
DEMPSEY 0T9oLE's, Engravers and, Sta
Y. q. REICHENBACH'S Piano Rooms,
no p sm 49S llth street, near Pa. avenue
HAVING SOLD MY STOCK, Good will and
III Fixtures TO Messrs. Davis Il Gather, would
patro ms and friends, and recommend my successors
IS gentlemen worthy 'n''r B. f. Cuttings.
WITH THE VIEW OF REDUCING our Stock,
Will for f the ne1 nss s1S days sell az
PRIME COST. Ladies' in want Of MILLINERY
GOODS Will therefore find 1t to their advantage to
DAVIS 3 GATHER.
hn-eol2t. No. 20 Market space.
IMPORTANT TO LADIES AND GENTLE.
now at band. we deem i due to the ladies' Of this
aE G!S R|as. e saIsf1:ssi
Near he s9sSas corner OF and 10th Streets
Itis else PREFER e state, that the finest HAIR.
establishment Madame psmcnseot viii Give I psr
hfs srds.. &
attended promptly no Q Sm
ERENCH JUVENILE BOOKS, ILLUsrRA.
File du Chat Botte; lie Pers Bonhsar Les Veil.
lees du Grand Papa; La Pagode do X ari; Nouyeaa
Poupie; Lie seigneur Polichinelie; Mianone; lie
Capitaine Sabre-du- Bsis. Imported from Paris by
dc - FRANCK TAYLOR
" PAPERS and WINDOW SHADES. Which
will be found equal to any in the city is offered al
at KiDWELL HENDKRs0N'S. sS7 ID street
Franklin Hall building, near 9th street Remeus.
bargain. ANN
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by THos. BOWLING, Auct; Georgetown.

AssIGNEE'S SALE OF LARGE STOCK OF
STOVES, HARDWARE, TINWARE, HOUSE.
FURNISHING GOODS HORSE. WAGON
AND HARNESS, &C, &C, AT AUCTION
On MONDAY MORNING. February 5th, 1885, at
10 O'Clock, will sell. at the store Of Messrs Pal.
mer Bro, No. 90 Brigge street. op sosite Jeffer-
son street. all Of the stock, consisting OF
Cooking and Parlor Stoves of every btyle and
~attern
Tinware, Hardware. WOODWARD.
And o general assortment Of Housefurnishfne
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E0R RENT-A HOUSE, containing 8 rooms
L situated on 18th street. will stable attached.
Inquire At Peter Juvenal's Eagle Restaurant, No.
los l4th street, near new Orphan Asylum.
fe l6tt
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
Sherman

General Sherman may be described
as bundle Of nerves all strung to
their highest tension No woman was
ever so painfully nervous but there
IS nothing Of the WOman's weakness
in Sherman S restlessness.
The idea generally prevails that
commanding generals are very didac-
tic on the battlefield, and give their
orders in precise language and stento
rian voice. A little familiarity with
actual war will soon dispel this false
impression, particularly if you meet
Sherman on the battle field, for there
is less of dignity, display and grandilo-
Quence In him than any other general
whom I have met during the war. At
the battle of Chattanooga he gave his
orders for the advance of his troops
against the enemy's strongly fortified
position to his brOther-in-law. Gene
raj Hugh Ewing, in the words uttered
between two puffs at a bad cigar i
guess, Ewing. if you are ready, you
may as we'll 20 ahead Ewing asked
a few questions in regard to retaining
the echeLOp formation Of his command
as then marshalled for the advance.
Sherman replied, I want you to keep
Chickamauga,) } and keep up the for
nation four hundred yards distance,
until you get to the foot Of the hill.
And shall we keep 1t after that p
asked Ewing.
oh, you may go up the hill rs you
like" " said Sherman and then be ad-
ded, soto Uoce, with smile and a wink
to his aid and General EWing's broth
er, Charley Ewing, who stood near by
bv. IF YOU can" AS General Ewing
was mounting his horse and about to
leave Sherman called out to him
Il say, Ewing, don't call for help
until YOU actually need it. General
Frank Blair and others Of the Army
of the Tennessee, who were standing
near Sherman. laughed at this in such
a manner as left the impression on the
minds of others, as well as myself,
that on some former occasion General
Ewing had called for help before Gen
eral Sherman thought he really need
ed it.
on witnessing from the top Of a rice
mill on the 0gecchee River the cap
ture of Fort McAllister by General
Hazen's forces, and the successful ter
mination by that capture of the march
to the sea, he exclaimed, initiating the
voice of a negro, Dis chile don't sleep
dis night, and hurried off to meet Cen
eral Foster and complete the junction
of the two armies.
"When the report of his
lunacy was first circulated, Sherman
was much chagrined at it, and often
referred to it in bitter terms. Time
and success have enabled him TO frown
it down, and justified him in laughing
at it, He once laughlngly referred to
this report about himself, and the ru-
NOR which simultaneously prevailed
regarding Grants drunkenness during
the battle of Shiolh, as illustrative of
the friendship existing between them.
You see, he said to a gentleman,
Grant stood by me when I was crazy,
and [ stood by him when he was
drunk
Zone moment his legs are crossed,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
The Country Press.

The following sensible remarks from
/ the Circleville Union show the iDjus-
/ tice of a criticism on the county news
paper, which has become as common
as it is unfair:
Occasionally, we meet with a sub
scriber who complains of the amount
Of advertising in our columns, and
with a friend who would become a
subscriber but for that obstacle. Such
men are unreasonable. They all ap-
pear unconscious of the fact that nine
teen out Of twenty of the newspapers
in the country would be compelled to
suspend at once, were it not for the
advertising patronage that they enjoy.
But, said one, the other day-and
the objection was made Just as If it had
not already been answered a thousand
times l can get the Post, a paper al
most twice as large as yours, and with
out advertisements in its columns, at
less rate than you charge for yours. -
50 he can. But that paper prints
thousands where and while we are
printing hundreds; and the same mat
ter IS worked up, and, perhaps, printed
In half a dozen other papers, with as
many different names. Few of the
mass of journals are the recipients of
such a monopoly of advantages, and il
can only be commanded in large cities /
But. when you have your mammoth /
sheet, with its mammoth provisions /
for fritting away the minds of young /
and old, how much wiser are you as
to the general news of the day. and.
more especially, the Local Intelligence.
which relates to matters affecting you
transpiring in your very
midst, of moment to you and yours in
every point of view? Take the ques-
ton with you. and think Of it.
We hold il to be the duty of every
good citizen to support his county pa
Der. If he can take more than one, he
may with propriety go abroad for the
second but If he can take but one, the
local paper should receive the prefer
snce. It's advertisements themselves
often contain matter that interests ev-
sry class of community and every mem
Der of a family. The local press should
iim to furnish a compendium of 9th
he general and local news Of the day
md, having accomplished that, has
established a claim upon the county IN
which it may be located.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
Gen. sheridan's Experience With a
Virginia Gentleman.

Gen. SPeridan's experience with a
stiff old Virginia gentleman just be-
fore Lee surrendered at Appomatox
| G. H, is told excellently in a recent
| book on the last campaign of Lee, as
follows
1.-The general dismounted here, at
the fence of a stiff old gentleman who
was sitting on his high piazza and
/ scoWling severely as we rode up. He
was the typical Southerner of 80 years;
his long, gray hair fell over the collar
of his coat behind his ears he was ar
rayed In the swallow tail of a by-gOne
mode, a buff linen vest, cut low, and
nankeen pantaloOns springing far over
his feet, that were neatly encased IN
morocco slippers a bristling shirt
frill adorned his bosom and from the
embrasure of the Wall-hke collar he
shot defiant glances at us as we chat
tered up the walk to his house. Prince
Edward Court House was stranger
to war, and our indignant friend was
looking now for the FIRST time on the
like Of us, and certainly he did not
seem to like our looks, He bowed in
a digni6ed way to the general, who
bobbed at him carelessly, and set down
on a step, drew out his inevitable map
lighted fresh cigar, and asked our host
if any of Lees troops had been seen
about here to day. Sir, he answered, |
as I can truly say that none have been
seen by me ] will say so but if I had
seen any I should feel it my duty to
refuse to reply to your question.
cannot give you any information to
the disadvantage of Gen. Lee This (
little speech, clothed in unexceptiOn- /
able diction, which no doubt had been |
awaiting US from the time we tied our /
horses at the gate, missed fire badly. !
1t was very patriotic, and all that but |
the general was not in humOr to |
drop patriotism just then, so he only |
gave a soft whistle of surprise, and re-
turned to tie attack quite unscathed.
How far is it to Buffalo River p
''Sir, l don't know"
THE ID you don't. How long
have you lived here p
''All my life"
very well, sir, it's time you did
know
Captainl put this gentleman in charge
of a guard. aud when we move, walk
him down to Buffalo River, and show
it to him
And so he was marched off, leav-
ing us a savage glance at parting and |
that evening tramped five miles away
from home to look at river which
was as familiar to him as his own fam
ily. Doubtless to this day he regales |
the nejghbors with the story of this |
insult that was put upon him, and /
still brings up his children in the faith 1
for whose dogmas he suffered. Doubt
less, too, he considers Gen. Sheri dan /
a perfect gentleman.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
Scene at the Death-Bed of President
Lincoln.

At Carlisle, Pa, recently, the Pres
byterian Synods Of the old aud new
schools being in session at the same
place, the two bodies met In GOmmun-
ion with great harmony. Rev. DR..
Gurley, pastor of the church Ia Wash
ington which President Lincoln usually
attended, IN a speech at the table, gave
the following narrative, which has
never before been made public
When summoned on that sad night
to the death-bed of President Lincoln,
[ entered the room fifteen or twenty
minutes before his departure. All
present were gathered anxious
around him, waiting to catch his las6
breath. The physician with one hand
upon the pulse of the dying man and
the other hand laid upon his heart,
was intently watching for the moment
when life should cease.
He fingered longer than we had eX-
pected. At last the physician said
+" He is gone he is dead.
Then I solemnfy believe that for four
or FIVE minutes there was not the least
noise or movement In that awful pres
ence. We all stood transfixed in our po-
sitions, speechless, breathless, around
the dead body of that great and good
man.
At length, the Secretary of War,
who was standing at my left, broke the
silence, and said, Doctor, will you
say anything" ?" I replied, [ will
speak to God" Said he, Do it just
now.
And there, by the side Of our fallen
chief, God put IL into my heart to utter
this petition, that from that hour, we
and the whole nation might become
more united in our devotion to the
cause of our beloved and imperiled
country.
When I ceased, there arose from the
lips of the entire company, a fervId
and spontaneous - Amen"
And has not the whole heart of the
oyal nation responded " Amen.
Was not that prayer, there offered, /.
responded to in a most remarkable /
? When, in our history, have |
5he people of the land been found |
more closely bound together in pUr-
pose and heart than when the tele-
graphic wires bore all over the coun-
.ry the sad tidings that President Lin |
,oln was dead?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
Badly Sold

A capital story is told of a young
fellow who on one Sunday str0lled in
to a village church, and during the
service was electrified aud gratifed by
the sparkling Of pair of eyes which
We're rlVeted upon his face. After the
service, he saw the possessor of the
shining orbs leave the church alone.
and, emboldened by her glances, he
ventured to follow her, his heart ach-
ing with rapture He saw her look
behind, and he fancied she eviueed
some emotion at recognizing him. He
had quickened his pace, and she actu-
ally slackened hers, as if to let him
come up with her-but VIC will per-
NIT the young gentleman to tell the
rest in his own way
Noble young creature y thought [,
her artless and warm heart is supe-
TIOr to the bond of custom"
l had reached within a stones
throw of her She suddenly halted
and turned her face toward me. My
heart swelled to bursting, I reached
the spot where she stood she began
to speak, and I took off my hat as If
doing reverence to an angel.
Are you a peddler P'
No, my dear that is not my occu-
patton"
Well, I don't know" continued
she, not very bashfully, and cycling me
very sternly Il thought when [ saw
you In the meeting house that you
looked like n peddler who passed off
a pewter half dollar on me three weeks
ago, aud so [ determined to keep an
eye on you. Brother John has got
home now and saws If he catches fbe
fellow he'll wiring his neck for him
and l amt sure but you're the good
fOr-nothing rascal after all ?''
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30

and the next both are on the floor.
He sits a moment, and then rises and
PAGES the floor. He must talk, quick,
sharp, and yet not harshly, all the
time making his odd gestures, which,
no less than the intonation of his
voice, serve to emphasize his language.
He can not bear a clog upon his
thoughts nor an interruption to his
language. He admits of no opposition.
He overrides every thing. He never
hesitates at interrupting any one, but
can not bear to be interrupted himself
He is very well aware, and candidly
admits, that his temper Is uncommon
ly bad, and, what is worse, he makes
no attempt to control it. In speaking
of the late General Mcpherson, of the
Army of Tennessee, he once remarked ::
He is as good an officer as l am--is
and has better temper
Grant, once speaking Of Sherman's s
said: Sherman Is i'm
Detuous and faulty, but he sees his
faults as soon as any man. The fact
S, if Sherman's faults alone could be
given to another, they would serve to
distinguish him from the common
lerd w. +. g. SHANKs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30

A LONGITUDINAL RIVER.-A river
that runs east or west crosses no par
allel Of latitude; consequently, as It
flows toward the sea, it does not change
its climate, and, being in the same eli
mate, the crops that are grown at Its
mouth are grown at its sources; end
from one end to the other of it there
is no variety Of prOduction-lt is Of
wheat and corn, or wine or oil or some
other staple Assorted cargoes, there
fore, canuot be made up from the pro
duce which such a river brings down
to market On the other hand, a riv-
er that runs north or south crosses
parallels of latitude, changes its eli
mate at every turn, and, as the traveller
descends it, he sees new agricultural
staDies Astounding. Such a river bears
down TO the sea a variety Of prOduc.
tioBs, which one or another OF the na-
tions is sure to want, and for which
one will send to the market at its
mouth, or the port whence they are dis
tributed over the world Its advan-
tages are equally great for trade be-
tween the different sections through
which it flows, as the staples of those
sections are unlike, and productions
lacking in one part of its course are
supplied in another. The assortmeuts
Of merchandise afforded by such a riv-
er are the life of commerce they give
it energy, activity and scope. Such a
river is the Mississippi, and the NJ is
sissippi is the only such river In the
worldl
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30

MARINE BABO8IETERS.-A dog OF
the pointer kind, brought from South
| Carolina in an English merchant YES
sci, was a remarkable prognosticatoT
of bad weather. Whenever he was OBJ
served to prick up his ears, scratch the
deck, and rear himself to look to the
WindWard, whence he would eagerly
snuff up the wind, if it was then the
finest weather imaginable the crew
were sure of a succeeding tempest; and
he became so useful, that whenever
they perceived the fit upon him they
Immediately reefed the sails and took
IN their spare canvas, TO prepare for
the worst.
Other animals are prognOsticators Of
weather also, and there is seldom a
storm at sea but it is foretold by some
of the natural marine barometers on
board many hours before the gale
Cats and pigs for instance, perceiviDg
though we cannot, the alteration in the
atmosphere, by some effect it has on
their bodies. will run about like wild
creatures. The cat will dance up and
down the shrouds. gnaw the ropes, and
divert herself with every thread that
stirs. The pigs will race about, bite
one another, and commence perfect
posture-masters, though they get many
a kick for it from the apprehensive
sailor.
May not the popular saying of "pigs
seeing the wind" have had its origin
from this circumstance
Poultry on shipboard also, before
the approach of windy weather, are
greatly disturbed, beating their wings
about their coops, dropping prodig
iously, and making a low, mournful
kind Of cackliug.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30

WHY THE SKY Is BLUE.-It is gen
orally supposed that the blue color of
the sky is due to moisture in our at
mosphere, and the idea seems to be
confirmed by the intensity of the color
during the moist weather of summer,
when compared with the sky of the
more dry weathered winter. 1t has
recently been shown by Prof Cooke,
of Cambridge, in a paper read to the
American Academy of Arts and Sci
enees, that this view is correct. He
has found by means Of the speotroseope,
a very delicate instrument of analysis,
by which the most minute substances,
even when at distance, can be deteo-
ted, that the aqueous vapOr of the at
mosphere absorbs most powerfully til e
yellow and red rays emanating from
the sun, leaving the blue rays to be
transmitted, and thus accounting for
the color of the sky. The instrument
also proves that the color is due to
simple absorption of these rays by the
water, and not to repeated reflections
from the surface of an infnity of drops,
as has been supposed.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
The Old Story.

was woman, and I'd a heart,
And I raYed oflove and of constancy,
And he saw the tears to my eyelids start,
For he was the world to me!
He Whispered low when the spring-time
flew,
Of the tangled paths in which men
stray,
And around me all his arms he threw,
His eyes were on fire that day.
We parted: yesl but I clung to MIN,
And put up my lips to be kissed
again:
But the laughing eyes of the heav'n
grew dim,
And were swollen black with rain,
They came to me when my love was
gone,
And said he was poor and toiled for
bread
They taIk'd of ruin and tears alone,
And my heart was dull as lead.
And then they laid their briBe at my
Twas the same old tale that is often
told
They played on the strings ofmy hearts
cOneeit,
And dazzled my eyes with gold.
I sold myself to loveless thing,
And walked to the altar and thereT
lied;
For my heart was away with the prim-
rose spring,
And by my husbands side.
And now you ask me what Of the lie?
I've paid full dear formy girIish greed;
'Twere better, Think, for a woman to die
Than to live the life I lead.
I am alone, but still I can sing,
And pray for the ruin ofwinter's rain,
For the scent of the primrose-crown Of
spring
VIII return to me again.
HarPer'S Weekly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
The Honey Ant of Texas.

These ants are a medium size be
tween the large and small red ant
and are of a reddish and brown colol
Appended to the rear of each one is
transparent sack or globe filed wit
pure, clear honey, of a most deliciou
favor. These sacks vary 10 size Of
different ants-ranging between tn
size of buokshot and a navy pisto
ball On this sack, at short inter walls
are attached thin layers about the
length aud width of half a grain o.
rice, and Of a dark color, evide ntly tf
strengthen it and keep it in shape
These interesting animals, when theJ
crawl, draw their delicious load after
them, and if the sack is empty, they
set themselves to work to replenish II
again. Whether they deposit this
honey in their great general reservoir
among the rocks, to draw from it as
occasion may require, or hold and use
it as individual property, we are not
informed. Here is a curiosity that
we believe has heretofore escaped the
eyes and pens of our celebrated natur-
alists.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-30
From BslgraFia-
An Incident at sadoWa.


The cannon were belehing their last
Ger the fields where the routed were
flying,
And shouting Pursuers strobe fast,
Through the heaps Of the dead and
the dying.
Wars rage was beginning to waue,
The fierce cared no longer to strike
And the good stopped to soften the pain
Ofvicbors and vanquished alike.
A yellow-haired Austrian lad,
Layat length on a shot furrowed bank;
He was eomeIy and daintiIy clad
In the glittering dress of his rank
Not so white, though, his coat as his
cheek,
Nor so red the sash crossing his chest
As the horrible crimson streak
Of the blood that had welled from his
breast.
His foes approached where he was laid,
To bear him in reach Of their skill
But he murmured, Give others your.
aid
BY our Fatherland let me lie still"
At dawn they came searching again,
To win now the quick from the dead
The boy was set free from his pain,
And his faithful young spirit had fed.
As they lifted his limbs from the ground,
To hide them away out of sight,
I10l under his bosom they found
The dag he had borne thro' the fight
He had folded the silk he loved well,
Lest a shred should be seen at his side
To wave it in triumph he fell,
To save it from capture he died.
The head of the sternest was barred
AS they gazed on the shot-riven rag, /
And the hand OF the hardest spared
To make prey Of that Austrian flag.
Ger the tomb of their brother they
bowed,
With prayer for a spirit as brave;
And they gave him flag for a shroud /
In his narrow and nameIess grave
Bloomfield Jackson, n. 4.