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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
BOils---A Boys Composition. -

A boil is generally very small at first
and fellow hardly notices it, but in a
few days il gets to be the biggest of the
two, and the chap that has it is of very
little account in comparison with his
boil, which then "has him." Boils ap-
pear mysteriOusly upon various por-
tions of the human body, coming when
and where "they darn please" and Of
ten in very inconvenient places. Some
times a solitary boil is the sum total Of
the afiictiOn, but frequently there is a
'frubishin' lot Of 'em" to help the first
one. If a boil comes anywhere on a
person, that person always wishes that
IL had come somewhere else, although
it would puzzle him to say just where.
Some persons call them "Damboils,' -
but such persons are addicted to pro-
fani6Y-JiI5 proper name is boil. IF q
chap has boil be generally gets "a good
deal of sympathy from others-tin a
horn" Whoever asks him what aiIs
him laughs at him for his pains to an
sWer, while many unfeeling persons
make game of him, or of his misfortune
or boil. 1t is very wicked to make
sport Of persons with boils they can
not help it, and often feel very badly
about it; Physicians don't give boil
patients much satisfaction as a general
thing, although young physicians who
are just beginning to practice are fond
Of trying their lancets on them.
Boils are said to be "healthy," and
judging from the way they take hold
and hang on, and ache, and burn, ami
raise Cain generally, there is no doubt
they are healthy and have good cOnsti-
tutiOns. They are generally very live
ly and playful at night, and it is very
funny to see chap with a good large
one prospecting around his couch for a
place where his boil will fit in without
hurting" Boils tend to "purify the
blood, !" strengthen the system, calm the
nerves, restrain the profanity, tranquil
iZe the appearance. They are a good
thing for married men who spend their
evenings away from home, as they give
them an opportunity to rest their night
keys, and get acquainted with their
families.
1t is said that boils save the patient
ga fit of sickness" /" but if the sickness is
not best to have, it must be an all-fired
mean thing. It is also said that a per
there is no doubt that one feels much
better after having got rid of them.
Many distinguished persons have en-
joyed these harbingers of health. Job
took the first premium at the county
fair for having more achers under cul-
tiVatiOn than any other person.
Shakespeare had them, and meant
boils when he said, "One woe doth tread
upon anOther's heels, so fast they fol-
low -
There are a great many remedies for
bOils, most Of which are well worth try
ing, because they don't hurt the boil
Every man he meets will tell him of a
"gOod thing" for it, among which are
shoemaker's wax, Mrs. WinsloW's
russee, gum drops, water proof black
ing, night blooming cereus, chlOrOform,
kissengen, ETC., etc.
THE END.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
Curious Facts About Water

The extent TO which water mingles
with bodies, apparently the most solo. .
is very wonderful The glitterinQ oDaf
Wnlcn beauty wears as an ornament, is
only Hint and water. OF every ] 300
tons Of earth which a landlord has in
MS estate, 400 are water. The snow
capped SUBMITS Of SnOWden and Rem
Nevis have many million tons OF water
IN q Eo4idiGed form. In every plaster
Of Paris statute which an italian carr
r1es through our streets for sale, there
is one pound Of water to four pou nds
OF chalk. The air we breathe contains
hVe grains Of water TO each cubic foot
Of its bulk. The potatoes and turuips
which are boiled for our dinner have in
their raw state, the one rs per cent. and
the other so per cent, Of water. If a
man weighing ten stone were squeezed
IN a hydraulic press, seven and a half
stone Of water would run out, and on
ly two and half Of dry residuum re-
main. A man is, chemically speaking.
40 pounds Of carbon and nitrogen, die
fused through Eve and a half paiIsfuI
OF water. In plants we find Dc thus min
Cling no less wonderfully. A sun-novv-
er evapOrates one and quarter pints Of
water, a day. and cabbage about the
same quantity. A wheat plants ex-
hales, in 175 days, about 100000 urains
OF water. An acre Of growing wheat,
on thie calculation, draws and passes
out ten tons Of water per day. The sap
OF the plant is the medium through
which the fluid is conveyed. It forms a
delicate pump up which it flows with the
rapldlGy of swift strean. BY the ac-
ton Of the sap various properties may
oe assimilated to the growing plant
Timber in France is for instance. dved
by various colors being mixed with wa
ter and sprinkled over the roots OF the
tree Dahlias are also colored by SINH
lar process.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
Tell Your Wife

If you are iu trouble or a uuaudary.
tell your Wife-that is IL YOU have one
all about il at once. Ten to one
her invention viii solve your difH-
Guilty sooner than all your logic. The
VIII OF woman has been praised but
ner instincts are quicker and keener
than her reason. Counsel with vour
wife, or your mother or sister. and be
assured that light viii flash upon your
darkness.
Women are too commonly adiUdred
as veFdant in all but womanish annirs.
No philosophical student OF the sex
thus Judges them. Their intuitionH. or
insights are the most subtle, and if thew
cannot see cat in the meal there fB no
cat there; In counseling a man to tel
his troubles to his wife, we would go
farther and advise him TO keen none
from his wife. Many a home has been
happily saved, and many a fortune re-
ttTeIVeu Dy mans full confidence in his
'D6GJer nalf, woman Is far more q
seer and prophet than man, If she has
q 1a1r chance.-As a general rule wives
conhde the minutest Of their plans and
thoughts to their husbands. HAVING no
lnyolvements to screen from tham.-
why not reciprocate, if but for the
pleasure of meeting con6denca9
We are certain that no man sucosede
50 wen In the world as he who taking
a partner Tor life, makes her the mart
ner OF all his purposes and hopes
What is the wrong of his Impulses or
Judgement she VIII check and set right
WIN ner almost universally right in
stincts. "Helpmeetn was no insirnif-
cant title, as applied to mans oompan-
ION. She is a meet help to him ia every
darkness, d1thculty, and sorrow Of life.
And what she most Graves and most
deserves, IS conideuCe-without which
love is never free from shadows.--E,E.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20

RED TAPE IN GERMANY.-An extra
ordinary rep tape store is related by a
German paper as authentic. 1t is told
of a town in Wurtemberg. It is the
rule in Sebilda, Stuttgart, that the fire
engine shall always be tested three days
before a fire. In Wurtemberg, an alarm
can not be given until the ObeyaHtHGHn
has given his permission
On the night Of January 10, a fire,
caused, as is supposed, by an incen-
diary, broke out in the granary of the
ThOrsel postmaster, in Gaildorf. AS a
high wind was blowing, all was soon in
DlaZe. The town runner, Aichele,
was at once sent full speed to tn ODER
d7IltMGnR, twelve miles distant, to ask
for the fire engines. He came, but had
lost the written order on the way, and
gines go without a regular demand, in
black and white, to show for it.
In vain did the messenger insist that
they might inflict any punishment they
pleased on him, but not to let the un-
| fortunate town suffer for his careless
ness-the red-tape man remained firm,
stuck to the letter of the law, and, with
out so much as letting the chief of the
FIRE department know what was re-
quired, aud with the distant flames
plainly visible, drove the messenger
away and turned to his pillow, to sleep
the slumber of an official who strictly
obeys the law. By five O'Clock in the
morning Aichele had returned with a
/ new order, but during the time forty
/ seven houses had been burned, inClud-
/ ing the Post, the church, the castle OF
/ the Counts vOn Pueckler, and seventy
/ e ght families, in all three hundred peO.
! pie, were turned out hRlf-naked in the
| winters snow"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
school Rxaminera' ETotice.

m1HE School Examiners Of Delaware county will
II meet, during the year 1858, fer the examina-
ton Of teachers at the following places and times
namely
At the COURT ROOM in Delaware, March 7th
and 2lst April 4th aud 18th Nay I'd ; Septem-
Der 26th October 10th and oath November 7th
and 14th December 5th.
At the SCHOOL HOUSE in OstrandeT, March 28th
and Oct Sd. At the SCHOOL HOUSE in Ashley,
April 11th. At the SCHOOL HOUSE in Lew is Gem
t.r, April 25th and October 31st At Col. Frambes'
SCHOOL HOUSE in Sunbury, Nay 9tn and October
ITth.
Candidates must present satisfactory testimo-
mails Of good moral character and the law re-
quires, as q condition Of s1GMiBGttOH, that each
applicant for certificate shall Pay a fee Of 90
cents.
10 certificate is granted hnIess the candidate is
'Squalided 90 teach the branches na med in the
law namely OrthOgraphy, Reading, Writing /,
Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar and
possesses an adequate knowledge Of the theory and
practice Of teash shinE.n
NO cand idnte, after second failure, will be ad-
mtttsd to discrimination within six months.
Examinations viii commence at 20 O'Clock, A
n. and close at O'Clock, P. NJ and no applicant
will be admitted after II O'Clock. The exercises
will be conducted as far Ms possible in writing
Each candidate Is requested TO bring paper, and
pencil and a stamped envelope directed 70 him
sgli in which the certificate awarded Will be
nailed TO him, or notice Of failure.
>. s. CAMPBELL,
Feb. "A. 1898. Clerk.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
Dead in the Street.


Under the lampIight, dead in the street,
Delicate, fair and only twenty,
There she lies,
Face to the skies.
starved 70 death in a city Of plenty,
ScOFned bY ali that IS pure and sweet,
Passed BY busy and careless feet
Hundreds bent upon folly and pleasure
Hundreds with plenty, and time and leisure;
Leisure 70 speed Christ g mission below,
To teach the erring and raise the low
Plenty in eharity's name to show
That life has something divine and holy
Boosted eharms-cIassical brow
Delicate fsa6ures-1ook at them now
Look at her lips, once they could sHn1Aes
EsFes-Well, never more shall they Degu11e
Never more, never more word Of hers
A blush shall bring 10 the saintltest face,
She has found, let rs hope and trust
Peace in q higher and better place.
And yet, despite Of all s9Ill, Weens
Joy OF some heart she must have Deens
Some fond mother, proud Of the task
Has stopped 20 finger each beautiful curl5
Some vain father has bowed TO ask
"A blessing for her, ms darling girl.
Hard 20 think, as we look at her there,
OF all the tenderness, love and care,
Lonely watching and sore heart-ache,
All the agony burning tears,
Joys and SOrToWsg and hopes ana fears.
BEeaGhe1 and suffered for her sweet sake.
Ea1cy- vvfzl picture a home afar,
Ont where the daises and butBeT-cups are,
Out where nfe-gtytng bEeezes blow
+ ar fFefn these soiden streets foul and low.
Fancy viii picture lonely hearth,
And an AGED couple dead % mirth-
An AGED couple, broken and gray,
Kneeling beside q bed to pray
Or lying awake O. nights to bark
For q thing that may come in the rain and
the dark,
A hollow-eyed woman with weary feet.
Better they never know
She whom they cherished so
Lies this night lone and low,
Dead in the street.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
What the InhatatiOnists are drift
ing to.

England has had a fnan cial expert
ence very similar to our own. After
the immense debt incurred at the be-
ginning of the present century she had
the same struggle to return to specie
payments and the same opposition.
just as the goal of specie was about to
be reached the governments yielded to
the clamor for paper and an enormous
infIatat1on began. Prices went up
enormously, gold went s5rOad and
everybody had plenty OF paper prom
ises called money. People had just be-
gun to congratulate themselves upon
having realized dream Of wealth and
prosperity never anticipated when the
crash came. The specie having been
driven out of the country the banks
strained their credit to the utmost and
finally were compelled to suspend.
Paper of all kinds Immediately be-
came worthless and the transition
from plenty of money to no money at
all was immediate and terrible. sPan-
ic and then despair were the conse-
quence." One after another great
commercial houses failed, business be-
came stagnant, and the banks were
completely crushed. A writer of the
time thus graphically describes the
misery and distress that followed
Mark, the calamity fell not upon the
rich alone but chiefly upon the poor.
The question now was, how to get
money to 90 on from day co day-a
question which involved that Of the We
ry life of the working classes through
the winter. There was nothing before
millions of them but absolute starva-
tiOn, unless commerce could be set
agoiug again, more or less. If they
could not earn, they must starVe for
even those of them who had some prop
erty could not sell. The pawnbrokers'
houses we're Crammed from the rafters
to the doorstep, till they would not hold
one article more and if they had, the
pawnbrokers had no money, any more
than other people. 1t was a touching
thing to those who had acq Uaimtancs
among the poor, to see, that winter, the
bride-hOusewife, who so lately looked
forward to a marriage of substantial
cOnnfO polishing up her new furniture,
or looking for something to mend in her
own or husbands new clothes, while the
faces of both were wan with hunger. IT
was tOuchingito see how long the pride of
the decent dressmaker, and the skilled
weaver and house wife, leaning faint
against their idle loom, stood out
against the charity soup and loaf, de-
ciaring, even till it became no longer
true, that they could point out some
neighbors who would be glad of tickets,
but that, for themselves, they could not
say they had ever wanted bread. These
things were seen and heard from street
to stl eet of every town, throughout that
winter, even after Government and gen
erous hearted capitalists had done all
that could be done to stop the derange-
ment of the national affairs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
The Chemistry Of Furniture.

Young hOusekeepers do not always
understand the theory of the chemical
and mechanical action of different sub
stances on articles of furniture The
substances from which furniture is
chiefly exposed TO injury are water,
oils, alcOhOls and acids.
Acids act on marble. Marble is it
self composed of carbonate OF lime--that
is, it is a compound of carbonic acid
and lime. Now, the carbonic acid has
comparatively weak affinity for lime,
and most other acids will prevail over
it and take its place when brought in
contact WitE it, thus destroying the tex
ture of the stone, Hberating the carbon
ic acid and leaving nitrate of lime, or
murate of lime, or sulphate, or acetate
of ltmes as the case may be, in the form
of white powder, in its place. But
OILS alcohols and water produce no ef-
feet on marble.
All Vanished or polished surfaces OF
wood, on the other hand, while not in
iured usually by acids, are attacked by
alcohol. Varnishes are composed of
different gums and resins, which are
generally soluble in alcohol. Many OF
them are made by dissOIving the mate
rial in alcohol, so as to liquify them,
and then, when they are applied, the
alcohol evaporates, leaving the gum or
resin in thin, even coating over the
whole surface. If now any alcoholic
SUBSTANCE comes upon BuCn BuEIaCe,
whether it be alcohol ITSELF as used for
lamps, or spirits Of any kind, or even
wine, which contains but a small per-
centage of alcohol, the varnish is attack
ed, a portion of it is dissolved, and the
brilliancy of the surface is destroyed.
Oils will not attack either marble or
vanished surface, and viii do no inju-
ry except to naked wood or other por-
Gus substances which admit them into
the pores, from which they cannot af-
terward easily be expelled.
Water affects no substances except
such as have open pores exposed, in
which case it enters and causes the sub
stance to swell, or such as are soluble
in water, as glue in joints, and mucil-
Uge or gum arabic, used sometimes for
attaching superficial ornaments to fancy
work. American Artisan.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20

Meals are punctual. The viands are
aiWa ays pretty much the same each day,
ana on each day they all have pretty
mucn the same flavor. The soup and the
enIIees ana the joint, are all perfectly
aIlkes especially the BOup. The effect Of
sitting every day next to the same per-
sons, ls singularly mUnotOnOus, as any
Dody knows who has ever tried the eE-
pertinent. To live for weeks in the eo-
cleCy OF teW persons, to the very lowest
Dob-oin or whose minds you have reach
ed at the end of the first two davs. and
those persons not endeared ~ Won ~
tles OF ahection or relationship, is ore
ceival5le.
But then, while you are at sea, TO be
deadened is the best thing that can be-
fan you. Where ali sensation ia more
or less unpleasant, and stimulus that
excites D. must be an evil, and any NOR
al narcotic that lulls it must be "a good.
Ihe apathy which conquers the soul h
these ciroumstanses is one ofthe uncov-.
enanted nercies of the gods.
To have a fretfuI man nr still worse
fretful woman sitting next to one for
many days, Is a calamity TO which MOTH
ing that happens on land Is at an COM
parable, There are people Of this sort
who viii not take their fate with COM
posure5 who daily revile every dish
that is set before them with acfid re-
Wiling, grumbliug because the cooking
ls not as good as a first rate London
Club; because the ale is cloudy. az liza
ship could move without rockinps bee
cause the salad is not fresh, as if the sea
grew lettuce and endive.
MonOtOny may have its evils. but
they are trihing compared with the
evils Of peevish unreasOn, at least for
a resigned bystander. It is possible
that the grumbleE himself finds q GER
tain relief in his grumbling, but be se-
cures II at tne expense Of his fellows.
one OF the most curious things, by the
way, about long voyages, is tie readi-
ness with which deadly autiDath les
springs up in ones bosom. Nobody
who has ever been ten days at sea has
failed to conceive hearty dislike for
one or two of his fellOw-pa passengers. Its
grounds are unimportant and ineXpli-
cable We hate one man because tle
mas sour look upon his face, and am
other because be ia,so iInplaoably hoar-
ty and hilarious. No possible line Of
conduct protects anybody against q
deadly animOslty of this kind.
AccidentaET we make ND our minds
that some one whom we meet daiIv ia
the oear-like promenades on deck is
snob5 q puppy or dolt. Every thing
original conviction. We fully believe
him capable of any atrociiy or folly
until at last the pilot comes on board to
take the ship into the harbor, and then,
IN an instant the sea-scaIes fall from
our eyes, and we are ready TO believe
al good things Of all men,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20

Theodore Tiltou was recently remind
ed of little bill incurred at Waterloo,
Iowa while on a lecturiug tour, and
which he had forgotten to settle. The
"dun" was sent to his home, in Brook
lyn, and by his wife forwarded to Mr..
TiltOn ,sat Cleveland. In his letter of
remittance, Mr.. Iilton says: "Your let
ter of January "a, after astonishing my
wife in Booklyn, has finally swung
round the circle and reached me here.
I inelose the amount of your bill; a
debt which I had entirely forgot-though
take it for granted that your state
ment of it is correct. So it appears that
I ran away ingloriOusly from Waterloo
without paying for my washing at the
hotell This fact, confess, has squal-
ly look; and If ever / should be nomin-
ated for the Presidency (Which may
God forbidO, do not, 7 beg of you, re-
wye the viltainous incident against me
as part of my record MY shirts were
washed. This is fatal. Il is the sun
washed who get into the Presidency.
Did leave a whisky bill unsettled 2
No; I use so little Of that article that ]
shall certainty be safe against all
chances Of next summers nomination"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20
Governor Seymour on Pendlot0n's s
Greenbaok Scheme,

The New York Democratic State
Convention was held at Albany on
Wednesday. The chief feature of the
occasion was an address by H0ratio
Seymour, who was specially requested
to speak for and express the views of
the New York Democracy on tho sub
ject of finance, payment of the bonds,
&c. To the utterances of Seymour are
attached peculiar significance, not on
ly on account of his prominence u tho
Democratic party, or the fact that h0
is the choice Of New York for the
Presidency, but because he expressly
declared that In the sentiments, he
uttered he represented the Democrat
ic party of his State. He utterly re-
pudiates the Pendleton greenbaok doc
trine. We commend this speech 30
the prayeriul attention of the Hon.
George and his Cincinnati Enquirer.
IL will make q valuable campaign
document if PendletOn is nominated.
Seymour concludes as follows
lt IS a mistake 70 suppose the inter-
ests Of bOndholders and tax payers are
antagonistic. The fact is overlooked
that, In order To make any saving hy
giving the bondholder a worthless pa
per, we would bring upon ourselves
disaster and dishonOr, which VIII cost
a hundred fold what we can save. IL
means that the honor Of our country
shall be stained; that our business
shall be kept ia uncertainty and con
fusion; that the labOrinR man shall
suffer by the increased cost oE the
comforts Of life; that taxpayers shall
be burthened BY Government proved
TO be corrupt and imbecile bv this
very depreciation of it's money. We
can't afford TO speculate upon the ma
rion's honor at so fearful d cost III
We come into power there viii be no
disoredit on our currency, no aHecula-
ton 10 paying cur bonds Ga pafer. u
thank God the faith which We hold
as one man, seeks Co level up, not TO
level down. While. therefore, We may
differ as Co the construction Of the
contract with the public creditor, we
must not oonfound the position Of
those who think It right 10 pay in pa
per, but who battle TO make Tbs paper
as good as gold, with the posiaon Of
those who mean TO pay not only ln pa
per, but, who are destroying tto value
of that paper, That is republic lon.--
4 We are not trying to give paper to lno
bOndholder, but gold ana HlFi to she
uaanlr
Nwnma EhHM
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20

ROTHsCHILD BUYING A TENIERs. s.-The
Paris correspondent of the London
G lobe tells the following story:
SIT is announced that Baron Roths-
childs the elder has just become pos
SCISSOR Of a veritable Teniers. Some one,
it appears, told him of the arrival OF
the picture at Paris, and of its being Of
terred for sale, at the same time giving
bin proofs of its authenticity. The
great banker hurried off to the holder of
the painting, 'I'll take said he after
hasty nspectiOn-'how much fOne
hundred thousand francs (G4,000 in our
mOuey)l "a hundred thousand francsp
cried the baron, as ifsuch a sum were
fearful to mention and he offered con-
siderably less. 'NoY cried the owner,
DeremptorIly. The Baron augmented
mis- offer, but met with a refusal in
At last he proposed 900 francs. The
man of the picture did not say No; :
but neither did he say Yes In the
hope of overcoming his hesitation, the
banker produced roll of notes, and
selected fifty of I,OO0f each. He spread
them out on the table. Behold said
ne, with emotion, fifty beautiful notes
of 1,000f. each !; The man of the pic
| ture did not take them. FIFTY notes,
cried the Baron, worth infinitely more
| than their weight in gOld-deiightful
/ for the eye tOseP, precious for the hand TO
graspp The pOssessOr of the Teniers
! looked at them woefully; the Baron, on
| his part gazed on them tenderly, and
| heaved a sigh. At last after some bar
/ gaining, the mighty capitalists added a
| few more notes to fifty, and the picture
was his"