Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-09-23

Phalanxes Of female lecturers are now
forming.
/ Punch says that a silk dress should
never be sat in.
High old Time''-The clock on St.
Paul's steeple.
Napoleon went to Sedan but unfor-
tunately he saw William.
Two Texan women are raising twenty
two acres Of cotton.
There was not one democratic vote
cast at the recent election in Peacham.
Vermont.
The male population Of Iowa is forty
thousand in excess Of the female.
A pretty girl, like hard sum, is
something to sigh for (ciPher)
Forty thousand women are employed
as outdoor laborers in England.
Teacher-"T-h-a-t spells what p
Bright scholar-'I thought it tspelt that
Chicagoans claim that the population
Of that city viii vary but little from z97,-
400.
For Farmers. Ito cure a choked
cow-a sure remedy-put her in the
brine barrel.
The most obliging men are auction
eers-they attend to every ones bidding.
September closes the season at the
seaside, but it is the opening season for
oysters.
Strange, isn't it. that Louis and J.
in the theatre Of war, should have got
into such very bad box.
Jet trimming has come in fashion
again, and is used for trimming b0nnets,
cloals and dresses.
Old Here, waiter, here's
a caterpillar in this soup e. Waiter
'Yes, sir. About the time of year for 'em
just now, sir.
An Ohio girl has laid by the sum Of
six hundred dollars, all gained by MAX
ing corn husk door-mats at ten cents
each.
Satisfactory experiments show that the
claim Of certain institutions to teach
deaf-mutes to articulate is a claim that
should be aloud.
We often hear of "round numbers"
but the nearest approach to a round
number is a cypher which is neither
number nor round.
A man being dissatisfied with the bill
of an expressman, was allowed to eX-
press his feelings without charge.
Moths may be kept out Of furs and
woollen clothes by wrapping the fabric
in calico. Moths cannot eat through
calico.
"Bedad," said an Irishman, eff
Yankee were cast away on a desert IS
land he'd begin selling maps TO the in-
habitants.'
President Grant has not yet designat-
ed the successor of Mr.. Motley, nor VIII
any name be announced until 1t be
known that the person to whom the
mission may be offered viii accept
Patience is exemplihed in the man
who left his wagon while his horse balk-
ed, sat on stump and read the Bible
till the animal was hungry enough TO go
home.
The most fashionable fur used next
winter will be cki1chiEZa. Ermine has
gone entirely out Of fashion, and is now
only used for opera cloaks.
A western writer says the initials S. c.
in John S. c. Abbott's name are pre-
presumed to stand for Sold Completely
so far as his views respecting the French
empire are concerned.
The collection of q, 900 cattle, 1000
hogs and $50, 900 sheep in the French
capital shows that the Parisians were
prepared to meat the Prussians IN the
city, if not to meet them in the field
The prairies west Of Hays. City, Kan
sas, are literally covered with buffalo. lt
/ is thought that theyare more plentiful
this season than ever before. Numbers
of them are killed by hunting parties
mo man in England thinks of black
ing his own boots, said self-suf6cient
Englishman to Mr. Lincoln. Whose
boots does he black 2" was the quiet
rejoinder of the facedous President
Leavenworth, Kansas, is said to boast
of a man who is SO tall that his likeness
cannot be got into one picture. "A local
artist has painted bis head and should
ers, and announces that he viii be 'con-
tinued next week,
The valuation of Iowa has been fixed
at $3oz, ,OOO, 900, and the state tax is two
mills on the dollar. 1t is said that IL the
assessed valuation be one-fourth the real
valuation, Iowa contains property to the
amount Of 81 ,zo8, 100000.
''Sir," said an astonished landlady to
a traveller who had just sent his cup for
ward for the seventh time, you must
be very fond of coffee" "Yes, madame.
am, he replied, or never should
have drank SO much water to get liz
tie"
"You must admit, doctor, said a witty
lady TO a celebrated doctor Of divinity.
with whom she was arguing the question
of the equality of the sexes, "You
must admit that woman was created be-
fore man. "Wel, really. madam" /" said
the astonished divine, Il must ask Won
to prove your case" That can be easily
done, sir, she naively replied, - Wasn't
| Eve the first maid ??
General Douay, about whose death so
many conflicting reports are circulated,
was buried at Saargemuend on the 10th
of last month by the Prussians with most
impressive ceremonies. A battalion Of
the Seventy-Ninth Prussian Regiment
and all German officers in the town ac-
companied him TO the grave. When
/ the coffin was about to be lowered into
l the grave, the German General, Won
! Wagner, took a flower from wreath,
and laying it on the coffin, said in voice
/ of profound emotion This flower N
] deQlCdteQ Dy q II uasia-Ll llAt~et ~ = --l-e
! hero p The French citizens who Wit
messed the ceremony were visibly touch
| ed.
Every Prussian soldier in France has
in his pocket a sort of album containing
colored drawings ofthe various uniforms
in the French army, so as to enable him
1 TO report, when on outpost duty, the exc
/ act nature Of the troops he has seen lie
/ is also provided with a little book pub
lished this year at Berlin, under the tlla
/ of "The German Soldier in France
/ Manual for enabling any German 60
make himself understood BY Frehchmen
without knowing the language Of the
| country" This manual IS SIMPLY
I vocabulary Of the words and phrases
which a German soldier m 4 rance .-'-.- Woe.-
i be most likely to require in his conver-
/ sations with the people.