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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
A PEN PICTURE OF THE PREsI.
DENT
BY GRACE GREENWOOD.

BG Gk+ACE NTANEENHOOD.
Though so quiet and undemonstrative,
President Grants manner is not cold.
Though somewhat set and quite reticent
in expression, his face is neither hard
grayish blue certainly do not radiate
geniality and good fellowship, / have
always seen in them a still and steady
friendliness- impartial, almost undis-
eliminating, but singularly unforgetful.
His look into your eyes on a first meet
ing, is clear, direct but not piercing. He
makes no deep scrutiny into your
character but you feel that he reads you
well, as far as he goes, and you may be
sure he will know you the next time.
His words are few, as has occasionally
been remarked, and his address simplicity
itself. Some one once called it a cour-
ageous simplicity. l don't think the
term suited to him; it implies too much
consciousness. Franklin's appearance
at the Court of Versailles, was "cour-
ageous simplicity" Jefferson's s ride on
horseback from the White House to the
Capitol was dramatic simplicity. But
Grant gives no thought to efect-makes
no parade of not making a parade. In
walking, he carries his head-that Won
derfully compact, evenly modelled head
slightly forward and he has in public
places an absent yet acquiescent air, as
of one being taken somewhere rather
than going of his own volition-which is
usually the case, as he is the most oblig-
ing, informal and unmagisterial of Chief
Magistrates. To me there is something
strange in the ordinary passivity of
such will as his. He seems not only
a modest, but a difident man. Great
heroes before him have been so. This
difidence may often be taken for indif-
ference and insensibility. I think
have seen the sure marks of it in his in
tercOurse with children, for whom he
really has the fondness characteristic of
Mr.. Lincoln. He has no small-talk for
small interviewers, but he is not above
listening to them, and have noticed
that they never account him hard or
cold. They have perhaps the instinct
to understand and the grace to interpret
that riddle for statesmen, reporters and
fine ladies-the face of President Grant.
Let us remember that God gives to
one soul a genius to think and to aspire;
to another to do and to be. There is
the inspired prophet brain, which says,
81 see-T believe, and there is the
imperial, compulsive brain, which says.
81 AMI will !" Who shall say which
is the greater? Each by a divine law.
ancient as time, gravitates to its fit period
and place. Because the night of our
is past, do not let US cease to
thank God for the strong hand which
upheld and guided US through its heav-
lest darkness above all, let us not quar-
rel with that hand, if it takes not kindly
to Paris kids, or if the grip it learned up
on the sword-hilt, sometimes makes slip
perry, self-seeking, political fingers tingle.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
HINTS TO WEARERs OF KID
GLOVES.

1t IS not generally known, or does not
appear to be generally known, even by
those who wear kids almost exclusively,
that the durability and set of the articles
depend very much upon how they are
put on the first time. Two pairs may be
taken from one box, of exactly the same
cut and quality, and by giving different
treatment when first putting the hands
into them, one pair will be made to set
much better, and to wear double, or
nearly that length of time, longer than
the other. When purchasing gloves,
people are usually in too much of hur-
~; they carelessly put them on, and let
them go in that way then, thinking to
do the work more completely at another
time. When this is the case, a person
is sure to meet with disappointment, for,
as the glove is made to fit the hand the
first time it is worn, so it will fit ever af-
ter, and no amount of effort will make a
satisfactory change. Never allow a
stretcher to be used, for the gloves will
not be likely to fit as well for it. All Of
the expansion should be made by the
hands. If the kids are so small as to
require the aid of stretcher, they should
not be purchased, as they will prove too
small for durability, comfort or wear.
When selecting gloves, choose them
with fingers to correspond with your own
in length, take time to put them on,
working in the fingers first, until ends
meet ends, then put in the thumb, and
smooth them down till they are made to
fit nicely. A glove that fits well will
usually wear well, at least will wear bet
ter than one of the same kind that does
not fit well. When the ends of the fin
gers do not come down right, or when
they are so long as to form wrinkles up
on the sides of the fingers, they will
chafe out easily; where the stretcher has
to be used to make the fingers large
enough. the body part will be so small
as to cramp the hand so that it cannot
be shut without bursting the seams of
the kids. Some recommend putting
new kid gloves into damp cloth before
they are put on, and allowing them to
remain until moistened. With this
treatment they can be put on much cas-
ier than otherwise, and will fit very nice
ly until they get dry, but on second
wearing there will be an unnatural
harshness about them, wrinkling in
spots. and they will not set so perfectly
as at first. | have tried the damping
process. and do not approve of it.-Ca-
nadTon 7oMyWaI of Commerce.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
For the Gazette.
SOME FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL.


In discussing this subject it shall be
my aim to state and illustrate such facts
and principles as shall have a tendency
to induce every man, woman and child,
capable of approaching truth, to exert
the whole weight of their influence in
favor of the temperance cause.
The fact is now established beyond
the possibility of doubt that alcohol is
poison, as certain. deadly and destruc-
/ tive as any other poison. 1t may be
more slow in its effects, but it is not the
| less certain.
It is estimated that 200. 600. 900 gallons
of ardent spirits, worth, at one dollar
per gallon, 500, o,ooo, 900, were consumed
in the United States in 1860. That sum
of money, if spread out in bank notes
laid end to end, would reach around this
entire globe, and $40 miles over. Or, if in
silver dollars, placed edge to edge, It
would equal the earth's diameter, and
o. miles over. It is a sum which would
support from eight to nine hundred
thousand young men in preaching the
gospel, and would more than supply, in
three years, a copy Of the Bible to every
family on the globe.
Alcohol consists, chemically, of car
bon, oxygen and hydrogen, in the fol-
lowing proportion Carbon, 81 parts,
oxygen "a, and hydrogen, IA. The adj
ditiOn of water forms the various proof
spirits. 1t can be generated in no way
but by fermentation, no skill of art hav-
ing jet been able to combine the above
elements IN such proportion or relation |
as to produce alcohol.
The loss, direct and indircct, resulting |
from the use of ardent spirits in the |
United States, in the year 1869, is esti-
mated at $500, 900. 900.
The use of alcohol tends to corrupt |
the morals, enfeeble the intellect, pro
duce incidence and wretchedness, short
en- life, and spread pail of grief over
families and nations. 1t is ascertained |
to be the source of nine-tenths of all the
crime and pauperism in the land. It
fills Our streets with drunkards, our pris-
Ons with poor criminals, and supplies
the gallows with victims. To the ac-
count of this destroyer are to be annual
ly charged 100000 criminals, 10000
paupers, and 1900 insane, all made such
by the use Of ardent spirits. To these
must be added oO,ooo of our country
men who die annually from the effects
of using alcohol, and who are brought
thereby to dishonored graves. And
then, to complete the account, re1nem-
Der the widows and the fatherless who
rise up every year to condemn this as
the destroyer of their peace, the cause
of their destitution and bereavement,
and we have some conception of the
of misery which this great evil
annually brings upon the land.
TOHN A CALDWELL
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
DELUsIoNs OF eIRLHOOD.

The following is a bit of Fanny Fern s
experience:
used to believe in school friendship
That delusion ended when Arabella
Triplet told mutual friends that l was
years and years her senior, knowing
what terrible ib she told
used to suffer Pangs of anger because
Of woes of beggars. Since that I have
seen one unstrap his leg in an area, and
run off gaily on two legs of his own. An
other threw a loaf of bread in the gutter,
and l saw third who had all day been
yelling, "Please assist the blind, care
fully examining his collection Of ten cent
stamps by the light of friendly apple
woman's candle.
/ used to put the greatest faith in low
ers' VOWS. Now, do not believe a man
means anything he says to a woman,
unless it is something disagreeable.
used to believe in faithful servants.
Since then have hired girls from intel
hgence Offices, and lost all my handker-
chiefs but one.
l used to believe in beauty. Since
then have seen a bewitching belle take
off half her hair, all her teeth, the best
of her complexion, two pounds of cotton
batting and a corset.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
MUSCULAR FORCE OF THE HU-
MAN HEART.


A curious investigation of the muscular
force of the human heart, and the com
parative amount of work it performs, has
recently been made and published by
Mr.. Haughton, an eminent English
mathematician. Starting with the pos
tulates-hrst, that three ounces of blood
are driven from each ventricle at each
stroke of the heart; second, that the hy-
drostatic pressure in the left ventricle
and aorta, against which the blood is
forced out, amounts to column of blood
nearly ten feet in vertical height third,
that the muscular force of the leftventricle
in contracting, bears to that of the right
ventricle in proportion of thirteen to five
he proceeds to show that the daily
work of the left ventricle is equivalent
to over eighty-nine tons lifted one foot,
and that of the right to over thirty-four
tons; or. for both together. to over one
hundred and twenty-three tons lifted
through one foot. The enormous amount
of force denoted by the preceding result
our author goes on to illustrate by show
ing, first, that if the daily work of la
boring man be equivalent to three hun
dred and fifty-four tons lifted through
one foot, the heart does over one-third
as much in twenty-four hours; therefore,
three old women, doing nothing what
ever, actually accomplish more work in
one day than the strongest average la
boring man second, that the laboring
force of the heart is greater than that
expended in propelling an eight-oared
boat through the water during the Sc
yerest boat race; third, that if the heart
expended its entire force in lifting its own
weight vertically, it would raise this
weight 2o,o 900 feet in one hour, or twenty
times as far as an active pedestrian can
climb in vertical altitude in the same
time fourth, that the greatest distance
through which a locomotive has been
able to lift itself up an incline has been
27oo feet in an hour, and that this equals
only one-eighth part of the energy of
the human heart. In fine, our author
thinks he has succeeded in proving that
the human heart is the most wonderful
piece of mechanism known, since he has
shown that its energy is equal to one
third of the total daily force of all the
muscles of strong man that it ex-
ceeds by one third the labor of the mus
cles in a boat-race, estimated by equal
weights of muscle that it is equivalent
to twenty times the force used in climb
ing vertically and finally, that it has
eight times the force of the most power
full engine invented by the art of man.
-AaIbez- J91- Nay
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
GENERAL HOWARD.
from Donn Piatt's Washington Cores
pondence.]

from Donn Piatt's Washington Cores
pondence.]
A committee is engaged in the inves-
tigation of the conduct of General How
ard. The Hon. Fernando Wood is af-
hicted with a spasm of virtue, for which
he is to be congratulated, and not only
prefers charges, but gives himself up to
their prosecution.
General Howard, from his earliest life
to the present moment, has held the con-
hdence of his associates, and friends and
enemies have united in pronouncing him
the soul of honor. He has made him
self obnoxious to many by his peculiar
political views, and to a few through his
religious belief; and it is not to be Won
dered at that sooner or later an attempt
would be made to limit his usefulness
and bIacken his fair name. And, under
the action of nervous temperament and
the promptings of kind heart, he may
have done some things that, in their ir-
regularity, open the door to his foes. In
the battles of this life, the pure-hearted
and impulsive enter the arena almost un-
armed in their very goodness. False
friends and smooth enemies find in such
an easy prey. As Sterne says, when a
Ad4AAD - " IG SAT- AAANC0 II ID easy 10
in the nearest hedge, sticks for the offer
ing.
While Howard is one of the purest
and best men in public life, he is con-
fding and unsusPecting as a child, and
as such has been surrounded by base
men, who, under the guise of friendship,
and the cloak of religion, have sought to
use and abuse him. have no question
but that this inquiry will fetch out any
quantity of wrong, for which Howard
will be held responsible.
Be that as it may, there is one caution
the press and the public may as wen re-
ceive, and that is, that the prosecution
must end before the defense can be
heard, and the insidious and cunning
enemies wall be busy telegraphing and
writing to the world all that can be said
to General Howard's injury. While
am satisfied that he viii come out of the
trial justified in every act, know the
manner in which men are condemned in
advance, and public opinion manufac-
tured before the truth can be heard.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
HOW HE WHIPPED HIM.

A young John Phoenix tells how it was
as follows: "I'll tell you how it was. You
see, Bill and me went down to the wharf
to fish; and felt in my pocket and
found my knife, and it was gone, and !
said, Bill, you stole my knife and he
said was another, and l said go there
yourself; and he said it was no such
thing; and said he was a liar, and l
could whip him, if I was bigger'n him !;
and he said he would rock me to sleep,
mother, and said he was a bigger one;
and he said never had the measles ;
and l said for him to fork over that knife
or 1 de fix him for tombstone on Lau-
rel Hill; and he said my grandmother
was no gentleman: and said he darsn t
take it up, but he did, you bet, then
got up again, and said he was too much
afraid to do it again. and he tried to, but
he didn't; and ! grabbed him and threw
him down on the top of me like several
bricks; and tell you it beat all-and so
did he, and my little dog got up behind
Bill and bit him, and Bill kicked at the
dog, and the dog ran, and ran after
the dog to fetch him back; and / didn't
catch him till got clear home, and III
whip him more yet. Is my eye black ?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
NOVEL REMEDY FOR syVEARINe,

A California paper commenting upon
the great temptations to the sin Of pro-
family in the country says: can in
telligent lady of our acquaintance, whose
little boy was beginning this strange
talk, anxious to explain to her child the
horror of profanity, hit upon the novel
process of washing out his mouth with
soap-suds whenever he swore. 1t was
an efectual cure. The boy understood
his mothers sense of the corruption of
an oath and the taste of suds, which to-
gether produced the desired result"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
PAY OF FEMALE CLERKS AT
WASHINGTON.


From Dom PtatGs Correspondence
This matter of compensation is a burn
ing shame to our Government. While
women are forced over the country to do
the same work with men for half the
compensation, we ought then to have
here an example of justice. was given
an illustration yesterday. Colonel Fish
er, Commissioner of Patents, had bu-
reau where three men-one head clerk
and two assistants-were employed to
conduct the business. The clerk re-
signed, and one of the assistants was
taken sick. Colonel Fisher senttor Mrs.
Cleveland and requested her to take the
position. She declined at first, and had
at last to be ordered to the place. She
reorganized the same rooms, dispensed
with all help. and is now getting more
work from the same clerks. And this
place, which before cost the Government
Sd, 800, is now carried on by this ener-
getic, clear-headed woman for 5000. 1t
IS a sin and shame that such imposi-
ton should be Practiced.
am glad to add my evidence to the
volume already on hand, of the eficien-
cy Of the female clerkships in Washing
ton, and hope some day to see the num-
Der increased and the pay made just,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29

The showing of Commissioner Delano
that the receipts from taxes under the
present Administration are much larger
than for a corresponding period under
the preceding one, is used by Demo
cratic papers as proof that there has
been an increase instead of reduction in
the rate of taxation.
On the contrary, the large aggregate in
crease is the result of the thorough and
economical collection of the taxes at
rates very much reduced from what
they were. In this State alone, for in
stance, the increased revenue from to-
bacco during eight months of Mr.. Della
nos administration, over a correspond
ing period of a former year, was 81 ,437-
776 65. Such facts are their own sufi-
cient argument.-M J. ZiIb1fHe.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29

At Cuthbert, Georgia, early on the
morning of the goth ult., during the prev
alence Of a violent storm Of rain, Dr.
Smith stepped to a secretary for a book
which he wished to show to Rev James
Armstrong, his guest of the previous
night, the subject of which they had
been discussing. While in the act CT
taking down the book, bolt struck the
roof of the house, struck the Doctor
through the head, broke his neck, and
otherwise burned, blackened and disfg-
ured his person badly. He was killed
at once. Rev. Mr.. Armstrong, 4 few
feet distant, was prostrated and severely
stunned, while Mrs. Smith, wife of the
Doctor, and a little daughter, were knock
ed down, severely burned, blackened
and blistered. The remaining two chill
dren, with their grandmother, were in
the breakfast room some little distance
off, and escaped personal injury, though
feeling the shock very sensibly. The
house, new frame one-story dwelling,
just completed instantaneously caught
fire and was rapidly consumed with all
its contents. Mr.. Armstrong, recover
ing from the shock, with difficulty saved
the surviving members of the family, as
well as DIR. Smiths body, from the
flames. Mr.. Armstrong was present for
the purpose of officiating in the ap-
preaching marriage ceremony which was
to have occurred the same morning be-
tween the mother of Mrs. Smith and a
gentleman of the county.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
THE LEGISLATIVE SPREE.


From a Washington Letter.
If the honorable Solons OF the Ohio
Legislature knew of the contempt ex-
pressed, here, over their acceptance of a
free ride, to Washington, by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, the said hon
orable Solons aforesaid would hesitate
accepting, or at least blush while doing
so. That a corporation, such as this,
reaching through our State, and continu-
ally at the doors of the Legislature solici-
ting privileges, should be able to buy up
in a dead-head ride, the entire concern,
is not complimentary to the great State
of Ohio. How honorable members of
the Senate or House may feel in the
presence of conductors and brakesmen
who must look down upon them with
contempt, as so many cattle, can not
pretend to tell. How they ought to feel
in the presence of their betrayed COnsti-
tuents, l may know.
These heavy corporations, following
in the spirit of the day, have combined
together for their own profit. They have
soughtto insure this profit to their several
properties whether the business of the
country enjoys such or not. They say /:
We cannot run our roads at a loss, and
so they augment charges on produce,
that is raised at loss, but while the far
mer and merchant suffer the railway cor
poratiOns grow in wealth.
By ingenious combinations between
through lines, that have been permitted
to consolidate until they reach from tide
water to the far interior, all competition
is destroyed, and if any springs up the
loss that comes to them is made up
again by overcharges on way-freight.
These abuses can be remedied only
through State legislation, and now the
only guardians the people have are
bought up like so many sheep. Every
member accepting the ride ought to be
marked as a dead-head and rebuked at
the polls.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29

4 FARM OF has Acres fm Berkshfre
N township. This farm is situated about
bne m le south OT Berkshire. has a very sl-
periOr frame dwelling of rooms upon it.
tbOut s. acres cleared, balance in timber, q
gttOd apple aud peach orchard on the place.
The land lies beautifully; the distance to
falena from the farm only two mi les.
VIII be sold VERY reasonable and on very
easy terms, and only because the owner
wishes 70 change his business. A fine Oppor-
tunity te secure a desirable place.
Apply 70 HURLBUTI & LYBRAND,
Herald ONCE, or
a. T. CARPENTER,
on the premises
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29

The New York World represented that
Gen. Thomas was 'banished'to the Pacific
Coast, to get him out Of the way as a
rival candidate for the Presidency, when
he was assigned to that command. With
his usual indifference to slander, the
President did not allow any attention to
be given this charge. The World a few
days ago exploded its own slander, by
publishing evidence that General Thom-
as was assigned to the Pacific over Scho-
field, 6Okh having requested the privilege.
Schofeld succeeds Thomas.-Ohlo Sfafs
9olOw0k
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29

FARM OF 2O4 acres, joins G. G. C
"A q 1. Railroad at Lewis Center; a good
frams house aud large frame barn; three
wells and one cistern and plenty of running
STOCK Rater at all times of the year; 80 acres
II timber, the balance in corn and grass
his season a young orchard containing
200 trees; also grapes and shrubbery of near
ly all sorts; there ts also four miles Ofyoung
Usage hedge set out Ia fence. The farm Is
one Of the best in Orange township; the
sail is a deep black lOam. Price, siXUy-flYe
dollars per acre, long credit and small in
terest; enough paid down To secure the
sale. Would take house and lot in Delav
ware as part payment. Apply to
HURLBUTF q LYBRAND.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-29
Ladies'! ! LadiesM Ladies y!

WTOU viii find it to your advantage
to call at s. @. EVANS & CO.'S ami
examine their Spring stock of BOnnets,
Haas FL01Oers, LdeeS, B0tO and Sash Ribbons,
&C. before purchasing elsewhere. They
have fitted up and are now occupying q
handsome room on the first floor in the
Evans b ock, ami are prepared to offer
better bstI gains than before.
Dresses made in the UeTy latest style and on
short notice.
Remember the place-Evans' Block,
south Main st. aprl5-tf