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Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
A Model Message.

II, u. ON THE CUASO TAN.
The Chicago Post gives the following al
vance copy OF the first veto message Of Presi-
dent Greeley:
AN Act TO raise revenue by imposing u duty
OF ten per cent ton on guan".'
COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT
return this obnoxious measure. without my
approval The man Who introduced ii Is an
ass the men who voted for it are >chrming
British agents, and the men who say this is
not the cast are liars and horse thieves.
Judge that ON an average, every man, every
woman and child in America uses ton Of
guano year, in some shap" or other.
We thus consume, III round figures 40, 900 900
tons ui guanO annually. The arbitrary and
revolutionary act which veto to-day would
thus impose a tax of 81 900, 900 il year on our
people. With what etfrcl' 1t would not stilni-
late the production Of American g,,ano. Amer
lean birds could not coInpete with the pauper
labor "t birds IN debauched and priest ridden
Central America. am not quite sure as Il
what | mean, or why IL is not 50, Or what is
which, hut the man who speaks to the con
trary is Il hcll-hound, aud bribed by British
gold. II G.
The trllSses of the old part of the roof of tn,
Ba>ilica ot st. Paul at Rome, Which wer'
| framed IN SIG, were recently taken down am
found to br Sound and good after being il
,ise for upwards uf II thousand years. iia
the spirit )t shodds got int" our modern tim
Der alsp'
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
Philadelphia Local Option Law Con-
Stitutjonal,

PHILADELPHIA. May D--Ths Court OF Conn
mon Pleas has decided the local option law con-
stitutional A case came up on n mandamus to
compel opening license, which refused hy
the clty authorities because the house WAS within
Germantown, where the people had decided
against licenses being granted,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

tory Of this section Of country has there swept
through Its forests and over its mountains
such havOc-tlealing fires as have been witness
ell during the past two Or three weeks A
cloud OF smoke has hung over this valley like
pail for weeks, and it increases in density
daily. The sun is seen a. through glass,
ttarkly, and burned leaves and charred twigs
come down at times like shower. For over
four weeks
NOT DROP OF RAIN.
has fallen in this vicinity. The streams are
as low as in mid summer and everything
bears wthered, thirsty look. The Delaware
river can be waded at this place without wet
ting ones knees. and the mountain brooks,
many OF them unlike Tennyson's, show that
they do not 90 on for ever. for they are dry a.
dry can be. And in the midst Of this, with
sorry weather, while crops are struggling il,
the dry and dusty earth, the fearful hOlOca usi
gO's on Ia the woods and mountains. Farm
are laid waste, timber leveled with the ground
and
RUIN AND DEsoLATIoN
spread Oh every hand. Across the Delaware
river from this place, in Pike county, Pen
sylvania, . fire covering territory seven mile
in extent is sweeping oyer some Of the hes
land In the section It Is back on higf
| range Of hills, and invisible from this side TX
| cept at night, when the heavens are brilliant
| ly lighted BY 1t. Buildings, fences, meadows
tlmDrr, crops, ana everything IN I'll" track q
the fiery demon, are being
| SWEPT AWAY
All opposition to the advance Of the flames i
useless. A farai residence about four mile
back from the Milford road /, entirely SUI
rounded by fire, and, although great effort
are being made to save it, 1t Is thought that i
must be destroyed. In Porter township Pix
county, the fires are lay ing vast area waste
SCRANTON, May ls.-The fires at TolbyhaI
ma, Oh the Delaware, Lackawana and We.
tern Railroad and the village was not burn-
as reported
OVER TWO NILES OF RAIL DESTROYED.
SCRANTON, May / The heavy rain Of la,
night has put out the mountain fires in TIL
section, and has afforded vegetation great
needed relief. Over two miles OF the Penn
syivania Coal Company 'srailroad was destro.
Ell by fire. Dodge 4 Co.'S timber tract, nra
Tobyhanna, was damaged to the extent I
nearly 100000. Ties, props, rails, and othe
timber required for mine supplies, have laIg
~ advanced in price
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

MADRID, May 20.
Formal complaints are making of the attitude
OF France IN allowing retreatng Carli,ts to escape
over the boundary. The Insurgents are inva-
rlnbiy beaten and dispersed in disaff-,ted pre-
vinces. -
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

n6-Mis Mary q. Pike, daughter Of The Hon.
james 8. Pike, Of Washington, is now one OF the
editors Of Woods Household Magazine pub.
li,hed At Newburg, N. Y.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
TEH,TH

PROFESSOR AUTCHINSpN. n. D
3n. y. S.. the PnlLADELPHlA DkN-
VQ1yYvVrlST, man fsctnrss yhe hest and cheap
est ARTIFICIAL TEETH in the United States.
He makes most beautiful COMtL1T8 SETS,
from s. to elS and guarantees sAs0 to last sor
years.
Teeth Extraeted ..t Filled fRss of charge. no
charge but for material t..,slTs
Painless Extraction BY Nttfeua Oxido 0As-3
cents per Tooth. ~ W 81.
College Bui!diao. 6l4 plas 81. ehils'Aa
Opsn frou . A. n. to p. NJ ,
AcPlsAss cut this eat sAd sivs - sAll.
tjAA2-ly - nE.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

PEkpSAL-M M.ssrs. Cb,l,h u rexel ot the
Philadelpha LEpGER,w were iu TOWN. On Wedn. =
dey last. Report has il thet their visit ulay
mean something definite for the Elkton anl
Lewl-ville Railroad.-- EIKrYN DEA ,cRAt.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
By Telegraph to the Daiiy tiafette.
WARRINGTON.

WAsHtSdToS, May 2s
'ESArE.-Ihe Supplementary AprortoIIneut
bill came UP, but was lai over The bill TOR pre-
ventlon of cruelty to animals i'll transit, con-
slJered
The Senate resumed Haheas Corpus act
HorsE. After passing several unimportsnt
bills the baancs of the morning hour was eon-
sumed III diiatory motions to prevent action on
Hoopers Civil Rights bill
A motion aer~cd to for an hours debate on the
tariff when tho House next goes into committee.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

SrRAwBkRRIEs AND PEAs-The Norfolk
journal Of Thursday quotes strawberries at ~
and ~ cents per qnart, and saws "The ship
9en's are now full 10000 or $4,000 quarts a
Gay. Green psass and Sc per barrel.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
81 e o.

HAY Suddenly. OF heart disease. On the 18th
inst. Sarah X. Hayes. widovpt the late Richard
Hayes. aged Il years.
CHANDl. R-On the 10th inst, Of heart deesse.
Thouals J Chandler. ot BrsckiuvilIe, Mill Creek
Hundred, aged - wears. r. -
RICE In Newport. on the lttA inst. Sarah k,ce
| in the I'D year of her age
GABkE un the 10th inst Ella May. daus 81 er ot
| Charles L. 9abka ssedaUdr month"; and y days.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
SECOND EDITION.
b Y T e l. e G. r. A PHI.
By Telegraph to The Daily Gazette.
WEATHER REPORT.

WASHINGTON, May 20.
Clear and pleasant weather from Mississippi 10
Atlantic. except over lake region, where partially
cloudy aud areas oi rain will prevail
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

BY Telegraph to the Daily Gazaite.
SPAIN,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
'NO THE PCBa.lC.

FGNO THE PUBLIC.
| an nov getting up . new Portable HEATER,
which for chcspns.s durability and economy cannot
be surpassed. The insids being Of wrought iron
cannot expand leak sss every part Of the heater.
texcept the east iron) IL manufactured under my
own supervision and made in the best manner it can
be gotten up 1t less expense than any other heater
K. MORRISON,
mArs-am US Shipley street.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
Dry Goods, Aotinrs, &f.

COMPUTING NEW 80 .....r. "a
- Call and see our assortment Of Ladies aud Chill
drrn- nder wear. Aprons OF all sizes and stters,
sun Bnnneta Collars and Laces Fancy Articles and
Notions OF all kinds at the
NEW STORE. ~ KING STREET.
WILMINGTON. pELAWARE.
Orders filled at the very shortest notice.
may7 lind EDWARD Y. WILEY.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
DAILY GAZETTE.

Couar adjourned on Saturday afternoon till
term.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
r ! r e.

BY Telegraph to the Dali, Gazette
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
CATTLE MARKET.

PHILADELPHIA, May 70.
lieeves dull.
Extra Penna. and Western steers u to $; fair
to good, 6 to :; common 4 to ~
Sheep falr demand ~ TO ~.
Hogs rather lower; tjs. to &.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20
PRICE iCENTT..
THIRD EDITION.
BY TIE Z @ r APH.

FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
The hrsmen injured were 0sorgs Flstchex,
John Daley and David Bennett. the latter suppos-
ei to be fatally The total losses were SOIL, 500,
insurance amounting to 1921 500.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-20

By Telegraph to the Daily Gazette.
Com merciai.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.
Cotton dull, 24fa24f.
Flour demand light holders firm: Supertine,
$6aS6.75; Extras, S7aS..1j: Penna. extra fam
lily, S9.2j
Rye flour steady. S6aS6.25,
Corn meal, nominal.
Wheat quiet and weak Ted 80.
Rye 6rm.
Corn dull; Yellow 74s75c; Mixed western
73a74c.
Oats unchanged; White, IS; Mixed, 81.
Whiskey held 904
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
A Terrible Tornado in Ulster County,
N. Y.

In Lackawac, Ulster County, n. Y, a
few days ago, dense black cloud, reach
ing from the earth to the zenith, swept
through the town. The stoutest trees
were twisted off at the roots like pipe
stems; barns were demolished; buildings
unroofed and the roofs carried bodily for
miles. Stone heaps and fences were
drawn into Its spiral depths and blown
away life chaff In the neighborhood of
Mr.. W. Ell. Wagons place it spent its
greatest fury. His barn, which lay di-
rectly in its track, was demolished in a
twlnkling, and the air made black with
floating debris. In the barn several
children had sought shelter, and when
the building was swept away, one of
them, Johnny Cone, was killed outright,
and several others were fatally injured.
One of the children was blown from the
barn, and carried along with the debris
several rods, alighting in field with Sc
we're bruises. An old sleigh which was in
the barn was taken up like a chip and
carried a full half mile. Its ironwork was
twisted and bent as though made of
straw. The large doors of the barn were
| lifted one hundred feet in the air and
blown a quarter of a mile away. The
cyclone passed between two buildings,
barely ten feet apart, but, strange to say,
without injuring them in the least. The
space between them was swept bare of
every particle of grass, and the ground
was as hard as though it had been rolled
with roller. A team of horses were
blown down and detached from the
wagon, and the horses blown in one di.
rection and the wagon in an opposite one.
A large apple tree was torn up bodily by
the roots, carried to field several rods
of, and left standing upright A bee.
house on the premises of Elijah Nance
was wrecked, and bees, honey, and hives
! were scattered in every direction. The
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
How the Sun Caught a Thief.

FIVE or six days ago, says Paris
paper, M. X, photographer, allured
by the brightness of the sun, and the
softness of the air, provided himself with
necessary baggage, and fastened to Fon-
tainebleau to take views of the forest.
He installed himself in a very picturesque
quarter, erected his apparatus, prepared
his plates, opened his object glass, and
enveloping at once his case and his head
in large, dark and fiuctuant veil, set
himself to the task of seizing the objects
in view. He had just taken out his proof
from the dark chamber and was subject
ing it to chemical reaction, when strcng
hand was laid upon his shoulder. He
turned round hastily and found himself
IN the presence of species of giant,
meanly attired, who by gesture and voice,
demanded his purse.
NJ X is not Hercules, and from
the first glance toward his adversary, he
concluded that all resistance was useless
He therefore politely offered his purse,
which was accepted with thankfulness.
The robber bowed, and, leaving him to
resignation, went into the depths of the
forest.
Poor X, meditating on his sad loss,
renamed for some time motionless; his
looks were mechanically set on his photo
graphic proof he mused upon it with a
diverted and unconcerned eye. Sudden
ly, "What is this?" exclaimed he; 'what
is the human form under this coppice
under the shade of this oak? Heaven
Should believe my eyes? 1t is he, it is
my robber, perfectly deliniated and very
easy to be recognized. oh, divine sun,
my co-laborer, how well you do thingsr'
On his return, he repaired to the police
commissioners at Fontainbleau, related
his adventure, exhibited his proof-plate
and the malfactor's likeness. Next day,
with the aid of this singular description,
the robber was arrested.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
Intelligent Monkeys.

PROFESSOR COPE describes a monkey
in his possession. He is an admirable
catcher, seldom missing anything, from a
large brush to a grain, using two hands
or one. His cage door is fastened by two
hooks, and these are kept in their places
by nails driven in behind them. He gen.
orally finds means sooner or later to draw
out the nails, unhook the hooks and get
free. He then occupies himself in breaking
up various objects and examining their in
terror appearances, no doubt in search of
food. To prevent his escape, Professor
Cope fastened him by strap to the side
of the cage, but he soon united the knot,
and then relieved himself of the strap by
cutting and drawing out the threads that
held the flap for the buckle. He then
used the strap in a novel way. He was
accustomed to catch his food dread, po-
tatoes, fruit, etc., } with his hands, when
thrown to him. Sometimes the pieces
fell short three or four feet. One day he
seized his strap and began to throw it at
the food, retaining his hold of one end.
He took pretty correct aim, and finally
drew the pieces to within reach of his
hand. This performance he constantly
repeats, hooking and pulling the articles
to him in turns and loops of the strap.
Sometimes he loses his hold of the strap.
If the poker is handed him, he uses that
with some skill, for the recovery
of the strap. When this is drawn
in, he secures his food as before
Here is an act of intelligence which
must have been originated by some mon
key, since no lower or ancestral type of
mammals possess the hands necessary for
its accomplishment. Whether originated
by Jack, or by some ancestor of the forest
who used vines for the same purpose,
cannot be readily ascertained.
After punishment, the animal would
only exert himself in this way when not
watched; as soon as an eye was directed
to him he would cease. In this he dis
played distrust. He also usually exhib-
tied the disposition to accumulate to be
quite superior to hunger. Thus he always
appropriated all the food within reach
before beginning to eat. When different
pieces were offered to him, he transferred
the first to his hind feet to make room for
more; then filled his mouth and hands,
and concealed portions behind him. With
large piece in his hands, he would pick
the hand of his master clean before using
his own, which he was sure of.-Scaentifc
american.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
Coat and Cloth.

THAT you must cut your coat according
to your cloth, is very old and very true
adage, and in nothing is it truer than in
the training of children. And in nothing
is it so much disregarded. That coat and
cloth must bear some proportion the one
to the other, is obvious to men in every
other affair. But with a child they seem
to believe themselves able to do what
they please. They will make him not
what they can, but what they will.
The management of children will never
be on a right basis until we clearly recog-
nize what we can and what we cannot do.
No man is fit to garden who does not
know that, however much he can i'm
prove his pumpkins by proper cultiva-
tion, he cannot change them into water
melons. What he might do with pump
kins by working on Darwinian princi-
Piles, if his life were three Methuselahs
long, we cannot tell. But we do know
that not in one season, nor in one life
time, can such change be made. But
half the mothers and nearly all the
fathers in the country are trying to do
something of this sort-to translate pump
kins to watermelons, to transform ducks
into chickens, to change holyhocks into
lilies.
We have spent two generations now in
praising education and in endeavoring to
outdo one another in our estimates of
what it was possible for education to do.
But in our enthusiasm we have overpraised
it. There are many things that the most
careful education cannot do. And the
sooner we come to understand our limita-
tions, the more wisely we shall carry for
ward our work.
Take even the matter of temper. The
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
Capers of Lightning.

THE lightning cuts up some queer ca
pers sometimes, and narrow escape from
death is told by one of the Connecticut
papers. 1.-THE electric fluid entered at
the window of a room in the second story
where boy lay in bed, but not asleep.
1t leaped across the room to the wall,
crossing the bed where the boy lay, and
tore both the sheets on the bed into frag-
ments, scorching one badly, but leaving
the boy unharmed. 1t ripped lath and
plastering from the wall and scattered
them all over the room. Then 1t descend
ed to the lower floor, and into a closet,
smashing a large quantity of crockery.
1t hurled two lamps from a mantel-piece
in the kitchen across the room, overturn-
ed and smashed a clock on the other side
of the chimney, and then separated into
three bolts, two of which went down
through brick hearth into the cellar,
while third went out at the side of the
house, ripping the boards in pieces. The
boy, wild with fear, came running down
stairs, entirely naked, and don't recollect
whether he took off his night-shirt him
self, or whether the lightning took it off
for him. He was unharmed, not even
stunned. He said that he lay 'cuddled'
down into the bed Ia large feather bed),
with the clothes drawn up over his head
so that he could not see the lightning,
and that there was a noise as if some one
had fired a cannon in his ears, that there
was burning heat and general tumbling
up of everything, and that he thought
he had staid there about long enough, and
so went down stairs"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
Voluntary Lunacy.

The latest and certainly the most orig
inal reportorial dodge to gain informa-
tion where the facts sought for had been
inaccessible, is that adopted by New
York Tribune reporter who desired to
learn something about the internal work
ings of the Bloomington Insane Asylum,
the management whereof has been the
subject of severe criticism of late. The
persevering news -gatherer, Chambers by
name, obtained the certificate of three re-
spectacle physicians of New York City
to the effect that he had become insane,
and, armed with this document, our hero,
In charge of an utter stranger named
Townsend, applies and is admitted to the
Asylum as non c0npos nlents. Notwith-
standing the fact that the officers of that
Asylum have declared repeatedly that it
would be impossible for person of sane
mind to gain admission to that institu-
tion as patient, he remains, and is treat
ed for lunacy for two weeks, during which
time he is slyly 'takin" notes "and faith
he'll prent 'em." At the end of the period
above mentioned, the Tribune authorities,
thinking information enough had been
gained, applied for writ of ha5eds cOrOu,
in order to secure his release Thereupon
the managers of the Asylum, fearing q
thorough investigation would result il
this proceeding were allowed to take its
own course, posted off to the Tribune
office, and induced them to sign papers
for the discharge of Chambers, when oul
sham lunatic was set at liberty.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
How to Serve a "Shyster."

LORD NoRBURY had frequently observ-
ed a low prisoners attorney touting in
the dock for business among the prison
ers, and was determined to punish him.
So, on one occasion. as the attorney was
climbing over the rails of the dock, after
comforting with the prisoners, his lord
ship, pretending to mistake him for a
prisoner, called out to the jailor:
"Jailor, put that man backbone of
your prisoners is escapingT
Whereupou the jailor thrust the lawyer
back into the dock-but having worked
his way to the front of the dock, he adj
dressed the judge, when the following
conversation took place between them:
Attorney-"My lord, there is mistake,
l am an attorney"
Lord Norbury-'1 am very sorry, sir,
indeed, to see a gentleman of your re-
spectacle position in the dock as prison
er."
Attorney-"But, my lord, have not
committed any crime"
Lord Norbury-'O, sir, have nothing
to say to that-thdt must be decided by a
jury of your cOuntrymen."
Attorney-"But, my lord, there is no
charge-no Indictment against me-"
Lord Norbury-"Then, sir, you will be
discharged by public proclamation at the
end of the assizes." (To the jailor.) "Jail-
or, put back that prisoner"
Whereupon the officer thrust back the
limb of the law, and kept him until the
rising of the court, when his lordship
sent to the jailor a message instructing
him to let him out.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
The Color Of the Sea.

THE rich blue color often seen in
masses of water is to be accounted for
by the action of the suspended particles
in the fluid on the light traversing it. To
understand how the color may vary it is
necessary to recall for a moment the COM
position of sunlight. When such light is
passed through triangular column of
glass or optical prism it is broken up into
the seven prismatic colors, Ciz., red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
violet.
When the light falls on water of suffi-
cient depth it is also decomposed or
broken up, the red rays of light are
absorbed near the surface of the water
and disappear, while the other colored
rays pass to a greater depth, one after the
other being lost in their proper order, ciz..
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
until at last there is complete extinction
of light if the water is free from solid
particles.
The presence of minute particles, how
ever, causes part of the light to be re-
flected, and according as this reflected
light has come from various depths so
Will its color vary. If, for example, the
particles are large and freely reflect from
moderate depth, while they prevent re-
Election from a greater depth, the color
will be green, while if they are minute
and the reflection is from a great depth,
the color will be blue.
In the experimental examination of this
subject Professor Tyndall reports that
while making trip in the steamer Urgent
lie caused his assistant to cast white
plate attached to cord into the water from
the forward part of the vessel, while he
marked its color when it reached his post
of observation at the stern. In every in
stance the plate appeared of a green color
although the water was of a deep blue.
The plate had thus far reflected the light
from moderate depth and showed the
tint of light reflected from this depth,
while the indigo tint of the remainder of
the water represented the color reflected
from minute particles at great Depths
Sc716ner's for September.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-05
Let Us have Faith.

ENCOURAGED by the few who believe
in Him through all r' Blessed be faith
/ know l have been believed into every
good thing / have ever done or been in
this world. | have such faith in faith
that am almost persuaded politician
might be believed into the kingdom of
Heaven, or a mediocre poet into genius.
l am sure many righteous man has been
suspected into a rascal.
Did not a dear and gentle friend of
mine confess that if he had remained
much longer in the employ of a certain
Christian person God save the mark y of
sneaking, suspicious nature, he would
have taken incontinently to picking
pockets?
A fig for the man who has "never been
deceived - and the woman who knows
from the beginning the plot of novel.
This is the crowning sin of imposture-
that il lessons mems faith in their fellow
men.
Blessed, say, be faith for by it shall
the world be saved.-1he Old CIbinet, IN
Scri5Rer's for September.