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Instinct of Brutes.

The Central Prison at Agra is the roost-
mon blue pigeon; they fly out to the
neighborng country for food every morn
ing, and return in the evening, when they
drink at 4 tank just outside the prison
walls. In this tank are Il large number
of fresh water turtles, which lie in wait
for the pigeons just under the surface of
the water and at the edge of it. Any
bird alighting to drink near those tur-
ties has good chance of having its head
bitten Oft and eaten; and the headless
bodies of pigeons have been picked up
near the water, showing the fate which
has sometimes befallen the birds The
pigeons, however, are aware of the dan
ger, and have hit on the following plan
to escape it. A pigeon comes in from
its long flight, and, as it nears the tank,
instead Of flying down at once to the
waters edge, will cross the tank at about
twenty feet above its surface, and then
tly back to the side from which it came,
apparently selecting for alighting safe
spot which it had remarked as it flew
over the tank; but even when such a
spot has been selected the bird will not
alisht at the edge of the water, hut on
the tank yard from it, and will then
run down quickly to the water, take two
or three hurried gulps of it, and then fly
Off to repeat the same process at another
part of the tank until its thirst is salts
fed. | had often watched the birds do
inc this, and could not account for their
strange mode of drinking until told by
my friend. the superintendent of the
prison. of the turtles which lay in am
bush for the pigeons. The same friend
had couple of hill mynahs (Gracula
Religiosa), the most wonderful bird for
mimicry which | have come across, not
excepting the gray parrot of the West
African coast. One of these birds. when
hung out in the veranda during the after
moons, used to amuse itself by calling the
fowls together, initiating the call of their
keeper SO well that they used to flock
together under the cage, when the bird
would burst out into a very good imita-
ton of human laugh, as if it enjoyed
the fun of taking in the fowls. Have
birds the sense of amusement" This
one certainly seemed to derive gratifica-
ton from the way in which it had cheated
the fowls.
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GARFIELD TO YOUNG MEN.

Why Ioung Hen Should Vote and Act
wih tie Republican hrty-4 Brief
Visit to the Democratic Gracegard-1he
Sitter Wcddimg IF tie Republican Farty
,rM Liberty-A Thrilling Appeal to
Young Nen-Irresistible Humor and
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Garfield

the iirst written ny his lifelong friend. Hon. j.
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The Hannah More Academy for Girls.

Il miles from baltimore. Accessible from every
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Mathews A, M, Glenwood. Howard Co.. Md.
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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

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for the transaction of current School business on
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physical powers, enteebled by age, had
been overtaXed.
At the same time, the Presidents men,
tai powers had undergone a severe strain,
as was evident when he became some
what delerious. Sometimes he would
say, my dear madam. | did not direct
that your husband should be turned out.
| did not know it. | tried to prevent it.
On other occasions he would say in
broken sentences. s'li Is Hrong-i won't
conscnt-'tis unjust "These applica-
tions-will they never cease" The last
time that he spoke was about three hours
before his death, when his physicians
and attendants were standing over him,
having iHst administered to Lia u4rlfmt.
Clearing his throat, az If desiring to
speak audibIy, and as though he fancied
himself addressing his successor, or
some official associate i'll the government,
he said "Sir! | wish you to understand
the true principles of the government.
| wish thpm larriel opt. ask nothing
more
General Harrison was removed from
the conflict which had already become
inevitable, before the storm had time to
gather,-beforc envy and detraction and
sectional fury had heyan ia mus,er their
stores of vengeance to pour without
mercy upon his head. The opposition of
the leaders of his own party had scarcely
begun to make itself manifest before
that venerable head, silvered with the
frosts of age and Of long and arduous
devotion to his ropntry'9 sfrY!aa, vas
gently lalu on the plllom of death.
Zone little month after President
Harrison's Inauguration multitudes again
assembled to attend his funeral, Minute
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SALE
L OF
Real ESTATE +!

BY virtue of an order OF the Orphans
Court of the State of Delawf o, in and for
New Castle County, made o the eighth
day of September, A.. D., 1879, will be ex.
posed to Public $ lie at the Auction rooms
OF l., w. Std. am h Son, No. Ill 4. Fourth
street, in the city of Wilmington. on
TUESDAY, The Sd Day of February, A. D.,
1880, at 4 O'Clock, p. M,
The following described Real Estate, TO
wit: All that certain lot of land with a
three story brick dwelling house thereon
erected, situated in the city OF Whining
ton, New Castle County and State of Del
aware, decribed as follows, TO wit; Be-
ginning at a point on the southerly side
of Seventh street between Spruce and
Church streets, at the distance Of one hun
dred and thirty-one feet ten and one half
inches from the easterly side of Spruce
street at a corner of land late Of Parker
Jetferies, thence easterly along the said
side OF Seventh street sixteen feet to a
stake, thence southerly parallel with
Spruce street, eighty-hve feet TO the
northerly side of Curlett street at thirty
feet wide, thence with the said side OF
Curlett street, westerly and parallel with
Seventh street, sixteen feet to "A stake, and
thence northerly parallel with Spruce
street, eighty-f1ve feet TO the aforesaid side
OF Seventh street and place Of beginning.
Attendance Will be given and term
made known at the time and place afore.
said by VICTOR DUPONT, Trustee,
Attest, ]. NJ. HoUsMAN
Clerk Orphans Court.
L. w. Stidham Son, Auctioneers,
ianl2-3taw2wats
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CHERJFt'S SALE.
y BY virtue OF writ of Levari Pacias,
to me directed, Will be exposed TO public
sale, at the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL.
No. 84l Shipley street, kept by John J.
Dougherty, in the city OF Wilmington,
New Castle county, Delaware,
ON SATURDAY,
The 31st Day OF JANUARY, 1880,
at O'Clock, p. m, the following described
real estate, viz.
ALI that certain lot OF land with a three
story brick dwelling house thereon, situ-
ate In the city of wilmington, bounded
and described as follows, to witt Begin
ming at the southeast corner OF Eleventh
and Tatnall streets, thence easterly along
the southerly side OF Eleventh street 30 feet
inches to corner. thence southerly par
allel 10 Talnall street 1S feet TO a corner
thence westerly parallel TO Eleventh stree
through the centre of the party wall he
tween this and the adjoining house on the
south 80 feet inches 10 the easterly side OF
Tatnall street aforesaid, and thence there
by northerly lS feet 10 the place OF Begin
ming, be the contents thereof what they
may.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Frank ID. Turner and Augusta
r., his vile and t. l., and To be sold by
JOHN PYLE, Sheriff.
Sherifrs ofiice, New Castle, January I3
1880. Janl4-3taWts
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Drunk sCith Gen. Grant.
DAN RIcE.ExPosEs THE Ex-PREsIDRNT'
LITTLE WEAKNESS.

DAN RICE EXPOSES THE Ex-PRKsIDRNT's
LITTLE WEAKNESS.
Dan Rice, the old circus man, after
turning over new leaf, recalled a few
incideDts from the old pages in his ad-
dress on temperance at ot Louis. He
concluded his speech by saying:
"My character has been good until the
last five years. Since then every one in
81. Louis knows my feelings. Trouble
caused me to drink, and 1 have been
drunk five years-all these years l have
got drunk to drown sorrow. l used to
go staggering along the streets like this.
Here Dan Initiated a drunken man.
When 1 think of 1t 1t makes me ashamed
of myself Then l thought 1t funny, very
funny. Taught | thought / was a
great man. j used to say to myself:
zen. Grants great man; Gen. Grant
gets drunk; l and Gen. Grant have been
drunk together. / am great man, too.
He's great man, som (hic.) Laugh
ter Grants great General, in his line,
and I'm a nreat General In mine
Laughter.l I'm as big man as Grant,
'if drunkenn is a criterion 1 used to
think | would he a good man. When /
was drunk / though | was a great man,
but when woke up the next morning
the hallucination would be gone. Then i
woulu lie there and swear was going
|
After a while d get up, and somehow
or other ! won get IN the neighl Dr.
hood of that saloon. My head ached and
my stomach was on fire, but then i had
sworn off. WIS never going to drink
| another drop. l looked at the place a
long time and then 1 grew cunning.
| Laughter. / went into the saluon. 1
| felt very sick. needed some stomach
Ditters. The barkeeper didn't have any.
1 pulled his head down close to me ano
whispered, Give me a cocktail, but
don't tell any one about it Then / would
get drunk again. / was this same thing
over and over again, day after day. /
would swear off repeatedly, and break
pledge il often; but have broken 1t fol
the last time. In the CO. gse of my life i
bave spent three fortunes. / would have
them now were 1t not for intemperance,
and this is but a small part of the evil
which | have suffered from 1t. / know
what intemperanoe is, and from tbi:
time on temperance will never have 9
stronger advo cate than Dan Rice"
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CHERIFF'S SALE.
y BY virtue Of a writ Of Levari Facias,
70 me directed, will be exposed TO Public
Sale at the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, No. S41 shipley ST.,
Kept by John ]. Dougherty, In the city of
wilmington, New Castle County, Della
ware, on
SATURDAY, the 3ist day OF January.
1880, at O'Clock, p. M,
The following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot or piece of land sit
uate In the city of Wilmington, formerly y
Christiana Hundred, New Castle county
aforesaid, bounded and described as fol-
lows, to wit:
Beginning at a stake at the intersection
OF the southwesteriy side of Kennett
road and the northwesterly side of Riddle
street, as laid down In plot or tract Of
land designated as Washington Village,
thence along said side OF Kennett road in
a north westerly direction 40 feet TO a
and parallel 10 Riddl Q street vi feet TO a
stake, thence In southeasterly direction
and parallel 10 the Kennett road 20 feet TO
the said side OF Riddle street, ard thence
thereby In n 10. theasterlJ direction 80
feet 10 the place of beginning, containing
within these bornds thirty-two hundred
square feet OF land, be the same more or
less.
Seized and taken in execution as the
properly Of Thomas h. HiZar and Caro-
ilRe, his wife, and Robert Zee and Agnes
his wife, and I. L., and TO be sold by
JOHN PYLE, Sheriff.
Sherif's Once, New Castle, January l3,
1851. Janl4-3twts
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PUBLIC HALES.
DUBLIC SALE

-
TWO BRICK DWELLINGS.
Nos. IL and IA Robinson street, between
Poplar and Lombard, on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1880,
At 4 O'Clock p. m, on the premises, with
olt postponement, withdrawal, or under
bidding.
No. IL is a three story brick, and two
story brick back building with eight
rooms and shed kitchen, lot ~ by 81 feet
inches, including feet a.. -
ley with right OF way for the ad- Y!M
Joining property, No. IA. i!U
No. IA is a two-and-a-half story N.V
brick with four rooms and attic and back
shed kitchen, lot Is K II Il. in. with right
OF way TO adjoining alley on No. IL pro-
| perty.
These properties are In portion OF the
| city adjacent to large manufacturing es-
| tablish ments, where houses are in ready
! demand for selling and especially for
renting. The sale Is TO close an estate
will OF course be positive, and will pay TO
| attend.
TERMS FOR EACH DWELLING One
half the selling price may remain on
/ mortgage, secured by proper Fire Insur-
ance, and the balance equally divided In
cash and notes with approved endorsers
| at 3 and six months, bearing interest from
| the day of sale. Possession o. No. IA Inn
| mediate upon settlement, and of No. /.
| on the 18th Of March, 1885, Rent TO 20 u
purchasers upon settlement.
j. T. HEALD,
ian24 q 493l Agent 20 effect the sale
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Maine Whisky and TaI0r.

THE CowRIDE WARRIORS WHO TURNED
THE CAPITOL INTO A PEN OF DE-
BAUcHERY.
Aeusta Special to the Chicago Times.
Gen. Chamberlain's staff fully appre-
ciate the gravity of the situation. They
believe bloody conflict is imminent.
Already in their disordered imagination
they see column after column of Names
cowhide warriors marching against a
military despotlsm. The report few
from mouth to mouth that Lewiston was
mastering a brave six hundred for the
fray; that Portland was following Lew
istown's lead, and that the tramp of the
cowhide boots was to be heard from Kit
terry to Quoddyhead. This intelligence
for time completely paralyzed the die
tator's valiant staff. They sent for REIN
forcements of men, crackers, cheese and
whisky. The men, the most villianous-
looking crew that ever assembled inside
four walls, were speedily gathered from
the slums at Gardiner, Hallowell, Win
throp and surrounding towns, to the
number of three hundred. The halls of
Names capitol reeked with the fun es
of BAD whiskey and still worse tobacco.
They thronged the rotunda; they lined
the stairways; they barricaded the doors
and desecrated the halls OF the Legisla-
lure with their disgusting presence.
Where decent citizens, State officers,
Representatives and even Senators them
selves were forbidden to pass this dirty
crew gained free admittance and no
questions were asked. To this outward
show of strength Gen. Chanberlain's
staff added the inward solace of free
whisky even though City Marshal White
has ordered the bar-rooms to be cl ed
during the excitement. This mcrnine
the Adjutant-General's Office presented
pitisble scene, which told with silent
yet eloquent pathos the story Of thei
fear and trembling. On a sofa lay thu
bolder spirit of the crowd, or, in othe
words, the fullest. In the wood bo,
were found the debris of a midnight ca
rousal, in the shape Of biscuits, chunk
Of bologna sausage and empty whisk
bottles. The gaslight, faring in tie eai
ly morning light, added finishing touc
to this scene of debauchery in Maine
State capitol.
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De Lesseps' Canal.

FRANCE GETS TO WORK WHILE THE
UNITED STATES IS DISCUSSING THE
ROUTES - DIsAsTRoUS FLOODS IN
THE cAUCA VALLEY - VILLAGES
SWEPT AWAY.
PANAMA, Jan. 13,-On the morning
train on the 10th inst, a considerable
party proceeded with NJ. de Lesseps to
witness the discharge of the first blast
on the Cerra Culebra, for the great cut
through the highest point of the 18th
mus. III. de Lesseps was accompanied
by several of the engineers at work on
the Isthmus, and also by his daughter,
years old, Mile. Fernando de Lessep5,
who was to apply the electric spark
which was to discharge the first blast IN
the operations of canal construction.
The mine had been lald in a very hard
and compact formation of basalt at a
few feet below the summit, aud was
charged with seven pounds of powerful
explosives. The operation was entirely
successful, and an immense mass of
solid rock was displaced. The party re-
turned to Panama by the II o'clock
train, enthusiastic over the first part of
the practical experiments in canal
building on the Isthmus.
M. de Lesseps and his party have been
favored so far with good health, although
some of its members, who have never
bad any special experience in the tropics
hitherto, have exposed themselves un-
necessarily. Strange TO say, this has
mostly occurred among the older mem
bers Of the committee, who.e liability
to sudden attacks fir, IN exposure to til.
sun Is the greatest, yet Ro Cases of sick
ness have yet occurred. The ,Ist has
been pleasant one so far, AID NJ. and
Nine. de Lesseps were deli hted with
their reception throughout. On the 18th
inst. there will be ball in their honor
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For 1t abundant preparation has been
made. With the exception of ban
quet at NJ. de Lesseps' departure. this
will probably be the last Of the cere-
monies connected with his visit to the
Isthmps.
PANAMA, Jan. 13.-The Cauca VAL
ley has suffered visitation of the floods
which seem to have been general through
out Colombia almost at the same period
in which "the Norther" of November
visited the Isthmus. In the early days
of December the valley was visited by
a very heavy rain. Foot after foot the
water rose until 1t was many yards
above the highest freshet mark designated
by memory or tradition. The inhabi-
tants for miles along Its course were
driven from their homes and witnessed
their destruction, as we'll as that OF
fences. ousbuildings, crops, domestic
animals, etc., etc The river rose until
1t was over three miles in width, and
went raging through the valley with an
impetuosity which carried all before 1t.
Several small villages were destroyed
and some l'Ses lost, although no definite
report has been obtained. On the subsi-
dence Of the stream people were aghast
at the ruin. Everythipg was destroyed
in tire way of small crops, and movables
of all sorts, cattle, goats and horses
gone. Cocoa farmers visited their haci-
endas in boais, trying to gather their
crops which had been left on the trees.
They had to go armed in order to pro-
tect them Give against the immense
snakes which had gathered in the
branches of the trees, and which had
been driven Gown the valley by the
-To.ce of the waters. The losses are put
in the neighborhood Of $1,000,000.
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G HEkIFF'S SALE.
- BY virtue of a writ OF Venditioni Ex.
ponas, to me directed, will be exposed 10
public sale, at the
LAFAI ETTE HOTEL.No. 84l Shipley st.
kept by Jshn J. Dougherty, In the city OF
Wilmington, New Castle county, Della
ware,
The 3ist day of January, 1880, at 2
O'Clock, p, M,
The following described realIestate. viz:
No. ]. All that lot of land situate in
Chrlstiana Hundred, beginning at point
on the eastward side OF the Fifth avenue,
between Brown street and Coleman street.
100 feet from the intersection OF the south.
erly side of said avenue and the south side
OF Brown street, thence easterly parallel
with Brown street 81 feet TO a stake thence
southeast 90 feet, thence west 90 feet @
inches 10 Fifth avenue, thence north 81
feet TO the beginning, with the appurte-
nances, be the contents more or less.
No.2. A lot Of land In Christiana Hun
dred on the easterly side of redmond
street, between Fifth and Sixth streets,
being so feet front and rs feet deep bound,
cd by Rodmond street, by land late of j as
Webb, deceased, by Anthony s. DeNor-
mandie and Others.
Be zed and taken In execution as the
property Of Thomas l.. L.Sneath, ana to be
sold by
JOHN PYLE, Sheriff.
sherifrs ONCE, New Castle, January 10,
lSSV' janl4-3twts.