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SHkRIfFS SALE
~ By virtue OF q writ OF Ve
Expouas to nie directed, will bs|
10 public sale, at the
HOTEL or JOSEPH KID
In Delaware City, in Red Lion \
New Castle county, DelawS
On MONDAY. the lst day OF Nd
at ii O'Clock a. m.,
The following described real estat
A lot OF land situate In st. GeOr2
dred, New Castle county, d
bounded by land on the south aud
west OF James NJ. vanaegrinl
northwest By the road leading I
main road 10 Port Penn, with a d
half story frame dwelling
erected.
5eized and taken In executld|
property OF William Thomas Eml
TO be sold by
JOHN PYLE. 4
aheriff's Office, New Castle, %
l0An
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CHERIFF'S SALE.
- By virtue of a writ OF LeyarI Factas
TO me directed will be exposed 10 public
sale at the Fo
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inc law requires ali Teachers 10 htiend
these Institu es In their re pective coun-
ties. unless unavoidaDly detained. HON
will be provided for the accommodation
OF ell OF our teachers A full corps OF
eminent Instructors and lecturers will be
present 70 instruct and Interest all who
may atten I. Let all who have any inter.
est In education attend these meetings.
The meeting will organize Wednesday,
at 10 O'Clock a. m. j. Ii. GROVES,
Superintendent.
Smyrra Del, Oct. 10. Oct2I- W.T..
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DEMOCRATIC IICKEr.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
ron PRESIDENT.
GEN. WINFIELD .. HANCOCK. i,
or Pennsylvania.
FOR vIcE-PREsrDErr,
HON. WILLIAM III. ENGH1sH.
OF Indiana.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELnCroRs:
CHARLES n. LORE,
OF New Castle Connty.
ALBERT wHHTEH.EY.
OF Kent County.
GEORGE RUssEI.L.
OF Sussex County.
EoR REPRESENTATIVE In CONGRESS.
HON. EDWARD l.. MARTlN.
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AHERIFF's SALE.
- - By virtue of writ Of Lev.,
70 me directed. will be expossS a,sSsi
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SRERIFF SALFa
SHERIFF's SALE

BY virtue Of a writ ot,
me directed, will be- =, s,aarl nevarl
sale, At the "' exposed
o., LAFAYETTE HoTpI
%i ~ 81 sshipley street. GeO, ui NV =,
county, Del, nston, Nd
r,,. H., On TUESDAY, |
The 9th Day of Noyemb., /
Az = O'Clock, p. m, tb. m, 81
real estate, viz: 'i'oWlng
Az that certain IN, ,
aAnu situate In the civ p"~ oi
pounded aud descrlbed VI VII
beklnning at the noytha.io iollOw@
s sn.n street between Popl.y s siae
ssieeM ~ at Samuel McCanIIs'v'aah ahd
ssueieWith sa parallel with PussllI
ie"t 10 a stake. thence sasUplsr
,whh Eleventh street IA ,.eny
thenoo BouLherly n.raH H ieei l0|
mentioned liue d fee, ~ with
eleventh street, aud tbs"asa a., sal
westerly 10 feet 10 The n,acae ,cace
pe the contents more or lsss vi
Seized aDd taken IN as @
property Of Michael i E''suc
s,oh,,gsgor ,'h o. Margaret Ford
sber,r,. o,, JOHN PYLE
lA IoM Oahlle.
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MONDAY,

- SHERIFF'S SALE by VIRTUE OF
- WRIT OF LEvARI FAoIAs, TO me
directed, will be- expOsei 10 public sale,
~ The
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Cnesnr = HILLS pEPer.

BARGAINS
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10 .uo vi writ OF Leyar
se,a so me az ai,eeted' ire will be exposed
NJ, LAFAYETTE HoTpr
no: %l Shipley street. kent n.
pyie In the city OF Wiiininp'.ou"y ~
sle county. Delaware, on '''"'
TUESDAY, the Oh dav n, NJ
A. U. 1880, at O'Clock. n
The following described Rs.I
viz: All that certain lot n,a%s
OF land situated In The cily m w,
and which is more particnls," y"
and described as follows Ia NJ,
ming al n stake Oh the wes,s,,l
windsor street, lat thirty feet
tween sixth AID Seventh strso,
the distance OF S5 feet from ,he
side OF Seventh street, thencs !
southerly side of a four lee, n,
westerly and parallel with Save,
~ ieet 70 the easierly side of anoa
teet wide alley, thence along M
alley side south rly parallel WltI
sOr street. and Madison Al treet IA
stake, thence easterly parallal u
enth street S8 feet, t. the sai1
windsor street aforesaid pnS|
thereby nOrtherly 81 feet 10 ths
beginning, be the contents therl
or less.
Seized and taken In executios
property OF Jacob Rebman
Joseph ]. Rebman, executor \
Reoman. deceased. who was h
viving mortgagor OF HosaDna
deceased, and Daniel McVey andI
his wife. /. T., and TO be soldby
Sherins Once, New Castle. 0c
1850. y
nov25- -3taw-ts.
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A PR0TEsT FROM CALIFORNIA AGAINST
THE PRINCIPLES OF JAMES A, GAR
RIRLD.
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NJ NJ, LAFAYETTE HOTpJ
DO no; Hl Shipley street, kept NV
RYE In the city OF WilinIhp'ouo' ~
sie county, Delaware, on owl"
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BY virtue Of a writ
sale, at the 'e exposed
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JOHN PYLE. (
aheriff's Office, New Castle, Os
1880. Oc9S
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Ghuite goetrg.
EACH OTHER.


How little we know of each other,
As we pass through the journey of life,
With its struggles, it's fears and temptations,
Its heart breaking care and its strife.
We can only see the things on the surface,
For few people glory in sill,
And an unruff1ed face is no index
To the tumult that RACES within.
How little we know of each other!
The man who to-day passes by,
BLESSED with fortune and honor and titles,
And holding his proud head so high,
May carry dead secret with him..
Which makes of his bosom hell,
And he, sooner or later, felon,
May writhe in prisoners cell.
How little we know of each other!
That woman of fashion who sneers.
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her sighs and her tears,
Nav, ere the sun rises Tomorrow,
Have the mask rudely torn from her face,
And sink from the height of her glory
To the dark shades Of shame and disgrace.
How little we know of each other!
OF ourselves, too, how little we know!
We are all weak when under temptation,
All subject to error and woe.
Then let blessed charity rule us
Let us put away envy and spite
Or the skeleton grim in our closet
May some day be brought to the light.
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MARRIAGE IN EGYPT.

When an Egyptian wants wife he is not
allowed to visit the harems of his friends to
select one, for Mohammed forbade men to see
the face of any woman they could marry
that is to say, any besides their mothers or Sis
ters. A man is therefore, obliged to employ a
"khathen," or matchmaker, to find one for
him, for which service, of course, she expects
"backsheesh" is payment. The kha-
then, having found girl, recommends her to
the man as exceedingly beautiful and emf
nently suitable to him. The father is then
waited upon to ascertain the dowry be re-
quires, for all wives are purchased as they
were in patriarchal days. When Jacob had
no money to pay for Rachel he served her
father for seven years as an equivalent /;
and when duped, was obliged to serve a
second time to secure his prize. (Gen.
xxix.) Fathers still refuse to give younger
daughter in marriage before an elder shall
have been married. The people of Armenia,
in Asiatic Turkey, forbid younger son to
marry before an elder, and this is likewise
the law OF the Hindoos.
The price of wife varies from shillings
to $1,000. The girl may not be more than
five or six years old, but, whatever her age,
two thirds of the dowry is at once paid
to her father in the presence of witnesses.
The father then or his representative, says {:
II betrothe thee my daughter" and the young
man responds, II accept Of such betrothal."
Unless among the lower classes, the father ex-
pends the dover in the purchase of dress or
naments or furniture for the bride, which
never become the property of her husband.
Even when betrothed, the intercourse Of the
parties is very restricted. The Arabs will
not allow them to see each other, but the
Jews are not quite so stringent. The be-
trothals often continue for years before the
man demands his wife. Thus, "Samson went
down and talked to the woman" or espoused
her, and "after time he returned to take
her." Girls are demanded at the age of ten
and between that and sixteen years, but after
sixteen few will seek them, and the dowry
expected is then proportionately low.
Girls in Egypt are often mothers at thir-
teen and grandmothers at twenty.six, and in
Persia they are said to be mothers at eleven,
grandmotbers at twenty-four, and past child
bearing at thirty. When man demands his
betrothed day is fixed for the nuptials, and
for seven nights before he is expected to give
feast, which, however, is furnished by the
guests themselves. Thus one sends coffee, an.
other, sugar, etc. The principal time Of this
continued feast is the night before the con-
summation. The conduct is intrusted to the
"friend of the bridegroom" (John iii. 29.)
About the middle of this day the bride ar
rives at the house and then returns to the
harem, where she sits with her mother, sisters,
and female friends. At the third or fourth
watch of the night-three or four hours after
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SIZE OF THE GREAT LAKEs.-The latest
measurements of the fresh water seas are as
follows
The greatest length of Lake Superior is 355
miles; its greatest breadth is 100 miles mean
depth, fS8 feet; elevation, 627 feet area, S1,-
900 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron is 100
miles its greatest breadth is 169 miles ; mean
depth, 600 feet; elevation, 270 feet area,
10000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie is $50
miles; its greatest breadth is 80 miles mean
depth, "a feet; elevation, 555 feet; area,
5000 square miles.
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CONCERNING ELEPHANTS.

"There are about so elephants in this coun'
try at the present time," said Prof. George
Arstingstall, the keeper and the trainer of the
10 mountains of flesh which form one the at
fractions of the ooper.Bailey show. "The
6rstelephant ever brought to the United States
was by Hack Bailey, in 1924. 1t was called
Betsey and is known in the profession as Bet
sey the First. 1t was exhibited for four years
through New York State and New England.
It was a great novelty. The owner travelled
with it at night and it was always exhibit
ed in building over it. The old timers tell
about the great excitement it created through
out the country. The news of its coming
would go before, and whole villages would
turn out and spend the night along the road,
side in the hope of seeing the creature, only
known through pictures and the works OF
travellers. What they generally beheld was a
great shapeless mass covered with tarpaulins,
swing along through the darkness, carefully
guarded by attendants, who kept the curious
rustics at distance. 1t was not a very big
elephant and came from upper India. 1t was
anything but amiable, and had habit Of
tearing out the side of its house and starting
off on "go.as you please" excursions. This
was fatal folly for 'Betsey. One night Bet.
sey was out near Albany, New York. She
was mad about something, and venting her
rage in the exasperating shrek peculiar to
an elephant, she got into farmers yard
He saw the monster. He did not know what
it was. The only thing that he knew was
that he was badly frightened and that he
knew how to use gun. He fired at the
creature, and the leaden bullet pierced her
heart. She sank to the earth and died, moan
ing piteously. Her keeper arrived. She was
stuffed, and I believe some museum has her
now.
"Where are most Of the elephants from ?''
All those prior to 1850 were from upper
India. The bulls were wild, restless, wick.
ed creatures. Most of those now on exhi'
bition are Ceylonese elephants They are
much more tractable than their brethren OF
the north. There are a few African ele
phants, but they are not desirable, as they
certainly lack amiability. Prior to 1866
there were few shows that had more than one
elephant. The first caravan of four was
made when Cooper and Bailey went into the
business. One of these was the world famed
Columbus, the largest elephant ever living
in captivity. 1t was eleven feet FIVE inches
in height. will tell you something about
training elephants. Stewart Craven, who ii
now living quietly on his cattle ranch il
Texas, was the inventor of new system o.
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b9- The way to catch woman-If married
but not mother, praise her husband if mar
ried and has children, praise them; if unmar.
ried and engaged, praise her lover; if unmar-
ried and not engaged, praise herself.
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COMMITTED ARSON FOR LovE.-A curious
case recently came before the court at Ver'
sailles, in France During many ~eeks the
newspapers of Paris gave information Of
repeated fires in the commune Of Auvers
They we're evidently the work Of incendia.
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MANS AGE.-FeW men Ole OF age. Al
most all die of disappointment, passion, men.
tai or bodily toll, or accidents. The passions
kill men, sometimes, even suddenly. The
common expression, "choked with passion, y
has little exaggeration in it, for even if not
suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life.
Strong-bodied men often die young-weak
men live longer than the strong, for the strong
use their strength, and the weak have none to
use. The latter take care of themselves, the
former do not. As it is with the body, so it is
with the mind and temper. The stronger are
apt to break, or, like the candle, to run the
weak, to burn out. The inferior animals,
which live temperate lives, have generally
their prescribed number of years. The horse
lives twenty-five; the OK fifteen; the lion
about twenty; the dog ten or twelve; the rab'
bit eight; the guinea pig six or seven years.
These numbers all bear similar proportion
to the time the animal takes to grow to its
full size. But man, Of the animals, is one
that seldom lives this average. He ought to
live a hundred years, according to physical
law, for five times twenty are one hundred !;
but instead of that, he scarcely reaches, on an
average, four times his growing period; the
cat six times the rabbit even eight times the
standard of measurement. The reason is OBJ.
vious-man is not only the most irregular
and the most Incorporate, but the most labo-
rious and hard worked of all the animals
He is also the most irritable of all animals;
and there is no reason to believe-though we
cannot tell what any animal secretly feels
that, more than any other animal, man cher
ishes wrath to keep it warm, and consumes
himself with the fire of his own secret rehec-
ton.
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sunset-the bridegroom, who has not seen
his fair one, goes to the mosque to pray,
accompanied by "meshals," or torches and
lanterns, with music. Upon his return he is
introduced to his bride, with whom, having
given her attendant present to retire, he is
left alone. He then throws off her vail and
for the first time sees her face. If satisfied,
he informs the women outside, who immedi.
ately express their JOY by screaming "zugga-
reet," which is echoed by the women in the
house, and then by those in the neighborhood.
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The GARDNER MACHINE GUN.-A gun
which can fire 5000 shots in 13 minutes was
recently tested in Washington. The Gard
ner is machine gun, like the Gatling. 1t has
two barrels made of steel, encased in brass.
This is an auxiliary to small arms, and is
simply gun which, by the ingenuity Of
the designer, is calculated to do the work of
q number of muskets, and do it more rapidly
and efectually. 1t cannot, probably, shoot
as accurately as musket, but, if properly
handled, must be fearfully destructive, es-
pecially when directed against line of an
advancing column. Ita calibre is 45-1O0 Of
an inch, and the same cartridge is used as in
ordinary rifle practice. The charge is 20 grains
Of powder, and the ball weighs 405 grains.
1t is mounted on a small field carriage, and
is light enough to be carried by two men.
The whole length of the gun is only four
teet. It can be fred 800 times in minute,
its capacity in this direction being only limited
by the rapidity with which it can be fed. If
steam could apply the motive power, ane it
could be fed fast enough, there is no telling
how rapidly it could he fred. The firing is
done by turning crank in the rear Of the
gun, and it is fed through fiat shaped box,
into which the cartridges are placed in blocks
holding 20 each. They fit down neatly into
this block, which holds about so cartridges,
and as fast as the crank is turned they drop
down into channel, and are carried forward
for discharge, and the empty cartridges re-
turned and dropped beneath. Five thousand
shots were fred in 13 minutes, three men
relieving each other at the crank.
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ries, and the police were set diligently to
work to find the criminals. Their search
resulted finally in the arrest of a young girl
of sixteen, Clemence Blossier, a sewing girl
of Auvers.
The motive which led her to this want
on destruction of property is one that eve'
ry one will recognize as very particular
ly inAammable one-love. It seems that
this girl of sixteen was madly in love with
youth of her own age named Albert Romarn,
a laborer in neighboring village. The
girls parents had forbidden her to see her
lover, and the two had great difficulty even in
managing clandestine correspondence. 1t
was this obstruction to the course Of love
that gave the girl the extraordinary -dea of
setting fire to farm houses and haystacks.
The alarm was given, bells rang, neighbors
ran to the scene. Albert Romarn ran too,
met the young girl in the throng and> fed
away with her to a neighboring forest, where
they passed hours together while the fire
worked its ravages. Six times in six weeks
the lovers fed to the little woods, and the
farmers of the commune paid for lighting
their love making sum Of 10000 francs
But finally, one fine night just as Clemence
was thrusting lighted matches into the hay
stack of one of the neighbors, strong hand
was laid upon her shoulder and she was led
away prisoner She confessed all immedi-
ately, and has been condemned to ten years
hard labor. .H
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LIFE IN THE POLAR REG1oNs.-It is i'm.
possible to form an idea of a tempest in the
polar sea. The ice-bergs are like floating
rocks whirled along rapid current. Tie
crystal mountains dash against each other,
backward and forward, bursting with roar
like thunder, and returning to the charge
until, losing their equilibrium, they tumble
over in cloud Of spray, upheaving the ice
fields, which fall afterward like the crack Of a
whip-lash on the boiling sea. The sell gulls
Ay away screaming; and often q black, shi-
ming whale comes for all instant putting to the
surface. When the midnight sun grazes the
horizon, the floating mountains and the
rocks seem immersed in wave of purple
light. The cold is by no means so insupporta-
BILE as is supposed. Wepassed from heated
cabin Of thirty degrees above zero to forty.
seven below zero in the open air without in.
convenience. A much higher degree Of cold
becomes, however, insuAerable if there is
wind. At fifteen degrees below zero steam,
as if from boiling kettle, rises from the wa.
ter. At once frozen by the wind, it falls in
fine powder. This phenomenon is called
ice.smoke. At forty degrees the snow and
human bodies also smoke, which smoke
changes at once into millions Of tiny parti-
cles, like needles Of ice, which gil the air,
and make light, continuous noise, like the
rustic of a stiff silk. At this temperature
the trunks of trees burst with loud report,
the rocks break up, and the earth opens and
vomits smoking water. Knives break in cut
ting butter. To talk is fatiguing. At night
the eyelids are covered VIII CRUST OF ice,
which must be carefully removed before 'one
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satisfactorily explained. Among the theories
offered, thet contained in the following is
among the possibilities "The horseshoe of
old was held to be of special service as securi-
ty against the attacks of evil spirits The
virtue may have been assigned, perhaps, by
the rule of contraries, from it being thing
incompatible with the cloven foot Of the Evil
One; or from the rude resemblance which
the horseshoe bears to the rays Of glory which
in ancient pictures were made to surround the
heads of saints and angels; or, finally, from
some notion of its purity, acquired by passing
through the fire. This latter suppositton re-
ceives some countenance from the method re-
sorted to for the cure ofhorses that had become
vicious or afflicted with any distemper which
village farriery did not understand; such dis
ease was invariably attributed to witchcraft,
and the mode of cure seems to imply the belief
that the imperfect publication by fire Of the
shoes which the animal wore had afforded an
inlet to malevolent influences. Accordingly,
the horse was led into the smithy; ths door
was closed and barred the shoes were taken
off and placed in the fire, and the witch or
warlock was speedily under the necessity Of
removing the spell under which the animal
suffered. Sailors are, for the most part careful
TO have horseshoe nailed to the mizzenmast,
or somewhere on the deck near midshtps, for
the protection of the vessel. The Chinese
have their tombs built in the shape of the
horseshoe, which custom is very curious, as it
may be fairly regarded as branch of the
superstition long prevalent among ourselves"
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-12-23
The l,helnk-Dolcc Cuae.

New York, Dec. 23-The, Evening Posts
Washington correspondent interviewed
ex-Secretary Boutwell, respecting the
Phelps-D Dodge case, brought into promi-
nence by Conkling and Bayard. AS to
the affair he said Dodge himself first in
formed him Of the charge against the
house Of Dodge, and said if any duties
had not been pnid it was on account OF
his ignorance and not his intention. He
wished to make settlement without
publicity. Boutwell, told him it was i'm.
possible and would be unwise as the
treasury accounts we're open to inspec
tion. and it would be found out in time
that any attempt at secrecy would faster
ON him firm and irredeemable stain. L
ignorance was the only cause. the cas-,
had better be tried in court and the fact
be.brought out, and then the secretary
Of the treasury could remit the persona
penalties.and the firm would be free iron
all grounds of censure. Mr.. Dodge wen
away leaving the impression that h
would follow this advice, but soon tn,
firm began to make efforts for settle
ment with which lie said he had no con
nectlon. The firm never signed pape
eopfessing their guilt.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-12-23
PUBLISHING THE LAWS.

The coming session of the Dakota leg
islature will have to deal with many i'm
portant bills, and if there is harmony,
wonders can be accomplished for every
section Of the territory. There is one
thing that should especially be agitated
by the territorial press, and that is the
passing of a bill authorizing the printing
Of the laws in each newspaper throughout
the territory. Every section is deeply
interested in this matter, as it would en-
able the people at large to acquaint
themselves with the laws. of which they
are now comparatively ignorant. Min
nesota adopted this policy several years
ago, paying each publisher fifteen cents
per folio. The people of that state de-
manded it. Why shouldn't Dakota do
| the same.