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* DELMENHORST. 96 ynrn-spinning. julcspiiining. and llie mauufiicture of i'ipii>. iimnMiii'. rookiii;; utensils, liiiok'uni. bricks, and trinuiiod IuijiIkt constiluU' llie i>iiii- cipal huhi>trir~. lliiTi- aiv aUu iiiipoilanl tatllc- anil ln'isi- markets. Population, in 1800, 0828; in I'.Hiii. lii..">7.'{. DELMONTE Y TEJADA, diM niou'la o tft- llit'lMi. Axiu.MO ( 17S:t-18(il ). A Spanish-Anipri- i-an hir-torian. He was Ixini at .Santiago de los Catmlleros. and stndied law at the University of Santo Domingo. He j)artieipated in the cam- paign against 'foussainl I'Ouverlurc, but in 1804 was compelled to seek refuge in Cuba, and ulti- mately settled at Havana as an ollicial of the tiovernnient. He wrote a llistoria de iSiiiilu Uu- iiiiiiyit (vol. i., Havana, 1853). DEIiOCHE. d.-l.*.sh', .l.xiMi. (1817-1900). A French archa'ologist. He was born at Tulle, and. after havinu studied law at llordeaux. en- tered the tJovernnient service in 1840, was ap- pointed to various ollices in the Ministry of Public Works, serving also in Algeria from 184li till 18.50, and linally became director of one of its departments. He retired in 1880. In recog- nition of his numerous meritorious works in the licld of history, arclueology. and numismatics, he was elected a niendier of the Academy of Inseril)- tions in 1S71. He died in Paris. Amimg his publications are: IJIiennc lialuze, sa tie el ses cciirics ( 1S.)8| ; CarliilaireK de Vabhaye de Beau- lieu (1859) ; Etudes sur la geotjraphie liislorique de la Gaulc. ele. (1801-04) ; LaTruxliscI Vaitfrus- Hon riMial nous le.i deux premieres races ( 1873) ; Eludes dr iiumismalique merovingienne (1890). DELOLME, dclrdm'. Jean Loiis (1740- 180111. . Swiss jurist, born in (ieneva. where he ])racticed law. Having given umbrage to the authorities by his publication, Exameii des Irois points des droits, he was obliged to take refuge in England, where. in spite of his literary activity, he lived for several years in great poverty, lie returned to his native country in 1775. His prin- cipal work is Couslilution de I'.intileterre ( 1771 ), which was translated into English by himself and passed through several eilitions. He also published, in English. Parallel lielween the Eii(j- lish tloieniuieni and the Former (lorcrnment of Sweden (1772); Hislorii of the Flagellants (1777) ; and an Essaii Conlaininii f<lrietures on the I'nion nf Seolland uilh Enijland (1787). DE LONG, George Vashi.gtox (1844-81). An -American naval nfliwr and Arctic explorer, lie was born in ."ew York City, graduated at the Naval Academy in 1805. and by 1873 had risen to be navigating ollicer of the Juniata, in which search was being made for the lost Polaris, the Arctic exploring steamer in which Ca|)tain Hall had sailed. To his enthusiasm for polar re- search thus kindled was due thi' Jeannetle expedi- tion, subsidized by .Tanu-s Gordon Bennett, which set out from San Francisco in 1879 with a com- pany of tliirtytbree. commanded by l.iculenan*- Conuuandcr De Long. The .leauiietle was crushed in (he ice north of Siberia, anil the ])arty. after traversing the ice on sledges, set (ait for the land in three boats, of which one was lost at sea. The one containing l)c Long reached the l,ena River; but (except two seanien, who succeeded in reach- ing n sptllenient) her crew, including lie Long. died of slarvniiiin. Tin- third, which contained George V. Melville and Lieutenant llancn- hower (nq.v.>, arrived at the Lena in October, DE L'ORME. 1881, and, after months of search, found the bodies of i)e i>ong and his companions (.March, 1882), which were liroughl to New Vork and in- terred with distinguished honors. Consult : IX- liong. The I «i/(i;/c of the Jeannetle ( Boston, 1882) ; Daneidiower, The Sarratire of the Jean- nelle (Boston, 1882) ; and -Melville, In the Lena Delta (Boston, 1885). f>ee Polah Kksearcii. DELOO'. See Ul VKEU. DELORAINE, dc-li-ran', ii.i,ia.m ok. The messenger in ScOtt's Lay of the IaisI Minstrel, despatched to the tond) of the wizard Michael Scott for the magic book. DELORD, dc-lor', Ta.xile (1815-77). A French publicist, born at -Vvignon. He began his career as a journalist in -Marseilles, and in 1837 settled in Paris, where he bccanu- a contributor to several journals, notably the ('haiiiari, of which he was editor-inchief for a number of years until 1858. -fterwaids he was connecte<i with the Siiele as literary editor. Elected to the National Assend)ly in 1871, he voted steadily with the extreme Uadical Party. He published Physioloyie de la Parisienne (1841) and Les matinees litteraires (1800), besides a nund)er of critical and historical studies; but his principal work is a llisloire du seeond Empire (1808-75), which is a useful book of reference, and met with great success. DELORME, dfl.-»rm'. Marion (I61I-.50). A notorious French courtesan. .t an early period of her life she came to Paris, where her great beauty wouKl easily have secured for her a good match had she not been inclined to a life of licentious intrigue, .lmost all the distinguished men of the age were her lovers, among them Cinq-Mars, the great Conde, his brother the Prince de Conti, and the Duke of Buckingham. During the lirst disturbances of the Frondeur>, her house was the rallyingpoint of the ihicfs of that party, and, in consequence, Mazarin was al)Out to imprison her, when she sud<lcnly died in 1050. A curious tradition sprang up in France during the next century, to the cfTect that Marion had not died, but had escaped to Ijondon ; that she had returned to Paris in 1082: that she, mean while, had been twice niiirricd: and. finally, that she died in 1700, or. according to others, even as late as 1741. Victor Hugo has made her the subject of a dr:ima, and -lfred de Vigny de- scrilH'd hi'r fate in his novel Cinq-ilars. DE L'ORME, Puii.iBKRT (c.l51;V70). One of the greatest architects of the French Renais- sance. He belonged to a family of architects, and went to Home in 1534 to study the ancient monuments. Going to Paris in 1539, he soon obtained important positions. dire<'ting the work at the Clnlteau of Fonlaincbleau (1543-59), and becoming architect to the King in 1540. He took a considi'nible part in the chftteaux of Saint Oer main and Clienonccaux, but his ehcf-il'iciivre al this linu' is the ChiMcau d'. et (1552-59), which he built for Diana of Poitiers, a miracle of rich l>urily. -fler a period of disgrace, Catherine de" Tuileries (1503), the construction of which he continued until his death (see Tiii.ehiks) . and which was the mature expression of his genius. Consult: Patlison. The Henaissance nf Art in Franee. vol. i. (London, 1879); Palnstre. Ln renaissance en Franrr, vols, i., ii (Paris. 1879- 81) : Vaehon. Philiherl de VOrmc (Paris, 1837).
 * Iedici employed him to design the Palace of the