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DUKHOBORTSY. 510 DTJLCIMEB. addressed : 'oUl man,' 'old womau.' The plenary power of a Uukhobor community is vested in the assembly of elders. As members of society they are generally conceded to be quiet, sober, and hard-workina. They belonj; exclusively to the peasant class. In the fall of 1902 the sect in Canada suffered great hardships. They felt in- spired to seek the Christ, and set out across the bleak stretclies of JIanitol)a. regardless of all personal discomfort. Intense was the cold, and many fell by the way. At length, urged by a spirit of humanity, the Oovernment interfered, and insisted on their turning back to their homes. DU'KINFIELD. A municipal borough of Che-liire, Enf.'land. on the Tame, five miles east of Manchester (Map: England, E 3). It has large cotton-factories. irou-f(mndries, fire-brick and tile works, and collieries. The town was in- corporated in 1899. It owns its gas-works, and with the neighboring town of Ashton-under-Lyne, owns its water-supply and maintains a cemetery. It has establislied a lire department and acquired a technical school and free librarv. Population, in IS'.tl, I7,3S5; in 1901, 18,929.' DULAG, dmJ-lag'. A town of Leyte, Philip- pines, situated on the eastern coast of the island, 22 miles from Taeloban. Population, in 1898, 10.113. DXJLANGAN, doc5-liin'gan, or Gulangane. A wild -Malayan |ieople, pure and mixed, in DiVvao Province, Mindanao. See Phtlippines. DtTLA'NY, Daniel (1680-1753). A colonial lawyer of Maryland. He was born in Ireland, emigrated to Maryland about 1700, was ad- mitted to the Maryland bar in 1710, became a member of the Council of State, and was for some years commissary-general of the province. He wrote a vigorous pamphlet entitled The liight of the Inhabitants of Maryland to the Benefit of English Laiis. DTJLANY, Daniel (1721-1797). The fore- most lawyer in Maryland during the colonial period, son of the preceding. He was born in Annapolis; was educated at Eton College, Cam- bridge University, and the Temple. England; was admitted to the bar of Maryland in 1747, and soon gained the reputation botli in England and in America of being one of the greatest law- yers of his time. He was deputy commissary and commissary-general from 1754 to 1761, was a member of the Provincial Council from 1757 to 1775. and was deput.v secretary and secretary of ilaryland from 1701 to 1773. In 1765 he wrote a powerful pamphlet against the Stamp Act. entitled Consiilrrdlions on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the ISritish Colonics, for the Purpose of Raising a Uevrniie bg Act of Parlia- ment. Though published anonymously, it was immediately recognized as his, and was later published under his name. The best argument against arbitrary taxation hitherto written, it attracted widespread attention, had a tremen- dous influence both in America and in England, and formed the basis of Pitt's great speech in 1766 against the Stamp .Act. Dulany consistent- ly opposed the radical measures of the Patriot party, refused to take any part in the Kevolu- tion, and in consequence lost, by confiscation, nearly the whole of his vast estates. Consult an article by J. H. B. Latrobc. in The Penn.iylra- nia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. iii. (Philadelphia, 1879) ; and Tyler. Literary His- tory of the American Ilerolution (New York, 1897). DTJLAUKE, di.rlAr'. jAcgiES Antoine (1755- 1835). A French publicist and historian, born at Clermond-Ferrand. He studied in Paris, and afterwards became engaged in several engineering projects, one of which involved the construction of a canal between Bordeaux and liayonne. He was editor of the EvangHistes du Jour and de- veloped an extraordinary journalistic activity during the Revolution. In 1792 he was elected a member of the National Convention, and be- came identified with the Girondists until the downfall of that party. As one of the Council of Five Hundred he devoted himself chiefly to the improvement of the educational system, and afterwards became one of the bitterest oppo- nents of Napoleon, until the appointment of the latter to the consulate, when he retired from politics. He was not only a distinguished legis- lator, but an inventor of considerable ability, as attested by the ingenious instrument known as the 'pantograph,' which he devised. His publica- tions include: Description des principaux lieux de France (6 vols., 1788-90) ; Uistoire civile, physique et morale de Paris (7 vols., 1821, fre- quently reprinted; continued by Leynadicr. 5 vols.. 1862, and by Rouquette. 1875 et seq.) ; Esqtiisscs hisloriques des principaux ^vencments dc la revolution francaisc (0 vols., 1823-25; fre- quently reprinted), a history of the French Revolution to the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty; and Ilistoire dr la revolution francaisc depuis ISl.'f^O (in collaboration with Vierne and others: 8 v<ds.. 1S34-41 ; frequently reprinted). DUL'CAMA'BA. See Bittehsweet. DTJL'CE DO'MUM. A school song of Win- chester Scliool, England, said to have been com- posed by a boy detained at the school during the Whitsuntide holidays. It dates from the eighteenth century. It is sung by the students in procession on the evening before the holidays. DTJLCE Y GABAY, dnnl'thi e gA-rl', Domin- (iO. ilarquis of Castell-Klorit (1808-09). A Spanish soldier and governor-general, born at Sot6s, Province of Logrono. He participated in the first Carlist War, and while Captain-General of Catalonia helped to promote the Revolution of 18.54. In 1862-60 he was Captain-General of ('uba. in which post he furtherccl all reforms, particularly such as led to the suppression of the slave trartic. He was reappointed in 1869. but soon after resigned. DTJLCIGNO, drml-chc'nyd. A fortified sea- p(n't of Montenegro, on the shore of the Adriatic, 15 miles south-southwest of Scutari (Map: Bal- kan Peninstila. B 4). The harbor is difllcult of access, hut deep enough for heavy vessels. The in- habitants, numbering over 5000, are engaged chiefly in oil trade and seafaring. Dulcigno be- longc<l. tuitil A.n. 1180. to the Byzantine lOmpire, and subsequently to the Serbs and Venetians, passing to Turkey in 1571. It was taken by the Jfontenegrins in 1878, but did not come perma- nently into their possession until 1880. DXJL'CIMER (OF. r/oH/ccnicr. from Sp.dulci- mele. It. dolcemcle, dulcimer, from Lat. dolce mclos. sweet song, from dulcis. sweet, and Gk. fifKor, mclos, song). A very ancient musical instrument which has varied greatly in its form.