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Girls Of Other Lands at Work.

The theory that girls exist merely 50
lay figures TO display fine drapery and
To look pretty, is not entertained among
half-civilized or savage tribes or ma
tiOns. The eccentric notion still pre-
walls throughout Asia, Africa and ir
some parts of Europe and America. that
they are born to labor. In Turkestar
and on the Tartar steppes the Kiryhese
Sultannas and their daughters, and
PrincesSes in whose veins flow the blood
Of lines of Kings, still milk the sheep,
cows and goats, and perform the menial
offices of the household as the Sanscrit
maidens did six thousand years ago in
the same localities. They cook, take
care of the younger children, make gar
ments. cure the skins of wild fowl with
the feathers on for caps, spin cotton,
weave cloth, and tan leather by means
of sour milk. In this delectable region
the mother wears rich attire, while the
daughter goes in humber weeds like
Cinderella. II there is piano, the
mother plays on it in the front room OF
the tent, while the daughter brews the
koumiss, stews' the mutton and broils
the camel chops in the back kitchen.
Similar ideas prevail throughout India,
China and among the native tribes OF
Siberia, who have been driven north
ward by aggressive neighbors. The
Tungusian girl gathers the snow, melts
II, makes the tea and the fish soup,
sews, and, being skillful in archery.
helps to keep the larder supplied With
game. The Yacut and Samoyede maid
ems. and all Of those who dwell along
the Arctic Ocean, help in summer TO
lay up winter supplies, and in winter to
perform all necessary domestic duties.
The theories of the tribes and nations
Of Asia and Africa are shared by the
Indians Of North and South America.
who compel the young girls to learn
the duties and hardshipS of life at an
early age--SGn Francisco Chronicle.
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The Wrong Dog.

IF you please. sir" said boy lead
ing dog. to q gentleman he ap-
preached, .'have you seen anything Of q
lost liver7'
"A lost liver? What do you mean?''
nquired the gentleman in astonish-
ment.
Why, SRA man advertises in the
paper that he viii pay fifteen dollars
for the return of . lost liver and white
pointer dog. Here's the white dog. but
1can't find the liver 'r'
As this paper goes TO press the gentle
man is trying to explain to the liver bow
that the pointer-and-white-dog. Oh,
Pshaw. That the pointer bow and the
lost liver and white dog were errors Of
punctuation; but who ever sausage .
mixture Of meat and rhetoric before?-
Detroit Pos: and Tribune
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False Teaching Of Boys.

In a recent letter, reference is made
to gentleman who, when he stood be-
fore a school of boys to address them,
stimulated them by telling them that if
they worked hard in school and after
wards, they might one day be Mayor of
the city, Governor of the State and
President of the United States. He
also told them that the rich men of the
country were once poor, and by indus
try, perseverance and hard work had
made millions of money, and were now
able to live like nabobs. Thus he taught
the boys to aim at high office and great
wealth as the true measure of success.
This description brings wildly before
me an incident which occurred in New
York some years ago. A mission school,
in which l was interested, celebrated its
removal to better quarters. Several
gentlemen addressed the school One
of them employed the arguments and
almost the very language quoted above.
Another told them, "there was no vir-
tue or merit in Office or money, and
neither of them was a fit object of pur-
suit as an end; they are to be sought
only as the means of accomplishing
something for the good of others and
the glory of God" !"
The first speaker had supported his
appeal to the avarice and ambition of
the boys before him, by relating this
story: he said merchant from the
country requested to be introduced at
one of the banks down town, and after
an interview with the President, said,
on going out. "what superior man the
President isr' 49, 80
Nov. boys" said the speaker, II
replied to my friend. that bank Presi-
dent was once a poor little boy, en-
ployed TO sweep out the bank, and has
risen by talents and toll to be a rich and
great man. So may any of you become
a bank President, or q great merchant,
or . member of Congress" A. third
speaker then addressed the school, who
told the. following anecdote as an offset
to the former:
He entitled it 1.-The sad story of boy
who was ruined by false teaching at a
mission school, aa- 8i +.
He said there was once boy whose
teacher talked to him much about get
ting on in the world. becoming rich and
great At length his mind was fired
with two master passions, avarice and
ambitien-he wanted to be rich and he
wanted to 60 "a Congress. He thought
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Wise Sayings.


=" Whatever is worth doing al
all is worth doing WE'LL" says
the old proverb, and it is, true.
but it is more true in religion than
any place else. There should be
no slOvenlineSs or botch-work in what's
done for God, but care and thorough
ness, with an eye single to His glory.
United Presbyterian. H.. 81.
--Zion's Herald, speaking TO its
Methodist brethren, says: Don't per-
nit your pastor to be one of the largest
contributors to his own salary. It's D
bad plan to allow arrearages to gather
at the end of the year" Perhaps il
might be in order to address the same
words to some Baptist churches and
members. Chicago Standard.
Be extremely small and lowlv in
your own eyes; soft and yielding as "A
dove, loving lowliness and cultivating
it faithfully. Make good use of every
opportunity for SO doing. Do not be
quick of speech; rather let your words
be slow, humble and gentle, and LET
your modest, thoughtful silence be clo-
quent. Bear with your neighbor, and
be ever ready 10 make excuses for him.
Do not philosophize over the contradic-
tons which beset you; do not dwell upon
them, but strive to see. God in all things
without exception, and acquiesce in His
will with absolute submission. - s.
Francis dc Sales.
The purcr the atmosphere that per.
vades the church the more healthful
and thriving its life win be. It's creed
finds the best commentary in the lives
of its members. In the world, yet moi
Of the world. In the mart of business,
but business conducted on Christian
principles. Place them with Lot in
Sodom, You cant Sodomize them. Put
them up for political Office; there isn't
gold enough in the land TO bride them.
Their patriotism and their principles
are not in the market. Courteous and
obliging, they take kindly to you; Their
hearts go out for you, willing to yield
everything but conscience. -Erchd,,gc.
TO host waiting is harder than
working. Patience is difficult virtue,
and in this busy, over-strained age il is
becoming somewhat scarce Outlines
it is the best service that can be rem.
dered. For they also serve who only
stand and wait" Away from the glare
oi the "orld IN the privacy Oh home,
waiting, not in idleness, nor in. disap-
pointed pride, but in faithful perform.
ance of the small duties, which come
hour by hour, the souls devotion "a
God is proved, its strength isnourished.
and if call comes to higher work it il
not found wanting. He that is faith
full in that which is least is faithful
also in much. Req. j. III. Campbell.
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Sweat.

The skin is an orange as much as the
lungs. As the latter contain millions
of minute cells, by which their prinoi-
pal work is done, SO it is with the form
or. These cells, in both cases equally,
connect with the external world by
means of tubes through which waste
products are conveyed out of the sys-
tenn.
Most of the organs of the BODY. be-
sides their own proper work, do more
or less "vicarious" work; that is, work
belonging to some other organs. So
the sweat-glands, when the system is
specially charged with poisonous mat
ter, or other organs are partially OBJ
structed or permanently DESTROYED, NAV
carry off more or less of the special
poisOns accidentally taken into the sys-
tenn, as well as the SYSTEMS own waste
products. In rare cases, the sweat has
contained blood.
But the chief product of the sweat
glands is water, holding in solution
chloride. of sodium, or common salt.
This varies greatly in different persons
and in different circumstances, but av-
erages about two pounds day. Under
the influence of cold the glands are
much less active; under heat, much
more 50. assoc. .sss 49,
Thus nature utilities the sweat to reg
ulate the temperature of the body.
Certain drugs, also, increase the amount,
and thus hasten the elimination of waste
and poisonous products. In this way
colds, and some other feverish condi-
tons, may often be checked.
1t is now known that there are special
nerves that control the action of the
sweat-cells; that sweating is due to the
action of certain nerve-centers: and that
it is on these. primarily. that heat and
sudorifiesi Sweating drugs) act, though
there are some few drugs which act di-
rectly on the glands. sa--.
In the same way. certain emotions act
on the nerve-centers. and thus cause
profuse perspiration. So also does q
certain condition of the blood in the
sweat preceding death Youths Com
pdrion.
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a TALE or WEroNaNUc B1y.

on wnstomsnue nay. at the, nrst break Of
zach rosy.tipped wave Icarcd To welcome the
rAcn With theof,-murmurrd story:
~" lrn,n craR unto Crag tho first sunbcams
-. swift glanced
And ever tho bIlio-s they rnorrily danced
AZ the day burst In glory.
AionT ths ledge pathway strobe fisherman
And his sturdy twin boys. with their laughing
A. the sky o'cr them bending:
AS hcy bounded adown from the Gin 20 tho
sand.
Tothoir naunch boat descending.
ouo'h alderman Hugh: "A right good haul
We shall take in our nets" o. thou PREACHER.
stlll Inv smiling face vcarinR9
M, And halt Q. the sillcr shall 60 for gown.
INC nettic.t ono can nnd IN the town,
Ny Lass. for thy fairinR.'
Rachel drc~ both her boys in q sudden ON.
Ana grcs.cd fondcst kisses on each ruddy
Fac"s ~ IKE each other.
Now IN, little lads. and keep Draw holI
-Ay. ara ins, a. the. moon rises over the bay
Won row 10 thee, mother.
Then homcward she climbed. with the song In
TrilinE forth ut her lips, {" she oft paused to
dart
a.. Many loving glance scaward.
nlil mere spcck in the dim distance grow
inc noat skiinminE forth with IL riotous
wild sarllcs borne lccwarl.
shc ss-,s NJ her knHtisg-un daylight was
stu through her def nnFrrs increasingly on
=. Tho scarlet yarn shimmcrvd:
Wv TIC snowy white tahl" was spread out for
And the Urn hisscd welcome. ". in a, the
Tho hrst noonbcam rlimmcrcd.
~, Voc, WOO !. me, who csn tell Of the cloud
Unfolding that blthe summer.sca liko n
shruud7
Of thc tempest outbrcakinE7
Who can tell how adown meath the slow-ebb-
~ b" brave fathers arms, lay his twin boys
without dreams without wakinEp
liry years passed DER wetomnnuc hay
Yet thruuRh hachel's pale fingers frum nrst
dawn 90 day
The scarlet yarn shimmercd:
nut ever the table vas spread out Tor four.
door VIZ
Tho rrst moonbcsm Elimmcrcd.
WY long summers she waited ln vain.
WIN her whitening hair and her Rricf-strick-
While tho hcarih.nrc she tended;
Nov, cover the erals, set the table awav-
Tho moon risrs clear Der Wrtomanuc ftav-
Hneh~l. viEil IL ended.
-rlIlo,s RoH,hig.
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Religious. Reading.
Il SHEET OLD LEGEND.

Bring that Tow 'footstool from the corner, rca :;
Mary and Jack. yol can not crowd to near;
While baby Bess viii curl her pretty head
Against my heart, that holds you all so dear.
Vow for the legend Once. long years ago, -
When in our world tho blessed Lord was
He walked one evening. tired, sad and slow,
With His disciples through the meadows
srocn- teftert - f,lu =
why was He sad2 Dear child. 4 can not say
What burdens pressed upon His heart
Perhaps He thought upon your sins and
mine ffH 'It At. ,..---tsfr
Along the way the sweet field lilies grew
In white apparel, finer than Kings, .
Above His head twittering sparrow flew
iHc drew his sermons from these simple
things>.
Now as they journeyed, SO the wise ones say,
Upon the path poor dead dog they spiel.
One spurned him roughly with his foot away
And what an ugly beast" another cried.
but in their Master'seyes compassion shoue;
lie stopped and touched the creatures
AT least, my dear disciples. yon win own
His teeth are white as any pearls, He said.
Then they passed on. Bears. is it strange to
you
That mothers with their babies round Him
That Peter learned to be so good and true,
And John leaned close upon His loving
breast?
Oh. would that ], with hair fast turning gray,
{ And you, my darlings, leaning on my knee,
Could always think some gentle word to saw
And in each life some pearl of goodness see.
Now run to bed. And rs you close your eyes
With Gods fair stars like soft eyes watching
you,
Make good resolves, and on the morrow rise
And bravely work to make them all come
true.
-Mdru Rdcu Smith. ia american RCformcr
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Sunday-SchOOl Lessons.

SECOND QUARTER.
May 13-Tho Spr nj OF the Cos
pei ...-........... 80. Acts llla.O
May 2o-HcIo and y, ter. Acts 12: lit
May 27-Paul and Birnab in
Cyprus. ...............Ac Acts IL: liz
June 3-At n ioch. Acts l3:13-16 ana Fe52
June l0-At lc m um AMI Lvstra Acts IA: Ills
juno ls-End Of the First Missen-
a-y Journey. Acts H:l9SS
Juno 25-It view.
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A HEARTS PROBLEM.

CHAPTEn XX.-CnNrINuEn.

author ~ ' Rnbtn Gruy." For Laek ~ Goid,-
In Honor Bsprd,' "For Ne Kino."
SiSen ~ ne M'adotc.'' nc.
The daily gazette., 1883-12-01
LOCAL LAooNICs.

The monthly meeting of the Wilmington
Indipn Association viii be held at Mrs.
Edward Moore's, 9l6 West street, Monday,
December 8, at $50 p. m.
The sewing school of Trinity Chapel will
reopen this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in Miss
Negandank's school room, Delaware avenue
between Tatnall and West streets.
Register Biggs yesterday granted letters
of administration to Harrison Vandegrift on
the estate of the late Thomas G.. Eaton of
McDonough, st. Georges hundred.
The steamer Susis A. Mccall, running
between this city and Pennsgrove, will dis
continue her trips after to-day. She will
make her last trip to Pennsgrove this after.
noon and lay up for the winter at Penns-
grove.
At joint meeting of the German Library
Association, Delaware S@ngerbund and the
Turn Verein, held recently a committee OF
six was appointed to purchase new build
ing large enough to accommodate all three
societies.
The Wilmington Dental Manufacturing
| Company has received notice that the board
of directors of the Southern Exposition held
| at Louisville, KY, has confirmed the report
of the jury awarding them the first premium
for the best display of artificial teeth.
The art exhibition in the Institute con
tinues to draw large crowds of people
| Clawson s. Hammitt, teacher of the young
artists whose paintings are on exhibition
| has reason to feel proud OF the successful
affair and also of the complimentary re
marks made of the paintings.
The daily gazette., 1883-12-01
webstsr,s SECOND onarter.

The first quarter of the ladies' and chill
dren's classes of Professor Webster will be
finished on Saturday next. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to parents, friends and the
public generally to be present on that day to
witness the progress made by the pupils in
the single quarter. The second quarter
will begin ON the Thursday following. Dur
ing the second quarter the gentlemen's class
will be given three lessons week, instead
of two as before. The classes Oh Monday
and Wednesday evenings will be for gentle
men alone and on Thursday they will be al
lowed to bring their lady friends. For
Thursday evening sociable tickets have
been issued to the old scholars of the acad-
emy. The first will take place on the 18th OF
this month.
The daily gazette., 1883-12-01
ON THE EVE OF BATTLE.
THE FIGHT BECOMING EVEN
MORE INTERESTING,
cARL1sIB's CHANCES STRONGER
Randall SILL Hopeful and the Eettine I'm
Ills Favor Awaiting the Result Of Sc
Nights Caucus
.[BaltImore Sim specinL ]

\
WAsHINeToNsNov. 80. The headquarters
of the spealership candidates were crowded
to-day. but the crowds were composed to a
large extent of mere hangers-ou. If il
could be considered as In his favor, Mr.. Car
Isle had reason to congratulate himself that
he received calls from much larger uro-
portion of members than did either of the
other candidates. Both Mr.. Cox and Mr..
Carlisle were visible at all times to those who
called, whether members or others, but Mr..
Randall locked himself in an inner room. and
could not beseen by any but . very few Of
his confidential friends and advisers. 1t was
said by the hangers-on at his headquarters
that he was arranging for the final details
OF the scheme or plot which they have been
giving out for week past was Is be sprung.
at the last meeting and sweep Mr.. Carlisle
out OF sight. 1t is very evident that some
tning In the nature of coup d'etat will be
needed on Mr.. RandalPs part If he is to
secure the coveted prize. for 1t could not be
disguised that the most liberal figuring to-
day failed to bring his estimated vote, with
all the reversonary strength claimed, up to
80 much as fourscore, a much less number
than viii be required to elect. Time will
tell whether In the next twenty-four hours
the genius of the ex-Speaker will be equal
to the occasion. - -
The Standard Oil Company, through some
ol lIs active managers, has appeared oh the
scene as an adjunct tor Mr.. Randall'A can
vass, and one of these managers limited this
evening that they were bound to see NRan-
dali through, 1t cannot BIS imagined, Now
ever, that the usual tactics resorted Io\ \by
such gigantic monopolies would be of the
least avail In the contest now going on.
In reference to the attitude of the MaryA
land delegation, Representative Fred. Tai
bott, who has been working as hard for
Randall as if he was running primaries in
Baltimore county, said he did not care
what any one said, Randall was bound
to get the solid vote of the Maryland
| delegation. An old friend of Mr.. Ran
dali, who has done yeoman service in all
his contests for the Speakership, went to
him this evening and 1atly told
him that he had not the least chance of
success. Mr.. Randall advised him not to be
fainthearted, and assured him it would
| come out all right.
The safes in some Of the hotels are nearly
| filled with money which has been deposited
by the Shareholders of bets Oh the Speaker
| ship. There were ten bets made and placed
| IN the safe at Wizards Hotel tonight
The daily gazette., 1883-12-01
h-s'--s--s--
THREE HANGINGS.
Executions In Louisiana, Georgia and
California, with the Usual Scenes.

Executions In Louisiana, Georgia and
California, with the Usual Scenes.
SHREVEPORT, La, Nov. 3O.-Richmond
Stuart (cOlored) was hanged to-day for the
murder OF his wife in the presence of fully
1000 people, mostly colored, Many col
ored people came from places hundreds of
miles distant in the surrounding country.
Stuart mounted the scatfold firmly, leading
IN prayer and giving out the hymn himself.
asking those present 10 join. He proclaimed
his innocence. The trap was sprung at 25
.. M, land Stuart was pronounced dead after
hanging ten minutes. The fall was about
eight feet. His neck was broken and only
one or two nervous twitches were observed
after the drop fell. Just before the hang
ing Stuart called his cousin to the gallOwe,
and bidding him goodbye, directed that his
Dody oe b~rled on the Egypt plantation,
where he was born. Everything passed off
quietly and orderly.
MACON, GA, Nov. 30-Ambrose West.
colored, about Is years old, who was con-
victed OF the munder of James Monroe in
Worth county, on September 10 last, was
hanged to-day at Isabella, the county seat,
in the presence of 1900 spectators. The
first attempt to hang the murderer was a
horrible failure, the rope breaking.s After
the lapse of an hour the moose was again ad-
justed and the trap sprung, death speedily
lOilOWluS lHo ldlis WCSI SbaLeu blGL ne la1
| committed the murder with the aid of sew
| eral accompliees aud named them. He said
that he was prepared to die and that he was
going to heaven. On the night of the murder
West waylaid Monroe and struck him on
the head with heavy maui Two witnesses
happened to see the deed and on his trial he
was speedily convicted.
The cases of Smith, in Hancock county,
and Lowry, in Appling county, both OF
whom were sentenced TO be hanged to-day,
have been carried to the Supreme Court.
SAN JOSE, CAL Nov. 30.-Joseph Jewell,
one of the three men who last March muir
dered NJ. P. Renowden, in order to get pos
session of his earnings, amounting to
$24 4,0C0, was hanged here this morning. He
said; 81 don't know how came to commit
the deed. 1t was not for money; never
needed that. 1t is mystery that only God
can explain When the black cap was put
on he said "Put 1t on square; you've got
it twisted" His neck was not broken by
the fall and several seconds afterwards he
made an effort as ii to raise himself up and
cried out "0h p In 10 minutes he was
pronounced dead. or his two accomplices
one turned States evidence and is now serv-
ing out light sentence and the other is
under sentence of death.
The daily gazette., 1883-12-01
MUNICIPAL COURT.
A Few UnimpOrtant Cases Disposed (
Last Night and this Morning

A Few UnimpOrtant Cases Disposed of
Last Night and this Morning.
Edwin Tribbitt, colored, charged with as
sault and battery upon Rebecca Wilson, was
the first prisoner giving q hearing at last
evenings session of the Municipal Court.
The testimony was that Tribbitt ON Thanks
giving Day began using proiane language
on the property of the complainant, and
when the latter demonstrated Tribbitt threw
several half bricks through Mrs. Wilson's
house, breaking three window panes and a
looking glass. He was fined $40 and costs
and held in 500 bail to keep the peace.
John Briggs was required to give
bail in the sum of 800 to keep
the peace and for using threatening Ian
guage toward Peter Wilson. George Kelley,
was fined S25 and costs for assault and bat
terry on some young ladies and for violating
State law. Andrew Jarvis was next
charged with stealing hat from Joseph
Todd. The latter was drunk and the pris
oner and companion took him to Tatnall'e
lumber yard and Jarvis there took his hat
The prisoner, however, said that he borrowed
it to go to the shipyard of the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Company to seek employ
ment. The case was postponed until this
morning, as Todd was too drunk to testify
At the hearing this norning Jarvis was dis
charged, Todd testifying that they had al
| ways been friercs and had been together al
| day yesterday, and did net think Jarvis tool
the hat for the purpose of appropriating L
| to his own use. Todd was then committed
until Monday at a. M, having pleaded
guilty to the charge of drunkenness. Jane!
Finn, for drunkenness and disor derly con
duct, was fired S3 and costs.