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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23

Special Correspondent Of Gazette and Journal
NIpDLETowS, Oct. l7-Sewe, q. Grlsn,
teller OF the Peoples National RgnS Of this
place and hlghly-respected citzln, died
q; s O'Clock this morning. Nil. Green had
been Ill for several weeks, and his death
NGs not unexpected. Ho was we'll known
throughout this State, and his death will DO
Hsyera shock to his many friends.
The Rev. David Mckae, gentleman we'll
known here, died at Pascbal, Philadelphia,
tuesday, aud will be buried tomorrow.
He was brother OF Mrs. L. b. Rico and
DR., u. b. meR4e OF this place.
Mr. j.. b. Foard Ia better this morning,
and his friepds have hopes for his recovery.
The town commissioners have the street
closed leading paHt his resiispoe In order
thar be may not DO disturbed by the noise
OF passing yahie6p.
The William Coooh Democratic Club of
Pencader hundred has been organized. 1t
held a meeting last evening at the hotel In
Kirk wood.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23
REPUBLICAN HOPE WANING
The G. o. P. Must Use Gold to
Win Sussex.
NEGROES WANT THE LIMIT RAISED
Their Votes Should Sell as
High as White Ballots.

The Democrats Are Very Hopeful--Hig-
girs' ofice-holding Horde Leave Their
Posts to Engage in the Heroic Work of
Saving Sussex.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23

MtpbLrrowN, Oct 2n.-'rho funeral of
Sewell q Green took place yesterday after
noon At 3 o'clock Tho Rev Joseph Beers
q the T =, Church preached the sermon.
Cemetery.
Middlctown bad mad dog scare Friday
morning A colnrcd man while walking
down the street was bittan BY i dog be-
longing q resident If the town The
canine was eaught and PIT zip By lis
hwner and aiterwnrd Killed II IS not
thought the canine ~as mad however, and
no bad results are expected from the bite
tion uf teller ol the Peoples Bank which
position MAS uIiae vacant BY tile leath Of
Srwel & Green
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-23

MtDpLETuWh OCT p Ihe regular meet
ing Of the Democratic club was held last
night and was addressed by Messfs VIM
II Sloore and Cl,rk Of The Peace W Pierce
Hlggs There will be big Democratic
lness.meetng In the Opera House here on
Friday, the 3lst, previous to the election
Governor Riggs and H A. Nn@hnd are
the speakers for the OCCASION, and, MS il
will be the last one here this campaign d
big time Is anticipated II the night is
clear It will, without doubt, be the biggest
mceting held here for years
The rainy weather has proved Il serious
hindFuucp t0thc farmers this fall Many
are not through seeding their wheat vet
and il is already late in the season.
The Rev. Joseph i'cers is in New York
this week
a lQU-NAfds foot race On t'ochrans Park
track Noui0y afternoon between William
II, lirady and Il. Howard Grattlack was
Won W. the latter III III seconds, This is
considered excellent time
The. hog cholera epidemic has not yet
abated, and reports from the vicinity of
Bohenlu Manor tell of much losS by the
disease. Many farmers have lost all their
hogs from its effects
The Presbyterian parsonage has been
improved in many ways during the past
week, i has been relainted and other
wise improved
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How One Hears.

Strangers visiting Washington have
been heard to remark that 1t seemed
to them more deaf people We're to be
found here than they had ever met IN
any ether city. 1t is astonishing. now
few persons actually Of defective hear
ing have any notion of the structure
of the ear. The membrane stretched
across the interior passage anu calico
the "drum" merely serves to eaten
aud transmit the vibrations, like the
diaphram in telephone. In contact
with this drum is the extremity OF a
little bone, which little bone is con-
nected with second little bone.
while the second bone is hitched on to
q third little bone, all working togeth-
er like levers, in order to increase the
power of the vibrations acting upon
the drum. The inner end OF the third
little bone comes into contact with
second drum, which is the wall OF
receptacle filled with liquid.
A sound from without causes q VI
bratior of the drum the vibration IS
communicated through the three little
homes and causes series of pressures
upon the wall Of the liquid-hlled re-
ceptacle; filaments Of the auditory
nerve floating in the liquid are aglta-
ted by the vibration thus communl-
Gated; the auditory nerve conveys the
impression to the brain, and thus 1t IS
we hear. To our notion all creation
is filled with sounds, whereas in reall-
ty what we conceive to be sounds are
but vibrations of the air and presum-
ably the universe is in the fact one
illimitable silence.-Washington Star.
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I have Just been reading Drum
mond on the gaeatest thing in the
world. Tt is an essay on Love. l
think that charity. or love, is persona
fled in thes words: "Charity suffereth
long and is kind. Charity envieth not
Charity is not pulled up; thinketh no
evil" etc. Mr.. Drummond terms that
pat an analysis oflove. 1t is not an
analysis, but o personifcation. It is
indeed. a magnificent protroct of the
true Christian, who is governed by
love. 1t is ihe Christian, who under
the influence of love, suffers long and
is kind. He never behaves unseenly.
He is not easily provoked. He think
eth no evil. Mr.. Drummond believes
that ill-temper has done more evil to
man than whiskey itself. TO be easily
provoked, is to bring sorrow, and often
ruin, to ones self and to others. The
elder brother, in theParable of the Pro-
digal Son, represents evil temper, a
readiness to fly into anger, and make
others so unhappy. That is beauti-
full trait in the Cristian character,
which is so strongly expressed by the
words :"Doeth not behave itcelf un-
seenly."
once heard of distinguished min
lister, who, as he pronounced the bless
ing upon the morning meal. looked
with apparent dissatisfaction upon the
table, and said, in gruff voice:
"There is nothing here that l can
eat.n 1t mortified his refined Christian
hostess beyond measure. Under the
influence of love, no man ever behaves
in this way. Real politeness is the re-
suit of love to God and love to man.
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What Little ones Can Do.

Children from five to ten years of
age can open and air the beds in the
morning; can wash and wipe dishes !;
can bring from the cellar all the coal
and wood to be used in the other parts
of the house, by repeating the journey
many times with light loads each
time. They can wash the inside of
windows can clean silver; can sew
on buttons. They can sweep the back
stairs or any bare floor, not heavy
carpet; and large room may be divi-
ded into sections 10 be swept by small
hands. They can tend baby-not by
lifting; no growing child should lift u
heavy baby-and can take baby 10
ride in its carriage. They can cut out,
after the mother had mixed it, a batch
of cookies or doughnuts, and if allow
ed to use their fancy somewhat in the
figures, will consider this most del
ectable employment. They can stone
raisins, soft over beans, pick vegeta
bles, pare potatoes, break macaroni.
They can set and clear away the din
|ing-table. They can dust the living
rooms, wipe the mop-boards with a
damp cloth, hang out the small pieces
of washing, bring them in when dry,
iron the handkerchiets, napkins ana
towels. The boys can learn to U.s. q
needle, the girls to handle hammer.
1t is eminently fit and desirable that
boys and girls should understand some
thing of each others traditional tools.
Tasks should be made easy to the
children when done in a woman
like manner it should be recognized
and commended. If a child not natu-
rally lazy shows special distaste for
any particular duty, it is right to re-
lieve him from the task, if possible
something else can generally be sub
stituted. Children that help to pre-
pare a meal might be allowed to sug-
gest part of the bill of fare sometimes.
In performing task, it should not be
considered completed until the imple-
ments that may have been required
are returned to their usual shelves or
hooks.-The Housewife.
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What A Mud-Turtle Said.

There has been great rejoicing in
the house W here | belong to-day. "A
little boy lives in the house, and ne
SAYS that he owns me, though why De
does don't know, unless because he
found me one day when had craVled
out from under the sidewalk. was
Just going to make myself comfortable
in the sunshine when lot of boys
came along. One of them spied me,
and pounced on me right away. He
tried to hold me down to the ground
so that I could not crawl away, and he
put his knee on my shell, and pressed
SO hard that I expected every minute
to hear my shell crack.
But another boy knew better how
to manage me than the first boy did.
He took hold of my shell, and picked
me right up, and carried me along.
The first boy claimed me because ne
said he saw me first, and the second
boy bought me of him for a top ana
q knife with broken blade.
Then this second boy carried me home
and put ME in the back yard.
That is where I have been living
ever since. He did not think SO,
though. One day he could not find
me and he cried because he thought !
had run away. But had not. ! had
only made little place for myself in
the ground in corner OF t0e yarG,
and settled myself to sleep through
the winter as my folks always 90.
heard the little boy when he began 10
cry because he had lost me, and had
q great mind to come out and tell him
T was not lost ; but ] was too sleepy
to Dir, and did not make my ap-
pearance again until to-day. =.
The little boy was greatly surprised
when I appeared, and almost all the
family have been out to see me. L
feel quit proud because they were so
glad to see me.
Almost all who have been to see me
to-day have said, "What a nice mud
turtle he isv' But I am not turtle {;
I am a torloise. If I had been tur-
tie, I should not have gone to sleep
over winter, but I should have been
off at sea along with the other true
turtles.
If I were a turtle; I could not draw
nv head and feet inside my shell as
can now, and as true tortoises can:
Not all of us can draw our feet and
head in so far as to shut our upper and
lower shells together though. the way
the Box Tortoise does. He is perfect
ly protected by his shell. But most
persons do not care to remember the
difference between a turtle and o tor
toise, and expect some folks will go
on calling me a mud-turtle as long as
they live.
But I think that if wise men can
spend great deal Of time studying
us and learning our habits, common
folks might at least learn our right
names.
Why, heard Once of very learn
ed friend of ours, a man uamed Agas-
siz, who had a whole garden full of
turtles and tortoises near the city OF
Boston, and he used to walk among
these animals every day, and feed
them, and study their likes and dis
likes, and write about them. lshould
like to have been one of those tor
toises, for 1 am sure I should have
been treated well by such an owner.
l have always noticed that the wiser a
person is, the kinder he is toward ami
mals.-Land and Water Friends.
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COnQuering a Pupil.

A Maine boy who is now professor
in one of our New England colleges
used to teach town schools while tit
ting himself for his university course.
Seated opposite to him on railway
train a while ago he related to me some
of his early experiences in teaching
the youthful idea. One strapplng
great girl, q woman grown, caused
him considerable trouble because OF
her Indifference to the beauties of edu-
cation in general and "gogerfry" III
particular. for which neglect he caused
her to put in considerable time after
school in making up.
1t reached the teachers ears one day
that this maid had declared to an ad-
miring group that she wouldn't have
her lesson on that afternoon, and If the
teacher kept her after school he would
have the privilege of sitting up one
night with her at any rate before she
would make the lesson up. This idea
caused much excitement among Inc
pupils, who are usually ready to ENJOY
a teachers discontinue.
According to the programme the
Young lady's lesson that afternoon was
q complete failure, and she was told to
make it up after school. When the
session ended the other pupils fingered
about with an air of expectancy to see
the outcome of matters.
The teacher politely showed them
out of the room, however, and then
went in and shut the door. There sat
the damsel with her arms defiantly
folded, and the book closed on the desk
before her. The pedagogue cordial y
invited her to open her book and begin
operations, but this had no effect what
ever. >.
"All right" said he, taking out his
watch. HI'll give you just thirty min,
utes to get that lesson, and if it is not
ready at the end of that time I'll take
you across my knee and give you one
of the most comprehensive, unabridg,
ed and able bodied spankings that
have occurred since Julius Caesar was
an infant" :,
Then he took a chair with his back
to the enemy. Surprise, modification.
tears and sobs ensued, but at the END
of the half hour the lesson had been
learned-two lessons, probably. Lew
istOn Journal.
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CONVICTIONS:


/. That all power in heaven and in
earth is, of Divine right, in the hands
of the Son of God, thereby consitut-
ing Him "the blessed and only Poten-
tate, the King of kings and Lord of
lords"
9. 1t is with Him that men shave
to do" during their probation, and
with them that He will have to do in
the judgment.
8. That it is the bounden duty of
every individual and of all ecclesiasti-
cal, civil or other powers" to conform
in teaching, spirit and practice to the
principles of the kingdom of the Son
as exemplified in His life and, for the
first three hundred years following the
coronation of the Son of God.
4. That the present astounding and
deplorable detection of professed Chris
tians from the faith and practice of the
early saints on aUar demands the ear
nest and continued efforts OF Chris
tians of every name or sect to re-estab-
lish in the churches of Christendom
the anti-war faith as originally deliv-
cred to the saints and as manifested in
their lives even unto death.
S. That beyond hearty approval OF
arbitration in place of the sword, we
hold it to be the duty of all instructors
of youth with all other teachers in re-
ligion and morals-Presses, PulpitS
and "Chairsn-to teach plainly thai
the practice, the teaching and the spir'
| it of war is contrary-yea antagonistlt
to both the letter and spirit OF Chris
tianity.
6. That the present relation o
| Christendom churches to war-wll
not say alliance with war-justifie,
most clearly the formation and efforts
of Peace Societies the object or which
is nothing more or less than the re-cs
tab!ishment in the churches of the cs
sential and primitive characteristic
doctrine and practice of "peace Oh
earth, good will toward men,"
7. Until the church conform IL
teaching and practice to the teaching
and practice of Him who is 1.-THE Head
of the church in all things" the exist
,ence and object of Peace Societies IS
we believe, q divinely approved neces'
lsity.
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Facts that shonld be pondered.

Extracts from q sermon printed in The Chris
tian Advocate and Messenger Of Peace
In less than eight hundred years
England has been engaged in twenty
four wars with France which occupied
two hundred and sixty-six years-The
third of the whole time. She has had
twelve wars with Scotland and eight
with Spain. England was at war with
herself for more than century. She
has had only one hundred years peace
during the last eight centuries. Eng
land is buta common type of all nations
in this particular, both ancient and
modern,
Through the statistics of the. .Ameri.
can Almanac am able to give you
the footing Of the number of men in
the armies of the world and the cost OF
of their support. The figures are too
vast for comprehension.
The regular army in all the nations
of the world numbers four million six
hundred an twenty-five thousand.iThe
army on war footing numbers over
twenty-one million men. The annual
cost of the armies of the world amount
to over nine hundred million dollars.
The estimated annual expenditure
for all war purposes is not less than
three billion two hundred fifty million
dollars. Let any sober-minded mar
pause over these figures and then say
Whether war is not demonism.
The wars of European and Amer
can nations during the period of the
last one hundred years destroyed ovel
four million and half lives and fif
teen billion two hundred million dol
lars of the proceeds of human industry
This is an average of fifty thousane
lives and of one hundred and sixty
five million dollars for each year o
the period.
1t was providential errand tha
took Ulysses $. Grant to China ant
Japan, after he had secured all tn
honors Of this continent, to settle thei
disputes. II was a historic scene tn
nations will never forget, The world
greatest warrior, who had won tn
grandest victories on bloodiest fields
standing between two heather empire
thirsty for blood, and saying, Let u
have peace.n Listen to his ringing
words then uttered: An arbitration
between two nations may not satisf,
the conscience Of mankind; and i
must commend itself more and NOR
as means of adjusting disputes"
The example thus set by these hea
then monarchs of China and Japan O
peacefully settling their difference
must ever rebuke.all war-lille hostil
! ity among Christian nations.
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when To Praise People.

"Brudder Gardner,n the president of
the famous Lime Kiln Club" is q
wise man, and his wisdom is admira-
bly, favored with genial wit. Let US
listen at the door of the club-room as
the news of the death of a worthy fel-
low-member is announced and discus
sed. We may hear something for our
instruction and reproof in the humely
words of the wise "Brudder."
"At midnight last night" said the
old man in a solemn voice, as he Iook-
ed up and down the aisle, lat mid
night last night de spirit of Brudder
Charles Climer Gosport, local mem-
Der of dis club, passed from y'arth TO
de unknown. Only week ago he set
in dis hall; tonight he am dressed for
de grave. What ackshun will de CLUB
take ?'
"I spose, sah," said Rev. Penstock,
as he rose up, "dat it am in order to
present resolushunls to de affect dat he
was O. man ob de highest integrity,
liberal hearted, high-minded, and dat
his loss am a sud blow to de hull
CITY,"
s'Yas. such a resolushum am in or
der, Brudder Penstock. Can you re-
member dat you ever took Brudder
Gosport by de hand an glib him one
word of praise for his hard work and
honest ways?
"I-I-doan remember cat ever
did, sah." :,
"Am dar a pusson in dis hall who
kin remember dat he ever put him
self out ter favor Brudder Gosport ??
mot q man answered?"
"Kin any ob you remember dat you
took any pertickeler interest III how
he got along"
Not a word was heard in reply.
ITO be little planer," continued
the president, "am dar one single
pusson in dis hall who eber felt five
cents worth of anxiety for Brudder
Gosyort's worldly or spiritual well
fare?"
The hall was so quiet that the sound
of Elder Toots scratching his back on
the shary edge of window-caslng
gave everybody start.
"Not man in dis hull city, so far
as we know, eber put hisself out to
favo' or speak word in praise of our
lamented brudder, an yet we have de
cheek to talk Of a resoushum settin'
forth his many virtues an our heart
felt sorrow. No sir! We doan pass
no sich bizness heah I should be
ashamed to look his widder in de face
if we did. 1t may be de way OBJ de
world to let men alone when a little
help would give 'em broud an easy
road We h'ar of dis man or dat man
havin won the gratitude of de people
but we doan hear of it until he am
dead. When a man has gone from
y'rrth de papers an de pnblic sudden
Iv diskiver how honest he was, what
What a big heart he had, how much
he was, alert doin', am what loss to
de world his death will prove.
"De time to praise man is when he
am livin' besids us. Praise hurts no
body, but many good man has
grown weary fur de want of appreclas-
hun. There am seventy-two Of US i'll
dis hall tonight, an We have to own
up dat not one Of US eber went outer
our way to prove to our brudder dat
his upright life war any NOR 'pireci-
ated by us dan as if he had been hoss
thief And to pass a resolushun
would be to brand ourselves hypocri-
tes. Let no man dare offer one."-
Detroit Free Press.
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After All.
SUSAN COOLIDGE.

Grief is strong, but Joy is stronger;
Night IL long, but day IL longer.
When life's riddle solves and clears.
And the angels In our ears
Whisper the sweet answer low
(Answer full Of love and blessing),
How our wonderment will grow
Al the blindness Of our guessing;
All the hard things we recall
Nude 30 easy-after all!
Earth is sweet, but Heaven is sweeter;
Love complete, but Faith completer.
l!oSe beside our wandering ways,
Through dark nights and weary days,
Stand the angels with bright eyes;
And the shadow Of the cross
Falls upon and sanctifies
All our pain and all our loss.
Though We stumble, though we fall,
God fs helping-after oil!
Sigh then, soul, but sing In signing
To the happier things replying;
Dry the tears that dim thy seeing,
Give glad thoughts for life and being;
Time is but the little entry
To Eternity's large dwelling.
Aud the heavenly guards keep sentry,
Urging, guiding. half compelling,
TIL, the puZzling way quite past,
Thou shalt enter in-at last!
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A GooD OLD SoNG.-The writer Of
the religious song, "There is q Happy
Land. Far, Far Away" is still alive, q
man so years of age, vigorous in mind
and body, and having all that sympa-
thy for children without which it is
impossible to influence the little ones
for good. 1t is about fifty years ego
since these words were written to the
music of an Indian air, and they have
since been translated into nineteen
languages. The verses are such as, to
use Beaconfield's words, "touch the
heart of nations and appeal to the do
mestic sentiments of mankind" Yet
the writer, who shot this arrow into
the air, has been forgotten even where
he was ever known. Mr.. Andrew
Yonng, now after nearly fifty-one
years, may find this song in the hearts
of million friends. 1t has been said
to draw tears even from the eyes OF one
who has been called cynic, that man
of the world, Thackeray. He once
stopped in the street to hear it sung by
a group of ragged children, and never
afterward forgot it, or alluded. without
emotion to the impression that it made
upon him.
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FINISH WHAT You BEGIN.-My
old great-grandmother Knox had a
way of making her children finish
their work. If they began thing
they had to complete it. If they un-
dertook to build Il cob-house, they
must not leave it till it was done; and
nothing Of the work or play to which
they set their hands would she allow
them to abandon incomplete. / some
times wish | had been trained in that
way. How much of life is wasted in
unfinished work? Many man uses
up his time in splendid beginnings.
The labor devoted to commence ten
things and leave them useless would
finish five of them and make them
profitable. Finish your work. Life
is brief; time is short.-Chrisiian Oh
server.