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r TATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT (JED EVERY FRIDAY It- STEWART & GREY. Ureadalbla Uitl. TJ'.RMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: loW oopy, pur jmr 3 J in;l eopy, U months. ....... ............... 00 in K ciiv, Vhrov nmutiis. ............. . 100 urte number .. 10 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. KlilNX & niAVRKIUiAIN, .ATTORHEYN AT LAW, llbunj. Oregon. 04T f-. iii Foster's Brick Block vlunlHtf. K. S, XTRAUAN. u HI LYMI. STIiAHAN &1UU KU, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW Albany. Orfftn. PRAtTICR IN ALL THK COURTS OK lint SUt. They slve sperlfd atten tion i collections ana probate matter, t irrJce in Foster's WV brick. 4.Hf L. H. MONTANYB. ATTORNEY. AT LAW. Notary Public. 41lmn, Orega iftice upstairs, over John Brings store, tat street. ' vl4n2Stf J. K. WEATHERFORD, (NOTAKY rt'HUC,) iTTOKNKY AT LAW, rtLL HUCTIOK IN Abb THK COURTS OF THK Mtc KimoUI aU.miIi.mi Kiwii U culliH-ti.iua ihi ynteeu sseiidr in Ma IVIhw'M Twulc. POWELL & BILYKU, vTTOliN HYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in (baurrrv. ALRANV. ... OKKilOM. t 'til lections promptly made on all points. Lnau negotiated on reasonable teruui. aSTciflW-e in Kuater'a Urick.-a&. vMnfui f. A r TORNEY AT LAW, ALatW. OKfrCOtt ASTrore np stair in the Old Fellow's f ample. -WSJ. ; vlSnSO F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT laAW I.I.IUVOV OREGOft. H! prartiee Id ell Um courts of Uie State. Prompt aUeattou Kisssn to eolltcllous. eou--v--vnucm and esainiuaUoo of Titles. Probate otielna a speciality. vI2n90tf. J. A. V.VVJriM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW COR V ALUS. ORBSON. WHI1 practice In all the Court of tbe Btate eVoffie In the ("onrt Uouee sje isSsrSSlL , BAKXFS. AT LAW ATTORNEY AND Notary Public, rUMEOTULK. BEsiaSI. Collections promptly made on all pointe. E. K. sklP WORTH," ATTOKNEV ASS) OI FiaK AT laW A eT.tRv rtaut-. w I LL pravt i.-e in all court of tbe State All lHsiuew intrusted U me prompt ly attended to. ttfr in (f Toole' Blork, Droatlalb-n Sired, 43y 1 Albany, Oregon. E. O. JOHNSON, 31, D HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Surgeon. Albany, Oregon. OrBfe. iu Fromnn'i Brick, two doors Fan of Conner's Bank. nlO T. W. HARRIS, M. D. O tfiee in Foster's Brick, next door to office of Powell fc Bilveu. Beaidence in uhe two-story frame building on South side of Second street, one bioek and a half East of Wheeler A Dickey's I A very bteble. atU). ... Oregea. roH6n19tt DK. R. O. IIXDE, Physician and Surgeon. Offiee at Fonbsv A Masnn's. Ke-Men.-e on Brosdalb'n St.. Aleny, Or. .:! af O. M. JUtK. n. I T. K. MI I II, M. !. JONES & SMITH, Physician and Sursewns, Albany, Oregon. OFFICE -Odd Fellow's Temple, over Pluutmer'M DrugHtore. 43n.3 J. A. DAVIS, M. D. jLytic'iSY9 Surgeon, AKD- OBSTETRICIAN, Albaar, ... Oregon. HAS KESUMKP THE PRACTICE OK HIS eoUmitta in this city wul vicinity. Oflbo at it Oruy Store. Reridwice oh Fourth atreet, two biui.k went ul ( wlirt iiulWC- 40tf AIIiANY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE Al.lt ASY, OK. TheJFtiut Trtrm will open on Wednes day, .September 7th, 1881. Yr (rtirticulari CMWremag the uoucae of tu.lj and th oric o tuitko. JM-f'l t KKt . EMtEKT H. .MIT, President. ALBANY MEAT MARKET Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal and Sausage al ways on hand. IILrhart Caab Price raid for all kinds of ft ft-;k. 44U LEVI WEST SALTMARSH & LAN GOON, DStUCiGIITll. B-Kiks. Slationery and Toilet Artides, A Larjie Stock and istw fnces. CITY DEtJO- STORE, 2 1 A LB t b t . OK E4S V. JAMES DANNALS, SAXfrAt-riKKa aw uf.aj.kk is FURNITURE i BEDDING. Corner Ferry sad feeend Streets. AI.UA2VY, - - OREGOM. vl8a41i HEW BARBER SHOP ! J. R. SURLES, Prop'r. a GOOD SEA FOAM SHAM TOO goea j with ea-di shave. Pi ices for slaving aad hair-eat ting same aa usual. Rot ma opposite Mcliwain'a store. lx VOL. XVII. Fn Wat WE are con stantly receiv ing applications from parties who desire to rent farms the coming season, and wish to add to our list of farms to rent. If you want a good renter the coming season leave a descrip tion of your farm with us. We can send you one.x STEWART & GREY, "DEM00EAT BUILD Hi 0," ALBANY, OR., Jnly 27tk, 1881. J. W. BENTLEY, Custom Boot & Shoe Maker. BOOTS AND SHOES made to order, and repairing done with neatness and illMpab-b, and at low pnees. tan a no him. First Street, Albany. 4Iyl Oregon Marble Works. H. A. LARK, Proprietor. SAN ; ; , k r k- or MONUMENTS, Tomb and Grave Stones, Mantels, Table-Tops, Washstands, Etc All kind of ceawUry work dune la Msrtria, Free Stoti uid Grmite. All work done in ftm-thuw style sad at the U went nuea. 7 West side ot Ferry Street, between Second end Third. ALBAS Y, VSECVK. P. 8 1 do not employ sny inexperienced canyeee ers, ead frive my caetomere tbe benefit of tbe 26 per omit. coniBfiesiofi allowed for such work. REVERE HOUSE, Corner First sad Ellswerth Albany. Oregan. Chas Pfeiffer, Prop'r. This new Hole I is fitted np in first cisss style. Tables uif.tied with the. best the merket sfiords. Spring beds in every Roost. A food Sample Room for Com mercial Traveler. tit free Ceeeb te aad frai Motel." FOSHAY St MASON, WHOI.KLALB AMP UttUU . Druggists and Booksellers, ALBANY, OBEGOM. vln4Uf NEW YORK SHOPPING! Kvervbodv deliuhled with the taateful and beautiful seleettoti atade by Mrs. la mar, who has never failed to please her euNtomers. New Kail Circular Juntlnsued. Send for it. Addresa MR. KLLEN LAMAR, I6:7tf S77'Hruawsy, Hew Tor. The Corvallis Fruit Co. Will purchase Pluuimer dried fruit at full mar set crtees; Will send a competent person to aavise fruitgrowers as to cultivation of oraddi lii.ii to orchards; Will supply fruit trees of enproved sorts a) moderate prices; Aid sell Pluuimer Driers through Linn, Kcoion and Lane counties. Letters to besent to CorvaMaFru'' Cou: pauy, Corvailto. Benton County, Oregon, WALLIS NASH, Prt sident. James HEAaxN, Sec y. January i, 188f 24wb A LI i Cathartic Pills Conibltin the rholrr-Nt ratlmrtlo )rinrip1rn in in.'. 1 1. i nr. in prajKirtlons uceumti'ly l juatel to KH?tirn activity, rcrtuintv, ami uniformity of enVct. Tin y utv tlm until Of years of rnreful attitly uiul ira tial rx- (rrMln lll, Iktul uro till) UI"Mt cfllM'tllul ri'tii- edy yet dlseorrreil fur iliseases raused ly itaraiigi'ment of the Ntoiuai'h, liver, ami bowel, whii h retiiire nroinpt and eftVrtuul treatment. Avkh'h l'li.is are ttjKi iully applicable to title rlase of dtseasea. Thy act directly on the dhzeatlve and nsalmU Istlve prt wi'smi'H, and restore regular hcalthv actum Tin ir extrnntve nwi hv pliVBiotans in their imrt4ce, and lv ail vlvllixetl nations. Is one of the many proofs of their vnltio as a safe, ante, and perfectly reliable purgative) medicine, jteing comMund'd i.f tbe concentrafeil vlrtuea of purely vegetable sulwttancca, they are positively free fnm cutomel or any injurious propcrtb, ami can be admtti iatered to children with erfrct aafety. Aran' Piu. arc !iu effiTtual cure fur Conatiimtion or C'imtlvrtiess, Indlsei. tloti, Uyapepsln, I.osh of Appetite, Ponl btoiuach und lireuth, 1lxlneas, Headache, Los or Memory, Numluu is Ullloueneaa, Jaundice, ItheuniatUni, Kruptlona and Hkln Diseases, Dropy, Tumors, 'orins Neuralgia, llc, t.ripea, UlarrhtriL Irsentery, Clout, Piles, Dlaordera off tbe Liver, and all other diseuM resulting from a disordered state of the. digestive apparatus. As a Dinner Pill they haro no equal. While gent ir In their action, these Pitxa are the most thorough ami searching cathar tic that can lie employed, and never give pain unless the Uiwels are inrtatned. ami then their influence is heaitna. They stlmu lata tbe appetita and digestive organs: they operate to purify and enrich the blood, and impart renewed health and vigor to the whole system. Prepared by Dr. J.'C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemist. Lowell, Mats. SOU ST ah. USt'UUUTS srssYwacas. CfNUU, iiNmlNt lwajj Cnroj aul never cUaap peiata. Tho world's r: real Pniu Reliever for Kan aad Beast, Cheap, quick aad reliable. PITCIIEU C.YHTOIilA ia not Narcotic. C'hlldrtsn grow fat upou, Mot horn like, and Physicians recommend 'A STOIC I A. It resnilateHltic Bowels, cures Wind Ootfc, allaya FcvcrisltneaH, unl ds alroyn Worms. WEI DE METER'S CA TARRH Care, a Ceaetitntioaal Antidote for this terrible mala dy, by Ahaorptioa. The saost faaoruuK Wseesaij alaee Vi 1 A. I V.. ,. ac-- relievo Catarrh, thi. RrJ r at aay wtaco beforo Coasaaaptio-t seA in. A BARGAIN! Valuable Property for Sale. THE ALDKN FPJJIT DRTER, Including the luillding and lota upon which it is situated, is for hsIo at a lsr gain. Tliere sre two drvers and they can bo sold saiarstely. I hi H a np. Grtunity for fruit raixen to M'oro the dryer nutde, at a low price. Tbe lots are very valuahfo lying on the iver front, and having a railroad swiU:h running by tueui. It is a guMl l(V)ntion for a custom iloiiring tuJli, foundry, or an? such huineaM. Kor further particulars call en the Presi dent or Hecrctary of the Company. (i. r. CUAWFtlRD, L. C. Rick, l'resideut. Becretary. 9) AN AKESIS DR. 8. NIISBEEK KXTKBNAL PILE RKMKDY Gives iMttat Relief, sue is as Infatliblo CURE FOR ALL KINDS OF PILES. Hold by DniRgisui everywhere. Price, $l. is?r box, vrtjHiid, by mail. Samples tent free to PhyHiclana and all uffcr rH. by Neutaedter & k., Ibjx WW, New York City. Sole manufacturers of A N A K KM 1 8. Ma J. II. Batks, Newpaer Advertln ing Agent, 41 Park Mow (Time-. Buil.ling) New York, is authorized to cnntnut for advertisement in the DkmiHUIat at our bont rates. King of the Blood U not a "cn--af!.- It U a btood-porlllflr and tonic, laipamor blood polsoos the system, towmges line rocui.t - l T-J4-7r.h .Km n: r . iTr. jiwJmom namaa tr, ftlstinfTUll "fftl bal"betni "really breaches .or uhases of that great generic disorder, Impurity eulte. Backache, General Weaknet, wso' aaa curSi the- ey attacking the itw. Impurity or the Wood. hemit und phylctaus ajree W raiHnir it th most essnlnf and efttctentjjrepa SHMiVtirtlw niiruosr Sold by DmKglsts. t)l per ration 101 iti- 1 "j- i ... phlet, - Treat or lrtmfe ot tbe Biooa, I. bTnsom. BUN CO,. Kept.. Baffale. X. I k -JsW km mW: T 'Jssf Rights ANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTKMRER3, 1881. THAT t V I I I, SUIMaLE. When the angry passion gathering, iu my mother's faco I mo, And she lead me to the bedroom - "".v lays me on nor knee ; Then I know that 1 will catch it, ami my flesh Infancy Itches, As l listen for the pattor of tho shingle on my breeches. Every tinkle of the hlnle has au echo and a sting, And a thousand burning ftnelts Into ac tive being spring ; And a thousand liees and hnrne 'naatb my coat tall stem to swarm. As I listen to Ihe pa'ter or the ablugla oh, so warm ! Innaplutior conies my father, ahoml thought bail Kone, To tii v o y the situation, aud to maka bar lay t on ; To see her bending o'er mo, as I llteo M the strain, I 'Uveal bv her and by the ablnglo, toe gr e mr wild and weird refrain. In a sudden intermission- which appear ed my only rbauce. I say, 4,Htrlko gently, lutHhor, or you'll "pltt my Sunday panta," She topa a moment draws her breath the shingle hebia aloft. And says, "I hal not tuottgnt of th c , . sun just lake I hem off I" Holy Mosea ! ami tho angeU, caet you pitying glances down, 4 And thou oh, family doctor, call and heal my father's olown j And may I with tools and dunces evr lastiag commingle, Jf I aver aay another word, when mother wields tbe shingle. i ii BesJTaw sfx mom oc csm im. t'biilun, in iis varan in Itolsslationa wbar it says 'bont-de In ast dat was, an' in not, an' yef k" bit nto speakia' ob some man. Hit wss wiit 'war back Har fob de atri a' ton ob de time wen de anamile should arriv. Yo fader hsb made deae prop4iosiea hia daily leaaona fob de las' forty yeans, and be gibe notice that the beaata bab arrtr. De acripler am ful6lled to the mtgbty I torero w. Kust , "de beaat dat vaa." Well, Hose row Conk ling wri. Waa a senator, Waa a aircingle man in politics, Wss de holder ob de keys tor de na tions I cnplsaird an' lived arrnmptoaajjr 'mon; de ,ficisl Mugah lswls an 'r- S ll w - Was: de (teat K-. ma. de I.hwI 'tinkling. Waa de silber-mountesl, aauiT-seented Polly -vel vet -drab ob de aim men. Was a bigger man den Dtaine or fiarSel', or ebon yo fader in da 'ficial rolien ob de jest is ob de eaco. Second, Koscrow not." fa not senator. la not runuin' de I eyitcd Statrs Is not focus' ob de eye-glasses ob de lib lies' gallery. Is notetaidlin' ober de orksU.s. Is not rloppin' bis r-isst tails in de fto h ob Lis friends. Is not de big shangbi ob de national riNstt, a ui in de biggest spurs on top de dung hill, wid de londea' drow, an' de puriiest top knot, an' runnin roun' de neigMior ' hctia an' apilin' whole broods ob ebirkena an' gardeus. Koscrow Conkling "yet la Yit i buckin' 'gtnat QaifirM. 'it ia not likely ter git back ter Washington. Yit is blowin' fr (J rant and Uiumiii' foh Conkling. Yit is try in' ter make a frogouten a pollywog. Yit is dojM'iu Joties an' Pratt an' damnin' KolMrrlsou. Yit ia try in' ter tun de atate oh New York. Yit is a 'ppaiaai toipdlo in fMilitica. Yit is a breeches loadiu' gatliu gun foh de diminyorata. Yit ia a prickly pen- ter his friends. Yit ia de daily ipecac, de pow'rful night-sweat, de hourly 'splosion an' de nlrlattin' drean ter hia enemira. He "waa, an' is not, an' yet is." Den dor wan a woman wid de beaat, wid jewelry an' fine dresses an' she sot down on de beast. Yo fader baint post e l on dat point. De beast had seven heada. Dese arc (J rant, Pratt, Jonea, Arthur, IOgan, Albany Excreta an' Widow Cameron. De ten 1 orns ob de beast am: 1. Control ob de senate. 2. De chance to run foh pres'dent in '84. 'A. De vote ob New York in '84. 4. Loeya ob de presMenoy in '84. 5. Hploaion sin de party. 6. Takitr de noaes from de public cubs. 7. urantism. r5. Htalwartism. 9. Ter de wrecker be longs & wreck. 10. De ttawpsonion locks. 01 dese aignR am filled full in de mighty lloacrow, an' de acriptcr am come ter pans. But it am a long time till de end of de world, an' yo chilltm keep de hoes livery in that backer patch. Wen de m'lenium conies yo can play roun' in tow shirtH an' bask in de sun long's you eatnd ttr. An' don't go hang i aiin' de house foh feah Lit will took yo ly 'npriao. Yo fadei will tend ter tie m'ieniuin wilo yo ol tend ter backer crop. The rtmrce of a common aaying, "conaiateecy tboO art a jewel," has ptrczled utanv a Kcbolar. and whether or not. I lie following authority may be relied unon as the atarting point or as e only using a borrowetl itlea we cannot a-hert. Iu S bnlln.1 entitled "Jolly Robyn KouthhHHd," published in 1 764, in a little volume of Mnlt -!i and Scotch ballads, the oet bewail, the extrava gance in dress wjtieh h conaitlera tbe great enormity of bis day. and makes Rohyu adtln ss hia wile as fo'Iowa : Tuh, tuh, my lassie ! aueh theughts resign, i i pit isons are cruel ; Fioo pictures suit to framas as fine ; ConsiMteney'a a jewel I Subscribe for the DemoCU. TsUUft. Never call a man a backbiter who baa no front teeth. They wind broken" horse is generally uei tor drangnt purs)sea. Karly to bed and early to snore make a man voted a emnnoleut bore. Beefsteak pie is classified under the head of pastry iu an Ohio hotel. When a bald-headed man Imya . a duster, mohair would m moat appro priate. Hhould a hungry man be considered a martyt because be goes to the- atesk. Adam waa eccentric. He often (steed to and fro at midnight c trrying s Cain. When an arm of the sea encircles a neck of land, lock out for tisbing ruacka. Tbe ears of a man ata happily located si uce there is a good deal to be aaid on Isjth sides. The Esquimaux ought to be a good clasatcal scholar he is very fond of old grease. A young gentle msn desires to know if girls mske more notes with a hung or a bustle. If an oyster supper is a supper of oysters, Is a missionary bsrqusi a ban quet of missionaries' The man whose only claim to ssncti -ty is a long face should dispose of a portion of bis cheek. Adam is tbe patron saint of tbe Western peak reiser, because be had the first spare rib. A black bear endeavored to bug a Montana girl, and she punched out bis eyes with a parasol. There is one good thing about a boy when a circu ia iu town you know where to look for him. Kctosene was unknown to Cleopa tra, or she might have lighted out of Kgypt without a enake story. The man who mokes a cigarette in sult a good cigar aad oasts undeserved aspersions upon a pipe. tmr im m Ties tn ees it is slwsys very well to be polite to ladies, but some people carry it to far. Several pateoos we in a Calves ton avenue car and one f them waa Smoking, which was allow d, as there was no ladiee in the car A tough looking country customer, with an ex pression that reminded utt of en lrtb potato, scowled a time or two at the smoker, and Una 1 said: " You aint got no right to smoke wben there are ladies in tbe ear." "1 don't see any ladies," replied tbe astonished smoker, leaking aJWUod. "May 1st net, but my Uiolu r was a women, and you abant arnofce. ihil I am in the ear, out of respect to her memory." The smokes gaaed at tbe homely fea tures of tbe man with a mother, and then, throwing tbe cigar out at tbe indow, aaid: "Why didn't you tell me sooner that .a . . S aB . your motner waa a woman, it you knew ill" c tBLVLtrs tarrf Carlyle, in bis reminiscences, eaya Thackeray inspired btm with no tion ; "What ia be, or such as be V Cbatles lamb's talk be describes aa Mccntemptibly small, indicating wond rous ignorance and shallowness, screwed into frovty artificialities, ghast ly make-believe of wit." De Qoinosy waa "a pretty little creature, fall of ovcrdiawn ingenuities, bankrupt en thusiasms, bankrupt pride, a bright, ready and roelodioua talker, but in the end conclusive and long-winded. His fate, owing to opium, etc., was bard sml sore, poor, fine strung, weak crea tures launched so into tbe literary career of "ambition and mother of dead dogsi" Washington Irving's books be "seme what esteemed." Jeffrey "was by no means the supreme in criticism or in anything else." Hblley was "a kind of gbaatly object colorless, pal I id, with out health or warmth or vigor ; tbe sound of htm shrieky, frosty, ss if a ghost were trying to "sing to us." Wordsworth waa "a tatbsr dull, hard tempered, unproductive and almoat wearisome kind of man." Mr. Carlyle, in his own conceit, wss tbe only man in the world, and all literary greatness must die with him ; bat the world will find that long after he had ceased to live, Thackeray, Shelley, DeQuincey, George Eliot, Harriet Mai tineaa, Irving and the rest still survived the shafts of his cruel irony. A lively exchange, whoso editor sniffs the Pacific's brine, is confident that if things continue as they have lately we may expect to wake up some morning and lead dispatches like following : "Qneen Victoria feels no anxiety. Windsor Castle is guarded by 200,000 men. No nitroglycerine has been found in the royal apartments since laat" Sunday. Some villian put dyna mite into the Prince of Wales' horse on Tuesday, and wben oat riding in the Long Walk the animal blew up. The Piince was thrown violently into the air, but landed safely on the top of one of the beautiful Druid oaks, lie afterward drove down to Eton and took ItiBch with Dr. Goodford." "Ber lin. Auguat 21. Emperor William just found four pins in a mutton chop ; they were a! 1 loaded with M-ienic and cleverly bored out. He gave the chop to a pet dog, which bolted it and died in three minutes. The emperor is in excellent spirits." "St. Petersburg, Aufftist 22. Eotire roval family blown ue. Buried Alexander the Third's h-fr. Mr a It that could be found of him. Requiem Mass held for tbe miss ing portions. Baokcomb ot uzanna just found four miles out of town. Be quiem will be held and back comb put iu coffin. Some singed hair found in Siberia, supposed to belong to Prince DolyjrGWeekisit7. will ba buried on & arrival. No news of any importance 1 Muxm. THK PROHIUITIO l CSTIOS A4UIX. Editor $ Demccrat : r . k . . . last weexs usmocrat contains sn article from the pen of the Rev. R. L mevens, . in which tbe work of the Woman's Christian Temerance Union in its etlorts in behalf of total absti nence ia condemned as a hereay, and aa contrary to teachings of the Bible: aa in- consisiant with tbe troths of christian ity and in direct conflict with the ex ample and teachings of our blessed Savior. He puts the proposition sub stantially as follows: The Bible com mands the use of wine, therefore, to do right, wine must be used, but temper ately; it is a wrong aad a sin not to use it, snd total aUtinenee itself ia a vice not inferior in magnitude to drunken ness. Those who advocate total absti nence as tight or ss s christian princi ple, in Mr. Stevens opinion, attempt to add something to God's Holy Book, and he reminds tbem that God will add unto them the plagues that are written in His book. w These utterances of Mr. Stevens! are worthy of careful consideration, because they aptear to be made in all sincerity by one whose moral conduct appears to ba without blemish, and who is an ac knowledged and professed teacher of tbe great cbiistisn truths of tbe Bible. Were it otherwise they would bsve but little weight or influence. Moral philosophers and biblical teachers agree that all voluntary bu- man action is either right or wrong; that there is, and can be, no middle or neutral gtound between tivht and wrong; that every voluutsry human action that ia not wrong must be of nsceesity be right, and every voluntary human action that ia not right most be cf necessity be wrong. This truth, ac knowledged by tbe wisdom of ages, commends itself to tbe reason and judgment of every thoughtful miod. Is total abstinence wrong! If not. it must of necessity be right, snd if right, it is a christian duty. If it ia wrong, it would be natural for ns to expect to find it prohibited somewhere iu tbe Bible, the code of religious and moral law. Law is defined to be a rule of action commending what is right and prohibiting what is srroog." Tbe Bible is God's law and Christ's tew. Can we find in the Bible total absti nence prohibited? God is not silent upon this subject In the 10th Chap ter of Leviticus is tbe following, "the Lord spots unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine or strWjj drink, thou nor thy sons with thee, when you go into the tabernacle of the coogiesjation, lest ye die; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generation, and that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean." This appears to be a direct and positive command by God te Aaron and hia eons, his chosen priests, to ab stain from wine and strong Jri'ik, es pecially wben engaged in tbe worship of God. Again in tbe 13th chapter of Judges it ia said of the wife of Manoah tbe Danite, wben she bad a great and ssc red duty to perform, the angel of tbe Lord appeared nnto the woman and sail: "now, tberef ire, Issware I pray thee, diink not wine nor atrong dtluk, and eat not any unclean thing." Theu as to the effect of wiue in the 28tb chapter of Isaiah, the prophet . a a - a .a a . S says, "the prieit snd the piopbet have erred thiough strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink, they stumble in judgment." Again, in the 20th chapter of Proverbs it is said, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is rsging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." In the 23rd chapter of the same book it is said "who hsth woe? Who hath sorrow? Who bsth contentions? Who hsth babblings, who hath wounds without cause? Who hsth redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to see mixed wine. Look not then upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent and sting- eth like sn adder." Wine is here rep resented in its sction like the serpent who beguiled our first parents and caused them to fall from their first es tate sad "brought sin into the world with all our woes." Also in the 31st chapter of Prove! ba it is said. "It ia not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wice, nor lor princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of the afflicted." The foregoing passages indicate in part in what estimation the use of wiue waa held by the inspired writers. The priests of God were for bidden to use it lest they become drunken and pervert the law of God. Kings and princes are prohibited from using it lest they forget the law and err in the administration thereof. And in order that we idav be free from teropatttion and the woes so vividly depicted, the sorrow, the contentions, tbe babblings, the wounds without cause, the redness of eyes, the inspired writer aavs "look not fAou upon the NO 5. wine when it is red." Why this com- 1 t m . BBsma it mere was not danger and temptation in even tbe looking upon wine, and if there is danger in its appear ance how much more in its use. Tbe Savior also taught his disciples to pray, "lead us not into temptstion " Is not the use of wine r. great teraptatien to many? Can Mr. Stevens deny tlm? Does it not lead directly to drunken Mas and licentiousness? Is not this i stumbling block in tbe way of tbe weak? Is it a christian doty to re move tbia temptation? The Bible hers ia also, explicit. It says "It is good neither to est flesh ner to drink wine, nor sny thing whereby thy brother stumbletb or is offended or is made weak." In tbe 3JHb chapter . of Jere miah tbe Kechabites arc commend! fot total abstinence, Mr. Stevens says however that they were common bd for obeying the command of their father and not for total abstinence. Let us examine and see whether bis statement is sudained. Tho Reel a. bites were commanded by their fathi r not to drink wine. Was this com mend right? Was total abstinence right for the Kechabites? God ssys tbe uiand waa right, that their total nence was right, because be.com end praises tbeai aad rewards tbem for obeying this command. If the command waa wrong, or if tbe abstain ing from dribking wine was wrong or evil, would God commend the doing of evil? ilaa be ever done so? yet be did commend the4Recbabites for doing the very thing which Mr. Stevens aaya ia wrong and ia a perversion of chris tian truths as be understands tbem. Mr. Stevens farther ssys that Christ's dying command is that sll par take of wine. He bases this assitimi bo doubt opor tbe account given by tbe Apostles of tbe last Snraw. ri Matthew, Mark and Luke gwe this ac count substantially tbe same. Mark's, hich is tbe moat complete, is ss fol lows: "And he took the cud und aava w o - thanks, and said, take this sml divide it smong yourselves (in Matthew drink ye all of it") For I say onto yon I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdnm of God shall come. And he took bread and gave thanks and break it and gave nnto them saying; this ia my body which is given far you this do in remembrance of me. Like wise also tbe cop after supper, aaying, this cup is tbe new testament ia my blood which ia abed for you.'' If it waa wine that was ia tbe cup, which Mr. Stevens assumes, tbe text will not sup port the theory that the Savior drank of the wine, or that he commanded hia ifcuiplia to do so in future in remem brance of aim. He did oomm tnd them to break bread and distribute it ia re membrance of him, but that tammand does not follow tbe giving the disciples tbe cop, or the direction, "drink ye sll of it." The next enquiry is what was ia the cup ? Tbe Savior says "tbia ia my blood of tbe new testament, which ia abed for many for the remission of sins" and then adds "but I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my fathers kingdom" and it is implied that the vine waa a graM9 vine, and that "this fruit of the viae means wine, l bis construction ot this and similar passages in tbe ac count given of tbe. last supper by the apostles is not warranted. Hie Savior aays, "I am tbe true vine and my father ia the husbandman." and again "I am the vine, ye are the branches." His hour hsd come, the fruit was ripe. He speaks t himself as already having shed bis blooJ for the remission of sins. He siieaks of himself as having accomplished bis mission "this is my blood which is shed." The Savior is the vine there spoken of, and the fruit of that vine ia Christianity, with all its blessings, joys, holiness, benefits, re wards and effect upon the human race. The Savior speaks of himself aa dead and says in effect "I will drink no more of this while living." Is tbe as sertion ot Mr. Stevens sustained? Where is it recoided that the Savior drank wine ? He was at tbe marriage feast where water was made wine, but did he dtink any of it? He lived thirty three years, but where is tbe re cord of his drinking wine or strong drin ? There is a record, that be ssk ed for a drink, but it was of water. Does wine or its use t; pify tbe pleasures of heaven ? If so then all we have to do to have a foretaste of heavenly pleasures is to drink wine temperately, but in sufficient quantities to feel its effects, but let all beware for observe tion has proved that if the bounds, of moderation is once passed, instead of the pleasures of heaven, the tjrrors of hell mav appear. Here is another - a a argument peculiar to Mr. Stevens "We believe that our Savior Christ Was God as well as man and that could the true cause have been advanced by total abstinence, He could lave put forth His mighty )Xwer and iestroyed everything on earth that could have . s a rendered the commission ot a iy crime impossible," ergo because Ho has not (BATES Of ADVERTISING: "lSf k i i m i s a i e at j l v a l laott is n n vi t - t f ft 7 1 IS 8 SIS 10 IS 22 4 " 4 7 12 60 18 27 ttCol. I 9 ib 25 A5 H " 7 6012 18 SO " 10 00 IS 26 40 SO 1 M 1ft 00 20 40 SO 100 - notices In Local Col- 2 cents per line. Regular local 10 cents per line. For legal snd transient advertisements, $1 OS per square for tbe first Insertion and ae eente per square for insertion. done so, total abstinence ia wrong ; it is unchristian to force it on to A minority of temperate men and women. Might it not with as much reason snd argument be said that because Ged pet mits evil snd sin in tbe wot; when he has tbe power to prohibit it that it is not right to resist sin or pi each against wickedness because tbe power of God is sufficient to destroy it in a moment if be would use it. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union propose to agitate and keep this matter before the public until a majority of tbe peo ple through their repiesentatives shall pass a law for tbe benefit of themselves as well ss the minority prohibiting tbe sale or use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. To pass socb a lew Mr Stevens says is te make "slaves" of tbe er temperate ; that th law would be sn evil, snd be rejoices thst "at present we have liberty" because socb a law s not been passed. Who rejoices with him ? Every rum seller, every saloon keeper, every lover of wine and strong drink, those that tarry long at. the wine, those that have babblings and contentions and wounds without cause, "those that rise up early in tbe morning that tbey miy follow strong drink, thst continue until night till wine inflames tbem f. those that make merchandise of tbe srn'.s of men by v dealing out unto them poison in the form of wine snd strong drink ; each and all of them rejoice in this "press nt iberty" and freedom, and I doubt Lot that tbe prince of evil himself joins n tbia chorus of rejoicings and laughs im fiendish glee over the victims of the wine cup, and whispers in their ears that tbey must not deprive themselves of liberty. Again Mr. Stevens says, "The Pharisees called Him a glutton ous man and a wine bibber, s friend t f publicans and sinners. Hence to ad vocate total abstinence as a cbiistisn principal, is to deny tbe Savior the nor of being the moat t affect man that lived, and condemn His example ss did tbe Pharisees." This argument assumes that tbe Pharisees spoke the troth ; thst the Savior wss a glut tan, a wine bibber, snd a fiend of publicans and sinners ; a friend to them, not in a spirt m. sense, but in a worldly and tempo -ai one. Does Mr. Stevens say that the Savior was a glut tan ? The Pharisees said so and condemned him for it ; they alio said be was a wine bibber an 1 condemed him for it. As bad as tbey we-e they knew that drinking wine was wrong, but Mr. Stevens says ia effect by bis argument," it is true the Savior was a glutton ; he waa a wine bibber ; he waa tbe friend and associate and com panion of publicans snd sinners, but see must not condemn these things like the Pharisees, not because those things are right, hat because, we would thereby "deny the Savior the honor of being the moat perfect man that lived." The Pharisees knew that those things of which tbey accused the Savior were wicked, sinfai snd wrong, and tbey doubtless know those charges were false, and they made tbem for the sole purpose of casting reproach upon His pure life aad holy teachings. Again. Mr. Stevens aaya, "adulteiy, self-abuse and gluttony sre just as crying evils as intemperance," but the Pharisees aaid the Savior was a glut tonous msn, and condemn him for it, and if you condemn gluttony ;s sn evil, do you not deny the teachings f scripture ? Do you not deny U e Savior the honor of beioz the meat perfect man that lived 1 It is taught in tbe Bible that "tie tree is known by his fruit," "s good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. -r r neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Wherefore by these fruits ve shall know tLom." What are the fruits of total abstin ence aa compared with moderate or temperate drinking ? Total abstinence gives health; vigor, peace, joy, industry, the clear brain, the powerful intellect, happiness and comfort to thousands of amilies and homes made wretched and miserable by the use of wine. What are the fruits of temperate drinking ? drunkenness, wretchedness, squallor, filth, disease, licentiousness, pauperism, ignorance, insanity and death. There never was a drunkard but what waa tempted to become such by moderate or temperate drinking, hence I say all the evils of intemper ance are justly attributed to the Use of wine. When next you look upon the wine remember the scriptural injunc tion, "look not upon the wine when it ia red" and repeat that portion of the Lords prayer which reads "lead ns not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." The Czar is a cigarette smoker, snd the Nihilists are letting him alone, re lying on the cigarettes to do the devil ment. The comets have evidently entered into a go-as-you-please rac which proves that they will never amount to anything. In Texas when a tsaugits to com mit suicide he steals a bora, says bis prayers and- calmly awaits the inevi table result.