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 :
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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rendered the commission ot a iy crime
impossible," ergo because Ho has not
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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
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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.
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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.