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against the Son of God. 1t is very often
abused by those who quote it amss! If,
then, the principle of the Total Abstinence
VOW be correct, being, like all principles of
general application, it obliges us to abstain
totally from everything which can be abus-
ed to the injury of our neighbor. Your
correspondent, therefore, must not only let
alone all spirituous liquors, but meat,
bread, vegetables, fish, sweetmeats fruits,
pastries, confectons, and, in short, every
known article of food; because they are all
constantly abused. Poor man, he must
now lie down and die, martyr to princi-
pie. Nay, more, it is absolutely wrong for
him to live moment longer. l do not
counsel suicide, because that would be an
incxplicable wrong. But how can he con-
sistently refrain from laying down his life9
Here is dilemma. And this is not all.
1t has been shown that he has abused the
Word of COD by representing it to mean
what it clearly does not. l therefore call
upon him to abstain totally from studying,
reading or quoting the Bible. Thus cut
Off, on his own favorite principle, from all
the means of sustaining the life of his soul
as well as his body, what a dreadful case
would his be! One shudders at the coutem-
plation of it.
l have so far transgressed my limits. Mr..
Editor, and perhaps abused the patience of
yourself and your readers, that must for
the present leave your correspondent to
digest the Reductio ad a5surduna TO which
his principles conduct him, and choose a
future opportunity to complete my exami.
nation of the texts he has adduced, as we'll
as to vindicate the principles of true Tenn
perance. | am, Mr.. Editor, very respect
fully your obedient servant,
II. A. SKINNER.
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER SCENES.

When the rains have swollen its tributary
rivers to more than their ordinary volume,
the Mississippi is grand, terrible, treacher-
GUS. Always subtle and serpent-ike in it's
mode of stealing upon it's prey, it swallows
up acres at one fell swoop on one side;
sweeping them away from their frail hold
on the main land, while, on the other, it
covers plantations with slime, and broken
tree trunks and boughs, forcing the fright
ened Inhabitants into the second story of
swine upon high knobs to starve, or per-
haps finally to drown. 1t pierces the puny
levees which have cost the States bordering
upon it such immense sums, and goes bub-
bling and roaring through the crevasse,
distracting the planters, and sending dis
may to millions of people in a single night,
1t promises fall on one day; on another
it rises so suddenly that the adventurous
woodsmen along the border have scarcely
time to flee. 1t makes lake of the fertile
country between the two great rivers; it
carries off hundreds of wood piles, which
lonely and patient labor has heaped, in the
hope that a passing steamer will buy them
up, and thus reward seasons work. Out
of each small town on it's western bank,
set too carelessly by the waters edge, it
makes a pigmy Venice, or floats it off
altogether. AS the huge steamer glided
along, on the mighty current, we could see
families perched in the second stories of
their houses, gazing glimly out upon the
approaching ruin. At one point man
was sculling from house to barnyard with
food for his stock. The log barn was a
dreary pile in the midst of the flood. The
swine and cows stood shivering on pine
knoll disoonsolately burrowing and brows-
ing. Hailed by some fustered paterfamilas
or plantation master bound to the nearest
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HONING A RAZOR.

"The first requisite" says our CORE
spondent G. w. D., els to have well
shaped, we'll tempered and well water
ground razor; unless very truly ground, it
will be impossible to hone it properly
Take an Italian hone. of not too fine grit,
face it perfectly with fine emery paper
glued on a board; dust it of, and drop 6
or drops of sperm oil on its face. Hold
the razor perfectly flat on the stone, draw
firmly but lightly from heel to point from
the further right hand corner to the lower
left hand corner), against the edge; if
wire edge be produced, run the edge lightly
across the thumb nail, and few strokes
on the hone will remove all trouble on that
score. If you will examine the edge of
the razor now, by aid of a magnifer, you
will find that the fine grooves or teeth in
cline towards the heel.
l would here say that the hone must he
kept perfectly clean, as after using few
times and then neglecting it, the pores will
get filled with steel, and in that case it
will not DO possible to get keen edge on
the razor. ! have had hone in use for
forty years, for my own and friends razors.
have kept it perfectly true, and yet there
has been no perceptible wear.
make my own straps as follows: select
piece of satin, maple, or rose wood, IL
inches long, II inches wide, and inch
thick allow 81 inches for length of han
die. Half an inch from where the handle
begins, | notch out the thickness of the
leather so as to make it flush towards the
end. l taper also tho thickness of the
leather; this precaution prevents the case
from tearing up the leather in putting the
strap in. l then round the wood very
slightly, just enough (say one-twelveth of
an inch) to keep from cutting by the razor
in strapping and turning oyer the same. l
now select proper sized piece of fine
French book BINDERS calfskin, cover with
good wheat or rye paste, then lay the edge
in the notch, and secure it in place with a
small wise, proceed to rub it down firmly
and as solid as possible with tooth brush
handle always at hand or should be-, and,
alter the whole Is thoroughly dry, trim it
neatly and make tho case.
Use cold water for lather, as it softens
beard and hardens the cuticle; hot water
softens both and makes the face tender.
Always dip the razor in hot water before
using, and also after use, as it will dry it
and prevent rusting. "-Scientife American
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Speech Of Garibaldi to the WOrkingmen
of Rome.

On tile 14th of February last the work.
ingmen of Rome, at the mausoleum of
Augustus, now a Summer theater, offered
to Garibaldi greatful ovation.
Col. Forney in one of his letters from
Rome, gives the following speech made by
the General on the OCCASION:
Children of the people! l esteem my
self fortunate to be among you today,
too, child of the people! You know that
Ihave travelled great deal about the world,
and can tell you from my own observa-
ton that the ones whose hands are hard
ened by labor can every where find work
and food. In America among 100 emil
grants, 80 operatives will find employment
almost at once, while among ten literary
men there may scarcely be enough bread
for one. l, too, have been a workingman.
have toiled and toiled great deal. Now
/ am broken by years; can work no Ion
ger. Listen, pray you, to the advice of
this poor old man. Make your children
workmen. This is the advice that friend
gives you with his whole soul. Let the shoe
the carpenter teach his son his own trade
Let the tailor teach his son his own
trade. Let the locksmith teach his son his
own trade. The kings of France at one
time had their sons educated as workmen
and artists; then labor was royal, even in
the middle ages. Why shall it not be ten
thousand times more royal to-day in the
sunlight of advanced civilization?
know that you wish my opinions on
other subjects, and will give them to you,
although l am no orator.
Many people say that the workingman
should not meddle in politics. This is a
false principle. Politics means the affairs
Of the many. We, the people, are the
many. And l expect you to interest your
selves in politics. You well know that
has presented a law for the extension
of the suffrage. Let US do honor to his
patriotism, and rest assured that when
CARROTS wish is gratified things will go
better; aye, very much better
l have something else to say to you.
Many persons want to make you believe
that l am less revolutionary than 1 was.
This is false, utterly false! l am and al
ways shall be revolutionary when there is
any question of change from bad to good
There is still something else about which
/ wish to speak to you, and that is the
religious question. Ihave peculiar affec-
ton for the Roman people. Let them re-
member that we are on the point of enter
ing third period of social life-the tran
sitien from falsehood to truth. Let them
remember how their ancestors spread civil
ization by force Of arms. Then came the
period of the Papacy, and now, we must
acknowledge, that in the beginning the
Papacy did great deal of good, but that
the time for it has passed. Romans. the
Papasy must, like all other human institu
tions, obey the instincts of the present and
the future. 1t belongs to the past, and it
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SPRING FLOWERS.

Oh, dainty baby foresters,
That hide in silent hooks,
That linger by the COW paths
And peep into the brooks,
To me you are the warders
OF the realm of Long Ago,
At whose soft beck unnumbered forms
Like shadows come and go.
By messy rocks and nodding ferns,
You lift your timid eyes,
And by the wounded maple trees
In smiling groups arise.
No more the shrieking Winter winds
Alright the naked woods,
But all the scented aisles are gay
With Flora's dappled hoods.
Though years have sped since first for mt
You made the meadows bright
And many a sunset tinted dream
Has faded into night,
Still do hail with boyish love
The violet's sweet perfume
Still joy to see the crocus burst
Like Lazarus from the tomb.
l thrill to see the buds again
Upon the apple tree,
Where every branch is eloquent
OF glories yet to be;
Where soon the winged Argonauts,
From lands beyond the main,
Will sing their merry love songs
And build their homes again.
l trace the tints of deathless IIn;,a.
Sweet flowers, in all your beauty;
You come as meek interpreters
OF mans exalted duty.
lou whisper of a dawning heaven
Beneath us as above,
When earth shall melt with poetry
And man be full of love.
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town for supplies, VIC took him to his des-
tination. AS we passed below the Arkansas
and White rivers, the gigantic volume Of
water had so far overrun its natural bound
aries that we seemed at sea, instead of upon
an inland river. The cotton woods and
Expresses stood up amid the water wilder
ness like ghosts. Gazing into the long
avenues of the somber forests, We could
see only the same level, all-enveloping
flood. In tho open country the cabins
seemed ready to sail away, though their
masters were usually smoking with much
and awaiting "fall."
Scrt5ner
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A LIVELY CONVERSATION A? The DOOR.
A Life Drama.
Scene, Corner Of Sixth & Market Streets,
Time, One O'clock.

R-W the prceo of that coat?
STRANGER Oh psaw; what Youlla off
HALL
would a is The
Should $1,000 be
buy single of working three
STRANGER-Int that
patient and
think
and Small a
S1RAN0ER-Wel suppose l purchase
OAK HALL DooEEEEIER-Brng it
STRANGER-Ycs, and perhaps eone in
OAK HALL oooRkEEPER-No
STRANdER-FNPlan You cant me-.
tina
and unured will
STRANGER-4ou simply if don't like
OAK HALL DooRKEEPERl don't
goods imagine
purchase We signed
SrRANGER-Why, that's thing. What is it hke
binding
a I'll &c one
He
h@ yoattAagds
FL m "umsap qp~a~
he emiyg s edonp1ue1h
~ ~ p@es@s 9 s@
MA4MAxERd BROWN.
What that quality of goods?
attached
be made
aonn
firmly
The people who don't believe
SrRANeER-Wen try you anyra
of andB Clothing
wholesale the
fare be saved getting Clothing the Low Prices selling
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A New Use for Cats.

A correspondent in Onondago county has
sent US an account of wholly novel and
extremely valuable invention for the edu-
cation of working cattle. An intelligent
young farmer in that county recently went
out to try three yoke team Of steers.
right in front of Mr. Jones' house, and
nothing which could at first be devised was
of any use at all. All the appliances with
which the agricultural interests are already
familiar were exhaustively experimental
with upon that steer. Mr.. Jones himself
came to help, and between them they got
the steer out of the yoke, SO that he should
not strangle himself, but he only lay down
the hatter for all that. He became as fiat
as comic newspaper. "Confound him."
said the irrate owner, "I'd like to drag a cat
across him. "The very thing exclaim-
ed the reighborly Jones. GIVE got the
biggest cat you ever saw" In less than
few minutes Jones was back from his house,
bringing with him large, fine looking
Thomas cat, well known to possess a pow
erful and cultivated voice, of more than
usual compass and unsurpassed timbre,
The cat was put on at the Shoulders of the
steer and drawn steadily and carefully
backward and downward. The steer kick
ed some, but he did not get up, although
the cat seemed to know very well what
he was put there for. Again the cat was
planted well forward and drawn aft, but
the steer paid him no manner of attention,
and this or something else aroused the
wrath of the cat, for, just as he was put
ting in his claws for the third drag, he gave
tongue-if that's fair word for tin his
best and loudest music. The effect was
marvellous ana will be of great value, for
the steer not only sprang to his feet with
unexpected agility, but his tail was as stiff
as his horns as he dashed wildly away home
ward. No trouble at all with him since
that, for at any signs of a balk you have
only to begin a vocal imitation of that tom
cat and the strength Of the yoke and chain
is tested INSTABILITY. !. Tribune.
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A Scriptural View Of Total Abstinence.

1t is much the fashion to quote Scripture
in defence of the doctrine of Total Absti-
nence, and in SO doing by misapplcation of
texts, to weaken in place of strengthening
the argument The fashionable grog shop
and dram drinking habits of the present
day do not need any citations from Holy
Writ to condemn them. They have few
defenders among any class of people. The
following correspondence between ga Tee
totaler" and Rev. H. A. Skinner, published
in the Prince Georgian in 1872, illustrates
this misapplication, as well as needless
quotation of Bible texts:
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BY EUGENE.
Farewell to Winters piercing winds;
Farewell, glad farewell!
His icy chains will bind no more
Lake, river, brook and rill.
Farewell to Winters wreaths of snow,
Too beautiful to last;
We hailed their coming with delight,
We sigh that they are past.
Farewell to all of Winters joys,
And ali of Winters ill;
They in the ups and downs of life
Had each place to fill.
Farewell, no tears shall dim our eyes;
We ask thee not to stay;
Thy reign is DER, thy work is done,
No longer here delay.
We hail the Spring with glad delight;
The south winds softly blow
All nature bids kind farewell
TO Winters ice and snow.
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can only live by yielding to the irresistible
impulse of intelligence and revolutionary
public opinion
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eg Dummet's orange grove, south Flor
ida, produced Geo, 900 oranges last season,
and he expects to have 1000, 900 this year.
Three or four years ago the trees were
nearly destroyed by insects, but they have
fully recovered and look finer than ever.
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that time, and not drop of dew by night!
Now, on the same spot. change of 1902,
and whole region wondering whe;'
those swelterins weeks were not after all, a
dream!
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HA rhyming correspondent sends his
adieus after our old friend Winter in the
following cavalier strain:
FAREWELL TO WINTER.
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THE PARSONAGE, Queen Anne Parish,
Monday, March 18th, 1879.
Mr.. EpIToR;-I have read, with the at
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sit is thought by sound Commentators
that the prohibition here given to Aaron
and maize perpetual, was issued at this
time because Nadab and Abihu, the offend
ing priests, had drank, as well as eaten too
freely before going into the Tabernacle.
Hence their rash act.
, 1875-08-04

hIlEEl-The shcesptA ware tho la1gces Tor many
days. aud, With Gully tucAl wan4 to supply tla market
wcAkansa. Ws now luoss xat,l e eAoaeS VI Sau3+.,
and infesior to medium At 3l75as9.7a.
BuYYALo.
BurYAlo. NJ T., Aug. .a-oAFrLE-Reeeipta, r. 1,tto:
tet.! fur tho week. hi4s. fsess rue pt.ns; lasltc
hiBlss thsu last wask's pFsox; 9ooa tat cattle. III
Weights, in good domAnl c0H,lnon guHllty slow
2so d!aposel Of IuF the wcsk sales Of Illinois seefn.
g3U l,4i and 1AuJ tbt. - $st0 St50. aud 31U; IN.
diana steers MO 11ae 2Aa l,3V .bs, $t.76, &3 and
totI: Ohio otccfs l,U, l,Q10. aud 10 ta IS Is,
$Li2x AuI kd 30, through Is1aa steefa, 9p0.4 cal
ia. Il 6hIt76: curn-fs4 Te1aa steers, LIZA tts,
3s6,H: Caesckoea snd Te1.ns, 8l5{39l3 III, Sl.ou5
6arxr Axp LAkbs-1tseeipta, 9,900, total for tbs
xesk eaOU: deeussa sluw; Loo disposed Ut 1t lat
wsskEs nrces buyers demanding Ut dacilue: quality
GENERALLY poor few Wesssrn sheep GU aAls; Michigan
shrsp ii H., &G3f Ohios III tu iG4 th4 {l&93a.I3
In,iisns shssr, Is fLs, }t.73.
uoox--MoatfAtely acttsa Aouday; to-day quiet;
receipts for tbs wock 1850; YoEksSs, t1.bol472o:
heavy holA 81 7.Aas0: a!ngsTs. sells t, tS0les.1t:
vrsasers, x9G1X; 4a!es for tho weak. aQ hesI
j csrs VI Ill ainIs tn SAr.la nnsald.
wArERFowM.
WATKaTowK, Aug. 1.-Hkkx UATFLE-Recs!pts,
4o higher saIe4 ut cl.ocs extra, 3la3s4
ti0o.s 7.Su.
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to. hut CAL only obtaln 7Ho for b+As docka range
tprIug ambs cta7Hc; sheep, a3sN ssles of shsep
Ii lot, t!,00G33,1s; each s1trs, $1.@G3s4s.
St, Lnu1a, Aua, 3.-Hpus-Aifhef: shippers. $40
G7.79; bscaa, $1.t&t31.is; butchers, 81 I6ttao0.
CATILx-8&eS4y aud unchanged; goud 70 chotcs
natives. t7.2as.so; medium 70 esif. tA0sa.a
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Tuesday, AuR.3:
CITY rNopERfS.
Eratcrn av, 132 II Il Of sau bureu at. 1T, o61
nc It, tsaesl Aug 1000
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II, dated July j.. 1CD
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II, t1lDtl JH1v OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
Vest Et:c Rs, IS II " II DickerdikB II, " T, 2oz
IL II. dated Aug. 3.:..................... =. 500
Wr.t Randolph st, ccoa fl " Of Wager at, nf.31
412J II, tlatri July 1l....................... 200
q, with improvements, date Aug. 7..:...., 5000
dated May =. - aolso
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dated AnE. 3,..... ..... 9.40
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nf cuCNr-tl0EsE.
Lot 60 Picks u Duck Is, y Sue 20, 10, II,
lated Aug. '....... -,................$ i23
souTa or CITY LIA1rs WITHIN RAplrs uP NtLEs OF
CUuAr-ItouaE,
Lois II and Il niss intn to ~, Dock1
Wright Il Wrnlrita part = " 4 Scs 4, 3s, II,
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