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something in regard to Mrs. Swissnelm's letter.
1t appears to consist Of q soncwnat rambling
attack On authority Of nil kinds Mrs. Swiss
helm evinces very pretty contempt for the
learned tteo1ogians, scholars, aud divines, who
have In every age been striving hard to deter
mine what are the true cauonical Scriptures.
She will not believe that anr book can possibly
contain unimpa'red the will Of God. though ap-
parcntlY, according to her, there are ''gifted
souls u who in all time are carrying
messages revealed by them to the
sweaker and more tirnid of the race"
Oral tradition, then, is surer guide to truth
than the written Word! The Protestant Rctor
nation and Bishop Colenso seem to be the only
two subjects Mrs. Swisshelm thinks we'll Of;
somewhat curiously, as the stanch Protestant
Retormers were about as dogmatic in their way
as the Pipe himself. I wouln like to ask Mrs.
Swlsshclm, as she says she believes the Chris
tian system, to be true, wnat is the authority
upon which her faith rests? If scholars, aud dt-
vines, and theo;ogians, and councils, aud priests,
and prophets have all been pcrpctually falling
into error, is she going to trust her own unalded
reason and private Judgment TO avoid the
rocks on which SO many have made snpwreck :
ls she going to investigate. and analyze, and
determine TOR herself the authenticity OF eacn
portion OF the Scriptures: Verify, then, the IL
bors OF Hercules are before her. Yours,
A LAYAIAN.
, 1879-07-13


need to have the power OF cnolce. H'evesv miu
tster we're assured Of con1ortaple place anu
income uom tue monent tne naHus VI ,t,e
hytery were placed on MS mead, It woua noI ~ %
sera'er.
At the animal meeting of the English Church
IJnion fI{tnajstc1. haId RECENTLY, it was report
Cd that in the course OF last year cichty-four
cIuroymen and 1854 1aymrn ioirad the Union,
wfhcfrbrines IN the roll of membership to 1888
clerpymen and il 245 of the ]ait7. or q total Of
l7.1n. The susten1a:ion fund for the support
otclcrsymen who mar be prosecuted had re,
cctVed up To The cnd OF last wear oop1t'os Amn ~
promises to the amount oil s1o,ooV on1Y eh"
nao been d1soarsed*
The missionaries in Turkey report that the
bitter hostility ,,f the Greek and Armenian
Cnristians towards Professionalism ia swearin0 oil.
4 striking instancc of fr,endIiness occurred re-
Gently at TrchiZond. The i1recE Archbisbop OF
that PROVINCE. vino had been iihcr:l and benero-
lent and had lived blau1elcss lifc, died at an
advoncrd syc and ali ,ha renrnscntatives of
other communtons we're invited to the funeral.
The Armenian Rishon was nresent and smoke in
Turkish, and Mr. Parmelee. Pr6testant mission
ary. made an aldress In Armenisn. AfterWarl
the Greek Rshon catlcd IN Mr. Parmciee and
thanked him.
There has been an anmsted nuarre1 among
the Reformed EnlsconaIans Mt Montreal. The
otfice.hearers of g. Rartholomew;s Church
(Which has seeded from The Amrrican Com
munton. and intends tn ailv itae1f with The En-
glisn brancA1 refused tn let R,shons Fnllows and
Nicholson md their sympathizers meet in the
bulldmg Dr.. FaIlnws Tenf statement makine
out tllat Bighon Grerp Ind askei the An,.r1ca1
SECRETARY to falsify The record nf his consecra-
ton, u,id Dr.. Nicholson suggested that the
Canadian con,-renations shonld form SYNOD
aud elect their own Bishop, alr. Ussher, the
Rector Of thr secafInr roogrcvation m the
other hand, prints long letter. with charges Of
bad faith. ialsrhood. and tht. like. Mr.. FISHER
formerly practtccd ncdicinc at Aurora, ILL.,
r,.. <,.,
l4e eoucuulu@ volume OF BISHOP coenso GU
tne Eentateucsi una oook o1 Josnua mas pcen
puuIsueo ~ LONDON. us conclusions respect
, 1879-07-13

saving many severe things, and arguing his
Way, logically, from beginning to end. One
section provides for Secretary and
saspe Rns2 wne san nd wsoss ssx duss. ire
nncrous. No men could be found to take these
positions without pay, and, as no compensation
was SPOKEN OF, and none prohibited, 1t was pos
sible TO. them to compensate -hen,sc1Vcs at
their own rates, to Jay aside al Tue rules OF inc
Church governing: its property, and to br''':.
pastors and their assistants down to starvation
The regulations prevented Trustees Of church
nronerty from an appeal in case OF their removal
by the Archbishop, and, as Tue priests were
trustees, this, OF course, embraced them.
In TIN. case OF Rcctors, who arc to be Presi-
dents of the Board, the Archbishop holds the
power OF removal absolute 10 spite OF the Fapat
decree. It was just the same case rs tnat OF
Archbishop Darpovs. who tr1ed to get Louis
Napoleon to pass law to prevent priests from
appealing to Rome. and which was the occasion
OF causing Plus X. to write hVe-column letter
condemnng such action. :,
The regulations say further that The real es-
tate OF the Church shall not be sold, conveyed,
etc. unless the whole Board agree. The people
arc thus left at the mercy OF Board, who may
conspirc 10 do away with the property Of the
Church.
The remainder of the regulations allow the
Trustees to change the bylaws, which they
might and could do 1or their own private pnr-
tors and priests were at the mercy OF the Trus-
tees and the Bishop. It was possible that some
OF the Board would be men oI political preten-
sions who would like to be Malshas in Fourth
OF July and St. Patrick's-Day parades, aud II
these did not sympathizo with the priests they
could pull down their salaries. The caite 71at-
icu,n was another point. The last Synod placed
the cxzthed,a&.cum at 80 per cent Of the church
proceeds; the Archbishop. on his own authority,
raised it to 20 per cent. me ea;hcdTattc"m was
, 1879-07-13
GENERAL NOTES.

a C7nthiana {KY-) church had horse-race
few days ago, as means OF replenishing its
treasury,
Twelve members we're received Into the LcaV-
lit Street Congregational Church last Sabbath,
six being on profession.
In Cincinnati the average Sunday morning
church attendance is 12,000. Nearly as many
attend the pcer-halls and theatres Sunday
nights
The average annual income OF Presbyterian
preachers in ireland is Ss3o. steady increase
aboye past wears, aud good deal more than the
American average
A Papal cncvclical, the first for many, years,
has been permitted by the Russian Government
to BE- published IN Poland. 1t is, naturally,
that directed against Socialism.
The Episcopal clezgynen of Syracuse are TAX
f11s< active steps towards supDressng the Oneida
Community, having collected evidence as to the
practices OF the members, WHICH, IT is alleged,
will warrant their arrest and prosecution.
Wesleyan Methodists in England expect the
5000 members. The Primitive Methcdists also
look for a loss, while tlsat branch OF the Churcn
known as the Methodist New Counectionisls
look for IN excess over last YEARS. strength.
Bishop Whipple has called a conference for
next October, to meet at Davenport, Ia, to dis
cuss ihc subject OF border missionary work.
The Bishops OF Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska,
Missouri. Nioprara, and lowa, whose sees re-
gpccsiycly border IN the Missouri, will partici-
pate.
The French Protestants, With population of
zoo. 900 souls, contribute 1,Cu3,0O0 francs year
for domestic aud foreign missions, sustaining
missionaries in tile south ot Africa, In Senegal,
and in Tahiti. They have been mulch cucuur-
nred 10 their labors at home By the appearance
r. m increasing disposition among the people
, 1879-07-13
you'm unquainted widde Lor', too, AM yet you's
mighty liberal Oh information to lin in yo'

you'm unqualified wid de Lor', too, AM ret you's
mighty liberal Oh information to lin In yo'
pra'rs. Yonters Gd2ate-
There was case not q very long time since
where 1t became necessary to draw q cork, and
the only one present OF i large party having q
pocket eorKscrew was clergyman. 4o rctnark
ed that he used it to open ink-bottles-
transcript.
Some wicked man asserts that it was great
mistake that potato-bugs weren't introduced
into the Garden Of Eden, since their presence
there would have Kept Adam and Eve SO busy
that they wouldn't have had time to 20 around
foraging for pippius.-Y Yonkers Gazet&e.
After the service. Deacon-"Good afternoon,
and our crops arc all drying up." Minister
$50 I did. am sorry: But you know the
First Church havc a picnic Tomorrow, and that
will doubtless do quite as weil.''-dns<rican
Punch-
II hear whtsper.'' said the minister. He
was soaring a little in his sermon, imagining an
angel to be lowering near and speaking. The
Deacon was just droWsy enough to be startled
by the remark, and to reply hastily: al guess
It's the boys IN the gallery" Moral: Don't
soar, and don't drowse.
Gideon Cook, Baptist preacher, was man
very eccentric Ia speech, even to his last earthly J
moments A few hours previous to his death,
his brother, also preacher, catne to his bedside
and inquired, "Do you think you arc dying
came, Don't know,-can't tell; never died. u
A few years ago there were two very dimfnu-
five feet "a-pece," and who made themselves
most conspicuous BY wearing very long co1ts
aud very broad-brimmed hats. They generally
were to be seen ether; and one day, when
they we're crossing the Market Place from -
Hilda's Church toward King street, 4 Shields
Mint ataudnr m the HapS observing them. said
, 1879-07-13

There are two classes OF heather IN this coun-
try who never pronounce the consonan1 =,
namely, the Chinese and the Bostoucse.
An up-country church society offers = reward
for the arrest Of the person who Rurrept'tiousiv
introduced hornets nest into the gra6-bag.-
Boston Post.
"Sambo, Parson Joosng says dere's muffin
-borned ,ceutiu' for good purpose; now how
kim dat var tater bug in de worl'?" ''G'long,
Clem, now yo' specs knows2 ain't. .'quainted
wild Ce 1amliy!" "Jesso: 5amno; ous ucn
, 1879-07-13

Amonr the anecdotes Of the Prince 1mperta!
eronoiuy 10 is one TO the effect ::,!t when the
news OF ;s.r burning OF the Iui4estes r.ache1
tue Imperial family in their English exile. hls
exclamation was, "Quet malheur! WonoeF
what they did With my bicycle"
, 1879-07-13
4 C0Ll0QUY.

Two young maidens, fresh aud faaf,
Sat beside II babbliug brook
Spake the one with golden ha1e,
..Jessic, 'spose re bal. our hookl
Look ye herc-there'5 John aud danks
Botn hare got it pretty oad-
Now be honest. true, and frank
Why, what makes you LOOK ~ sad!"
swell. the fact is, Nellie DEAR
OF their love I'm not 10 sure
Hank sonaetlmes gets On bis ear,
And his psunks can't endure
Why not angle III Il stream
Where yo1 know you'll get btteg
Time is prccious-Im eighteen.
And my hair Is turning white.
uNow, you know that Charlie Moore, =
with mnstachs 70 divine,
Took me to see 'pinafore.'
He's nv fcl!er every time.
And, besides. he's eot the sand
LIE can keep wife tn style. ":
Offers me his heart and hand" =
.'Ah!" 1uoth Jessie, with smaA' =:
"Thcn you've got dead sure thingi
We'll. yoa'd better scep tt. pet =.
When tiud one eau trust,
ri freeze to him, now. you bctl
Bot. pray, tell NC just how long J.
Since this honor was bestowcd-
You aunt thlnk it would be wton2S
Tell INC, do: or I'll explode. ::
Snow, these chaps are mighty queer,
Aud you cunt most always lelI -
II teller fs sincere.
Can you trust this city swe!l:"
swell, ri tell you how it came
f3ot, OF course. don't let 1t out).
I don't know as I'm to blame.
II he's a1au, why let him shout!
.'Twas upon one Sunday eve
We'd returned from Lincoln Pa1Ks .
lust before he took bis leave
We'll. YOU know the room was darR,
And can't tell for my life
Inst the war he did begin. ..
Rnt heard this. BE my wife!
And I answered, That's TOO tn1a' !:
AIsnt In less than half 1tn. !.
lie was kneeliuE 1t m1 leeG .'
Ana Began 10 whine and snin.
.Oh! sake pity on nc, sweet
Life ain's worth pica5une
Wtthout you. myqueen oi neass1
cay thc latter part OF June
we launch our nstftEionial o2sx. -
..so the answer must give
Ere another wceE goes oy, -
And. ~ surely as live.
rpnrt know noW u reply.
Rnt .tiuk that I'll waltz iu,. -:
And consent to cook mis- goose; -
For YOU sec he's got the tin, :. '.'~
Else I'd lnd somr xood excuse. :.:.'
..well, It must be perky hard ,t :.
=. TO decide point like this: -"
But you hold the winning card
So be brave and wade in, Sis! # = !:
Here, Old pard, l wssn you luck;
and, although q risk YOU take,
Keep good still upper lip;
II E.
, 1879-07-13

passed, for passed it will be, aud the lew sena-
tors and Deputies who have the c"nraSe not W
vote will contine Themselves to abstaiuinE."
, 1879-07-13
CALENDAR FOR TIE WEEK.

EPISCOPAL
July l3-F.fth Sunday after Trinity
July 1S-Fast-
CATHOLIC.
July 13-sixth Sunday after Pcntecost.
July list BonaYenture. b. t. u.
July 15-St- Henry, Emp, C.
July l6-Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel.
JULY list. Alexius, e..
July 1S-St. Camillu5 OF Lclliss u S. oympuososa
and Comp, NH.
July lo-St Vincent Ut Paul, C.
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Work for September.

Hart, Benham & Co., of Jackson
vile, Florida, recommend the follow.
ing:
Watering plants, mulching and shad-
ing, are still frequently necessary, es.
peciaIly during the first part of the
month and where stand was obtained
during last month of Beans, Peas, Irish
Potatoes, Turnips, Cabbages, etc., fire.
quent stirring of the soil, and destruc-
ton of weeds and grass, will be essential
to success. Keep the surface of the
ground loose and open, at all times, to
equalize the temperature, prevent the
too rapid evaporation of mois ture, as
we'll as secure the proper areation of the
soil and its absorption of fertilizing
gases. Thin out plants where they are
crowded, and give each its proper space
to grow in. Use plenty of manure on
your garden and if you have but little
manure, contract the area of your gard
ening operations accordingly. It is a
waste of seed, time and labor, to SOW or
plant in poor or prepared land.
Cabbage, Caulifower, Broccoli, Celery,
Lettuce, etc., may be set out this month,
if the soil is in proper condition and the
season favorable. Asparagus beds may
now be formed; but the ground must be
trenched thoroughly and very highly
MANFRED; use good, strong two-year-
old roots, setting them from eighteen
inches to two feet apart, and covering
the crowns two or three inches. Orange
trees may be planted during this month,
in cloudy or showery weather Straw
berry beds may also be formed, and the
plants set out without delay, using
plenty Of leaf-mold and ashes as manure.
All paintings which failed or were neg
lected last month, may now be repeated.
Snap Beans. such a early China, may
still be planted; Beets, Carrots, and
Turnips may still be planted, and Onions,
if not sown last month, may still be put
in, sowing in drills eighteen inches
apart, pretty thickly, and thinning out
and transplanting in October or Noven-
Der. Onion sets may put in the lat
ter part of this month early next
month. Peas, of the early sorts, such as
Philadelphia Extra Early" or "Mc-
Leans Little GEN." may be put in now,
and a crop obtained in November, by
high culture and special attention. Try
a crop of Irish Potatoes this month,
manuring and cultivating as heretofore
directed. 1t will be we'll to mulch
heavily between the rows, and to hoe
frequently, especially after beating
rains. Sow Early York and other Cab
bages, also Lettuce, and protect during
severe weather. Sow Southern Rye,
Red Rust-Proof Oats, etc., using
plenty of seed, and making the ground
fine and rich.
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4 CyclOpedia For $1,000.

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The remarkably low prices are &C.
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The same publishers have recently
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tor $225 and So and Snaith's Bible
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They also publish, in August and
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AGENTS.

"a ;t5Io'ag orr other agents, aoe haze
1ointed MIR. F. L. BLANCHARD,
ssrly foreman Of orr establishment,
Il General Travelling agent, aoho is
authorized to receioe subscriptions and
advertisements, and to receipt for the
payment Of The same. Also, to eorite
up, for the benefit Of all conasng to this
State, and the public generally, trans
portation lines and different localities
of the State We ask that the usual
coe~teSies of the public and tra'aspor-
tation lines may be ertendedto him.
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LATEST GENERAL NEWS.

Yellow fever still continues its ravages
in Memphis.
Hon. j. @. Ten Eyek, ex-U United states
Senator, is dead.
The plague has appeared at Herman
shah on the Turco- Russian frontier.
The Cubans in New York are again
making stir to get up another revo-
luton in Cuba.
There is very little home news STIR
ring. Most of the kilograms are about
horse racing, and things of that nature.
The election in California comes off
to-day, the Sd, and on Monday next, the
9Th, the hot work will begin in Maine.
Lord Chelmsford and Colonies Wood
and Butler, have arrived at Plymouth
on board the mail steamer German.
They were much cheered on landing.
A serious riot was anticipated in San
Francisco, owing to the shooting of Mr..
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SEPTEMBER 3

Kallach, the workingmens nominee for
Mayor by G. De Young, one of the edit
ors of the Chronicle. Kearney quieted
the mob or the result might have been
serious.
LONDON, August 25.-Mr. Scott, the
well-known agricultural authority, in
his annual letter reviewing the crops,
estimates that the outcome of the grain
crops will be a third less than the aver
age; that the deficiency will entail loss
of EOS, 100000 and that the sixteen or
seventeen million quarters wheat will
be required from abroad. He also esti-
mates that the deficiency in the pota to
crop will cause a loss of Els, 000,0 900 and
the deficiency in beans, pease and rye, a
loss of 93, ZOO, 900.
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Shade Trees in Cities.

The shade trees OF the City OF
Jacksonville are one of the great at
fractions of the place. We are sorry
to see by the following article in the
San and Press, Of that city, that they
are being injured. The extract reads !:
1t must be very painful to many old
citizens to see shade trees, which ought
to receive every care and attention,
badly mutilated. and perhaps killed.
from mere caprice, under the fimsy pre-
text that they ought to be trimmed in
season. Some of them, especially on
Forsyth street, have been shamefully
treated, denuded of most of their upper
limbs, and deprived of large share of
their former beauty. The City Fathers
should see that competent men are en-
ployed to take charge of the trees.
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THE GETTY OF DALLAS"
A TempestuOus Sea VOyage---Safe Ar
rival in New York.

TempeGtuOuS sea NOydScSdAO M
rival i'm New York.
Editorial Correspondence.
Sea voyages are apt to border on
the monotonous, but the last trip OF
the "City of Dallas was far from be-
ing so, except in the liberality of our
passengers to the hungry fishes, and
prompt payment to Neptune's inexor-
able demands. She left Jacksonville
on the 18th, with fair passenger list
and a good load of freight, with
every reason to expect fine voyage.
AS soon, however, as she got to sea,
a storm began to brew, and the wind
to freshen, until by Monday, the 18th,
it had increased to gale, culminat-
ing towards noon into regular hur-
ricane of most liberal proportions,
which lasted until nearly midnight.
The wind was so tremendous that the
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Homestead Final Proof.

To save time and expense to home
steaders, who wish to make final
proof, and who must first publish no.
tice Of their intention thereof, we
would state, that we are authorized
by the proper officials OF the United
States Land Office at Gainesville, to
receive on deposit, the amount re-
quired, four dollars, ($4) to cover the
expense OF such publication; and we
will be pleased to give all the aid
and information in our power, to ex-
pedite the business.
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Texas Grass.
THE COMING FORAGE CROP FOR
FLORIDA.

THE COMING FORAGE CROP FOR
FLORIDA.
The F2orididn, of Tallahassee, has
brought into notice the following
new grass introduced into Florida.
1t says:
We have been shown a specimen OF
the Concho grass, grown by K. Q. Long,
ESQ.,. of this place, from seed brought
by him from Texas, which certainly
comes nearer offering all of the desired
qualities of pasture and forage plants
than anything we have ever seen.
AS far as we know to the contrary
this plant first made its appearance
about ten years ago in the unsettled
valleys about the headwaters OF the Con-
cho river, in Texas. In 1874 a freshet
carried down the seed and disseminated
them along the bottom lands OF the
Colorado river, where the grass made Its
appearance the following spring, and
so much were the farmers pleased with
it that many of them have devoted their
farms entirely to its production, finding
it more profitable than corn o. cotton.
Concho grass, sown broadcast in early
spring, comes about like crab grass, but
grows more rapidly and has much
broader leaf. By the LIST of June it will
attain a height of about three to four
feet on average land, showing more fod-
der than any grass we ever saw. The
seed heads are about seven inches long,
and the specimen shown us has seventy
heads to the stool, which would give a
yield of fifteen or twenty bushels of
grain to the acre. We understand that in
Texas this grass is cut twice and some
times three times year, yielding about
one and half tons per acre at cutting.
The stub5le is very heavy, and i'm
proves land almost equally with clover.
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Opinions Of the Press.

The following complimentary no.
tees are among the many received
daily from some of our best State
and other exchanges
This is paper that should receive en-
couragement from every one interested
in Florida, for. after all, what she is to
be will be the result of her agriculture
and horticulture. The FLORIDA AGRI-
cU1TUR1sr bids fair to become great
lever in this direction, and we congrat-
ulate our farmers and fruit-growers upon
having such medium and wish its pub
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Kansas.

We return thanks to Alfred Gray,
Esq, Secretary OF the State Board of
Agriculture of Kansas, for hand
somely-bound volume of the proceed
ings of the Society for 1878. The
work is credit to new State like
Kansas, and accounts for one reason
of the immense immigration to that
State.