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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
Hints on Table Manners.

The Rev. Whangdoodle Baxter, of the
Austin Bluelight tabernacle, gives the
following advice on table etiquette:
A few remarks, ladies and genner-
mems, is what | wants ter make dis
ebenin on de subjec' oh eatin in gineral,
and also ter say sumfn about manners
at de table in pertickler.
has been readin oh late book on de
subjec' oh table etterket.
Sam Johnsing, eff yer wants ter avoid
bein smashed in de mouf, you will keep
it shut in de3e sacred precincts. [ didn't
say muffin about eatin cat at de table.
What said was table etterket, which
am boss oh anudder color. Use yer
ears instead Oh yer mouf, and you'll larn
sumfin what yer don't know.
When you am seated at de table you
must be like de goat, what amt par
ticker about what he feeds on. When
dog growls ODER his food yer knows
dat he likes hit. When lady or gen
herman growls ober what dey git ter
eat it's vice versy.
In de book on etterket what | am pc
rusin hit says dat soup must not be eaten
wild de fork. If yer has contracted de
bad habit oh eatin soup wild fork or a
carvin knife jess drop it, bekase hits not
bOngtOng.
You should always hab clean finger
nails at de table, bekase dar's whar dey
am mos conspicuous, but don't clean
'em wild fork after you has done sot
down.
Eff yer wants ter attend ter yer finger
nails or ter pick yer teef wait ontil de
repast am succumbed, and den go out
behind de barn or crawl down under dc
table, and pick yer teef dar.
Don't stab raw oyster wild yer fork,
and holding it up ask de host eff hits
dead yit, bekase he may jab yer wild de
carvin knife Besides hits not embon-
point in some respects.-Texas Siftings.
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remarked the visitors with peculiar en-
phasis as they took what money they
wanted and rode away with it, They
left behind nothing but a spirit Of
unrest-a opging to quit the country
strangely at variance with the peaceful
content of a few minutes before. 1t
was voiced by the leader, that eccentric
genius who had slain both heifer and
shOte.
Boys" said he, "let's go home.
Let's start tomorrow. This hunters
life is too exciting; there's heart disease
in my family. Let's go home and calm
down."
So the next day the party started
homeward. New York Times.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01

shingles of the barn and a white mist
rises from the litter Of the stable yard.
Who would mar this peaceful scene
and check this flow of life and joy? The
duty has its vandal candidate, and he
does SO in the name Of Thanksgiving.
Down from the wall comes the old
smoothbore; down its rusty throat go
the powder and the shot; down against
the stock goes the farmers cheek as he
levels his eye along the barrel; down
somes the hammer, and-oh, the crime
of it!-down comes the gobbler in the
pride of his plethoric prime. There is
one wild cry and then a prodigious
futter. This is the drama Of the day,
and whether it be the block instead of
the gunshot it is none the less tragic
Chicago News-Record.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
Little PauI's Thanksgiving.

They tossed him and they squeezed him,
And they kissed him, one and all;
They said, You blessed, blessed boyy"
And Darling little Paul!'
But they didn't give him turkey,
Nor any pumpkin pie,
And when the nuts and grapes went round
They slyly passed him by.
But he didn't seem to mind it,
For in the sweetest way
He sat and sucked his little thumb,
His first Thanksgiving day.
Emma G. Dowd in Youths Companion.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
Don't Forget the Cook.

And who thought about the cook? The
cook it was who prepared the feast
which tickled the cookies Of your heart
and made you look at all things through
the roseate spectacles which are but
an adjunct to a we'll fed stomach.
Thanksgiving is a great day for the
cook. She can glory over the triumph
of her art. She can offer up thanks that
the soup was just right, that the turkey
was we'll cooked, that the pudding was
grand, and that she, in her humble way,
did much to make Thanksgiving day
for giving thanks.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-01
The Tragedy of the BARNARD.

By the right of ancient custom and
the order of the president this is lamen-
tation day-in the barnyard. Elsewhere,
perhaps, it is Thanksgiving day, and the
selfish world Of folks, that spares from
the prodigals joy no plying thought for
the fatted calf, is going to make it a
holiday. Blessed little concern is given
the tremendous tragedy it brings to
poultry. There is rather a glory in the
slaughter, and the carnival is peculiarly
one of death. '"The frost is in the pump
kin and the fodder is thriftily in shock"
throughout this northern farm land this
morning. There is rime upon the
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POSTPRANDIAL.

Let us, with a gladstone mind-
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;
For his mercies shall endure
Ever faithful, ever sure.
Milton.
o favors every year made new!
O gifts with rain and sunshine sent!
The bounty OVerrunS our due,
The fullness shames our discomfort.
Whittier
praise thee while my days go on;
love thee while my days go on;
Through dark and dearth, through fire and
frost,
With emptied arms and treasure lost,
thank thee while my days go on.
Mrs. Browning.
Lord, for the erring thought
Not into evil wrought;
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed and baffled still;
For the heart from itself kept,
Our thanksgiving accept.
w. D. Howells.
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DR.. BRIGGS SPEAKS.
Continued from Sirh Page.)

c'otote the constitutional rights of the presbytery
Of Neto York. The presbytery has not given
Its consent to leap the synod Of New York.
The presbytery has the right to claim the vinGi-
cation OF the synod Of New York against these
prosecutors. These appellants appeal against
the final Judgment Of the presbytery OF New
York. They ask you to condemn the presbytery
and reverse their final judgment. Commits
sioners from the presbyteries represented In
this general assembly look the situation In the
face. Apply to it the golden rule OF our
Savior. What would you think OF it II COM
mittee of your presbytery should force your
presbytery for trial before the general assembly
without its consent? What would you think Of
it il your presbytery should be deprived OF its
rightful defense before the synod? IL you
listen to the appeal of these prosecutors you
will establish a precedent that will vex you in
your own presbyteries before many DAYS. 1t
is doubtful whether the presbytery OF New
York and the other presbyteries which COM
pose the synod of New York will submit to such
an act Of violence and wrong.
You cannot entertain this appeal uithOut
deDriuinq the defendant and his cO-presbyters
of the riqht of complaint trhich is guaranteed
to hin, in the constitution. The only remedy
the defendant and his co-presbyters had
against unjust and unlawful action of the pres
bvtery of New York was by complaint to the
synod of New York. If the verdict Of the pres
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proper by the appellate judicatory." 1t is i'm
possible to comply with this law unless the ap-
peal 60 where the complaints are. for COM
plants cannot legally leap the synod even if an
synod of New York. But by no process Of law
can this assembly entertain the complaints.
Therefore the only way in which the appeal and
the complaints can be consolidated is for the
assembly to advise the prosecution to proceed
to the synod with their appeal
1t Is unlawful and 1t Is negotiable to review
final judgment before the interlocutory
Judgments complained against have been re-
viewed.
These complaints, now under the Jurisdiction
OF the synod Of New York. or to be brought be-
fore the synod at its next meeting are COM
plants against interlocutory judgments Of the
presbytery OF New York
The only way in which these interlocutory
Judgments can be reviewed is in the court of
the synod. II these interlocutory judgments
OF the presbytery should be reversed the final
Judgment would be null and void. Thereto
the general assembly must wait until the synod
has determined these complaints against the
interlocutory judgments before it can entertain
an appeal against the final Judgment. That is
the voice Of law and of precedent and t the
common sense Of mankind.
For all OF these reasons you cannot entertain
TINS appeal without violating the rights Of the
synod Of New York and withou. interfering
with the rights Of the defendant and Of the
presbytery of New York to hearing before the
synod Of New York.
AN UNPARALLELED WRONG.
To encroach upon these reserved rights Of
the defendant and the lower courts would be to
do such an unparalleled wrong that they would
be justified in resisting it to the utmost ex-
tremities in the civil and ecclesiastical
courts. 1t seems almost incredible that
the general assembly, now in session
in the capital of our country, the
fountain Of law for our nation, in full view OF
all these monuments of constitution, and of
law. and of order. could ev<n consider the
propriety of committing such a wrong and
running such risk. which at the utmost can
only save year Of time and bring by a hasty
decision to final issue case which may be
brought to final issue without violence and
without wrong by the next general assembly
The system of law which governs the courts
OF the church has developed in harmony with
the system of law which governs our native
land. Its stately structure has been erected by
the piety. the wisdom. the industry and the
experience of many generations. All the great
nations Of antiquity have contributed to its
material Moses and the prophets Draco.
Scion and Lycurgus, the ten commands and
the twelve tables the pandects and the institutes
the canonists Of the church and the jurists Of
the modern states have united in the building
Of the palace Of civil and ecclesiastical law
God forbid that the appellee should stain any
one OF the precious stones Of its structure. He
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bounds Of the synod Of New York to send as
their commissioners to the assembly ministers
and elders who were not members OF the SYNOD
OF New York and who took no part in tho pro-
ceedings OF the synod, and so would not be ex-
Guided from the final vote in the general assem-
bly,. There may be a difference Of opinion
about this matter But certainly no law or
precedent would exclude them. This reason
for leaplng the synod. therefore, is without
force. There is no difficulty such as ia alleged.
and If there were it would be far better to face
the difficulty and suffer from it than do the
vastly greater wrong Of intruding upon the re-
served rights of the synod of New York.
STILL ALLEGING DANGEROUS ERRORS.
Another reason given bv the appellants
for the entertainment of their appeal is. "be-
lieving that the trial Of the said DIR. Briggs is
one Of the most important in the history of the
Presbyterian Church, by reason Of the dan
gerous errors alleged to be contained in the ad-
dress of the said DR.. Briggs"
Dangerous errors are still alleged against the
inaugural address Of DR.. Briggs, notwithstand-
ing his acquittal by the presbytery of New
York. These appellants are doubtless sincere
In their allegation. But the presumption is
against them. These may be reasons to Justify
them In their course before the bar of their
own consciences, but they are not reas ons why
you should entertain their appeal and leap the
synod Of New York. You may in your private
opinion think that there are dangerous errors in
the inaugural OF DR.. Briggs. But you cannot le-
gally as judges in the case take that for granted
The presbytery of New York having acquitted
him of teaching dangerous errors, DR.. Briggs
is rectus in ecclesi9. and must remain SO until
the verdict is reversed. You can not reverse it
as judges before you have tried the merits of
the appeal. You cannot try the merits
OF tho appeal when you are consider.
ing the legal grounds for and against
the entertainment Of the appeal. The ap-
pellants in this reason are asking you to Join
with them in prejudging the whole case and
therefore their reason is invalid 1t cannot
legally be considered.
1t is alleged that these dangerous errors make
the case lone OF the most impor tant in the
history Of the Presb yterian Church" The ap-
pellee thinks that they exaggerate the i'm
portance Of the case. II the case has become SO
important it is not because Of the doctrinal
Issues that are at stake. but because of the
violations Of law which have already taken place
and which 1t is proposed still further to make
In order to accomplish the purpose of a party
IN the church and win from the general assem-
bly, new definitions Of dogma. The doctrinal
issues are certainly important. It is not proper
to consider their merits here. But it is proper
Tor the defendant to call attention to the fact
that lie has always claimed that the doctrinal
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This can be done by two. thirds of the presby-
teries. 1t belongs to the reserved
rights OF the presbyteries. It cannot
be exercised by the general assembly.
II, therefore, the general assembly
sional questions Of doctrine. such as are in dis
pute in the case Of DR.. Briggs. it would make
an unconstitutional decision, which would be
ipsO Jdcto null and void. No one would be
under any obligations whatever to obey il.
What can be gained by such decisions other
than widespread dissatisfaction. which might
result either in . public struggle to obtain
counter decisions in subsequent assemblies, or
secret resistance, waiting tor better times or
in schism and disruption? The Presbyterian
Church is engaged in a great revision move
ment which is turning in the direction Of
new creed. Is it not far better for the church
to direct its energies for the securing new def
nitions of its faith in the constitutional way on
these mooted questions in the case Of DR..
Briggs, or else leave them to the battle OF
scholarship and opinion?
URGED TO MAKE HASTE.
The last reason given by the appellants
for leaping the synod in order to the entertain
ment Of the appeal is:
I'm view of the desirablensss OF the speediest
settlement OF this most important case, do here
by appeal to and request your venerable body
to enter Immediately upon the consideration
and Judicial investigation Of the appeal hereby
presented, to issue the case, and to finally de-
termine the important questions involved so as
to secure the purity and the peace OF the church
at the earliest possible day."
They ask you to make haste and settle the
dispute at the earliest possible day. The de-
PENDANT is more anxious that the case should
be speedily settled than the appellants can be.
He has 80 many important engagements to full
fill that the contest for his own rights has al
ready cost him more than they are worth to
him. II he could honorably retire from the
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JOHN ). STEVENSON OF THE PROSECUTION.
differences are extra-judicial questions and
that the presbytery Of New York in its final
Judgment. assert that 1T does not find that the
defendant has transgressed The limits OF liberty
allowed under our constitution to scholarship
and opinion"
NOT REASON FOR LEAPINa THE SYNOD
But granting for arguments sake that the
defendant and his presbytery may be wrong in
this matter and that the appellants are right,
they would still have no reason to leap the synod
of New York
Was not the case of Albert Barnes fully as
important from the point of view of 1882 And
yet Dr. Junkin, the private prosecutor, carried
it to the synod
was not the case Of DR.. Lyman Beecher, pro-
lessor Of theology in the Lane Theological
Seminary. fully as important from the poin. of
view OF 1885? And yet DIR. Wilson. the private
prosecutor. did not venture to leap the synod
and appeal to the general assembly
II the cases Of Albert Barnes and LYMAN
Beecher had to go on grddatim in the midst of
the controversies of the church in 1885, 1887 WIN
should the case of DIR. Briggs be per saLem in
the controversies of the last decade of the nine
teeEth century?
A third reason given by the appellants
Tor ieaplng the synod is: believing that the
distinct and definite condemnation Of those
alleged errors by the supreme judicatory OF the
said Presbyterian Church, is necessary in order
to prevent their spread and influence in the
denomination
This reason brings out the aim of the appel
lants in this appeal. They desire that there
should be distinct and definite condemnation
OF the alleged errors Of DR.. Briggs But how
can the general assembly condemn them unless
they are proved to be errors? How can thew
De condemned as errors in an unlawful manner?
unless they are condemned In the form of law
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a rev Hasty Words


Before breakfast spoils the entire
day.
1t may be you are severely con-
stipated. troubled with indigestion
No appetite for breakfast. Feel
hot and flushed. You feel either
low spirited, or you display a nasty
temper. Destroys the good feel
ing of your home.
Nature gives You fair notice that
she requires assistance by the use
of Carlsbad Sprudel Water"
This remedy is sovereign. 1t has
been used in its original shape by
emperors, kings, statesmen. poets.
&c, for 500 years. Or, if you can
not conveniently use the Waters.
buy the genuine Carlsbad Sprudel
Salts, which are the solid evapora-
tons of the Sprudel Spring. The
genuine tasthe signature of "Eisner
d. Mendelson Co, Sole Agents. 1872
and 154 Franklin St, New York"
on the bottle.
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teries constituting that synod would be ex-
cluded from representation in the final deter
mination Of these important questions. II the
appeal goes directly to the assembly the COM
missioners from only one presbytery in the en-
tire church would be excluded from sitting. de-
hberating and voting in the final decision. In
the synod of New York there are thirty-two
presbyteries. nearly Is per cent of the whole
number of presbyteries in the church Inas-
Duch as all these presbyteries. excepting one,
would be fully represented and heard in the
general assembly, and the general assembly
alone can give a final decision, we believe the
time and interests Of the synod of New York
entertain the appeal according to the commit
tees request"
REGRETS OF THE SYNOD
This is specious and plausible, but all the
more suspicious on that account At the last
general assembly the appellants represented
that they would prove to be the best
friends of the appellee and that it
was his interest that he should be
tried in the court of the presbvterv. They
had their way. The trial has taken place and
now they appeal against the verdict OF acauit-
tai. Such friends have been sufficiently we'll
known to the world since the story of job
These same prosecutors now represent that it
Is In the interest of the synod that they lean the
synod. But who made these appellants the at
torney to plead the interest of the synod of
New York? 1t will be time enough for them
to represent the interest OF the synod when
they have received commission from the
synod. The synod OF New York has rights and
duties in the case. 1t is for the synod and for
the synod alone to say whether it will consent
to be leaped. The synod did not give its con-
sent last October. 1t Is doubtful whether IL
will give its consent next October. 1t is true
there is an apparent unfairness in excluding Is
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We don't want any credit business in ours we mark
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Ans thing you want for the house. Don't he lead of
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simple trap often catches the mos. birds. We do
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contest be would count it privilege to do so.
But greater Interests than his own interests are
at stake. He is called to be The standard bearer
in battle for truth and right
He cannot return HE sword to it's
scabbard until truth and right have won. The
appellants have forced him before the courts
OF the church. They have compelled his at
tendance upon this venerable body. They are
urging you to make haste. to hurry on to a de-
cision and to rid them of their adversary. Such
haste might be appropriate to court-martial.
where the public good required the court TO
run great risks of doing lesser individual
wrong rather than run the risks OF doing a
greater public injury. But such haste is indie
cent in the courts of law. Justice does not
hasten. 1t moves on majestically and silently,
like the stars in their courses. 1t pulls steadily
and irresistibly, like the force Of grevitation-
Right does not speed. because it is sure of ulti.
mate vindication. Truth does not hurry, for it
has no anxiety about the future. II is ralsehood
which breads the future. 1t is wrong whose
hands haste to mischief. 1t is injustice whose
feet are swift to shed blood. II these prose-