doubt work will be plenty as soon
as the water is down.




Temperance In Tennessee.
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This is certainly a very interesting field, not going backward but
forward. The temperance reform has made a clean sweep of the whole
village, and in union with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the
station is fast pushing the saloons to the wall. The most striking feature
of the case is that they have learned how to work in the absence of their
leader. Two weeks ago last Sabbath night they held their own meeting--a
Bible reading institution among themselves, by the way, at which many were
present--and the old revival spirit broke out afresh to such a degree that
the last of their friends, to the number of eighteen, who still clung to
their cups, made haste to sign the pledge of total abstinence.




Items.
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Letter From A Graduate Of Straight University.


There was an examination held in this city recently for clerkships at
Washington. The announcement of it in the newspapers and the certainty of
the successful applicants receiving appointments drew a large number of
young men to the examination, among whom were Tulane University graduates
and several principals of high schools. I had the honor of sustaining the
reputation of "Old Straight," by leading the list. The affair created much
local excitement and the name of Straight University is commanding much
respect. I am pleased at the prospect of the increased opportunities a
residence at Washington will afford me for the prosecution of my medical
studies.

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Fisk University is well represented in the journalistic world, says the
_Tennessee Star_. The following graduates are pushing the quill: S.A.
McElwee and W.A. Crosthwait, editors of the _Nashville Tribune_; H.C. Gray,
editor of the _Galveston Test_; R.S. Holloway, associate editor of the
_Dallas Tribune_, and Geo. T. Robinson, editor of the _Star_.

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