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GATES or CARBUNCLE ? 1>K. TAh.M AUK'.s sf.N 1>A\ 1 tlKMK. ?r O - ? llciW i-ii's .< inlcs \|,i\ Well ltd MikIu or I ?curl, :i firi/vtu , I'HhicM, Cheer ful <.'ryst;ili/.utiun, Tf.xti "And I will niako"thy windows of agates, and thy galas of cftVi?unolos,"~ Isft. llv., 12. Ferhaps bocaujo ii human dlsoaso of most painful and o fttimes fatal character is named after It, t ho church and t ho world have never done justice to that iutonsoaiid nll-*uggestlvrt prcoloua stono, tho carbunole. Tho poarl that Christ picked up to Illustrate III* ser mon, and thu Jasper and tho sapphire and tho amethyst which tho apocalyptic vision masoned into the,, wall of honvou have had >rojior recognition, l?ut thin, in all tho agos, a tho first sormou <u (ho carbuno'e. This precious stono is found in tho Eau Indies, in color ts an intense soarlot, and hold up between your eye and ihosun it is a burning coal. Tho poot puts it into rhythm as ho writess Idko to tho burning coal whonce conies its namo; ,r? Among tho Crooks as Anthrax known to laino. God sets It lii t?h up in ltibio crystallography. Ho cuts it with a divino ohisol, sharpens it with proviso geometry, an I kiuules its lire into an almost supernatural llatno of beauty. Its law of symmetry, its law of /.ones, its' law of parallelism, something ii> excite t ho am^y.ement of tho scientist, chime tho cantos of thu poet ftiid arouse tho.adoration of tho Christian. No on<j hut tho Infinite Go:l could fashion a carbuncle as largo as your thumb, liatl, anil as if lo make all ages appreciate this precious stonu Ho ordered it to t>n sot in tho first row of tho high priest's breastplate In olden time and^iighor up than tho onyx nnd tiio ofucrirf^and tho diamond, and in Ezokinrsproplioolcsconcorititig tho splendors of tho Tvrlnu court, tho carbuncle is miu tioued, the brilliancies of tho walls and oj the tassoliatod Poors suggostod by tho lll'de sontenoe: "Thou hast walked unwind down In iho mblst of tho stones of tiro!" Hut In my text It is not a solitary specimen (hat 1 hand you, as tho koopor or a museum might take down from tho shelf a precious stono and allow , you to examine it. Nor is it in tho pauel of a door that you might stand nnd study for its uniqito carvings or bronssad traceries, but there is a whole gate of it lifted boforn our adhiiring and astounded vision, aye! two gales of it, aye! many gates of It; "i will make thy gates of catvu tides'." What gates? Gatos of tho Church. Gi)tc.s of anything worth possessing. Gates of successful en terprise. (laics of salvation. Gates of Na tional achievement. Htiah, who wrote tills text, wroio also all tiiat about Christ "as this lamb of t ho slaughter," and spbko of Chris', as saying, "t havotrodlho wiuo press alone," and wrote, "Who Is this tlfct Cometh from Edotn, with dved. garmenifj/from Uoxrali?" And do you think tli.it Isaiah in my text merely happened to represent the gates as red gales, a'* carmine gates, as gated of car buncle? No. llo means that is through atonement, through blood-red struggle, through agonies we get Into anything worth getting into. Heaven's gates mny'welt be mado of pearl, a bright, pellucid, chcer ul cryatalizailon. because all the struggles are over nn<l there Is beyond those gales nothing but raptures and cantata and triumphal pro cession an t everlasting holiday aiui kiss of reunion, find so tho twelve' gates nro twelve poarls, Hii'l could be nothing less than pearls, lint Christ hoisted the gates of pardon in His own blood, and tho marks of eight lingers and two thumbs arc on each gate, and as lie lifted tho gnto it leanjd against Ills forehoa 1 and took from it a crimson impress, and alt those gates nro di eplfr dyod, an I Isaiah was' right when ho spoke { f theso gates as gates of carbuncle. AY hat an odd thing it is. think eome, this idea of vicarious su (Voting or suffering for others! Not at ail. Tho world had seen vi carious suffering millions Of times before Christ came and demonstrated it on a scale that eclipsed all that went before atul all that slintl como after, ltachnol lived only iong enough after the bit III of iter son to give him a name. f? faint whisper sho said, "Call him lion-oni."' which means "son of my najn.'' iiiul all uiodert) travelers on I ho road from Jerusalem loHuthol uncover iheir hea ls jind stand rf vere^tlv at the tomb of Itachet who died for her boy. Hut in all ages how many mothhrfrdlo for thetr children, and in mauy eases crown up children, who by re creancy stab cl'-ar through the mother's hoart! fluttering for others? Why, the world is full of It. "Jump!"' said the engineer to tho fireman on tho locomotive. "One of us is enough to die. Jump!'' And so the engineer died at his post, trying to su vo I lie train. When this Mtminer tho two trains crushed into each other near Atlantic City, nhixiug tho forty-seven who lost their lives, tho engineer was found dead within" ha? I on th 5 throttle of the locomotive and the other on the Ic a kc. Aye! there are hun dred* here tO;<lay ?u(Yering lor others. Von know uud God knows it Is vicarious sacri fice. Uut on one limc'lono hill about twice ihc height of thia church, five minutes' walk from tho galea of Jerusalem, was the stib limcst case of suffering for olhers that the world ever saw or ever will see. Christ the victim, human and satanlc malevolence the executioner, the whole human race having an overwhelming interest in the spoctacle. '.I'o open a way for us sinful m??n and s ufiil women into glorious pardon and high hope nud eternal exultation, Clubt, with hand dripping with the rush of opened arterie-, fiwu'.ig h.'ek l lie gale, and b hold! it is a re I gate, a gate of deepest hue, a gate of car buncle. \> >..11 Is Into in sf.li'Kuuts Is tru^ in tem poral!', 'i'lii.rt i.tf) yonii^ inon an I older in ci ? who li-tpi", through I Iih wttloinont of ill is. u.cri't Ouliit jjk't'r.sy bctwcou* silver ami gold, or Iho oiini't illlo. fjnarrol, tjmt tt will ?ycfiomo ensy to innko a living. That I i in-* AviH n?'v?!p Conn*. It ncvoi* has boon on.sy to ir.nko a living, 'J'iio im<n who huvo it wry oa*y now, w<-i>t thriiuvh hard.shi|?i? nu?l H<jlf denta'p to which most young men won hi ]K'V?rcoim ni, Uiiln.<? timy got it bv Inhorir/I Jaime, you ?Mtiiiot intuition tWonly-tlvo men who liavn oonm lo honorattto fori u art ttiat (11- 1 not light I heir way, lneh-1'y Inch, ami ,?ikw lift f?'ur fi|i o'.li's that q.'/nl?>.nd ft'rain n| iimst <T?'.sT roy<!-] tfioiii," Tor somo' good re a* pon find linn arranged it for all tho centurion that tho only way for most pcoplo to ?ct a hvolihoo'l for thomsoJvoA and their families bt with both hnmls niiiruM tho allied forces of body, rnlml iiii'l sOiil to push l>aok ami |.Ti>fi"<iV"n tho r?nl ?at??, tho Kftto of earbun ??le. For tho i_l>r nnfll of nil you it g moil. If I Ti'rvl iliiV(fim% T xvontil tno roll of tlidso who pvcreamo obfl'.Ro'o. How sanity of tho mighty men who w ori't 0110 way on Pennsyl vania itveuuo ami le.ivuod (ho UnltoVi Status Hon a to, or walked tlm oihor way on I'onnsy!* vanfit ?\ti?uo ami rt'iVCbflil tin) While House, did iiot have to climb oyer poljHcal obloquy V Not one. How much hcom ami seofT, and brutal ait'tok did Horaco Mann endnro be tween the tlmo whon Imllrnt bo^an to light for ? boiler common school system in Massa tbiiaiilii. and tluuliiy wliop a?fnt u o in I on or of blni wM placed on thnKten?] oT flirt STRtft Bou.v? overlooking "Tho Commons?" - Ib-ml tb?' lrtogrnphy of iiobart Hull, tho Biftptlst f'ri'ncficrj'wfio, thonctft hn tiad hoon proiiotincoi a duncr? rt school, llv*d to thrill tho world with hi* Christian eloquence; and ~h\ iiioiw Feabody, who never owned a oar rlagu and .dCDtfd himself all. juxuriea that ho ml?ht ?? wlillo living and aftor death, through ]n*t will and testament, do Toto hi# uncounted millions to the educailou Jf tho , 'poor pcoplu of Eng land nnd Amwlc.i; and of Bishop J a ues, who In his boyuood worked ' hH passage ,/rom ir-lnnd to America, ami ixwatao the pjk M -M?4U4WUma .lad a bluMlngJO Jbo no%. ShJQxo blograplilc.it atcOVO lo city. Stato, or JJatiouAi library, and find at least erery ottMr~l^x>k ?o Uiu^f ration of overcome ob? mavlo, and of carmine gfdo that had to b? - Wbat tTtro^or ui.jivi.loaTriK iron Of mild cpr.n? uoroins wbm ifiw PiljrHfh Fsitirrs lantfwd on riymomb <0$1r. and Jld TTTgy fgTTm tn n glMrt T*H?r KAy fit r ooiv) tv? flying/ No. i' wtu lu a ooM Docotixbwr, iitivt ftom a n ii i i> in which ono would not want lu cross the Hudson or the Potoinao lltvor. Scalping knives all ready 10 roooivo thorn, thoy landed, their only woU i como tho Indian war-wlioon. Hod men on tho bonoh. Hod mon in the rarest. lied men on tho inouutatiis. H>) I m m in tho valloy.s, Living gates of roil moil, OatiH of cur , dm nolo! , . , i | Aboriginal hostility unshod b:t!k, *ni\<iy now our roiofn'hors will have n ghlng t<> do , hut to tako easy passovdon of the fairest ; continent uii'liT the miu. I'IMi skies so( 1 gonial. tho soli ho fertile, tho rivflvs ? > p >l? ' nlviua with ilniiy lift4, tho acreage so im 1 jnonsc, there will bo nothing to do but e it, : drink and ho merry. No. Tiiu iiuwt - I fnl Nntbm, by armynntl navy, sound >utt* I protest across throo tlfou^an I vnlti'.sof wat"i. ! Th oft oame Lexington, an i Hunker Hill, nn I Monmouth, and l,oug island haltbw, uu I I Valley Forge, ami Yorklowu, ami .starva ! tioo, iuul widowhood. an I orpiutmwo, uml ' this thirteen ooloulesj wont through suflerings which tho historian lias attempted to put upon paper, ami tho artist to put upon can vas, but nil In vain. HnKraver'n knife, and reporter's skill, ami tologrnphi'i woo, and daily proas, which have mado us acquainted with tho horrors of modern battlefield, had not yet begun ihoir vigilance, ami tho story of tho Amorloan Itov'olutlou lias never boon tohl, ami never will 150 tolil. It did not tako much Ink to sign life Declaration of Inde pendence, but it took a torrillo amount of blood to maintain it. It was an awful gate of opposition that tho mon and women ?and tho woiivii as mucli as Iho mon pushed hack, It was a gato of fiolf^aorilloo. It was a gate of blood. It was a Riito of j carlni ach\ Wo are not Inb'btel t > history for our j knowlQllgo of tho greatest o: National | crises. Many of us romombir it, and fathers an 1 mothers now living had b ttor iceop toil ing (hat story to their children. so that in stead of Ihoir being dependent upon cold tvpo and oblige 1 to Say, "On sm'-h a page of auoh a book you can real that." will they rai hor ?"> al?l? to say, ,:My f.uhar told m 1 80!" "My mother toi I mo so." Mou and womon who vividly romombor 1 * <? I . and 1802, an I 1863. and 1H!J1, l>i> yoursolvo3 tin historians, toiling il, not with pun, hut with llvliiK tonKuo and v??ioo au I itastni"'. 'l'liut is tho Kront uso of Mmnorial l)iVi?r,ition Day, for tho oalla IHIos on tho Rravo tops soon h?- j oofno broatbloss of porfunm, an i hi a wo dt turn to dust unto t'mt wltl-jh lioi ir'uoatn if. Hut tho'ptory of couraijo an I sol f snort lino and' pat riot iam toljJ, on platforavs and l:i hous'^holda^liml hyNthn roa lsido and in ohurohos and in 001110 orios l>y that aiuutal rooital will bo kept frosh in tho memory of generations as long as our American institu. tions are worthy of preservation, I, .>ntf you ;i ro <.\oa<l your ohil<!r^n will ;iMo to sny# with llio P.-mhnisI: M\Vo iuivo l\far?l with our ears, O Clod, our f ttheis have told us, what work Thou didst iu their <lnys, in the times oi old." IJut what n 'time it was! l-'our voar? of hoin^i slckuoss! Imui r years of brotherly uml slstorlv ostiatiKomont! Four years of marlvrdotn! Fov.r years of masstmn*! Put In n long. Hue, tho oonll u'iallon or cities, and scvthoiu iiglit up a whole conti nent: P it thorn in long rows, the hospitals, making a vast metropolis of pain and iwiroxvUm! (lather the,*n In one v.ist a?seni bhigeVtho millions of I. roft from tho S;. Lawnuyjo to tho Gulf, and from the Atlantic 10 tiie Pn.'illo fjcaelu'sl Put the tears into laktfc and the blood into riviv, and tho shrieks into whirl winds! i?urin? the^n four years many jjood nti'l wis" men at tho North and South' saw nothing ahead but annihila tion. With such a NaMonal d-.<!;t W<* could never in?;ot our ob!ij;allonsl ^ With j such moral Antipathies Northern and South ern men euul I never oomo Into amity! Itop re^enlalt'vos of Jiuul 'iana and (loorgia. and tho Oaroiinas could never again sit side by 3ld0 with the Heprosentalivos of Maine, Massnohusntls and New York at tho Na tional capital. Lord John Russell had de clared that we wore "a bnbblo -bursting Na tionality," and it. had como true. Tho Nil tlons of r.urtpe hail gntMcrcd with very re signed spirit at tho funeral of our American Republic. Thoy had tolled the hells 011 Parliaments nnd llelchstags a::il lowered their flags at half mast, and even the lion on tho other sulo of the s"a had whined for the dead citglo on this side. Tho deep grave had been dug, and beside Ihibylon, and Thebes, and 'Pyre, ami other de.V, Nations of the past our dead llepubllo was to bo burio-.l. The epitaph was all rondy: ''JTero 11 os Iho Amuricaa ii^iublle. Horn at 1 hlla delphia, 4tb of July, 1770. Killed at Hull Rill), July 21,1801. Aged .olghty-flvo years piid fiovmttciMi days. Pea tie (o Its. ashoSj._ If ill innoC to" o ...SJM|U ,?>??? till J <P?I-*) there was an interruption of the eoremon |e^, anl our dead Nation rise from its mortuary surroundings. 1 ha I mad:- for it a special R 'su^oct i >a Day. and r.r e.l, '?Come forth, thou R-pubie of \\ ash in g ton, and John Adams, and Tljoma^ Jeflei Hon, and Patrick Ilonry, an IJtehn Hancock, and Daniel Webster. andS! S. 1 ventiss, ap-t llertry Clay, (lotno forth!" An Psbo-erfmo forth, to btt slrongor than/she ha lever been. IJor mighm'Ht prosper ill/- have come Hiioo ttiat time. ?vtUo.woul.y wA,,t l''18 ' '"-VJi this country to \vl>^.t-it was in ISO) or iS.Mi. lint, oh, what a lit eh gate, what a stroiig gab- she had to piish back bcroro she con! make one stcp in advanie! date <>f nam See Norfolk Navy Yard, an 1 Columbia, an t Chntnborsburg, and Charleston 01 lire. Gato of bayonets! Heo glittering rliles an l carbines Hash from iho Susquehanna, and tho James, to the Mississippi, and the Ar kansas! Gato of heavy i?rilllery, , miKiim 1 110 mountains of Tennesson and hmtue cy and Virginia tremble as tlnu jlt llm earl li itself were struggling in Its hud agony. '1 1 he gato was 30 fiery ami sd h'd that 1 can thiti.c of nothing ui'?re appropriate than to tak<? iho augger.il on of laalaii iu IUj to::; an 1 call it a gate 01 carbuncles. Tlilx country has been for the part of Us history passing through crimes, and nftcr each erisls was ln^lcr off thifu before !( onliTKI ft, .and now wo nru nt iuiolhnr crisis. Wo aro told on one hand that if gold Is kont a-! u standard and silver Is not ele vated, confidence will bo restored and tb'n Nation will risi> triumphant from all t ! i <;? financial misfortunes Hint have boon nftlict I iik' us. On I ho other bund we are told that if tho fre? coinage of silver Is allowed, all t ho wheels of business will revolve, the poor man will have a heller chance, ami All our Industries will Ixitfin to liiun and roar. i>nrlng tho last .six Presidential flection t hnvo been uracil to enter the pqlitituil arena, but I novor havo and never wfli-turii tho pulpit In which 1 preach U p ditleal stump. Every minister must do as ho fools called to do, and 1 will iu>t criticise him lor doing what bo consldeis Ids dltlV; bat all tho political harangues from pulpits from now until the 3 1 of November will not in all tho Unitou States change one vote, but will ioave many oars stopped against anything,, that snob clortfymen miy utter Jh? rest ?f thoir lives, As a general rnlo tho laymen of cb?JT<?h"Os understand polities holler than tho clergy, bocnuso they (tho laymen) study politic# moro than th? uieriry, and have let ter opportunity of bein? Intol i l^ont on these subjects. Hut good morals, honesty, loyal ty, Christian patriotism and the Ten Com mandments ? thnso wn must preach. Ood <M?y? <UAtiuctly iatKs BIMe, "The silver and I tho gold aro Mine, Man a Ho will BCttlo thtrj controvorey bet ween thMn two metals. If *??* this country needed the divine resoue It needs it now. Novor within my memory have a<? many people literally Btatved, to ast fo ' death ad in the past fort months'. Havo you noticed in tho newxpapors how many men and women here and tuore have been* found dead, tho ]k?t-4hortom examination statins; that the cause of docth Was hunger? There is not A day that we Jo not hear the crash of some great com men lal establishment, and, as a eonsoquooco, many poop!o ' aro thrown ?of of employment. Among what wa considered oo-nfortahle homes imvawraafpiivattonnnddOTOcalenfattoTT and an eeonomy that kill*. -? Millions .or paopte who tmy nothing about it aw at tfcto moment at metr wutf-cmr.-TftOTa aw million* of p-oplowho do pot want charity ears of tho ??Lord of JSabaoth," and t ha prayer will ha heard- and nrttef #m coma. If wa Have nothing bmttr to depend onthau Am?ri eaa pomt^l, retlef will newr come, yf bo : OVOr 1~ olooty I (<"? 'It 1 IVt\sii|.>u<'y, tho whools ] of (JrtvorimuHit turn s* ? ato'wly, ft?i?( a ooxlotu} t tn yomior white buiidiii',." on th?? lillt niuV ! tl?? tho hands ? ? f .any Prtvldont. Now, | . though wo who live i n t !??? IMs'iht ot Colum- ! ' hlii C4vnn.it volo, wo onu pray, 'ind icy privor : ilny pud nitfht shn'l bo, "O'i < ? o I. hour j ' ' \t?i 6 i'v <>( t lit*, souls from under tho altar! ; : iii.m ijwlio li.iHt bruuyUl tho wheal , ^ ami ?orn of this season to kuoIi maxul- i ! Indoof supply, wivo loo I l\> man an I beast. ! Thou who hn 1st not \yhoro to lay Thy liotsd, j i pity tho sholiorloxs. Thou who hn*t broiwht j j to porfootloo t ho eott on of tin* South ail. I tlio ' i IbiKof 1 ho North, clothe tl\o nnko 1. Thou < ' who lui-it llllol hm1! mint) with coal, kIvo ! ! f not to tin* ahivorini;. tiring brornl to tho i i ho lv, IhtcJ'iiji'iKMi to (ho in hi I, and '?alvn I tton to tho soul of all tho people' fltvl fi\vo tho Nation' ' li'it wo must a Imit it is a har>l irateto PU<d.s iniok. >| H i ?:? s of thin hands liavo I pushed at it without tonkin:; it swim; on its ; liar I hinges. l! Is a i;at<< malo onj of empty Hour 1 arr. l-, an I o .1.1 tiro gram-, nnd worn out nj. parol, an I ohooiiwss homo., and un nvdio no I -io!;n-.-, an 1 , );hiistlh\"*"? an-l liofr u\ li is a jral'? of stnp'olo. \ 1*11(0 of penury. A ?>ilo ol w tii , A trato of ili*at? pdntmont. A rod j;at.\or what Isaiah Would liavo .'alio. I n ;;ulo of o trbn'tiopv.. Now, as I have ulr-vuly wiij^efttod, us thorn aro o'osi a/h's In a'l our^Plhs, wo will ho happier I i wo consent to hnvo ?>ur life a [ Htruuvlo. I <lo not know apyono to whom it is not a stnujlo, lr>u:.s\tho Fourteenth t houv'ht ho had ovoryi hint; Jlxod just rli?lit j and llxnd to stay, and s> ho hat tlm^toat I olofk at llor.loanx ma lo. Tho h mr.s of that ! oiook woro struok by ttcfuros in hr-inr.o r."?. rosonlint; tho hint;-, o." i; iroo ?, an I i! a err la n liuio oT ilav Willi in tho I i.e I I'm;* Inn I anil otluv kiti'?s wro mado t*> oomi'mvo and baw to f.ouis (lus Vouriooitih. Ihit Iho C'ook t;ol out of or. lor on ? d ty an I jtisi tho opposito of what was iwoitob* I oiviirrt-d, as tho olook struok n e?>rlaiu hour l. jnl* lim Kourtoonth was thrown t i tho f.? *t of Will iam tho Third. And so tho tdu.'.k of di^tuiy l?rin?(rt many surprl?i.v? and thoso *ro down tiuit you oxpocto I to F.tau'1. and at tho font of disastor mord rojj'il oon lit ion- tmnblo. la till styh'.s of lifo thoro coiii'i .llsjiopoiiUmont and Kirnt;!?! '. (lod has for noma Jjood ron ton a^famj'td it an. if it Is i? < ?| poverty it -is Bioktiofls, li iti< not st 'kno.-q, it is porstnuu tion. Jf it is not porso.Mition, it is oont^t witn antrtic ovit nppnttt ?. li it is nt^t tjdttiw nvil appolito, it Is iinroavo'iimil. If it Is not i ono thluif, it is auothor. I)j h jI i;jI is'ouro.l ! and oross an 1 think your oaso u |.-:Mtllar. ] You nro just Ilk*.' tho rts^i of i|?. Von will liavo to tako tl^o bitter drau'/iii whothor it l?a htuidod to you in i;.)Sdou cdialioo or p -wUt niUK. A man who has a ihoitsan I dollars n yoar incoino shvaps found. >r Jiti.l has a toot tor npputilo than ? 1 ? ?> man who has flvo mlllion^?. If our sJ'fo word not i\ M f a,'<';b> \y > won! I n"V. r comont (<> out oflTils world, an i wo woufd want to fttuy horo, and ao blook ut> tho way of tho tidvanoln? pronomtloiifl. is y too f imo thai a ;nun gots to ba sovonty yuar.s of atfo, and Bomot linos by tho tinio ho K'-t-s to ho llfty y?jiirs of tiijo, ho Hays: "I hnvo had onou?i? of this, and whon tho l.ord wills it I tun ready to omitjratrt ton counlry wliero thorn aro iio taxos and tho si Ivor of Iho truaspct put (o olio's lips has no <juafrol wills iko ' i'ol 1 i>f th" pav" ?ioit' u'i it's f "I." Wo havo in thin world iiior.i opportunity to c n l tivatp pationco than to ou'ti vat?? aay oihor jrraoo. Let that ?rao,o bo ron};thouo'l in tho Itoyal Gymnasium of ol?*f a?'o and op positions, ami by tho holp of Go. I. |iavin-< ovore.ome our own hin<inis!'i;.,8 ami worri? monts, lot us j;o forth to li_plp others whoso 8trnj?i;li? is ^r-'ater than our own. Mil'; Mr. John J i . Winder, Into general superintendent of the Seaboard Air Lino, goes to Now York to reaide. Tin Iihb formed <i banking connection there. Imperial Secretary Li Mnug Chang arrived at his home in Ticlt Tain, China, Saturday. All the members ol" his party arc well. Samuel 'J*. Tolou, whoso arrest and detention in a Havana prison caused words between Consul General Leo and (ion. Weyler, panned through Jackson ville, Fla., last Saturday en route to Washington, whoro h'o will 11 to a claim 'with t hin Government- for ?50,000 dam ages against Spain. The war on prices of plug lolmcf'b lniH boon renewed alter a recession of. hostilities for Bcvoral months. A re newal of tho combat in duo to a cut in , plug tobacco lunilo by tho tobacco trust. Vice President St. .John, of the >Sea board Air line, denies emphatically llm rumor that the Seaboard baa hcuu sold to tho Southern. At Jeanerette, La., fire destroyed four blocks-of buildings, tho Jeaner ette Lumber and' Shingle Company being the heaviest loser. Lorr ?*160, 000; insurance $fW),000. . Tho convention of tho Brotherhood of St. Andrews which in to be held jn# Pittsburg, Pa., October 1 -1 ? 1 H, will he one of the most largely attended ever' held .by tho organization. Already (>vt r MOO delegate!* from all parts of country have sent on applications for accommodations. In all there will he more than 1,200 visitorn, among them being 1 !) or 20 bisliopn. One of tho distinguished reprewentatives of tho church w ill* ho tho itight P.ev. John Dowden, D. D., Lord Archbishop of Edinburgh, Scotland. Tho commit Irctt have completed the last details and everything is in readiness for the con vention. Tho Iwiiler of an engine drawinga southbound train on the Santa l'o road exploded while passing thiough Peter ton, Kan. Thirteen people were killed and a number injured. Spencer College at Ant ler.H, Indian Territory, lias been destroyed by fire. Four students were killed and five in jured. NO KI.'SION J.V VIRGINIA. So Says it Dispatch to Washington From Richmond. All offorts to ofTcot a fusion olectornjfjlckot In Virginia, says a Richmond, Va., speHAl, liavo failed. 'I'liore wero several propositions! submitted by tlio Populists, onu of them was for tbo Democrats to glvo tbom two elector* . wlift wore to voto for liryan and Watson and llio Democrats to hoVfl tlrr othvr id oloctord. This suggestion was favorably received by aoveral mombersof the commfttoo, bat others raised such a vigorlous opponltion ft wa* abandoned. la Its plaeo the Democrats proposed to allow the Populists thrs? sloe torp, who w?re. however, to vote for Bryan ?<iur%ewsll. This substitute wss rejected by tho Populists' committco by a yoto of 2 to 3, one tx log absent. - ? * The Populist committee failing to Agroe snd it* members having j?ej>aratod; toe i<i6loo will fall. Tho time in which the elector* could Ills Uieir nams? with tho .iCCtotAry of tho com monwealth under tbo ballot law has expired and the J>emocratic electoral ticket, m eboften at thotttauutontonv6nUuj)th&6 b?iv sent to the secretary of the commonwealth. lit O-'ai.nl Snw.i v >> i.-.u 4 C)C.H? -ems and eao.*otst^^t*s n* oMh* re*b?^ BRYAN ACCEPTS 1 rill? NOMINATION Ol-' I II K I'K.U* ! t'l.li'N l'.VI< I V. / ? All Party Itcllef* I i ??! ?1 In Ntt l?|i??'t ton Ho fore tin* <?reut Financial Ismio, ?- -- \ /J ? yi f \ Win. <J . llrvnn .Saturday tfavo tJitt lii.s k-ltor accepting the Populist it o lit i - nut ion. It ri'tulti aa follows: l.ivrci .y, Nob., i >? t. ISM Hon. Win Allen, t'hulrmun and Others, Members '>? the Notification Committee > t the Peojde'a party: (ii:s ri.HMKN 'I'ho nomination of tlx* IVo pin's Marly fur the presidency of tin* United statis, has boon tendered mo- -in a spirit ami upon such honorable tonus that 1 am able to accept tho same without parting from the platform adopted l?y thu'uational convention at Chicago. 1 appreciate tho breadth >f pa triotism which lias actuated tho members of tho People's party, who, itit'order to ooneili i nto tho sentimejt in favor of bi-motnlism, 1 hit vo been willing to go outside of puriy lines ami .support as their candidate om? already named by tho liomocratio and also hy tho Sil ver party. 1 also appreciate tlto fact that 1 while during the years since 1*78 a large ma- ? joritv of the Dcmoorntle party and a consider- j able minority of the Republican party have 1 been consistent advocate of the free coinage ! of silver at tho present ratio, yet since the or- ] gani/ation of the people's party its members j nave unanimously supported such coinage I an tho only means of restoring bl-nteialism j Ity persistently pointing out the disastrous i-ITocIm of a gold standard and protesting against eaeh successive step towards llnan cial bondage, the People's party has o.\erttd an important inlluenco in awaking the pub 11(5 to a realization of tho nation's politleal peril. In a time like liiis, when a great po litical party is attempting to surrender the right to legislate for ourselves and 1? seeking to bind t ho Ameri '.'Mi people It) a foreign monetary Bystein, it behooves us as lovers ol our eountry and friend.* of American institu tions to lay aside for Hie present t-.ue.li dtller eneea as may exist among us on minor questions, in order that our strength may bo united in a supreme elYoit to wrest tho government from tho bauds of those who imagine that the nation's finances are only secure when controlled by a lew financiers, and that national honor can only l>o maintained by giving tioipilesoniioo in any polloy, liowevei destructive to the in - torests of the people ol the United States, wliion foreign creditors, present or prosp live, may desire to- force upon us. U is a cause of congratulation that we have in this eampaiuu not only the support of liemo erats. Populists and Itcpuhlicuus who have all along Oeiieved in independent bi-metal ism, but also On: active eo-operation of those Democrats and Itopubltmns, who, hereto lore waiting lor inO-rna'ional M-metalllsm, now join with us rather than trust tho d"s 'tinje.sof the nation lit the hands of those Who are holding out the delusive hope of foreign aid, while thoy labor secretly for the permanent establishment ol the gold stand aid. W hllo differences have already arisen in the pettien ent in delimit ofanvplnn ol eo-opera t/ba btitween district political organization", I am sure that the advocatis of bf-metujsm aie so intensely in earnest that (hey will be able (o devise some means by 'which the free silver strength may bo concentrated upon one electoral ticket at least* To secure this result charity towards tho opinion of others, and liberality on tho part of ail, is necessary but honest and sincere friends who are worlinir towurds a com mon result vlways (lad it possib.o to aurco upon ju^t and equitable terms. 'J'ho American people have proven equal to every emergency yhlch has arisen In the past, and. 1 am confident there will bo no antagonism between tho various regiments of tho one great army which is marching to repel an in vasion more dangerous to our welfare than an h t m y with banners. Acknowledging, with gratitude, yonrex positlon ol confidence and good will, I am very truly yours, Wai. J. Uhva if. POOIi AKMICMAXS. Refugees Try I iik to I{('hcIi Our Shores. ' Thoro oxtsts a condition of offalrs In Mar seilles, I-'ranco, at present which scorns to bo a disgrace to Kitropo nfid to tho Armenian Association generally throughout tho world. Kuhsti! ill ing fipon government, in ti o i<* i | >n I <ir private charity there, are ,VM unfortunate Armcniufft who have suceceded In escaping Irum tho bloody massacres at Constantinople and who were, ono and all, buoyed up by the hope of landing here, of bein? abb evontu 11 My, to reacli tlio United Mint ok. Weeks tiavo already elapsed and nothing defluUe appears to Iihvii I done for liielr reiierjnwh less towards finding them home.?, by/any oT~(h<; litany associations for the r?liof of sulTering i A r < mh a n s o r g a 1 1 1 z e d in 1'agbiVid or America. j Ttli^vro homcU'ss, i, early an are penniies-' many are <*jiduving the pangs of hunger and yet nobody seems willing- to guide this band of refugees to r>o:ue placo wheravthey ?311 bo gin I i f?< anew and under more promising elr CUIilslaijecH. l,arg<* amounts of money havo beeji raised bj I he past for the relief of destitute Artnon inns In Armenia, but tho .situation of tho lat ter is not n whit worse than that of the iialf starving people he>e. if as bad. wiivr in said in nkw youk. Tho arrival of tho Constantinople Armenian rofug< at ^{arnenic.'j on their way to thin country, Raises an interesting <)ii?Mloii ?.i to whether there will be any objections raised to : heir landing In this count ry on account oi Mm Immigration Jaws. OllbMals of Armen ian ?-o<*ietje?? in S'ew York do not bcJlevo tho United State.s will bo any b*ss hospitable in this respect than counirlos of Kuropo whi?-li received them with open aims. .1. J, i!(iunr.,v hiTi?liu,\ of tin* Philadel phia Armenian Association of ? New York and chairman of thoexeeutlvo commit tee. sal': "I do not bellevo there will bo any trouble about tho landing of Armenian refugee* in this country on account of Imnil* gratioti laws. They nni t y no means pau pers. As a matter of fact, the Armenians are a very Industrious race aijd I doubt greatly if the .\Iaraoiilos refugees, i.? all their distress, could bo classified as paupers. There aro in Franco nnd England many wej-toyflo Ar menians ns?thcro aro in tho United States, and if tho Marseilles refuges simmd decide to corao here I am suro tjioy would not bo barred oat for any reason." TIIKY MtrHTBK RX<I.UI>KD. Tho officials at Washiigton far: "If Ar- I m?nktn?Hfo do?tUute,.na.ri'Xior.tcd. and havo to bo assisted to tho United Ntate*. und^r Im migration laws they min.t l.o excluded and not pormittcd o land. > Fp?nl???? boiili The Now York Run say#: Benor Fidel O, Picrra, chair/nan of tho Cuban Pre#? Com mits, ha* r?wv?lved tbo following tolegrnm from tho commlttce"a agent in .{jondAo, "Prc^jxv-od Spflnbh lo^n l>rw? utiorlr fafi*d," "This role n? to tho tJp(f,0G0,000 loan Which tbo Sjtjtntsh 'jmtirnapmt-t* trytnz t rr nrsrottntn (or tho oxonsca of tbo war io Cut a.' By ? recent act tho government waiauiboihud to mok?t kh #>rra?*g*ii?*>at with ?omti or all *?t t he rill road e?m|?aftkv, by which tho t?rrea t>f thetr t0nr.tsKhttti BdtKbV ogteqdod Julyl, VJiO, ^ conditt'.?i? UMf th?? vot ern iwm( at4c4 fv Uipcoinpfcnics or tbeix task frs, fcb&titd f?OO,0OOPOO M AIM S w'l-.NT \ i i V I N . Hl'j'Uii I'nllis rii|>uii'c hi WcnI \ lv? Ulolit--A I'Vw Wot'ih to .Miil'y* In mlers, Al Marlinshur?', \Y. \ a., hist U etlnoM.ltiy, ! \V. .1. Hrytm addressed a hu >jo/is:?c>mbliitfo of farmer* on f 1 1 ? n n ? ?(>. 1 1 ?< v<? thorn to under stand that tMltd Tiits ? ? t > 1 1 1 < I never come buck Into the I 'lil until they ?aunt lit snck cloth an?l ashen. After leaving MartinsbtiiH' his next st? ? |? wan at llum\>ek, .M.I. A lnr*;o crowd hud iissrm bio- 1 a! tin* .station to K'1'^ him, anil thoy would not bo content until ho had *pok?m . II. > did .stt from tin- roar platform, say-., 1i?k; nnd Oet.iiomen: I r.m >;lad to see you aiul I only \vi h It wore petiole f"i' mo io Ko ml > o\ i i ,\ '; ?! .IMUi iitnl j-roM'nt the ijiivMlons win- mo at issue In Hits cam pninn. I I'oiit-vo tl4.1t wo are aio advooniluK j><>ti<-|o-i w lit. ?!> will commend UhmiisoI vo.h to the Imhrmont .if a us out n ajority of the Amor ? ican pivylo a 1 1 ? 1 ill I hat wo nor?l is t?> havo tho-e jii.l.^Uv dis i.-- -.1 ami understood. I havo >\n abiding tan li in t In* ihtMliKeneo of tho people ami in lln ir desire to do the host tliim;, hut it i? in'ocs^a ry that iiaostions should I'o brought I < U>lo tin" people before thoy oil 1 1. 'i m /in opinion upon thorn. Our opponents aro nut only opposed 10 free ooiii aijr, hut 1 In- v aro opp>srd to fusitatl >11, which moans that thoy ari< oppose,! ' 1 ' ? discussion and tho man who j? opposed t\. i ln> dlsi-ussluii of pil^lie questions Hi a oouiitiv like this is not acquainted with tho prlnyiplOB *.>1 tho institutions umti r wliioh wo livo. v A j ? pinnae, > "Thoro is no way to remedy a wroiiR o\ ? ?o|.t by 1 ! ss. ? uss I n*t it until tho people under* stand it ami iisotho ballot to remedy It. Tho K rent est criticism that I havo ovor niado against ,-,ur people is thot thoy aro too oflou imliiVorouM .> policies presented by parlies and to I ho (vml net of puhllo fjorvants. My idea id that ti public Mivnnt is simply i'iii ployed hy tho people to do a certain work ami that lot ou^hl either t>> do tho work or stop aside and lot f-omohody else do it , And moro than that, that whilo a oandhlato ^oes before t lie people and lolls t lie lit what ho be lieves, and what ho will do if thoy oloot Idiv, thoy aro tin* solo judjes as t.> whether ho oufjlit |.i h, elected ur not ami thai ho cannot complain at ihoir indecision ht ? aitso thoy nro tho one* In In: consulted and not ho. In iiiL' aliout iivit I lioouiiul ry, I havo proacntod frett\ t !!ii" tu timo our oatiM* as I understand it. Whether it results In my oiootlon ordo fual i*- a matter of very little consequence, hut I do 1'i'iievo that the Amcriean people on-;ht t.i he enhf't'ncd as to tho policy of this ko\<- riiineiit and that tin y outfit to tnako that ijitere?t inanifi'nt at tin.' bn lot box Al though I cannot niako a siivri; f-peech now you can make a silver spccfli on election day. t Applause.) At I'larkshurn >1 r. lJryan delivered a speech ! at the fairground.-*. It was a i;roal demoit | stratir n, mid one Of the hie,;(>nt days tiiat Olafl(j>hui}f had had in many a day. } At rarkitrriloii t; lie mldrossod , mot hoc lar^o as.s?mhlai;e. K<(eur.-iou trains woro run 1 from every poin't In hear h i mi. lie also 1 tnadn st'>j>-i at <>th<-r points, making short j talks fr.iin lli?> rear platform. | Mr. Hryan'a itinerary thorouKh the Went is lieinvf arraii;,'e<l hy the, liomocr.itic National iiureati of Speakers, hut it is known, how ever. iiiat he will speak six days in Illinois, coinineni iui: O.'tnl.. r .'li-'., and tin t he may he in the Mate ten dn>.j. Atranj,'i-iuenls an.1 huiiiiT made to '-arry linn to (ill the pt lneipnl towns in tho Slate i?y 1. speeiat train. It in not known, however, wiie'her ho will he in Chi 1 oa^o on Octoher tnh. Ho i.nay^o from Mar . shallton, Iowa, where he will speak Oetolnu I 8th. t? Al nn sola. STltlClvHX KW)HII)A Must Appeal lo the World lor Needed Assistance. No important additlons-to tln? list of deaths in Florida from tho hurricane nro reported, fn nlnoty- ono towns so fur hoard from tho kf 1 lod nulnbor uovonty ami tho lnju r???l one hundred and sixty-four. The destruction ol proporty Ih nltogothor beyond estimate. J. ho bolt of country that w?ib devastated, extend ing across tho HI ato from <'Jodar Keys on tho Uulf of Mexico to lit* Mary's river, Is a!> ? ' jno hundied and fifteen in ilea long bylw . .j miles wide on thoOulfand sixty miles wide jn tho Georgia houudary. Over a largo part Df this aroa most of tho buildings were do it royod and tho people aro shelterless and on tho verge or starvation. Measures havo boon taken in various place# to organize relief 'ommltlees, and appeals fur aid will ho sent jut to the people of tho United Htates. At a public mooting in (Jnlnesvllleo *'(50 was subscribed and ? resolution was passed ?> Iling for help from tho State treasury. {Sim ilar action Im reported at Ilronson, Mc qjenny and oIImt places. In Jackson ville a call ha:< been i?&tiVrd for a meeting ;o adopt relief ;:ie.\<o res. Tho ??ail in Kigued y Mayor Host wick, "? "? Amhlor, gold tandard JJcmocuttt candidate for Con ,ress, Collector W'ibon and other leading ? t i/.cus. Thousands of people resided in tho dova - ated holt audit will i ciptiro a grealor amount llian tho Slati can rai:-e to feed thorn, to say ? thing of assisting them to creel houses. Itr.slNIISN IS MOKK A< J1VK. Increased < 'onlldcneo, In llolh < 0111 nicri'lnl and Industrial ('iivles. Tho C'haltanooga. (Tonn.,) Tradesman's Houthem correspondents report iii>*iva-?'d conlldenco | (| commercial and indu.dri: j circles and a healthy increase It i tra.no. At all the Important Hoiithcri. ??it /'??> hu-lness (.4 more active and collections are considerably butter. Tho iron m.d stool market bliowa de cided Improvement. i. umber nianufuctuiers and denier* report a better feeling and o|H?rators behove that tho worst Is over. Tho movement In .mnbor Ih fairly good, but tho tendency to await t fi?J re sult of tho election before venturing on any thing In tho way of enlarged enterprl.WH eou t n ties to prevail. Houthern mllimen aro push ing sales with ie.ss vigor than they would if prices wern !.??! t?-r. Tho <pie.-tloii of ? prices Mill eiuises more complaint than tho demand. Increased activity characterizes tho export trade and vessel* are l/ving chart .red ahead, that operators may be sure of tonnage when it la needed. The Tortile Indus! ry is fairly a'ctlw, J'onir now concerns aro reported and most of tho idlo plants have boen .put in operation, ill tho coal mining districts of tho Month Increased activity is noted. ?ii'W mines aro being opened and a largo number 01 coke ovens aro belnpc built nt different point?. I'usseiigo^ Agents' Association. The twenty -fmtojUi annual convcnllon 9!^ tho American Association of Traveling Pas senger Agents assembled in Ht. Louis, Mo., Inftt week. ..I'XCiJde/U P. /M. HOUveSy. of Cleveland presided. Abonl'tt IfJTfdrrwt mem* ? hers of tho Association w?iro present. The regions were devoted to tLv m-lccllon < f the next meeting place, H10 adml.?sl<>n of new ^members and routine taslutss. CLIengo and Nfuhville were tho ploco# presented for tho next convention of. tho MMOclation. ? hlcago | wm ?bo?oo by * *oto of tlUrty to fourteen, Inbnmi* 1'rohiMtionlst#. rht > bftma eooventfon of the ProUtbl flc ? r A- ueV Iu M'mtiotnfyliW We^-k^ihd Ua Plejf.rTt! ticket vw put fn thefk4d, h?-*d Ly Jfihn Andrew*, of N?w UnktL, auA John W. KteiTart, ol K*#rett, m d?Wat^?t tfcrgy It, . Ik* VtoLftjKlSS LTldiatf for an or ltb? ceubttes mnf dtstnen of A< 'I'lDKXT AT K)\VA'M HKMI-CKM- i iKNM.vii i'i:i,r;ni{.\riol } V lor- 1'ivsl.doMl sicvi'KMin, < ioverinu' | l (>inUo, ICx-Onv eruor Si^riiittu un<l Others Injured, ? ? Hie somi-oontoiiidal lolobratfoit of loWll'1 Mtatohood opened at Itn i lingtou Thurs- j day in n IiIh/..'! ol glory. Tin* pntada ! was ( lie grandest over seen thoro ami was , witnessed |.y a:>;000 people. (lovornor Hr.iko j and Vi??o President Htovonsou i\>do near in" lii'ail t.if t ho column, followed by tho llov ? ? i 'iini 's stiiiT, A 4full battalion of lite fowa | (luard headed thocolumn. Flouts represent | ing the progress of Iowa from IHIti to 1 8V>0 j woro In line. Alter tho parado lia?l formed for tho opening of the sondeon* I (I'litiliU festivities ami had covered j about half ?>f tlio lino of march, i (lovornor Drake aad rtaiT and Ylce-rro-ddent Stevenson and all of (Ik- Miato and lo.'al olll | vials were conducted (o a reviewing stand i Scarcely woro they sealed wlmn l ha Mand ' gave way with a crash and tlio entire sfrue- I turn wont to tho ground, a mans ol I ? r ? ?k ? n j timbers. Women filiated and groat ?????illusion at utieu reigned, Governor Drake and Yh'?- j ('resident Slovonson weroon tho front tier of ; tioata and worn thrown backward upon tho ; others and escaped fatal injury, hut worn j nevertheless badly shaken up and consider- I ably brul-ed. Kx-(iovoi nor Sherman, of | l.iwa, was in tho roar of tlio .it and and toil at ! tlio vory hottom of tlio mass. Ho was found I with a heavy tindior across Ida legs and a j plank resting on hi* nook and ha'k. 1 1?> in i Imdly hurt. Major Wayinan, id Ottnimva, | Iowa, Is injurod in thospino and is paral) /?'?!. j How badly ho is hurt will not bo known for | Homo tlino, I", s. Harrows, treasurer of I h<s Moines, Iowa, may dlo, hoth >4 his logs In itio broken. Lafayette Yo'ing, editor of tlio |o\va Capital, was hadly out ' bru'sod nboiit th? ' hoad, City Clerk Krotl I'oor was hruisod ami | out. Miss Mary Lord Drake, tho Governor's daughter, was slightly hruisod. All ol the BlalT ofllctM'M suffered inoro i r loss. (lovornor Drako recovered froui hid bruise* and shaking ni> sufficiently to dollvci a short addross. Kx-Govornor S ionium, owing to his a?;o, may soriously hurt, although ho claims to ho only hadly hruisod "and shaken up. Secretary of State M.-l-'ar land is Injured In the anklo and leg. Sena tor K"nt, of i.i.'o eouid.V, hoad out; Col. Ho weavi-r, of Apollo, la., ankio sprained; Vice President Stevenson's left log is bruised and hirt'lefi kueo sllnhtly sprained. Mayor Nnu irau wasoaught under tho idloof hoards and wa.V\ held with ouo loot hotween two platiks for half au hour I cforo ho was res OMCll. In tie- aflornooii Htale (!oinmlssioaor 1'. M. t ? rapo opened Iho oxorelses at tlio t'oliKOUin hofory a vory vast crowd. Mo was followed by <lov? nor Drake, who spoko for 15 inin ut>-s, <li splto his accident. Ye' -I'roshlont Htcvenson f poko at alian ?|u< t given In honor of himself and (lov, liialiO. Ill'StX loss CONDITIO NS .'v u Increase of Knihinvi Diirinj? the (Mi 1 1 1 <? I' i r:?t ') f ( )?? ( o lur. J'"Iow ''iin 1>i; found t lit* weekly r.ivlew vl trudous reported by Hiiii .V ('?>. fur tho pubt week: Tho complete report of fniluic.i for Shu (pKirl'-r \v I > I < * f i ended wltli Wednesday fchow * nil Inerearie which would ho .surprls in" if the political causes were not obvious. In number, C I -51 percent. Jess than l:i tlio panii; quui (??r :f I Hi'il, failures for the qunr* I>t ?iliow liabililics II I per cent, Jens,, amount 1 1 1 k to 7.'). 286. .119 agdust 97,8<)!),G:J2 in tlii.< pre.viou.-i linil year. Manufacturing lia bilities worn ?.'12, 179, I9<5, or .'}7 por ci?nt. greater than In tho samo i| ?i?i rt?rr of ]8'j:j, wliilo 111" trading war. 7.*IS, 2 1 7, ami other commercial were ?12,0(1^,23(1. To II. Is must l.o add ?! >r 1 1,7 1 2,9.'J0 liabilities In fifty hahli lailuM- if tint ?< Itiif exclusive of railways, near ,01)0,(1(10 lor a single quarter. Com , ari.^t i..? are given showing thai in only s*!x (pinrUirs In iwohty-two yours have de fault"?! liabilities been as large; thai tin* ratio to Holvont liUHinc.u3 has boon $6.00 por * 1 ,000, ng.iimd f 2.ru for tlio same quarter last year-, that the avcr.-vo per llrm in bus in cms Iiiik been $0:1.67, against $27,!)2 last year; thai tlio proportion of increase has been greater in 1 lio Wentem Stulivholii in amount iiimI average liai llitfes per failure, an<l in inrli larger in mniuifucluring than in trading. Pari, h?t <'.loarly not all, of tlio causes have been rpluove.l by I lie influx of Kohl, ami duprehsJon'fh slill shown by clea r ing hou.se payments, 22. i por font. loss than la.st year. for the week. itn?) 31.2 per cent joss than in *(J2, whim another Presidential elee tlon was near. f 'J If) continued ndvaneo in whc\t may prove of most inijiortnnee. It has betjh 1 .2c. fot-llm wiHik iiinl 10'% sineo Hopt. 2, anil in uiiiiiily <1 uo to short crops abroad and xjiii tiMiiai foreign demand. \ AOontie exports for tho .'oiartoi1 end lug with September, flour iiieltiiled, woro 23, 195.214 bushels, against 11,820,000 last year, the outgo of wilful separately having nearly doul.lrd, in spite of higher prices, No lack of vihlMo domestic supply eiiusea or supports tint a-l v. i ii< <?. Western receipt a for the quarter, wero 67,71:1,000 bushels against 43,79(1,000 la^t yi'iir, <*oltoi? Ii?h wak'Jin'd uftor it? sudden rlne, lio'fau.xo ? lio ?{??m ind for tfooda lias r?> iapa?d into hand to mouth buying; and print i lotliHan- lower at 2.6 per ei-nt. Homo Injury hft?? Ijee'i doll1* by r-went sti rms, but tho mar ket seems not now lu tho iminor to. magnify llieni. Thero are uinnlxlakably encouraging blunh hi tb? great indiiHtries, although tho uctual gain in work in;; force omployod, or lu new ordered rccelvcu, in Mifriit. TUN THOUSAND IN CANTON, MrlvluU ley 1A Speeehes mid Scvornl I it L'oi* in it I Ones <<? ,'{() Delc ;;nt Ioiih. ,? f' At ("alitor^ O.. Katurday ton thousand men coining froiti tho mills, furnace.*, colh'^c^, workshops', ttdnes and counting rooms of Now York, Pennsylvania, fllinoiri, Indiana and Iowa marched up .Nlnin stroct hill in (Jnnton to greet aud to hear Major Mekpilcy and then rrmrofiod rlown again with tho flunh of ontliusisaui In tholr facea and tho promiio of victory lu their ^loglnf? cheer?. Major McKlnley has fturpasseil hi'msnlf. IIo' was en gaged In tho pleasant work of meeting dole Katlons from hrcnkfftst tlroy.Jintll nfto'tJ?iinr_ net, r\nd IhO fAlflps had been lighted nn'Jni.ir Ixiforo tho last delegation marched away, lie lias spoken to a greater number of largo liodioa of voters repre.-entlog n vast variety i of intoroats and IndustrloA than ho had before addroKSOd In a slngio day. Ho mado four - toon formal ?pooeho? and ?overal Informal ones, and talked to thfHy 'dolegatlon*. Tho day ws? a?p?f t>f tba aU-ltfarlng antt tlio jtijn ? ?hlne t-Wlal. Theltnifrouu .>ot l^lwble. Tho Hupre/oo Conrt.of rnufann,hwi dodded tbo long unsettled question of liability at a railroad company to lh??inpl^y6* ot an ox preaas eompaoy Injnrod In a wreck or otber . wUo on performance of duty. The decision to a<Wem.to the rlgM or tb? ezpr?M m?u?u p?hUo?ar>iarr ?b4 it Acquired by contract right* wMeb the railroad compact was ?o* reqtnrwrto gnrai income of any f aro>an * > verci^ir, W? | ir; onfr. aaf^nt ' In tf to ?W,W. WASHINGTON OOlNtiK. 1 f>. M Wrownh)#, oommissloin r ?if Indian nfYalrs, has tnndo his minimi rnpuft to thti ftuqrotrtry of tho Interior. Ho nays with no outi>i""?k or illytUi I'ltnvn during t ho v?w, tho i>votfroM of Indians /;onernll> in edui'it tic'ii mnl elviJi/it(/oti hat hood nninlerrupliHl mid *nn?tmiHtil. Tho main oitort now is unit tof ftrntty yoars mii.?l ho tt' put tho Indian on Ills alii'fiftufii, got hint to support himself thoro, prohv! him from oiniroaolunont and injustice and odm\'do ami train hid children In hooks ami induNtrlo."fy As n llrst st^P, so far m< trofil v obllKat|,ons il<i not inlorrupt hy roipilrlnx tim payment of moneys and iasit* ?in co of rations and annuities, tin1 /ndiantuuo glfOJi ht understand thai tin* ",'nv or nnmnt Will nol food and cloth" tlioni while tlioy ran main in idlo ows. Huoh funds nM|aro nvniiiihio f.vr tho pnrposo aro devoted to stimliiK lit" dlans Itj homos. If an Indian will go upon an allotment ami work t ? ? Improyo it||iA|;nv> ornmont \yil I assl.it hint in I ? ?t i 1 1 1 i i ik a liotwi> and (???itin? his lann in operation and mak ing ii prio'ih'ai fannoi' Tho cotuiiif.iAloiior says the KoYornmont i;ooh fnrtiior ami pay* tho Indian fo' his work.' Tho regular Jndiim omployo.s of tho Kovernniont \rero paid I,. "'?I yoar i? ;iOO,(WO. Ilio diversity of craft i and im.' ustr ii a aro tho outgrow th of advanced < i vilizatu'*'). Tho ro? ports fioin Indian agents, ho smvh, tthowR 1 1 1 a t In iians, in inanv diu'erent ways, ifro coming to oarn tln'ir living. Tlioy liavo plh'H (or tho government, raiso crops to hoi.', raiso and soil tivo stock, work in tho woods and on irrigation duties, and in many minor ways conl rii'iitx to their own siiIihIsIouco. Tho nutiro t/.iliau Horvlco. with low ex ceptions, is iii-vv iindct oivil soi vioo rPgUln tions. J'.\coptK>ns aro made a* to Indians who aro employed undor nou-cnmpnttlivo o\aminalloltK I'rogross in editoating tho Indiana Is ro- , ported to ho very satisfactoiy in aplto ot' many difllcultios nn<\'Mtnteicd Tho onroll mont during I ho year wa " "W.JKVi, an inorooso ol:ll,iovcr Iho provioiis year Tho uvorago altemlaneo increased S.'i'J. Tho induction o( ilio numiior of (fontri\ct schools havo hoon iniolo in ticcnrdaneo *vlth provisions of ilio last Indian appropriation hlli, and in 1 8!r. (hero will hi; an expend Kurd j of $2.17,1)28 on this account, n^iiiiist )? J 0:1,500 j this yoar. I Tho commissloni i urges tho?passago of tho I I'lil now ponding in (httigrivta In prohibit tho j salo <>f liquor to .Indians who liavo lioooino oltlwas. Ho Hays l ho eorrojpondo??\in his olllco shown that tho Indians in tho West and Northwest, who havo received allotment-*, ' aro hccoming dcmOndixed hy tholiipior trnE Me, Th? commissioner reviews at length tho I distil rlianoO.s at Jackson's llolo, Wy. , and say f I -tops havo hoon taken to prevent any cotiHl-il | hi t w'Oeii Indians arid local authorities I'rancht II. Las.sltor, Uiiltod Stales district attornov for tho custom district of Virginia, has r<y?1):ned as tiio result of a ilhacreonioiit with Attorijoy (leneral Harmon iih to tho ok? tent a Kovornniont odlcial could cnp.n.tp) m m tivo political work. Tho annual report of tho I'ostontco De partment, rogarding tho changes In post oftlces In the <?<>!? iitry. strikingly Indicates the. growth of '.h?* until tiervieo in Hid South and tln? number ot new olllces remit rod Impera tive by tlufinei 1 it Imnincss and popiila? il<iii. During tin; lly.eal year ending J une 3d, 1 s;u?. 2, (I'll! additional oltiee.-s were established' In i ho 'ttnintry. Over 25 percent of these with !<x ated in tlm 11 \ ?! Southern Slates ol (leorgia, Mississippi Texas, A rk ansas ami Kentucky. Tim number was ationt j three times a.H large ti? In tln\ States of i Ni-.vv York. l'ciiii: vlvanla, Ohio, Inillana and Illinois, although I hem* tiro 11 vo of tlio densely populated noinmon wealths of tho country. In tlio Hlato of Mi.H.H|>iv.|pp| uloii" morO oITIOim wcro established lliau In tlio Dakota*, Montana and Wavliinytou com bine.l. ^Comptroller of tho Currency Kckols line I Mined a statement of an Investigntiou inmlo ttyiilm of tlio amount of inonoy hold by tho (luultri of tlio country. Tho number of bank* iV?j? hoiiHi'rt and 1 1 tist companies inquired of wa*.12,0(12,jtml 77 clearing houses. covering all (Vnintry, Replies worn rocelvoft from tail fi, 72.') hanks and trust companies ami f!(! clearing house associations. Tno Ip forinutlon however, la of such a olinrhotoni s to nuablu a fair and correct result from ftU to bn approximated. Of tlio {>.7221 reports reports rui'nivuil, J). 4.03 wcro of national hanks, 1,101 Statu bank", 157 savings bunks, 2.1(1 uf prlvatu banks and 81 of loan and tru*t com pan lop, Tlic total aniount'of cash In tlio 5,273 inst I - tuliOiiH reporting wag $413,121,849, It In di vided an follows: Cold coin, !?13i.077,0U3: gold <????? I Monti**, *55.481,038; .nllvor dollars, *8, 254,61 2: fractional silver, ^7,31)1). 073; silver certificate*, ?39.003,590; treasury notes, lfi'.HI. *13,120,018; United States notes IO, l0U,a70; en rivopy certificates, ?20, 858. 000; national l.ank Votes, *23,795,834. C>r tliV-i total cash the 0,458 national bnnkJ reporting bold ?335,174,010 and t bo 2,205 Tialo, utb., $77.9.'>0,283. Tlio amount of gold coin and gold certificates liehlby tlicwi na tional bnnlCB was * 150,073, tip V, and of tlio State, etc., 534.484,7.17. In fills connection ft may bo slated t1infsthf total number of natjounl banks, viz,, a.flflO. hold on July 14, tlm dato of tho last official call, *201, 058, 4M" cash, of which amountthero was la gold colir and gold certificates $101,853,500, ? " ? * # Tho merchant marino of tho United States on .Juno 30, 18UG, according to tho oomploted tabulation of tho llureau of Navigation, com prised 22,003 vessels, of 4,703,880 gross tons, n decrease of 330 vessels. Out an Increase of 08.000 tons oyer tho previous year. Wooden sailing vessels numbered 10,244 of 2, .110.81!) gross tons. Iron and stool steamers ruimber ed 8S0 of 1,001,113 gross tons. ^Vessels docu ? mooted at tlitf Atlantic and Oiilf ports num bered 10,780 of 2,007,31,1 jyo.as tons; at l'noilht roast ports, 2,3.13 of I,.12^,88f) tons and on tho WeMorn rivors,- 1.229 vtinsels of 274,527 tons. Vessels registered for the foreign trudo iiuhi bercil 1,217 ot 841,951 tons of which "244 nr < Moarners. _ Vessels built and doeumenteii during Tlie year number 72.1 of 227,090 grow loiif, or more fhart><doublo tho (ionstruotlon of the previous y?Vir, _.Ol? tlio Great Lnk<s 117 vessels of km, 782 tons wcro built. ? V ? Hi.ihop John.) Kearny rector of the Cfltho llo Unlversilj-, located in thlselty, hh? loMga ed at tl.o request of l'ono Iaso XI1L Met In St. IjOiiIa, Mo. La.st Saturday there nssoinblcd In tlie'clty 5f St. I^ouls, Mo., tho National Apfloclatlon o' Democrntle Clubs ? numbering about 2,f.OO telcgatoft? and tho nudit?rlumr:witU o scau ing capacity of,J5,000 people, wa% packed] mid jammed ??ftil fully 18,000 peoplo wcro Inside of Its walls, Tho iwrmanont offlci^R" of tho con veMlon elected, aro as follows: Chairman. II. 1>/Monoy, of Mississippi; pw IWUil-y, Jonrt IViker White, of West Virginia; assistant secretary, ,T. M. Kano, of Inula r a^. A good mauy prominent men addressed the convention, but among them tlio most prominent was W. J. Bryan, D^mp?.rfljK) can didate for Pcosldont. Thoy also adopted n ??t of resolutions declaring tho Chic?tfO plat form ag thelrchoinv ? _.r Offlccra I ft dieted. , At Now li, tho grAnVl-jxrry; brought to tuptctt Adictmcnta for etntww.l" ment ^alDsi>rwidpnt NlchoIIf ao?J Carter DeBlano of the suspended Baftlp.pt. Com? incrc?. Tho rpecifled oharga* axa tj^&Ahax ?^t varloaa UmM ambeertwl ????? jdjrwpey that badbMo ^ T?to tft?niatody ol tha !? aflvfee offrn *taW3." ~ ? ? ? ? ^ maQn -OS