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IO. D^T?LM?OE. THE BROOKLYN DI7?NE S SON DAY SERMON. TSXT: "lauPch out into the deep." .LiUSe T., 4. ^ Chrisp starting ort the canura?* of tb? worlds conquest, wa? se'ecting His sta*f officers. Th-re ?rare nleatv of stu^enr " with hi?rh foreheads, ani white ha-ids, an I mteLectca! farren anl refin* ! taste* in Rom* and in Jerusalem. Christ wight have calle i into the anast'eshio twelve bookworms, or twelve rhetoricians, or twelve artist?. ~" in? stead He takes a grono of m<?n who had PW.oa?e a soe^ch: never taken a le-on m beileslettre*; r?ever he?n. sic* enough to make them look <V,>ati>-th-^r hands brea \ clumsy and har i knuckle'. Mechosa fisher? men, amon? other reason?, i thin1-, because they were physic*.iv hardv. Rowinz ma'rer strong arms an i s'out chests. .Much climb? ing of ratlines makes one's head steady. A Galilee tem nest wrested m?ninro gyniuasts. The opening wori of tbs church was rough work. Christ did not want twelve in va ?ids hanging about Him, complaining ail the lime how r.adJy they felt.' He leave* the delicate students at Jerusalem and Rome for their mothers an 1 aunt* to take c -re of, and goes down to the seashore, and out o? the toughest material makes an aoostieshio. The ministry neel more corporeal v-^or than any other c?as--. F;ne minds and goad intentions are imrortan:, but there must be physical force to back them. The intellectual mill wheel may be well built and the grist good, but there must be enough blood in toe mill race to tura the on9 and to grind the other. He chose fishermen also because taey were used to hard knocks. Trie man who can act stand assault is not fit for the ministry. It always has been and always will be rough . work, and the maa who, at every censure or caricature, sits down to cry had better be at some oilier work. It is no "place for ecclesi? astical doll babies. A man who cannot preach beca usa he has forgotten his manu? script cr lose his spectacles ought not to preach at a LU Heaven deliver the church from a ministry that preach in kid gloves and from sermons in black morocco covers I These fishermen were rough and ready. They had been in the sternest of all colleges. When they were knocked over by the main boom of the ship they entered the Sophomore, when washei off by a great wave, they en? tered the Junior: when floating: for two days without food or drink on a plank they ci me to the Senior, and when at last their ship dashed on the beach in a midnight hurricane they gractuated wita the first hosor. * My text finds Jesus cune aboard with one of these bronzed men, Simon by name. This fisherman had been sweeping bis net in shoal water. "Posh ou:," says Christ; "jsrhat is the use of hugging the shore in this boat? Here is a lake twei ve miles long an i six wide, and it is all popuated just waiting for the sweep of y cur net. Laurea out into the deep,* The advice that my Lord gavo to Simon is as appropriate for us all m a spiritual sense. T&e fact is tu at most of us are j a-it paddling along the shore. We are afraia to venture out into the great deeps of G o 1 and Christian experience. We think tLat the boat will be upset, or that we camion "clew down tiie mizzen topsail,'" and ou . c >wardice makes us poor fishermen. I th-- M? hear the voice of Christ commanding us, as Hedi! Simon on that day whea bright Gillie ?s^t ia among the green h?ls of Palestine, Uk ? water flashing in an emerald cup, "Launel ont into the deep.'* This divine counsel carnes first to afi chose who are paddling in the margin of Bible re? search. Hy father read tee Bible through three times after he was eighty years of age and without spectacles-nos for the mere purpose of saying he bad been throu id ic so often, but for his eternal profit. John Wolby, the brother-in-law of Daniel Webster, learned td read after he was eighty-tour years of age in order that he might became acqaain ted with the Scriptures. Tuere is no cook in the world that demands so much of our attention as the Bible. Yet nin> tenths of Christian men get no more taaa ankle deep. They think it is a good sign not to venture too far. Taey never asi how or why, and if they see some Christian becom? ing inquisitive ?bout the deep things of Ga i they say i "Be earefui; you had better not go out so far from shore." My answer is: The farther you go from shore the better if you have the right kind of ship. If you have worldly philosophy for the hulk; and pride for a sail, and self con? ceit for the helm, the first squall will destroy you. Bat if you take the Bible for your craft; the farther you go the better, and after you have gone ten thousand furlongs Christ will still command, "Launch out into the deep." Ask some such question as "Who is God?" and go on for ten years asking it. Ask it at the gate of every parable; amid the excitement of every miracle; by the soli? tariness of every patriarchal thrashing floor; amid the waite faces of Sennacherib's slain turned np into the moonlight; amid the fly? ing chariots of the Golden City. Ask who Jesus is, and keep on asking it of every Bible lily, of every raven, of every star, of every crazed brain cured, of every blind manc?me to sunlight, of every coin in a fish's mouth, of every loaf that got to be five loaves, of every wrathful sea pacified, of every pulseless arm stretched forth in gratulatioa; as* it of His mother, of Augustus, of Herod, of the Syn> phoenician woman, of the damsel that woke no from the death sleep, of Joseph, who haa Him buried, of the angel posted as sentinel ; at His tomb, of the dumb earth that shoos and groaned and thundered when He died. A missionary in France offered a Bible ia an humble ?welling. The man took it, tore out a dozen pages and with them began to fight bis pine. Some years after the mission? ary haopened sn the same house The family had just lost their son in the Crimean war, and his Bi ole had been sent back home. The missionary took it nra and saw that it was the very same Bible that he had left in the house and from which the leaves had been tom. The dying soldier had written on one of the leaves of the Bible, "Rejected and scoffed at, but finally believed in and saved." The Bible may be used to light the pipe ol witticism by some, but for us it is a staff ia life, a pillow in death and our joy for eter nitv Waik all up and down this Bible domainl Try every path. Finuge in at the prophe? cies and come out at the epistles. Go with the patriarchs until you meet the evange? lists. Rummage and ransack, as children who are not satisfied when they come to a new house anti; they know what is in every room and into what every door open?. Open every jewel cas cet. Examine the skvligats. Forever be asking questions. Put to a higher use than was intended the oriental proverb, "Hold ali the skirts of thy mantle extended when h?aven israiniag gold." Passing from Bann to Cobientz on the Rhine, tho sceuery is comparatively tame. Bat from Cobientz to Alayence it is enchant? ing. You sit on deck and feel as if this last flash of beauty must exhaust the scene; but ia a moment there is a tarn of tho river, which covers up the former view with more luxuriant vineyards, and more defiant castles, and bolder bluffs, vine wreathed, and grapes so rip? that if the bills be touched they would bleed their rieh life away imo the bowels of Bingen and Hockheimer. Here arid th-re are streams of water melting into the riv.?, iikesmaller j .ysswallowed in the bosom of a gie?' gladness. And wh in night begins to throw its black mantle over the shoulder of the hills and yon are approaching disembark a; iori at M\v eiice. tiie lights along thj shoie fairly bewitch the scene wirb their beauty* giving on H thrill that he f els but onc.% vet tha- bars him forever S.? this "year of god'* word is not a snaight stieam, but a winding spien'lor -ct everv tnrn new wonder to attract, still riper vintage pressing to the brink and crowded ed wit!) o.stk-s of strength-Stolzenfels and Johannislerger as nothing com? pared with the strong tower into which the righteous run and are saved-and our disem? barkation at last in the evening amid the lights that gleam from the shore of nea ven. The trouble is that the vast majority of Bible voyages stop at Cobientz, where the chief glories begin. The sea of God's Word is not like Gen nessaret, twelve miles by six, but bound? less, and in any one direction you caa sail on forever. Why then confine yourself to a short psalm or to a few verses of an epistle? The largest fish are not near the shore. Holst aH saO" to the wm Ts or heaven. Take hold of both oars and pull a wa v. Be l?ke some of the whalers that went out from Hew Bedford or Portsmouth to be gone for two or three year*. Yea, calculate on a lifetime voyage. You do not want toland until you land in heaven. Sail away, O ye mariner?, for eternity! Launch out into the deep! . . The text is appropriate to all Christians of shallow experience. Doubts and fears have in our day been almost elected to the parlia? ment of Christiaa grace*. Some consider it a bad sign not to have any doubts. Doubts and fears are not signs of health, but festers and carbuncles. You have a valuable house or farm. It is suggested that the title is nat good. You employ counsel You have the deeds examined. Tba search the record for mortgages, judgments and liens. You are notsatisfi id until you have a certifie tte, signed br the great seal of the State, assur? ing you that the title is goo J. Yet how many leave their title to heaven, an undecided mat? ter I Why do you not go to the records and find out? Give yourself no rest, day or night, until you can read your title clear to man? sions in the skies. Christian character is to come ap to high? er standards. We have now to hunt through our librarv to find one Robert M'Oheyne, or one El ward Payson, or one Harlan Page. The time will come when we will ria i bait a dozen of them sitting in the same seat with us. The grace ot Go I can make a great deal better tuen thai those I have mentioneJ. Christians seem afraid they will get heterodox by going too far. They do not believe in Christian perfection. There is no danger of your being perfect for some time yet. I will Eeep watch an 1 give veu notice "ia time, if you zet too near per? fection for the safety of your theology. One-half of you ; Christians are simply stuck in the mu L Whv not cut loose from everything bat God? Give not to Him that formal /petition' made up of "O's"-"0 Lord" this aud "ft.Lord" that. When peo ole arecol I and have nothing to say to Go i they strew their prayers with "O's" and "Forever and ever. Amen," and things to fill up. Tell God what vou want with the feeling that He is ready to give it, and be? lieve that von will receive, and you shall have ic. Shed that old prayer you have been makin? these ten years. It is high time that y au outgrew it. Throw it aside with your old ledgers, and your old hats, and your old shoes. Take a review of vour present wants, of your present sins and of your present blessings. With a sharp blade cut away yr-uc past half an i half Christian life, and wita new determination, and new plans, and new expectations launca out into the deep. The text is appropriate to all the nnfor eiven. Every sinner would c>me to God if he thought he mig-ic come just as hais. People tali as taunta the par.'on of God were a narrow river, like the Kennebec or the Thames, and that their sins draw too much water to enter it. No; it is not a river nor a bay, but a sea. I should like to per? suade you to launch out into the great deep - of God's mercy. I am a merchant. I haye bought a cargo of spices in india. I have, through a bill of exchange, paid for the whole cargo. You are a ship captain. I g.ve you the orders and say, "Bring ma chose spices." You land in India. You go JO the trader and say, "Here are the orders," and you find everything all right. You do oot stop to pay the money yourself. It is not your business to pay it. The arrange? ments were made before you started. So. Christ purchases your pardon. He puts the v aoers, or the promises, into your hand. Is it wise to stop and say, "I cannot pay for my redemption V God does not ask you to pay. Relying on what has been done, launch out into the deep. The Bible's promises join hands, and the circle tney make will compass all your sins, and all your temptations, and all your sor? rows. The round table of King Arthur and his knights bad room for only thirteen ban? queters, but the round table of God's supply is large enough for all the present inhabit? ants of earth and heaven to sit at, and for the still mightier populations that are yet to be. Do not sail coastwise along your old habit? ant old sins. Keep clear of the shore. Go out where the water is deepest. Oh, for the mid sea of God's mercy ! "Be it known unto you, men and bretaren, that through this Man i- preached unto you forgiveness of sins." I preach it with as much confidence to the eigne* -veir-old transgressor as to the maiden. Though your sins were blood red they shall be snow waite. The more ragged the prodigal, the more compassionate the Father. Bo you say that you are too bad? The high water mark of "Go i's pardon is higher than all your transgressions. "The blood of Jesus Christcleanseth Irom all sin." Do you say that your heart is hard? Sup? pose it were ten times harder. Do you say that your iniquity is long continued? Sup? pose it were tea times louder. Do you say that your crimes are black? Suppose that they were ten times blacker. Is there any lion that this S mison cannot slay? ls there any fortress that this Conqueror cannot tase? Is there any sin that this Redeemer cannot pardon? lt is said that whea Charlemagne's host * was overpowered by the three armies of the Saracens in the pass of Roncesvalies his warrior, Roland, in terrible earnestness seized a trumpet and blew it with such ter? rine s;rength that the opposing army reeled back with terror, but at the third blast of the trumpet it broke in two. I see your soul fiercely assaii&i by all the powers of earth and hell. I put the mightier trumpet of the Gospel to my lipsa*vi [ blow it three times, .blast the first-"Wnosoever will, let him came." Bia t the second-"S?e.c ye the lord while He may be lound." Blass the third-"Now is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation." Does not the host of your sins fall back? But the trumpet does not. like that of Roland, break in two. As it was handel down to us from the lins of our fathers, we hand it down to the lips bf our children, aud tell them to sound it when we are dead, that a l the gen? erations of men may know that our God is a pardoning God-a sympathetic God-a Job? ing God-an i that more to Him than the anthems of heaven; more to Him than the throne on which He sits; more to Him than are the temples of celestial worship is the joy of seeing the wanderer putting his han i on the door latch of his rather's house. Hear it, all ye Nations! Bread for the wor^t hun? ger. M i 'ich? for the worst sickness. Light for rae tbickest ..arenes*. Harbor for the worst storm. Dr.Prime, in his book of wonderful inter? est, entitle i "Around the World," describes a tomb iu In lia of marvelous architecture. Twenty thousand men were twenty-two years in erecting that an i the buildings around it. Standing ia that tom \ if you speak or sing, after you have ceased you hear the echo om; nz from a height of one hundred an i fifty feet, lt is noe like other echoes. Tue sounl is drawn out in sweet orolonzation, as thouih the angels of God were chanting on the wing. How many souis in the tomb of sin will lift up the voice of penitence an 1 prayer? If now they would cry unto Go I the echo would drop from alar, not struck from the mirble ca? po a of an earthlv mausoleum, but soundiag bac? from tha warn heart of angels flying the news, for there is joy among the angels of God over on ; sinner that repenteth I TEE LABOE WORLD. ENGLAND has had 270 strikes in ten montas. AMERICAN street railways employ nearly 71,000 men. IN Whitechapel, London, bakers work n nety hours for S3.To per week. A MACHINISTS' and Boiler Makers' Trades Council is to bi organized in Philadelphia. BUEDINGER, in Hesse, Germany, boasts of a laborer who has celebrated his 101st birth? day. b'ouTH SCOTLAND mine owners have de? cided to reduce the wages of miners twelve cents a day. OVER five thousand children are daily working in the mills at Rhode Island for one dollar a week. IN carrying forward the immense ra:lway tra?tic of England upward of 350,000 men aie e a ol oye i. BRITISH co-operative societies now have 1,101,400 members, and 117 new societies of tnis kind were organ.ze i last year. "WORKING girls of Salem. Ohio, have or ginized a- Fierai Union connected with tue American Federat'o i of Lxoor. THE Retail Grocery Clerke Association of Minneapolis is very active in organizing the c:erks in the other cities of Minnesota. LONDON bakers, unorganized work eighty hours per week; Manchester baker.-, thor? oughly organized, work fifty hours per week. UNION clerks in Albany, N. Y., advertise their names and store* where tney are em? ployed to secure the patronage of union workmen. AT a rece.it meeting of 3000 shop girls in Paris, Mlle. Leonie Rouzide advocated the formation of a syndicate to promote their interests by co-operation. A WOMAN has lately been admittel for the first time to the London society of composi? tors, 'fne society refuse* to admit women who are paid at the same ra^ as men. IN South Dakota the labor organizations circulate a petition to the Legislature ask? ing taat toe Constitution of that State be so amended as to enable the people to make laws by the system of Referenda il Ini? tiative, as prevailing in Switzer. i.i .. MARRIED women work at n rihnaking in England for ??l toSlZ-iU per week. Som? of them take their babies to the shop, where they are kept in baskets near th9 fire of the forge. To protect the chd Iren from being bunged by flying ein iers the baskets ara covered wit/i saot-clotb. Kentucky Tobacco, The crop report of the Kentucky state commisriooer of agricu:ture for the month of September says: "The late rains have brought reasonable develop? ment of many crops of tobacco, from which poor ned unsatisfactory returns were expected. Tne returns from por? tions of the state known as the Burley district, show pe ceDtage of about 73 and, taking the state as a whole, show a percentage of 88, which includes thc Burley district. This is the general av? erage of all tob*ceo." MRS. RICHARD KING, widow of the g gest cattle owner in Texas, whose ran . a ?s the largest in the world, has bought the Gunter herd of shorthorn cattle, some eleven hundred head, paying therefor $100, OOO. She will remove them to the King ranch near Corpus Curisti. This is the big ?est sale of registered cattle ever made in 'exas. THE FORCE BILL QUK??D? i _ ! T?8 Most Pressing ana Most Vital Issi How Bete tie Country. An Interesting Article on the Snbjec by Mr. Ewing in Cincinnati Post. Article 1, section 4, of the Constitutio of the United States placed in the Stat LeirUlatures the soie power of coutrolliu Congressional ehe?ions. But Ie?t som of lue States migh>, Through hostility t , the genual Government, neglect toenac laws or appropriate money for conducl i Dg such < lections-as seven out of th thirteen States of the Confederation ha done at the close of the Revolution?r war-it was provided that Congress ma at any time make or alter such electio laws. Federalists and Republicans were alik relucrant to give the general Governmec this power, as all had inherited th British hatred of interference by Crow or Parliament, through soldiers or civ emissaries, with the control by the pee pie, through their Sheriffs and deputiei residents of the vicinage, of the election of their servants to Parliament. Th clause in question WAS at last consente to and ratified by our forefathers only b< causs it seemed to be an indispensabl safeguard against a failure by any Stat to provide for Congressional elections. From its foundation until 1871 th Federal Government never touched tb elections of members of Congress. N fe;afe ever failed to elect its full quot except during the war of the rebellior. Amid all the fierce struggles of partie there was no thought of calling into ac tion this reserved and slumbering powei because it would have been a violation c the spirit of the Constitution to use it ex cept in ca?e a State should fail to provid the indispensable machinery for CoDgrei sional elections. In that year, 1871, the Republican pai ty enacted" the first of the Federal Elec tion laws, now in force. These laws however, clothe the Federal supervisor and marshal with no power or right ex cept to look cn and report to their supe riors how the State officers are conduct ing such elections. The Republican sys tem has resulted so far only in squander ing some millions of public moneys ii bribery and intimidation of voters in ; few Democratic cities, North and South without any other practical result. But the new Focre bill means business It will give the Republican party absolut control of Congressional elections Nort! and South, in city and country, througl bnbery, intimidation, and false return at ecourmous and unlimited expense, u be paid < ut of the national Treasury oi pcimanent appropriations which on? House of Congress alone cannot stop Moreover, it incidentally gives the Re? publican party the opportunity anc means to largely influence, by the sam< nefarious methc ds, elections for State of? ficers, county c fleers, State legislators. United States Senators, and Presidents The putative author of the bill was Rep? resentative Lodge of Massachusetts. The now openly acknowledged author h John I. Davenport of New York city. This Davenport Force bill passed th< House of Representatives July 20, 1890, by the votes of almost every Republicar and against the vote of every Dem? ocrat. It was personally, persis? tently, and openly supported bj President Harrison, and only failed of passing the Senate because some Repub Hean Senators were more anxious for free silver than for party supremacy. Newly endorsed by the Republican National Convention, as it now is, there can be no doubt of its enactment if Harrison be re? elected President and the next Congress be Republican. Davenport recently said before a committee of the New York senate that the bill would become a law as soon as the Republican party gets con? trol of the House of Representatives. By this bili the Unit? d States Circuit Judges [of whom nearly all are Republi? cans], on the petition of one hundred cit? izens of any district, must appoint one chief supervisor for life-a republican, of course. The chief supervisor appoints three assistants in every voting precinct in every Congn ssional district where citizens ask that the law be put in fore *, two of the three assistants to be of one party-republicans, of course. The Uni? ted States Marshal appoints any number of deputies asked for by the chief super? visor. The assistant supervisors serve for not over sixty days at each election at $5 a day, equal to $300 each. The deputy marsbals serve for not over an average of ei ght days at $5 a day, equal to ?40 apiece; the number of deputy marshals depen ds only on the number needeid by the Republican party in any particular districr. To cover the pay of these hirelings a peimanent appropria tion is made, which the people cannot stop without a change of the law, which would require a concurrence of the Pres? ident and a majority of both bracches of Congress, or a concurrence of two thirds of each of the two Houses of Congress, The marshals are authorized to make house-to-hruse cmvasses-in the interest of the Republican party, of course against whom it would be a misoemean or, punishable by irdictment and trial in a United States court, for any citizen to bar his doors. The Circuit Court ap points a Board of Canvassers in each dis? trict, which makes return of members ejected, and the Clerk of the pr? ceding House of Representatives must put on the list of mt in hers elect only the names so returned os elected. 1 he men on the list organize the next House. After such organization a erntest for seats would be useless. The men so seated would vote for themselves and defeat the contest? ants. Ex-Speaker Reed and(Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, audaciously declared that it was one of the merits of the bill that it tock contested elections out of Congress-that is, that it took from the House the power to perform its consti? tutional duty to "judge of the election re; urns and qualifications of its own members." That this is not an extravagant state? ment will be admitted I think by all who consider the vast power thus placed in the hands of party manipulators and their hirelings. Three supervisors at each voting precint will number at least 250 in each Congressional district where the law is put in operation, making the cost at $5 a day for sixty days equal to $75, 000 in each district, to pay assistant su? pervisors alone. This expenditure, if applied to say 200 out of the 356 Con? gressional districts, would foot up $15, 000,000 at one Congressional election. Add the expense o? an average of ten deputy marshals at each voting i>recint in 200 districts, for eight days at $5 per day, making a furrher expense of $20, 000,000-in alt $.35,000,000 to be taken from the public Treasury at a single election to put or keep the Republican partv in power against the free will of a majority of the people. This estimate may seem extravagant. No doubt the execution of the law would be begun with lighter expense. But the numbers and wages of the hirelings would in? crease from election to election until eve a the figures I have named ?vould not satisfy th? ir greed. Recollect that it is part of the history of our times that the Republican party, in its struggle to perpetuate its own power by controling thc Southern States, robbed them of over $200,000,000 through carpet-bag rule. Recollect, too, that this same John I. Davenport, in 1878, having only the opportunities af? forded bim by the present milk-and-wa? ter Federal election laws, hired 9,600 deputy marshals in New York city alone, aud issued 3,106 warrants of arrest on one election morning, arresting 600 vo? ters, not one of whom was jjennitted to go to the polls, only one of whom wai arraigned, and tie was acquitted. This audacious preformance was a brilliant coup for Davenport, as it frightened away from the polls several thousand ignorant and timid but qualified Demo? cratic voters. It instantly raised h in; by merit to his bad eminence. It prov? ed him a master of intimidation and bri? bery. Quay Dudley, Hackett, and Mar? tin pale before him. Recollect, too, how in the history of the Roman Republic, : party fol lowers were fed from the treasu? ries of the republic and the provinces I growing yearly in numbers, insolence, and power, threatening law and order, unsettling industries, and corrupting the virtue which is the life of a republic. He must be a mad partisan or a heed? less citizen who, knowing this bill to be endorsed by tha republican party and its candidate for President, will put it in their power to fasten on the country a measure so subversive of popular gov? ernment. Had the Republican party re? tracted its committal to the Force bill, or nominated for President its illustrious statesman and pa riot, James G. Blaine, who was known to be hostile to the bill, it might fairly ask the people to trust it on other issues; but both its platform and its can? didate have again committed it to this scheme of subversion of popular govern? ment. It must therefore stand or fall by the Force bill. THOMAS EWING. AWAKE TO THE GREAT ISSCE. Democrats Understand the Menace Em? bodied in the Force Bil)? The warning cry of "No Force bill, no negro domination" is not an idle one. It is an indication of the most fearful dan? ger that ever menaced the republic Scranton Times. No Force bill, no negro domination, is the short and terse platf rm on which The Sun is conducting tbe campaign. It is doing good and efficient work. Wilkesbarre Daily Newsdealer. There is no doubt about the Republi? can party's determination to pass the Foice bill if that party shou'd win Dext November. And the evil effects which would result from that bold acd infa? mous bill, should it become a law, are not exaggerated.-Richmond State. j The force bill is thc issue which in? volves self-government. The party that defends Davenport is no better than Davenport and its methods are no better than his methods. The force bill is the livest issu ; the republicans have, but it is temporarily put under cover by the c iwardly republican press for fear its un popu'arity will lose votes for Harrison in November. AU patriots who have faith in the blessings of peace and believe in the freedom of our institutions should keep the issue prominently in sight and kill the force bill and forever destroy sectionalism by voting against Benjamin Harrison.-Toledo Bee. Such a law would be no sectional law, to be applied only to the South, while the North would be free from its bale? ful effects. The object might be to con? trol the South, subordinate Southern whites to negro and bayonet rule, and destroy Southern progr?s? and civiliza? tion ; but it would, as surely as the day follows thc night, prove a veritable po? litical Samson, which would eventually pul?, down the pillars of the temple of our free Government, causing it to fall with a crash upon all classes and all the people, and spreading death, destruc? tion, and ruin through every nook and corner of the land.-Richmond- Times. It was made an issue by the Republi? cans themselves, not by the Democrats, ?ho wer? content to let it sleep in death. Soon, however, the Republican leaders began to hear from the country in ad? vance of the November returns, and to their dismay they found that they had blundered. It was too late then to get rid of the Force bill altogether, but they could do the next best thing, and laugh it down as a buggaboo which no sensible man believed ever would be enscted into a law, even should the Republicans have the power to do so. This is all very nice and fine, but it is hardly probable : hat any one will be deceived by it. There is too much iuvolved in the present campaign for any lover of good govern? ment to take chances. It will not do to trust the Republican party.- Galveston Daily News. From the foundation of the Govern? ment members of Congress have been ?dected on the same ticket with State, district, county, and town officers, the elfction being always conducted by State officer^ under State laws. Why are Fed? eral ? fficers paid by this bill to act in seeming concert with State officers, but in actual control of them? Why did not the bill povide an ind?pendant" Feder? al election for members of Congress, con? ducted by Federal officers and at the ex? pense of the general Government? First, because there is no party need for this scheme of intimidation and bribery in districts safely Republican, but only in Democratic or hotly contested districts: and, second, because the contrivers of this devilish scheme to place and keep the Republican paity in power above the reach of the people expect and intend to ultimately control all the important elec? tors in Democratic and doubtful States Governors, county < fficers, city officers, legislators, and Presidents-using the Federal machinery and Federal purse to accomplish this purpose. This bill, car? ried out fully, wou'd practically obliter? ate the States, and consolidate all con? trol of elections in the general Govern? ment, and would change our republic from a Government controlled by honest suffrage and enlightened public opinion to one ruled by intimidation and bribery. The broad meaning of the Force bill should be clearly understood. It is in? tended to build up a ficticious Republi? can majority in the South to stand for the negro vote which fails to material? ize on election day. To this end the ma? chinery to be employed is both costly and elaborate. Not one of the several thousand officials to be intrusted with the delicate and important partisan work of executig the law would be elected by the people. From the Federal Judge whose duty it would be to appoint the chief supervisors down to the deputy marshal every official would be j-ppoint cd by the party in power. Each would be selected by officials not responsible to the people. The control of the elections would bc taken cntirtdy out of the hands of the people cf the several States. This is the reason why Gen. Stevenson declares on the stump that thc Force Bill breathes destruction to the people. It would be imposable to dislodge the Republican party from power sh?.uki it ever have the opportunity of reaping the advantage which this infamous measure would give it. There is no limit to the number of deputy marshals that may be appointed: They might bc able to overawe the voters, and each one would be a Republican partisan anxious to do the dirty work necessary to secure his wages. Behind these men would be thc Federal bayonents, and Congressional elections, wherever this infamous law was put in operation, would merely ba a sol? emn farce enacted for thc purpose of keeping up appearances.-Atlanta Con? stitution. CAUSED THE FIRE. Wool-It is said the firefly strikes tho spark by rubbing its wings together. Van Pelt-I presume that's right; I have often read of fires being caused by a de? fective flew. ? THE DALTON GAE KILLED. They Made a Raid on Coffeyrille ont Met tlieir Match Citizens Were Warned and Were Pre? pared for the Robbers. A special from the town of Coffey ville, Kansas, states that the Dalton gang has been exterminated-wiped off the face of the earth. Caught like nts in a trap, they were, Wedne day, shot down like dogs; but not until four citizens of the place yielded up their lives in the work of extermination. Six of the gang rode into town in the morning and robbed the two Oinks of the place. Their mid had become known to officers of the law and when the ban? dits attempted to escape they were at? tacked by the marshal's posse. In the battle which ensued four of the despera? does were killed outright, and one was so badly wounded that he has since died. The other escaped, but is being hotly pursued. Of the attacking party, four were killed, one was fatally and two were seriously wounded. The dead are: Bob Dalton, Grant Dalton, Emmet Dalton, Joseph Evans, John Moore, alias "Texas Jack," T. C. Connolly, city marmal, L. M. Baldwio, bank clerk, G. V. Cubine, merchant, C. J. BrowD, shoemaker. Thomas G. Mays, cashier of the first National bank, was fatally wounded. T. A. Reynolds and two other citizens were seriously wounded. It hid been rumored a month ago that the Dalton gang was contemplating an immediate raid upon the banks of the city. Arrangements were made to give them a warm reception. BURIED LIKE DOGS. A special from Coffey ville. Kan., says the streets were packed Thursday with crowds of excited people from all parts of that section, attracted by the terrible Dalton tragedy of Wednesday. On ev? ery street corner, in every alley stood groups of citizens eagerly discussing the attempted bank robberies of the day be? fore with the attendant tragic results. At the city jail an awning was impro? vised, under which was laid the four dead bandits in coffins provided by the county, with a guard to see that they were not disturbed. Among the thousands who viewed the bodies were many who had known the Daltons for years and while their crimes deserve to place them beyond the pale of sympathy, there were to be found people who could scarcely suppress a sigh of re? gret for the fate of the dead men. Emmet Dalton, who sill lives, though desperately wounded, lies in a ronm at the jail, and his room is at all time; surroun? ded by a crowd of men and women who do their utmost to pursuade the guard to let them pa?s up to the presence of the wounded man. All sorts of reasons are advanced by these people for their re? quest, but without exception they are not complied with. EMMET DALTON'S STORY. Through the courte-y of Sheri ff Calla? han, a reporter was allowed to enter the room. Emmet was weak from the loss of blood, ane talked little. He said: "I met the boys Saturday near Tulsa and in the course of their talk, they asked me how much money I had. I replied $20. They said they had $900 and then told me of their pian to rob both banks of C?ffeyville in one day. Bob S8id he wanted to lower Jesse James' record. I tried to persuade him not to try it, but did not succeed, as he had a grudge against the town, and wanted revenge for what he had heard people here were saying and trying to do about us. "I had no money to leave the country on and I did not think I could get away if we came. I finally consented. We knew the lay of the land thoroughly, and it was agreed that Bob and I should take the First National and the other three boys Condon's bank. B nb thought he and I were better than any six of the others and knowing the First National to be the hardest to rob wc selected that and assigned Condon's to the others." Emmet stated that he was an own cousin of the Younger brothels and until he knew that the other boys were dead, he refused to say anything, but when their dead bodies were carried up to him for inspection, he identified them as Bob and Grattau Dalton, Tom Evans and Jack Moore. He shed tears as he .gazed on his dead brothers. The names he gave to the two latter men are not the names they were know by in that sec? tion but they are not their real names. These are withheld from the public for good reasons, but their names are known. The dead bandits were buried Thurs? day evening in the city cemetery in a lot owned by the D ilton family. The bod? ies were carried to the grave in transfer wagons without a single mourner or sym? pathizing friend to assist in the last rites. Emmett is wounded in the right hip a* d right arm by Winchester bullets and in his back are twelve buckshot, the lat? ter being the shot which knocked him off his horse. He had reached his horse and mounted with the bag of money from the First National bank on his arm, when, seeing Bob fall, he turned back to assist him, and it was then that he re? ceived the fire that brought him down. The money secured from thc First Na? tional amounted to $20,240 and that from Condon's $3,000. The amouot turned over to the bank exceeds this amount and serves to verify the ftate ment made by Emmet that they had $900 when they c ?me to town. It is now said that only five men took part in the rob? bery, and if this be true thc entire gang was exterminated. REAL ESTATE CONGRESS In Session at Buffalo, N. i\--Delegates From Every Section Present. The real estate congress opened at Buf? falo, N. Y., Tuesday, in Music hali with an address by Governor Flower, who welcomed the guests from every section of the land to the "Grand old state of New York and the queenly city of Buf? falo." Judge E. B. Hatch also welcomed the dealers on behalf of their local breth? ren and Mayor C. F. Bishop did the same office on behalf of the citizens. To this triple welcome Colonel Henry L. Turner, of Chicago, responded hu morously and felicitously. A telegram was read from Francis T. Wright, of Nashville, founder of the National Real Estate Association, presenting to Pres? ident Benjamin Weil, of Milwaukee, a gavel cut from one of the logs hewn by general Jackson in 1804, and used in erecting his cabin home, still standing near Nashville. Mr. Weil, thu3 equipped, declared formally the congress open for regular business and himself contributed the first number on the programme in the shupe of the annual address which was full of progressive idea?, sagaciously expressed. THE ANTI-SNAPPERS HAve Agreed Among Themselves to put Out a Ticket A New York Special Suy<: The com? mittee appointed by the anti-snapper's or? ganizion for the purpose of advising with the democratic national committee on the subject of independent local nom? inations held a meeting Sunday night. Most of thc merni) r> were present and it was decided unanimously to go ahead with their original intention of support? ing and independent ticket. The new post office at Ocala wai thrown open lor business last Saturday. It is a beauty, for which all praise is due Hon. John F. Duun. GEORGIA'S WEALffi. Figures from the Books of ('omp?rol 1er Ge-eral Wr gat. The state of G orgia i> c . vii' : l> ?.[? ance in its treasury which w".?:i!d m-tkc many a man feel neil to do li he had it Captain Furiow, of the comp rolle general's offic-, made up a stat erne t yi-n day of the state's receirs and disburse ment8 for the year ending ?y;.te:-!e 30th, and the balance on hand : m muted to $748,051.63, nearly three quil ters o: a million do.lats. On October 1st. 1891. the state's balance was $7:30,9:39 98, or about $17,000 le-s th an the amount on hand now. Georgia's to:al revenue^ for the past twelve months, including the amount on hand at the begin nina of the fiscal _ year, were $3,876,840.04. 'ihe principal items of revenue and tb* sources were : REVENUES. General tax (1891). $1,909,149.38; li? quor tax (1891), $7,695.75; liquor tax (1892), $106 062.76; bi.liard tax (U91), $1,061.50; billiard tax (1892), $5,953. 54; sale supreme court reports, $2.700. 39; insolvent general tax, $14 022 90; fees of inspectors of fertilize, $7,706.63; insurance agents, $7,040; insurance fees, $9,185 60; insurance tx, $14.782 96; railroad tax (1891), $184,828.23; street railroad tax (1891), $7,918.80; show tax (1891), $3.528.30; show tax (1892), $238; pistol tax (1891), $720; pistol tax (1892), $3.690, Tatures (1891), $1, 800; futures (1892). $4,5<<0; fees of cf fices, $1,803.55; rent of Western and At? lantic railroad, $420.012; t;:x of sew ing machine companies, $1,600; tax of brewing companies, $1, 530; cold storage, $3,155.64; hire of convicts, $25,000.40; fees of oil inspectors $12,408.32; dividends from stocks, $2,321; telephone companies (1891) , $1,657.25; telephone companies (1892) , $1,718.25; telegraph companies (1891) $1.817 23; telegraoh companies (1892) , $1,403 77; express companies (1891) , $2,200 52; express companies (1892) , $1,518.82; Ci izens' bank, $17, 355.07; general tax (1890), $22,490 47; tax of sleeping car companies (1889- 9o), S3,145.79; tax sleeping car companies (1891) , $160.86; tax sleeping car com? panies (1892), $186.94; railroad tax (1889). $2.638.05; sale of lottery prop? erty. $33,827.07; from city of Atlanta, $2,500; sale of old capitol, $3o,366.30; money collected from Chattanooga, $2. 000; sale of bonds, $209,199.37; leise of oyster lands, $4,485. DISBURSEMENTS. The principd items of disbursements were: Civil establishment (1891) $61.216.66; (1892) $56,668.28; court fund (1891) $4,640.26; (1892) $7,537.75; penitentiary fund, $2,690.77; speciil appropriations, $65.530,03; military fund, (1891) $321.50 (1892), $19,850.47; sallies inspectors of fertilizers, (1891 $1,799.99; solid: or general, $3,265;over pav uents. $25,995. 62; school fund, (1391) $933.611.09; (1892) $3 344.28; (1893) $1,119.57; geo? logical fund, 7,988.92; printing fund for railroad commissioners, (1891, $1,014.28; (1892) $636; in? surance on public buildings, (1891) $3,834.31; (1892) $977.65; public building fund, (1891) $3,642.50; (1891) $11,564.59; library fund $2,( 67.83;salary of chemi-t $3.000; truders of lunatic asy? lum, $1,863.38; school fund for colored, (1891) $1,429.65;(1892) $6,000; printing fund (1891) $2,180.71; (1892)11,104.73; public debt, $842,068.40; direct tax, $55,000; malary of assistant chemists $1,416,61. School of Technology (1891), $5,625; School of Technology (1893). $16,875; deaf and dumb institute (1891), $4,250; deaf and dumb institute (1892), $12,750; department of agriculture (1891), $2, 50 i; department of agriculture (1892), $7.500; fund for maimed soldiers (1891) $3,415; fund for maimed soldiers (1S92), $185.000; academy for the blind (1S91), $4,000; acidemy for the blind (1892), $12,000; lunatic asylum (1891), $47, 499.99; lunatic asylum (1S92), $142, 499.97; supreme court reports, $3.000; leg slative payroll, session 1891, $119, 233.70; landscrip fund (1892). $6,314 14; University of Georgia (1892), $8,000; widows' pensions (1892), $400,00u, The total disbursements for the year amounts tu $8,128,788.41. COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION Third Party Delegates to Omaha After The Railroads. A Washington special of Tuesday says: "A complaint of unjust, discrimination m passenger rates has just been filed with the inter-state commerce commis? sion. The complainant in the case is Thomas V. Gator, of San Francisco. The defendants are the Southern Pacific Company, and the Union Pacific Rail? road Company. The complainant aiteges that when the* Republican and D mocrat ic national conventions were held in June last, at Minneapolis and Chicago, respectively, delegates from the state of California, were carried over the railways of defendants from San Francisco and other points at an agree d reduced rate, amounting to about one-half of the reg ular rates charged for travel from San Francisco to Omaha. When, in July last, the people's party held their con? vention at Omaha, to nominate candi? dates for the presidency and vice-presi? dency, and delegates from California to the Omaha convention applied to the same line of railways for thc same rates that had been grauted to the republican and democratic delegates from Cali? fornia, they were refused any reduc? tion whatever, and where charged and compelled to pay the usual and full rates, about double the sum charged the dem? ocratic and republican delegates, over the same rail wa y and the same points. It is also alleded that the number of delegates from California to thc Omaha convention was greater than was carried by the defendant companies to either the republican or the democratic convention. AGAINST THE FUSION. action of the Stalwart Democrats of Kansas-Declare for Cleveland. A news special from Topeka, Kan., says: After a consultation that lasted ten hours, the leaders of the stal? wart democrats prepared a statement for publication Friday morning, declar? ing for Grover Cleveland aud appointing a central committee of five to arrange preliminary details for a convention tobe held in Topeka, on October 6th. It has been virtually decided not to place a ticket in the field, but to squelch the old time democratic leaders by defeating the combination ticket. The recalcitrants claim that they will bring 20.000 demo? crats to the polls wha will vote for the fusion electors and who would otherwise remain at home. COTTON IS SHORT IN GEORGIA. The September Reports Reduee the Average to 71 for the State. The September reports to the s-tate de partment of agriculture shows these fig? ures : Cotton-North Georgi, 76; Middle Georgii, 73; Southwest Georgia, 65: Kast Georgia, 71; Southeast Georgia, 69; average for th- state. 71. Corn-North Georgia, 90; Middle Georgia, 98; Southwest Georgia. 95. East Georgi*, 99; Southeast Georgia 98: average for the state 96._ A Lucky Farmer. W. A. Freeman, a farmer iu very mod? erate circumstances, living near Clarks ville, Tennessee, has received a letter from William Moore, a lawyer In London, informing him that a suit had been de? cided in his favor which would net him $2,000,000. I ARRESTS AT HOMESTEAD. Meita ci tte Atr?ry Board of tie Mers JaiM _ ? ; They arc Charged with Treason. The Affair causes a vensation. ? A grear sensa'ion wes created at Homestead, Pa., Fiiday night by the ! arrest of a number of members of the ! advisory committee, of the Hom?stead I strikers, for treason, Those arrested were Chairman Thomas J. Crawford, William Baird; George Ryland, John ? Dierken and ':. W. Brown. The ar I nst c.ime like a thunderbolt to the strik? ers, tie y -were so soddenly nv.de and so i unexpected. The prisoners were chat j ting at thc stn et corner-, when they i were taken. The officers were Detec tivts Mills and Fowl and deputies j Young, Brady, Delvin, Krtpt and Ward, j It was late in the afternoon wh-n the warrants based on information of 'Chief Justice Paxson, reached Homestead and were piaced in the hands of officers to serve. They started out at 9 o'clock, and first caught Crawford and Dierken, who were harried to the provost guards tents. 'I he others were caught in quick successe s, liefere the strikers had time to realize. v\hat was happeni: g. As the prisoners were speeded to the prison touts, an a'arrn was taken and many strikers hastened toward the guard, but were held back and denied ail infor? mation. Indeed, some of the prisoners did not know why they were arres'ed un? til safe behind the bayonets of thc sol? diers. It was intended first to keep the prisoners ali night tai'} hunt for others, but through fear of an attempt at rescue they were taken to the city farm station, placed on a train and hurried to Pitts burg at ll o'clock and landed in jail. The information for treason upon which the men v. ere arre-ted -were made by County Detective Beltzh over Friday af therncon before Chief Jusr'ce Paxson, of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. The petition charges Hugh O'Donnell, Thom? as J. Crawford, Johu MciLuckie and thir? ty others, all members of the strikers' ad vis ?ry committee, with treason. It states that the tlefendants, who are in? habitants and residents of the common? wealth of Pennsylvania, did Arrange, pr?? paie and levy w; r against the common? wealth of Pennsylvania, to the end that the constitution, law and authority were d'fied, resisted and subverted, and that said defendants on July 1st, with 'hun? dreds of others, armed and arrayed in a warlike manner, that is to say, with guns revolvers, cannons, swords, knives and clubs, did unlawfully, maliciously and traitorously r.ssemble together in the bor? ough of Homcsr ad in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ned then and there with force and arms did faisely and traitor? ously and in a hostile and warlike man? ner .-.rray themselves in insurrection and rebellion to the commonseslth of Penn? sylvania contrary to the duty of allegi? ance and fidelity of said defendants. Chief Justice Paxson at once pushed the wai rants for the arrest of the accused and officers were dispatched by the sher? iff to Homestead to serve them. The ac? tion of rhe county authorities was entire? ly unexpected and carried consternation into the c^.mp of the strikers. This is the first time in the history of the state that any resident has been charged with treason against the commonwealth, and the entrance of the cases will be watched with interest. The penalty, which was formerly death, is twelve years' impris? onment in the penitentiary. THE CASHIER WAS SHOT Because He Refused to Throw Up His Hands as Orderer1. Great excitement was caused in Erie, Penn., Monday by a daring attempt to rob the Kevstone national bar k. It was about 12:30 o'clock ia the afternoon and no customers w<Te ia the bank. Assistant Cashier Kepler and Clerk Caa'les Li"bel were busy balancia : th ir b >oks and counting money and checks, when suddenly a quartette of t u^h look? ing strangers burst int) th? room, revolv? ers in hand. The siranjrers took por? tions a* pacn of the windows around the desks within, and pointing their revol? vers at the heads of the two clerks told them to throw up their hand*. Instead of doini: as directed, the cash? ier snatched up a paper weight and was about dealing the f.-llow nearest him a blow on the head, when two shots were fired hy the intruders. One of the bul? lets struck Kepler in the left cheek, in flicring a serious but not dangerous wound. The young man fell fainting to the floor and the robbers becoming frightened, ran from the bank and fled up Eight street. The shooting attracted a crowd and a number of citizens crave chase. The robbers finding thc- pursuit too hot, turn? ed on their pursuers and opened fire, but fortunately no one was injured. Finally Special Oin -er William Dierel overtook the desperadoes and with a drawn re? volver, commanded rh'm to surrender. The ans-ver was a shot from a huge ar? my revolver. As Officer Dierel was in thc act of returning the fire, rho fr.ur m?n thought batter of it and gave th rn^elve* up. They were handcuff- d together and marched to the police station and locked up in sepente cells. Ou being search'd, nine revolvers of different calibers, and a collection of knives and brass knuek*es were found on them. The prisoners cave their names as John Courtney ard C. fl. Hawley of New York city: Dan P. Evans and Charles Vv. Smith, of Syracuse. DIRECT TAX FRAUDS. Citizens of Louisiana Robbed of Hun? dreds of Thousands of Dollars. A special dispatch of Thursday from New Orleans stares that fiaud in the matter of the direct tax refunded to the s>t:ite of Louisiana, by the general gov? ernment is proved by reaseircbes by state officials here. Governor Foster has in his possession rolls containing a list of !UP dita ct tax refunded to citizens of the state by the federal government and a comparison of these rolls with receipts given at thc time of payment hythe collectors show glaring discrepancies. In nearly every ins;ance there is a difference of two, three or four dollars between the face of the tax re? ceipts indo, by citizens and the sum en? telad on the rolls. It is believed from ? cursory examination made that the people of the state were rob oed of hundreds of thousands of dollars by this means during reconstruction days. QUARANTINE LIFTED. Colombian Authorities Permit the En? try of American Steamers. A Washington news special of Satur d ty says: 1 he st -.te department has beeu quite successful i t its efforts to secure a modification of the ord; rs <>f the Co? lombian authorises in closing the port of Colon to all vessels irom the Atlantic ports ot the United States, and vinualiy stopping commerce :;cro-s the Isthmus of Pa;.am:?.. Secret u v Foster lias received a telegram from Minister Abbot a*; i?o gota st ..tin ^ that instructions had been g.ven to thc Panama authorities to per? mit the entry and unloading of American steamers proceeding from New York up? on being advised by the Colombian min? ister in Washingtem or the consul ic New York that there was no choiera in that port, provided they do not. carry European ruerchetudise, except Spanish, and due precautions are taken respecting the cargo. BUSINESS IS GOOD. i _ j Ecnouragiug Report by Messrs. Dun & Co. for tue Past Week. j R. G. Don ?ic Co.'s weekly review of trades*?*: Business continues larger than ever at this time of tue year, and the commercial f-ky is without a cloud. While the S(a=on brines the usual shrink? age in the distribution of textile goods, the i?jii?s an-, nev.-r?hi Uss, crowded with orders an i the demand for the products of iron, s:ee, and leather has improved. Money is everywhere in ampie supply; collections h?ve very rarely been mure generally satisfactory, so that the de? mand for commercial loar s is unusually light for the season. The outgo of mon? ey from westeau countries for purchases in the country is larger than usual, and yet there is no embarrassment. Crop reports are uniformly favorable and the promise is distinctly better than it w%s a few weeks ago. At the south .rade is, nevertheless, much encouraged by some advance in prices of cotton, and 13, therefore, more, active. In general, buine>s is not only large and remarka? bly healthy, but the outlook for October is everywhere regarded with utmost con? fidence. At Philadelphia iron improves with ?arge sak-3, and h ird ware, recently quiet, is row more ?ctive. Iron is in better de? mand :?t Pittsburg and the glass business good. At St. Louis trade is distinctly I better in di y goods, shoes, hats and rail I way supplies and collections prompt, j At the south trade generally improves, though caution prevails at Memphis. Better prices for cotton bring a large trade at Montgomery, and though business is only fair at New Orleans, tugar is strong and active, and mont y in good demand. Speculation ia cotton has been enormous, sales reaching 1,360,000 bales with an advance of a quarter during the week in spite of better receipts and more favor? able crop reports. Though exports from New York for four weeks have been 28 per cent smaller in valu*, than a year ago, they exceed those of other years, and the increase in imports at New York for t\e month has been about 7 per cent. Foreign exchange has risen slightly, and money has advanced to 5 per cent, ??ut no anxiety is felt and stocks are a '.hade stronger than a week ago. Tba treasury has paid out $8,000,000 more notes against as much more silver added, and has taken $2,000,000 more gold dur? ing the week, but the demand for money at the west and south continues smaller than usual. Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number for the United States 177; for the corre? sponding week hst year 201. BUSINESS DISASTERS. R G. Dun & Co., of The Mercantil* Agency, have just issued statistics of fail failures for thequarter ended September 30th. It is shown that in the United -tates there were only 1.984 failures for the quarter, with liabilities slightly over $13,500,000. Failures in the United States for the same period last year were 2,754. with liabilities of over $44.000, 000. Thus far in the present year, for nine months the failures number 7,487, with liabilities only 80,000,000 as against 8,826 failures and liabilities of $136,000, 000 for the sams nine months cf last year. It is a significant circumstance that failures in the south in the quarter just closed are less in liabilities than in any year since 3881, while in number they are much below the average. LORD TENNYSON DEAD. England's Poet Laureate Passes Over the Uiver, A London cablegram brings intelli? gence of the death of Lord Tennyson at 1:35 o'clock, Thursday morning. Immediately after the death of Lord Tennyson, a reporter of the Associated Press had an interview with Sir Andrew Clark, one of the physicians who attend? ed the poet laureate. Sir Andrew said that Lord Tennyson's death was the most glorious he had e ver seen. There was no artificial light in the room, and the chamber was almost in darkness, save where the broad flood of moonlight poured in through a western window. The moon's rays fell across the bed upon which the dying man lay, bathing him in their pure light" and forming a rembrant-like background to the scene. All was silent save the soughing of the autumn wind, as it gently played through the trees sur? rounding "the bouse, a fitting requiem fer the gentle poet, who sang of nature. No doubt as to the future was in his wan face and when the end came he appeared to fall asleep. So restful was he and so calmly did he respond to the beckoning hand of the augel of death, that those who st<~od beside him scarcely knew that lie had passed away. Motionless, Lord Tennyson lay upon his conch, the tide of his life gently and slowly ebbing out into the ocean of the infinite. No rack of pain or sorrow checked its course or caused a ripple up? on the outgoing tide. As peacefully and as gently ??s he had lived, so he died, j lrokmg until the end into the eyes of j those dear to him. All members of j the family were by the bedside, i Alfred Tennyson was born at Somers I Iv, Lincolnshire, England, in 1809. His father, the Rev. George Clayton Tennyson, was the rector of Somersly and vicar of Bennington and Grimsby, while his mother was the daughter of Rev. Otephen Fytche, vicar of Louth. He was the third of a family of twelve children. The title which gained for him the title of Poet Laureate of Eng? land bciiun to develop itself in his early youth, for when 18 years old he, wilh his brother Charles, who aft? erwards became vicar of Gransby and assumed the mime of Turner, published a small volune entitled "Poems by two brothers." The poems attr?cted some a:tention, those signed "A. T." receiving the highest praise, Coleridge declaring that they alone of the selections in the volume gave hopeful promise of a coming poet. Subs quent events proved the correctness of he assertion, and Tenny? son's name became a household word the world over._ LILLIE JOHNSON OUT ON BOND Until Alice Mitchell is Cured or Be leased from the Asylum. In thc S.ielby county criminal court at Memphis, the case of Lillie Johnson, e. arced'with being an accessary to the murder of Freda Ward by Alice Mitch? ell, was called. Miss Johnson's attor? ney asked for special venire from which to sciccc a jury to try the case, but the motion was overruled. Ia rendering this decision, Judge Dubose said that Miss Johnson would not be placed on trial until Alice Mitchell had either boen cured of insanity or pronounced an incurable lunatic. The case was ordered stricken from the docket and Miss John? son was released on $10,000 bond until the asylum authorities could be heard fr< m. Leiters received recently from the superiiiten lent of Bolivar insane asy? lum state that Alice Mitchell shows no /symptoms ot insanity, and will probably be discharged as cured before many months. As soon as she is released she will be arrested on an indictment for the murder or Freda Ward and tried jointly with Lillie -lohnsou. Weekly Bank Statement. The bank statement for week ended Ocr. 1st shows the following changes: Reserve, decrease...$ 658,675 Loans, decrease. 1,758,S2 S; cc e, ?lcer?a>JO. 1 ? -al tenders decrease. ?%*W Deposits, decrease. ^^?X Circulation, increase. 29,4?? The banks now hold $4,432,200 ia ex? cess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule.