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BILL AllP'S Lt IEIL
TPHILOSOPHER MAKES EARNEST
PLEA FOR FATHERLESS ONES.
As a Result of a Visit to the Decatur
Orphans' Home.
hy don't some rich man give an I
endowment to the orphans' home at i
Decatur-why don't somebody leave l
it a good' lot of money in his will, and 6
then die soon after? And there is the a
orphanage at Clinton, S. C., that right C
now is on a strain to provide food and f
clothing for the winter. I am satisfied 1+
that if our good people could visit -
these institutions and see the children f
and realize their condition,they would d
help them. It is all right, of course, I
for the millionaires to give millions to t
the universities and colleges, and so e
provide cheap education for the poor; t
but there is a class of helpless, friend- .
less children scattered over the land t
who will never get to college, and who t
would be grateful for bread and t
clothes and shelter. The scriptures f
make no mention of schools or col- s
leges, but the fatherless are mentioned I
over and over again, and woe and I
curses are threatened those who neg- a
lect or oppress them. I
I have long believed that good peo- ii
pie would give more to charity if they n
were face to face with thosewho suffer. t
It is not a pleasant business to hunt up t
the poor and look upon want and rags a
and pale faces, but it ought to be done s
sometimes, even by the rich and busy t
people. The good St. James said that I
true religion was to visit the widow "
and the fatherless-yes, to visit them. s
It will not do to sit in the parlor or t
counting room and wait till somebody D
calls for charity. Little orphans can't t
come; they don't know the way. Their c
father is dead or their mother, or both, I
or perhaps one or the other is in the
asylum or down with chronic sickness. f
It is a pitiful story, and every case is 1
diff rent, but all pitiful. They are all c
children of misery baptized in tears.
I have been ruminating about this,and c
must write about it, though to most n
people it is an unwelcome subject. 1
A few days ago I rode out to I
the orphans home near Do- s
catur ':st to see how the children e
were getting on. My good friend, o
Robert Hemphill, went with me. He C
is the business man of that busy pa- I
per, The Constitution, but next to his a
famnily his heart's affections are ab- T
sorbed in the orphans' bome. He is r
the president of the board, and ought I
to be. He goes there .every few days, r
and the children smile when he comes.
On the way we never talked politics- n
not a word--it was all orphans and the
home. The farm wagon met us at 9
Decatur and took us out a mile in the I
country. I didn't mind the rough c
riding, for it did me good to have my t
corporosity tumbled up a little; but I o
did mind getting in and out of that i'
high-swung wagon that had no steps. s
I tried to show my activity, but I g
couldn't, and almost fell dcwn before iJ
I got up. For aged orphans like me b
they ought to have a comfortable car- v
ryall, but Mr. Hemphill rays they I
haven't got the money to buy it. fi
Where is the carriage man that he don't P
send one right away? Mr. Brumby, of 1
Marietta sent six dozen good, strong g
chairs for the boys building, that has ii
just been completed. Now, where is t
the big-hearted carriage man? It is a 6
beautiful building, and will be dedica- 8
ted soon; and I've a notion of taking 0
my wife down with me if the carryall c
is there; she can't ride in a road wai-, c
on any more. But that building and s:
the girls' building need water-plenty c
of water. There is a little lake of clear i
srring water not far away, and Mr.
Hemphill says there is fall enough for 5
a water ram, but it will cost about $500 'i
to fix everything and put water in the ti
upper stories-but the money is all
out. It has taken all to complete the
new hbuilding.
"Where are you going to get the
$500 ?" I asked. 1
"I have no idea," he said, and he
looked distressed;: "but I reckon it
will come. Three men have given us
$500 each with the last twelve months,
and I reckon there is one more some
where. I know that there are several,
if they knew how badly we needed it." I
Then he told me about what George e
Muse, Mr. Er Lawshe and Mr. (. V. t
Greess and others had done for the d
home.
For about three hours I went about
the premises and mingled with the or- c
phans. Some of the boys were digging t
and wheeling dirt to stop a leak in the a
dam at the lake. Two had to go after
the cows. Half a dozen came trotting 1
down to the barn with their milk z
buckets. The milch cows marched to t
their stalls and the stanchions closed a
upon them, while the boys sat upon t
their stools and talked merrily as they I
drew down the milk from their ad- a
ders. The eldest of these9 milkers was i
not more than 12 and the youngest I
about eight. Near the house, in the e
b)nk yard, there were two boys swing- t
ing at the ends of a large rocking a
churn, and in 20 minutes they had c
gathered several pounds of nice yellow *
butter. I saw the girls washing and e
ironing in the laundry, and others '
preparing the evening meal, of which
it. She looks after the needs of all, t
both boys and girls, their food and t
clothes and health and conduct. She 1
has one of those large, benevolent faces i
that a child could not help loving. 1
Her tender care of the little ones and
their affection for her was plainly visi
ble. The little boy of sixteen months
was in her arms as she walked around
with us and called up the turkeys and I
chickens. "I don't believe I can ever I
give up this one," she said. "These t
orphans are coming and going all the c
time. As fast as they get old enough i
the Lord seems to find places for them, t
and it always grieves me to see them i
I was iunvited to partake. There were
no idle hands, save, perhaps, the two
youngest, one of whom was an infant
in arms and one only three years old.
All had some duty to perform, and
were doing it willingly, and all were
comfortably clothed.
But there were two master spirits
about the place-Mr. Taylor and his
wife had plenty to do. The outdoors
and farm work and the cattle and get
ting wood and keeping the boys em
ployed in their working hours took all
his time. But Mrs. Taylor has the
greater responsibility, and she meets
go, but I am going to keep this one
and adopt it as my own. We have no
children, and this one will be a com
fort to me when I get old and have to
leave the home." He was a pretty boy
-the youngest of four that came there
from one family. Their mother was
dead and the father the same as dead;
but they are better off now, and all of
them seem contented and happy. Ev
ery one there has a sad history, but
they do not realize it now. Several
hundred have come and gone within
twenty-five years, and nearly all of
them have done well. Many revisit
the spot in after years; many write af
fectionate, grateful letters, . and some
send tokens of their kind remem
brance. One young man who has
prospered and receives good wages
sends $5 monthly out of his earnings to
help maintain socme other orphan. That
is about what it takes-$250 to $300 a
month for the sixty who are there. At
twilight there was a curfew bell, and
the children gathered in the parlor
and we had music. The girls and boys
sang some sweet songs to the lead of
the piano, a gift from Mr. M. R.
Berry, and then the supper bell rang.
The elder, persons and the visitors were
seated at one table and the children at
three others, and at a signal from
Mrs. Taylor there was silence, 'and
there was reverence, too, for she made
one of the sweetest and most motherly
prayers I ever heard. It was brief,
but it was beautiful. Then came the
feast-not a display of good things,
but good bread, good butter, good
coffee, and at our table a good, fat,
well roasted turkey, that the girls had
cooked for Mr. Hemphill and he let
me have some-yea, I got a plenty.
That was the second turkey, Mrs. Tay
lor said, and she had many more that
she had raised--about one apiece for
each child. Good gracious! Feeding
orphans on turkey! Well, why not
once in a while? I never saw an or
phan who didn't like turkey, There
are lots of good things about there.
While down in the field I found some
ripe maypops, and I have not passed
liking them yet, and black haws and
red haws were in sight, and these boys
knew every tree, and where the chest
nuts and chinquapins grow.
But the hajne needs money, and its
wants must be kept before the public.
It is a blessed charity to give it, a
charity that is full of promises in scrip
tures. It should be enlarged and more
orphans sent there, for I believe that
it is the best training school in the
state, and its inmates will all make
good citizens. Old Father Jesse Bor
ing foundedit, and if there is a heaven
he is in it. He was a pioneer in good
works... That's the kind of paternalism
I believe in-being a father to the
fatherless. My good mother lost her
parents when she was a little child.
The pestilence swept them into one
grave and she was sent to an orphanage
in Savannah. They were good to her
there and she usneed to tell us the sad
story, and we would stand by her side
and listen, and our hearts get full and
our eyes overflow. But one day a lady
came and chose her from among the
children and took her away. It is the
same way at this orphanage now. They
come and they go, and are scattered
from Georgia to Texas. .
Good people, this is the noblest and
sweetest kind of charity. Let us help
it.-BILL BAnP, in Atlanta Constitu
tion.
TRAIN ROBBERY.
The Chicago and Alton Held Up by
Four Men, Who Get Safely Away.
A passenger and express train on the
Chicago & Alton road, due at Kansas
City from Chicago and St. Louis at 7
o'clock, was held up and robbed by
four masked men, Friday evening, at
Blue Springs Cut, between Independ
ence and Glendale, Mo. The scene of
the robbery is less than twenty miles
distant from Kansas City.
The train was flagged at the cut.
While two of the robbers stood guard
over the passenger coaches, the other
two covered the conductor, engineer
and fireman with their pistols and com
pelled them to go to the express car.
There the robbers commanded the
messenger to open the door of the car,
threatening to break in the doors
should he refuse. After some delay
the robbers were admitted to the ex
press car. They compelled the mes
senger to open the safe, and extracted
from it several packages. How much
booty was secured cannot be ascertain
ed. The conductor of the train stated
the bandits secured nothing, save sev
eral packages of jewelry. Having se
cured these the robbers left the train
and entered the woods. Though sev
e- al shots were fired no one was injured.
The train proceeded to Independence
and informaticn of the robbery was
telegraphed from there. It is thought
the bandits are now safe out of the way.
There have been three hold ups in the
Blue Springe Cut. The .lames gang
held up a train there in 1881:
SHonor and Punishment for Lt.
Li Hung Chang has been appointed
minister of foreign affairs. Simulta
neously with his appointment as minis
ter of foreign affairs an imperial edict
orders L1 Hung Chang to be punished
for presuming to enter the precincts of
the ruined summer palace while visit
ing the dowager empress.
OUR FARMING LAND.
WOEFUL DEPRECIATION IN
PRICES THEREFOR.
Mark Hanna and His Crowd of Labor
Crashers Imagine That Declining
Values Keep the Agrlculturlste-A Tell
Tale Senate Report.
According to the Senate report on
"Agricultural Depression," in Illinois
improved lands fell from $20.81 in 1873
to $11.18 in 1892; wheat fell in the
same time from $1.10 to 69 cents a
bushel; cattle dropped nearly 60 per
cent; horses and mules went below;v
that; hogs fell 50 per cea:, and sheep
33 per cent.
In Nebraska improved lands have
fallen more than 20 per cent since 1SS5
and live stock about 40 per cent.
In Kansas the tenant farmers in
creased 30,563.
In the Pacific and mountain states
and the territories, the number of ten
ant farmers increased 20.350.
In the IMiddle states the number of
owning farmers decreased 42,304, and
the tenants increased 24,075.
In fifteen Southern states there was
an increase of 390,275 tenant farmers.
The Middle West, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois gives evidence of the same
change, and the group lost 31.259 own
ing farmers and gained 48,864 tenant
farmers.
In Illinois the tenants increased to
36.72 per cent of the whole. In eight
states of the Northwest the number of
tenant farmers increased 108,507.
In Pennsylvania farm lands have
fallen 25 to 30 per cent in less than
twenty years.
In the New England states, farm
lands have fallen 30 per cent since
1875.
In forty-seven states and territories
the number of tenant farmers increased
599,337. In 1880, 25.62 per cent of the
farms were cultivated by tenants, in
1890, 34.13 per cent of the farm families
were tenants.
According to the report of the secere
tary of agriculture for 1893 the value
of an average acre of wheat that year
in the United States was $6.16, and the
cost of raising it was $11.48-a net loss
to the wheat-growers of this country
of $5.32 for every acre cultivated that
year.
The report also says the average an
nual value of an acre of wheat for the
fourteen years from 1880 to 1893, in
clusive, was only $9.73, while it cost to
raise it per acre $11.4S-a net annual
loss to the farmers of the United States
of $1.75 for every acre of wheat pro
duced since 1879.
The same report shows that the cost
of raising an acre of corn in 1893 was
$11.71, and that the value of an acre of
corn that year was $8.21.
How to Destroy Public C'redit.
If the government has been paying
gold interest, it had that right by the
original agreement, and it may here
after pay silver interest by the same
right, The option is in the government,
and it has never been surrendered and
never will be. How often must this be
repeated before the goldites will con
sent to accept the fact? VWe have had
enough Shylock talk about "public
credit," "good faith," "honor," "under
standings;" "expectations," and "sup
positions." The surest way to kill
"public credit, good faith and honor"
is to smash down the price of property,
paralyze business, pauperize labor,
bankrupt enterprise, and drive the peo
ple into poverty and despair; and that
is precisely the role the gold-yelpers
are playing.-Chicago Triburt, Janu
cry 16, 1878.
The Ancient Unchangeable DIollar.
A correspondent asks us why we
giv.e so marked a preference to the sil
ver dollar of 3711 gr ains of pure sil
ver, and reject the proposed "Christi
ancy dollar," or the "Blaine dollar," or
the trade dollar? We shall not under
take now to repeat or restate all of
them. B't the first reason is that the
dollair of "371 grains pure silver has
been the monetary standard or unit
of value ii this country from
1792 until 1873, a period of eighty-one
years, It is the ancient, unchangeable
dollar of this country.-Chicago Trib
une, February 11, 1878.
The Silver Dolhnr the Unit.
The silver dollar 'was not chang.d.
In 1792 congress enacted, that 371".
grains of silver should constitute the
American dollar; that this dollar
should be the unit of value of Ameri
can money, and be a legal tender in
payment of all debts, public and
private. During the eighty years that
followed, though the size and quantity
of pure metal in the gold coins were
changed more than once, the silver dol
lar, the American unit of value, re
mained unchanged.-Chicago Tribune,
i'eb. 23, 1878.
The Double Standard,
In the. controversies with goldites it
is proper to point out and keep con
stantly in view the fact, which they a:re
so anxious to blink, that this country
always had the double metallic stand
ard from 1792 till 1873, when silver was
clandestinely dropped.-Chicago Trib
une, Feb. 11, 1878.
The Tribune and Workingmen.
A laboring man would infinitely pre
fer to be set at work earning silver dol
lars than to starve waiting for employ
ment on a gold basis.-Chicago Trib
une, January 9, 1878.
This campaign is not so much a con
test of political parties as it is a pro
test of a large majority of 70,000,000 of
liberty-loving people against financial
slavery.
A GOLD BUG OUTFIT.
A Private Car Loaded with Generals to
Storm the West.
General Alger, General Howard,
General Sickles, General Stewart and
General Sigel are touring the country l
in General Alger's private car. They I
will travel through Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras
ka, Kansas, Indiana Kentucky and
Ohio. They have a mission to per
form and propose to enjoy themselves
while at it.
It is the object of these gentlemanly I
generals to expound the gold standa!d
theory of money in all its purity. They
know all about its benefits, and who so
able to explain them to others as those
who have personal knowledge of their
general utility? In a general way these
doughty warriors know, of course, that
there are some people, usually of the
common classes, however, who do not
approve of the gold standard. They
have also heard indistinct rumors of I
suffering and hardship among the or
dinary people who are so lacking inI
foresight and common sense as to toil I
for a living, but as for anything defi
nite in that way penetrating their pri
vrate car why, it wasn't built that way.
Private cars are usually built with an
eye to the purpose of excludingthedisa
greeable characteristics of life, and suf
fering, destitution and starvation ale
generally included in that category.
In order to make them effective in ac
complishing their purpose they are
also built in such a way as to exclude
the common people because it is only ;
among the common people that the
stupid habit of suffering for want of
something to eat ever prevails to any 1
extent.
It is well known that it is the duty 1
of a general to command, and equally 1
the duty of the private to obey,
and when five generals bunch I
:,hemselves together and start out to
give commands it may be taken for
granted that the privates will line
themselves up, right about face, double
quick, charge, just as they are ordered !
to. Thus it would seem that our tour
ing generals have an enormous advant- I
age on their side from the start. and it
only needs that those condition:; which
are the acknowledged proper cues, be
tween generals and privates should ob
tain to make them preeminently suc
cessful in fulfilling their mission.
However, there is some difference
between a political campaign and a
war campaign. One difference of con
siderable importance, too, is that po
litical generals have no means of com
pelling obediencee to their commands
and therefore have to rely entirely on
their persuasive powers to accomplish
their end. This fact may not set well
with the quintuplet who are riding in
General Alger's car and whose exclu
sive surroundings naturally will ap
pear incomplete unless accompanied
with all the attributes of unlimited
power over their fellowmen which they
seem to imply, but they will have to
put up with it. It does seem a little
hard that a silken-clad general from
the environments of a palatial pi'ivate
car should be reduced to the level of a
Sockless Simpson or "Stump" Asliby
in his dealings with the private voters
of the country, but this is one of the
inconveniences of popular government
which the Alger crowd will have to
endure. But this is not all nor per
haps the greatest obstacle they will
find in their pathway.
Some of the "demagogues and rgi
tators'" with whom they will Ilkaly
come in contact have traveled so far
along the road that leads to anarehy
as to question seriously the right of
any man or set of men to avail them
selves of exclusive privileges at the
hands of monopolistic railways whose
very roadbed was acquired through
public condemnation of private prop
erty on the pretense that such condem
nation was necessary for the benefit of
the public. These "anarchists" are
actually demanding that the govern
ment shall take possession of all the
railroads in the country and thus cle- i
prive the few God-favored ones of the
free rides which they now enjoy at the
expense of the people. Alger, Sigel & 4
Co. will have to put up the best fight I
they can and even at the best, it is
likely that they will not find their path
vway among thle ten-cent corn raisers
of the west spread with roses.
Glve Us More Solid Money.
The prime object in remonetizlng
silver is to add to the solid substantial
intrinsic inoney stock of the country. I
There can't be too much hard money
real money-in circulation. Such an
inflation is stimulating and invigorat
ing. -It is at once a sign and prop of
national and commercial prosperity.
The simple remonetization of the sil
ver dollar, with proper provisions for
its coinage, will contlibute a steadyI
stream to the money resources of the
United States.-Chicago Tribune, Jan.
23, 1878.
I BELIEVE THAT THE STRUG
GLE NOW GOING ON IN THIS COUN
TRY AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR
A SINGLE GOLD STANDARD,
WOULD, IF SUCCESSFUL, PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD DISASTER IN THE
END THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE DESTRUCTION OF SILVER
AS MONEY AND) ESTABLISHI,'G
GOLD AS THE SOLE UNIT OF VAhL
UE MUST HAVE A RUINOUS iF
FECT ON ALL FORMS OF PROP
ERTY EXCEPT. THOSE INVIST
MENTS WHICH YIELD A FIXED
RETURN IN MONEY.-JAMES G.
BLAINE. (CONGRESSIONAL IRCC
ORD, PAGES 820 TO 822, 1878.)
The November election will plve
that Carl Schurz, who has acted in
turn with the republicans, democrats,
and mugwumps, does not carry tie
German-American vote in his pocket.
EX-SPEAKER CRISP DEAD.
ills Death the Result or Heart Fail
ure Following Fever.
1 Charles F. Crisp, ex-speaker of. the
house of representatives, died at At
lanta, Ga., Friday afternoon.
The end came at a quarter to 2
o'clock.. Mr. Crisp has been an inmate
of the sanitarium of Dr. J.S.B.Holmes,
in this city, for several weeks. His con
dition had been reported as very bad,
but no fatal conclusion to his illness
had been expected so soon. When a
rumor got abroad several days ago that
he was sinking it was vigorously denied
at the Sanitarium, where it was given
out he was getting better.
Mr. Crisp was the choice of the Dem
ocrats of Georgia to succeed Senator
John B. Gordon in the United States
senate and would have been chosen to
that position by the legislature at its
approaching session had he lived. His i
untimely death throws the political
Isituation into chaos, and makes the
choice of a senator a matter of great i
uncertainty.
Mr. Crisp has been at the Holmes 4
I Sanitarium five weeks, suffering from 1
malarial fever. ?
'ihe immediate cause of his death
was heart failure.
Mr. Crisp had he lived, would have
been the next senator from Georgia.
He was a forceful speaker, and a man
of great tact and possessed of other
qualities that eminently fitted him for
the leadership in parliamentary assem
blage. His first prominence in nation
al affairs came fron the skill with
which he led his party in several w"rm
election contests. The prestige he
then acquired led to his election to
the speakership, after one of the most
memorable canvasses in the history of
the house. His chief opponent was
Senator Roger Q. Mills, whom he de
feated after a struggle that was prolong
ed so thatthe houseof ; epresentatives,
contrary to custom, assembled on the
opening day with the question of its
next speaker still in doubt. As Speak
er, Mr. Crisp was fair but firm. His
rulings have been upheld and though
sometimes they were the subject of
considerable criticism from his politi
cal opponents he always commanded
their respect and defiance. He was a
pronounced advocate of the free coin
age of silver and on the occasion his
casting vote-as speaker saved the defeat
of the free coinage bill. On the other
hand, it was largely due to his firm
ness in ruling that passed the Sherman
silver repeal law through the house,
his ruling defeating a formidable fili
bustering movement, led by Mr. Bland,
of Missouri and others.
IMr. Crisp was an Englishman by
birth and in his early life had been
identified with the stage.
The bholly of ex-Speaker Crisp was
removell Saturday morning from Dr.
Holmes' Eanitarium, where he died,
to the State capitol. It was escorted
by the military and a guard of distin
guished ci;izens, and placed in the ro
tunda, gu rdea by a ,detachment of
military.
A equal of bluecoated policemen,
detailed by Chief Connolly, stood on
guard bef ire the Halcyon during Sat
urday morning, to preserve order
when the .uneral pa:ty arrived.
On the early' train Irom the south ;
Mr. Davenport, husband of Mr. Crisp's
eldest daughter, arrived from Ameri
cus to join the mourning family. With
him came ir. Burton, father of Mrs.
Crisp.
* A little after 9 o'clock the sombre
looking car of Messrs. Barclay & Co.,
the funeral directors, drove up with
the casket, and robed for the grave the
body of Georgia's distinguished dead,
when it was placed within its narrow
bed.
At half-past tine the casket contain
Sing the body of Mr. Crisp was brought
- dlown stairs and placed in a large room
- at the back of the hall. The casket is
' what is known as a "state casket." It
3 is of red cedar, lined with copper,
over which is rich white satin. The
casket is covered with the finest qual
ity of English broadcloth, and has
Shandles of silver plate, on which, in
Ssimple script, the name Charles F.
:Crisp is engraved. The dead man
t looked very natural, except for the
s xtreme pallor and the fact that he
was somewhat thinner than usual. He
was dressed in deep black, with a
white lawn tie, at his neck and a snow
white rose bud on the lapel of his
coat, to relieve the combre colors sur
rounding them.
The remains of ex-Speaker Crisp
were buried in Oak Grove Cemetery
last Sunday evening. The body was
taken to Americus on a special train
from Atlanta. When the train at
rived at Atmericus the entire popula.
tion of the city had gathered at the
station. The vast assemblage stood 1
in silence with uncovered heads,
to show their respect for the
dead. All the bells in the city
were tolled and added to the solemnity
of the occasion. The casket was con
veyed from the special car to the
hearse, which was drawn by four black
horses, each led by a sable groom.
SThe Americus Light Infantry and a
delegation of fortyl citizens preceded
the hearse and the procession started.
to the Methodist church. The build
ings along the line of march were
draped in'mourning. At the church
one hour was devoted by Mr. Crisp's
friends to reviewing the remains.
The remains were accompanied by
Gov. Atkinson and staff, delegations
from Atlanta and other cities of the
State, members of the Georgia Bar As
sociation, Hoke Smith, ex-secretary of
the interior; Congressman Chas. L.
Bartlett and J. C. C. Black, ex-Con
gressman Barnes, a military escort of
commissioned officers of thq Fifth
Georgia Regiment, and several hun
dred citizens, contributed by the towns
wherever the train stopped. Gen. 1
Clement A. Evans delivered the funeral I
oration at the church at the conclusion '
of the services therb, thb
conveyed to the cemeter
All the houses along t
draped. The processio i
house thd Crisp family dwel
3 ago. Friends had placed $
over the gateway on whic.l
words: "His Old Nome '!
lined the sidewalks from "ti
to the cemetery. Arrivi
Grove, the military opened
stood at "present arms."
mains were carried to the`
burial plot and after a ,Pray.(
Gen. Evans, the body W-'
t into the grave.
1i - -
HESTER'S COTTON
428,346 Bales, Against 410
Year.
Secretary Hester's weekd
leans Cotton Exchange ta
s sued at the close of busine~
1 shows an increase in the me,
i to sight compared with thq
t ending this date last year
figures of 18,000 bales, a d
Sder the same days year befor
1 88,000 and an increase over
days in 1893 of 10,000.
1 For twenty-three days o:
the totals show a gain over'
of 124,000, a loss from year.
of 81,000, and a gain over
1 294,000.
For the fifty-three days of
r son that h eve elapsed the ag
ahead of the same filty-three
- last year 809,000, of sameday5
1 fore last 468,000, and of the
i in 1893 by 1,008,000.
The amount brought into `
> ing the past week has been
t against 410,722 for the seven& .
f ing this date last year, 516,7
s before last, and 418,419 for :tb
- time in 1893; and for the
days of October it has been 1,
against 1,306,210 last year, l'
year before last, and 1,134,475`
These make the total mov
the fifty-three days from
s 2,647,965, against 1,839,005
1 2,179,891 year before last d
f 724 same time in 1893. `
The movement since SepI
1 receipts at all United Sta
1 1,985,475, against 1,273,590
- 1,639,997 year before last, sa
716 same time in 1893; over
t the Mississippi, Ohio and,
rivers to Northern mills an
192,045 against 129,013
1 183,733 year before last, andm
1893; interior stocks in exic
1,311,3 59, against 284,136 :l
210,034 year before last, and
in 1,8,3; Southern mill takia
against 152,206 last year, 1
before last, and-124,586 in<l8
Foreign exports for the'
been 287,341, against 139,1
making the total thus far fo
994,934, against 503,420`
1 an increase of 491,514.
Northern mill takingsi
past seven days show a
f 18,707 as compared pith.
sponding period last ye
Stotal takings since Septemi
1 increased 65,807. The to
of American mills, North;
Canada, thus tar for the
been 527,838, against 4
1 year. These include 166,716w
ern spinners, against 300,96
Stocks at the seaboard
Stwenty-nine leading Southed
centres have increased durig
56,609 bales, against an in
- ing the corresponding pei
season of 169,078, and are
1 larger than at this date in1!
3 Including stocks left overi
and interior towns froin thet
ad the number of bales br
sight Ihus far for the newi
- supply to date is 2,986,t1
t against 2,148,959 for the uase
1 last year.
It must be remembere4 !
t weekly, monthly and season'ii
sons in Secretary Heater's r
made up to corresponding
- year, year before lasrt ndi
SComparisons to close of Ce
1 weets are misleading, as itotl
of this week last year would
1 fifty-five days of the seso
fore last fifty-six days, ands
fifty-seVen days1, agaist~ o
three days this year.
Net overland for this ae t
r 50,448, for this week last Y
Sfor this week name time in l8!
- thus far for month last yeQ
thus far for month year:
157,436, thus far for mouth
Sin 1893 72,831.
Brought into sight this we
same seven days last Tear
same seven days in i893
twenty-three days of October.,
1,428,634, t-cnty-three days
ber last year 1,306,210, tW
days of October year be
1,509,354,twenty-three daysal
in 1863 1,134,475.
Increase in amount of crop
into sight over last year8
crease in amount broughtii
date over year before last .
amount brought into sight to
same time in 1893 1,008,241 i,
since Sept. 1 over last year
iforeign exports since 8ept. :
year 491,514.
Northern spinners' takiDg
61,934, same seven days lastY.
641.
Increase in American si
ings since Sept. 1 over lasty
in American stocks over sleta
098.
Sheats Law Uncen:tlt.
The American Missionsr
tion, at which has been int
testing the Sheats law in Floni
day received a telegram ro
S. Perry, at Orange Park,
ing that the law wasThaIrsdi
unconstitutional. The law
arate schools for whites
compulsory.