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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

SENATOR CONKLING entered the Re-
publican caucus on the 18th, and made a
short but sharp speech. He said the caucus
had been called without consultation with
him, and was an attempt to defeat him by in
direct methods. He declared that Robert
sons confirmation would disrupt and defeat
the Republican party in New York, but said
as the Republican Senators were rushing on
| so eagerly to that fate, that he washed his
hands of the whole affair.
THE removal of Republicans from
small Post-ofiices in Virginia and putting in
Readjusters has made considerable stir in
that State. Many Virginia Republicans
have been protesting to the President against
the Republicans being turned out Of office,
and it is now announced that halt has been
called; that the President wants the Repub-
lican organization of Virginia maintained in
all its strength, and hereafter Republican
Postmasters will remain in office.
The Secretary of the Interior has
rendered a decision in which he rejects the
claim of the State of Kansas for an alleged
deficiency Of 1857 acres of land which were
certified to the State in 1862, and double
minimum lands in adjustment Of the grant
under what is commonly known as the Gag
ricultural College Act.''
A SPECIAL from Fort Niobrara, Neb.,
says that Lieut.. Samuel A. Cherry, of the 9TH
Cavalry, and escort, while out scouting for
road agents near Niobrara, came upon them
suddenly, when n fight ensued in which
Lieut.. Cherry was killed. The road agents
escaped.
AT Atchison, Kans., on the 18th,
Charles Given murdered his wife, Louise,
by shooting her four times and then blew
out his brains. Jealousy.
L. C. CLARK was hanged at Messilla,
near Las Cruces, N. NJ. on the 18Th, for the
murder of Robert II. Maun, at Dona Ana,
last January.
Mss. GARFIELD's condition was a
little improved on the 18th. Statements
having been published that her Illness was
due to the bad sanitary condition of the
White House, Messrs. Rollins, Morrill, and
Angus Cameron inspected the building with
II view to reporting its condition to Congress.
APLEAsURE boat on Lake Licking,
Lancaster, Ohio, containing Mr.. and Mrs.
Price stowe and their two children and an
aged lady named Mrs. Dsbara LaSch, cap
sized on the 18th. and all were drowned eN-
cept Mrs. Stowe.
EDWARD BROUGHTON was fatally ana
Patrick Elliot seriously bnrned by paint
vat catching fire in New York City.
Two brothers, named Bowen, residing
twenty. five miles north of Clarksville, Ark,
on the Boston Mountain. were instantly killed
hv stroke of lightning while blowing IN a
field. The stroke fractured every bone i'll
their bodies. Both were married.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21
CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, MAY


| include fermented as well as distilled H.
quors. The dcputation presented petitions
from thirty States and Territories, repre-
senting doo,ooo members OF churcheS and
temperance societies. Among the petition
ers are Gov. Long OF Massachusetts and Gov.
st: , yohn OF Kansas.
AhH ueooiii'oseo pouy Vi sounS
German woman was round III the bushes
leai 'ne bergen ilhc pouie'a[o pet"eeh
"ut . anu t. Lee NJ d. Drains were
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f.',
AI.Nns,,p has blocked tho N,onnt
Cent. tunnel.
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,vsre th. case ~ his talirr on
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources.

THE President has nominated Thomas
R. McMorris, Colorado, Commissioner to ac-
cept and ratify the agreement submitted by
the Indians Of Colorado.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

THE President has nominated Charles
Z. Henry, Of Ohio, United States Marshal
for the District OF Columbia, and Frederick
Douglass, Recorder of Deeds for the District
Of Columbia, rice George A. Sheridan, re-
aivued
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

GEN. MELIKoFF, Commandaut of st.
Petersburg; Dobaza, Minister of Finances;
Nicolai, Minister Of Public Instruction, and
Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have all
rendered their designations to the Emperor
of Russia.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

THE monument to StonewaH Jackson
was unveiled by the Association Of the Army
of Northern Virginia at Metarie Cemetery,
New Orleans, ON the 10th. Fitz Hugh Lee
and Jefferson Davis addressed an immense
gathering.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

cially communicated to the Secretary OF
State and Diplomatic Corps that he has ac-
cepted the tender of the British Embassy TO
Russia.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

"A lady about to remove from Hart
ord, Conn, to st. Louis had four pet
cats shipped to that city by express q
few days ago.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

The Marquis of Lorne has communi-
Gated to the members Of the Canadian Gov
eminent his determination to retire from the
Governor Generalship. 1t is intimated that
his lordship's relations with the Gladstone
Ministry are not altogether harmonious.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

THE Gar reviewed $4,000 of his
troops at st. Petersburg on the 18th. He rode
up and down the lines on horseback, fol-
lowed by the Empress in an open carriage.
The public were not admitted to the
grounds. 1t is said the soldiers were ex-
eeediuOly eafhusiastic.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

: A DUBLIN dispatch says: A bailiff,
employed by Lord Dundalls, while return
ing from wake, was shot through the lungs,
receiving.a mortal wound. His assassins
were concealed behind hedge near Dooken.
John Hefferman, prominent Land Lacquer,
has been arrested ut Cork, and several other
arrests have been made near Castlebar, I'M
der the provisions Of the Coercion act.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

THE Cowpens monument was I'M
veiled at Spartansburg, S. c., on the 18th,
with impressive ceremonies. The granite
base and the pedestal Of the monument were
builtby joint contributions of the old thirteen
States dal Tennessee, and the bronze statue
Of Gen. Morgan was contributed by Congress.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

ANOTHER Republican Senatorial eau
Gus was held on the 18th to consider the
pending party crisis. 1t having become evil
dent to the Senators that the President
would make no concession or compromise in
regard to the Robertson nomination, It was
finally decided, without any formal vote but
by common consent, that Senators should be
released from the obligations imposed by the
previous caucus and should be at perfect
liberty to act according to their individual
Judgment In disposing Of this and other
contested nominations.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21


dress was made by one who figured so promi
nently in the war, by one who followed old
stuart gallantly, and who was equal in
prowess and bravery to his commander: and
yet againit is difficult Tor ME to speak since
our thoughts are now turned toward the
hero whose memory we Today are celebrat-
ing. The character and conduct of StonewalI
jackson so sounded his glory tina. an crco-
MUM can neither enlarge nor adorn his fame.
IL complete in itself 1t would be but
idleness to attempt an eulogy of him now.
To that man whose image stands there, he all
isiuna that the statue was made, for in
the war there was nothing needed so
much as artillery, and the Washington AriiI-
lery came to the rescue otthe country. Aye,
it is well that Louisiana should rear the
statue, tor in the campaigns whore he stood
alone, driving the divisions of the enemy be-
lore IRE, him. Louisiana. men stood be:idc him
Dick Taylor, illustrating the piety and Chris
t'amity of Jackson's character. Says Taylor:
" While Jackson was ut Fort Republic it was
found to be absolutely necessary to climb the
fortress a hazardous enterprise Just pre-
sitting alone while the roar of guns was
heard. and while shells Were bursting on CIV
was true to his country. and he did all that
man could, trusting God to sustain the right;
bit it would be unjust to you, friends, to con.
Time speaking about the story of
Jackson n;,,;. Prom the time he left
necessarily Tor State rights, self gov ernment,
and Constitutional liberty. No one expected
that lie would become the great hero of our
war and stand in the minds of Europcans as
the mishliest chiefiain the Confedcracy saw
lapplausel. This quiet professor rose like n
meteor over the Confederate strife. and. like n
meteor, his career was short but it shone on
until its close. He lived for his ntry, never
doubling that its cause was righteous. lie
died feeling as do to day, that the cause was
in truth and Justice. He gave his
whole heart to the cause, and the country
CAV e its heart TO Jackson. You men on whom
he leaned, honor yourselves IN honorini,
him.
GREAT APPLAUSE ENsUED,
but as night was rapidly approaching. Rev.
Father Hubert Immediately rose and, pro-
nouncing the bcnediction, dismissed the
audience,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13
MIR. Cash's Little Joke.

An old tpeddler named Cash WELL
known to most of the citizens of this
city, hit upon novel plan one day last
week to regain the affections of his wife
and step children, which he had lost by
going home very. drunk the night be-
fore, when they drove him from home.
The next day the old man went to the
house and knocked at the door, and his
wife appeared. to whom he stated he.
was i'll and begged her to let him in.
Believing he was really sick, the wife
admitted him, when in a few moments
he fell over on the floor apparently
dead. The naighbors were called in
and the old man was pronounced gone,
sure. They began to array him in his
best suit and fix him up for burial, the
old lady, in. the meantime, crying and
calling on the dead man to speak Just
once more, and accusing herself of
hard heartedness in turning him out of
doors. All of suddens the supposed
corpse turned over. and, seeing his wife
crying. called to her, saying he forgave
her and asked forgiveness for himself
which she readily granted, and at last
accounts they were getting along
smoothly. - " ashingtop Post. g.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13
How . Sailor Boy Kept His Vow.

In sixteen hundred and something,
0homas Button, a sailor boy, was cap
tured by the pirates off the coast Of
Barbary and sold as slave. Afteren-
during the most dreadful cruelties he
was released aon the payment of q
gratuity to his master, by the. tender
hearted Captain Of an English mer-
chairman, and offered a. free passage
to England. On reaching the deck of
the vessel he fell on his knees and
poured out the most touching thanks
giving to Him whose good providence
had led to his release, and vowed that
if ever he should become wealthy
he would devote the money to charita-
BILE uses. On reaching England he
found situation in merchants count
ing-house, and tafterward engaged in
the Turkish trade, acquiring considera-
BILE wealth. We have not the date of
his death, but his will, under which the
controversy arose, is dated in Hexton
Square, London. February 10, 1884
(as the dates run before the civil year
was changeD, and was duly admitted
to probate. By this will, after q few
small legacies, he bequeathed his prop
erty. to the Ironmongers' Company in
trust, one-haf of the interest and prof.
its OF his estate yearly to be devoted to
the redemption of British slaves in
Turkey or Barbary; one-quarter to the
charity schools in the city and suburbs,
of London (including Shoreditch, his
ownparish) where the education should
be according to the Church of England,
and the other quarter to the Ironmon-
gers Company for their minister, poor
freemen, widows and other objects of
charity, to pay them for executing the
trust. The exact amount of the orig
inal estate is not given, but for several
years about So, 500 was given to the
schools, SO we must suppose the prin-
cipal represented in the trust was about
$3.50, ,O00, Of course, as time wore on
anil no. British slaves could be- found to
whose redemption the fund could be
applied. that part Of the bequest aceu9
mulateds and in 1887 an accounting
being ordered, the trust was found to
include an unappropriated sum of $685. =
900 in Government stocks, and q realty
in Essex, let for over 81. 900 per annum.
The Court of Chancery then ordered
S35, 900 in stock to be set aside for the
slavery redemptions and the interest of
the residue to be appropriated to En-
glish parochial schools throughout En-
gland and Wales, as likely to be as near
the views and wishes of the donor as
the circumstances of the case would ad-
init. Under this about $25,000 q year,
is divided among the, schools in. twenty.
six dioceses, ranging from $4O0 to
ST., 800 a year, according to their needs
and population. ria. Z. journal of Com.
91erce.
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son in almost everything He does, IL
we did but know it,
And all the theologians in the world
could not have improved upon the faith
OF this simple, unlettered old farmer
Stt9rdau Ni0ht.
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rur EAREpFdEL MogQrYT0.

ia III k,sz .s5sf E&.
mis- not because he hummeth
0nairy wing, ..s..
r5st YOU may know he cometh.
Yetir flesh to sting.
He b0bbeth up serenely
10 take a bite,
60 orIietls and mennly,A @Ssg
with silent spite;
-.Anafh,is YOU furnish meat to ~
!. The early fall mosquito.
= u6ars and screens he laugheth.
sd 1.-THE and small,
And blood he freely quaffeth,
- In spite of all. svs
mis- sharp phlebotomizing
By day and night,
Corpuscfes sanalyzing bank
With keenest Sight,
.Nasath existence sweet to
.The early fall mosquito.
ne crime that he committeth
81 n sShoeking, too;
s;sp6f Write your blood he letteth,
poisoneth you.
No station he respecteth,
4dbe1Een ,ss M bs s1s 1sseeseaeth, 80 ~
He stinGs sB0th rich and poor, ,too,3
The early fall mosquito.
IN. 7. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13

The rector Of o, well known city
church in London, who receives nearly
81, 100a year, nowa lives altogether At
the seaside, leaving the parish to be
looked after and the Services conducted
by a acurate at f120 This gentleman
has quarrelled with the choir on ques-
tion Of remuneration, so that the SER
vices are now hurried over without
music. and the sermon has been. discon-
tinued. ss8 st3is3 itsis 10
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13
|PlUsiG5iEsT l i5i PARAvdg1PHs.

You will seldom find an attorney at
f4WLh he knows better. = rd5stty Fur. sn1a&9w
s4is-tive. of. wealthy man c-5 sesn !, M rs
Thas6y usIikf fri1lslss ihl,J Svsd sa9aT
Ts'eWs can die and leave behind l
= Cd pnes q k0ceM -. -. W sinsu
D5.4 qdl. ssI41tf2l I'D; asss -1o
og c;t;.ss sss a re =, g.s n le,
hS% rnanv- ~ tailors IL to3k ~ make :
man and he Tan,svweerred ~ Main T5 bGi sd
THwcob Siraaasi. Gssd rniyad 1Ssf q ,svF
ll1 ajAd.;,,.,. rth. ,o,,,. W., -, -
ia stn, ~ ~, essS yA3l 500
Ut sss ~ 49, sS' ssSssase :. c4,,
aon;t va,, kno,r are stories are told tn
ova nleasnra ~ f5e rliarr sS,d m f5aoGs
~ tssss si < IL Us.snr;,.
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to--ad =, ~ Gnrarei s. rsesaa SasaD
~ 1sstEaI1 T1s;;to ~ yafaresS
sn0 Ja. o,,terrad -, 49,. s.e
Se ~ u.y s,,,.l1 -. :. ~ basb
o;,,t s,-,s - ;ss,s R-s;lssSs, ~.
'aens o'ons = .AP' - 0a1
y1ehsQWey Assfs 3 F9all lltarX dSisQd dosna
can ypn ten ne u y Is Ene correct thing
sor aady 20 ley nSid seqotsaec ss gs
ltnet FL I afE sss1f esaiXblf ,5Sa3 nsiza
tbsnr Ts SddsSs s m ass,
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The Width. ef the Door. cd "

IwanS ameoe. oY:s lnoaEs saSSsl NJ
On, Pianyu y kpe YsSlNls, sIsaH ~ ~. ~:
Ioniexy, ~ We u : aow w aliohI eLu:sa..:as - 81
.ne .pasG .ass , nJsso -, !" az Az III
anu .9e aoMsl anel as ~ sa5 i,9'11T 9uao yoI AZ
kachGu ou. - sn9 ~. ,,;ooa
,cnfp,' ssked Iii %1 the ca, carDenter snu = sy h'ssN
S1. r,t,i+r1 u s., a,,, ass,
.,,,,;a1 ado 1a"sIaa,,,s. MIasn ~ W. 80 as soa.s
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13

The cattle-bells in the Hartz Mount
aims are made so as to harmonic with
one another in sound
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13

No innosent man need fear ridikule,
for ridikule that is not true fiaz no
power in it.-Josh Billings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-13
The Towers and Columns Of Paris.

Been doing the towers and columns.
of Paris. Tower st. Jacques, Column
Vendome, Column of July, Place Bas-5
tile, Towers of Notre Dame. Tower St.
Jacques is stone tower. Very ancient.
Once part of a church. French Revo-i
luton tore it down. Ascent by, STAIR
case in one corner. Stone steps. Very
narrow Not room for two to pass.
Met persons coming down. Some per-
sons large. Several females. Over
whelmed.9 Looked down ON Paris from
the top. Nothing else to do but, look,
down. Statue Of saint on top. Stone
saint. Stone only material compatible
with saintliness in Paris. Iron handles
in back of stone saint To assist sin
ners in climbing saints back. Handles
reach to his head. Climbed up the
saint. Dizzy elevation. Fearful saint
might fall. Felt. myself a load of sin
on the saints back. Climbed down. Do
not wish to climb any more saints.
Paid custodians of Tower st. Jacqres
two cents for privilege of climbing
tower and Saint. About 500 steps In (.
all. Seemed I, 600 before reaching top.
AS job, wouldn't do it for less than
$3.50. Strange how much labor people
do perform while travelling for pleasure.
Strikes me sometimes I m travelling for
pain. Next did Column OF July, Place
Bastile, Column of iron. Hollow, Of
course Resembles a big steamboat
smokestacR. Trembles and vibrates at
top. Unpleasant sensation. Gained
the top. Looked down. Nothing else
to do at the itopbn look down. Column
of JulyEa sort of iron monumental tombs.
stone. Inscribed on it names of those
killed in some French revolution. Paid
four cents for privilege Of ascending
Column. As a job, wouldn't do it for
less than $500. Noisaint on Column
of July. Too modern for saint. Saints
in France gave out many hundred years
ago. Tried the Column Vendome. Top
as usual. Looked down. Nothing to be
done but look down Last were the
Towers Notre Dame As a pleasure,
did the Towers by payment of six sous.
AS a pain, wou1dn' climb them under
$3.50. Am glad I've done the towers
of Paris. Got 'em off my. mind, No
more pleasure Of that sort to agonize
through, thank iheayeni Still. foreign
towers must be assembled by all tower
lists. That's what they're made for.
OF what use would / be to the crowd in
Slum Gulch, were / to return without
having climbed all The towers of Paris?
Prentice Mn.Jord, I'm San FranciseolI
Cbronicle
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iNTMBERs's31 aspod'lA
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-L.l sl3f9 % TiIT9sFa1fY slg X
|taisGii SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
-ktlM {kAE.--@ 10 STsQIN9 pH 4
s3s--Senator Hoar is to give an address
on :. Christian Education at the South
at the nHxt meeting OF tho American
Missionary Association.
|.tirzThe Tennessee University. al id.
stitutioa supported sby thes itaxpayers,
has decided TO exclude negroes, who
may instead 90 to the Fisk University
ct the States expense. 10 gossT0q m
: e ATheopehua air meetings. in Chicago.
held spndar, the auspices OF the different
churches,s are d great ssiceessgO The
audiences are large. and though made
pp0t those not accustomed to attend
church are quiet and orderly. fasfa09 4
The Jesnits continue to prosper in
England. 1t is stated that the Imperial
Hotel at Dover, 4 very large sbdiiding,
which has been pnpocnpied for several
years, has been purchased by. the order
and wal soon be Scot vefted into h. Jesuit
college. ,.ifx&s eds 10 noitoss tssss
among as 4gEa9sRs @Ef ss ggslssg II
e6uAdat thaixG Sabbath .sas appearss from
o decision of Rabbi Kohlers congrega-
lion To- hUm servioes ona That dsy tEer
lJexsrprotests hoveyer.3th tkeir Sab
bath can only be hallowed upon the sew
'entk day. AssS 5knin Dag hssa 9W f&d
soLReysgNG Nv. 4 Hsleomhs1 q rrecent
6ssS sppSnssa q a$s Is dss aas
Chow, China, Ihy the Eoreigh Missien
SS sad mi mi sa SIns shs
aasc of 0ctoberla Mrsn Halcomh is q
rnsatige Of MS Missouri Yi, 10 Isa;,asr, =. /.
American missionaries have at
present 1O0s0hoolp atteideishB 16, 0aQ
seh0lsfss sie Turkey, High seh0ols 9eIs. and Of
establisksaii insanaAy6 66fg the spfiaeipnl
Sss sslss NJ siss aHfses F yJa As shas s
efsaA nasi6naiitiesshaVso heanlfeundsd
ssSs Z esPstspt'RaRle sGyE9ut sAiHEss AAiiHHfEaR end
iaAThe; saMmsty ,ses she Rissbs tarian
Board of Hone Missions for the past
year Shows that 1,217 men have been
'in copnnsissid6 insthirty mimi Gtstss anh
Territories. ia Kansas takes. the leadr
coming next;wisiDaofkao0f thw wywhole
au45srs sag aEs IN tbs XestsEP B States t
port 4 i97g dditinsEs Esnf ionfseaipA q and
4,715 On certificate, and 2 total mem
,cengregationSg TherAars1sl47 elaupoh
edi6ces, and $115,865 of church debts
ssasepiid the past year. The t0taf fsg
eeipts Of the Bosrdswere $346s0lJ ethc
largest since the. reunion. -.
KIN his report to the Columbia Col.
1ege trusteeS EtS3idenH E1unaffl1si<etehs'
Ies ganl ideal school, It is tooa long to
give here, but he believes the time has
come when tnsibodily ssnseasaadsperl
sseptlves shsu1d be trained as vel, as,
In the open afr andslesn insoiloOl foonlss,
The mysteries of the world about us are
.tbes first to be communicated to- The
studentso sHeolH Nills sta "a. suhseanaat,
ideration,, This will give promi-
any and zoolngDg Etet1 txained youth
Miu be A scientist, less attention will be
paid 70 Vthe htiinanit5es. ana very much
m6re tosthH acbiAlities of the wondrpus
universe; il lg. which we live and move and
have our b6ing g. ~ sislsfs eas5 ilsiN efl
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! English newspapers, are, very. Inter,

ssg ASAAsA uoMopSEeAaf Skes ~ F1Atkf-
esting-to those who read them. A
recent number Of the London Times gives
six of its eight pages to Parliament, two
columns to court reports, q Column and
. half to telegraphic matter, and the
remainder to advertisements.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

AT q period when the population Of
every other quarter Of Europe has been
increasing, that OF Ireland has been di.
mlnlOhing. In 1871 1t was 5,4l1,416; now
1t Is l99,683 less. As the births between
1881 and 1881 were 1881, lis, and The
deaths 960,ll0, the natural increase OF
42S. OO2 must have been lost by emigration.
The aggregate loss since 1S4l has been
about 100000. Men emiErAte more than
women, and Ireland Is now possessed Of q
large excess Of women. In the Roman
Catholic Church there are 2,0l5,S 1888 fe.
maleS TO 1.938,05S males In the Episcopal
9O2 ,S05 females TO 276,eoS males; in the
Presbyterian, 250,552 females to 234,9 5l
males In the Methodist, 24,S77 females 10
1892 males. This decrease In population
adds force TO the opposltlon made by
Irish members Of Parliament 10 The clauses
OF Mr.. GladStonO'S bill which provide for
extending pecuniaty facilities to intending
SmiUrants. The ptemiOrb purpose, how.
ever, was mot further to dsplete the coun.
try as a whole, but to rsl!eve the e1CetS
gathered into certain districtB,