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LOISETTE, 837 Fifth Ave., New York. all dit cMrtft U Mrtn-A- MONTH can be made rSllllJ TO 2)J3UU worklnir for us. Agentanro- furri ho can turnlsh their ona horses aid give ibslr wk tie time to the business. Soaro momenta im. u. e, joumsoh & CO. va. junoit-r-ti. rrcsldent's Message, THE FUt.t. TEXT OV AN IMPORTANT MES SAGE ON TIIK CANADIAN QUESTION. Washington, Aucust 23. Tho President sent the following messago to tho Congress this afternoon: ro the uoNonr.ss: A lio rojootion by thoSonato of tho treaty lately nego tiated for tho BOlllomcnt and adjust ment of tho differences existing bo- twecntho United States and Great Britain concerning tho rights and pri vileges of the American fisherman in the ports and waters ot Jsntisn rsortli America, scorns to justify a survpy of tho condition to which tho pending question is thus remitted. Tho treaty upon this subject, con cluded In 1818, through disagree ments jib to tho meaning of its terms, has been a fruitful source of irritation nnd trouble. Our citizcnR engaged in fishing enterprises in waters adjacent to Canada havo been subjected to nu merous voxation?, interferences and annoyances, their vessels havo been seized upon pretexts which appear to bo entirely inndinissiblo and they havo been othorwiso treated bv tho Cana dian authorities and oflicials in a man ner inoxotisablo and oppressive. THIS CONDUCT JUSTIFIED. This conduct ha s becu justified by Great Britain and Cauada by the olaim that tho treaty ot 1818 porraittod it and upon tho ground that it was necessary to tho proper proteotion of Canadian interests. Wo deny that treaty agreements justify theso acts and wo furthur maintain that, aside from any treaty restraints of disputed interpretation, tho rolativo positions of tho United States and Canada as near neighbors, tho growing of our joint commerce, tho deyelopment and pros perity of both countries, which arnica bio relations suroly guarantee, and, abovo all, tho liberality always extend ed by tho Unitod States to the peoplo of Canada, iurnished motives for kind ness and consideration higher and bet ter than treaty covenants. While keenly sensitive to all that was exasperating in the condition aud by no means indisposed to support the just complaints of our injured citizons, I still deem it my duty for tho preser vation of important American inter ests which wero directly involvod in view of all tho details of tho situation, to attempt by negotiation to remedy existinc w rones and to finally torml- nato by a fair and just treaty these o crreourring causes of difficulty. THE REJECTED TRUATY WAS JUST. I fullv believe that tho treaty just rejected by tho Senato was well suited to the exigency and that its provisions wero adequate for our seourity in tho future from vexatious incidents aud for tho promotion of friendly neighbor hood and intimacy, without saenhc- ing in( tho least our national pride or dignity. I am quite conscious that neither my opinion of tho value of the rejected treaty nor tho motives which prompted its negotiation are of importance in the light ot judgment ot tuo oenate tnero unon. But it is of importance to note that this 'treaty has been rrjectcd with out any apparent disposition on tho part of the Senato to alter or amend its provisions and with the evident inten tion not wanting expression that uo negotiation should at present be con cluded touching tho matter at issue. Tho co-operation necessary tor tho adjustment of tho lone-standing i.a tioual differences with which wo havo to deal, by methods of conference and agreement, having thus been declined, 1 am bv no means disposed to aoanuon the interests and tho debts of our people in the prcmites or to neglect their criovances, aud I thereforo turn to tho contemplation ot a plan ot ro talintion as a mole, which still ro mains, of treating tho situation, I am not unmindful of tho gravity of tho responsibility assumed in adopt ing this lino of conduct, nor do I fail iu tho least to appreciate its serious consequeuoes. It will uo impossibio to injure our Canadian neighbors by retaliatory measure i without indicting somo damago upon our own citizens. This results from our proximity, our community of interests, and tho inevit able commingling of tho business en terprUes, which havo been developed by mutual activity. THE POLICY OF RETALIATION. Plainly stated, tho policy of national retaliation manifestly embraces the in- lliction of tho greatest harm upon those who havo injured us, with tho least possiblo damago to ourselves, Thero is also an ovident propriety as well as nn invitation to moral support found in visiting upon tho offending party tho samo tneasuro or kind of treatment of which wo complain, and as fer as possiblo within the samo lines And abovo all things tho plan of re taliation, if entored upoi, should bo thorough and vigorous. These considerations led mo at this timo to invoko tho aid and counsel of tho Congress and its support in suoh a further grant of power as soems to mo necessary and dcsiramo to rendor ouco tivo tho polioy I havo indicated. Tho Uontrress has already passed a law, which received Exeoutive assent on tho third day ot March, 1887, pro viding that iu caso American fishing vessels being or visiting in tho waters, or at any of tho ports of tho British dominions of North America, should he, or lately had been, deprived of tho rights to whloh thoy wero ontitlod by treaty or law, or if they wore denied certain othor privileges therein speci fied, or vexed and harrassed in tho cn- joymont of tho same, tho President uugllb uuuy iu vubhuib mm iuvu mus ters and orows of tho British domin ion of North America any entrance into tho waters, ports or harbors of tho United States, and also deny entry into any port or place of tho United States of any prod not of said domin ion to tho United States. Whilo I shall not hesitate, upon propep occasion, to onforco this act, it would soem to bo unnecessary to sug gest that, if suoh onforooment is limi ted in such a manner as shall result in the least possiblo injury to our own people, tbo effect would probably bo entirely inadequate to the accomplish ment of the purposo desired. PltEPAUINO TO RETALIATE. I doom it my duty, therofore, to call tho attention of the Congress to cer tain particulars In tho action of tho authorities ot tho uomimon 01 uan ada, in addition to the General allcua lions already made, which appear to bo in such m ark oil ooutrast to tho liberal and friendly disposition of our country as in my opinion to call for suoh legis lation as will, upon tho principles al ready stated, properly supplement tuo power to inaugurate rotahatlon already vested in tho Jixecutivo. Actuated by tho sonorous and neigh borly spirit which has characterized our legislation, our tariff laws have sinco 1850 been so lar waived In lavor of Canada as to allow frca of duty tbo transit across tho territory of tho Uni ted States of propci ty arriving at our ports and dcB'incd to Canada, or ex ported from Canada to other foreign countrios. When tho treaty of Wash ington was negotiated in 1871 between tho United States and Ureal liritam, having for its object very largoly tho modification of tho treaty of 1818, the privileges abovo referred to were mado reoiprooal and givon in return by Canada and the Unitod States in tho following language, contained iu tho twenty-ninth articlo of said treaty : "It is agreed that, for tho t$rra of years mentioned in articlo thirty-threo of this treaty, goods, wares, or mer chandise arriving at tho ports of Now York, isoston and 1 ortland, and any other ports in tho United States which havo been or may from time to timo bo specially designated by tho Presi dent of tho United States, and destin ed for her Britannio Majesty's possess ions in North America may bo entered at tho propor Custom Houso and con voyed in transit, without tho payment of duties, through tho territory of tho United States, under suoh rules, regu lations and conditions for tho protec tion ot tho rovenuo as tho government of the United States may from timo to timo prescribe, and under like rulos, regulations nnd conditions good?, wares or merchandise may be conveyed in transit without the payment of duties from such possession through tho ter ritory of tho United States for export from tho said ports of tho United States. 'It is further agreed that, for tho liko period, goods, wares or merchan dise, arriving at any of tho ports of her liritanmo Majesty s possession in North America, and destined for the United Statos, may bo entered at tbo proper custom houso and conveyed iu transit, without the payment of duties, through tho said possessions under such rules and regulations and condi lions lor tho protection ot -tho rovonue as tho governments of the said possess ions may from timo to timo prescribe, aud, under liko rules and regulations and conditions, goods, wares or mer chandise may be conveyed in transit without payment ot duties, irotn tho United States through tho said possess ions to other places in tho United States, or for export from ports in tho said possessions.'' BTOPl'INO F1SII SHIPMENTS. In tho year 188G notioo was received by tho representatives of our Govern ment that our fishermen would no lon ger bo allowed to ship their fish in bond and free of duty through Cana dian territory to this country, and over sinco that time such shipment has been denied. Tho privilege of Buch shipment which has been extended to our fisher men was a most impoitaut one, allow ing them to spend tho timo upon tho fishing grounds which would other wise be devoted to a voyage homo with their catch, and doubling their opportunities for profitably prosecuting their vooation. In forbidding tho transit ot tho eatoh of our' fishermen over their territory in bond and free of duty, tho Canadian authorities do prived us of tho only facility depend ent upon their concession, and for which wo could supply no substitute Tho value to tho Dominion of Can ada of tho privilege of transit for their oxports and imports across our terri tory, and to and from our ports,though great in every respect, will bo better appreciated when it is remombered that, for a considerable portion of each yo.ir, tho St. Lawrence river, which constitutes the direct avenuo of foreign commerco leading to Canada, is closod by ico. During tho last six years the imports and exports ot lintish uauadian pro vinces carried across our territory un der tho privileges granted by our laws, amounted in valuo to about two hun dred and soventy millions of dollars, nearly all of which aro goods dutiablo under our tariff laws, by far tho larger part of this tratuo consisting ot ex olianges of goods between Great. Brit- am aud her American provinces brought to and carried from our ports in their own vessels. Tho treaty stipu lation entered into by our government was in harmony with laws which wero then on our statute book and aro still in force. IMMEDIATE LEGISLATION ASKED, I recommend immediate logislativo action conferring upon tho Executivo tho power to suspend by proclamation tbo oporation of all laws and regula tions permitting tho transit of goods, wares and merchandise in bond across or over tho territory of tho Uuited Statos to or from Canada. Thero need bo no hesitation iu suspending theso laws arising from tho supposition that thoir continuation is secured by treaty obligations, for it seems quito plain thnt article 2U ot tho troaty ol 1871 which was tho only article incorporat ing such laws, terminated tho first day of July, 1885. Tho articlo itself declares that its provisions shall bo in force "for tho term of years mentioned in articlo S3 of this troaty." Turning to articlo aa wo hnd no montion of tho 20th article, but only a provision that articlo 18 to 25 inclus ive, and articlo 30 shall tako effcot as soon as tbo laws required to carry them Into operation shall bo passed by tbo legislative bodies of tho different ooun tries conocrned, and "that thev shall remain in forco for tho period of ten years from the date at which thoy may com? into operation, and further, until tho expiration ot two years after ollher of tho high contracting patties shall havo given notice to tho other of its wish to terminate tho samo." I am of opinion that tho "term of years mentioned in article thirty-three,'' referred to in artlolo twonty-nino as tho limit to us duration, meaDs tho period during wlnoh articles eighteen to twenty-fivo inclusive and articlo thirty, commonly called tho "fishery articles,'' should continuo in force under tho lan guago of said artiolo thirty-three. That the Joint High Commisslouors who negotiated the treaty so under stood and intended the phroso is cer tain, lor in a statement containing an 1888. account of thoir negotiation's, prepared tinder their supervision and approved by thorn, wo find tho following entry on tho subject. "Tho transit question was disciiHscd, and it was agreed that any settlement that might bo mado should incltido a reciprocal arrange ment in that respect for tho' period for which tho fishery articles should bo in force." In addition to this vory satisfactory ovidenco supporting this construction of tho languago of articlo twonty-nino it will bo found thnt tbo law passed by Cougress to carry tho treat into offect furnishes conclusive proof of tho cor rectness of such construction. THE law of 1873. This law was passed March 1, 1873, and it is entitled ',An act to cany in to effect tho provisions of tho treaty between tho Uuited Statos nnd Gtoat Britain, signed in tbo city of Washing ton tho 8th. day of May, 1871, relating to tho fisheries." After providing in j its first and second sections for put-! ting in operation articles eighteen to twenty-fivo inclusive, and articlo thirty of tho treaty, tho third sootion is dovoted to articlo twenty-five, as fol lows: "Sec. 3. That from tho date of tho President's proclamation authorized by tho first section of this act, and so long as tho articles eighteenth to twenty fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth of said treaty, shall remain in forco ac cording to the terms and condition of artiolo thirty-third of said treaty, all goods, wares and merchandise arriv ing, etc, etc" Following in tho romainder of tho section tho preciso words of tho stipu lation on tho part of tho United Statos as contained in articlo twenty-nine, which I havo already quoted. Here, then, is a distinct enactment of tho Congress limiting tho duration of this article of tho treaty to tho timn that articles eighteen to twenty-five, in clusive, and articlo thirty, should con tinuo in forco. That in fixing such limitation it but gavo tho moaning of tho treaty itself, is indicated by tho fact that its purposo is declared to bo to carry into effect tho provisions of thu treaty, and by tho further fact that its purposo is declared to bo to carry into effect tho provisions of tho treaty, aud by tho further fact that this law appears to havo been submitted beforo the promulgation of tho treaty to cer tain members of tho Joint High Com mission representing both countries, and mot with no objection or dnsont. Thero appearing to bo no conflict or inconsistency between tho treaty and I the act of tho Congress last cited, it is " . ; . li ...i,i uui necessary 10 lnvoitu uiu wcu-Buiueu principle that in case of such conflict tho statute governs tho question. SECTION TWUNTV-NINE TERMINATED. In any evont and whether the law of 1873 construes tho treaty or governs it, section 2U ot such treaty, 1 have no doubt, terminated witli the proceedings taken by our government to tormmato articles 18 to 25 inclusive, and articlo 30 of tho troaty. Theso proceedings had their inception in a loint resolution of Congress passed May 3, 1873 de claring that in tho judgment of Con gress, theso articles ought to bo termi nated, and directing tho President to give tho notice to the government of Great Britain provided for in articlo 33 of tho treaty. Such notice having been given ton years prior to tho first day of July, 1S85, tho articles mention ed wero absolutely terminated on tho last named, day, and with them articlo 29 was also terminated. If by any languago used in tho joint resolution it was intended toroliovo section three of tho act of 1873, em bodying (.rticlo twonty-nino of tho treaty, from its own limitations, or to savo tho article itselt, 1 am entirely sat isfied thattho intention miscarried. But statutes granting to tho people of Canada tho valuable privileges of transit for their goods irom our ports and over our Boil, which havo boo n passed prior to tho making of tho troaty of 1871 aud independently of it, remained in force, and ever Binco tho abrogation of tho treaty, notwith standing the refusal of Canada to per mit our hsbcrman to send their hsu to their homo market through their ter ritory in bond, tho peoplo of that Dominion hav enjoyed without dimi- nu tion tho advantages ot our liberal and generous laws. Without basiug our complaint upon a violation of treaty obligations, it is, nevertheless, truo that such refusal of transit and tho other injurious acts which have been recited constitute a provoking insistence upon rights neither mitigated by tho amenities of national intercourse nor modified by tho recognition ot our liberality and generous considerations. Canada's unneighuorly conduct, Tho history of tho events connected with this subject makes it manifest that tho Canadian Government can, if so dlspo-ed, administer its laws and protect tho interests ot its peoplo with out manifestation of unfriendliness, and without tho unncighborly treatment of our fishing vessels of which wo havo justly complained, and whatovcr dono on our part should bo done in tho hopo that tho disposition oi tuo uanaiuau woyornmout may re move the occasion of a resort to tho executive powor now sought through legisiauvo action. 1 am satishod that upon tbo princi pies which should govern retaliation our intercourse and relations with the Dominion of Cauada furnish no bettor opportunity for its application than is suggested by tho conditions herein presented, and that it' could not bo moro effectively inaugurated than un uer tuo powor ot suspension recom- monuca. Whilo I Havo expressed my dear conviotion upon tho question of tho continuance of section 29 of tho treaty of 1871, I of courso fully concedo tho power and the duty ot tho Congress, in contemplating legislative notion to construo tbo terms of any treaty stipu lation which might, upon any possiblo consideration of good faith, limit such ootion t and hkowiso tho neouliar pro priety in tho caso hero preseutod of its interpretation of its own languago ns contained in ho laws of 1873 putting in operation said troaty, and ot 1883 directing tho termination thereof ; and it iu the deliberate judgment of Con cress any restraint to tho propo6od legislation exists, it is to bo hoped that tho expcdiciipy of its early removal win uu rucuguizcu. NAVIGATION OF TUB LAKES. I deslro also to call tho attention of THE COLUMBIAN, V01 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, V0I , XXII.N0 34 Lll, NOW Congress to another subject, involving such wrongs and unfair treatment to our citizens- ns in my opinion require prompt action. Tho navigation of tho great lakes, nnd tho immenso business and carrying trado growing out of tho same, havo been treated broadly nnd liberally by tho United States Government nnd mado freo t't all mankind, whilo Cana dian railroads and navlgation'compaulen sbaro in our transportation upon terms favorablo as aro ncoorded to our own citizons. Tho canals and other publlo works built and maintained by tho govern ment along tho lino of tho lakes are mado freo to all. In contrast to this condition, and ovlncing a narrow and ungenerous com mercial spirit, ovory lock and canai which is a public work of tho Dominion of Canada is subject to tolls aud oharges. By articlo twenty-seven of the treaty of 1871, provision wns mado to secure to tho citizens of tho Unitod Statos tho uso of tho Wclland, St. Lawrence, and othor canals in tho Dominion of Canada on terms of equality with tho inhabi tants of tho Dominion, and to also Becuro to tho subjects of Groat Britain tho use of tho Sl.i Clair Flats Canal on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the United States. DISCRIMINATION IN TOLL PAYMENTS. The equality with tho inhabitants df tho Dominion which wo woro promised in tho use of the canals of Cacada did not securo to us freedom from tolls in their navigation, but wd had a right to expeot that wc, Doing Americans and interested in American commerce, would bo no moro burdened in regard to the samo than Canadians ongaged their own trade : and tho wholo spirit of concession made was, or should havo been, that merchandise and prop erty transported to an Amorican mar ket, through theso canals -should not bo enhanced in its cost by tolls many tim'.'s higher than suoh as wero carried to an adjoining Canadian market. All our citizens, producers and consumers, as well as vessel-owners, woro to enjoy tho equality promised. And yet ovi denco has for Borao timo been beforo tho Congress, furnished by tho Secre tary of tho Treasury, showing that while tho tolls charged in the first in stance aro tho same to all, such vessels and cargoes as aro destined to certain Canadian ports aro allowed a rofund of nearly tbo entiro tolls, whilo those bound for Amorican ports are not al lowed any snch advantage. To promise equality, and then in practico make it conditional upon our vessels doing Canadian business instead of their own, is to fulfil a prcmieo with tho shadow of performance. i recommend that such legislative action bo taken as will givo Canadian vessels navigating our canals, and thoir oargoes, precisely tho advantages granted to our vessels and cargoes up on Canadian canals, nnd that the samo bo moasured by exactly tho samo rale of discrimination. THE COUNTRY'S HONOR AND DIGNITY. Tho courso which I have outlined :d the recommendations madu relate to tho honor and dignity of our country and the protection and preservation of tho rights and inter jtts of all our peo plo. A government does but half its duty when it protects its citizens at homo and permits them to ho imposed upon and humiliated by tho unfair and overrcaohing dispositions of other nations. If wo invito our peoplo to rely upon arrangements made for their benctit abroad wo should seo to it that thoy aro not deceived : and if we aro generous and liberal to a neighboring country our peoplo should reap tho ad vantage of it by a return of liborauty and generosity. Theso aro subiccts which partisan ship should not disturb or confuse. Let us survey tho ground calmly and moderately, and having put aswo other means of settlement, if wo enter upon tno policy ot retaliation let us puisuo it lirmly, with a determination only to subsorvo tho interests of our people and maintain tho high standard aud the becoming prido of American citizen ship. Urover Cleveland, Executive Mansion, August 23, 1888, OIROUMBTAHTIAL EVIDENCE. In my profession as a detcctivo nave oiten been asKcii it l bcucvod in tho virtue of circumstantial ovidenco. In every instaneo I havo replied in the aflirraativo. Whilo tho profession may mako a man hard-hearted and anxious to convict, it is nevertheless certain fact that a completo chain of circumstantial ovidenco agaimt criminal will settle his caso sooner than half a dozen rcspectablo witnesses. Lawyers can browbeat and confuso witnesses, and tuo veracity of a witness can bo slurred or impeached, but when you strike against a circumstaneo it is not so easy to step over it or explain it awoy. Many years ago, when I was young man ot eighteen, 1 ran away irom my unoie, to wnom 1 was appren ticed. Ho had a farm near Liverpool; Medina county, Uluo, and bo was man who had not one jot ot pity for or moroy on mau or animal. His wifo lived in mortal fear of him, and a look from him would mako his children tremble. Our family liyod a hundred miles away, and wo Know little or nothing ot UncloJaUcz. Uo tamo on on a visit, seemed to tako a liking to me, and ho gavo ray father ono bun dred dollnts to apprentice mo for thrco years. 1 liked farm work, and as Uncle Jabez was on his good behavior while visiting us, I was by no means oppo cd to tho arrangement. No sooner had 1 iT I .1 11 wo arrived m, ins nomo man nu neenmu a tyrant and slave driver. I wss over worked, half-fed, scolded and inal treated, and ono night after a promifo r ii i i:..i-:.. .." !., n. : t Ul 11 JUUU I1UIII! 111 UIU lUUIUlllg?, A tied up a low personal effects and dropped from chamber window and set out for (Jlovelaiul. unclo Jabcz was man who would demand his pound i flesh and moro. If I returned homo ho would follow on and mako me a can live. As soon as ho mUsod mo ho would raise a crcat huo and orv over tho coun try, and I felt that my only safo courso was to reaoh somo largo oity and lose myself in tho mass. Tho fnrm was twrnty.fivo miles from Clevelaud. I could have walked tho distance in soven hours, as it was cool autumn ulght and tho roads were good, but for tho first ten miles I did not dato uso tho highway. Teams were coming and going, aud farmers moving about, and I wanted to oovor mytrnoks irom uncio ,iaue.. wuti tho difficulties in my path I did not on ter Clovelnnd until b-jut nino o'clock noxt morning. 1 had not yet reached tho business portion nnd I wai walking in tho mlddlo of tho street, country fashion, when I mado a rich find. In tho dust lay thrco diamond rings, two ladles' watches and several charms for lockets. They wero scattered about as If they had fallen from somo vchiclo pasdng over thn road. I picked them( up, of coin so, nnd there being ro ono near mo I continued my way. I had never found anything of valuo bo fore, and I did not know exactly how to proceed. I know of courso, that I had no right to tho property, nor did I havo tho remotest intention of conven ing it to my uso. Tho trouble was that I did not know exactly what courso to lake, being but a young, green boy. At homo I would havo gono to my father or a neighbor, but under, tho Fresont oiroumslnnces I was puzzled, had heard of policemen, but never saw one. I finally mado up my mind to accost the first ono I met and ask him what to do. About four squares beyond where I had found tho jewelry I stopped at a German grocery to ask tor a drink of water. Thero was a boy about four teen years old in tho storo and ho told mo to go around tho side way to a pon Block. I was drinking, when a dog rushed at mo and was so determined to bile me that 1 had to kcop him off with my feet. Tho German and his wile rushed out nnd attacked mo and as I got out of tho gato a policeman camo up and seized me. Tho officer asked who I wa, where 1 came from, nnd whero I was going. If I had returned him prompt answers bo might havo let mo go, but 1 did not daro tell him I was a runaway for fear he would re turn mo to Unolo Jabez. I therefor refused to answer him, and ho natural ly ooncluded that I was n suspicious character, and took mc to tho station. As I was registered thoy searched me, and when the jewelry camo, to light thero was groat astonishment and ro joicing, and tho ch rgo of grand lar ceny was at onco entered against me. On tho night previous a jewelry storo was robbed of a largo amount of jew elry, and tho robbers had got away, leaving no clow for tho dete'ct.ycs. This was some of tho plunder. I told them whero I found it, but as I would not tell them who I was, or anything about myself, my find was declared loo thin. Under tho samo circumstances to-day I would do just as tho officers did then., Thoy regarded my greenness as assumed for the occasion, and tho newspapers put mo down as ono of tho sharpest and shrewdest thioves in tho country. Every inducement was held out to mo to givo way my confeder ates, who wero supposed to bo older men nnd tougher characters, and my inability to do it was laid to shrewd ness and nervo. Tho only lamo point with tho detectives was that I was on my w"ay into tho city when captured, and that I was showing mysolf openly and boldly. It was hard to believe that a robber would hang about town with his pockets full of plunder, but they got over this by saying it was a shrewd move on mv part to throw them off tho scent. Had I acknowledaed mv identity. Uncle Jabez would havo como on to defend and clear me, but would havo also taken mo back and thrashed mo within an inch of my life. I dreaded him moro than State prison, and, there fore, when tho trial camo on I had nothing to say, and wa3 sentenced to State prison for three years. I was glad of it, I would bo of ago when I camo out, and as no ono would hoar of mo in tho interval, I vcould havo nothing to fear from my tyrant of an unclo. Tho fact that I had served only four months of my sontenco was duo to tho tlorts ot an old dctectivo in another caso. 1 had lorgotten to tell you that tho jewolor and two of tho clerks had "fully identified" mo as "a porson who had been in tho storo several times just provious to tho robbery." Tho proprietor sworo that he sold mo a ring for two dollars, aud ono of tho clerks testified on tbo stand that I stood for balf an hour and bartered with him about a silver watch. "Then you positively swear he is tho person?" asked my . counsel in each case. "I do,'' was the decided answer. I could have shown that I was twen ty-fivo miles away at tho time, and that I had never stopped foot in Cleve land beforo tho morning of ray arrest, but, for reasonH which I havo stated, I went oil to prison with a comparative ly light heart, knowiug my own inno cence 1 had been a convict lor four months when, ono day, I was called in to the wardens ollicc. Thero wero several gentlemen present, among them I n cognized tho Cuyahoga county prosecuting attorney and two Cleveland detectives. The prosecutor began by dcolaricg that I was an in nocent man, and thou as,ked lor my story. Under promises that they would not betray mo I gavo it to them. It seems that tho detective, in working up another case, hid laiien upon tho jewelry robbers and secured most of tho plunder. Thero wcto threo of them, nil old hands, aud tho stuff I found had been lost by them as thoy drovo out of tbo city. Robbers though they were, they did mo a good turn by denyiii2 that I had any hand in tho auair. imioeii, shut tno caso was open, tho detectives saw that a blunder had been mado in arresting inc. Tho gentlemen had como with a pardon from tho Governor aud I returned to Cleveland with them on tho promise of employment. To test tho value of tho people at tho jewelry storo as witnesses tho detcotivo took mo iu thero aud ask ed if they had over seen mo before. Four months could not havo changed rao much, and yet thoso who had sworn so boldly against mo on tho stand now denied over having seen mo boforo. I havo been a detective for years. but that circumstaneo has been upper most in my mind when I had a caso whero tho identity of a prisoner wa3 to bo sworn to. I havo always cautioned my witnesses not to testify unloss sat isfied boyond all doubt. " My caution has sovcral times operated to let a man escape tho clutches of tho law, but that was better than to swear nn innocent man's hfo or liberty away." Loo Oauins can hardly bo considered handsomo or elegant, but they wero fit habitations for tho lugged pioneers ot America. Uur ancestors wero rugged sneoiracus of noble man OLD hood, complete in health, strength and endurance. Their wholesome remedies aro reproduced to this later age, in Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilln and Wornor's "Tippecanoe." Saratoga Belle You would scarce ly believe it, Mr. Oldboy, but tho lady seated near tho open window has over 200 dresses. Mr. Oldboy Is it possible? Why doesu't Bho put ono of 'em ouV'Mici M1 ATctf. i
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