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Pa. .. to their cre will be ' attended to. oa.ee on "'..jVi'I'iit! Jiaiuinol Bis. c vlr'K' A-gvi-! AVJL aViJlv-at-law 1 fnrrt. Pa., :., rU-t alia -ij.uiJ. cuuiit. .1 " ' AVK'tw-NiY-AT LAW. ffomi n. ra.. . , fnisitio etstrntfi to Ui care . . . ui!Uts. 'tii r.r-iu- 5 '.'.I''v.i.V a am Cra wiw. n.n, liVr ATTi- V-AT LAW. Pcaiorwt, Pa. Ct" M'?r"t V.Kviiou. na.1v. eoutea S..' aud all hval buaue- V bjmtwt. Pa. . . r-"ud vo oor rare 1H j-i.r... .'-..rt n4 adjuu" muo- II vHF.LL, 1 AH lat-rsct. Pa. rrwion Agent- Ofi in MammoUi I'ALEVTINE HAY, , i Eiate- Wt'.J attend to all J - P" n ooljecuooa, e. OI- D r. f. 1 a' ,;, IAN AM'?VK-KOV N'H1I KT- A - r- ..,a- .'Vi.-f t" t!e -it!-IW V . .. , i v' " .r...e ,., . V,. ,. l rext dm lu l.ulbvran .1.7-1,. .N:Sii: ....u. IAS. H. S. K1MMELL, . .;.'Td. rule profit' "T K or--i aj-1 .;" o Maid bl :m luutm mfc i? J. M. LfVTIlF-R. 5.- v..-..4iTi.Cy ta "-;JJ ''l)UiC uu Main reW 1 '' i: ip jrttr?ti- D R.j.MMiLi.i:y, ..,..v...n to the wem. rte-i. AU .-tii'.ir)-. o...-c , tu tTu and 1 -irn strevis. J. is PTJiiiK . DLJuILSEILIi1. i.L.ri?T. I f H . uic cMtair in Co Beerit Block. TR.WM. CX.Ll l'-i. J ihvr:?T. . . V. t fouo t iimw pr.T--1 it AT.K-.Al t:tnrt aU Aicdf i.a ci tie ate. iLK-rtwl. Aa ork atathuU-vI. pHALLF Huffman, .Nil MERCHANT TAILOR. (Above KeSer Store,) Latent Style, and Low" Irio". SATISFACTION CU ARAN TEED. Somerset, Pa. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. B"'jjTE fc-LEJ'.aa. CAREIACES, f ! iiix.j vt auo.n'5, ErcK wagon. AXL EA-TEEX AXI WESTERN" WOEi Funu.lii-d on Short Notice. Paintxg Done on Short Time. A; o-t i rid- u of V'-wmtoh! mjrmfd Wood, AJ .! -mi .. Wltlliljly ..kV.ro.-t-l. Neatly Finihtii. and AJTADlcd tOflTV BAllfctAfUOU. C7 rirt Vcrbi23- a-?ajir,r Ail K:ud in My l ine Tiotie OO wt.S.Xi. Price KEAaON ABLE, aud i AU Work Warranted. fT tti! .i-tTi mr ftrirk cl Learn umg work, and funiiob SeiYW for Wind Evcicl-r tiie f ""e, and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE, ( Kt of (. ourt He) F0MEKaET. PA WTAXTK1 :- 0?1K LUMBER, Cl'I TO Uiu.'LK. VV. C. WUITE IXMEES CO., r VOL. XXXYIII. Somersst Counlj National Bank Of Somerset, Pa. Establish, 1877. Orginired u a NatisaiL 1S90 CAPITAL, $50,000. Chas. I. Harrison. PiWt Wm. B. Frease, ice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: Wm. n. Kivmu. ?An"l Pnvdrr. Jr.a. M iuk, John SiuffV. llArriMm MAr( lAh Sicht J"tii H. Miv.U-r, JuW,h K. 1'AVM, Jtrrome fctudl. Wm. EtJlkr. CusL an. nt nf i h i. t . u w ; n i ' .v. - . EUenu Uwumtutcuiisdi-ieut t!hsA.'bankinr. Partie. a Ut.it u tn . n .-.n,.-, . n ... " n-ErCAi.d 1 t ciait fur ai,t ihiuul Motier and vanAt.W tmrA .r tw 'K-elebrattdsAfti a ilh lant aVl'rovcd uiue t oll.0titu miuie in all T.tt ..r th. Sut-. I baiyr- moilerate. Accuauu. and lvH)Mi bolicted. mar5-6m. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, IPeim'a. Ot POSITS RCCEIVCO IN LARCC AND SMALL MOUFITt. PAYABLE ON OCMANO. ACCOUNTS MCKCMANTS. FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED. -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD CF DIRECTORS: LaRi-b M. IIkki. V. H. ViLttR, Jamem L. TifiH, Cbat. H. Fihhkb, JoHS K. SkXITT, il). K. Stl'Lt, Fuel V. F-iiu kab. ErtWARD Stll, : Valentine Hav, A.vtKtw Pakklr, : : : PkbsU'EST Vice Pukmiikst : : : Cashier. The fiircis and peenritiefl of this hank are (wiirly putev(ed in ar-ebratel Cot liss burglar-proof Safe. The only !?afe made absolutely liuru'ar-proof. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN EYERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF OF THIS WORLD'S GOOSS FOR THE LEAST MONEY 1 WE HAVE THEM. :::::r:::r : D ish es.;::zz: WHITE, YELLOW, GLAS? AND ROCKINGHAM WARE, IN GREAT VARIETY. BASKETS, UXl'KlNG-GLASSE-S HANGING LAMPS, STAND LAMTS Lamps of all Descriptions. Novelties and Oddities in China THE PLACE FOR FANCY i STAPLE GROCERIES 13 AT THE STORE OF ED. B. COFFROTH, SOMERSET. TA DOWN, DOWN THEY GO! THE - PRICES ox- BLACK ASTRACHAN, AND- Persiana Capes! On all aiaea, M to 42. We have not many to iJll, so If yiu want A BARGAIN, Come toon. When a ladvbnY. a rereiana or an Ara:hutae,i.heU making a WISE PURCHASE. cTnonal.ie f-rment. ellr put on and taken off. and a MU'alile arje.ie f.ir aa tie rear around ear. Jurt a" Uu-h-iuoat-i in trtit.'i a in kll. and nice fcf uoo evening lu the Bummer. TEX JAP- SCREENS, To rone down in price, as well a. down from theuwhel!. h.Tetherare now and iue tS one U 4. K "W M m. rntoV Tao Kire Semna, H to SI. Oilier barcaint jon can aee ben Jou eoiue. nFTH AVE PlTlSBtTRGH. PA. SWEDIS1I 44 All-Healing Salve" FOR NEURALGIA IS THE HEAD. WEAK EAtK. OR PAIN'S IS H!IE OR CHEST, WEAKNESS IS THE JOINTS, SWELLINGS, And a'! P-beuiualic Paina. Carea in from two to tight d7. n raib ar S. MA1JCTJS, HOUSE & 11 So e XOa 45. fi." Cur? RnMPIlYrTPlMAXDrrLV IIIIETT3IA.TIS3I. For 20 l ean. , Pilot K nob. Mo., beiteinbeT 1, 198. I taffered with chronic rheumatism in my knee, and Ankle, for twenty Tear and bad to te crutches. I wa treated at tunes braererai t air. but wu flnallY cured by 6l Jaroha O.L Hare had bo return of pain in threa Jea. HEXRT P.T&AVEKS. ChrnlcCaMOTeara Ataodiag Carod. THE GOOD OFFICE OF: applied freqnently, will cure NEURALGIA. 1 Saciett PL, Bmoblyn. !f. T., Jan. a. 1W9. i waa taken with'seuralxia in aide and cfiered months. I wu given op by do tor, but wax cared by ft Jacoht Oil. MICHAEL McGIXJf. At DarooisTj and Ceautbs. TKE CHARLES A. VOGELEI CO., StrUatarS. k It is to Your Interest TO buy Yora Drugs and Medicines OF JOHR H. SHYDEB, 8C(X E0K TO Biesegker k Snyder. None but the purest and bert kept in stock, and when Drnga beiome inert by stand ing, as certain of them do, we de itroy them, rather than im pose on our customers. Yon can depend on having your PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS Elie i wilh care. Our prices are as low aa any other firM-cla houie and on n.iiiy articles math lower. T" pe.le of tlits county seem to know U. a. mini hare given ns a Urge share of their patroivve. and we sliall still continue t give them tle very best pxxis r their money. Io E'jt forget that we make a specialty of FITTIXG TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if yon Lav bad trouble in this direction, give as a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eyes examined. No charpe for examination, and we are confident we can suit yon. Come and see us. Respectfully, JOHN N. SNYDER. Oils! Oils! The Standard Oil Company, of Pitubnrrh, Ps-, nuke a pecialty of manufacturing for the lwmexuc trade the Aneat brands of Illuminating dt Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, That can be made from Petroleum. We challenge comparison with every known PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If you wish the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IN THE .Ajraerican Market, Ak for ours." Trade foe Somerset and vicinity supplied by COOK A BEERIT8 ahb FKKAsK KtiOeKR. 6oEAsrr, Pa. sepUS-'ro-lTT. Pianos - Organs The improved method of fastening strings of Pi ano, invented by us. Is one of the mt4 important improvement ever made, making the instrument more riehiy munieal in tone, more durable, and lew likely to get out of tune. BVflh the Mason A Hamlin Organs ond Pianos ex cel ehief.y in that wtilehistheehiefexeelienee in any iuical intniment. quality of tone. Oiher thing, though important are mueh leaoltiau tiiK An lu.-tniroent aiih utinuieal tones can not be st1 Iilii'trated catalogues of new atjies introduced this seaaou, sent ftee. Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAtiO, 400 Acres. 37th Year. SALESMEN WANTED. To represent one of the large SCRSEKIES ia the eonniry. w e guarantee aamfactioo to all eu trtmera. No previous experience neeary. Sala ry and expenses from sun. Adilresa, stating age, Hwopes Bros. & Tbesias Maple Avenue Nurseries, West i neuter Pa. y-RTT OF PARTITION. To Andrew Kunkel and John Krrok1. remd tng ia itooyereek Townhip, (ambria Co.. pa. : f'onrad Ktinkel. sraduig in kiehland Township, ' anibria County, Pa. : t'briMiaa Kunkel. refilling at Eeroooinv. Beaver Co., Pa. : Aiiam knmeU rexiding in John'tnwp, Kv Ann Kunkel. intermarried with John ,ebhart, reviding in Johnstown, Pa. ; Mary KnukeL intermarried witn John Fees, rea ding in ambnaTowisnhip, fambnaCy. Ha. Yon are hereby notified that in pursuance of a Writ of Partition nraed out of the Orphans' Court nfswwl County. Pa and to me H irected. I will boki an inqu4 on the premise on the real estate of Andrew Kunkel, deceased, kituate In Paint Tc-wnfchip, S-wierset Cmntv. Pa., on FH day. the lia day of May. when and here von can attend if you think prooer. jjjtiRirr (irrtca, 1 K. 8. ItcMTIXES, apr. . lustt. I Shenit THREStilSG Machines 2J$?. Simplen, most durable, eeo Mmical and perfect in use. VTar.es no Grain. Cleans it ready for the market. Threshing Engines p0. MilK chingie Nachine, Hay Pressea, and Sua iatd Iinpiemcnu generally. A. B. FARQCHAR COMPANY ((Limited.) Bead for Tins- I Penngj-lvania Agrirulra ra Kaied CauOcus I V orks, York, Pa fy la -H mnrtrAU-d la L5rI- La aT." n cum of neurajr-a. Swl 141 lllrth. chief araiptom cr tLTtvlfLLUllA which Is, an intennit IJ I Tip tingpain wh'eh tllowa V. J I m J-. I the courae of the nerve, I III arretted. St. Jaeoba OU XJLm br ntla rubbma and men SOMERSET, PA., WEDNEDAT, A BOY. A little crib in mother's room, A little face with baby bloom, A little head with with curly hair, A little woollly dog, a chair. A little while for bumps and cries, A little while to make mod pies, A little doubting wonder when A little pair of bands to clean. A little ball, a top to spin, A little uhter. belted in, A little pair of pants, some strings, A little of everything. A little Mastering, boisterous air, A little spirit of " don t care." A little tramping off to school, A little shrug at woman's rule. A little odor of cigar, A little twilight talk with ma, A little earnest study, then A little counsel gave strain. A little talk about my girl : A little soft moustache to twirl, 2 A little tone of jealous fear, A little hope the way to clear. A little knowledge of the world, A little self-conceit down hurled, A lit t'e manly purjose new, A little woman, waiting, true. A little w?Jding gay at eve, A little pan? the home to leave, A little mother lone at dawn, A little sigh my boy has gone. A MESSAGE IN STONE. BY JOHN B. CABEV. In a very plain house, in an obscure village in Georgia, lived Robert Hurley and hi wife Ann, natives of the village of B . They had started life hand in hand, some fil'tn yearn before, with I . . I V .... 1 , V , -1 n.liiln,, . . .v.l I 1,-v.l Vl . I bletd their union with three chilJren, two boys and a irl, agtd renpectiveiy fourteen, eleven and four. The boya at tended a neighboring school, at which Joseph, the elder, being of a studious turn of mind, among other things, bad gleaned some little knowledge of phonog raphy. At the time in which onr story opens the mother was grievously ill. i"he soon died, and Hurley broke down, took to drink, and became indifferent to the wel fare of his children. Gradually he ab sented himself from home, night after night, pacing his evenings at the public hi use. or wherever he found the compa ny more pleasant than at home. Matters wont on tbns for several months. At length Hurley began to ' spruce up" a bit, and before long the children had a step-mother who w as of a different dis position from their own mother. House hold matters that formerly were barely tolerable, now became decidedly un pleasant. The step-mother was a wotan of an ungovernable temper. She seemed from the first to have an intense dislike to her husliand'schildren, and took every occasion to manifest it. Under this treatment the children be came restive ; complaints to the father brought no interference from him anil increased the wife's anger. Joe, being the eldest, seemed to come in for a larger share of unreasonable abuse. Like be gets like, and the once quiet lad answer ed the step-mother w ith disrespect and anper. Once after the boys had gone to school, Mrs. Hurley, noting the absence of the little girl, called her impatiently. There was no immediate response, and the woman softly erect np the garret stairs and finding the child, siezed a stoat billet of wood, and was about to inflict on her conoign punishment. Just then the elder boy, returning from school, entered the house. At the sight of his little sister, pale and trembling, and the pas sion distorted face of the woman, he un fortunately gave way to anger. All the real and fancied insults and ill treatment he had suffered came to his mind, and Lis blood boiled. "Let my sister alone !" he cried, in a frenzy. "Let that child go, or" His dreadful threat was followed by a look of hatred from the step-mother, as she raised the stick to strike the child. He rushed to the rescue, his only inten tion being to protect the girl. While he was striving to take the cudgel from the enraged woman, a disgraceful hand to hand struggle ensued. Mrs. Hurley trip ped on some obstacle, and, in falling heavily to the floor, struck her head against the stove. At that instant a ped ler, w ho had been a silent witness of the occurrence, seeing the unpleasant termi nation of affairs, rapidly left the scene. The woman lay gasping and unconscious, with the blood slowly oozing from a dreadful gash in the head. The retained the weapon from which she had released her grasp, and for a brief instant he stood over the bleeding woman in this guilty attitude. He was alone. Early in the struggle the little girl had ran outcrying "Joe kill !" Her cries and the noise of the struggle brought the neighbors into the room. They observed the lad in the compromising attitude referred to. Scarcely knowing what he said, Joe uttered a wild cry of "O! what have I done?" and, stooping down, attempted to rai.e the woman's hsa 1 on his lap. To his intense horror, she was dead, and her limbs were rapidly becoming cold and stiff. The neighbors gathered about, uttering wild cries of affright. But, shocked as they were, no tongue or pen can describe the speechless, ghastly terror of the boy. He was deprived of utterance and reason almost by the awfnl occurrence. He jabbered incoherently, while the by standers, who had heard his threat and the noise of the straggle, looked at him askance and shook their beads. The coroner was notified, and with him en tered the father, to whom the bystanders attempted to explain the awful occur rence. The boy stood leaning against the wall trembling with fright, and ap parently guilty. He attempted no ex planation, bnt looked from one to the other in a helpless, beseeching way. The noise of the sea ill e, the position of the parties when seen, his excited appear ance, the contour of the wound, and the shape of the cndeel, the ill-will supposed to have existed between the step-mother and Joe, coupled with his loud and angry threats, were all circumstances against any theory but the worst The shocked father, frenzied to distraction, caused the arrest of hU first-born, as the willful doer of murder. The village constable was called in and before eight the unfortunate lad, more dead than alive, lay in the lockup on the charge of murder. Stunned and shocked set ESTAI3LI8HKD 1827. by the awful accident and dreadful pre dicament in which he was placed, he could say nothing in his own behalf. II is friends gradually fell away from him. ne wa in a dazed, helpless con dition, in which he could do nothing for himself. Although there was no direct proof that he bad intended to kill the woman, or of what the law calls premed itation, and although those who knew him best willingly came forward and vouched for hia character, yet circum stances were strongly against him. He altempUnl in a feeble way to mumble out his story of the occurrence. It was not credited, if understood. His manner tended to show guilt, and even those who were inclined to disbelieve in it, suppos ed that he had allowed his angry passion to arise and lead htm to extreme vio lence. The coroner's jury found averdict of willful murder. The trial jury subse quently declared him guilty, with a rec ommendation to mercy on account of his youth and previous good character, and he was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor in the Gloombury priion, where it was expected he would grow up and become a useful servant of the State as a stone-breaker. There was no in terference on his behalf by any o?e ; his friends turned from him fur the reason that his natural protector his father- believed him guil,y ; who while he did not aid, certainly ii.l not interpose any obstacle to the du course of law. With in a few days after the trial the sheriff of the county, with' a coinruitment under the seal of the court, appeared, and by him the poor btjr was placed in the Gloomsbury jail, amongst some of the most incorrigible and criminal cases, with w hom he would have to associate and grow up among, in the false hope that he would be refunded. It to happened that one of the fore men in te stone-breaking gang in which the lad was plated in the reformatory was distantly related to the deceased woman, and this man's feelings were de cidedly hostile to the boy. This is hard ly to be wondered at ; he believed, as the jury did, the boy to be a red-handed murderer who escaped the gallows only by :a technicality. "o sooner was the youthful prisoner within his power, than he began s course of treatment towards him, both in regard to the day's task and infractioas of the prison rules, that made Joe's life in the institution, seem like a hideous nightmare. The prisoner at this time seemed to have recovered his senses, so to speak. He could look back now at the horrid scene in which he had been a participant, and for which h.' suffered so grievously, with reasonable composure. He began to think that if the trial were to take place again he could convince the jury that he was entirely innocent. He remembered now that the pedler had seen the occurrence, and while he did not know where the man could be found, he felt that if, the pedler could be pro duced his evidence would be sufficient for an acquital. Joe pondered over this day and night ; declared his innocence to the prison officials, and was laughed at for his pains. "Of course," said the keeper, "all the prisoners here are innocent." He vainly attempted to communicate with those who were, or should have been, hia friends. No communications were allowed to be sent from prisoners unless with the sanction and concurrence of the prison authorities. The keeper watched the lad closely, and seemed to take peculiar delight in making the boy's life miserable. Joe failed on one occa sion to turn out a sufficient quantity of stones to meet the requirements of the foreman all the prisoners beiag 'tasked' as it is called. As a result, he was put on a diet of bread and water, and got but one meal a day at that. On a subsequent day he spoke to one of his fellow prison era ; on being chided by the keeper for this infraction, he answered disrespect fully. Again the bread and water diet was resorted to, with the addition of a dark cell. The poor food and severe treatment rendered him unfit for the se vere work, and he failed continually. His threats to report the keeper's con stant insults and petty tyranies to the superior authorities simply made his own condition worse. He wrote a kind and truthful letter to his father, in which he spoke of his sad life in the prison, asked his forgiveness, and begged him, "for God's sake," to hunt up the one wit ness to the dreadful occurrence, w hose truthful statement he had no doubt would fully exonerate him ; adding that he would die or go mad if his affliction in the prison continned.The letter was intercepted in the main office by one of the officials, who informed the prisoner that they did not allow such lying re ports of ill-treatment to be made by the prisoners, w ho were so tenderly cared for by the merciful authorities of the jail. Again and again he strove to commu nicate, throngh the discharged prisoners, with those he thought would befriend him his school-mates, his mother's rela tives but no one eared to interfere in his behalf. Having been placed ia the jail under circumstances that seemed to justify it, his own father and neighbors being the principal witnesses against him, those who might have interfered held aloof fearing that it would be meddling in family affairs which did not concern them. The only letter it was permissible to send from the prison was one express ing gratitude to those in charge of the institution, extolling the management and praising the official for their thought ful consideration of those under their charge. One day in each month was set apart for the reception of visitors, and although poor Joe had no friends to call upon him, he wa. carefully removed from the sight of callers in a lonely celL The annual visit of inspection by the State Prison authorities was to be made to the Gloomsbury Jail on the twenty sixth day of May. Although conversa tion was strictly forbidden among the prisoners, this fact leaked out, and Joe hoped much from it. The unfortunate lad fondly expected te have a fair oppor tunity of stating his case to some of the humane public authorities who would look into it, and do justice for justice's sake. Judge of bis dismay when in formed that during the time of the visit cf inspection he was to be placed in a remote part of the institution, where be could neither see nor communicate with the visiting inspectors. Early on the morning set apart for the inspection the boy was ordered to throw MAY 14, 1890. the loose paving stones that had been trimmed by the prisoners from the gravel walk to the side of the road, so as to al low the officials' carriages free access to the prison yard. This work he was or dered to have completed at ten o'clock, the visitors being due at eleven. "While engaged in this task a bright idea occur red to him which he thought it well to put into practice. Although the keen eyes of the keeper were upon him, he managed in carrying the stones to place them on the hill-side in phonographic order. "There," he thought, "if the overseer understands that, I may spend years in this place. If he does not, it will be strange, indeed, if some of the officials do not see and comprehend it." He was then ordered to his cell. Shortly afterwards the State Prison In spectors and the Governor's secretary, accompanied by several other officials, entered the prison yard to make the in spection required by law, which often consists in shaking hands with the pris on authorities, congratulating the prison ers on their happy Lfe, advising them to be good, and just, and fear not, etc, and eating a good dinner at the expense of the State. While the dinner was under discussion, the Governor's secretary, a bright-looking young man, sauntered about the grounds, enjoying a fragrant Havana, His attention was attracted to the pile of cut stones, and while he glanced at it casually, he noticed the or der in which the stones were placed at one end. Another glance. He rubbed his eyes, went closer, and looked again. Then he uttered a low whistle. "Well," he said, when he had somewhat recover ed, "this is a most remarkable thing ; if it is an accident, it is surely a singular one. But is it? I will see." He was about to call the attention of one of the keepers of the prison to what he at first thought might have been an odd coincidence, but he paused. The mere fact that the stones were placed in such an order indicated that if they were placed there by design, the person who put them so desired secrecy, for a reason. "It can do no harm," thought the secretary, "to carry out the party's intentions, for the present, at least." While these thoughts were passing through his mind, he re-read the charac ters slowly and carefully, and without difficulty : "a boy is being ill treated is this place and cassot complain". Help! Cell 10 Joe." Taking out a slip of paper he carefully noted the number of the cell as indicated by the stones, and continued his walk towards the rear of the prison. The young man "as wise beyond his years, and thought it well to be not too abrupt in seeking knowledge. "Which are the even numbered cells?" he said to the keeper. The hitter bowed respectfully and ob sequiously, as he indicated the tier on the east side of the building. "Ah," said the secretary, "where is the inmate of No. S?" On being informed by the keeper that the prisoner referred to was in the hospi tal, the secretary said : "Well, suppose you send Xo. 10 this way." "Certainly," said the keeper, hesitat ingly, "bet he's a bad one." "So matter about that," retorted the secretary, authoritively, "that is just the kind of one I w ish to see." In five minutes more Joe was tearing out like a madman, in advance of the keeper, and falling at the feet of the young official, began with sobs and tears to tell his sad story. By degrees the clever young secretary put the lad at his ease and got possession of the essential facts of the case, which he promised to lay before the Governor. On the boy's suggestion the pedier was hunted up by clever dtectives, at the request of the secretary, and his state ment, together with the lad's recollec tion, put the case on an entirely different footing. The pedler's statement not only satis fied the authorities, but the father feel ing that he Bad been hasty, and that the boy w as blameless for the sad calamity, took him to his heart. Joe's enemy, the keeper, was fulsomely polite until the lad was discharged, which occurred with in a week or so. Friends turned up in the most unexpected places. The news papers teemed "with recounts of "The Lsmy lai'iirrfrntinn of an Linoeent Bmj Brought to Light by the Prison OficvjU ILipjiif Ending of a Si J Arcident" and in this way the once friendless boy discov enl that nothing succeeds like success. The friendship of the secretary did not end here. Seeing that Joe was both in telligent and truthful, he aided the lad in many ways, and the once juvenile criminal is now high in the officials of the Riilroad Company, and an honored citizen of the State in which he was once a stone-breaker and a jail-bird. -V. I. Lf'lgtT. Repose of Manner. Charles Corson is a merry, rollicking young man, who often tries his good mother by his great carelessness of be havior. She hr.d often said to him that she wished he would sit more quietly, talk in a less noisy fashion, and try in every way to cultivate repose of manner. One evening there was to be a roomful of formal company at the Corsons, and Mrs. Corson gave ber son line upon line, and precept upon precept, "There is nothing more elegant in a yonng man," she concluded, "than perfect repose of manner." The company came. Charles grew in terested in the conversation, and quite forgot his good resolutions. He rushed about the rooms, talked very fast, and at last, in fetching a dish of ice cream tor one of the guests, stumbled against his mother's chair and spilled half of the ice cream down the folds of her gown. Then came, with flash of sweet tem pered emphasis, words which contrasted drolly with the abashed face of the young man. "Charles, dear," said Mrs. Corson scarce ly turning from the friend with whom she chanced to be talking, "Charles, dear, I wish you would cultivate repose of manner!" The deiicate contrast between the phase of reproof and the vexatious ac tion that evoked it made every one smile; and Charles smiled, too, as, begging his mother's pardon, he knelt down, napkin in hand, to wipe the ruined folds of silk. Yurith'$ Comjtanion. T17 j. jjl jl AN AOTL FATE! INMATES OF A QUEBEC INSANE ASYLUM ROASTED ALIVE. Two Hundred Maniacs Missing. LoMiiE Pointe, Qi e, May 6. The Government Insane Asylum at this place was destroyed by fire to-day. There were in the institution when the fire broke out 1,300 lunatics. It is believed that two hundred of these have perished. A long line of gaunt k wers and a mass of blazing debris reflected in the wild eyes of the maniacs is all that is left of the lunatic asylum, and the horrible sights that were witnessed during the de struction of the building will never be forgotten by the spectators, though to the lunatics it was a time of supreme glee, and in their delight they disported themselves amid flames and waved their arms in turbulent satisfaction at the ruin that was being wrought. Net until the walls tumbled over their heads were their maniacal screams silenced. TWO Hl'NDKED missim;. There were incarcerated in the asylum 1.C06 lunatics, for the place was more like a prison than a hospital, and this even ing not more than 1,100 had been accoun ted for. But many had escaped into the fields and woods. The number of dead is now purely a matter of conjecture, and is not likely to ever be ascertained, since no other record is kept than the asylum books, and these were destroyed in the fire. Taking into consideration all the evidence from firemen, half-sane inmates, the Sisters in charge, bystanders and per Bonal'observalinn, it is a conservative es timate to say that 100 victims met their deaths in the flames, although some as sert that the number is 200. No such calamity has fallen upon Que bec province in time out of mind. At five minutes before noon a telegram was received in Montreal imploring as sistance. The Mayor at once ork-rel en gines to be dispatched. One eniriue and two reels were soon started, r,-jd they were quickly on the spot, tut they might as well have remained at home, for in five minutes they had exhausted the water supply. The fire started in the second ward, on the women's side, in the upper story, and its spread was hastened by longitudinal ventilation shafts con nected with the towers. The flames soon appeared blazing up through tiie roof in the centre of each tower. When the firemen arrived the dome of one tower had j 1st fallen, and the flames were burst ing out everywhere. Tin horror lev ea led. Streams were laid on, and while they lasted some good was done, but that was for a very brief space, and then the hor ror of ihe situation was revealed. Mean time beds, furniture and utensils were being thrown from windows, and streams of ill-clad men poured out of the eastern wing, not one male patient being lost. Among the women it was different. The less hopeless cases were treated in the lower wards, and these persons were re moved without difficulty, but from the upper wards, where the violent patients were confined, there came the wildest screams as the unfortunates resisted the efforts of the nuns to aid them in making their escape. At the windows the maniacs could be seen peering through the bars, grinning and jabbering until they were enveloped in the flames and compelled to release their hold and drop back in the'caul dron. When the firemen found they were powerless to save the building they turn ed their attention to the inmates and burst in the doors with axes. Chief Ben nett says it was such a sight as no fire man ever before witnessed, In one ball he entered there wen? 25 patients, and, at his approach, they huddled and clasp ed themselves together like a pack of beasts. He seized the nearest "But," sai I the chief, "I could no more separate the crowd than I could separate the parts of one body. He tucged at them until the fire darted into their garments and enfolded them in a shroud of flame. FOl'R KlSTErS PEEISII. One of the Tertiary nuns, Marie, had been asleep in the sick infirmary on the fifth floor, and to her rescue hurried three others. They seized their companion and bore her in a blanket to the stair case, but there they were met by a sheet of flame, and all four perished. Their names were : Soeurs Marie, Itemoris, Egilbert and Lumiene. Xone of them was over 20 years of age. All came from parishes below Quebec. The sisters worked most heroically imploring be seeching and commanding patients ; and despite the disadvantageous circum stances, succeeded in rescuing a large number. Sister Therese, the Supenoresa, has been in poor health, and it is feared that to-day's shock may prove fatal to her. Drs. Bourqtie and Boralet remained at the work ef rescue natil exhausted and were carried out unconscious. The management of the pauper insane has been a long-ctanding shame to the Province of Quebtc. The unfortunates have been farmed out to nuns at $100 a head per year, and the aim seems to have been to keep them as cheaply aa possi- ble and with the least poesible outlay for building or repairs. While the most ! urgent bodily wants of the patients have been supplied, no attempt has been made at systematic medical treatment By a curious coincidence, the only Protestant j ia tt,e r,llta cf observations were sup Insane Asvlum in the Province was in- I P0"1 derr.d upon atmospheric con- angu rated to-day by its new superintend ent Hitherto patients of ail denomina tions were treated together, but the Pro testants, by persistent solicitations, raised enough money to found an institution in which their own patients might be cared for. For years the government has been urged to adopt a modernized treatment Of the insane, and last summer the Moth er Superior was sent abroad to ascertain if any improvements could be adopted from similiar institutions in Europe, but nothing of value seems to have resulted from the voyage. The St Jean d'Piu Asylum, commonly called Longue Pointe, was founded in 1873. The building consisted of the main edifice and of four smaller buildings con nected by wings, and had a frontage of 630 feet The principal building wis six stories high, other portions of the build Leg five. The Sisters of Providence spent VU-L WHOLE NO. 2025. in founding and organizing this institu tion $ 1,132.00, of which sum J700.000 was spent in building. The building was insured by the Government for $300,000 in the R.-iyal Insurance Com pany. Th's su;n has been reinsured in IS local compact in sums varying from ?,0X to f22C0. The Sisterhood of Providence, who owned the luildingand under whose management the institution has a'nays been, is the largest of the many Camlian orders, although only es- iau;isnei m years ago. its iounier was Madam (iamalin, widow of a wealthy ...1 .... 1 1 IV 1 . 11.11., 1 1 J (llUV-bU HIM new sisterhood. Universal symathy is felt for Sister Therese, the energetic Lady Superior of Longue Pointe Asylum. This lady's family name is Tetu, and she belongs to the Quebec district. . She was seriously ill during the winter with icflammation of the lungs aud it was feared for gome time that she was dying. Iuring the Last month she had been slowly recover ing, but is still very weak. Sister Therese's two principal assistants in the manage ment of the asylum were Sisters St Charles an 1 Mi ieiaine, -!ie former the sister of I'r. Goulet, of Jollette. Willi the exception of the medical department, consisting of doctors, the Sisters retained complete control of ail departments o: the asylum, even the dispensing of the necessary medicines being done by train ed Sisters. There were"64 trained nurses employed in the various departments of the institution, nlLI) Dt.SIl FOB LIBERTY. The patients who had fled from the burning building wandered about aim lessly, clad in scant g.iruients, many of them veritable Ophelias in their fantasie dress. When released many of them wept for joy and bounded like deer across fields to the woods. Patients of both sexes escaped, an I though a cordon of pMice waj formed, not all the patients were included, and horribly suggestive rumors were brought i.i by people who ca:r,e through the wood's to the scene of the Ui-ter. A new dread come upon the inhabitants from the presence of so tuny escaped lunatics and they will count themselves fortunate if they are not vi.-iied by a scries of such crimes as only ma 1 men can devise. Tin:rE more xv.ns .m;-;ni. The death roil is now estimated, at 50, though many more are missing. It Is feared that seven Tertiary nuns are burn- ed. Three more are missing. Among the patients who perished is Sister Lahaie a nun of the Sacred Heart Convent at Saulte au Recoliet, who was uc ler treat ment at the Longue Pointe institution for some months. A Dos on Trial for His Life. A dog on trial for his life a sight im possible outside the jurisdiction of Mas sachusetts' curious laws was the event on Friday of last week, that filled the municipal court of Boston to overflowing with curious sjiectators. Judge Curtis presided. The defendant, Towser, a handsome setter, belonging to one Na than Simmons, a South End saloon keep er, was charged with having a vicious and savage disposition, "dangerous to the peace aud bodily weal of the good citizens of this Commonwealth." To prove this one Ilihiioth Hess swore that the dog had bitten him without provocation and he wanted the hand some animal killed. Towsefs owner demurred and the court summoned Tow ser to prove his good character, and he was forthwith brought into court and in stalled in the pen. His master retained able counsel for him, and amid the titter of the audience and the smiles of Judge Curtis the trial b?gan. The plaintiff told how he was bitten, but acknowledged that he had provoked Towser by teoaing him. Others came forward and after expatiating on Towser's good qualities the prisoner him self was brought forward in his own be half. At various commands he played deal, walked on his hind legs about the room, stood on his head, shouldered arms, whined dismally ia imitation cf a song and wound up by marching np the steps to the Judge's desk on his hind legs and shaking paws wi?h his Honor. The latter wis greatly tickled, and without hesitating said, amid cheers. "Towser you are a peaceable an J orderly canine. I give judgment in your behalf and dismiss you, the plaintiff paying the costs." I-eavir.g the room the dog received an ovation. Observations from a Balloon. The observations made during night ascensions, or those w hich werecottinued into the night, on temperatures at differ ent heights, gave results different from the theories previously held on the sul ject. An increase of the temperature with the height was noticed after sunset The rate of decline cf temperature with elevation when near the earth was sub ject to variation as the sky was clear or cloudy. From an elevation of three miles cirrus clouds were seen apparently as far above the observers as they seem when viewed from the earth, deposited consid erably on the amount of moisture in the air. The noise of a railway train can be heard in clouds four miles high, but not when the clouds were far below. The Ji hare of a K'jn was hearJ 10.000 ieet ; me oaramg 01 a iiog at two miles ; bat the shouting of a multitude at not more than 4,0nl feet. Many differences ditions while these vary with the time of day and the season of the year, so that a great many observations would be re quired to determine the true laws. Hav ing followed up one of the observations recorded above with a captive balloon and by other means, Mr. Glaishier de clared to the Meteorological society, in that the theory that the temperature is always lotr at higher elevations, is not true. lyu!'ir NoVr.T Monthly. The proprietor's of Ely's Cream Balm do not claim it to be a cure-all, but a sure remedy for catarrh, colds in the bead, and hay fever. It is not a liquid or a snuff, bat is easily applied into the nostrils. It gi .es relief at ence. Joe Jullivan, of the Oakland, California fire department, stands 7 feet -tj inches in his sUxklEgs. Preparlrig Sod Cround for Corn. Leaving out of consideration the ques tion of plowing sol in the fall, if it is plowed in the spring, it is best done as soon as the ground is in g-xr.i con i.ti u. Sr! ground can be plowed earlier than a fallow, stubble or coru-stalk ground, and the sod will have none too long to par tially decompose before the corn is planted. A good plow for stubble jr follow land is one that mov?sthe farrow slice with considerable force, breaking it up ; but such plow is cot a fit one for sod ground for it will leave parts of the furrow-slice lying with the grass up, and other parts standing on edge. The harrow wi'l then leave many pieces with the grass up, to grow again. The best plow for sod is or.e that tarns the furrow-slice completely up side down, and no more, without break ing it Then the plowed ground can be fined without bringing gnus up to grow agVsn. For the first work on the plowed grcud the Acme, Cutaway, or a ii:k harrow is the best. With one of these harrow s the ground can be better cut up, atid with much less Labor of man and b.-t than, with the straight-tooth harrow ; and on I sod ground thesmoothing-harro is used only to put on the finishing touches juc before the corn is planted. Sod requires more work than stubbie to put ia good condition for the sed, and the loss from planting on 5...1 not well prepared is greater than 0:1 sta! ble. L'nle.ss the ground is thoroughly w .rked there will be crevi-es among an 1 beneatli of both drouth and flood. The pies of sod will constantly interere with cultiva tions, and if one of these pieces is be neath a hill, the corn will likely torn up by the cultivator. Neither will the sod be so well decomposed aud feed the crop. Another reason for careful preparation of the sod is that it is often infeste 1 w 1; h cut and other worms. The more you stir the ground, the more of these will be de stroyed ; and planting may safely be de ferred until cutworms have pussed their voracious period, and will do little dasu age. Quite frequently sod ground, and especially clover sod ground, contains so many cut worms that it is not advisable to plant it until quite late. Only a poor stand will remain. I.at spring I allowed a forty acre clover sod lleid to lie for a month a.ter it was almost ready for the planter. One of my employes became very impatient, and thought I was wror not to plant at once, as some of my neigh bors had done. But much of tneircorn was cut off by the worms, and they had only a poor stand, with some hills a fjll month behind the others. When I plan ted I had a most excellent stand and the field averaged eighty bushels, shelled, per acre. On d ground thoroughly pre pared corn grows so fast that it is safe to defer planting until quite late, and this ground is not so apt to be hardened by rains as is other ground. .1.i-t i 1 .1 )-ri-'t'!t'tr''.t. He Wanted to "Remain. A typical Missourian from t'.e r uck counties appeared at the Tre;nort II ."L-e J recently and asked for a ro" He said About , his name was John Wakeiv. o'clock he approached the clerk s J-sk and said : "Guess I'll re:ua:n, 'cause l'in kinder tired." " rieased to have you, sir." rattled the clerk. " What's your name '."' " Wakely." " Oh, yes ; give you No. 301, front room, with bath, southern exposure. You can get dinner at 6." The fellow Btood like a bronze for a f-w moments, and then tsik a chair or;.. ';:; the counter. Atfio'clock anothi.r clerk came on watch, and Wakely went to him, saying : " My name's Wakely. G'Jess I'll re main." Tbank yon, Mr. Wakely ; let' see ; Vil ; best room on that tloor, if not in tl." house. Just make yourself at home here." The man seemed dumbfounded at something, and he returned to Lie) chair, directly opposite the rgiter. When the night clerk appeared at 11 o'clock, the MLssourian almost ran to the coun ter. " I'm glad they g't a new boy," he said. "I'm what they call "i"i. and I want to remain. ! you an lersian 1 ?'' " Certainly, Mr. Wakeiy. I'm g lingto eat my lunch-, n, now, but if I cu J anything for you after that, don't hesi tate to call me. Be pleased to serve you, sir." The strange guest, after glaring at the clerk, returned to his chair, when he did not move until 2 a. ra. Then he was dis turbed by a couple of late boisterous trav eling men. " We've had enough fan." spoke one of the drummers. "We might as well re tire, and " Here the man from Missouri jumped two feet in the air, veiling out to the clerk : " Retire 1 That's the d d word I've been trying to say since yesterday nxixi. I guess I'll retire." CoV-t .., ILnil-L One on Quay. At Cleveland they put two cars filled with Poli.-h iaimlgranU on the rear of our train, and they had through some ai-cidect been belated, and we sped aay for Toledo, says a writer in the New York .i. At about nine o'clock at night a man cam into our car, in which Senator Quay had a berth, aud said : "Ladies and gentlemen, a child has been born in one of the immigrant cars. It's a boy. Although we are in Ohio, I'm a Pennsylvania myself, and as Sena tor Quay is also on the train it is pro pose! to name that boy Q : iv Lir.gUow ski. It has been proposed th.u e a'l chip in and raise z purse for tli ? boy." We chipped. Q:uy saw onr whole pile and raised it ", sayh.g that h should be proud of the honor, an 1 th men passed into the next car. An hour later we learr-ed that no child had be. n born, and that the fellow had, rais ed f73 and dropped off at souk? station. 'Tired all the Time. So say many poor men and 'c.n, who seem overworked, or are debilitated by change of season, climate, or life. If yoa could read the hundreds of letter praising Hood's Sarsaparilia, which come from people which it ha.s restored t health, you would be convinced of its merits. As this is impossible, why r.'.t try Hood's Sarjprilla yourself, ar.d thus realize its benefit ? It wi!I tone and build up your system, give you gl appetite, overcome that tired fet-l.r.g cr. 1 make you feel, as one woman expresses it, " like a new creature." Maxims for the Dairy. Try box stalls. Granulate your butter. Don't neglect the bull. Keep a few well bred pigs. Keep the cows well bedded. Try cow peas for cow pastures. Leave the horns where they trow. Put your best Lay in the co eUbie. Florida FurmtTq Sa. S Ji!til0ore St. CumU-rland, Md. 1 2Ja- Or at Youi. Prug ejeywr
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