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Assailing the Government.

QUEBEC, April n.-Hon. Mr.. Turcotte,
member of the Quebec assembly, gave no
tice that on Monday he will move an ad-
dress to the lieutenant governor representing
that the legislative assembly of Quebec has
learned with deep regret the unfortunate
events which have occurred in the Northwest
and takes the first occasion afforded IL to
declare that it cannot approve Of subjects of
her majesty attempting to settle by force OF
arms and bloodshed difficulties Of simple adj
ministration, that this house, while disprov-
ing of the uprising in the North
west, cannot but believe that
it has been brought about by
carelessness and neglect in settling certain
claims which are perfectly equitable and
have been pending a number Of years, and
it is inclined to think, taking into considera-
ton that it is the result Of monetary despair
rather than conscious premeditated disloy-
atty, that had it not been for
evident neglect and incapacity Of the
federal authorities this insurrection would
not have occurred, and its members, as
citizens, protest solemnly against
the federal government, which they
hold esponsible for the blood which has been
shed, and particularly for the culpable inca
pacity of the munster of the interior, who
has, so to say, driven the half-breeds to take
up arms. This house prays the lieutenant
governor to consider the advisability of the
recommending of the voting Of a sum Of
money to assist the volunteer soldiers who
have been placed under arms, aud TO cause
a copy of this address to be forwarded to the
secretary of state for the Dominion.
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THE HOME OF THE TRAMP
The Sketcher is 'Given the Rush.
to the Work House for
One Day.
He Improves the Opportunity to "Do
Up'' Its Inmates and Their
EnvirOns.
how the Prisoners are Received, What
They Eat and Wear and Where
They Sleep.
The Dungeon Cells Where Refractory Pris-
oners are COnffned-It is Terrible
Punishment.
Scrupulous Cleanliness Reigns Every
where-Prisoners Gain Flesh on
the Bill of Fare.
The Wonan's Department-The Hospital
For the Sick-A Good. Deal Better
Than the Road.

In pursuance of an intention expressed
some weeks ago, the GLOBE to-day takes up
anew the fate of the festive or mournful
vagrant affording its Sunday readers
glimpse into those interesting precincts
where he is periodically placed under duress
vile to seclude himself for seasons of vary
ing duration.
In the former article he was seen comforta-
blv ensconced in the vehicle which was TO
bear him away from the seat Of judgment to
shat beneficial retreat upon the shores OF
Lake Como, provided for him by society
Thither the reader will accompany him, a
seat in the same vehicle having been
kindly rendered by the officials in
charge The drive to the st. Paul
workhouse is an exceedingly attractive
one, lying for the greater part Of the dis
tance along the straight and level Como
avenue When Lake Como is reached, how
ever, the road branches off through under
brush and hollows to the left, skirting the
lake for half a mile or so, when the work
house comes into the field of outside vision.
If the reader were seated with the driver and
conductor upon the outside be would be Tor
cibv i'm pressed by the exterior resemblance
of that massive structure to large mill or
mandatory, there appearing nothing upon
its exterior, save the grated windows, to
suggest anything repulsive to the nomadic
instinct And at short distance even these
do not show plainly.
The St. Paul workhouse stands upon an ell
evated, rolling, partially timbered tract Of
forty acres, surrounded by high, white
washed fence, and overlooking Lake Como.
1t is of brick, three stories and basement
In height, and is in ground plan L shaped.
The long arm Of the building is 204x44 feet,
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with hols on their shoulders. Through the
omen gate of a tight board fence which abuts
close against the building on the right, is
seen guard in slouch hat and oyercoat
supcriuteuding gang Of prisoners engaged
in Cxcayating.
The Office con .aius a desk, two tables, n
large vault and weighing scales, fitted with
an apparatus for measuring the height Of the
prisoners. Over the desk is hung rack
containing two Winchester repeating rifles.
In the hands OF the guards outside are three
more Upon the walls are hung several
black tablets. lcttered and numbered in YER
tical columns.
The superintendent, who Is also secretary
OF the institution, steps into the vault aud
returns with large book. In this, as the
prisoners are weighed and measured snd
their names are called, he proceeds to enter
underneath proper columns, the date name,
age. oifeuse. 10y whom committed, nativity,
occupation, color, habits Of life, social rela-
lions, education, religious education, health
on admission, term Of sentence, weight and
measure. Other columns are headed, time
earned. date of discharge, prior commit
mcnts and weight when discharged.
After the batch are booked, they are re-
ceipted for The receipt reads:
April q, 1880 .-kccolNed OF Oincer SHE IDS,
John Smythc, sentenced toimprison ment At
II. Pau. workhouse. +. A. REM,
No. 1852. Superintendent.
The number ou the receipt shows the total
number Of prisoners received since the es-
tabHShment Of the institution in February,
1883.
After receiving his vouchers the officer re
huQuishes his prisoners snd departs. The
superintendent gets out another book en-
titled Hall Book" In this he registers the
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wouldn't be so hard with him, but he is a
mean fellow and cursed the guards"
walking away, the visitors wonder If the
poor devil was asleep, or whether he heard
the laughter of the sham prisoner. Asking
if there are many escapes, the answer is"
''Oh, yes. Several year. With so small
force and no dogs this couldn't be helped" :"
''How do they get away?"
''Sneakaway when working on the grounds.
Sometimes they make break for the timber
yonder in plain sight of the guards. See that
guard outside sitting on the saw bucka He
dropped prisoner at 800 yards short time
ago with his Winchester. We have had to
shoot two of them"
s'Kill them?"
''No. They got well. It seems hard to
shoot them, but it must be done. There are
some very desperate characters here"
The superintendent is asked why the pris-
oners all look so much alike. He answers
by suggestive passing of his hand over his
head. This does not satisfy one visitor. who
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the SenSitiVeneSS or the atten nQant. Inc
shock and surprise of this cruel operation to
some of the delicate natures exposed by the
husking operation is extreme. From the
bath they are conducted to the barber's chair.
where diminutive reaping machine crops
an abundant harvest The change wrought
by these two operations is so great that once
outside the beneficiary could doubtless climb
upon the Black NJ. and ride freely to town
without his identity being suspected.
The women are put through the operation
of cleansing, only their hair being left un-
shorn out of kind Difference to sex. The old
clothes peeled off from these human kernels
are gathered up, each individuals separately,
and placed in a square galvanized iron
boiler where they are exposed for some time
to a temperature which at once deodoriZes
them and kills the varying degrees of ami
mated nature by which they are nearly all
infested. This operation is termed "cre-
mating" When cieansed each outfit, or
misfit, or unfit, as the case may be, and some
of them are extraordinarily like the stage
costume of popular song and dance char
acter artists bundled together and placed
in large pigeon hole compartment num-
bered to correspond with the number
of his cell and bunk. The
room in which these miscellaneous,
motley and grotesque articles of human ap-
parel are filed away is study. Battered
hats, plug and soft, all colors and sizes.
Mouldy shoes of all varieties and ancient
boots Nearly all of the boots and shoes
have the heels nearly worn off or run over
and turn up at the toes. Some are mere
scraps of reddish, weather-b beaten and time
shriveled hide, tied by strings to clumsy
soles. How eloquent they are of many a
weary tramp and cruel blister! And the faded
coats and buttonless vests, some bearing
still the discolorations of Bacchanalian
revels.
Into this room the prisoner comes but
once, aud that is the day of his dismissal,
when he re-robes himself in the garments OF
innocence, gets back his little
personal effects, is weighed, conducted
to the outer door, and with a
suave sweep of the official hand, told to
''git" While he usually returns the regula-
ton Western answer, it is said that some
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cap or tuuue, made in parti-colored secti ons
like balloon, baggy blouse arranged tc
gather in at the waist and decorated either
with coarse plaid figure or else made OF
two longitudinal sections of different colors.
These colors are according TO regulation,
yellow and gray, although as manufactured
in the workhouse they are Of variety OF
colors. For instance some OF the uncouth
foolscaps are made up of red, white and blue,
one leg of the shapeless trousers is light
color and the other dark.
AS soon as the new conner is given a square
meal and has recovered from the shock of
cleansing, he is put TO work. The work
consists of grading the grounds, working on
the farm and garden, on the roads, building
fences, clearing timber land, building and
repairs, repairing clothing, pumping, assist
ing in the kitchen and bakery, etc. The
women are set at making the clothing for the
institution, a task which they labor at cheer
fully and efficiently.
Since its establishment two years ago, the
workhouse has accommodated l,949 prison
ers, some of them more than once. During
the past wear the average has been ffty-one
prisoners on hand daily. OF the total num-
Der since the first, fourteen only have been
women. To manage this large institution
are required the superintendent and secre-
tary, hall master, fire guards, one cook, ,one
baker, one physician, janitor, hostler and
an engineer. The building is heated by
steam and the water supply is pumped by
manual labor of prisoners. The entire man
agement is upon what is known as the De
troit plan, acknowledged the best system at
present in operation.
Having thus detailed the incidents con-
nected with the reception of prisoner and
of the administration of the institution the
reader may now saunter through the building
in company with the superintendent. As
the visitor listens to the courteous official
and studies his concise yet willing method of
answering unexpected questions he cannot
fail to be impressed favorably with DISPOSE
ton at once strong and humane. Mr.. REM
is both q philosopher and an executive
aud having served his term in the legisla-
ture is good logician regarding certain
phases of human nature.
Putting on his soft felt hat, and with q
bunch of keys so small that one could carry
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Roasted In a Barrel.

Sioux CRY, Ia, April 11.-At Sloan thia
state, Charles Pixler, a farmer, built fire to
destroy some rubbish. Mrs. Pixler, who
was busy about her household work, did not
notice that the fire had spread to the house
until the building was in flames, and the
only door impossible. Selling the eldest
child, son four years old, she dropped him
out Of window, and then returning, tooE
the other child, baby, and carried 1t out OF
the house. When outside the house the
nearly frantic mother could find nothing Oh
her little son. the lad who had been put out at
the widow. At last, when the logs from the
burning house had partly fallen down, the
boy was found dead in barrel tnat was un<
der the window, his head burned so as TO be
hardly recognizable. 1t seemed that ing
mother, in her fright, had dropped the iad
into the barrel instead Of on the ground a.
she supposed.
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party is seated at table in the dining
room, quaffiDg fresh milk and munching at
sandwiches and cheese. Everything first
class and fresh, and comes undoubtedly from
the general supply, as supper is already be-
ing prepared. 1t is learned that meals are
served as follows:
Breakfast, 6:30-Bread and coffee.
Dinner, 12:30-Soup, vegetables and
meat, and on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, fish. Plenty of water also.
Supper, 6:15-Tea and bread. Always all
they want.
The superintendent claims that, with rare
exceptions, every prisoner discharged has
gained in bodily weight. This statement is
verified by reference to the hall book, which
shows gain in nearly every instance Of
two to ten pounds.
CThe kitchen is provided with modern ap-
paratus and the cook has one assistant.
The bakery is inspected. 1t has two large
ovens, one cat, one baker and an assistant
They use at present one sack of -four day.
Then come the bathroom, barber shop and
laundry. The latter has piled upon the floor
some of the most unique and dirtiest gar
ments known to the professional dirty man.
The visitor beholds the square tank wherein
garments are ':cremated' and peeps into
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plain bed clothing. In one cot lies woman
past middle age, who rolls up her eyes in
feeble curiosity. She is on the sick list. By
her side on plain rocker sits an old lady
with spectacles, a bandana handkerchief
about her head and a book upon her lap.
She looks up confusedly aud lowers her
glance upon the floor Both of these women
are prisoners. There is a small stove IN the
room, a slender table, and nothing more.
Everything is clean.
Passing from this department back into
the hall again the door is locked, and the
same formula of entrance is observed when
the door leading to the male ward is un-
locked. Here is much longer apartment
1t is built upon the same general plan as the
other, with change for the better in the
character and style of the iron work. The
locks are different, being self-locking, but
requiring pass key to open. There are
three tiers of cells, forty-eight on a side.
Each cell bears, besides its number, the
number of the hunks inside. The interiors
are identical with the other cells in appear
ance, but are slightly smaller, being Sx51S
feet in diameter. They also have the ventil
ating lue and soil bucket, besides Tin wash
basin.
The fagstones of this floor are of immense
size, and the beams overhead are painted
white. At the far end is long sink. Ev-
erything glistens. prisoner saunters away
from one window as IL anxious to put some
thing between him and sightseers. Like all
the rest he keeps his eyes averted. Down
stairs into the basement. One tier Of cells
beneath those overhead, twenty-four in, all.
The floor is Of cement. Everything white
washed. Plenty of light from the baldwin
dows near the ceiling. A sink in the corner
near the stairway. A prisoner, young, tough
looking, sits on a nail keg mending pair Of
pants. His head Is bent down, but be rolls
his eyes up at the visitors from behind.
''We want TO see the dark cells"
Another door is unlocked, one at the far
end of the basement A short room, the
same width as the first Eight cells, four on
4 side, with solid sheet-iron doors They
have lots of rivets on them. We 90 into one
of them and shut the door. We stay inside
a minute or so. but curious to relate IL does
not seem like ages, neither are we tormented
with horrible forbodings Of being forgotten.
Untraditional, but true. There is nothing
In the cell, not even bed staple. We
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hospital, the laboratory and the unoccuped
rooms above. In the former sits an indis-
posed convict, reading by the window, and
in an adjoiding apartment lame prisoner,
also reading. The former does not raise his
eyes, but pulls off his ungainly wooden cap
This token of respect would be touching
were it not for a lurking suspicion that the
gentleman doesn't mean it that way. The
man with the crutch does not appear to no.
tice strangers. There are the same iron bed
steads and dark-colored blankets.
The doctors apartment is plain room,
with table, chair and desk, the latter with
a secretary above it containing various bot
ties and instruments. The information
was elected that there has been very little
sickness at the institution, and only one
death and that from consumption. The
doctor calls On an average every other day.
Above the attic story is shown an iron
tank made to hold forty barrels of water.
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spectacle matrons than prisoners in work
house. There is nothing absolutely vicious
or even hard in appearance about these wo-
men. They converse in low tones, and
although they avert their eyes when regarded
closely, they evidently find it hard to restrain
their feminine curiosity regarding the Wis
itors. Upon one of the tables and the stair
way are laid huge piles of coarse cloth mate
rial and partly finished clothing.
The cells are painted white on the inside.
Floor and roof and sides are of boiler iron,
on which the rivets are the sole decoration.
They are six by nine by seven feet in size
and height. Two of the upper tiers are dun
geons. In the corner runs vertical nine
inch ventilating pipe. painted blue, and pro-
vided with door for regulation of air. An
air tight soil bucket completes the regulation
furniture. The beds are simply hammocks
of canvas attached to opposite iron staples,
two in each CELL In the daytime they are
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them in bis vest pocket he leads the way to
the female ward, first inquiring the choice
the visitor may have in the
matter Unlocking 8 badly warped
or II made iron door at
the eni Of the hallway opposite the main
entrance. Il swings only with an effort
.sEnrr Gentlemen" The visitors enter,
but when the official has closed and locked
the toor, find themselves only inside $ mar
row cage Of iron. II is necessary 20 unlock
Snoher door before the main apartment is
rea.hed
! high, well lighted room, about 30 BY so
feet. with brick walls painted white, and s
fODr paved with huge slabs or stone. All
aE1ud, undern cath the windows run steam
upes, bv which the otherwise cold apartment
Il kept at comfortable temperature. The
thermometer registers T0o. In the center,
.eaching nearly to the ceiling, is rect2ngu-
ar structure Of QuSrter-inch boiler iron con-
tanning three tiers Of cells, one above the
other. afteen on each of the longer sides.
The doors are OF fat wrought iron
grating. but sre al open, allowing
the interiors 70 be seen. Around this huge
tank or box, beneath the tvo upper tiers,
run iron balconies, reached By stairEays ai
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and the shorter arm 100x50 feet in size.
Back Of it is a large engine house, and in
the foreground, near the road, fine two
storv-and-a-half frame cottage, the residence
of the superintendent. The general appear
ance of the grounds is at this season OF the
wear somewhat bleak, an effect which is
heightened by the white frozen surface of the
lake cleaning coldly through the denuded
timber. But later on the location is un-
doubtcdly picturesque and charming to those
who ride outside
As the Black Maria drives up to the main
entrance, which is in the angle end of the
shorter wing Of the building-after passing
through a long gate in the whitewashed
fence-the barking of dogs is heard from
some kennels ut the right Of the path. Super
intendent F. \. REM, a tall, somewhat
stoopsng, liudly-appearing gentlemen Of go
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oCSidlVS DCllCl Iuot luO 1iAC VI q tOaSu a. "
tramp always produces certain expression
of features.
The dining room on the main floor of the
longer wing, back of the cell room, is next
visited. Here are twenty tables with six
chairs around each table. A longer table in
a niche at the nearest end of the room has
ten chairs around it. The tables
shine as bright as if sandpapered,
and the floor looks as Cclean
as the tables. At the farther end is cabinet
organ, used on Sunday afternoons, when re-
ligious services are held in the dining room
under tine auspices oi people from Hamline
university. A colored man, a prisoner, is
engaged in securing table cutlery. His
duty is to scrub the dining room until it or
he is worn out or his term expires. Through
the window another colored man is seen hap
PLY sauntering about the yard. He grins
constantly, and is said by the superintend-
ent to be tireless, willing worker.
The commodious kitchen and store rooms
are next inspected, and the sight of fresh
baked bread and pail of milk awaken de-
sires that will not down. A hint
is sufficient, and in moment the
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The American Exhibition.

PARIS, April 11.-Mr. J. r. Whitley, di-
rector general of the American exhibition
to be held in London next year, accompan-
led by Lord Levison Cover, who represents
the executive council, had an audience to-
day with President Grevy in relotion to the
exhibition. ON. Grevy expressed his sympa-
thy with the proposed undertaking and prom
ised that he would personally and in his
official capacity do all in his power to pro-
mote its success.
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Ordered to the Front.

QUEBEC, April 1.-THE cavalry school
received fresh orders last night, and will
probably leave tomorrow for the North
west.
HALIFAX, April 1.-THE Halifax battalion
Of fusileers received orders last night tol leave
this morning for the front.
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The Dublin Enthusiasm Increases.

DUBLIN, April 1.-THE enthusiasm over
the Prince and Princess of Wales appears to
be on the increase among the common peo-
pie. Their royal highnesses to-day visited
Trinity college and were presented with adj
dresses by the various college societies.
After leaving Trinity the prince and prin-
cess visited several schools in Dublin.
Crowds surrounded and cheered the royal
visitors wherever they went.
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Preparing for Any Emereency.

PARIS, April 1.-The government has de-
cided to form two divisions, to be under the
command of Gen. Courery, for service in
Tonquin. Another division will remain in
the south of France to embark at any mo-
ment. 1t is hoped, however, that China will
Loyalty fulfill the terms of the treaty, and
thus render the dispatch Of reinforcements
unnecessary.
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years, appears
in the doorway.
Although he has
S n oW-w hite
beard and mus
tache, his dark
hair is scarcely
tin ged with
gray. Outside
the door is Il
mortar bed, and
rough = looking
young fellows
in un c outh
parti cOlored
high caps, bagSy
blouses and ov-
erals, are pass
ing in and out
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After Their Goods.
Special to the Globe.

Special 20 the Globe
FAReo, April Ian attachment was IS
sued day or two ago against the Jewell
stock of clothing here The goods were re-
plevined by ST. Paul parties, and TO-DAY rep
resentstives of Chicago firms came here aud
placed vrits in the hands of the coroner. who
broke into the store and served the papers on
the deputy sheriff in charge
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prior ommitments. As these entries are
made, the pockets OF the prisoner are iu-
spcctcd aud his light effects, together with 4
slip Of pspcr bearing his name, are fled
away iu one OF the numerous tin boxes
arranged in series iu the vault.
Another slip OF paper bearing the prisoners
name is attacked TO one Of toe black tablets
on the wall opposite The numbers Of his cell
aud bunk. These tablets are lettered ''cell
register and st frst glance set the visitor
thinking about tombstones, or the old Bible