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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
PAROONED OUT.

After n Confinement of Thirty-Three
Years for Killing q Man in . Drunken
BrawI-rhe saloons still FIourishing.
A man was released lately from
Sing Sing who had been confined there
for thirty-throe years. He went to
Sing Sing q vigorous, intelligent Irish
man OF twcnty-soven; he came away g.
gray-headcd, dazed and shaky old man
of sixty.
1t was in the year 1856, when
Franklin Pierce was President, that
he was 80 unfortunate as to kill two
men in a drunken brawl. not knowing
what no did. For this crime he was
sentenced t. death. but the penalty
was comlnuted to imprisonment for
life. pardon now restores him to a
world in which he finds himself q
stranger. lIe has had tho strange ex-
pc fence OF taking in thirty-threc
years OF tho worlds history all ut once.
Evor since his release he has been
walking about New Yorl; and Brook
Ign, gazing. listening, wondering.
When he put on the prison uniform
thirty three yeas ego, the news
papers wcrc full Of The t.uu5!cs in
Kansas. and soon at,cl Occurred the
assauI: upon Charles Sumner IN the
Senate Chamber and the raid into Vir-
ginia by John Brown. followed by the
election OF Lincoln ard four years OF
war. or come of these events he had
heard mentioned in the prison. but he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
Love-Letters Worth Keeping.

4 The Buffalo man who won a sweet
pirl by writing numerous love letters to
her on five dollar bills has started afash-
ion that will make counting harder than
ever. Not only will the dear creatures
refuse to return such missives in case
quarrel, but they will insist on
bills of larger denomination being used.
The world will seem but q dreary place
m q man who has been using tive-dol-
lar bills as stationery for his love let
tiers, when he gets note like this from
the adored object: Another young
gentleman is writing to me on ten dol
lar bills. Unless you employ twenty
dollar bills, all 10 over between US. -
N Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
BOOZE FOR SENATORS.
What Led to the Origin of the u. S. Sen
ate Restaurant.

What Led to the Origin of the u. S. Sem
ate Restaurant.
.sTell me about that hole in the WALL"
swell, it was one of the famous in
situations OF our early days. Ill give
YOU a full history of it--something
that has never been told in print. 1t
had its origin in ham'and bread. One
of the Senators suggested to John
Beall, who was scrgeant-at-arms away
back in the thirties, that it would be q
good thing to have q little luncheon
set near by the hall, where hungry
Senators could run out and get bite
to eat.
$50 BealTs wife boiled hams and
made bread, and Beall brought them
down and set them up in little cir
cular room just north of the rotunda
and on the east side of the corridor.
Soon he added pickles. nuts. salads
and such little delicacies. and the place
became very popular. Then some
body suggested to Beall that there
ought to be a bottle of whisky there,
and after the whisky had been pro-
cured there came a demand for gin,
rum, brandy, wine and all sorts of
things. In little while the place be-
came regular saloon. There was no
bar, of course, not even a sideboard,
the bottles and demijohns being set in
srQhs on the shelves.
%sgSa long time the Senators used
togo in there and help themselves to
whatever they wanted. and the expense
was run in under the contingent ac-
count, as horse hire, or something
like that. After timo the stock got
50 large and popular that it was no I'M
common thing to see dozen Senators
and their friends in there drinking and
having good times. The little room,
not more than twelve or fifteen feet in
diameter. and taking it's name from the
fact that it was simply hole in the
wall, lighted only by one window. was
often badly crowded, and d good deal
OF confusion resulted in the arrange
ment of the stock, so that the Senator
who had a favorite brand of liquor had
much trouble in finding it.
Thus it became necessary to put
man in charge, and after time the ex-
pense became so great that it was not
easy to work it Off in the contingent
account. Then the Senators were re-
CURED to pay for what they got, and
after this was done the popularity OF
the Hole in the Wall fell off very
rapidly. But it was kept up for some
years after the Senate moved into its
present chamber in 1859. It is q good
thing, I'm thinking, that the walls Of
that dark little room arc dumb. -
Capt. Bassett, in Ohio State Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
DRUNKEN FEMALES.

What the MatrOn of the Tombs Says
Cheap Drink the Chief Caute of Crime
Among Women in New York.
Nelly Bly, writes in the New York
World: l put this question to Mrs
McAuliffe, the matron of tho Tombs:
did you ever know of any women
rcforming?"
mo, | never did. I have known of
hard drinkers keeping sober for sew
eral months at a time; but they can't
control themselves, and wild desire
will return which brings them here
again"
What is the chief cause of crime
among women?" asked.
Cheap drink, undoubtedly. These
women often tell me that they can get
trust for all the drink they want at
saloons. If drink was not so cheap
the police courts would not have 30
much to do. 1t leads to every thing
else. After these women serve a SEN
tence for being drunk they go out. and
probably the next day will find them
in again Why? Well. they say they
need something to brace them, and
they brace too much. l look on these
women as diseased. They really can
not help themselves. The ones have
no patience with are the lazy women
who commit themselves in preference
to working. think young. healthy
woman who would rather go to the
island than to work can not receive
too severe 4 sentence.
Drink is the root of all evil" she
continued. Every crime. every
wrong deed is the result OF drink.
And sending women to the island does
more to promote evil than any thing
else. No woman who serves time on
the island ever reforms. We have
| one woman here to-day who left the
island yesterday at ten o'clock after
| serving q six months term. Some of
the keepers gave her twenty cents to
pay her fare into town. Instead of
| that she went into the first saloon and
at four o'clock we had her back again.
Now she has another term to serve"
| Goodnight; am going" said d
woman coming from one OF the cells.
won't you wish me luck?"
81 do" replied the matron, land
here is enough money to pay your car
fare" And with few kindly wishes
she let the woman out and locked the
door.
| Now, you see. there Is woman
who has served her sentence. She is
going out at night. homeless and pen
niless. What is there for her to doe
Who will take her in or trust her? A
few days will bring her back. because
there is nothing else for her."
| "What of these homes?"
They are filled already with women
who have not served time. If, instead
of tho island, they had a place for
women where they could, while serv-
ing time. be taught to work, and for
good work and conduct receive say
fifty cents month. when their time
was up they would have enough to
support them until they could find
work, and while there they would
have learned to do something. II ar
rested on the same complaint o Sec
ond time they should get, instead Of u
few months. year. Make the pun
ishment severe for q third failing.
! The island makes women worse in
stead of better, so what is the use of
sending them there? 1t neither pun
ishcs them rGr reforms thom, so it is
Il fait:"o,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09
The Elder Sothern as a joker.

One day the elder Sothern, Who was
q famous practical joker as well as
actor, went with Mrs Wood into an
ironmonger's shop and asked for
copy of Macaulay's History d En-
gland" 1--WE do not sell books, SIX
said the assistant. This is an iyeze
monger's shop" well. I'm not par.
ticular." said Sothern, pretending &c
be deaf; II don't care whether it il
bound in calf or Russia" But this i:
not u booksellers" shouted the as.
sistant 'All right" said Sothern
wrap it up neatly. 1 want tc
have it sent down to the hotel
1t is for present l wish t.
make to relative" I'VE don't kee,
it," shouted the assistant. getting red
in the face. "Do it up for me as if i
were for your own mother. l don,
want any thing better than that. !,
said Sothern. II would like to write
my name on the fly-leaf." sSir.'
oawled the assistant at the top of hi.
voice, cant you see we do not kee,
books?" VERY well," said Sothern
quite undisturbed, II will wait for it. !,
The clerk appealed to his master an(
said he thought the customer must b,
of his head. What is it, sirp VIVA
DO you desire?" he said to Sothern
"a want to buy file," said the actor
"a plain file, four or five inches LONG
Certainly" said the master, casting
whitening glance at his assistant
Cleveland Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

1TA .Ea.ional Bureau of Statistics
shov, t!S.as On the 500, 100000 which
anausl.? passes into tho tills Of the re-
tailcts q: Intoxicating liquors in this
country there is profit of 1873 IA per
ccnt.--Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

"A man in Nebraska vaccinated his
hogs for cholera He experimented ON
307 head, 290 of which took the disco a.
in mild form and died.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-02-09

In Switzerland there have been H.
275 drunkards' deaths in twenty-five
years out of population of $500, 600
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

of him. His class presented him with cost
ly baton as n parting gift.
Herr Nikisch ensily obtained adcsk among
the first violinists Mt the Royal Opera and
occupied IL four years. In 1873, after his ex-
pcriences as member Of the above orchestra,
he went with Angelo Neumann, celebrated
manager, to Leipsic and was installed a. as
sistant conductor in the old opera house.
He remained there for a year. drilling the
chorus and soloists and conducting the smaller
operas and opcrettas Neumain was soon
convinced that in Nikisch he had found .
real musical wonder. At the end Of that
year he transferred him TO the new opera
house m chief conductor. He attended TO
bis important duties for nearly ten years and
was then engaged to take his present position
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
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PUBLISHERS HARPER g. BROTHERS, New YoRK.
ITIs FINGER NAIIs GAME OFF.

For yearI was afili ,ted with horrible
case OF blocd poison, and upwards OF five
months of that time asunable to do work OF
any kind My finger nails came off ana my
hair dropped out, leaving my head as clean
and smooth as II IL had been shaved. con-
suited the best local physicians, and spent hun
dreds ofdollars for medicines of different kinds,
but without receiving the slightest benefit. I
was advised finally to visit Hot Springs. This
did but becoming disgusted with the treat
ment was receiving there, commenced taking
Swifts Specific Is. y. 81 The effect that =. 3. =.
had on me was truly wonderful. commenced
torecover after taking the first bottle, and by
the time had taken twelve bottles / was en-
when the world-renowned Hot Springs had
failed. WIN. y. LOOMS,
FOUR YEARS ON CRUTCHES.
For fifteen years l was afflicted with rheuma-
tlsm, four years of which was compelled to go
on crutches. Words are inadequate to express
the sufferings endured during that time Dur
ing these fifteen years of existence ut was not
living), tried every known remedy without
receiving any benefit. finally began on Swift's
Specific Is. =. 81 which from the first gave me
relief, and to-day I am enjoying the best of
health, and am well man. 1 candidly be-
lieve that s. =. =. is the best blood purifier on
the market to-day.
JD. TAYLOR, Cuba, Mo.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
(3) Atlanta Ga.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

ana never tries to initiate the English
man either In his habit or his dress. II
his English vocabulary il Of tho most
limited, his knowledge Of England Is still
more so. One Of this type, and London
correspondent OF a Partisan paper. once
wrote TO his editor that lord Salisbury
Yesterday kissed the queens hands on his
appoiptment ms leader Of her majesty's
opposition." Another remarked that
English boys are more respectful to their
fathers than French ones, and, to prove
IL. he added: ain the English upper
classes the son invariably calls his father
governor, word which is pronounced
cuv'nor." II the dear fellow speaks bad
English, no will never admit that there
are in England good many Frenchmen
who write and speak very good English.
Then there is the Frenchman whose
great ambition Is to be thought English.
Ho frcquents only English people, gives
his fellow countrymen wide berth, ana
has not good word to say for them. !
am inclined to think that his slurs
against his countrymen cannot be appre-
ciated by his English friends, for my ex-
pericnce Of the English tells me that
their own admiration for England makes
them respect Frenchman for remaining
French. Needless to say that this speci-
men Is mob. He would fain make you
believe that all his spare time Is spent in
the country houses and tho yachts Of
wealthy or titled English friends. His
conversation is full Of the splendid
shooting we have just had at Lord So
and-so's place." or the delightful cruise
we had in the North sea in Sir Johns
Yacht last August" He never says "the
English do this or do that" but his Ian
puage bristles with such expressions rs
1--WE should never stand that in Eng
land" or, "as we say In English"
What would he not give to be able to go
a little further and say, "wc Englishr'
He pushes his English get-up so far Ms to
wear whiskers and shave his upper lip
and chin, and not for the world would
he be betrayed into n shrug of the shoul-
ders. am happy to say that his name
Is not legion.
A Frenchman not very uncommonly
met with in England Is the Anglopho-
bist. He hates the very name OF Eng
lish. Needless to add that the man is q
social failure.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

mas conquered thas horrible monster,
Rabies. but because the great savant has
shown his perfect disinterestedness by
offering his services as free gift TO his
native country. and indeed to all man.
kind.
have lived many years in England; I
have Travelled a great deal in Europe and
In America. The day on which meet a
more happy. home loving couple than
my countryman Jacques Bonhomme and
his dear wifc--then will let you know.
THE END.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
GROUND FLOOR.


let them lay their eggs where they please,
and then have pleasure Of hunting for them,
and often finding them at n late day-such
certainly must be the case, else why 50 many
bad eggs amongst those mice fresh country
eggsf' Chickens are ope of the most proflta-
ble adjuncts to any farm, and it is n very
easy matter to keep them where there is a
number of cattle to feed.
The hennery here shown was carried out as
an addition to barn at hillside farm, New
Milford, Conn. As the shed below is ncces-
sity in connection with barn, and roof In
dispensable, tho only additional expense Is
the floor, one side and ends, with the interior
fittings, to make a hennery which will ac-
commodate easily 100 to 200. The floor should
be tightly boarded, then covered with a coat
OF boiled pitch and tar, on which spread soil
two or three inches in depth. This viii give
an elegant scratching and wallowing ground.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
3prrtnl 1tnttrra.

Mothers! Mothers Mothers
Are you disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by sick child suffering and crying
with the excruciating pain OF cutting teeth? II
so go at once and get bottle of MRS. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately-depend
upon IL there is no mistake about It. There IL
not n mother on earth who has ever used IL,
who will not tell you at once that II Will regu-
late the bowels, and give rest to the mother, and
relief and health To the child, operating like
magic. 1t is perfectly safe to use In all cases and
pleasant to the taste, and IL the prescription of
one of the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States. Seld everywhere,
25 cents a bottle. iune25l yd&w
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

Let your barns look like barns. your houses
like houses. We would not for anything
have your barns be mistaken for houses or
your houses for barns; for such things we
have seen, and it. makes us feel as II there
was screw loose somewhere. Barns should
not be built for show. They should, Of course,
be made to look well, and be pleasant spots
In the landscape, and built in tho most sub
stantal manner possible-should be arranged
to save as much labor as possible in the care
OF the animals that are to be housed and fed
In them. Let them be well ventilated and
lighted, properly hoored; the stonework Of
the foundation thoroughly built, not dry,
but laid up in good cement mortar. Don't
invite the rats, as they will come without.
II has always been mystery to the writer
why the farmers have not, In a general way,
been wide awake enough to their own inter-
ests 10 properly house their fowls, instead OF
letting them run wild over the whole place,
and roost Oh wagons, carts and agricultural
implements when not in use and stored; to
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
FARM, BARN AND AeNNeav.
.SwS:s

This VIII Be Of Interest to the Agrlcul-
tufist.
This illustration gives correct idea Of .
country farm barn, from Palliser e. Pallis-
or, New York, which will interest those who
are agriculturally inclined. To the farmer IL
Is one Of the most important things how he
shall house his stock and provide storage for
his grain, fodder, ETC., and yet do It in an
economical manner, and the many farm
barns that are to be seen, with their chopped
up and checkered appearance, indicate that
this matter has not had proper amount OF
study and forethought,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
uerr Arthur NIklscn.

One Of the most renowned orchestral con-
ductors of the day is Herr Arthur Nikisch,
the successor Of Herr Wilhelm Gericke as con.
ductor of the Boston Symphony orchestra.
lie has won considerable fame in Germany,
and the impression of his work in Boston has
been vivid and lasting.
In 1865 Herr Nikisch was ushered into this
world at Miklos, a small town situated
in the principality Of Lchtenstein, Germany.
At an early age he displayed a wonderful
musical talent, and played the violin in pub.
lie when only s years of age
In his eleventh year he entered the Roysl
Conservatory of Music in Vienna, where he
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

The windows all arranged TO slide sideways,
the openings on outside being covered with
wire netting; the feed bin built so as 10 hold
several bushels, and arranged to take care OF
itsrlf, by constructing the bottom SO as to
empty into small trough into hennery, in
front of which is pssced perch the chicks
to feed in space adjoining marked chickens,
which is inclosed by pickets, open enough for
them to run through. Nest boxes are ar
ranged in tiers, one above another, and loose,
so that they can be taken through into nest
room and emptied, and for setting hens,
turned around and fed from nest room.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
Is sConsumpIon Iutcurnblef

Read the following: Mr.. c. IL Morris, Newark
Ark, says Was down with Abscess of Lungs
and friends and physicians pronounced me an
Incurpble Cousumptive. Began taking Dr.
now on my NTH bottle, and able 10 oversee the
work on my farm. 1t is the finest medicine
ever made"
Jesse Middleton, Decatur Ohio, says: Had
it not been for Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption would have died of Lung Trou-
bles. Was given up by doctors. Am now in
best Of health" Try IL. Sample bottles free at
II. Il. Cochrans Drug store, Nos. 1877 and lS9 n,
Queen St. Lancaster Pa. %
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and silver medal for violin playing. One Of
Nisisch's compositions, cantata for solo,
chorus and orchestra, was often repeated
When he graduated from the conservatory
he was allowed, us tribute to his abilities
as a conductor-composer, 10 conduct q sym
phony in public. His fellow students, among
~ho.n wsrs Matfi and Esnr we're vsrv fand
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
Grave Cause for Anxiety

Exists when the kidneys lose their activity.
Prompt measures should be taken to renew 1t,
otherwise Brights disease, diabetes, or some
other organic trouble, Is to be apprehcnded as a
consequence. Hostetter's stomach Bltters Is a
most desirable diuretic, as its stimulative ac-
ton upon these organs never crosses the border
line of safety and merges into irritation, as do
many stimulants used for the same purpose by
the careless and uninstructed. The stimuli of
commerce, fiery and unmedicated, are not suit
able corrective agents IN case like this. They
excite without producing permanently de-
stTabe result. The :" lust medium " between
them and an Intellectual diuretic is the Bitters,
which is also a specific for malarial complaints,
dyspepsia. constipation and rheumatism.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21

worked very hard.
He paid special at
tentioE TO the COM
position 'of music,
and was SO success
ful that two years
later he sent a
string sextet to an
open competition
and carried of first
prize. Eight years
were spent at the
conservatory, dur
ing which time no
W on other prizes
I or com p osition
and the first prize
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21
A scrap of Paper saves Her Life.

II was just an ordinary scrap OF wrapping
paper. but IL saved her life. She was In the last
stages of consumption, told by physicians that
she was incurahle and could live only IA short
time; she weighed less than seventy pounds.
ON piece of wrapping paper she read Of DR..
II helped her, she bought large bottle, il helped
her more, bought another and grew better fast,
continued its use and Is now strong, healthy,
rosy, plump, weighing 40 pounds. For fuller
particulars send stamp to w. II. Cole, Druggist,
Fort Smith, Trial bottles of this wonderful
Discovery Free at II. B Cochran's drugstore,
lS7 and lS0 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.
"a
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Rucklen's Arntca Salye,

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