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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31
FoR TAX eoLLEoToB.
VIM, B. Rehrie,

OF LEHlGHION, Pa,
Wll be q candidate for TAX COLLIE TOR al
the coming Democratic Nominating OonVenfio
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-01-31
We Had The Cash !!

We have aYailed Of these opportunities on
most extensive scale, and we now
OPEN THE SPRING SEASON OF 1891.
Every department is now thoroughly
equipped for the sPRINo SEASON with the
heaviest stock we have ever shown at any
season Of the year. aud the inducements we
have to offer are SO many and varied that
we feel justified in anticipating the heaviest
business In eur experience.
]. II. NUsBAUM,
Fhst street, between South and Plum Streets,
Lehlghton. Pa,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24

he is incapacitated from forming right sOciO-
logic principles. He is the victim of dreams
and peculiar fancies. the most common OF
which is. that society has uttered an edict
against him personally. Cherishing this
thought, he, upon his release, retaliates by
declaring war upon society. The pursuing
of his criminal career entails upon him the
inevitable result, arrest and return to prison.
This is, to me. the most direct view that
we obtain of the two classes of criminals.
One step further; what proportion of re
peaters' are found in the ranks of the edu
Gated prisoners? Apparently less than 3
per cent against a possible 20 per cent of
the opposite class. If so. to what shall we
attribute this fact If not to education?
Education in its brOadest sense constitutes
the surest method of reducing crime Educate
the criminal to know that liquor is his worst
enemy. that it is better to honestly earn in
five years. and have his liberty. the amount
that he could steal in one year and lose his
liberty four years; educate him to know
that man was made to work and enjoy so
ciety, that society was formed for the ben
eft of each. and the law for the benefit Of
all. To obtain this result we must have
a system that combines a severe mental.
moral and physical education. with a COM
petent and thorough industrial education
and we have then the means of restraining
crime resolved into its prime factors. Make
of every prison school of learning. teach
ing not only the common but the higher
branches of education; teach the prisoner
the scientific and practical application of
mechanics; fit him for business'Or mechan
ical life; show him that he is capable of fill
ing an honorable position in society; that
honesty is the best policy; that 1T is never
too late to mend;" that society holds alOof
from a released prisoner only so long as he
persists in following a criminal career; that
society will soon recognize his ability and
use it. Teach him that only by severe
application to his mental and physical labor
while in prison can he obtain any special
privileges and shorten his term of imprison-
ment. and he as we'll as society will be the
gamer thereby. LEONARDUs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24
A Dreadful Prison.

Some fifty miles from St. Petersburg,
upon the lake of Ladoga. there is small
granite island entirely occupied by fort
ress. 1t is Schlusselburg, the dreadful
prison of state, worse than the French
bastile, worse than the fortress of ST. Peter
and St. Paul, with its TrOubetzkOi and
Aleneevsky Ravelins and its underground
cells. The most resOlute of the revolution.
lists. men and women, who have taken part
in actual cOnspiracies. whom it is not con-
sidered safe to keep in the fortress of Peter
and Paul, are sent there. The absence of
any inhabitants except those employed in
service renders it possible to isolate the
prisoners to degree unattainable any,
where else. No one is allowed to land
upon the island. Sentinels have orders to
shoot anyone who approaches. If the near
relatives of prisoner inquire concerning
him at the police department in st. Peters
burg. they are sometimes told ''alive" or
''dead'. Sometimes no answer is given.
The soldiers and guards are themselves
prisoners, who mingle only with each other.
and are carefully watched on the rare occa.
sions when they are allowed to make visit
to the mainland. 1t was possible to estab
lish secret communications with even the
most jealously guarded prisoners in the ST.
Petersburg fortress. But the fortress of
Schlusselburg remained dumb like the grave
it is, though some of the best known men
OF the revolution party. in whom the great
est interest was felt among the whole body
of revolutionists, were kept there. We
rarely could even tell whether they were
alive or dead. A few months ago. how
ever, our friends in Russia received some
news from this place of endless misery. 1t
is very brief-only such as can be conveyed
upon bit of paper smuggled with the
greatest danger through some friendly hand.
1t merely tells which of the prisoners are
dead. and which are still alive; but even
this summary is eloquent enough. We
learn from it that out of the fifty-two pris.
Oners sent there in the course of the last
eight years. twenty, or about 40 per cent.
are already dead. Several of those who
survive should be added to the list of dead.
They are insane and have lost what is as
precious, if not more precious to man than
life.-Free Russia.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24
Educ alton. the True Means of RefOr

NV friend, "McP.". in his article, 1.-The
Grading System. said that ''as rule re-
form can be attained only through severe
training" With this remark l heartily
agree, and would like to present what ap-
pear to me to be the most efficient means
towards the accomplishment of criminal
reformation. First. let us take brief
glance at the existing order of things lead
ing to prison and in a prison. Men are
criminals: How do they become such?
Through disregard for the laws that society
has enacted for the maintenance of good
order and peace in the community and the
individual welfare of its members. Certain
members have found those laws irksOme
and have refused to be restrained by them
with full knowledge of what their action
would entail upon them. Others, from
stunted mental or moral capacity, the prod
uct of intemperance or an improper and in
complete training. have done likewise; and
these constitute the majority of the inmates
of prison. That ignorance is the prime
cause of fully two-thirds OF the crime COM
mitted is certain. for upon comparison of
the educated and the illiterate inmates of
any prison we will find that the educated
criminals do not exceed Is per cent of the
population; allowing 5 per cent for unjust
convictions, of the remaining 80 per
cent one.half will be found to be criminals
as direct result of ignorance and intem-
perance If we observe the two classes (illit-
crate and educated) while in prison we will
see two antagonistic forces at work. the
one tending to improvement. the other to
degradation, of the mind. The educated
prisoner seeks to improve his mind by the
perusal of good literature. historical and
scientific; he enjoys the physical labor pro-
vided for him because of the relaxation it
offers to the mind which remains on
proper equipoise and enables him to enjoy
the real life. not of the body. but of the
mind. and to detect the missteps he has
made in the path of life. He was deficient
in the moral education, but his imprisOn-
ment will elevate his standard of morality
sufficiently, at least, to restrain him from
future wanderings from the path OF upright
ness. On the other hand, the ignorant
prisoner is apt to be morOse and cynical;
his physical labor is without relish. because
his mind is incapable of perceiving the ben.
eft to be derived therefrOm; his mental
~draughts are drawn from the everyday
novel, from which he obtains the desire to
live the ideal life that has not. nor cannot
be realized. Seeking the false life, he over.
looks the beautiful reality and consequently
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24
A Hint to PhilanthrOpists.

A sympathetic Man, observing that his
Apples sometimes Froze in the Winter, out
of pure Kindness of Heart emptied several
bottles of Hair Renewer over them. in the
Hope that they might grow fine Goats of
Fur to keep themselves Warm in the Cold
Weather.
However. he found that the Apples re-
mained as Bald as Before; and. Moreover.
were Unfit for Eating.
Charity injudiciously Applied leaves its
Object worse off than Before. PUCK.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24
MOTHERING FIVE.

Oh, why did marry, wonder,
When was so happy and gay.
With never a shadow of trouble? ze
Ny work. too. was really half play.
All. little thought of the future,
That would be queen Of a hive!
said that never would marry.
Yet now l am mothering five.
For then, as you know, met Alfred.
So ready with laughter and jest,
He told me how dearly he loved me.
His blue eyes. fear. did the rest.
And so we we're married one winter,
The happiest couple alive;
i could not foretell what would follow
That soon I'd be mOthering five.
Five boys. just the worst in the city,
Their ages from fourteen to two
An army Of saucy young rebels.
And here they are now for review.
They each and all look like their father.
To tease and torment they contrive;
My patience is nearly exhausted
Continually motherng five!
There's Harry and Ally and Clarence.
And Walter and Charlie dear me!
They're growing like weeds in a garden.
AS hardy as hardy can be.
My days are spent planning and patching,
It's Just perpetual drive;
All, me, if had but stayed single.
Iwouldn't be mothering five!
Yet often ut night when they're sleeping.
We steal in, just husband and l.
And look at each face on the pillow,
As handsome and peaceful they lie;
Then somehow feel quite rewarded.
At each childish fault cOnnive.
And oh. what blessing and comfort
It is 20 be mothering five.
We wouldn't give one for kingdom.
You cannot buy jewels like these;
I'd rather be stewing and stitching
Than sitting alone at my ease.
Our boys are our riches. God bless them.
To bring them up right we must strive;
think have found my true mission
In carefully mothering FIVE.
Mrs. Findley Braden.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24
Almost Gave Himself Away.

Stranger: Can you tell me how to get to
the farm of Mr.. Seeds. who raises water
melons?
Youthful Native: Yes. stree! You jes'
go up the creek bed back of the house. and
take the path up through the thicket, and
crawl through hole in the-er-er-come
to think. don't much b'lieve know where
he does live, MiSter.-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-09-24

The ''words that burn" 20 into the waste.
paper basket first.-Puck.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
A FALLEN BRIDGE.
Terrible Accident to Merrymakers
on Railway Train In Switzerland.

A Terrible Accident to Merrynakers
on Railway Train In Switzerland.
BERNE, June ia most horrible acct
dent occurred on the Muenchen stein &
Bale railway to-day through the collapse Of
a bridge beneath heavily loaded excur-
sion train. The train was crowded with
people OH the way to attend musical tete.>
Sixty persons were killed outright, Willie
hundreds were injured.
Two engines and the first car plunged int o
the river and all the passengers in the car
were drowned. Two cars remained sus-
pended from the bridge. ALI tie train men
were killed. Thirteen cars were saved.
The musical fete at Muenchenstein was
abandoned as soon as the news Of the acct
dent arrived, and hundreds ofvillagers hur-
ried to the scene to assist in rescuing the
victims. The bridge was an iron skeleton
structure which was considered well built
and substantial.
The only apparent reason for the collapse
of the bridge is that the train lett the rails
and threw its entire weight on one side OF
the bridges -
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17

The population of British India, &C
cording to the census that was taken
in February last, now runs up to
22O,5OO,OOO, or an increase within
ten years OF 26, 100000. There is an
additional population OF 65,OOO,OOO
in those East Indian states that are
under feudatory rule subject to Brit
ish influence, with British protection.
The peasant in some of the congest-
ed districts are seeking new homes in
regions where the population is less
dense than it is in the provinces OF
Bengal and Oudt. Mr.. Gibson says
that in the single province of Bengal,
which has an area only one twenty
third as large as that OF the United
States, the population is 5000, 900
more than that Of the American re-
public, though Bengal is almost
wholly agricultural and has scarcely
any large manufacturing centers. In
that province there are ia persons
to every square mile OF cultiyatable
land.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
FIRE on SHIPBOARD,
Cotton on the Steamer City of Richmond
Becomes AblaZe.

Cotton on the Steamer City of Richmond
Becomes Ablaze.
| QUEENSTOWN, June 15.-The steamship
oervia, from New York, has just arrived
with news of a serious accident to the
steamer City of Richmond.
At midnight ON Thursday the Servia
sighted the City OF Richmond flying signals
of distress. On making inquiries the Seryia
learned that the cargo of the City of Rich
mond was on fire. The Servia steamed
slowly alongside the City of Richmond
| until her bowhead was sighted. The fire
had been discovered at midnight Tuesday,
when cabin passenger noticed that the
| floor of his stateroom was hot. He at once
gave an alarm and the crew was promptly
! aroused. On examination smoke was
| found to be issuing from the fore hold.
| The smell indicated that cotton was burn
ing. Steam and water were injected into
] the hold aGd it was supposed that the fire
| was querched. -.
About o'clock Wednesday morning, on
a better examination being made OF the
hold, three burning bales of cotton We're
! found and taken out Of the ship. The
! steamship Counselor of New Orleans stood
| by until the Servia came. 1t was believed
that the fire was subdued before reaching
| Queenstown. The City of Richmond pro-
ceeded to Liverpool. Beyond scare the
passengers are all right.
When the steamship Counsellor came
alongside the City of Richmond, the cap
tain of the Counsellor dropped dead on
the deck, and the chief officer took command
and remained by the Richmond. Toward
midnight Thursday night the Servia was
seen bea' ing down and agreed to stay by
the Richmond. Both New York steamers
| proceeded at full speed. leaving the Coun-
sellor astern. Subsequently the City of Paris
was sighted and put off boat to the scene.
The captains of the Servia, City ofRichmond
and City of Paris then had conference
and it was agreed that the City of Paris
should proceed and that the Scrvia should
! convey the Richmond.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT.

Premier Abbott Making Rapid Progress
in the Formation of Cabinet.
OTTAWA, Ont, June 15.-Hon. ]. J. C. Alb
bolt, premier-elect, spent several hours at
his office in the senate chamber to-day and
had many callers.
1t is officially learned that he is making
progress in his task of forming ministry
and will likely be able to announce when
the house meets on Tuesday that he has
been successful.
The government will be carried on on the
old lines until after the session, when the
reconstruction takes place AS lar as can
be learned all of the recent colleagues OF
the late Sir John Macdonald have been
invited to join Mr.. Abbott's ministry.
It is definitely known that already
Sir Hector Langevin, Sir John Thomp-
son, Hon. George E. Foster and Hon. Nc
KenZie Bowel have accepted. If any
trouble occurs it will come rom Hon. ]. A.
Chapleau, who asserts that he regards Sir
John Thompson AS the best qualified under
the circumstances ior the premiership.
Mr.. Abbott has cabled to London order
ing his broker to sell all his stock in the
Canadian Pacific railroad. President Van
Horne has also received Mr.. Abbott's re>ig-
nation as director Of the company.
Sir John Thompson was 1t is understood,
asked by the governor general to form a
ministry, but he declined, owing to the op-
position OF two Of his French colleagues
ard the -Protestants o: Ontario.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
a SLICED CHIN AMAN
Terrible Fate Of a ChinMman Who Had
Been Acquitted Of the Murder of
an Indian.
Indian Avengers Gradually Cut Him
to Pieces and Finally Disembowel
Him.

u SAN FRANCISCO, June ia letter re-
ceived at the Chinese consulate Yesterday
says that the Chinaman All Quong Tia, hay-
ing been acquitted of numbering Poker
Tom, Piute Indian, at Bridgeport, CAL.
was dragged from the court room and
turned over to the Indians by whom he
was cut to pieces. The Chinese consul Eere
will bring the matter to the attention of the
Washington government. ~.
The Indians now believe that Tia made
fricasse of Toms head and heart and served
it at feast last Monday night. The China
man gave himself up to the police, as he
feared an attack from the Indians.
The Indians kept guard around
the Jail all night fearing Tia
would get away. The next morning Tia
was arraigned on charge of murder. He
admitted the killing but said it was done in
sel:-defense. He killed Tom with club
and then cut the body up to escape detec-
ton. The justice of the peace acquitted
Tia and, as he was leaving the court room,
the Indians bound him with a,rope and led
him halt mile from town.
Then the brothers OF Tom cut off one
arm. The Chinaman cried piteously, but
the Indians cut off the other arm. Then
they cut off both legs and his head. They
cut his breast open with a ceaver and scat
tered his entrails through the sage brush.
Two hundred armed Indians were present
and the butchery was witnessed by two
white men. AS the sheriff did not protest,
no one intertered with the Indians. The
lawyers and the justices Of the peace are
blamed for acquitting Tia. as it was known
that IT they turned him loose the Indians
would kill him.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
The Treacherous River Claims Two Vic
Tins for Its Own.

The Treacherous River Claims Two Vic
tins for Its Own.
ST. PAUL. Special Telegram, June ID
Another catastrophe resulting in the loss
OF two lives was recorded on the West side
yesterday. the victims in this case being tvs
boys about fifteen years old. named Anton
Ehre and James Slayton. They were bath
ing in the river just below the bend. when
they went out beyond their depth and were
carried away by the current.
Several other boys were present at the
time, and help was summoned immedi-
ately, but it came too late to save the
human sacrifice to the rivers treachery.
The bodies Of the unfortunate batlers had
disappeared beneath the murky waters OF
the river, and sorrow had penetrated the
peaceful realm of two happy homes.
| The body of young Slayton was recov-
cred soon after the accident, but that OF his
| unfortunate companion is still buried in
| the waters OF the river. Search will! be
! made Tor it this morning. and if it has not
come to the surface the river will be
| dragged.
Slayton's father lives at Is East Winni-
| fred street, and is employed as foreman il,
| the Kansas City roundhouse. The body OIL
his son was at once taken to his home by
! the Ducas street patrol wagon. Ehrc's
parents live on Golf avenue.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
SUICIDED BY MORPHINE.
A Literary Worker Sleeps tho Sleep
That Knows No WAKING

A Literary Worker Sleeps tho Sleep
That Knows No Waking,
ST. PAUL, Special Telegram. June 49,
Julius Stakemann, not Joseph Stock NJ an,
who took morphine on Saturday afternoon,
died at St. Joseph's hospital yesterday
morning at SIS o'clock. Stakemann, who
did literary work for the various magazines,
was separated from his wife, who lives in
this city, three years ago, and has since
then lived at 210 West Seventh. He was
allowed to use desk in the historical So
ciety's rooms at the capitol, where he did
all his writing. A step-son Of the deceased
is a member of the Grand opera house Or
che>tra. Stakemann left papers addressed to
Mr.. Sander, the proprietor the Tivoli, on
Wabasha street, which show the suicide to
have been premeditated.
DR.. Amoss attended the man when taken
to St. Joseph's and states that he was un-
conscious from the time he reached the
hospital. The deceased left papers asking
that his remains be turned over to DR..
Ohage for dissection. A post mortem ex-
animation will be held this m orning by DR.,
Amoss. Stakemann was about sixty Years
old and gave no reason Tor wanting to die,
but i: Is thought to have been due to do.
nestle trouble.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17

A GOATS digestion was sadly checked
before it had finished on alot OF green
backs on Levi Kalbach' farm in Held
elberg township, Reading, Pa. Heated
with his work in the field, Farmer
Kalbach hung his vest upon a fence
post. In one of the vest pockets in
closed in q wallet were greenbacks to
the amount of Sal. In the field was
Mr.. Kalbach's pet goat. In the goats
stomach, when Kalbach returned,
where the bank bills, most of the wal
let and large portion of the vest.
Kalbach at once slaughtered his pet
goat. All but SIS OF the greenbacks
had been properly chewed in aid ofhis
goatship's digestion: The $26 thus
chewed was past redemption.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
LABOR CIRCLES

THE bakers have practically won their
strike in Chicago.
SEVEN thousand ship builders at Clyde
Bank struck in consequence of per cent
reduction in their wages.
AFTER five weeks strike tor an eight-hour
day the New York housesmiths have aban-
doned the fight and will return to work.
POLICE and strikers had collision at
Grand Rapids, Mich, in which revolvers
were freely used. Two men are reported
fatally injured, and others were wounded.
The London cab strike continues. The
strikers decided to stick to their original
demands. If the demands are not conceded
the hostlers will be forbidden to attend the
horses.
The thirty-ninth annual convention of
the International Typographical union
was held in Boston. President Plank, in
his annual address, advised submitting the
nine-hour day to a popular vote Of the
members. ..-... -.
The goldbeaters' national. organization
has elected these officers: President, Arthur
H. Williams, Chicago; vice-president, H.
Cunningham, Philadelphia; secretary,
Charles R. Mcleod, New York; treasurer
H. G. Matthews, Boston.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
WASHED Away.
Bad Work of Flood In Indian Terri.
tory-Half a Million Loss

tory-Half a Million Loss.
s ARKANSAS Cry, Kan, June 15.-A gentle
man who has Just arrived here from Greer
county, in the extreme southwest part of
the Indian Territory, reports that the Red
river and its north fork have been out OF
their banks for over a week, completely
hemming the people in and cutting off all
communication with the outside world.
The rainfall there has been simply ter
rlble and the people are suffering every
where. Over half the wheat crop has been
entirely ruined, and corn and oats are
nearly all killed
"A cloudourst inundated the little town
OF Frazer, running every merchants stock OF
goods and compelling the people to flee for
their lives. Two persons were drowned in
the town and three in the country. Along
Turkey creek and Salt fork dozen or more
houses were washed away
A Mr.. Phillips and daughter-in-law
hoated mile on portion of their house
and finally washed ashore, Mrs. Phillips
and little daughter grasped the limbs
of tree and hung there until
morning, when they We're rescued
with raft. the water being twenty
feet deep under the tree. The foundations
OF many houses were washed away.
Hundreds of people are living out of
doors on high land, praying for the floods
TO recede. The damage done in that coun.
ty alone will exceed $500, coo.