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LEG CRUSHED LENGTHWISE
Weeks of Suffering at the Altoona
Hospital.
AmPutatfOn of the Leg-SuferfnG and
Disease Turned to Health and Hap
piness.

ptness.
From the Altoona Pa, Mirror)
UP 10 July "A last Eli A. Booser of STA Second
avenue had charge of the wheel foundry Of the
pennsylvania railroad. On that date he the
unfortunate victim of accident. He run
over by car, the fange OF the wheel en-
tered between the toes, crushing the left leg
lensthwise up to the knee, and rendering amputa-
ton necessary to within eight inches of the hip.
After nine long months at the Altoona Hospital,
and still longer siege at his home, he found
himself in deplorable coalition.
AT this time, said Mr.. BooSer to a Mirror re-
porter, Il broke out on my arms, back and hips;
my right leg was'a terrible sight. The calf below
the knee had two bois l could not sleep, nc
appetite, and was unable to use my clutches for
six weeks. My ph! sicians seemed to do all they
could for me, but l was In very weak condi-
tion; could not digest the simplest food without
difficulty. SO l made up my mind to try DIR.
David ksnnedy's Favorite Remedy, and IL certain
ly acted like magic, for before l had tNsen five
doses l could improvement. 1 feel GO well
tina. l will soon he able 10 return to work.
l have trouble with my digestion, ami the
annoying weakness that afflicted me SO long has
entirely disappeared
DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is an un-
failing specific for such diseases rheumatism,
neuralgia, biliousness, dyspepsia, kidney and livr
complaints. In Brights disease, diabetes, urinary
troubles and the sickness peculiar TO women
has cured where all else failed.
DIR. David Kennedys Fayorite Remedy can DC
purchased of druggists at 81 a bottle.
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Of a half dozen specimens. / would say.
however, that crime is by no means more
common in Japan than it is in America,
and that the police would only give me
the photographs Of prisoners who had
been executed. The police organization is
excellent, and II is modelled somewhat after
that of France. The officers all dress In
European clothes, and they tie their pris-
oners with ropes and drive or drag them
TO Jail.
Well. the chief OF police telephoned to
the prison, and made appointment for
us for the next day. We rode in jinriki-
shas to the wnarves opposite the island,
and we were carried over this prisoners
Styx in one Of the prison boats by red
gowned japanese in a yellow straw hat,
which fitted down over his face like a cor
nucopia, and were landed on the green
shores OF a beautiful island. As we got
out of the boats a soldier dressed in white
duck met US. and passed US on to the re-
seption house Of the prison. The chief of
the penitentlary took US in hand, and his
private secretary, u man with face like
withered apple and eyes like G. snake,
went with Us. This man had a roll OF
paper and q pencil In his hand, ard he
usually stood just behind me. Once or
twice turned quickly. and / noted that
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OLD-TIME PENSIONS
Aged Men Who Are Survivors of the
War of 1912.
DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
One Man Who Drew a Pension for
Eighty Years.
GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM
DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM
Written for The Evening Star.

<AsA< <hANA - ~
five pensioners of the
war of 1912 on rhe
roll of the pension
office, and fifteen of
them are a hundred
years old. The "glor-
ious climate Of Cal
ifornia" is RESPONSE
BILE for the longevity
of the most striking
specimen, apparent
ly, though the diff
ferent sections tf
the country divide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-08
Encouraging.
From Life.

Consumptive Gn Colorado)-'Is this room
well situated for an invalid?"
Landlady-"It couldn't be better. I've
had three consumptiYes here the past year,
and they liked it SO well that not one left
until he died"
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on In Japan, and one
of the biggest in the
world. Is the great
Tokyo penitentiary.
1t is situated in the
heart of the city, in
the middle Of the
Suinida river, on an
island of about 20
acres. 1t is within
a stones throw al
most of the busiest
part of the great
Japanese C api t a |.
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One Thing.
From Truth.

From Truth.
Evelyn-"Did you see anything while In
New York that reminded you of Philadel-
phia?"
Sargent-"Yes; 9TH avenue stage"
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and their only table instruments were
wooden chopsticks. / was especially struck
with the cleanliness Of both prisons and
prisoners. There was not bad smell any
where except that of the dinner. and this
I found very appetizing until after my en-
counter with the horse meat The faces
and the bodies Of the men were as clean
as those of freshly washed babies, and the
prisoners take hot baths about three times
q week. The baths are big watts in which
twenty or thirty can soak at time, and
in which they go In white and come out
as red as boiled Holsters They dress In
terra Gotta gowns made of cotton, and they
so barefoot or wear sandals of straw. Red
is the prison garb all over Japan, and
everything connected with the penitentiary
is of this deteSted brick-dust hue. Their
bedclothes are dyed with 1t, and the wad-
ded comforters on which they lie are of
the same color.
Wonderful Prison WOrlSmen.
I was surprised at the work done by the
prisoners. You find here in a nutshell all
kinds Of japanese industries and some Of
these prisoners make the finest of cloi-
some vases. They paint fans and china,
and do the most exquisite wood-carving.
They are examined on entrance as to their
fitness for certain kinds of work, and many
of them learn trades during their sentences.
In one place / saw one saving logs into
boards. They did 1t all by hand, and 1t
was the same with many things that We
paper by taking old scraps, tearing them
into pieces and pounding the pulp with a
mallet. After 1t is well mashed, the pulp
is thrown into a vat and stirred into a thin
mush, which is spread out on a frame
work of bamboo of the size Of q sheet of
newspaper. 1t sticks together, and when
dried 1t makes very good paper In another
shop 1 saw two or three hundred men MAX
ing rope, fish nets, and in another there
were two hundred Japanese making bricks
by hand-or rather, by hand and foot
The clay was mixed by the prisoners, who
stamped up and down upon 1t with their
bare feet, goirg over 1t so carefully that
every atom was pressed and ground up by
them. They aftorward put the clay into
.nolds and smoothed each brick after II
came out with a paddle until 1t had
gloss like porcelain. They were making
brick for the great new penitentiary, of
which l will speak further on, and asked
as to the cost. The superintendent told
me that they could make and sell them
for So a thousand, or 80 cents a hundred.
Two hundred men can make 5000 brick
per month, or an average Of fifty brick
a day to each man. I don't know what
such brick would cost here, but am sure
that better article cannot be bought.
Japanese Cheap Labor.
The work done in this prison is perhaps
the cheapest in the world. The prison Is
on the contract labor system, and the pris-
oners are let out to the contractors at from
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Growth of the System.

Under the early laws Of Congress grant
ing pensions to revolutionary soldiers the
district judges OF the United States con-
sidered applications for pensions and
passed on them. The pension bureau was
not thought Of until the present century
was one-third gone, and 1t was then
created part Of the War Department.
Later, when the Interior Department was
established, the pension bureau was trans
ferred to that department. but there has
been much discussion in recent years Of a
proposition to make 1t an independent bu-
reau of the war office.
After the war of 1912 there was an cpl
qemic of pension-grabbing. Everyone
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was only one dark cell, however, for these
two thousa nd convicts and the most OF the
solitary cells were not dark, and they look
ed more ike granaries than anything else.
Indeed, many things connected with this
great prison reminded me Of a stable. The
hospital made me think Of horse stable,
each patient having box stall. The pris-
oners have bits of wood for pillows, but
these are common all over Japan, and the
men lie on comforts or foutons, and are,
en- the whole, exceedingly comfortable.
HCnors for Our Correspondence.
The discipline In these prisons Is, per-
haps, the best in the world. l saw no surly
looks, and the faces of the prisoners SEEM
ed good-natured and kindly. They were
thoroughly obedient to the officers, and in
every shop that We entered We were sa-
luted by the prisoners in a most curious
way. AS son as we came in the officer in
charge, who was dressed in European
clothes, would present arms and jerk out
the word he" which 1 suppose means "at-
tention." At this every man in the shop
would drop to his knees and bump his
would keep it there until the officer again
screamed out his vociferous he" when
he would rise and go back to his work. In
some shops there would be two hundred
men working, and they would drop down
on their knees and bow before us as though
we were little tin gods. In the rice mill
there were fifty men naked, with the ex-
ception of a six-inch strip of cloth, which
went around their waists, and they all
went down on the floor. In the barber
shop fifty prisoners. some covered with
lather and some half clipped, jumped from
their chairs to the earth, and during the
day over two thousand men got down on
all tours to me and four thousand knees
were bent in my honor. 1t seemed su-
premely ridiculous, but the customs Of the
Japan of the past have been such that
hty,, ton al ", ha de
of the men as they performed this the old
Japanese salutation.
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The Inspector Byrnes of Japan.


DR.. Whitney, the Interpreter of our lega-
ton, went with me, and we called upon
the Inspector Byrnes of Japan. His name
is and he has charge OF
the five thousand policemen of the Japan
csc capital. and a close connection with
the detective service of the empire. The
Emperor of Japan knows almost as well
as the car where every ono Of his sub
jects sleeps of a night, and all suspected
persons are carefully watched. Both for
eigners ard natives are required to have
passports, and during the present trouble
with China i venture record Is kept
of every foreigner who comes to Japan
end all of his doings. The passport which
1 had for my journey mentioned every
place where stopped, and 1 was told that
all Of my doings were known and recorded.
/ was taken into some of the rooms of
the police stations, and shown cards, upon
which were the names of the foreigners
then in Japan, and ii was almost impos-
sible for a Native to escape the Argus eyes
of the police. Tokyo has its rogues' gall
lery, and 1 looked for some time over the
murderers book and took away souvenir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-08
Japanese Cheap Labor.

The work done in this prison Is perhaps
the cheapest in the world. The prison is
on the contract labor system, and the pris-
oners are let out to tho contractors at from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-08
The Great Penitentiary at Tokyo
and Its $500 Convicts.
THE POLICE AND DETECTIVE SYSTEM
How the Conyicts Are Fed and an
Experience With Horse Meat.
THE PRISON DIS CIPLINE

Copyrighted. 1894. by Frank G. Carpenter)
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through this great penitentlary. had let
tiers, however, from the secret service bu-
reau OF the Treasury Department to the
chief of police of Tokyo. and these. with
the assistance of the American minister.
opened everything connected with the
police and prisons of the japanese empire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-08

weight without dieting cure the cause Of obesity.
such as dyspepsia, rheumatism, nervousness, ca.
tarrh, kidney troubles keep you healthy and beau
tify the complexion.
Our supporting and special Obesity Bands viii
wash. Call and examine Twenty varieties. All
genuine Bands have name stamped them.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20
The attention Of our reader. i. called Ii

The attention Of our readers Il called this
morning to the announcement Of the new
book oaer which will be found elsewhere
in our columns. Our experience has shown
~ that many Of our friends desire higher
priced gra1e OF books than we're handled IN
our early offers. In order that al may nnd
something to suisfheu. We present n tfis
offer FIVE grades of books. ranging from
works which rs tail from 80 30 volume doSn
to those which sell At twenty-five cents .
volume. The same coupon Is good Tor
any one Of these grades Of books, the dif-
ference between them being ia the amount
Of the cash pay ment. We have made six
coupons requisite to secure book in any
one Of the grades. Our patrons, therefore.
Who begin to clip their coupons ta"h Monday
morninr will have . sufficient number At
the close Of the week to secure .
boot for Sunday reading. We have never
bef6re been able 10 offer such fine gfads
Of works by such eminent auihorA . are
contained In this last list, - our readers
viii discover by ssn examination Of the
titles. We feel that this opportunity to
secure the works Of famous authors, at
merely nominal 6gare, will not he per-
misted to pass unimproved. Samples Of al
the works may be seen At any time duting
the day 1t the JOURNAL counting-room.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20
enE aY eME.


nsaes. ana those vAon when retugtfnG. zone
oaes" mis- from my chiidhood hene
Upon the hillside Iong axo
Wh re elascing susshi1e = end fro.
{ 1hrOoKh swayins brenches ehadows casts
fWbea schfoa vas DER aDd jsee1us pes)
VIII careless lsughtee. miFth and fun
We Al eone fsins one hy ONE
Wi al the ardor childhood Knows
ReIessed fsom care. sDd study . voes,
The game went 'fo1nd with merry jest.
sIu1 evenings mantle from the west
WrapPed In iSs foads the sisking sun.
We home went stealing one BY one.
Upos the hfllside's SLOPE today
stand, and view the old time way.
I see through Nemory's backward glance
Those hthsome forms. the merry prance,
With eAeer haste (the gaAe's begup)
They AL come hursytng one By one.
Ic'ose my eyes in sorrows pain
Then, open wide - see again
Where ON their low and mofsy bed,
Mid ferraced lawns With velvet speead.
Hands folded. white. LIES misd0n done
So many Lie who, one BY one
Have passed beyond the hills.de's brow.
And ue Who Stay, are waiting now
A little hour. or, longer till
II matters not; Our lfttim hll-
So brief a space. an hOarfla > rum
Sands ever dropping one " one.
When evening bathes with softs st light
In Luna's rays AMOUNT Pieass mt ." height
And echoes o'er the hillside fall,
think hear sweet voices call
Vt rest not here. where vestments old
Lie buried; now in love untold
Lipger We near thee night, and day
UDM IN. We watch o'er life's dark way
"vsnisbed the hand" yet to thy home
1t leads thy footsteps one BY one.
AUGUSTA WIGHT PERRY
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20
nave, aIIIlksn's Address.

We would commend to the careful atten-
ton Of our readers the inaugural address OF
Mayor Milliken. Carefully read once it
will commend itself. 1t is succinct, business
like and yet ssys all that there 10 to be said
II this time. The question Of the city's finan-
Cos 10 one which cannot be fully discussed
until better knowledge Of them shall have
been obtained. The importance of sewer
age 10 one of the first points taken up In his
address. His suggestion that this work be
systematized and the Hrst step which be re-
commends for the purpose of ehecting this
are what we believe will meet with
approval on all sides. In regard to
highways he believes that progress 10 de-
manded; that work shall not be put off
which may within reasonable limits bedone
this ysar. Just how much Of such work can
bs undertaken this season 1t 10 impossible
To say at this time, but 1t will be agreed We
think that beginning, - the mayor sug-
gests, shall be made 10 the inevitable work
Of macadamizing State street after the man
ner In which Grove street was improved
for oil time. In regard to the illegal sale
Of intoxicating liquors the m.yor well says
1--WE want peace and quietness to reign 90
that our wives and dauah.ers can walk the
streets without insult"
Throughout his address there 10 evil
dencs that we have practical man Of af-
fairs at the head Of the city government
who will lend his influence to all measures
which are progressive and feasible, and
discountenance those which may tend to
prodigality.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20
Tho Supreme Judassh,p.

The last issue of the Sunday Herald says
"Who will succeed Judge Libbey 10 mat
ter Of speculation among the lawyers. The
most prominent one spoken Of 10 Hon. Her
bert M. Heath Of this city, well known and
recognised a. one Of the leading lawyers in
the State, who has served ia both branches
Of the Legislature. and who 10 thought to
have congressional aspirations. It is be-
lieved, however, that . seat on the supreme
bench would be more acceptable than seat
in Congress. It is understood that the Ken
nebec bar would be unanimous for him."
We are authorized by Mr.. Heath to state
that he has no congressional aspirations ard
that he will not be candidate for Congress
under any circumstances. We can also
state that Mr.. Heath has declined to permit
the qse Of his name asa candidate for the
office Of supreme Judge.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20
Pc aSONAL.

Mrs Newman Of London is said to be
the only woman jeweler Of Importance in
the world.
Dean Wayland Of the Yale law school
says there is no truth in the report that
Mr.. Edward J. Phelps intends to resign
his professorship Of equity and inter
national law.
w. w. Story, the American sculptor,
whose home is In Rome, b about to sue
for an additional fee of 32o, 900 due on his
statue Of Key, the author Of The Star
Spangled Banner" .
Representative Walker Of Massachu-
setts has put new life into the obscure
committee on ventilation and acoustics By
originating system Of improving the
atmosphere Of the house.
Some Kentucky admirers Of sx-Speaker
Reed have presented the Maine man with
spolished hickory cane, gold mounted in
exquisite style. 1t is inscribed with the
recipients name and the motto "Aut
Cesar aut nullus."
Senator Vance has general sympathy
In his illness, for he d . great favorite at
Washington as weiIas in his own state,
The south has produced fewsbetter stump
speakers, and like Lincoln he has at his
tongues end fund Of good stories to in.
terest his audiences
Mr.. Lease, husband Of MrA Lease, has
lost his job a. manager Of = drug store in
Wichita. Mira Lease owns . handsome
house in fashionable part q the city,
and Nr. Laase, assisted By two elderly
servants, devotes his timsto looking aftea
the property.
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signed communicaltons.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

Just note how kind and careful the
Democratic tariff makers are to protect
the interests of the working people Un-
cut diamonds are to come in free Of duty,
and the toilers Of the land will not have
to pay 'robber barons" duties on their
diamonds in the rough. The duties on
other precious stones cut, but not set, are
also put down, the interest
Of the workingmen.-[Dover Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

Governor Smith has not forgotten that
the Old Granite state has much to be
thankful for, therefore, he has appointed
April 12 as a day Of fasting and prayer.
We all ought to be thankful that we are
alive after the severe strain of inanition
that has folio we'd the fortunes of the land
during the presant administrations
Portsmouth Evening Post
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

All the governments in the world are
heavily in debt. Nearly every separate
state of this Union is heavily in debt.
Nearly every individual in civilization is
more or less in debt. 1t is time for all to
turn over leaf. make new deal, buckle
down and pay all these debts and take a
solemn oath if the good Lord lets them
live to get through never to go in debt
again. n.-[Keene Sentinel
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

II be true that but two votes are needed
to kill the mongrel tariff bill in the Senate
there il opportunity for two senators to do
their country better service than usually 10
permitted two Legislators. XII it BY al
means and you will zee business revive al
over the land.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

We are pleased to present to our readers
tAis morning the excellent inaugural address
Of Mayor Clason of Gardiner. II ID an able
and businc ss-like document and shows con-
clusively that he 10 the right man Ia the right
place. The municipal affairs Of our sister
city will mot fail to be well cared for In his
hande -
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

Henry Irving's farewell is sad one for
the American people. He takes several hun
ired thousands Of our good dollars out Of
The country to spend abroad. At least one
Of his manneriems il taking ne.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

A Washington correspondent says "Hill
is becoming the friend Of nearly every one
in the senate" There must be some eX-
traordinary personal qualities about Da-
vid B. Hill, which do not show up in his
public reputation Howell Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

Prophets are continually pointing out
trouble ahead. The latest seer is Pro-
sessor Falf of Berlin, who sees q very prob
able collision between the earth and the
comet of 1896 on Nov. 13. 1899, when the
comet will cut the point where the earth
arrives every year at that time. But he
does net thing harm could come of such a
collision, the material of the comet being
so light, unless the carbonic acid gas, Of
which it is probably composed, should
poison our atmosphere. But, anyway, he
says we may look out for magnificent
shower of meteors on that date. This
will be three years ayter the Democratic
party is made to see stars by an indignant
people.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

North Appleton has nine-year- old prod
igy. The local correspondent says with =
hammer he has driven every nail in the floor
Of hi, fathers slaughter house." We are glad
to learn that he drove those nails with
hammer. Had he used his mothers piano
stool or dynamite bomb the results might
have been different.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

There will be no doubtful factors this
year to complicate election calculations.
The Republicans are sure to carry every
northern state. and the only question is
that of the size of the majorities.
Louis Globe Democrat
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

New York BANKERS are NOT slsw t. sxsrt
their iaflusnce ag.ioss tie seig .;orAse bill.
Il Cleveland signs it he viii tura his back
On the ealy staunch friends be has in the
country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

If Cleveland sighs the seiGniorsge bill
newspapers with mugwumpisn p:oclisities
will have feast Of crow. What have they
to say Of the Democratic Congress that
passed the currency debauchery measure?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

Democratic newspapers are at present
chiefly, interesting for the manner in
which they peal the epidermis off Demo
cratic statesmen.-[Washi Star.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

The dog notices should ba posted in sea-
son this spring as they were mailed from
the secretary of States office to every city,
town and plantation Feb. l6. They are to
be posted at least20 days before the frat
Of April
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-20

It is said that the lumber output of the
Pacific northwest decreased zoo, co., 900
feet last wear