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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
1MPoRTAr1oNs OF ENGLISH YARNS

Washington Aug. 13.-The State Department has
received from the United States Consul at Man
chester England. tabular statement of the cotton
yarns shipped from that point the United States,
Showing the exact amounts of the various counts
and twists. and amounting to nearly 10000 pounds
in the six months ended June 80 last The table
vii be published by the Department for the infor-
nation OF New-England and Southern cotton spin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
DROWNED WHILE BATHTVG

Mcdletown. Conn. Aug I.-Reuben Carr OF
Deep River. was drowned last evening while bath
Ing st the steamboat dock in that town Fifty
citizens have dragged for the body but so far IN
vain.
Soren Christian IIalman. Dane Of East Hamp-
ton. while Overheated, went IN bathing at Iate
pocotopogue last night. seized with cramps
end died just after he taken from the water
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WORK WANTED.
Female.
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.

>o>o~>~~o~O>~o.~o~~~ ~o~N~~N~N~>~~N~
Male.
ATTENDANT NURSE. % invalid. genie
man: long experience: hrs.-c.ass res~r-
ence, terms moderate; registered academy
medicine. city or country NURSE. 81
9th ave.
AMERICAN. rs. wants position On coun-
try place. understands horses and cattle :.
competent and handy AMEND. 5's rs
sex ST. Brooklyn.
CoACHMAN -Englishman. 20 thoroughly
understands the care OF fine horses and
garages: strictly sober and obliglng. q
years personal references from last en-
plover Address COACHMAN. $40 Centre
st, East Orange, y. j.
cOAcHMAN and GARDENER Single
Protestant. German. experienced man
s1ber Industrious, can take charge ot
gentleman place. good references, corr
pstcnt 10 South 9th ST, Brooklyn.
-coAcHMAN and GARDENER BY
single German. understands the fun care
~ horscs. milk and a good man In any
way Address X. SMITH. % Division s.
GARDENER and FLORIST By careful
reliable man ~ many years experience
IN greenhouses. vegetables lswns. iaylns
out OF grounds. management Of help. &C
the general requirements ana repairs OF
s.nti.man's establishment. married. W.
MARSpEN. West New Brighton. staten
Island
GARDENER and FLORIST on gentle
mans place married; practical expert
ence In greenhouses. roses ana csrnat ohs
xraperies. vegetables and general outdoor
gardening. good references. p IL don
347. Hampstead. Ions Island.
GARDENER. Married: no children. thor
oushly understands greenhouses. nN~ers
and vegetable garien. hrsi {, ass rster hee'
employer can b sesp' 'ohN NNhHN'
~ l0th-a,a
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Suburban propertn for Sale.


4 GFelCY for Non;clair Real Estate All Kinds - g.
~ TNlbbs Noniclsir. Y. j.. opp d. T.. station.
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HORSES AND CARRIAGES.

D0000/4N0-0010NN0|O0-00 NNONNN0No|O0|0O>o
PONIES FOR SALES itahl. for children
and breeding chNap. - make room for
boarding horses address. Dr. y. =. JACK
son, Jamaica. Long Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14
BUILDING PLANS FILED.

The following plans FOR building. and alterations
filed YESTERDAY:
No building plans filed.
Alterations az the main Office
Cannon-st. No li2 10 IA by James Gregory
owner. William Klein, lessee. 70 r. x-sory 49,
elst-et No 300 West. by Louis Ferguson. owner.
20 three story brick and stone dwelling ..... 100
45th-st, No 83g East. by Ernest Kei owner
Otto Sshl lessee 10 four story brick store
New buildings ir'own branch:
webster ave. n. 425 n OF l71st-sf for three
OF No 800 West slst-st .............'." - ocC
1880 81, s. between 81 and Fulton ayea for
five story brick schoolhouse by the city Of
New YORK. ................. 30 oHc
University Sedgvek and Aqu-duci aves block
for story brick library building by the
University Of the City o. New-York owner..~. 30 mn
Alterations b. frame coal shed. story on
University Of the City Of New York property. 90
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unfnrnisbeo Apartments 90 Eet.

A EAST 18th ST, opposite Columbia College.-Fne
H apartment six and bath large parlOr and
oining room. rent 200
On. WEST 1C2D ST. rooms. FIRST class 3Oft double
Qua nat steam heat aad LOT water and gas rang
eTTVEN $50. cor. Colnmbus
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unfnrnishco 6onses 60 Get.

A~o>>No<>oO>r~>~oN~"~No~~~ U>oo"o~~~~o>~~~~~~~
" excepionaiS nice house. a. story front story
n rear; no 1874 West s7th ST built for estate rent
81 100 years lease adjacent to Central Park and Riv
ersldo Drive can be any time. POWER. ssh ct.
and Columbus
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Jnstrnttion.

1nstrntflon.
>oo>ooooo>~o~N~N~~r~ NNr<vvv<~<|~>]>~'|>>>S
For Both Sexes.-Counry
vxuIJJAMsPORT DICKINSON SEMINARY. - both
w sexes Regular and Elective Cou,sess fsns,,ssss
,nec,slj.s steam heat electric light, home coIntors
wrlte Tor catalogue r. J. GRAY ID. d. fresioen''
wilamspor Penn. ------
vrvrsIFYAN ACADEMY Wrr.BRAHAM. Mass ron
w sexe, Nine Specialists In rlars'cs M.s
ara Music endowment insures superior "a
at s0th year opens sept
For catalogue. address
Europe
ItERMANY. stuttgart. % Vera strasse INsJlIuI
" RAI'sCUFR educational institute FOR boys from
10 10 years. Foreign courses. with accompanying ~
rc'Ion in mathematics rhetoric references ana IN
formation obtaInable by addressing .. ,,,D,,,~.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

r--N~O~~~NN>~N .r1NN~NN~N/ONN0ON> ~/N>O~>0S>~
STORM SASHES Fastened better ~ nv
locking button than IN anv other vsv
New idea Invention fOr sac.
s1'NKEN VESSELS raised by Initiating air
bags inside High official auth critics ap
prove system want 10 organic stock
company 20 work under ny patent.
CADY. Pine Buff Ark
WANTED. 4 partner IN an established
business commanding the best class ~
trade in the city and vicinity. business in
creasng SO rapidly It Is impossible for one
man 70 look after both ONCE and outs side
work For particulars address T. T. O.
Box 337. Syracuse. y. I.
WALL. PAPER hung ny machine. Simple
and cheap device. Patent Tor sale.
CHRISTIAN J. y. WIERTIlNER, Pens
selaer. Ind.
WILL SELL general store business. IS
tlbl,shed over 30 years: near New York:
about 81 GOO necessary. good reasons for
selling BUSINESS. RoX s Tribune or
Ace.
WANTED. Inventors should write John
Wedderburn & Co. Patent Attorneys.
Washington D. G.. for their 81 900 prem
fun. monthly contest open to them upon
application.
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Go Get for Business pnruosea

BUILDINGS. STORES. LOFTS AND OFFICES To LET
ID Chambers, Spruce. Beekmhn. Fulton John nsid,r
Lane Dey. BARCLAY. Park Place. Row Nassau wa
lam. GIN. Pearl. Water other
rutland g. WHITING. 8 Beelmnn q,
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.


THE ORANGES y. J. "a speciality. -
Residences for rent for occupancy on or
after Sept / : also sale 5000 n $1,000
inward. terms to suit. Full particn Ia -
+. p HAMILTON & co. es 'Rway y. Y.
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INCREASE IN THE EXPORT TRADE.
TREASURY FIGURES FOR JULY AND FOR SEVEN
MONTHS 81 CIV LARGE GAINS

Washington. Aug. 1s-The export trade of the
United States according 10 the tables published by
The Treasury Bureau Of Statistics shows crafty
ing increase this year that OF 1895 The figures
for the month of July in the two years follows
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REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE

y "
TO EXCHANGE. $3.50 Geo piece OF cen
trail Chicago property. producing fair in
come. lncumhrance 100000 VIII take
clear Kansas city or st. Louis. Mo. prop
erfy. or good stocks or bonds. Will give
bargain 10 party able 10 assume incum-
brance. c. c. SPOTSWOOD. Room 70i.
145 La Sale St. Chicago. III.
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BOARD AND ROOMS.

BOARD AND ROOMS.
>NN.N~~~NONNNN.~-N~~~~ N~~-NN-NNNINNONNN>
! EAST 4lST ST. -- Desirable location
rst-class table visitors 10 city accom-
modated. SUMMER prices
18TH ST. % " Est Beautiful large and
small cool re-. ms table unexcelled: tran
sients accommodated.
81 WEST lOT'H-ST. Comfortably furnished
large and small rooms. well kept good
service. ~, client table references.
49rH ST. 90 WEST Large and small
rooms. parior second AMI third floors.
private baths: With good board
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Apartments iUnnteo


WANTED Apartment
w rooms with kitchen; be and well
lighted; bath win hot and cold water; centrally
located elevator service necessary II
occupancy October o. November. Address J. O. Box z.
Tribune once.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

BUSINESS CHANCES.
-N.O~NN~~ N1-NN.N-N ~yNONNNNNNNNNNNNN>N -
FOR SALE On Washington Heights Ice
cream saloon. GEORGE NASHBURN.
corner l5sih 81. and Amsterdam ave.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Valuable
livery and boarding stable property and
the busin 49, stock. sc. price. 500 900 Al
dress Poaiof'ice Box 1875. Brooklyn
LAUNDRY FOR SALE Fully equipped .
sood profits. price. S4'D oHer. -
would sell good VIII. rent. So. Address
INVESTIGATE 753 6th-ave
MANTFACTURER' y AGENT representing
two English houses would like to CORE
spond with American manufacturers wish
ing To- he represented In New York and
PENNSYLVANIA. Address COMMISSION Box
- Tribune ONCE.
POINTTESS FROG !, reduces noise and
damage on railways. Patent FOR sale
GEORiE H. BOWRING. San Diego, Cal
RAILWAY FROGS My guard has been
approved hy practical railroad men
American patent Tor sale 4. X. RILE.
CenterVille. Mich.
SPOKE TIGHTENER ingenious, simple
well tested device. See Science page
Weekly Tribune. August IL Idea for sac
- carriage, hardwood men. THOMAS
BRANCH. Beverly. y. J.
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sI'RVVRAS REAL Estate.

N~-0NNNNNNNNNNN~NN 0~~oON0NNSNNN0N0N~
AT MONTCLAGR. Houses for sale and 10
,.t: furnished and unfurnshed. VIM M
-AYIOR. hontclair. " j.
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GIin Real estate for Sale or 90 Get.

NOR GALE OR TO I.ET-The elegant stone front mod
ern dw.liine No 7O4 St Mich olssave, near West
itSth.st All COZ, sn,snces Rent. 81 COO Inquire Of
~ ~ - X BINGHAM. 20 Rose-s's
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DOMESTIC SITUATIONS wANTEn
Female.

MRS l. SEELy
- WEST 22u-Sl
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
MALE AND FEMALE
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
ALL REF RhNcES
STRICTLY INV ESTiGAlbp
Servants bres King engagements VIII o.
dismissed from office and foffeN a.
claims 10 fee paid
Brooklyn Once > Bpri -.
Corner Fulton -
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Gomnirn Tropsrtp for Sale.

NOR sALE.-SITEs FOR FACTORIES AND 1T MbEh
II YARDS tgS lots New lorH, with GRID nuiHlead
on Ncwiown Creek accessible seagOing vessels ana
ge front Long Island Railroad VERY LOW Prize
: Il. SCHTEFFEIIN. 95S Madison Avenue. New YORK
NOR SAIE.-Stock farm Of 300 acres 20 miles from
i Philadelphia: plenty OF water and timber, railroad
property; also suitable tor town ste or par
ticulars address H. GUEST Box sl3. Philadelphia T. o.
VALUABLE PROPERTY on THE NEW Jersey
COAST For sale or to rent on long lease Ton
fe-rupted q nurnbe- Of cottages situated
directly on the beach. retiring from business Ad
dress H. Box II. Tribune Office.
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HELP WANTED.

HELP WANTED.
~ooo-oNNIoNoN-No ---~"o~-OoNrNo|0NNN~
Male.
AGENTS WANTED 70 retail maciutoshes
rubber clothing. etc. free samples pro
tected territory. p. Q. Box l.3Il. New
York.
BOOKKEEPER WANTED. One who IS
correct and quick at figures; salary must
be low Answer. giving reference ana
salary wanted. NJ. NJ. IL. Tribune once.
NEWSPAPER hustler wanted on an out
oftown weekly: mus, be u good address
experienced in obtaining subscriptions and
Advertisements. Address. stating wages
wanted, ITEM Passaic. ~ J.
WANTED AN IDEA.-who can think Of.
some simple thing TO patent; protect your
IDEAS. they may bring you wealth. Write
JOHN WEDDERBrRN x co. Patent "
prize offered to inventors and list OF 200 IN
ventions wanted.
WANTED. -Experienced solicitors and
men OF brains stamped with Success 10
whom we can now assign special terri
tory for the sale OF The New-York Trlb-
une's great york Americas Successful
Men" II Is one Of the most easily sold
publications now before the American
people because II ls not only deeply In
teresting In Itself. but a great educator
object lessons. Every family and library
is expected to order II. Published in two
large volumes. royal octave. illustrated
with numerous steel and stlpple portraits.
Address ADAMS co, rs Duane
At ~ Y.
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FURNISHED ROOMS.

~yNON~ ~>N@-~0 r~rNN~D<NNOoN~~NrONO>~N~~~~
82D-ST.. - rs WEST near Imperial. -
Handsomely furnished rooms. en- suite Or
slngiy. pirate baths references
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FOR sALH.

FOR sALH.
~cN~NNNoNNoNNNNNN NNNNNNNNN7N0NNNN
A-A-A-A.-ON WEEKLY payments,
fine diamonds, watches. no trash. CAL
or address WATCH SUPPLY CO. Nal
den Lane, Room =. All goods guaranteed
AT REDUCED PRICES 800 second-hand
wood AID iron working machines: fully
guaranteed; machinery bought and ex-
changed GEORGE EDDY 39s Madi-
son-st.
DOI-BLF-HEApED PARROTS and young
tame Mexican deer. CHARLES BENZ
DICT. 81 Cherry-st.
INDIAN kEIICS.--Iarge collection for
sale cheap Write W. X. MOOREHEAD.
COLUMBUS. Ohio.
So COLUMBIAN STAMPS. unused per
feet condition. for 50 each. A. LOENlT.
.ls East 18th ST.. New York
s35. $3.50 BICYCLES built 10 sell for sS5.
Cau AT 229 Pearl ST.. New York Shell
Lac GO.
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DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED,
Male.

'AhpE'NtR. FARMER ard FLORIST
-eetapies' Movers. stock pe'i ~ =
management q gentleman's place rs, =
reference Address 4 PAITTy Pc.
Office. Morristovn. Y
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WORK WANTED.

SALESMAN BY weli-knoun retail
clo'hing salesman - go South or West
Address n 900 Broadway. Brooklyn
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| THORoI GHLY experienced stove and
hardware salesman desires position.
either city or country: best New York city
references. j. :. ". 2i3 West 3sth 81
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9ffamboais.
AlBANN ENENING lIYI

Steamers ADIRONDACK New and DEAN prr,,.
eav" Oh Pier ~. y. v. 700, Canal 81 AZ az SSr9so
Sundays excepted. Connecting with trains "a, an
Lake GeOrgo. Adirondack. Sisron Sprnss ssr,o
Springs. Thousand Islands. Niagara Falls ara ,i.k.s7
Saturday night steamer connects with Sftnd.s :. sy
train for Saratoga North creek. caidneil az m>s,
on Lake George. '9,s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-14

WATERMAN Store or factory: sober and
reliable. 1rst-cass reference from form
er employers Address W o. 81 6tha
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(,ATSKILL EVENING LINE.

~ Steamers Leave foot ~ Christopher g M
weekday +. ". and Vest 1891 - 10 ca,s.,,.sl
Caiskll with mountain trains. fi0lG srr0nr7-<,esf
horses and carriages. Bicycles free ssrt % %, ~
Catskill for Descriptive folder.
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GlTIZENS LlNE TRNY sTlri

\ foot ~ Christopher st., " X. every p..sS..
p NJ. and Wes' 1874 -. $780, connecting VIh ~
4. r. II A. Hudson "
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WAT TIMAN.-Factory hotel or store;
night or day: references given. BAR
BOUR. PIG East ll6th-st.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-23

NlulL0 q numDeT OF strangers are HOW
daily seen on our streets, and all speak
of the Palmetto country as being the
most prosperous looking section they
have visited, and in nine cases out
ten they leave with their minds made up
to return and make Palmetto their home.
Palmetto News.
Captain Robert Ivy, Of Cedar Keys,
has taken the steamer Louisa to Cara
belle to run on the Oclocknee and Crooked
rivers, to haul turpentine and rosin for
the Gulf Naval Store Company OF this
place. This makes four large steamers
now freighting rosin and other products
to this point from thoee rivers, and they
are not able to transport 1T as fast as 1t
accumulates.
Mr.. Plants new Beleview hotel, at
Clear Water, is rising from the founda-
ton like magic. During the past two
weeks the frame work has been put up
and large portion of the siding nailed
on. Work is being rapidly pushed, and
it is confidently expected will be com
pleted by the opening of the eeason.
Ocala sportsmen to the number OF
seventy five have organized themselves
into a league pledging themselves to re-
spect the law, and see that Others do not
violate the game laws of the state, and
to bring violators to punishment. They
propose to call upon all true and loyal
sportsmen in the state to form similar
organizations.
Rev. F. G. Bayliss, pastor of the st.
Johns Episcopal church at Kiesimmee,
has received a call to the passionate OF the
church of Incarnation, of Atlanta, Ga,
which he refused, stating as his reason
that he intends returning to England
some time about next May, and did not
desire to accept unless he could remain
pastor for several years.
A negro named Johnson, who had had
some words with Messrs. Rufus and
Leonard Lee over a bill Of goods, near
Apalachicola, attacked the latter with
an ak last Thursday, but before he could
inflict any injury upon him Mr.. Lee
eprang upon him and cut. him so badly
that be had to be hauled home in
wagon. Mr.. Lee was not hurt.
On the Jacksonville and Atlantic rail
road. running between Jacksonville and
Pablo, next winter a gasoline motor car
will be used. The motor car will have
capacity for carry ing a dozen or more
passengers and small amount OF
freight. This will be run every day, and
on October 1 all the employers of the
road will be discharged only enough be-
ing retained to run the motor.
J. w. Fitzgerald, superintendent of
the Plant steamship line, says the
steamer St. Lucie will he on the run be-
tween Fort Myers and Punta Gorda on
or about October l. Mr.. Fitzgerald said,
among other things, that the plant sys-
tenn would not probably build wharf
this year at Fort Myers, but their
steamer would be on all right and give
to the people of Lee county the best ser
vice the Plant system was capable of.
Allthe fertilizer dealers report a decided
increaee in their business within the last
three weeks. One has sold more goods
already in September than in any pre-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-23
FLORIDIANA.

thas the delinquent tax list for Marion
county is 20 per cent smaller than in
1895.
Seventy five candidates have applied
for teachers certificates in Alachua
county. Thirty seven OF the applicants
are white.
Mrs F. w. Oren OF Lake Buffum re-
Gently saw wild cat endeavoring 10 get
through wire fence near her house. She
took her husbands gun from the house
and killed the animal.
The CIearmont crate mill is running on
full time on q large order for orange box
sides for New York firm. Five car
loads OF sides were sent out on Thurs
day last.
The two electric light companies in
Pensacola have been consolidated, the
Citizens Electric Light end Power COM
pany buying out the Pensacola Elec-
tic Light Company.
The enterprising town of Z,llwood.
Orange county, keeps up the good work
bors got together and clayed another 800
feet OF street last Saturday.
A Jacksonville court official declares
that if insanity cases continue at the
present rate Duval county alone is liable
to furnish enough patients to crowd the
state asylum at Chattahoochee.
City Marshal E. A. Brantlev of Tampa,
charged by his brother, J. E. Brantey,
with misfeasancein Office, was exonerated
Wednesday by committee of the city
council of Tampa, who closely examined
into tie matter.
C. Crosby from Mddleburgh, sat
down on the draw bridge on the Jackson
VILE, Tampa and Key West railway at
Rice Greek Wednesday night and went
to sleep. Train No. 81, came along and
rolled him into the creek. The train was
running slowly and Crosby escaped with
some bad bruises.
The assessed valuation of property in
Hillsborough county is as follows: Real
estate. S5.636, TAO; personal property,
Sl,646 900; telegraph property, S9,44O;
railroad property, 1864 624, making a
total OF SIS, 157,7 94.
Arrangements to put in the electric
light and water plant at St. Petersburg
have about been completed. The water
supply will be furnished from Ct, GOO
gallon tank, elevated seventy-fve or 100
feet
The resemblance between G. a. Car
son, nominee for the state senate, and
J. w. Watson, nominee for the house of
representatives from OsceOla county, is
go strong that everybody, even their
own children, often mistake the One for
the other.
Evidence is on record that the farmers
of this state are more prosperous now
than they we're several years ago. A
decade ago between 800 and 900 crop
mortgages were contracted in Leon
county alone. This year the books at
the court house show that less than 100
have been recorded
The family OF Dick Fretwell, in Lake
county, have recovered from the effects
of green paint poison. A few days ago
Fretwell painted safe with green paint,
and q bowl of clabber absorbed the
naint and the family ate the clabbeF
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-12

around them. Yet that is one OF the
chief aims pursued by the prison au-
thOritieS of the Old World. Only the
other day the Belgian papers con
tanned a graphic description Of the as
constituent manifested by an aged
murderer, .,ardoned after completing
forty years Of his life sentence, when
he beheld bicycles, electric lights,
electric tramways End railroad sta
tons.
ODOnovan Rosa, in giving his ex-
perience lately, shows up it's t%ortures,
and depicts his six years Incarceration
as a political offender as a season Of
horror and suffering. He claims that
when English ~iailers know that a pris-
oner is hostile to the government, they
proceed to 'civilize" him into obedi-
ence or entire quiet. Under this sys-
TEN men have been starved into weak
ness until the skin and bones rotted,
choked, trampled, lie: Led on and beat
en- on every possible occasion. An
instance is known where a captive was
put in the "black hole" cell, naked.
No bed clothes were given him. Four
wardens threw him down on the cold,
damp cell floor, and one of them step
ping back, ran at the victim, leaped
in the air and came down with both
knees on the PROSTATE mans chest.
1t is an absolute fact that English
iailers are given to understand that
Irish political prisoners are to be
forced to submit to continual torment
and indignity. For instance, a pris-
oner must polish his water can every
day. At 8 o'clock the warden will tell
him it is not bright enough; to polish
it again. He will call him from din
ner to repeat the process, and, if he
f%ancies, the SINE 1Aing will happen
every hour until far into the night.
In the same way prisoners are forced
to scrub a cell four end five times a
day, though they may be weak from
exhaustion. faint with hunger.
In Chatham PrisoN a prisoners
hands were fastened behind him for
thirty-ive days. At meal times his
hands were brought around to the
front and the handouts again placed
on the wrists. In making this change
the wardens would press the hand
cuffs into the wrists and pinch the
arms until they drew blood. A public
investigation will probably follow the
complaints made by victims of such
cruelty. From the disclosures Of man.
acled men who have tossed for weeks
in cells, infested with mosquitoes, in
absolute solitude, living solely on bread
and water. and daily mistreated, it
ness are so common in English polit-
ical prisons.