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CONVICT TELEGRAPHY. A STRANGE SYSTEM OF SIGNS IN USE IN ALL PRISONS. slow Convicts Communicate in Spite of Close Surveinance-By Signals' that Cannot be Detected They Keep Each Other Fully Informed of Occurrences. (From the Indianapolis Journal.) Incidents that must necessarily follow from intercommunition often happen in penitentiaries, where the rules are rigid and surveillance so close that a convict is never from under the eye of a guard or taskmaster. No matter to what ex treme the rule prohibiting conversation between convicts may be enforced, they find some means by which to inform themselves of what is going on or what is to occur. But, more than this, a con vict may conceive the idea of escape or revolt, and for him to communicate it to one he wishes to have as an accomplice is not difficalt. They bring others into the plot or plan until twenty or thirty know it, in the details for the carrying out of which each is assigned his par ticular part. This necessitates a thor ough explanation of minutie and calls for a system of communication for which a limited use of signs would not answer. The system, whatever it is, in volves no doubt an elaboration of signs, aided whenever chance offers the means by written communication. The secret use of the latter means for expressing ideas and purposes will not account for the completeness of information con victs obtain of what takes place in prison walls, for, whether anything occurs in the office or the most distant part of the prison, within fifteen min utes there is a convict who does not know all about it. Penitentiary officials have tried again and again to obtain even a clew to the system, but they are no nearer a solution than when they first began to investigate the matter. They know there is a system, and that it rests on signs, but whether on those made with fingers, eyes and lips, or the bring ing into play of other features, or whether it depends on all together, they do not know. Prisoners, to curry favor with the officials, often tell them what they have learned from other convtcts. They go to especial trouble at times in exposing plots, and are ready to reveal everything except the means by which they learned the facts. No convict has yet given the slightest suggestion which would lead to the discovery of the secret that has defied the shrewdest detectives. "I have seen," said an ex-prison official, "two convicts, six feet apart, facing each other. They did not utter a word, nor could I discern the slightest movement of the lips or eyes, yet I knew they were communicating some thing. They gazed at each other for a minute or two before I had a chance to interfere, but I am satisfied that one told the ofher all he wished to tell. Three-or four of them will be standing around a stove or together in other places of the prison, and yet with suffi cient distance between them to lead one to think that they have nothing in com mon, but while there is not the least sign of conversation observable they are tOing to each other in their own way." Attorney-General Michener relates an incident or two showing the perfection to which the convicts have carried their of conveying information among amles. On his first visit to Jef fer sonville to look into the matter of Jack Howard's shortcomings as warden of the Southern prison he was sitting in the office of the prison one afternoon when the deputy warden or some other subor dinate asked him if he did not wish to go throug the shops. It was some thing he di not expect to do, but, ac cpngthe invitation, they passed truhthe inner gates, crossing the first celrooms, out into the courtyard and across that directly to the shoe factory. They were not three minutes in -o nor did they stop anywhere unilt eyiached the factor7. The Attorney- enrlhad gone but a few feet into the room with the prison officer when a convict stepped up, and asking the latter if he could speak to the gentle man with him, said, on permission be ing given him: "You are the Attorney. General?' "Yes," was the only reply of that officer. "Your name is Mickener?" "Yes; but how do you know that? I have never seen you before." "That is true, nor did I ever see you until now, although I am from Shelby county." He then went on to tell whc he was, where he lived in the county, and what he had done to bring him into the penitentiary. But the convict gave the Attorney-General further cause for wonder by telling him'that he knew of his reahing the city the day before, howi many visits he had made to the prison. and for what purpose. Leaving the shoe factory the Attorney General and prison officer went intc another room, separated from the first by an intervening room, and with neith ' rof which could any person in the third have direct communication. Here Mr. Michener was approached by anoth er convict, who told him about what the first had done, except he asked him to see the Governor in his behalf. Going to the foundry, which is a considerable distance from the shoe factory, the third convict came up to the Attorney-General the instant he entered the room. This man had the identity of the visitor and -the cause of his coming to Jeffersonville as accurately as the other two. He alsc wanted a pron. On their way tc another building the prison official saic to Mr. Michener: "Every convict whc cared to know had all information aboui who you are and why you lave corn within a few minutes after you came m side the prison door. The convicts havy no privileg-e of writing or speaking t< each other, but so perfect is their systen of communicating with each other thai in forming plans of- escape they car agree on time, leaders, methods anc signals. But there is always some con vict who, though not in the plot, learna all about it and tells the details to th officers. Investigation always brings ti light enough incidents to convince ut that their plans are being formed con sanl. Just afte Warden Patton too] charge three plans of uniting were di covered and thwarted in one day.' Warden Patton not long ago had occa sion to order the punishment of a con vict for the infraction of the rules. The convict, without the knowledge of his fellows, was taken to a distant part of the prison where there was not a sign of any one being near enough to learn what took place. But three minutes afterward every convict of the many hundreds there knew not only the punishment, and the kind, but why, and by whom, and at whose orders it was inflicted. An ex-prison official said recently: "Not long ago I took a convict to Michigan City. I reached the prison about eight o'clock in the evening, after all the con victs had been locked up in their cells. No one knew of my being there but the officer in charge at that time of night. I did not stay longer than five minutes, but, turning over my prisoner, I went to the hotel and to bed. When I came down to breakfast the next morning there was a messenger from the prison stating that such and such a convict wanted to see me. A half dozen in all wished to have me come out to them. How they knew I was there nobody knows. Prison officials are constantly seeing the effects of communication among the convicts, but cannot detect the system." FISHERMEN IN THE SENATE. Senator Hampton the Most Scientific of the Anglers. (Washington Letter in New York Tribune.) The fishing season is near at hand. Congressmen with piscatorial instincts are getting their tackle ready for the sport. Among the fishermen in the Senate, McPherson, of New Jersey, holds a high place; his angling is done in accordance with rules laid down in books. -If he were to catch a fish in anv sort of haphazard or irregular way he would never forgive himself. Mr. Ed munds, too, is a fine fisherman, and loses a while on a fishing trip with friends much of that frigid manner for which he is justly or unjustly famous. Indeed, when out in the woods he dis cards the habitual reserve which he as sumes in public life, and can be a jovial and agreeable companion. He can sit on a log and drink out of a jug like any Democrat, but the minute the fishing tackle is put back into its case, and he returns to his public duties, he freezes up again. Senator Kenna has whipped almost every stream of his State, West Virginia. About two years ago he gave the President a few days of enelient sport in West Virginia, and Iunderstand that the President will again accept the Senator's invitation for a fishing trip this season, if the public business will permit. Senator Vest is an ardent fish erman, and so are Aldrich, Frye and Hampton. Frye has almost a national reputation as a salmon killer; anything less than a salmon fails to arouse his in terest. He is a member of several sport ing clubs in Maine and Canada, and two or three times a year manages to make his way to the fishing grounds. The most scientific angler, however, is Hampton. He has oile of the finest outfits in Washington and his patience and perseverance are said to be all that can be desired. He frequently acts as a sort of instructor w his colleagues who are willing to try a hand in fishing for bass in the Potomac. It is said of him that he once took Lamar, while he was yet a Senator, up to the Chain Bridge, at Little Falls, for a day's fishing. Lamar, as was his custom, took a novel along wita him, and while Hampton was stumping among the rocks set himself down upon the bank of the river, hook ed on his line a live frog, cast it out into the water, opened his book and waited for results. Patience makca3 good isher men, and Lamar should have got all the bass in the Potomac, for he sat still with his pole between his knees, while he de voured the novel, until the waning sun waked him to the fact that the day was almost gone and he also saw Hampton appear in the distance with a fine string of fish in his hand. Starting up in sur prise, the future Associate Justice of the Supreme Court began to haul in his line, and to his great disgust found that the intelligent frog had quietly swam ashore and was sitting on the bank close to him with the hook in his mouth. .Of course, this may be only a campaign story, like that which described him as choosing, when appointed secretary of the interior, a gray saddle-cloth for his horse in preference to a blue one. I give it as it was told me by one of Hampton's friends. A Tramip's Substantial Bus~tle. A tramp called at a residence the other day begging for "something to eat." His clothes were very much the worse for wear, while soap and water had been economically used in preparing his toilet. The lady of the house fixea him uip a lunch in a paper and handed it to him at the door. He repaira. to a grassy seat in the yard and unfolded a bundle which he had with him, and stored away in said bundle was a variety of victuals. He assorted the viands and began to state them away in the back lining of his coat, biscuit, potatoes, cake, etc., until it looked as ifhe had on abustle. He had prepared himself for a long tramp, and our citizens had furnished the rations. Marietta (Ga.) Journal. DEAR TR. EDro:-Won't you please tell your male readers that $3 will buy a fine, strong and serviceable pair ox pants, made to order by the N. Y. Stan dard Pants Co., of 66 University Place, New York city? By sending U cents in postage stamps to the above firm, they will send to any address 23 samples of cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measure, a full set of scientific measure ment blanks and other valuable informa tion. All goods are delivered by them through the U, S. Mails. A novel and practical idea. -Advise your readers to try the firm.. They are thoroughly re. lable. Yours truly, * WTT~.TJ Y ANDERIBILT. A poet says, "If once you burst a dollar. like ice it melts away. And he might have completed the verse by adding, "And when you burst your collar, it's awful what you say." "You will kill yourself yet, John," said a sprightly girl, "if you don't stop taking so much Roman punch." " Well," lhe r'e joined, 'no worse for me than for Cxsar. He died, you know, from too many Itoman ipunches." -Russian proverb-When money speaks e tru +th keeps silent. PAID THE PENALTY. Prophet Fraser Payu the Penalty of Wife Mr .der. WALTEIntORO, S. C., April 0.-Prophet Fraser, the negro who brutally murdered his own wife, paid the penalty of his crime today. Shortly before 12 o'clock he was taken from his cell to the scaffold within the jail building, escorted by guards. IIe ascended the ladder leading up to the plat form, with a firm step-exhibiting the s.me composure which stood him so well .luring his trial, and which raised doubts in the mir.ds of some touching the certainty of his guilt. Upon reaching the platform Sheriff Black told him that if he had any thing to say he might tell it now. In a clear and strong voice he proclaimed his readiness to die, and avowed that he had fully made his peace with God. He repeated his former protestations of innocence, but his statements were so cvae sive as to remove any doubt of his guilt. still remaining. After prayer by the minister present, the noose was ad iusted and the black cap drawn. Fraser stood this ordeal , ithout any outward sign of fear. At three minutes past twelve o'clock, the rope that upheld the trap was severed, and Fiaser's body fell with a heavy thud. The vioient twitching of the muscles of the body indicated that the neck had not been broken, and that the death struggle have must. been a hard one. The movement of the muscles con tinued for ten minutes and thin'y secands. After the lapse of thirteen minutes :nd twenty seconds from tioe drop, and eighteen minutes and thirty seconds had passed the attending .physicians pronoilnccd life e' ti net. The body was cut down and turned over to the dead m-i% relatives for interment. rhe Vo'k of the Deparuient of A:rieui:ure. A summary of the work of the rerg:. ized Department of Agriculture fr the tirst quarter of the new year will doubtless he interesting to the farmers of the State :md the people gcerally. The new Board of Agricultur. oa:wied Ta::uarv :1ls. They found two expo\ m stationis well under way and took ?i1me diate Steps t) conpite the worke inaugu rated by their predecessors. At thee sta lions experiments are now being canducted that will be valuable to the farming inter ests of the State. Three fertilizer inspectors hav. beeii in the tild drawing samples for analysis at all the principal points where such goods are found. They have visited seventy towns and sent in to the Commissioner :Jio s:aum pies of fertilizers, acid phosphates, kainits. cotton seed meal, cliemicals. &c. The special assistant has supervised the phosphate territory, and his reports show that the Stac will receive a royalty of about $33,000 on the rock removed. Patrols have been employed at George town and on the Edisto !tiver to prevent illegal fishing, and the Commissioner has visited Georgetown to aid his assistants in enforcing the law. The veterinary surgeon has been to Aiken. Georgetown, York and other local ities to inspect farm stock and prescribe methods for the suppression of contagious diseases and for the cure of diseased aui uals. The Weather Service has e-tablished several new stations of observation, from which regular monthly rep arts are received. The chemist has completed a number of fertilizer analyses, examined specimens of ores, &c., and furnished information reint ing to the work of his dlepartment. The State Weather Service has coilected a vast amout of usefuli information relaL ing to the climate, &c., of the State, sent out warnns of the approach of cold w-aves, storms and tioods and daily weather indications, and issued weekly bulletins showing the condition of the weather and its effects upon growing crops. The exhibit of the products of the Stte is kept open every day and has been visited by hundreds of people, representing f')ur teen diffrerent States of the Union, from 31asachuisatts to Texas. The correspondence of the Commission er's office since Jatnuairy :31st has exceeded 2 000 letters, gliving information to parties imquiring about the State, fronm thirty-one States and Territories, and from France. Mlexico and Nova Scotia, about stock rais ing, examination of insects, classification of lants, seed fertilizers, agneutlturau meetings. fish culture. &c. The Commissioner has collected the tax on over 120,000 tons of fertilizers, has issued 1->,000 monthly reports, containing matters of interest to farmers and others, and published 5,000 pamphlets descriptive of the resources and advantages of the State. Cha.rleston Ea;;tes A broad. 'Mr. Robert Carr, the dealer in German kainit, who visited Charleston a few dat s ago, sent a singular consignment tO Hamburg, Germasny, the like of which had never left this port before. The Norwegian barque Waille carried a ton of phosphate and land rock respectively, a specimen of copper ore from North Caro lina, a map of South Carolina, and last, but not least, four Charleston buzzards and a supply of ancient beef for their enjoyment. The buzzards are for the Zoological Gairdens at Hamburg, the vaterland not having our favorite bird among its feathered tribes. "Bon voy age" to the Charleston eagle, before whose services to Charleston the geese which saved Rlome pale into insignifi cance. May the Burgomaster of Ham burg emulate the Mayor of Charleston in guarding the life and providing for the comfort of our feathered scavengers, and may Hamburger steaks be their daily repast forever.--Charleston World. P1JXNOS A% ORGAN1.. We are prepared to sell Pianios and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Cash or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from $24 up. The ye' ,ict of the people is that they can save the freight and twenty-five per cent. by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. RecspectfullyM N. W.TU P * Columbia, S. C. "Cool as a cueumber,"~ says an exchange, is scientitically correct. An investigation showed this vegetable to have a tempera ture one degree'below that of the sturround CLEVELAND AND TARIFF REVISION Platform and Nomineeq or the Oregon Demo. cratic Convention. PENDLETON, Oregon, April 4.-In th( Democratic State Convention today thb committee on resolutions reported a plat form which was unimously adopted. The first resolution heartly ind)rsed Presiden1 ('levela:d: the second iel'Jrsed the preocul State adiiinistration aned th-: third is a strong indorsement of the policy of tarl revision and the reduction of the surplus, as set forth hi thc Pre3:dent's last annual message. The fourth s'ction of the platform de. mands the forfeiture of unearned land gronts and approves the Presidcnt's messagt on tiit Subtjec:: the fifth Section suggests that the penion roll should be a roll of honor, without visiting on the people sc great a financial burdeu. The other reso lutions denounce the policy of the Englist Government and express sympathy witi the laboring classes: favor the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people: ask that enlarged power be (riven to the State Rtaiiway Commission and demand of the General Goverment liberal appropriations for river and harbor im provenents. John M. Gearin, of Portland, was nomi nated f.or Congress on the first ballot. .Judge John Ua nett, of Corvallis, was aoninated for Supreme Judge by accla natiotn. 1esoluti ous were adopted indorsinc Cleveland for President and! Governor Pen noyer, of Oregon, for Vice President, which are eqae :alent to the instructions. Ilowever, hoat delegate is a pronounced Cieveland man. W. Ii. i-linger, of Port land: W. . luiivou. of Albany, and E. R Skipwotrth. of t'en Ileton, were nominatec as Presidential electors. A. Cush was eelt as ch airmnui of the State Centra: WILD DOINGS IN THE SOUTH. ''i,"" Uloov Wor. or a mnd of iinck ihu-Klux Dv the steamer Kate Adams news o1 sone rather wild doings in Bolivar county Miss:., lta week has nOen received. that owing :t neogcl:e=eS of the river frn Ihe I-lerr:ph a:0 railroaI mail service, has !'iled to reach hlre sooner. It seems thal about the mij idle of :ist week the negroes on the plantati' : just south of Australi: llding. in "i.ivar coanty, had a grant hail. i s b, al was enriched with thal tsual accoanim:Iuent of colored fandan w4cS, whieb ended in a fracas among thi *r: sh..t t. One burly iullian, in his e' er hase t" piak his sucssful opponen: wnh a leaden bullet tired wide of his mark and lodged the fatal missile in the body o! a bvstander, causing his instant death. 01 cou'rie this broke up the game of craps ut did not cm l thtragedy. Th< shooter was arreste( and confined in a neigh boring saloon, under guard of a negr< oflicer, to await an opportuuity of remov ing to the jail at the county seat, som< twenty miles. It so happened. however that the slain darky was a very popular mal among his race. and his enraged par tisans lost no time in organizing a mob t< ku-klhx the nutirderer. But when the tim( catt to use the rope their hearts failed them, and the mob retired, with man' mutterings. for the night. On the nex night, however, they had gained confidenc( from numbers and retlection and proceedec to lynch the victim of their displeasure ii the most approved style. Procuring a good rope, they surroundet the saloon, and compelled the surrender o the trembling prisoner, which was don( without resistance by the oflicer. Fasten ing the rope firmly around one foot, the, threw the shackled negro to the ground and gathering the rope in willing hands dragged the struggling wretch on his bacl across the levee and to a convenient tree several unalrel yards away, where, amit brutal curses and jeers, they quickly drev him up in mid-air by a rope around hi: neck and left him hanging. The mob the q(ietly dispersedi to '.heir homes. As ii this ease both ku kluxc and victim wer< Repubiicans, the Ianging will hardly b< heradedl by the Northern press to th< coututry as a Soutaern outrage, thoug~h th< result is the same, viz: The Republicana have been deprived of a voter, and whet the athirities have settled with the lynch era it Wil probably have lost several more -Meraphis Avalanche. FTe Taxim; of Bank Stock. A question as to the proper manner o: assessing bank stocks and banking capita for taxation having arisen, the following questions were submitted to the Attorne2 or his opinion: "How should banks be taxed?" "Should they he taxed on their capita] stock alone, or should the surplus be alst returned for taxation?" Th~e Attorney General decides as follows *-M1y opinion is that all shares of th( shareholders in any bank or banking asso tion should be listed against them individ ualy at their true value in money, and tha this valuation should include all surplus o extra moneys, capital, and every species oj ersonal property, of value, owned or ii he possession of .any such bank." Gen Stats., See. 108S. ''It matters not that such surplus or cap itl may have been invested in Unitet States bonds or other non-taxable securi ties. " Under Section 5219 of the Revisen Statutes, it is declared that nothing in saih Statutes 'slhll prevent all the shares in an' association from beinig included in the per sonal property of the owner or holder o: stueh shares in assessing taxes imposed b3 the authority of the State within which th< asecation is located,' " &c. whev opinion is, that, tinder this Section, whnconstrued with the other United Stated banking laws, the State has the authority to impose a tax upon the actua value, in money, of the shares of the share holders without reference to the characte: of the securities in which the capital o: surius of any bank may be invested.' Van Allen vs. The Assessois, 3 Wal., 595 "Thie President and Cashier of ever' bank or banking association should be re quired to make returtn as reqluired by Sec 21 ot the Generat Statues." The respective County Auditors will fin meiately, upon tihe receipt of this circular exteud the information above given to ths baks amnd banking institutions, and the: will req ure all such corporations to revis< the returns made by them, taking care to ascertain as nearly as they possibl2 e-n, the true money value of the shares ih such institutions, including their surplus "without reference to the chearaeter of th. securities in which the eapital or surplu: may be inivested." As soon as this revision is comupletel they will report to this otlice. Sec. 2:;'., Gen. Stats., gives the Auditor: the authoritiy to ascertain values. J. S. VEtuxER, Comptroller General. MIore thant one hundred million stars an< revealed to the sight by the aid of a mos powerful telescopes, and yet astronomer: get unduly excited whenever they discovel AFTER MANY YEARS. Mr. F. It. A. Dyer Reunited to His Family After a Long, Sad Separation. (Aiken .ournal and Review.) Mr. Frank R. A. Dyer, of Horton, Kansas, is a man with a strange and sad history. His experience has been so unusual that we have taken pains to get the particulars. Mr. Dyer is at present a passenger Iductor on the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway, (Rock Island route,) and came to Aiken some weeks ago with his sister, Mrs. Helen Larkin, of Brattleboro, Vt., who is in ill health. They are stopping at the Steed man House. - His story, as told to us, proves the oft-repeated statement that truth is stranger than fiction. It was in 1854 that Mr. Dyer's father was traveling with his wife, who was insane, and three children, from Stoton, Wis., to place the mother in the asylum at Brattleboro, Vt. The children were Helen, Victor and Frank, the latter being a baby about three months old. While passing through New York State on the train, a Mrs. Hiram Robbins, of Brighton, N. Y., proved of great assistance in helping Mr. Dyer care for the children. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins were returning home from Niagara Falls, and Mr. Dyer asked them to kindly care for the baby for a few days until he returned. The kind couple consented and took the child to their home. Mr. Dyer, after placing his wife in the asylum, took the two chil dren, Helen and Victor, to their grand parents, who lived at East Greenwich, N. Y. He then went West, intending to close up.his business there and return at once. But unfortunately he died, and in his death all trace of the child was lost to the others. The Robbins brought un the baby with their own children, but Frank re tained the name of his parents. His foster brother is Prof. J. S. Robbins, now a well-known music teacher of Pen field, N. Y. Frank Dyer became a con ductor on the New York Central Rail road, and later went West and connected himself. with the Union Pacific Railway, and while there became passenger con ductor on the Denver and South Park Division. He knew nothing of his parents except what Mr. and Mrs. Rob bins could tell, and that was very little. If they had heard Mr. Dyer say what asylum he was taking his wife to, they had forgotten it, so all trace was lost on both sides. Victor went West and settled, and it is a curious coincidence that for some time Frank Dyer was running as conductor within forty miles of his brother's home, and neither knew of the existence of the other. Helen, the sister, married Henry B. Larkin, of East Greenwich, N. Y., but she has lived the last ten years in Brattleboro, Vt., to be near her mother, who is still in the asylum.- The mother, in spite of her clouded mind, had never forgotten the existence of her child, and frequently asked for baby Frank. Thus whenever Mrs. Larkin went to New York she made inquiries about her lost brother. It was one of these trips last August, while speaking with J. W. But terfield, a New York Central conductor at Rochester, that her story reached the ears of another conductor on that road, . Mr. W. M. Morris. This gentleman had known conductor Frank Dyer well, and had often heard him tell his sad story, and he felt convLced that Dyer was the missing brother. Fortunately he knew Prof. Robbins' address, and by corres pondence with him the whereabouts of Frank Dyer was learned, and on last 1 Thanksgiving Day, in the town of Brat tieboco, he was reunited to his family, after a separation of 33 years. When he stood before his mother she instantly knew he was her long lost son, from his resembllance to his father, and she shed tears of joy at his recovery. Mr. Dyer says he is the happiest man in the Uhited States, and we. can well believe it. Few can realize how much -the joy and thankfulness was increased by the fact that Mr. Dyer is an earnest and devout Christian. 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