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. What a comfort
it was to know that amid all the evil and
temptation there is in this world he has
been able to develop a truie Christian
character. Had the rest of the family
not reason for thankfulness?
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THORN WELLT McMASTER,
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PRIVATE BOARIDIN.
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CHIARLOTTE FEMALE INSTLfUTE.
The current session of this Institute
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Spring Session begins, which ends June
6th, 1888. .
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prosperous in the history of the Insti
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school, the accommodations of its board
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corps of teachers are unsurpassed any
where in the South. The first of January
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entrance
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Principal.
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