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PRIDAZZ_ F.40. 26. 1E83.
~ A Littlo l aro _.._ t`
,7'erome.M'ei)ougall is 8 years old. lie lives
at fbbokeii, N. J. Tie is a. pretty 1 ty; with
a refine t faee, a lit udsome bead, and clear-
-cut featuriti. Be has a long, straight nose
and a bright, keen bitty eye. Ile is a very
plucky little fellow, as brave as a lion. Re
is a good boy at school, and eau real and
write. Jerome is fond of athletic sports,
can run fast, and jump and play leap frog
'.frith the best. Young es he is, too, he can
swim How many boys $ year's old can cio.
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• Hp to. this sutnn)ei• Jerome has beets just a
good, bright, active little boy, who learned
his lessous well and had ia, good deal of fun.
But this summer " Ile did something which
will distinguish hint all his life., When his
• school was out he went for the vacation tots
place called Btne,'ry 13ay, ort the coast
of Longi island. If you loos:. obi the ,nrap
you cauaseee••-rt _,
:It was at fiobokoli that 'Jerome learned •
to swim. • It is muco easier for little boys to'
40 this than 'A r• -grown people Big men's
jeints-are still',, and, their bores and muscles
are heavy. bo boys fatal •girl ., too, Lai'ear°
toiearn to swim when you arm li.tt;o
TsnomE at D. o.u. 't:L.•
, At Bowory-'Bay thele was a bathing house,
any persons went into the bracing salt
. "• wafer • every' day. A bathing master was
'there,too,who a lesso ins i '
, .g ve ,ns w morin
and looked out that nobody was drowned;
Front him the boy 'learned. Jerome was a
:very apt scholar there, as' everywhere else.
, He:was was so -active, so -light and so, fearless,
that he learned very quickly, He remain='
• bered all the nraster,'s•direetf'ons. He could
dive tv 'time' bottom•, could float upon his
.back, and paddle-like a dog. It was a
• =pretty sight to .see; him pronging in from.
heikht,..coining up again, and shaking the
foam from his face and ears: Then his slim,
white body darted through the green water.
like a fish: '
Sometime;, :though,. ,:the: boys, went in
swimming without the bathing 'master.
;Among the boyss-wa'S Jerome's cousin. Toni.
;Jerome was.'only but Tom was 13. Al-
though Toni Was veil a big boy; .he could
• not swim. His friends tried to instruct
him, and he•triedWith ail his might to do it.
There is Cite very -cruel way that boys have
gr lug essrnis-in snT . • • (e -a
• • fellow out beyond his depth and then simply
let go of anti], anti let hint kick Itis way out.
again, sink-.oie- shim,, strangle .or :keep his'
breath. Don't ever do that, boys:
.7;t Was what poor Tom's, friend did, how=.
ever, Isis brother hr tight him, to swim:
that way, he said: n they: wear-, -Over'
bead.'. Then the otliei• boy turned and sd'ani
to shore, leaving Tom to .struggle as best he.
might. But it was a losing game from the
beginning. •••Tom Wont to the bottom like
lead. ' He, rose agate, throwing Up h'is.arms'
and screaming and crying fin- help.- Ile'
'was drowning, and iteknew it '
. By that time his friend was dressing, He•
heard Tom's cry, but., thought he was., only -
"playing ing posantii," .pretending tri be in clan-
ger. That is another very foolish thing that'
• • boys do: A boy hasbeen drolvned., more
•than once because his •friends -thought he
was only fooling. -. • •
But little Jerome,: With his .quirk eye and
• clear •brain, knew better. He saw the fran-,
tic st'ruggies,of.the drowning bey., and knear
.. that they meant • earnest. • Irortuutitely,
• was just getting ready Co go into the water',
and had. his clothes'olf at that inontent.
In a flash he remembereri what the bathing
• master had told.ltiui to do, .
i' "Take a long breath,'Tom," be .cried. -
• Then he nluitged in Tom ,rad sak ,_
nalta the director makes his reiuids lti Ilt iS1-.
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'and come tip As the little hoi•o, got to him. takes off 'his fur cloak, and shivers.
• The drownin' ori clutched' Jerome by the even then: • All that tho••prisotieis have
throat. • Iken lh d os bit sertses. But Jerome to protect themselves from the:de rierr
put up b'.a own hands and tore,'Tom's clutch c o1c1 aro a coiniiuon sheepskin coal •anti
from lu.i. neci . The • bathing master had rap,' stip as worn. by the tnbu ,ik-
"Fold the boys ,when a drowning' p r.(i ii They' pass most of" their time in bol•'• .
grabbed them by the throat to kick .slimin `what else can tlwy (10, poet Wretches
the Stomach. Then tie Will. let go,' paid and. 'even • 'there . they.aro we'll-
• the li Jar. uigli frozen • to death, • for. be -
But Jerome did'.vot• slave to do this. • He sides being i•nsufficiently clad they
loosena,l Tom's hands • without that. Holy .
- do you think this .plucky little boy got the .da 'e ?riff'L s ST. E or akfast, • Its • for
- • big one: .to thoi•ei. Well; he cluteited Um Slpper, they have a .jog of warin Water•
` then by the hair'crith Cue hand, and with and. a.lutieli of blachl, bread and •buttei;•r'
the -other swain t;rland. :• • , . .for: dinner' they are given a basin of,
•What did Tom'say to your askell a. lady cabbage you]), •: a Bake of buekwheat
"I brou•ht.ttitn to shore, and he came to bread and ti. pot of. kwass, a Sort of beer
himself; then Ile;thanked ire," said Jerome. ,nircle of water ,nixed with braes.• bread
Jerome is a modest •
es boy. But Toni Will .and. i'Crtnrnted,: Twice Week they.
neve, lo, ,•tai lt'its tong as he 11ve,., hare, e: ]',ea scup instead of cabbage soup:.
,i t+nits ban is -n talking to his papa a few, on `'utldayS filo soup) is • Accompanied by
• •• flays b'•tnre that about rescuing drowning at .tnol'Sel of, moat. Nor is the 1'ooci,
peul,le: Jai sine said he altlti t think.' lie
t•oulcl t etrr jump in. the water to rescue Ally , Healtty, though' it'be, • gdod of it, louts:
bcxlti -ftr ft�al=i=i9 - e,sc - • -the butte 1' 1, renerall lanetd,isle=,steer-
(t n )rr trotTlct ,,,tams hrtii ti y +
by ti.tt• 1lirc,•tt amid tiiiaunh• .hire; tuft .drag putrid.. and t.110 bread—except the crust
. Hint dt+:.n:,t•.ca ,o lrgtdly 'baked that ~,self thrown
re• : t,t•'tlrc Wail -'it Sticks Mc. tuoffa1..'
`!, 1st. st1't:titer the prisoners air little bet-,
• 1(i '4140000k,
tt t 'oil: m to winter, it is dining the
tit tt tit Mnontlit th'tt St, -Petersburg built
ut.c>u miasmatic, tuar,h'es, develm1, s •all-
-i1, un liealt iv sltt 1litios, and 11it) hygienic
�li ie f.�' fo tr tho n and 44.1101
,rrt'nc o`i ilia (.115, the bac, and 1n-
• Nrtt CZAIIS RASTII,E.
Vser.00rs of the Fortress of St. Refer agil
at. rain,
f('urt•Fan l ltt,l4iscn ('sur>aiiGle.l
But fust' of all about this.
'made of the czar, this inferno of des-
potism, a buildiug of terrible memories,
defiled by more horrors even than its
famous prototype which 'the populace et
parts, nearly a century' ago, leveled
wit It the ground. It is.. huge, hideous,
and slab -sided, and surmounted by
a thin and tapering spire . that
looks like the .end of a Bret).
digwtgiatt 'syringe.. The fortress is
in the venter of 'Um city and faces
the Imperial palaee. During the day it
is in part a pu111io thoroughfare, and
people las through a harrow detilo of
gloomy and tortuous vaults. where
heavily -armed sentinels starch to and
fru, end stone. saints in nicTios, hold
ttoi1. horning tap L1;,.'But at nightfall
all is • elose.(1, .till, when darkness covers
.the t a],ital and the quays of the Neva
are all aglow with gas light, the prison
1im•e cli.liented to ;;t. Peter and St. Paul'
remains shrouded its gloom, like some
-huge niaw, ever ready to swallaw rip all
that is best and .noblest of the unhappy
.land. v1iiclt it curses with its presence.
hound the fortress reigns a deep Sia
-loam but four times in every. hour, the
]eig dna): in the syringe -shaped chapel
shire c•hinibs a psalm tune in ,praise of
1.W and the azar..
The casenratos are cells, five paces
Jong .arnd three wide, equal to about
seven and a start foot by four arida. half
feet—dens into Which a- little light
str ugglea through • a strongly -barred
alit.
The walls stream with moisture.
ler 'furniture the inhabitant leas a
straw mattress and a thin quilt, a jug,
the image .of a saint, and a pail:which
,sa l yes for all purposes ' an remains
there day and night. The air of Stich a'
place; surely one of the dark places of
the earth. besides being cold 'and damp,
must ..be .unspeakably foul. But oven
worse- then crampness, • and foul-
ness, •
oul-
ae s,• and.: gloom . is . the solitude
to which' the prisoners are' con -
deemed, tn,ed, for• •the. fortress is. organized
u , lir, strictest cellular system. .1 very
. pu e,ltde precaution is taken to. prevent
the lr fee,ii • communicating with each
-other. They never meet, never speak
• ro t ro h of hvi;,arts not- oven. •alloyvcd do
c.,eita age i word Withtheir ;jailers,•' . 1
warden 1st forbidden • under severe
pen'dti0$ to answer a question, however
meaningless... a mfrs c,, or • innocent. ocent. T •
i ne •crit
n a] '4
hi n loin obtaining favors or infornlai-
tarm either by :cajolery or colhtaiou, the
t u n1 c'y,> are matte -to visit the cells in
c t>ctpiC : and, to prevent prisoner ,funis
couttuunittatlon. _with eael. outer • by
knocks on. the `walls,: every alternate
a,! is either altogether untenanted .or
'e :ilpied by a gendarme. •
t ileo assay the door is opened and the
tl•duns si taify. to the :inhabitant by is
•i.csturo that it -is. the hour for oscrcisu,
&utly ho rises from` his little • bed taut
follows his custodians• into a .narrow
yard, So -summed in by high Walls as to
Seem like the bottom of a : well herr,
he, pacts to and fro for the allottedtrinti, '
]tree a'wilc, beast in a Cage,. and is then
led back to his dei. as silently as be. was
-brought .but. Tho.prison is full Of pee
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1 ••y.
"Pry We have weaved A half chests.of very fine 6Oet; YOUNG H� ,_ (.`� ll, �j�"j �., which vl�e�nrill sal . r 'XSONi 1�.+'APV t4Lla ur• ('�%n 1sotnrenr eft te.b thery ' O �.! lA.►»J V ��' y .caddie. �Itts. •^
i:;9 tire best value ever offered in #his count . Doti
3 't
,la . flail to go it caddie before it is all sold.
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We have opened. a full stock of ri
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L OND _13 SJi OI- O. Mew Valentia Raisins, Extra .
Selected V�alentia
Raisins, Block Basket Raisins Seedless
Raisins, Sultana Raisins.
NEW CURRANTS, NEW SHELLED - A.LMO . .
ODDS AND ENDS O i .NGBr� 2 y Nn , C LEMON,
�. � . AND CITRON PEEL. ..lbs, GOOD MIXED CANDY FOR .9Gcrre, Call itncl Inspcet our Klock.
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TURNED UP DURING STOOK TAKING.
Iti.:1INAN'rS Q CLOAKINGS,
T. WEEDSI, FLANNELS, COTTONS, ;TOWELINGS,
LINENS; COTTON SHIRTINGS,.RIBBONS .
DRESS :GOODS, 'VELVETS,' LACE, ' m
AND EMBROIDERIES.
Remnants of' all kinds of goods.: Rf;you want them, you can
• have them at half price: , .
Our discount sale attracted scores, of 'purchasers; and some
•lines of have been closed out. Will
goodse V�o �vlll contluuo Mlle.
Discount. on the follows, lines•for two weeks longer
Blankets, Winter Tweeds,' Winter Dress . Goods,
Wool Hosiery,
Wool. Shawls; Underclothing,
Readymade Overcoats and1'Clothing,
Bear ui mind that EO per cent off' our close prices _ makes � Very
Cheap Goods, ." Spring Goods. are coming to.hand. and aro open-
ing
)e
ng . splendidly,
\VOOL . URESS. ;ODDS all� FI1TS,
Better valiw and:better' Colors o,ncl Patterns than my :previous.
slioWing',; FIowever, we will S i(?<ixi of:these later. r '
1Ia.. a At present
we want to give 'you-, bargains in tile' small'ilantit . of Winter
Goods not yet clispo,secl ef.
it t s,, its • bastions, it's ' .ravelins..
'Ind it, 'curtain's' there • i,. .the
' isolation of .death, 'N6 books .are a1-
_flowed in this •elislnal solitude,. not •
i r c n'the Bible, 11 a Prisoner; wants l e-
.Ii„isits',_sou..olation—he-,.may-look, at h •i.
Saint- and raise his thotlg1its
Ward,- if he en o, ft i:;'no wonder that
iticiii iimau�ed in these Clark places sume-
tirnes'go mad.. But in spite of • et Cr C
Precaution prisoners. do Occasionall'y •
eontrivo • to Coniniunleate With tin -i t
{ is rids, l l,.ale.in�nsug _ipi ltus. i t got.-- '
,t .lonis way, and oven. turnkeys have • ' . • • t aa'S 011.'Ll)p�1.G tl' ...• '
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e ,g'„ •Q�j�►.�' Mil.
that news ftgtn ,t]>c ossein ates does .or- �%�
cas:onally i'eacla tho'outer World ' • • t1f:IPMiST ANI DRUGGIST, CLINTO\ 0"V"'1'.
1-. or clothing the prisoner; have the gray: . , ON
T.
of common malefactors,- Instead •
:ot• shoos and .'stockings,' their feet are,
wrapped in,rags. 'Ryes in'. the depth of
)tl'tit,er. the. cells • are seldom rt frac i,-
netit'r siti Cientlyiat least ;the Enol ,e -
ai:; e.l for Cltti:.purpose is Jinn fitment
•embozzlod itt that. "Bence ilia cells.
aro 'always datup Water -streams doled
the Iva11s and fteekes in pools on ,the..
doom So Intel'so is.tho Cold flint -when
ooper Son,
CLINTON.
NOTICE To Etto.p8 AND.. OTHER&
Having taken advantage of the exceedingly low• Leat1 ci' tlfai'i et, -r have putcltas
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ed for cash, .,t10 sides of first class Harness Leather, at a price that enables me to
give a good, ,
Set. of Doable Harness, for $25...Single x$iO tog 812.
((ALL 1 QRK WAx1RANTED.)
(oat RobeS $G 50, Blankets. J0('.. Boots & Shoes, Low
Now: is the time for Barg, '..
• - „sins --62111 and our Steal:,
l� . '.1���
TM* GRIAT•
...r 'rm 'i�� •''. '_....''� aa, ����� -.- tray' ■■ � . S.nvii
WA o a ,9 w►
To ..T' HE + Fl O N'l'.'
C. J. TL91411-111..L. & Ob.
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We 'have. i�eeeived a'(,ousigooiettt of CHRIB:i`ht V- i"' 7.18•; ' '
. , 5 .`a�t,Ja.0 �,•at atll-ltr.(t.-
wo w%I't se] -I at . WHOLESALE. I+,. "PRICES, T•..Also • ti 1111ge consign-tnt:et : of mo ] r
•` L(, itOOKj f J. and .G't AKSWAIiE, • . } b of
We Will givo'tei pilcllsof our cnstonters who'' will bii ; tt Gib Cacldro of r- +T •
Y.. Oil l antczu
TEAS; a' handsome pare ant in China or"'Glassw ire's fi�onr now
muftil the first of . the nein year.
We grt 11 UttCO ral1 oui• goods to Is:I (.4 ilatistiiction. Caii anel.'inspect 'oil stock ;and •'
Ire Convinced.. '
TMJ:
ona,f
the •Ch lug; Gatiister.
-1)? axtrad,—RpOcialL4IrittiM-
I-1as Cured; nt fells` iio <t;1rS Doctors Wear 'incl
Beconimend their as the best for `a1:1 classes,'
sotnetintes bowels -- So• it comes. to pass
U•• i j •► MC INTOI�,.
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.Ser 1% A(l.a'i' i•'titt 51 1;
()Et 'RA' .lig1)
()Mester LAMP.
1 hays: mdse _on liar& 't largo 4oel: of TABLE "a(1irl
I 1�A��fP;� in' ( sry-"vtrrrrtyy-1.1ARDWAIt1
and T.IN\VAttE. X11 mag stud, of COOhJ TG ,inti
P��i Olt S•rOVES, Age;itfor' the c 1lYl .Y.&.
, rrA.I; i.41 BOYN'rON ];`t,,'it�T"�.0 h.
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OQR` STob� Off'
--Nsr: • .c+c).-9.--
_For the �Co1d i�ea�her;
Erabraces the
ver � best y b O'ood•� and_ ne�i
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est def erns tha�k��c o�.xlc'1r� bc�- -proo roc's
in the Wholesale Markets,
i a �' ..
yu,ht u`t JR ttc r esa, to g oo r ,
-..s Ali of' which -h rte been 1pl:It'chased -ori--the mast" silvan a, eotis
' is dietary, the•depr.ession arising te11IIS i1l1Cl fLre offered at t11G' 1•
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YOUV-FEES'
Our Stock. )f,.'WINTEn. GOODS i:,: now c.auilil.eto.
•,u'%'[�os anal 31►ubbar moo:;
AT�So
C H A r tt �3 ,. � ''', .
fr ti i''solitar ecOniillcinent, intensify •
. , er( ty:ttnfnn'c>,t`alble inliueiu'o and render. ''.
1110litre of pri o'ltcrs not proternatarailly
'robust one lotig agonj`.. .
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a1.t+Atth A ("INea i3at iII, Tom." .
• —.But you wouldn't let anybody drown
. fore your eyes, amilcl y0l1'.asked his pap:,,.
That was a tough question for the boy.
He didn't ;,top to argue about it, thougn,
when it cease to the icratcb; but jtist jtint1itd
in iu ctrl instatlt• illtrl save:, 111-4 ,lig cousin'?
life. •
d arumS"s patu•tta arra very !woad of hint
•' l.raziilan Civilinttlta.a.
(Ataint aConstitatle 1 •
1n'ttin country dtstriets of [>i'atzd l lies ,'.'
reartlairr Old feudal. system preva.iis. 08.) .
. min in a- neighborhood Mils every.
thirih, ltt o,,le, land, ' ,and all. 'Plait. •
pr ople wort fit: him and he is supposed '
to protect I hem. A ejCorr slave .can In1,
purchased at. from • 14 OO . to . P,Ouo.'
,1(rirultute 15 in. a very backward state.
Althouglt,potatoes originally rause !`rein
thyre I,',r8'il imports tat she uses. It
t' t
same Way with rive ('(iffy: 1K a3
ttrF,+ It hitig as cotton is in Semosotttht*tit
1e4,.
VERY LOWEST PRICES
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A new a11d choice
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irmmtit. fitirttte(ttris ttttrtesand aunts, .ann-all--. rt.ailinelent Egyptian lt:loi ]sf_ 1'laiii
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▪ Icita, ,�y ,fr]I-,tri±; J..aru.protrit_nC ins-•1-'�t•�rtl�trrr-goldtucZrit'�ii1�,c•,v �' •;✓'.»:�:��;
n(' atrif"firmer*, iiia glad to have the ]it'ivile•,,.:)• tea a, . ('t', "it'ty s.ai o for 7t•
of tatting Call ,yntl;vnnng people this story.
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8.sort1ment,
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- The undersigned liege to notify the people of ulnrton awl vicinit that lie -1
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., HARNESS' BUSINESS :icreierl carried .011 lJ.,, W. L -
y Nawion,,
.,,nal that h6 is preparecl'tcf`-ftir•gieh
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ii•�l'1I88a CaflI1Ps, -�dhi a, �'ra�aks,,Vr�llsss, buffalo r�ilQs, . �laiskols.' ._
f Arch •crarytiih,tt• nstrally kept In a• iltst.cttss Hareems Shep at this kiwi ' .t
attention is tlitcoted in in stook' s) 1 tptet (yrC0ia1
y of Lamm 1(nxsax,, which !wilt milts a rrpcnurlty,
"mss �3g p Y•�j •p�TPv •�#� •67i�R�•4'•��t7 �• cry A r� ,r •fpr y-��x�a•y^� r.� ..
P'i,,a. pAA:I11JrI G J�aordtp,c'L ,tt, ,41M.Y. r�'iN...Y'J itto -.T O. -u
}By striae attte)tine to business; ntna c trefality studying elle witnt$ i)f t(y Custonror4 I'ltope is
merit al (lir share of patronage, Give nt0 a east before p,sitchasing eIs.iztvheae,_ -,..____...........:..
e _-__,]], MItIM-B1e;1.-TITE. ;3T1 '(Ty--i:i'C'. ,iii 'r fr 7'jIE WA.ItIttirl', w -
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