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Show Fred Self Reforming. A little less thau a year ago Fred Self, a boy but little more than 15 years of age, was sent up to the penitentiary . for one year as punishment for the most daring dar-ing depredations known to have been committed by one so young. Through the benefits of the Copper act he was released re-leased some weeks before his term would have naturally expired, having obtained his - liberty -Hast - Monday. He was seen on the streets to-day asking for employment, employ-ment, and was heard to express the most sincere determination to live a better life. He has a widowed mother who formerly depended on the bojr'8 earnings for support. sup-port. " |