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THE OMAIIA DAILY liEEs Fill DAY. OCTOI5ET? 20, 1000. 0 THE PRISON DEMON, Uy JOSIAH l-LYNT AND FHANCIS WALTON. Copyright, 1300, by .McCiure, Phillips & Co.) 1. Until comparatively recent years tho oftl clal Virgil who conducts visitors through tho great penitentiary was wont to call atttentlon to a woeden door la the basoment of ono of tho prison buildings. It wan his sacramental custom to wait until tho visitors wcro very close to tho door bo foro explaining to what Inferno It led. IWhon tho eyes of every ono were directed to tho padlock by which tho door was secured ho would nay, In a voice charged with mys tery: "On tho other sldo of that door, ladles and gentlemen, lives Iiarvey Jellffe. tho prison demon." And, having paused to How hla words their full effect, he passed gravely on nnd artistically heightened the curiosity which ho had aroused by declin ing to satisfy It. "Wo will now pass," ho aid, "Into tho laundry department." It sometimes happened that ono of tho Powers Thai liulo arrived at tho peni tentiary and expressed n wish to soo tho Jnferno In all Its details. Again tho of ficial Virgil led tho way to tho wooden door, but with a marked dlffcrcnco of manner. He had received very dcflnlto In ductions to aliow tho "gentleman" every thing. Arrived at tho door, ho said simply: "Would you llko to soo Mm?" An affirma tive answer caused to be unlueked a scries of, doors which, when opened, partially revealed, still behind bars, ono of tho eclobrltles of tho Towers That Trey. Tho celebrity's willingness to talk de pended wholly on thn mood ho happened to bo In. Tho most successful ruso to betray him Into conversation was for tho guard to ay: "Harvey, hero's a friend from Cata maran county." Unless busied with n "turn" at his calisthenics or fretted about the darkness 01 thn day having diminished tho light In his cell, which wan never suffi ciently penetrating to allow a spectator to fifo more than the barn outline of tho man when ho sat on his bed, ho generally took advantage of thu Invention to show him-si-It and walked over to the visitor's side Of his dungeon. "From Catamaran county aro you?" he would ask. ".Veil, tuat,'H a sight bet ter county 'm this. I ain't klckln', though. All they can do lo mo Is to coop me up nn' I can stand on mo lioud 'f I llko. They don't daro to como In hero an' let me finger 'em over. I can do up tho whole push of 'out. I'd llko to cqucczo that guard'H throat now. Say, you old walnut head, open up tho doors ntf gimme a chauco to bo affectionate, will you?" At closo rango ho did not look strikingly like a rango no uiu noi iook smilingly nice a " wim every outward accom demon. It wnB dlulcult, on 'account of the P"nl"'ent of rago tho lnstnnt sho heard V , ,i n 1 1 ,., t ..... . ..I. . -, 1. 1 ... I him aCCUKPrl. nnri uhn aii.ntw n..f. 1.- bars, tn havn n ti.iHiifnrlnrv vti.n nf him but with the exception of his extraordinarily plorclng brown eyes ho gave tho Impres sion, both In conversation nnd manner, of being nn ordinary prlconcr. A well built body nnd general muscular appearance sug gested good health, ami his complexion wns not much worse than that of his less closely confined follow convicts. At the time of his Imprisonment In the underground cell ho wns about 35. years old. On all occasions! when a privileged visi tor was taken to see Jellffe, thu official explained n llttlo how JolliTo lived. "Ho spends hours every day In gymnas tics," ho would say. "Ho Is ono of tho strongest men I ever had to guard. If you ask him why ho takes so much exercise, he ays: 'I'm tryln' to keep my mind above my body.' Ho means that ho Is trying to keep strong. Although ho has been In that cell for over ten months nt a stretch, ho can etlll do up uny ordinary three men. Oh, ho'a a phenomenon, all right. No doubt about that." Harvey JolliTo bad not upou his first en trance Into prison been tho demon of tho placo; he had been a most exemplary peni tent. Later ho had committed a murder In tho prison Itself, and had 'escaped tho death penalty only by a surmlso, to which ho hlmsolf refused In tho least to assent, of Insanity. It had been plain both to Judge mid Jury that a man with but a short terra still to servo, who committed a murder that must bo brought homo to him, could not bo wholly of sound mind. When ho got a llfo sentence ho promised openly "to do for" tho warden, nnd that Is lese majeste and treason nnd half a dozen other heinous things, besides being foolish. In tho mean tlmo, whllo the warden showed respect for his own skin by kcoplng out of the way, Harvoy kept himself In practice by knock ing tho "scrows" heads together and mis cellanooiisly spoiling them, for weeks aftor thoy had pasaod through his hands, for a visit to their sweethearts. Thoreforo, ns was but reasonable, ho had been scien tifically paddled and subjected to hot wator In Immoderation, and to electricity, and had boon strung up by tho wrists for thirty six hours, as a modest minimum, at a strotch. When, ho had proved nftor these dollcato attontlons that he really did not wndorstand kindness, ho was pronounced by tho warden and bocamo tho prison demon nd was doalt with as such. I . . . In connection with the "Harvey jellffe ease," as It is somotlmes called, there ppearod not long ago In tho public prluts parngraph entitled "An Experiment In Penology." which read thus: "Tho warden r the . penitentiary has bad built a very remarkable cago In which aro to be confined two prisoners who have horo toforo been an expense to the state which It Is hoped tho Innovation will very con siderably reduce, Ouo of tho prisoners la tho well known professional. HnrvA iiiff- popularly called tho Prison Hcmon. nnd the omcr is a muruerer wuc Irreclaimable as Jellffo 4n tl nini -1 1 1 i officers. The plan Is to put theso two men Brnca , , womantlnl. and that a family mio mo cage. and. if possible, to mako them , ? 'Krca Junction so long as work. Whether they work or not, however, , tMn" nnls ready to present a united It Is believed that Imprisonment in tho cage ,Snt nsalnBt tn8 Intervention of an out la thn tnml till I..., ni,.l.l..i ... ... S.UCr. ...ti jMiu.atiiiii-iiL tu uu incicu xno best solution of the problem. To the layman this form of exocutlon can but seem Irregular to say tho least, but it Is a ques tion dcsorvlng of very serious consideration by both specialists and laymen whether It would not be wise to put such wretches out ef tho world by process of law." Since the publication of this paragraph thero havo boon a number of public state ments by professorial criminologists, who havo oxamlned Jellffe In regard to his do greo of degenorncy, and the consensus of opinion among them Is thnt physically, as well as mentally, bo Is a pronounced typo of criminal abnormality, They consider him tho kind of criminal that Prof. Lom bard suggests might fitly bo put out of tho world. They seo no hopo whatovcr of re forming him nnd do not hesitate to offer his case b proof of alio need of legislation which will permanently rid n community of men of his stamp. The prisoners In tho penitentiary whoro Harvoy Jellffe Is con fined also havo comments to mako on his caso, but thero Is a very docldod difference between their remarks and those of tho criminologists. They do not nccept the notion that Jellffe Is a degenerate; the majority of them believe that from the time he was first sent to tho underground cell until the present moment he has acted exactly as they should havo .acted under Similar provocation. That the' world calls him a "demon" Is evidence of Ignorance ca Ms jrt of the world which they can criy laugh at. Hut what can bo expected of men publicly convicted of crime? This question Is rhetorical, which Is to say it, Is not to bn taken seriously, At tho time that a professor of crimi nology was conducting his university seminar through the prison tu order that his students might seo In the flesh some of the monsters ho had described to them In tho lecture room a convict by the name of Jcrvls llarpson made a statement to a group of fellow prisoners In regard to Jellffo which Is representative of the opinion concerning him among the moro enlightened powers that prey. "Cours, theso college btc):3 think Harvey's bughouse," ho said; " 'cause they ain't next. I'vo known Harvoy ever since ho struck tho turf. I know him when ho was only n kid trnvelln' with that western mob of gratters. Tho fellow's a wlso one dead wise, llut he's got a grouch on. I don't know tho wholo o' the details, but I know enough of 'cm to understand that It's a caso o grouch an' not bughouso." ir. In the llfo that preceded his time of bondngo Harvey Jellffe wbs not a. man who coveted, or, Indeed, who gave great occasion for commiseration. Ho did that which seemed pleasant In his own eyes and what his heart lusted for ho took and kept with a stronc hand. In particular his heart had lusted lor Nettlo Ills nnd he had taken her from her father and her brothers by dint of his strong hand In their faces In what tho neighborhood called a "mix-up," which occurred when ho proposed for her hand. To bo sure, his proposition was somewhat sudden and who not couched In accents that could In tho least bo called typical of tho lover's whining, wheedling deference toward tho guardian dragons of his beloved. Ho had said with Homorlc simplicity, after having listened to tho family protest against tho main wago earner In their midst being removed: "You can Btow that gas for all mo. Nctt nn' mo Is goln' to flit right now. It y' nln't dead sot on beln' sorry to part with her y' can git nway from that door. If y' don't git nway I'll walk t'rough y' an' It miiii uisrenuiato y'r lnsldos." It was hen that tho "miv.iin" m,i ..nr Harvey had "walked t'rough" Nettle's male kinsmen, nt all oventa, greatly to tho iiBcoioraiion or their outsliles, and qulto Iterally had broucht nunv lllc Itfliln Tin had not beaten her slnco moro nor oftcner nan sho needed: sho herself stood ready to cnuiy 10 mis witti every outward accom him accused, and she surely ought to know huw ourn ami to what extent sho was In need. Nettle was moro than a llttlo good to look upon and It Is posslblo that her tolerance was srrenf. hnpmi n .n.. how heavily ho struck her, Harvoy was uureiui novor 10 nisllgure her face. Thoy had ono child Blanch of whom they were both devotedly fond. Detcctlvo Ackoray was not given to what tho yOUng Women IlnvMtota u.niil.1 onll n sorted sentiment. He had heard members of the ofllclally gentler sex cry out Insults io mcn noimng uut a good drubbing Is an Answer, and that an Insufficient ono; and had seen women tantallzo a man to deal tho blow which would dishonor him, until, from tho point of view of a member of tho force, he thought the blow had been earned nnd ought to be delivered. "A lady that ain't a lady, and can't act like a lady, don't desorve to bo treated llk.i n hi.lv h. i,.i ----- J i . u unu onco been heard to declare, between his teeth, as he bundled IWltinM nnd olrl etcetera, roughly Into a patrol wagon. To oe sure, tue exasperation had been extreme. The bonnot and skirt had bohavod more as If they contained a larger member of the cat species than a woman, nnd ono Bide of Uetcctlvo Ackoray's faco had been laid open In broad bunds from eye to chin. The point is, however, that Nettle Jellffe did act llko n lady, according to Dotcctlvo Ackerny's standard nt least, and he onco happened to bo present when Iiarvey Jellffe was ex ecuting a bit of matrimonial discipline, and threatened to "run him in." The dlsclpllno was being given In tho street, nnd Ackeray would not havo been u "fly cop" had he not believed it to be his right to tako a hand in all street hap ponlngs. Harvoy believed It to be his right to administer any chastisement that he thought his wlfo needed wherever It proved mo3t convenient. "This b my circus." ho said, defiantly, when Ackeray threatened to "pinch" him. "You rubber too much with y'r nock, you do. If you can't do anythln' better than mix yoursolf In family affairs, why I'll help you to get over the habit." "I tell you thoso, too," Nettie declared, boldly championing her husband's right to bring her up according to his best light. "If you fly cops 'ud take caro o' your own fam'lles the way you try to take care of other people's, you'd save more money. You're an old woman, that's what you are. I wouldn't be found dead llvln' with you " "Sock it to him," "Hit him where he lives!" "Kick him out o' the streets," bystanders suggested, and Nettlo was emboldened to continue her "roasting." "You Jus' try to pinch my Harvey," sho went on. "W'y, you long-legged, leather headed front office stiff, I'd rather havo my Harvey kick me reg'lar ev'ry mornln' than drink a bottle of sham with you ev'ry night You go home an' see 'f your own wife don't nocd a llttlo trouncln'." Dotectlvo Ackoray was not hurt by tho Ol .leiUB Jul ITn'o : frmon iicmon, nnd the ::,,,," " ,i , "muo a speech; who, If not so Inherently " lll.?r d''1 l, flnd 11 'Hmlflsbed her "lady- "fro. hns to bo confined , p 0n fho contrary, ho was old-fash- guarded by extra prison lon0(1 fnough t0, thlnk " Generous Jlo a i n ( . grnce In womankind, ami that - eut to such fiends. It was suggested to tho , ,it?nn"IeRSed 1eater-headed front offlco warden that the two men might turn upon aU. " ??' hackneyed term of endoar each other and do grave harm, but this pos- mcnV and If,Nottl Jellffe had been search- luuiijr ,IDcs not seem to glvo the warden ,; " V"." "r "",cn 10 recommond great ' concern. Ho said In regard to It ne,rs,e11 t0 "elective Ackoray's esteem, sho that If tho men actually killed each other mlsI,t not havo hlt unon "Is taste, ho waa not sure that that would not bo 1,owovcr was nrnturo amJ sminiJ. hQ d,(1 howovcr, wns maturo and sound; ho did not mind hard words; they do not laccrato tho flesh: bo minded nniv i, .... ... , ' 4 wuuucis HUU skirt with feline, fiendish contents; mil It stands recorded that whereas beforo Nettlo Jellffe had ridiculed him he had pronounced her a "clipper," after she had ridiculed him he pronounced hor emphat ically a "corker." No very dellnlto Ideas aro attached to either of theso words, but they both express admiration, nnd "corker" la moro nearly extremo than "clipper. ' Later he wns heard to say that "that little woman Is too good for Jellffe," and that ho would do her a good turn nnd what sho would think a good turn; If sho did not know what was good for her. he did; It was not good for her to bo beaten. When ho arrested Harvey "on suspicion" in con nection with tho housebreaking In Klsh worth placo, sho cried moro bitterly thin at tho time when she had received a beat ing; she took her beatings for the moat part In haughty sllcnco. wj,cn ne suc. cceded In convicting Harvey, altogether on circumstantial evidence, and In obtaining a sentence of four years, she cried still moro bitterly. That was as It should bo'i he liked her the better because sho stuck to her man. The farewell between hus band and wife was neither heartbreaking nor prolonged, but It was "on tho level " "Tako care o' the kid, Net, old girl " Harvey said. "I'm Innocent, all right nough, but there ain't no need for the kid to know where I am." "I'll visit you reg'lar ev'ry visiting day," promised Nettle, at tho sarao time really Intending ito keep her promise. "Hcmom bor an' make good tlmo, an' don't got. Into any rows. I'll tako care o' IUanche, so you don't need to worry. You'll write me, won't you?" "Sure." "Kiss mo goodby; y' ain't kissed mo since Illanche's last birthday. Solong, Harvey," nnd tho train and Harvey started for tho "stir." If Detective Ackeray had been a mere prlvato citizen, and not a prince, or rather a princeling, ho must In mere decency have forborne for some time to express his nd miration for Nettle Jellffe. Tho customs of an aristocracy aro more direct; tho business of a prince, and even of a prince ling requires haste, nnd their substantial power makes hasto possible. Courtship In the given circumstances was difficult, but courtship In tho given circumstances Is al ways difficult, nnd thero are no circum stances whatovcr In which women have not bocn wooed and won. Detective Ackeray began his courtship on a street corner and continued It In n stntlon house. He hnd deprived her of a protector who did not protect; ho wished to provldo her with another who would; ho had not hunted down Harvey out of malice; It had been his business to work up such evidence ns there was, and ho had dono his business and got his reward, and tho prosecuting attorney had dono the rest. These things ho told her roundly with a ranuly straight forwardness that should havo won the henrt or tho Imagination or the fancy of any woman. When, Instead of listening to him, eho reviled him, with fomlnlno fin ish, point and fluency, beforo a gathering crowd of chaffing auditors, ho proved him tclf a man to bo depended upon In nn emergency; ono of thu, strong, dumb souls Carlylo and Mr. Kusklu used to colebrato as nntural leaders and governors of men ho promptly placed her under arrest as drunk nnd disorderly. Tho next morning In court sho sufficiently demonstrated hor disposition to disorder by treating his honor with an alternate haughtiness and cloquenco which made the nudlenceB bo hind tho rail titter and tho doublo bench of bluccoatB shako with Involuntary mirth. Tho bailiff cried "Sllenco!" and threatened to clear tho court; his honor passed scn tenco of $10 or ten days. Dotcctlvo Ackeray paid tho flno. In the corridor of tho magistrate's court ho gavo Nettle what ho would havo been pleased to call "professional" advice. "Seo here, Not, tho next tlmo 't I chew the rng with you about cuttln' up In tho streets an' boozln', you want to listen seo?" Sho did rot listen tho next time, nor tho time after, though It need not bo doubted that 3ho was Impressed ycsl and subdued nnd attracted by tho might and decision of tho prince. Sho had loved Harvoy, mainly because ho had vanquished her kins men, nnd a llttlo because ho had beaten her ns often as sho needed It and not oftener. In equal logic she ought to havo loved tho prince, mainly becnuso ho had vanquished Harvey, and a llttlo because, If he did not boat her1 to silence her tongue, ho had dis covered 'n method of procedure which much moro nearly silenced It than anything that Harvey had over dono; and tho Btrong point of every woman la logic tho women In their conventions and clubs say so. But the second strong point of every woman Is her gift for concealing hor logic. Nottlo Jellffe concealed hers, so far at least as Detective Ackeray was concerned, as long ns In all human endurance a woman could. Sho became an old offender In the several magistrates' courts In tho district through out which Detective Ackeray had authority. The chargo was always drunk and disor derly nnd tho complainant always Dctectlvo Ackeray; and sometimes as tho months passed she had been drunk and Bhe had al ways been disorderly. She could not go back to her kinsmen her mero prcsonco re minded them too vividly of an unpleasant Incident, or coruscation of Incidents, which had taken placo at tho moment of her de parture. She could not retain a position even when sho got one, because of tho fre quency with which sho was under arrest; nnd bcsldcu tho fact that she was Harvey Jcllffo's wlfo was not commonly regarded as a recommendation. Ackeray paid her fine, or let her pay; It herself or work It out, as a Jockey might gcntlo or punish a spirited horao which he took a pride In training. Whether he paid her flno or not, ho always repeated to her that tho next time ho tried to chow tho rag with her she had better listensoo? Her absences from homo and her proved lntcmpcrnnco made hor an Improper guardian for llttlo Blanche. When the child wns taken away from her, also at tho Instigation of Detoc ttvo Ackeray, Nottlo Jellffo listened. Three months afterward she was legally and absolutely separated from Harvey nnd was married to n man whom sho addressed sometimes as "Gcorgo,"v sometimes as "dear," and little Ulanche, who was re stored to her home, was outspoken In her approval of her new papa. Dctectlvo Acke ray was "George." He waa also "dear." III. It has been remarked In the first part of this talo that Harvey Jellffe on becom ing a penitent In the great peniten tiary had no notion or Intention of ever bidding for tho notoriety that has como to him In later years as the prison demon. Ho went to tho "stir" originally with the Idea of getting all tho "good time" that the law allows n mun who has been sen tenced to four years, and of' keeping out of all rowa as his wlfo had advised. Ho did that which till wiso men who aro sent to prison do; tn tho languago of tho pugilist, ho gathered himself together. Men who go to prison for the first tlmo havo moro difficulty In achieving this feat than thoso who have bocn thero before, but to live at all successfully and oven prisoners have their standard of success all must sooner or later hit upon a plan by which they aro to deal with their guards and fellow penitents with as llttlo friction ns possi ble. Even with the most careful thoro aro moments when they entirely forgot their philosophy nnd do things which In tho open day they would never havo been guilty of; long confinement will disturb the mental equilibrium of any man, but nil must strugglo to Uvo us unobtrusive lives as under tho circumstances ao possible. Harvoy Jellffe, on arriving at tho great penitentiary, knew with a certainty which would havo roado soma men com mit BUlclde that ho was lnnocont of the crime for which ho had been convicted, but ho know, also, that it was no use to let this fact govern his policy as a prisoner. It was not for him to ask tho prison world how or why his conviction had como about; It was for htm to bo an exemplary convict And so, wondering all the whllo how things wero going "on tho outside," and continually struggling with an Impatience nt tho way tho world Is mado, ho worked hard for two years and nine months to get a "good conduct" reduction of his sen tence. Thero romnlned but a few months moro of conflnomont, and thoy were to bo tho least Irksome of nil because Harvey had climbed tho heights which led to the emlnonco of a "trusty;" he bad become the errand boy of tho prison doctor, and wns sent on commissions to all tho dif ferent departments, Ono day, while on an errand to the glove department, he met an old acquaintance who had recently been committed to tho Institution, and he asked him for news of the "outside." "How Is th.e push comln' on?" he queried, referring to his old "pals." Some wero "settled" (In prison like himself), he learned, others wero dead, and still others were operating In new fields, "What's the 'matter with Net? I ain't heard anythln' from her for two years," "Ain't no one put you aextl" tho new comer counter questioned him. "Next to what? She ain't dead, Is ehe?" "No, she's alivo and klckln' yet, but that fly cop Ackoray had tied up with her. They're married." "Where's the kid?" "She's llvlu' with Ackeray, too. Calls him papa." A guard appeared Just then, and the con versation wns broken off, It bad been successful, however; Harvey had wanted "news" nnd he had got -It. There wore othor trips to the glovo department to bc euro tho details of tho Btory by word of mouth, but his own Imagination had patched them together for hlra, and he had learned the nnlu fact, which was that Ackeray "had dono him dirt." Tho un merited conviction and Imprisonment be camo to him now part of a general scheme to "ditch" him. The Injustice of the pun ishment had troubled him aud made It hard to obey the rules, but ho had conquered tho temptation to bo unruly. Ho had been puzzled by Nettle's refusal to write, but ho had not connected Ackeray with her neglect of him. In an Indefinite way ho had plunncd some day to settle ac counts with Ackeray for the part ho had played In his (Harvey's) misfortunes, but tho thought of ways nnd means had not captured hln mind; that could bo attonded to ufter ho hnd secured his reduction of sentence. Hnd ho been "outsldo" even tho news of Ackoray's theft of his wlfo nnd child might possibly have been as reason ably considered as had been tho conviction that ho was unjustly a prisoner. Men of Harvey's stamp aro much calmer In the open than In the "stir," and 'marriages and dlvorco tnko on no such final propor tions. It had taken all of Harvoy's good sense, howovcr, to bo n model penitent, and t,he complete revelation of Ackoray's duplttlly llred him with n deslro for re venge. Henceforth his ono passion was to meet Ackeray. Ho stilt remained a "trusty," good behavior had become auto matic with him, but his ambition wns no longer simply to bo released. Ho spoke to tho warden nnd tho guards of li 1b wish to havo n talk with Ackeray. Ho snld that thero wns n suspended sentenco hang ing over him In another court, and ho wanted to know If Ackeray would bo will ing "to fix things up for him." "Ho's tho only fellow that can straighten tho matter out," ho explained to tho warden, "and I want to havo a talk with him." "You're afraid you'll bo arrested on being turned loose from here, Is that It?" asked tho warden. v "That's exactly It," said Harvey, "and I think If Ackcrny 'II go to tho front for mo I won't bo bothered." "All right. Ackoray's goln' to bring some prisoners hero In a day or so, an' I'll let him know." Three days later Detective Ackeray arrived at tho great penitentiary with a batch of penitents, for whoso bodies he was given a receipt by the warden. He was In formed of Harvey's deslro for n talk with htm, and wns Immediately Impressed with tho tmportauco to himself of such n talk. Possibly he might find It to his advantage to arrango matters bo thnt the alleged sus pended sentenco should be carried out. "Sure, I'll ueo him," he eald to the warden. "Whcro Is he?" "You'll probably find him over In tho doctor's ofllce. Tnko him Into the garden If you want to be private, nnd tell tho doctor I said It would be all right." The meeting took placo In the doctor'B offlco. Tho doctor was In another part of tho prison and Harvoy had been left In charge. No one heard the conversation be tween the two men, and only two of the guards know anything about their being to gether. Whether Harvey made use of IiIb "suspended sentenco?' story or charged Ackeray Immediately with foul treatment of him has never beqi) decided. The two men were tn conference,, according to tho testimony of tho guards, about half an hour, and It seems reasonablo to supposo that Harvey could only havo Interested Ackeray this length of time by reference to tho sus pended sentence, but In view of what hap pened ono Is Justified In wondering why ho should havo wanted to Interest him at all. Harvey himself has persistently refused to make any statement one wny or tho other. When tho doctor returned to his office Harvoy waa found sitting tn a pool of blood on the floor, cutting luto small bits with a surgeon's knife the heart of Detective Ackeray, who lay dead and mutilated In n corner of tbo room. At tho trial It was reported that Harvoy had mumbled to him self as he cut: "So much for so much, for that and for that," but no Intelligible Inter pretation of cither expression could bo dis covered and they wcro eventually ac ccptod ns contributory evidence of his Insanity. EIVGLAAIi l'o TAKE X CENSUS. Ennincratorn Will Perform the Kntlrc Work In UtiK IIbv. Under tho direction of the government board tho register general and his coad jutors are already preparing for the censuB of tho United Kingdom on March 31 next. As It happens the date falls on a Sunday and that day has been chosen because most people are at home then. The people of drcat Britain England, Scotland and Wales will bo counted simultaneously with those of Ireland. In both cases tho arrange ments are on Individual lines, except that Iroland will have a religious census nnd the rest of tho kingdom will not. Preparatory to' the census of ten years ago Kngland and Wales wero nareelod onf lnr ni nnn districts, so thnt allowing for tho growth or mo population the number of districts next March will fall Httln short nt in nnn Kach district will have an enumerator," his uuty being to distribute, collect and copy tho householders' schudules. In situations and establishments holding more than 100 In mates will be specially enumerated, In the majority of cases by tho chlof resident of ficers. Appointed about tho middle of Feb ruary, this army of enumerators will be under tho Immediate control of tho local registrars, theso In turn being supervised by superintendent registrars. Tho enumer ators will dlstributo the hnii0ni,i,foD schedules during tho week prior to tho cen sus uay anu collect them on tho Monday following. Within returns must be delivered by tho enumer ators, eo as to bo examined nnd revised by tho local registrars before being passed on to tho superintendent registrars, who In duo courso transmit them to tho census ofllco. Summaiy returns from the basis of a pre liminary report, which Is Bucccodod by n Kcut-mi report, and botn are In process of tlmo laid beforo tho houses of Parliament. When tho results of the last census bo enmo known the fact that tho population of England nnd Wales fell, short nf thn nfllnlnl estimates by nearly three-quarters of a milium created quuo a sensation, but the random charges of Inoccurncv worn nrt .ni,. stantlHted England and Wnlea to contain 29,002,523 Inhabitants; Scotland, 4,02,r),617. ami Irelund, f,704,7GO, making 37 732,022 tho total for tho United Kingdom. What Increase Is tho forthcoming census llkoly to establish? According to tho reg istrar genoral's estlmnto the population of England and Wules In July of tho present year amounted to 32.091.007 sn.i 313,093 and Ireland, 4.615,471, representing mi aggregate ot lu.y.'i.au for tho United Kingdom. Seclm? that thn of the population amounts roughly to 112,. m overy tnreo montiis, the census of 1001 may be expected to demonstrate that Great Britain and Ireland contain no fewer than 41,259,507 people, or nn advnnco of 3,526 . 5S5 since tho census of 1S91. 1 In tin- Cnnipiilftn of tlin Fntnrc. Chicago Tribune: The orator stopped to tnko a drink of water. As If this had been a signal agreed upon by tho toughs In the audience there broke out instantly a tuslllad) of cabbages, dead Jap Rose Soap Pure, Wholesome, Fragrant. Kirk makes it. Dealers sell it A large cake lOcentr. To the tender skin of Baby it is a God-send. To manhood and womanhood oi every age ana in every walk of life, it is a kh comfort and a blessing . ni, f2UrTi n- -"p-1 T!" Si CampapM With Haiiiiii In Nebraska i HE staff photographer of The Bee, Mr. Louin li. Bostwiek, accompanied Senator Hanna on his tour through Ne braska. Pictures of Senator Ilannn, ex-Minister 'to Spain Wood ford, Senator Frye, the party, the crowds, everything in fact but the shouts and applause. .J li iBK,j frontispiece. THE ENGINEER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, Pictures of the Crowds. at WYMORE, FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA CITY, WAHOO, HUMBOLDT, NORFOLK, PAWNEE CITY, AUBURN, ETC. In Next Sunday's Edition of The Illustrated Bee s Send copies to your eastern friends and show them how Nebraska is lining up for McKinley and" Roosevelt eats and other political campaign proper ties, and the Kitted speumnuer iiasiuy ic trratcd hohlnd the shoot-Iron curtain. Only for a moinont, however, did the dlfccrdor reign supreme. A bullct-prool pnonograpn, wun men megaphone attachment, was pushed upon tho Btngo. Its roar of oratory Instantly drowned tho nolso mado by tho disorderly dement that was seeking to throttlo free onsr.h nml thn meeting proceeded tn a triumphant conclusion. Sclenco and adroit management had trlumpnca over mo mou. Art- Yon CnlnK Kuiitf If you aro looking for a comfortablo trip, suriounded by most delightful cconory In going to New York, Philadelphia or sea shore polntB, you cannot do better than to tako the I.ehlgh Valloy railroad. Iteflrrllona nf ii llnoliulor, Now York Tresa: After u girl's first love nffalr Is ovr for ubout two weeks her hcurt la us cold as a dog's nose. When a woman writes u story It most al ways has an "Ah, God I I must tell him all!" In It somewhere. Eve was probably dreadfully scnndullzid when Adam nsked hr to marry him when thero wasn't any minister. A woman Is most Interesting to other women when she has Just fallen In love, and irtost Interesting to men when sho has Just fallen out of It. A woman's Idea of happiness Is being rich enough so sho can buy a new hat without having her old dress made over, or a new dress without having to get along with the plumes of her old hat. 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