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REVERSE SCHEME OF NATURE
Many Instances on Record Where An
tagonistic Animals Dwelt To
gether In Perfect Amity.
Over In Jersey City a few days ago
Onofrlo Qrlllo, a carpenter, while ma
king repairs, uncovored a nest of new
ly born rats. Ho tried the experiment
cf putting two of the young rats, esti
mated (o be about two weeks old,
with a litter of ono-day-old kittens. The
snother cat nourished the rats this
Tract Shifter, which Joa tht uotk of many men. Y
tbo carpenter testifies. The Inborn cat
hatred of rats seems to have received
a stout denial.
Circus managers for many years
have experimented with the formation
of incongruous happy families. Bar
num long ago had a lion and a lamb
living contentedly In a cage together.
Even when raw meat waa fed the lion
and the fateful smell of blood waa in
the lion's noBtrils the equanimity ot
the happy family waa not disturbed.
In the Chicago zoo two or three years
ago a young lioneas car birth to
Tumi on Top of Fort San
San Lorenzo caatle.was captured by II
b troy i
throe whelps and immediately killed
one. Tho keepers pulled the two oth
ers out of tbo cage and a colllo dog
with a litter of pups was brought to
the zoo. Tho llttlo lions fed at th
collie's breast the sazno as her own.
She cherished them the samo as she
did her own children and they played
with tho puppies as they got older.
What would have happened when
they grow as large as their fostvr
mother was not permitted to com to
pass for when their claws lengthened
o they hurt both mother and vupt
Lorenzo, at mouth of the Chagra. '
enry Morgan's men In 1C70 before he de-
U Panama.
they were removed to a cago by them
selves. Tho colllo missed them badly
for a day or two and searched aU ov
for them.
Conditional Surrender.
Friendly Constable Come,
sir, pull yourself together;
tTUMfr
your wife calling you.
Festive Cent What' sho call ml
calling me. Billy or William T
Constable William, sir.
Festive Gent Then I'm not fete1-
hlo 'ome, London Opinlou.
GIVES CONVICTS
"CHANCE" NEEDED
Head of Big New York Concern
Known as "Soul-Saver ot
Sing Sing."
WAS ONCE IN PENITENTIARY
Unjustly Sentenced, as He Maintains)
What He Saw Thero Led Him to
Adopt His Peculiar Business Plan,
and He Has Never Reoretted It
Good, Efficient Workers, and All
Honest Refers to Prison as "Crime
College."
MR. EMPLOYER SAW THIS N 8INQ
SING PRISON.
Forty per cent, of the men In prison
ought not .have been sent there.
Nearly 50 per centof the Inmates
of Sing Sing are "dope fiends."
Twenty per cent, are "dope fiends"
when they go there. The remaining
30 per cent, acquire the habit In their
cells.
There ehould be prison sogrcgatlon
prisons for first offenders, places for
old-timers, for degenerates and for
murderers. By mixing all together,
the pestilence of ono Is spread to the
other. Thus the prison becomes a
crime college.
EW YORK. Ex-cohvlct and tho
head of ono of tho largest man
ufacturing concerns in New York!
That's tho record of a man who
served almost a year and a half In the
water-soaked cells of tho state's chief
prison. But hero's his Ualt that
makes evory man with a heart lovo
him "Hh'h tho Soul-Saver of Slnp
Sing."
This manufacturing company is do
ing a reputable business in lower Now
York city. Its president and propri
etor Is a former Inmate of the prison,
and his olllco employes havo sorved
prison sentences for noarly every va
riety of crime.
The llrm does about $1,000,000 a
year business and enjoys nn enviablo
standing for Integrity and reliability.
Tho Jailbird proprietor lias an inti
mate acquaintance with every notori
ous criminal in Sing Sing prison,
gained while ho was doing time us a
fellow prisoner. Ho always lilies his
employes direct from prison cells as
thoy are about to bo paroled.
This is what u business rival said
of him: "He Is far more honest than
most men who havo novor seen a
Jail. 1 never question his word. It Is
as good as his bond, and I should bo
satisfied to transact any business, no
matter how largo, with him on his
vorbnl agreement "
This- is what the employer says of
his thirty ox-convict office employos:
"I have employed several hundred
at various times, and I havo never
had ono go back on me. These con
vlcts have proven 100 per cont. hon
est." Found Guilty of Fraud. ' t
For obvious reasons tho mime of
thlB convict-manufacturer is withheld,
though ho makes no secret of his own
jlffl-Btnry Firefly,, ton yoarfi ago li&
was accused of taking part in a con
spiracy to defraud, was tried and
found guilty. For a long tlmo tho
case hung on tho records, but finally
he wns sent to Sing Sing on n fifteen
months' sentence, which ho sorved.
It wus what ho saw thero that
caused htm to start his unlquo employ
ment shop for ex-convicts. Wlillo liv
ing with two other men In a cell, threo
feet six Inches by seven feet, with the
water rooking and dripping down tho
stono wnlls of tho contury-oltl holl
hole, ho dovoloped somo radical Idea
on the present-day theory of prisons
and prisoners.
He had ample opportunity to study
tho civilization that openly tolerates
tho throwing of men, who have made
a single slip, Into ono of IIioho threo-by-seven
colls, with a pair of tho low
est, most hardened, degenerate crooks
that can be found for companions Ho
formed opinions aa to whether a year
or two of life In these culls with the
dregs of human degeneracy for com
pany wub of much practical valuo In
reforming a young clerk of good fum
lly who took a small sum of monoy
out of the till, or an unemployed boy
Making the World Bloom.
Will S. Monroe, professor of psy
chology at tho Montclalr (N. J.) state
normal school, who has gone abroad,
carried with him a collection of seeds
of the wild flowers and plants of On;
New Jersey hills, which he will scatter
on his travels In sections ot Europe,
Mr. Monroo will mako a similar collec
tion ot seeds and flora of the European
countries, and these seeds he will
plant in Now Jersey. Mr. Monroe has
carried out this program for avtral
years, and has effected the tra
who stolo to got food for his sick
mother or wife.
Knows Convicts Intimately.
He studied tho men and tholr en
vironment, and worked out tho result
ot tho combination. He got n good
idea of vlho ndvnhtago to youthful con
vlots of Uiavlng cocaine and morphlno
smuggled In to thorn by keepers n lot
more crooked than tho prisoners they
guarded. Ho formed somo lmpros
Blons of whether the prerogative or a
prison Is to reform or create crimin
als, and ho got to know that oven n
man with n Jail sentenco at his back
Is n human being.
These things wero what mndo hltn
dettinilnu to spend tho rest of his bus
iness days whon ho got ojt himself
helping "tho boys," as ho calls them,
get a start dcsplto the prison which
keeps many of thorn crooked. He
found that u man out on parole need
ed two things, principally encourage
ment, and n clfanco to mnko nn hon
est living. And ho determined thnf
60 leng as It WAS In his power he
would provide thoso dual requisites.
Theso are some of the homo mndo
statistics ho compiled during his so
journ in n Sing sing cell:
Forty per cent, of tho men In prison
ought not to havo been sent there.
Nearly 0u per cont. of tho inmates
of Sing Sing are dopo ilonds.
Twenty per cent, are dopo ilonds
whqn they go thoro. Tho remaining
30 per cent, acquire tho habit In tholr
colls.
Thoro should bo prison segregation
prisons for first offenders, places for
old-timers, for murderors, fordegon
crates. By mixing nil together, the
pestilence of each Is spread to tho
others, and tho prison beSbmos a
Crime College.
Snys It Does Not Reform.
"An Investigation of Sing Sing's
l.COO convicts will bIiow any fair
minded man that tho penal system of
today doos not reform criminals or
benollt society," said tho president of
that unique company. Ho is a tall.
wldo-Bhouldored, black-halrod, earnest-faced
mnn. Ono needs but to
look nt him and talk with him to dis
cover thero wns a blunder somewhere.
"Yes; I havo taken nil my-olllco
force from Sing Sing and Elmlrn. I
find ilium good, flmclant, narncst
workers. Do I have any fear of em
ploying them dlroct from a cell? No;
of course, not. I know them, and thoy
know mo Wo understand each other.
Somo ot them wore up there whon 1
was. Wo got to know each othqr, and
I could nick my men, I never havo
employed ono that has not proved
himself reliable.
"I suppose J receive several hun
dred applications for John fitim Sing
Sing yearly. I Investigate them nil.
If I haven't a placo I llnd other work
for them. Not long ago I got a man
out of his cell Into a bank down town.
He's doing well and thoy know his
story and trust htm.
Giving All a "Chance."
"You soo, 1 took up this work arter
Boeing what sort of n chanco tho boys
at Sing Sing had. It was pretty plain
they needed help when they got out.
Nobody wants to employ a convict, aB
a rule, and If you'ro going to keep a
man who has committed crlmu ftom
going bnck to It, when ho gots out of
Jail, you muct nhow him tho world
hasn't loBt all faith In him. If ho sees
It hns, and can't get a Job, and hears
his babies crying -at home because
they're hungry, ho's going to feed"
them. And If ho can't do It honestly,
ho'll do It tho other way.
"What they need Is n chanct! the
feeling they aren't blacklisted for life
JiiBt because thoy'vo fallen, nnd some,
one to encourage them. That's whnt I
try to give them!
"I found how It waB myself, ilrst
hand. Kemember that! I had money
and a big business whon I cam'o out,
but I had that blacklist bugaboo to
face and I needed somo ono to encour
ngo mo. If a man doesn't get that Its
back to tho old gamo, or tho river,
generally.
Best Way to Put Down Crime.
"If people only would realUa these
boyB are not so bnd ns they're painted
I mean tho Ilrst tlmo men who've
mndo a mistake. Just one little mis
take's enough, you know. It would
mako a lot of difference if somebody'd
help them out whon thoy first ot pa
roled. I know of no better way of cut
ting down crimo than helping the
criminals to quit It.
"You boo, I'vo got faith In human
beings. A man's naturally honest.
But let mo glvo you nn example of
how the prison sj stein liolps them to
bo dishonest! In ono of thoso throe-by-Hoven
cells,, when I was up thero,
wore two men. Ono was an oldtimo
safe cracker doing a long 'bit ' He
'vua imtd us imi mean and erookf-d
to tho soul, nnd cruel. Tho other was
plantation of tho flowers of many
countries to that state, and Now Jer
sey flowers and plants which he trans
ferred are nourishing In Bulgaria, Bo
hemia, Switzerland and Greece. This
summer Mr. Monroo will place most
ot the Jersey seed In Greece.
Bird's Nest Within Tree Trunk.
While cutting up an ash tree at a
sawmill at Bmbleton, Cumberland,
England, the sawyers observed a dark
object In the canter of tho trunk. It
wast found to be a sparrow's nest o-
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ONLY
By New York Manufacturer
Who Was In Prison.
I havo taken my d"1c) force
from Sing Sing and Elmlra. I
llnd them good, efficient, earnest k
vorkcrs. - -,
I hnvo no tonv n omploylng'
them direct from the cell, 'I
know them and they know me. .
Wo understand each other.
Somo of thoso boys wero up4v
thero when I was. We' got to'
know each other, and 1 could
pick my men.
I havo never employed an ox'
convict who has not proven
hlmBelf reliable. Tho rule Is In-'
vnrlablo tho country over.
I recelvo several hundred apj
plications for Jobs from Sing
Sing each yenr I Investigate
all of them. If 1 haven't got a
plnco I And other work for them.
Not long ago I got a man out
of IiIb coll nnd Into a downtown
bank. Ho's doing well.
Tho "blacklist" is tho buga
boo that confronts a mnn when
ho emerges from Sing Sing. 1
had money and a big business
when I came out, but my social
standing was gono. 1'vo risen
above the stigma, which I main
tain was falsely applied, and 1
havo a good trndo.
I've got faith In human be
ings. A man's naturally honest.
Two-thirds of tho men In Sing
Sing 4go. That's why I'm giv
ing those boys a chanco.
J
a miserable wretcli who was thero for
moral degenoracy a horrlblo, repul
bIvo creaturo of the most revolting
typo. Into that cell, occupied by theso
two men, wbb put a young fellow who
had been caught trying to steal a
diamond from a Jeweler. He had tried
to steal It because his mother -was dy
ing of consumption, nnd ho wanted
money to get dellcaclcB for her, and
ho didn't hnve a Job. For two years
ho was scheduled to spend fourteen
hours n day in that coll "with thosd
other men. Can you Imagine what
he will be when he comes out? f
"Dope" Their Worst Falling.
"Thoy sell dope, too,, arid If n jnnu
Isn't a fiend whon ho goes In, If Is
likely ho will bo when ho comes out
Naturally, In running my, business, I
havo to avoid tho dopo flonds. I can
not employ them. Their place la In a
hospital, not In prison.
"I have a. letter today from n bov
In Sing Sing. He Is in a cell with two
cocnlno flonds. Ho Is a first offonder,
and docs not oven smoko or drink.
Ho must spend threo years with his
drug-crazed companions.
"Sing Sing Is merely a cesspool, ol
humanity, where contamination Is
spread to overy person that enters.
And yet our civilization tolerates such
conditions. Is It any wonder I am try;
lng to glvo the poor fellows there a
ohnnco to get on their feet? But the
prisons are turning out habitual crooks
a good deal fnBter than n few otug
can reform -them.'1 - r
News of Antarctic.
Tho editor of tho A'delq Blizzard
sends wireless greetings to his news
paper contemporaries the world over.
The Blizzard, which will bo printed on
Adellelnnd. the hendquartors of Dr.
.Mawnon, tho Antarctic explorer, has
Just made iia bow to the public. It
will bo printed onco a month and will
give all the news of the Antarctic con
tinent. Tho editor says that tho first
number, which was of twenty-six pages
wns n great success except for the
fact that tho circulation wns limited.
Everybody except tho seals nnd pen
guins had gone into winter quarters.
Tho members of the Mnwson party,
tho editor of tho Blizzard says, are al
most snowed up In their huts, but are
all healthy and able to attend to tho
Boientlfic instrum6ntBrwhlch are work-
lng In an efficient manner.
Diet and Caste,
Tho private secretary of tho maha
rajah of Jhalawar recently gave a
lecture on food in London, in the
course of which ho stated that the,
eating of onions Is conducive to
"darkness of spirit." Ho also averred
that tho caste system In India Is
largely regulated by dloti Thus,
thoso of tho highest caste only cat
vegetal Ian monls In order to keep
tholr souls puro. Members ot an
other ensto nre allowed to eat meat
so that thoy may become fitted to be
warriors;, while the lowest caato "ct
all eat "stale, fiat foods," -which "suit
their unspiritual natures. i
talnlng the feathers and skeleton of
a dead bird and four eggs, The egg
shells wero exceedingly well pre
served, but In tho attempt to extri
cate them some wero broken, and It
was found that their contents had
been entirely absorbed. It Is as
sumed that the bird built Its nest la
a hollow of the tr'eo, and died while
sitting on tho eggs, tbo whole becom
ing sealed up as the tree grew. The
neat had probably been built a lea
tury ago, the tre being more limit
100 years old.
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