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The Interest in prison life Is not
' so much It human Interest as It delight .
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light In the austract. When It man
commits . crime . and Is jerked from
public ) view to It mansion of cells ,
he loses part of his humanity and 1)e
comes fin abstraction. Ills let ] Is filS'
i clnatlng to those whose minds fire
t wont to fasten on system and sched-
'rr ue. ] People ) ] declare ] their fondness
for liberty , yet to the same degree ,
too , they gloat over the possibllltios
1 " of dlsclpllno. They love ] to examine
into the methods that one man dictates .
tates for anothol"s obodtonco Thnt
1 Is why they arc vain of written constitutions
stltutons ! that are cumbrous to
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t , amend ) , rules ] , bylaws ] , strange manners .
, . 1101'S of etiquette , styles ) , heraldry ] ,
( t caste , machine politics and cOlllllIe !
I other In\'entlons. 'rho imposing ) of
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: . _ . mathematics on hunianity's fimIC !
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- - wishes maws ] the victims interesting -
1't Ing as a puzzle. ) : The captive In Siberia
t . Is a more curious and edifying object .
, than the tramp ) who has a pari bench
. for his sofa 'nle former has been
f stamped with H 'stom , 'rho cruelty
hat t has been practiced on him he-
t comes theatrical. lIe interests not
because he Is II man hut because he
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. Is a worldng mOllel of another 1IIan's
tort 111'0. The tramp t ) on his side , Is
an emhlem of I'rredolll Yet on ac-
cOllnt of his local color and time CIIS-
toms to which he adheres would dc-
r light more readers than time affections
to which he does not got an opportun- )
fly to adhere
Now , In a penitent al'r , food comes
and b ' \\'el ' ' ' 1101lar's
goes by weight. Every
worth Is supposed to feed a certain
amount of criminal. Seven hundred
i people nourished dar by dar with
time same food , munching the bread
or punishment , chewing the meat of
rule and regulation , carry out lho (
schedule provided for tholl1 All appetites -
. petites arc met with the saute supply ,
all tastes the one ffltlf.factlon. Vagrants -
rants , burglars , miscellaneous nmisde
nwanants , attemlltel".i of murder \ ,
thieves , consume 1 the same fare to
thrl\'o thl'onsh their term. The right
of selection Is eiimlnatc(1. ; Rejection \
01 one 11Ifh 011111 bl' likely ) to disrupt ! -
I'llpt the I'ejectf'r's'holo lI1eal.
The lodging ] places ) of the Lom'
hrosollos are examples ) of crime In
architecture fitted for crime In the
ison. As the warden says , the
Iecplng places are built on the plan )
, ! r. , . of the Pllllman palace cars , two
berths , one over the othOl'
Tine I'osemhlanco to the palace calls -
Is In economy of cubic lI1eaSlll'ements
The cells for time men are contained
In two sections of the main building
one for the long.torm men , the other
for the short term. Down the long
t room are six parallel 1'0\\ of coils In
a block , three 8101'10 ; : hii h , hack to
hacl" Skeleton stairways anti platforms -
forms of ] roll lead to tIom The cell I
block Is just large enough to hold
uncomfortably these , fehlll ! re I
'V ' - - - + Juu't"'i " ' {
men \ filed away ton l'efcl'enco until
the eXIIl\'I\lIon \ of their terms , when
they arc taken Into the otllc" and re-
le11Sec1. Each cell can mole two men :
The first lI1an to get one of these coin-
pail meuits takes his choice of the
berths
Out In the yard ( arc acres of ground ,
seemingly for no otPI' ! purpose ) than
to keep the se\'crnl. hlllldings of the
Insllluton ! I'tl' apart from each other
Sonic good . sired ( l'nd airy sleeping )
places cOIII(1 he built there , on a the-
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ory not too airy 01' impractical
the designs of prison life , oSlCclallj' )
for that one innocent lI1an. The cozy
but too COI1lJact ) cell theory now In
use could ho well l1Iuglllnell IntcI
rool1ls large enough for a comlleto )
yawn III all directions , Hilt that
might he too l1Iuch like real life 1'01'I I
those who endeavored to desecrate
the sume when It was free to them
Every day these cliff dwellers come
IIOWII Ul111 wOI'I" 'rhey sew , hamll1l'r ,
emit , ) lI'lnt , mllnllfactul'e They ma\O ]
( IOtIllIg ) , caps ) , shoes , house brooms
street brooms , brushes , Iwels , stockings ] -
Ings , and other timings consistent with
a 111111101' of live Ollllces of pork loud !
henna ' , six ounces of bread and It
quart of tea Not that the human \
brain cOIIIII not 110 more Oil such a
poll.llinl yet inspiring diet , hilt more
Is not expected of 1l1Iun \ who cuuld
not prove his own Inllofl'nco :
' 1'h r01'1 , steadily , hut 110 not
seem to put a large amollnt of zeal
In the task For there Is not much
OMiOrttimity to rise III the II\ISlne88
The only olenlllg they care for Is the
front gale The emollllllents immtd ! cold
glories of tile lenltenthI' ) do not
seem to act like a charm on their
delicate amhltlons , here among the
mlml Industries of the prison This
Is emIr habitual , aH In' the competition
of life In a real city , most of them
have mot hall their ambitious hrlght-
I'ned since they were boys. That was
many long years ago for sonic of
them , and mot so long ago for others ,
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It the actual commit of years bo .talien ;
as a matter of fact , It Is longer than
their ages would wal'I'atSomo ! of
them might not have had any rC'al ,
good hoyhooc1 at all. A chllllhoo(1 (
batted Oil one cheek ] by poverty ) and
balefully \ IIll\mlnatpl \ ) all the other with
gleams of crime Is what sends those
striped slaves of the city to a feeling
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of hOI'l'dom , rather I lh" . Ilel1l1el1cl'
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AIIII perhaps II w'- s Incorrect \ to suy
: that they 111'0 far away trout chili-
hood \ 'rhey arc nil children yet , with
just a largel' anunumt of ingenuity
amid greater muscles whit which to
carry out t'10 foolish , hupllllzurd I , an'
nl'chlstlc plmtmts ) ) of the c , iilu.
Bl'fut'o their : meuls the mOil 11\0 \ led
out from the workshops to their t cells
, for \ a rest. As the long line trails
! throllgh the prison ) yard unll UI the
light , rl'umoy stairways to their cells ,
they innko Il contnllolls ! picture \
almost romallllc enough for an 1m.
Il1'osHlonlat , piled uS the line Is In its
I stripes 111111 con'lcteel'IHuAes of duns
lund grays. Wherever these men have
been separately all their t lives , allli
whatever they t have been doing , they
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seem a fine collection no'rhey
arc consistent within one another. The
so.callet ! erlmlnal type Is there. Any.
hGelj' ( cOlllt ! Illck It 0111. Eyes 111111
nose , lIIollth allll chin , cheek homes
1'1'0111 the slums , jaws from strange 1'0-
glens of Europe ) , brows fWIII poverty ) ,
lips from lack of )1II\'pOHe ) \ , expressions
that could \)0 \ III lip wills ; uiytlming
from clgal'otte to a lI'oosnl ) ) ) to
divide the booty-time ) ( ) same OXII'08' ) '
dons that can he seen a thollsallIl.
fold III the streets , In stores , In the
cars 01' theater , except that In these
other places ) there may he visible Oil
theism more expense allli care , JIm'o
the fraternity of them Is selected by
juries of twelve lI1on , the gang Is
picked out 1'01' the jail with special
reference to their crilllinality ; , based
on acts done , So the effect Is st rong.
er thall In time streets , All useless
ennbeliislm went Is torn off Time black
anti gray stripes give It 'chologlc
1Inlt'ormlt to their appearance : give
them the look of leaving the same
stripe to their sOllls and intentions ;
which mil ) ' ho tree In some llrtlc1l- ) :
mars , as first , for IIIstallce , to get
a wuy ,
Some of them have been shaved
within a week ; some \\0111' lII11stachol : :
a white heard can ho 8e ( > lI , 'l'hero
they collie , picturesquely \ \ \ 'lnlllnInto /
the doorway-cl'lmlnals , nmisprocltmcts
of natll\'e \ , man with a life of sin , pallid -
lid \\'lIh a term of )1111118hmont ) : criminal -
nal types , han some types t ) , Ignorant ,
faltering , courageous \ , Intclllgont , hl'II-
tal eyed , amid some with Il frlentill
ness multi virtue on their faces to
meet a wonderln/ / glance as to why
they are there Whute\'er they have
done In anger , In romantic episode ,
01' In detestable crime , limey are now
there as mere facts , several hundl'od
11I-ltemlt ) , hungry facts , coming In to
dine on ten ounces of corned beef
and cabbage , six ounces of bread and
source coffee-B\'Ool\ \ ! Eagle.
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Compass With a History.
B II , D01lghton of Dame , Vt , has
It s1\l'Ye \ 'or's compass which many ho
time first ever made In America , It
was built by Peregrine White , who
was born \ on time Mayflower liS the
vessel lay off the coast : waiting for
II chance to make II lanillng The
compass Is encased In hand hamllHH" -
eel hrREs amid the nl'oll.o Is said to
point liS true today ns In the day of
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STEER DRIVEN IN HARNESS.
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Yo . t'tO Frcnch.Canadlan HM Succeeded .
ed In Educating Antoal
John / FOI'nlel' , 1\ young \ li'rlmclt.Canl\-
.1I11l1 . , who lives at 1\lolunlms Lake ,
l\1l' , IH tlll'lllng a Irottr ) penny for
himself with his oduclllOlI steer , , John
llol1\ \ ' ' . 'l'hln steer IH Il most Ilmlahlo
beast , 111111 has been \ trained to hill'-
ness ! so well that ho can ho dl'lven nA
cllsl\ \ ' liS 1\ Horse , I\nll ellalm' than
sumo hot'ses.
A hal'nons hills been made for him l
with reins , which ho minds nt , time
slightest ptilan11 \ . / Iii "sollllli and kind
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Ilnd can lie dl'l\'ell hy Inllh's IUIII child- i
I'ell. "
On pleasant days John trots t .Jolm
henry I 11)1 ) to 1\1IIUawaml\Cll village / i
11I111 1'01' the slI1l1l1 SUIl1 of ono dllllo
sill let the outflt 10 anyone who
wishes to tlllo a Illcaslll'o drive !
around the town , l111slnoHII Is invm
ably good , nllll John hits ellrtwll
enough ! money to keep .John IIcnl'J' In
l'XCOI1UI condl tlOI1. 'rho 111ittlaw amn .
bong ladies are .Jolm's hest custoum ,
and .Iohn ' ' ' ' to
en , henry ) ] really seems
enjoy their company )
'limo accompanying 1 photograph )
shows .Jo1m Henry and two oC his
most ardent lI mlrers ,
BLEW DOWN CITY WALL.
People of Lclpslc Reminded of the
Fate of Jericho
'Ve have hl'l'n hoa1'lug 1\ good deal
about the walls of el'leho ) lately , lIuli ,
'hel'efol' ' e , It. I Is cam ' fotis that. wo should
ha\ 't 1111 actual oxa111111c of the power
of a' t ' ! ' ' in
: 1'III11IICt-Jlust occurring Europe
to-liar.
A short time ago , nt Lelpslc , the
conductor of a brass hll1111 uHod to
train his nntalclans In his garden ,
which was hounded by the old walls
or the eltr.
OIW tiny : , when they were practicing
a grand / \ amz m'ehm they came to a passage )
In which nil the tl'llmllOls had to blow
fortissimo , 111,1 , as hey t gave one final
blast all together , they were nstoum-
IRhcd to see time old wall suddenly
cI'umhlo and topple ' oven Into , time
fields olltslde
Happily , the only result was that
the cows in the meadows were frightened \ -
oned , but It IH evident that the walls
of Lolpslc are oven amore unstable
than were the walls of Jorlcho-
SIctch
Talking PostC'ardG
'rodar the "talldng ) Iosl card" Is on
sale at fill In a large number of rotall-
e1'H' HholS 'fho "talllng poslcam ' d" III
deSCribed as a picture \ postcard ) with 11
disc attached on which Is time record
of some Fong , or recitation , 01' piece
of orchestral music
The disc Is made of COlllllold , adheres .
h01'es firmly to the hotly of lime post-
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earl , and Is practically unbreakable ] ,
so hat It Is not likely to como to any
grief \ at the hands of time postofllco
JI'Ollle )
The disc aided : lay a suitable ] granmo
phone , 1'1'01l1l'os ' sweet music , amore 01'
leis appropriate ) to the picture ) on the
cnrd-J.l\'erl1oo1 ( Eng. I ) Iercllr ' ,
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