The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-15

20 yes, sir 10 ye--e-s, ~ with d. OF
sobbUg that caused the white walls to vibrate
Strangely
"Whefe does she liver"
Manchester sir. 0w-w-w was just
thnkin' on her when you came, sir"
Governor, evidently atlected:-"And you can't
do better than thiuk of her, II she Is q good
mother. Just picture 20 your mind what she
would think of you could she See you in this
disgracetul position J"
"Ow-w-w-"
"Will you promise never to swear again as
long as you are here, If let you go back to
your cell ~
OF course the fearful pentent promised most
solemnly, and presently, too eager in his anxiety
to change the dark cell for comparatively
light one 10 adjust his babllaments, came slouch-
ing behind US siipshod over the asphalte hoor,
with the collar or his Jacket still shrouding his
ears, and his trousers clutched up ON either site
by the waistband.
The Aut.Tobacco Society might discover
amongst the inmates of jais many apt illustra
rions OF the truth of their peculiar arguments.
Nothing is more common, when a youth
full captive is questioned as as to the ori;
recttude, than for him 10 attribute il to
"the short pipe,n or to "bad company aud
smoking and that,n or to "going out OF evenings
and buying cigars" One lad at present incarce-
rated III Holloway Prison was possessed OF such
ravenhg mania for the pernlcious weed that.
aided by another boy, he stole five hundred and
hty cigars, Prisoners will run almost any risk
Tor chew or Whit OF tobacco. 1t is known
that at Portland the cOnvicts, having obtained
through the agency of a 'lree laborer"
in the stone ,quarries, a piece of tobacco
and q pipe had q method of dsDosng
of it as ingenious almost as it was dis
gusting. As must be mentioned, smoking was
strictly prohibited, serious penalties being in
store Tor any one VINO assisted prisoner to the
coveted luxury. The only time when the peril.
Gus delight may be INDUCED in was when in the
course of the days work sudden shower came
on, ard the convicis knocking off" for the
| time, huddled in q shed out of the rain. Then
| the envied shareholders in the fourth of a
| quarter of al ounce OF caVendish sat in a cir
! Gle, the "buCk" or head man, with the pipe in
! one corner OF his mouth, and in the other a
straw, the other end of which was grasped
| within the lips of the next man of the circle,
! who likewise had q second straw i'll his
| mouth, the further end of which the third man
sucked at and so on until the number was CON-
! pete. The pipe ahght, the buck" took
draft of smoke through it at one
corner of his mouth, enjoyel it for a
moment, and then blew It through the
straw at the other corner OF his mouth into that
OF his next nelghbor, aud so it passed through b.,
the last man having the envied privilege of
swallowing the moutbful in consideration of his
! being at go great loss in consequence OF the
deterioration in the flavor Of the smoke 10 the
course OF its transit. At the House of Detention,
| the friends OF prisoners have conveyed them a
! pipe and piOe-lght and tobacco in the interior
! of a Loaf Con one oCCus on cigar and a luCt.er
n atCh were found neatly wrapped together in
the interior Of a roast fo@l), aud the desperate
| smOk. r has been discovered atop of platform
consisting of his table, and his Bible, and his
| papnikiD, clingiug tiptoe to the bars OF avenli-
latOr by the ceiling and blowing a difficult
| cloud through its narro nterstiCes.
1t is not 50 easy, however, to convey tobacco
to prisoner in close prison such as that at
| Holloway. But it has been attempted. At
stated times prisoners friends may pay HIM a
visit. The interview, however, is hampered by
certain restrictions On either side of a passqge
about five feet in width is a cage OF open wIre
work, and conveniently isposed between the
cages are screens behind which warder may
be lurking, listening TO the conversation that is
going on, as to check it at once should it take
a vague or improper turn. One day in the course
of innocent discourse between a prisoner
and a male friend, the warder'5 watChtu
eye detected feather floating over iron
one cage TO the other, and, arres ling il
midway, found at the stem of it leugth of flint
silk, and at the end OF the thread in the vsltor'
hand nice little plug of pIgtail for 'chawing,
Had the feather settled IN the compartment
where the prisoner was nothing would be easie
than for HIM to give a deXerous jerk at th
silk and land the plug on his own side. Th
miscarriage OF the neat little plot meant severe
punishment for the woudbe receiver, and
months hard labor for the obliging supplier
and the fact OF its being about fifty to on
against the trick successfully passing show
how terrible must be the penalty of deDrivG
tiOn from tobacco to an old smoker.-LOnJO
SOcle'y.