The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-07

Inmates OF Spanish Convict Establishment.

Cno 4"lS1sE ~ Y4 StH ~ ett co4'
tanned within its walls close upon a
thousand inmates, iconvicts, nearly all
Of the poorer classes, with sentences
varying from one to one hundred and
thirty years. hot that in the Peninsu:
Ia men live to the age Of Methuselah,
but that accumulated sentences are
general. Thus a man will have com.
mitted three murders, and be sens
fenced to thirty years of chain for
each crime, lin all. ninety years-the
one; sentence to commence at the ex-
piration of the other, OF the con-,
victs, 2O4 were sentenced for offences
against tbs pefso43 Hl w4reAnsn,
the women found guilty Of gfavteS of.
lenses being confined in separate and
special presiliQ.. ), Three hundred sand
forty.eight were agricultural 1aborers,
two hundred and forty.six OF: the
mining class. Zone Clergyman and;
about Itwentys men of various learned
professions were among the prisoners,
the rest. all being journeymen Of. va
rious trades. with a small admixture
Of master tradesmen. Six hundred of
them could read, the remaining Knew
shows the great Strides at present BE-
ing made by education; fifty years
ago not one in three hundred of the
Spanish, poor could ,read or writea i
As you near the huge, rambling
building, which perhaps has served in
its turn for convent, barrack, or mon.
astery, the prison atmosphere begins
to make itself felt; little troops of
men, in rusty brown jackets, broom in
hand, are being marched by wardens
home to the prison, another band sal
lying forth to take place; these are
Embellishments who may be seen dali
~ sweeping and cleaning, the streets,
repairing roads and the like; they are
chained but have sometimes an iron
ring round the ankle; here are two Or
three with numbers ON their caps
smoking their cigaretts with the SOL
diers outside the prison doori: They
are good-conduct men, and are permit
ted little more freedom than the 9TH
ers. The code of honor among such
men is. decidedly high; they would
not when on parole, escape, even sup.
posing escape were possible. Accom-
panied by the ;comandante and one at
tendant, who carefully always takes
care to be just behind his chief, but
who carries no arm save the sword
stick, which most private gentlemen
carry in this land, we pass into the
large quadrangle. Here, smoking,
sleeping, very few chatting, knitting
stockings, lie stretched upon their rugs
some four hundred of the prisoners
most of them wear their ordinary dress
some few Having athsa brown prison
jacket and trousers, which is supplied
to prisoners once in two years.
| They press round YOU. ado, sir,
for the love of Christ, buy pair ,of
stockings, and God reward you with
long life forever *'Ah, l see by your
face that, you have children; por amor
de Dois, buy a cap for your last born
baby" ''Take this basket, only a dol.
lar, asa present to. J.. the sSenorita.:. =
Meanwhile the kindly Governor looks
on with q smile, half amused, yet
forced to look little stern the while.
Look we'll at these vacant faces some.
it is true, are bad. decidedly bad, OF
| the low, abandoned prison type !; but
the majority certainly not. They
have the vacant look Of esSb4nish
poor in the rural districts the heavy
wooden, mahogany-colored face; 1.-THE
fnely.builti, somewhat feshy, frame oil
the agricultural and mining population
faces that can light, up at a joke. and
| wO1lId lie Hrh til wprh Ehe MI Win go ed1i
dated, but thesey who lid ab4t ssMle,
are the least educated body 81 prison;
ers, men who do the coarse work OF
the prison, tho arsenal, the roads and
the streets; who do not care to learn
a trade. or to learn to read and write
during the captivity j They, are some
what detected looking ;. but utter in
/ difference and apathy issthe feature OF
character stamped upon most of their
faces; vacant, hopeless is their, gaze,
| Yet some.g nay m9nN have kindly, hon
est faces hay, they even pass you a
word Of kindly greeting, or do some
| little service as you pass along. Only
few are sullen, and turn away mo.
rosely from your proffered salute. g.,
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t" A lBeer.euzzlins Builfrog. s~.
From the Reading Q.!y Eagle. - .,.'."'fi ,..s
AtJoseph' Winter $ restaurant is a
bullfrog that measures about thirteen
inches in length, croaks loud, deep,
and hoarse, and can leap six feet. !. It
has been a constant fabitue' of the
place during tbs past two, Yeats, .n.,It
was brought t1nre to be brOiled. but