Arizona silver belt., 1879-01-03

close of the week they m5ke all sorts
 of pr0mises sn theI esl3eavof 70 get
 fresh supply of oil, It IS consa- cred safe to let them have lights ln
 their cells for they can only burn tbe
 few combustibles m thesr cell. and #
 they do shst the penalty IS to haN L Etheir hgh0 taken away From theul
 which Is considered a very severe
 punishment. One of the conyicss
 mot long ago set lire to his furniture,
 but such occurrences are very rare.
 On this oetasion the alarm was given
 by a convict in au adjoining cell.
 Ar 9 o'ciock the bell IS rang for
 lights 9u Then more faces are seen at the gfatings and ahere is a
 greater disposition among the con
 yicts to talk with their neighbors. l.
 IS q curious fact that those who
 sleep the e;ssr.ars long time" men
 whose terms have almost cxp.red
 They seldom close their eyes in sleep
 the last night of their stay in prison
 Only fourteen days more, and l
 feel us though l should tiy," said
 one of the eonviets New comers are restless aud wakeful, bat less so than those mentioned above, though
 they are more likely to be afraid of
 tie darkness and the solitude. Pass ilig along lhe galleries you will 6nd that some of the prisoners have hung papers before the doors to keep oul the light of the gas tets iu the halls, while others are pressing theg faces agabnst the grasngs to get all tue hght they can. Occasionally the tick of , clock is heard within ceii There IS much company m rlock $ ticking Sometimes the keepers find a man standing close to the grates, with the tips of his fingers prouu3- ing between the bars, anu when he is asked why he does not lie down and sleep, he declares that he canuot en- dure the darkness al the back part of. his cell.
 It Is interesting to note the ,sxpe dients to which the prisoners wlIl re- sort to kill the tlme that hangs so heavily on them Some of them devote lhelr tune 60 making curious articles with which to adorn their cells, producing the qaecrest articles From the sgralgest material. 4 shred of cioth Is ngcnously fringed and bordered with something to re- semble embroidery, and the com pleted article IS hung before the cell door and caught back with a cord as made as .he curtain. Others turn their attention to inven- Iion The lever lock, by which fifty cells are locked and unlocked with single key at tke end Of the gallery. Is tue invention of a convict, and Is considered very secure. Think of prisoner spending his time in con irving a lock to increase the secuF1- ] ty Of his person! But the tine went faster when he was doing 1t. Some of them make pets of tue mice that scamper over the stone floors of the pr'son, and tune them to such au exseut that they drop in and spend hours with their convict friends.
 h the keepers office Is a partly finished pack of cards which ose of the conWcts was caught making. IF he had succeeded he would have been able 10 enjoy the exciting sport of a game of solitaire A few years ago be could hardly become interested in I game where blue chips predomi- hated now he was ready to become excited over a game between bis right hand and bis left for imagina- y stakes. The cards were made of tags which he had smuggled from the shoe shop, and the suits were marked in blood. The face cards were ingeniously figured. One bore the figure of police officer Or course the maker intended shis For knaye. But the pack was not for 1t found its way into he keepers desk before the cards were more than half marked. Al chapter mighs be written on the ex- oedients of the prisoners for killing .ime.
 There is caste in Sing Sing prison. At the head of the elite stand the bank robbers. The man who enters IS the hero of daring and success iul bank robbery, aud was given iway by some faithless pal finds hls -epuzarion already established. The I ieums Of prison society are those who [ Ire under sentence for rape. They 1 ire os;racised by the other prisoners. No other prisoner vii speak to them hey are summed even by the most lardenei criminals. The manner m which marderers are regarded IS de- !