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CAT ANo RAT.
A Charitable Feline adopts and Cares for
Homeless Rodent.

A Charitable Feline Adopts and Cares for
IIomeIeSs Rodent.
a laborcr employed IN ono OF the mills
1T Sutter Creek has in Lis house cue of
the strangest families Of animals in ex-
istence. The lead OF the family, SAYS
the San Francisco Call is an old cat,
which is q mother CT thrifty family of
i've Kittens; but, in spite Of the cares of
motherhood, she has taken it upon her
self to provide for rat that Sic has
taken under licr protection.
During storm about two months ago
half-Erown rat, lame and nearly
drowned, crawlcd into the house, evil
IDENTIFY in search of food and shelter.
and by somc chance made its way to
the place whore the old cat Icy snugly
on the heap OF sacks with her family.
Strangely, the mother seemed touched
with pity over the condition OF the wan
dcrer, and, instead Of attacking him,
she ccolly made room for him and did
everything to relieve his suffcriugs. The
rat displayed every sign of gratitude,
and the miners family, when they dis
covered the intruder, were so struck
with surprise that they forbade anyone
TO disturb theTu.
The result was that the rat chose to
remain with his ncy-found friends. and
hes now become as docile as his foster
mother. A warm attachment seems TO
have sprung MP between the two, and
,ic rat has grown fat and lazy, wan
dering about as IL suits It's fancy, and
evidently pleased with its new surround
inrs
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Tho greatest craze cmong tho women
81 the city today 50 90 keep from get
ting fat A fashionable doctor told a
roporter a. thc sew Ior.s Sun that tho
illnesses resulting from their methods Of
Keeping down thcir weight foim tho
brlls Of Isis practice. Few q them diet;
on The contrary they dine clcgcntly.
give dinner parties, and rely ON mcdi-
zines, acils and ti1ht iacinq 90 Offset
The effect OF their Indulgence. A fsw
who arr % atrong will take TO cymnas-
Tics and w'lEins. o. men do. but this
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THE WIZARDS LATEST.

Edison VIII Exhibit Several AstonishinZ
Inventions ut the Worlds Fair.
Thomas a. Edison, tho famous cleo
ltrician and inventor, Is preparing TO os-
toHish the world by the exhibit nc viii
make at the worlds fair in 1923. ~
shall have two or three things toshov,"
said be recently, which ] think will
both surprise and please tho visitors TO
the electrical department of tie cxposi-
ton, which, by tie way, am fully con
WINGED, viii be n great success. 1--WE of
these Inventions are not yet ready 70 be
described. or even characterized. The
third, however, is so nearly perfected.
that d. not hesitate TO scy something
about it.
81 hope TO be able by the invention 70
throw upon canvas perfect picture
81 anybody. and rcprodace his words
THUS, should Petit DO singing some
where, this invention will put her full
length picture upon the canvas so per-
1ectly as 70 enable one 70 distinguish
every feature and expression Of her
faec, sec all her actions and listen 20
thc enhancing melody Of her peerless
voice. The Invention will do for the
eve what the photograph has done for
the voice. end reproduce the voice az
wei, IN fact. moro clearly. I hive al
ready perfected the Invention so fer az
80 bc able to picture a prizo fght-tlo
two men, the ring, the intensely inter
ested faces Of thoSc surrounding it~-nnd
You can hcnr the sound Cf tho blows.
the caccrs 81 encouragement and tho
yells cf disappointment. And when
this Invention shall have been perfect
ed" said Ir. Edison sgi,h the trace Of
enthusiasm glow ia his face. "a man
viii BE- able q sit f. hio library ~ home.
md, having electrical connection with
the tbeater. Sec reproduced on bis wall
Ur piece u canvas toe actors. and hear
anything they say. can place one Sd
~ viii command a etrcst corner. and
after letting " register Dio passinp
sights for % time. I can have &c cast them
on c9nTas 90 Chat every feature aud
motion - the passcrs. oven % the
fwitching u tho face. can be seen, and
81 friend passed during the time. you
may know H.. This Invention will be
cuilCd the kiuctographf The Grst bali
81 The word liCni1ca motion end the
last write end both together mean
the portrayal 81 motion. The iuyeu-
sion combines photography and pbonog-
raphy.~
Mr. Bdirou occupied nearly an acre
with bis exhibit az The Paris expedition.
rs be wi5hca g. show 90 Chicaro an that
bo ex i5itod 90 Paris. and numerous
other thinTs brfidcs, hc IS dceirouq %
being accorded % groctcr space i1 1909.
Toe electrical ovhi5it is expected Co he
t1e wonder Of The exposition
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easier thing to batter their wav into the
Gagged staircase, and chase the keyholder up
stairs in hopes of overpowering him and
getting the keys to both the outer doors
Well, when they got up there, they would
find that he had retired behind the massive
door which shields the viaduct into the
Warden's residence. Even if they would
follow him in there, they would meet those
great barred doors at every entrance and
exit from the residence. :
Riots Quelled With Water.
But the more probable event is that the
revolving prisoners, unable to get farther
than the door into the reception chamber,
and thus being prevented from swarming
upon the man with the keys, would turn
into hellish, riotous mob in the corridors,
unlocking all othsr cells and letting every
body loose. In such an event the problem
would be, not how to prevent them from
getting out, but how to get them back into
their cells. Of course the management have
legal authority to shoot them down, and a
large case in the reception chamber is filed
with loaded rifles nominally. for that pur-
pose, but Warden Edward Wright thinks
he has more humane plan, fully as eff
fectual.
After the keyman would summon him
across the iron viaduct, he would simply
pass over to city fire alarm box fixed
there to the wall of the administration hall,
and pull the lever. In few moments the
city fire department would be on hand, and
he would order a quick attachment of the
hose to the water-plugs stationed all through
the prison yard. The hose introduced into
this lookout hall would command every
tier of cells from ground floor to roof, and as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
BY F. MARION CRAWFORD.
Author of "Mr Isaacs" Dr. Claudus" "a Roman Smges
and Many Other Stories That Have Taken Rank
as Standard Literature
FOR THE DISPATCH

seeming to support her. Slowly, through
yestibule and passage, they went on and en-
tered together the great hall of the flowers.
The Wanderer was there, alone.
He uttered short cry and sprang to meet
her, but stepped back in awe of the great
white-robed figure that lowered by her
side.
''Beatricel" he cried, as they passed.
81 am not Beatrice she answered, her
downeast eyes not raised to look at him,
moving still forward under the gentle guild
anee Of the giants hand.
mot Beatrice-no-you are not she-you
are Unorna! Have dreamed all this?''
She had passed him now, and still she
would not turn her head. But her voice
came back to him as she walked on.
'You have dreamed what will very soon
be true" she said swat here and Beatrice
will soon be with YOU
81 know that 1 am mad,' the Wanderer
cried, making one step to follow her, then
stopping short. UnOrna was already at the
door. The ancient sleeper laid Olr >and
upon her head.
''You will do it now,'' he said.
81 will do ito the end, she answered.
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was for long time the king g's-bench prison
in London, is said to have served more than
once for expert marksmen of the old-time
English troops, with poor prisoners as the
mark for bullets. There is nothing of this
kind in our penal institutions to-day
Just now there are between 700 and 800
convicts at the penitentiary in Allegheny.
In daytime the large majority of these are
at work in the shops. There is commu-
nifty Of workshops in the prison yard, so
that the prisoners, in passing to and fro, re-
quire the watchful eyes of guards. But
these guards are
Only Four in Number.
They are stationed on top of the walls,
which hem in the yards to a height of S5
feet. On the corners of the walls and at
the middle are sentry boxes, in which the
guards eat their dinners and take refuge in
inclement weather. They are armed with
shotguns, but these they do not display uE-
less they observe some attempt at escape.
If a prisoner is seen suspieiously close to
the wall he is ordered OFF, a policemau's
whistle sounded, TO which responds mes
scnger boy. He is given the number of the
suspicious prisoner, and an investigation of
the fellows actions follows inside
The prison is flooded with light at night.
the electricity being furnished from its own
dvnamos and engines. The interior has
been so arranged when the tiers of cells were
constructed that anything moving will cast
q shadow. A cat, treading stealthfully as it
may, will throw a shadow anywhere in the
Western Penitentiary, which would be in
stantlv detected by the watch.
A wonderful building is this peniten-
tiary. It's impregnable both from within
and without. The one man who could dare
the go convicts inside, and who could laugh
in the faces of mob outside bowling for
admission, calmly sits the night through in
vast stone chamber on the ground floor.
This chamber is where all visitors are re-
ceived in day time. It is in the center of
the two prison wings, and just across the
yard from the Warden's residence, Into it
open five barred doors. One is from the
outer world, the other opens out upon the
yard in the rear, and from either side door
opens into the prison proper, or the two
wings of cells. In one corner a staircase is
completely Gagged in by complicated net
work Of bars.
The Guards Have No Keys.
This one man holds all the KEYS of the
prison. They are hanging in yonder box on
the wall. None of the guards within the
ccll-rooms have keys. They must be ad-
nitted in and out of this stone chamber by
the one man / am describing If prisoners
were to break out of their locked and barred
cells. and assault the guards, they would
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day time there are three guards upon the
top OF this wall, pacing to and fro within
the iron railing, which makes it safe
promenade. On each corner there is
picturesque little guard-house. The guard
may carry his loaded rifle on his shoulder,
or he may leave it within easy reach in the
sentry-box.
In each one Of these little sentinel houses
is an electric button. The wires which run
from these buttons pass into the Office of the
prison, an eighth of mile distant, perhaps,
and there connect with an indicator. Sup
pose the guard detects an attempt at escape
which he is unable to avert. He touches the
button, gong strikes loudly in the Office,
the indicator or finger points instantly to
the number of the sentinel house, and
quicker than it takes to write it the Super
intendent has ordered posse to the relief
of the guard on the wall. This relief corps
knows precisely what part Of the long wall
to go to. They are armed, and they get the
directions from the guard as to whittier the
escaping prisoners went, and Immediately
start q chase. Such chase has been very
successful twice.
Watching Men While at Work.
On account of the farm. connected with
the workhouse and the ether extensive out
door industries the force of uniformed
guards maintained is larger than the peni-
tentiary The number of prisoners is some
thing over 700, and yet you will seldom see
more than one guard in charge of gang Of
prisoners at work in the stave yard in prox-
Unity to railroad or river. In the fields the
men are especially trustworthy, many
man apparently having no thought of es-
cape. The retiring Superintendent, Henry
Warner, has, by a frank, generous policy
of trusting largely to the honor of the pris-
oners, actually decreased the necessity for
constraints.
The wagon gates of the workhouss
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accomplish nothing, for he has no KEYS. A
locking lever controls one block of cells.
Suppose such thing as 80 of the cells
being broken open at the same time were
possible; what would then happen? Why,
the revolving prisoners could get no nearer
liberty than the great door which leads
into this stone chamber. The single man in
there could at once take the KEYS of the
outer doors and retire to the Gagged stair
case in the corner. Once inside this, he
looks the door there, and reaches the ad-
ministration hall above. This is look
out hall, or gallery, of most noble dimen-
sions. Instead of a wall on either side, it
has a monster framework of iron bars, which
transforms it into a marvellous cage. 1t is
practically three stories high, and as the
ground, you look from this cage both east
and west, upon everyone of the LOO cells.
In other words, you look out upon the
whole vast interior of fye-story prison.
Still Another supposition,
This Gagged lookout hall is not touched
by any one of the tiers of cells. The only
way to reach it is by the Gagged staircase
from below, or by closed iron viaduct
from the second story or the Warden's resi-
dence. But, suppose that the prisoners in
the meantime have surmounted what rep
resent as impossible, and battered down the
iron door in the reception chamber, what
then? Well, they can't yet get at the man
with the keys, for he is behind another
iron-barred door upstairs. So, suppose
they attempt to batter down the door
which they suppose leads to the outside.
If they should succeed (Which they could
not) they would find another in the cov-
cred archway on the ground outside, and
well, by that time the Warden would have
been aroused, and he would have small
army of assistants at his command.
Or if the escaping convicts found it an
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CHAPTER XVII.

Unorna struggled for moment. The
Wanderer did not understand, but loosed his
arms, so that she was free. She rose to her
feet and stood before him.
"You have dreamed all this" she said.
IT am not Beatrice.
"Dreamed? Not Beatrice2" she heard
him cry in his bewilderment.
Something more he said, but she could not
catch the words. She was already gone,
through the labyrinth Of many plants to the
door through which, IL hours earlier, she had
fed from Israel Kafka. She ran the faster
as she left him the farther behind. She
passed the entrance and the passage and the
vestibule beyond, not thinking whittier she
was going, or not caring. She found her
self in that large, well-lighted room in which
the ancient sleeper lay alone. Perhaps her
instinct led her there as to retreat safer
even than her own chamber She knew
that if she would, there was something there
which she could use
She sank into chair and covered her
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va this horde and liberty
stand only about go men. Small as this
guard is, however, it is sufficiently large to
prevent wholesale prison delivery.
The system of coa,};g. has been reduced
to the minimum il III, vicinity of Pittsburg
on account of the structural strength of the
buildings TheJ are, every one, magnificent
stronghelds Make critical examination
of either OF the three prisons named, and
you will find that they are away ahead OF
any ancient citadel or castle with its moat
and drawbridge, or fortress with all its ram
parts, parapets and stockades.
Nor is it neeessatJ to equip these 80
guards with any but ligh: arms. and some of
them carry no weapons at all. The famous
BastiIle in France had row of
Cannons Along the Gallery,
which ran from bastion to bastion, besides
having vast bulwarks and bitches. And yet
the BastiIle only held 20 and so prisoners.
With only 200 inmates Fleet Prison in Lon
don once had 150 watchmen, those In the
main corridor being constantly on duty
with sabers in hand. Celebrated Newgate
prison, century ago, maintained a battalion
OF artillery, and a cannon facing each corri-
dor, intending to sweep it if an outbreak
occurred. The stoTied Marshalsea, which
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Nh. R. Wright says: eff the awful force of
those streams of water directed with good
aim from the nozzles, didn't knock a
prisoner into his cell every time, it would
knock him off the gallery, and either kill
him by the fall into the first floor, or else
drown him afterward. He thinks it would
drive every rebel into his cell without
casualty.
An Attack From Without
The penitentiary could not be taken from
without by such mob as that in New
Orleans, for instance, for the reason that the
door leading into the stone reception cham
Der, which is the key to the command of the
whole prison, is protected by Gagged arch
way. This archway has two tremendous
barred doors. After these were battered
down then would come the main door into
the building. BY that time the man with
the keys would have retired upstairs via the
Gagged staircase, and there stifl remains the
great iron door from the stone chamber into
the cell room
Neither could the mob gain entrance to
the prison by way of the Warden's resi-
dence, for it has iron-barred doors at every
entrance, and then the doubly-barred and
protected viaduct upstairs, which, could
they force it, they would find still worse,
for the vast lookout room has no communi-
cation with the prison, although it seems to
be right in it.
The system at CIaremont.
The workhouse at Claremont ranks next
for efficient but humane guarding of prison.
ers. 1t has large yard also, which is sur
rounded by wall 40 feet high. During the
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of the guards. The only arms carried by
| the guards inside the institution and by
those who 60 out to the fields are Colts re.
| volvers.
Methods in the County Jail.
But none of these methods are practicable
at the county Jail, in the rear OF the new
Court House in THE city. There the soli-
tary confinement system is in vogue. There
are no workshops, no yards, and no sentry
walls. AT present there are about 240 pris-
oners there, and sometimes this number
reaches to within few of 300 The only
periods during the day when an organized
attempt at escape would be possible are
when the prisoners are released from their
cells for exercise. This is between and 10
o'clock A. M and between 1 and o'clock
P. NJ. In each of those hours as many
as 120 of the inmates are out at once
promenading the corridors, or ranges, as the
tiers of cells are called.
Here in the jail the cells are five ranges
high. Sitting at his desk on the landing
inside the grated door, the head keeper. as.
sisted by two Others can take in the whole
prison at a glance They are in sort of
rotunda. Outside the grated door is the
Jail Office where Warden Berlin and his
deputy may always be found Still beyond
them is another barred door that leads out
upon Ross street.
Firearms Are Too Dangerous.
Warden Berlin allows none of the keepers
to carry firearms Of any kind. He says that
if some provocation led a keeper to dis
charge pistol inside the prison it would be
the quickest way so incite revolt. But as
it is, if revolt were organized, the prison
ers could not reach the Office, and they
would simply have to riot among them
selves. Still, the Warden and his deputy
keep two Loaded revolvers in the desks of
the office to be used ip case prisoners ever
should get out that far.
The prisoner best behaved on each range
is allowed to occupy the end cell. He
thereby wins the title of 'srangeman, /" and
is permitted to be out of his cell all day.
He sits on chair at the end of the range,
attends the wants of other prisoners, shines
the brass railing, and does some other little
chores To certain degree he is keeper,
or guard also, but just how far he may be
trusted is questionable.
Only Escape From the Jail.
1t is odd that the only escape which has
ever yet taken place at the new jail was
that OF a boy, Eddie Burns by name He
climbed the lightning rod, which is nailed
to the wall in the rear of the prison, and
then dropped over the other side That was
last year.
From II to IL o'clock A. NJ each day
there is perfect stream of lunch baskets
pouring into the Jail They are brought to
the Ross street door by relatives of the
prisoners. and there taken in by guards
Each basket is taken to the table of Deputy
Warden Sofel, where that official examines
the contents to see if there are concealed
with the bologna sausage OF custard pud-
ding any tools, weapons or liquors. Now
have been found, but oftener it is bottle
Of whisky that is extracted and thrown
aside L. l. SToFIEL.
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DISAPPOINTED IN THE TOWN..

An Awkward BIunder That Caused a Goth
amite Deep Disgust.
M. Quad in New York World.]
1t so happened that New Yorker and a
Denver man met in Buffalo the other day
and became quite friendly, and at parting
the Western man asked the other to jot
down his address and call upon him should
he ever find himself SO near the Rockies
'Ah! but you've made mistake" he
said, as the New Yorker was using his
pencil. SIT is room 90, seventh story, and
you have it room Z, ninety-sixth story"
eOh! see. Well, 1 am greatly disap-
pointed. thought Denver was go-ahead,
booming town"
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A WOMAN IN BATTLE.
Brave Mrs. GrimwOOd's Account OF
Her Experience at Manipur.
BULLETS RAINED. OVER HER HEAD.
On the Disastrous Retreat She Was Forced
to Dodge Two Shells.
HAD TO EAT GRASS AND LEAVES
Perhaps the most graphic description of
the disaster to the English forces at Mani

pur was written by
Mrs. Grimwood, refer
ence to whose heroic
conduct was made in
THE DISPATCH of May
II. Following is her
account of the fight, as
sent to her sister-in-
law in London.
The conference be-
tween Frank ON r.
Grimwood) and the
Jubraj at the palace
1oc4aJ nararo1 hnuvr hut
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stylish Suitings,

Overcoat and trouser material, Of the best
quality at Anderson's, 700 Smithfield street.
Cutting and fitting the best. su
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HOUSEHOLD goods packed and stored.
su HAUGH 3 KEENAN,, 50 Water st
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WHERE Won M0LTKE LIES.

The Private Mausoleum on the Field Mar
shaPs Estate at Kriesan.
Below is sketch of the private mauso-
leum to contain the remains of the late