Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19

Ana pondered whats the matter; Wha
daily bread unbuttered
That he's bringing here TO me. 4i S
An. distinctly I remember, It was in th
bleak December,
But no warm or dying ember wrought It
shadow on the door.
From the guard sought to borrow blanket
Else allniqht, to my deep sorrow, mus
shfver on the door,
sufrer agonies and torturss had neve
But he answered, sTwo weeks more"
"Guard' cried I, s.thou merciless screw, b,
thou Irish. Dutcli or Hebrew,
By that mighty Board OF Managers whose
Tell this soul with sorrow weighted. II, witt
anguish unab6ted,
To Efifs misery I'm fated, rudely hand
cuffed to the door,
Here to breathe the deepest curses on thu
day was created."
Quosh the turnkey "two weeks more"
And % that turnkey, Il smiling a, Faily. brought my
And hurled ut him vile epithets and cursei
by the SCORE
And hi. mug had all the seeming of . bull.
dogs that Is dreaming
And the dim light DER him streaming cast
long shadows on the floor,
Whore as truly ne predicted midst those
shadows on the floor.
stood handcuffed "two weeks moro"
Another youthful satirist wrote the fol-
lowing parody on '"The Bells:
A Parody ON tho Bells.
Hear the tinklings Deputy's bells, electric
What world of solemn thought their mel
ody compels;
For every sound that foats from out their
Tells of blue or yellow notes. tales Of woe.
And tho pleadings and excuses that the
Deputy peruses never 20
And the victim who IS "in It" feels the briny
Expecting every minute to hear the solemn
OF the bells. bells, bells, .bells. bells. bells.
bells.
To hear the solemn tolling Of the bells.
Hear the the awful doctors bells. oroaker's
What . world of horror now their melody
foretells,
As some poor unlucky wight stoutly screams
Too much horrifisd to speak. he can only
Shrek, Shrek out of tune.
In clamorous appealing TO all agencies d.
And mad e1postulation at the waste OF
iodine,
Ieaping higher, higher. higher. with a des-
And resolute endeavor to come again-no;
never,
To the doctors little room
The reference above to "Tells of blue or
yellow notes" refers to, the fact that when
an officer is obliged to report prisoner for
an inffaction of the rules he writes his re-
port on blue or yellow paper according to
the nature of ofense.
The following parody on Campbells
Soldiers Dream" was also written by an
inmate:
Parody on The Soldiers Dream.
retired to my couch. for the night call had
sounded,
The trisngls's echo still rang through tho
Grim silence and darkness enveloped the
And froa brought needed ,lumper and rest to
us all.
While resting that night on my pallet Of
And dreaming Of happier days passed
At the dead of the night sweet vision
saw
or tho banquesing hall of gilded cafe.
quaf1ed the huge hagons Of ruby-red vint-
And drank me q toast in glass OF cham
Ddgne.
With the friends and the loved ones in dis
tant Chicago
attended the races and dances again.
oh, stay with us, linger." they begged and
And 70 tell you the truth was anxious to
atay,
But grim sorrow returned when woke on
the morrow, -
And the voices and visions had melted
away.
Under tho Byronic Influenc-.
'ead Byron, wore Pompadour and consid-
.red himself martyr:
Backward DER my life's dark pages
have sought in vain to find
Sunshine where tho tempest RACES,
Gold amongst the dross entwined.
Ger the memories of childhood
Dimmed by sins of former years,
Like the dewfall in the wildwood
Flows dying mothers tears.
Tell me, you whose lives ara spotless.
VIII YOU greet mo as a friend
With egrasp of man and brother
When my sentence here shall endf
Beyond these lofty walls and towers
Lies world unknown to me;
Tell me. will it bid me welcome
Back to home and libertyf
Can claim beyond those portals
All that one in life holds dear,
And resume the right of franchise
Void of guilty shame or fearf
Society, pr oud dame, breathes answer,
Shrugs her shoulders, chaste rs snow,
And in tones of deepest hatred 80.
Comes the dreaded answer, NO"
~ Not So Poetical Now.
This was the only attempt he ever made
'to wake to ecstasy the living Tyre" and
ince his release from the reformatory he
las shook the Byronic influence and is
'arning an honest living by driving gro
,ery wagon. The last time I saw him he
ras swearing at his horses in very prosaic
ashton.
Such thing as a ball and. chain Is un-
Known in the institution. When run
way" Is brought back q small steel. chain
s attached to belt at his waist which he is
to wear for two months as an in
ignia OF disgrace, but its weight is insult
icient to inconvenience the wearer in the
east,
None Of the guards on duty inside the
carry firearms and the only ''black
ack" in the institution is carried by the
Deputy Superintendent, George A. Smith.
During the three years and a half that he
las had charge of the prisoners he has had
ccasiou to use it only once and that was in
elf-defsnse against an incorrigible and half
insane convict of notorious homicidal ten
Iencies, who had previously threatened his
ife on several occasions
d. E. G. ARNOLD.
= A Legacy OF Anguish.
Tho rheumatic taint transmitted from
,arent to child IL indeed a legacy of anguish
borrower. trifiing causes, such as setting in
draught, the neglect to speedily change
lamp clothing: readily developit. Whether
heumatism be hereditary or contracted by