The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-05

A Co~sict Editor Who Has Ability and
Is Omen For an Outside Engagement.

Convict Editor who Has Ability and
Is 0pen For m Outside Engagement.
Some Of the prisoners Of the state
penitentiary at Joliet edit and publish
. monthly paper called Up To Date.
The January number contains the fol-
lowing account Of a difference between
the deputy warden and the prison or
chestra. 1t may be necessary to explain
that Ispen is an ~abbreviation of Illinois
state ~penitentiary:
/. Concerning the tribe Of lspen,
which dwelt in the valley Of the Des
PLANES river.
2. And the tribe Of lspen numbered
l, 500 souls, and they were in bondage.
3. There was then no king in lspen.
A deputy ruled over the land.
4. And Josephus, the deputy, was a
kindly man. albeit he was . mighty
mana man of great stature and valor.
s. And it came to pass that Josephus,
the deputy. singled out the musical
members Of the tribe of Ispen and COM
manded them to appear before him, as
was the custom in those days.
6. And he gave unto each an instru-
ment, every one after the kind he de-
sired.
z. And he said unto them, "This
day shall ye have a new name.
8. And he called them the "Orr-Kes s-
Trah," which is the mighty men Of
noise.
8. And the Orr ess-T rah was favor
ed above the rest Of the tribe OF 1spen.
10. And it came to pass that the Orr
Kess-Trah became grasping and proud
beyond warrant.
II. And they took counsel among
themselves as to how they should dis
tinguish themselves from the common
run.
IL. And it came to pass that they re-
solved that they were Samsons, and
their strength was in the hair Of their
heads.
13. And it came to pass that zach
one did get his hair cut, each one after
his own fashion.
IA. Now, Josephus, the deputy, albeit
he was a kindly man, remarked the
style which the Orr Kess- Trah took unto
themselves, each one after his own
kind.
. Is. And he issued proclamation for
bidding the Orr -Trah from this
pompadour style, which was only worn
as a mark of high degree in the tribe of
Ispen.
16. Now, when the Orr-Kess-T rah
heard this edict, they took counsel
among themselves.
II. And it came to pass that they
made for themselves q banner on which
was inscribed, mo Pompadour Hair
Cuts-No Music"
Is. Now, the rest of the acts of the
Orr-Kess-T rah, and all that they did,
and the hair hat they lost, and the
privileges that they no longer get, are
they not written in the book of the
Chronicles of the Deputy"
Here are some items gathered at ran
dom from the pages of the paper, show
ing that even a prison has its news:
Present population, /, 500.
Last consecutive number, 1868.
December discharge list, 70.
Fresh fish since last issue, 12O.
Received during 1894, 945.
Sent to insane hospital, 2.
Why haven't we got your subscrip-
ton?
The editorial staff Of Up To Date
spent Christmas in its usual hilarious
manner, and we wish to remark right
here that it took III all day to spend it.
Three hundred and six visitors passed
through the prison in December.
Sayav thnrSonl fnpr hr,Irol onI
twenty pairs Of socks darned, 500 new
shirts, 1877 pair new drawers and 5s7
new handkerchiefs were made in the
female prison in December.
Try to be kind and civil to your cell
mate. Remember that he has his own
troubles and no doubt feels that he is
just as much abused as you are.
Quarreling doesn't pay. You don't get
any satisfaction from it, and il it is
kept up it leads to q row and then the
hole, So, you see, the best you can get
ID the worst of it.
Don't worry the guard with tales
about any one else. He has his own
troubles.
Up To Date extends an invitation to
all members of the press to drop in and
zee us, even if they don't stay as long
as We do.
Special Notice. The editor of Up To
Date. having nearly completed the SEN
tence under which he has been confined
here, is DESTROYS of securing a position
on some newspaper where he can en-
large the experience obtained in run.
ming this paper.
A Clever SwindIer.
The French police have put a stop to
o fraud which is so clever that the swim
dler almost deserved the harvest of
francs which he has been steadily reap
ing. The man has been making the
round Of fairs and other gatherings sell.
ing a rat powder which was perfectly
harmless, but struck rats dead on the
spot. In order to convince any skepticai
mar he first powdered a slice of bread
with the stuff and ate a piece himself
and then put the remainder under a
glass case in which was a rat. The rat