The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-04
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tice in Pennsylvania prisons according to
the Philadelphia Press. 1t is known by
the officials of the prisons and of the
courts, but way to prevent it is yet TO
be devised. A prisoner sentenced to a short
| term of imprisonment changes places with
a long term one OF course the short-term
man must agree to the proposition and
| carry out to the letter his part in the de-
ceptOn. This he does for money conSid-
GRAFTON. An instance of how easily pris-
oners can exchange their identity was wit
messed few days ago. when James Sui
| Ivan, who was Sentenced to fifteen months
! Imprisonment, took the place of James
Reilly, whose term was for two years. The
mistake was not discovered until long after
Reilly had been liberated, after serving
Sullivan's sentence. Opportunity for this
deception is afforded in the way in which
| convicts are received at the prisons. They
| go there in groups, under the care of
| tipstaff, who seldom knows them The
dockets of conviction do not Identify them,
and when they are lined up before the
warden it is a simple matter for one pris-
oner to answer to the name of another.
To prevent anything of the kind occurring
prison officials say that a photograph of
each prisoner, together with his name and
description, should be furnished by the
warden, and that the prisoner should be
Identified at the time he enters the prison
The chances of evading fares on the
street cars of German cities are very
slight, says the Chicago Records Co ogne
letter. When a passenger steps on a car
the conductor Immediately asks where he
is going, and then prepares his ticket.
which serves also at a receipt for the fare
| The preparation of a ticket consists only
in detaching IL from a block and punch-
ing It or marking it with pencil. This
process involves much more work than
the simple process of ringing up The fares,
as conductors do in America but the task
is ightened by the fact that only a GER
tain number of persons are permit d to
ride on a car at the same time. The num-
Der Of sitting and standing places is plain
ly marked on each car If a car is design
ed to carry thirty persons, no mere than
thirty persons will be permitted to ride on
that car at the same time. When any
thing in Germany is forbidden it is Sc tel
once for all. In order that ev-ry p1rs N
who rides shall get the prescribed ticket
inspectors are employed who spend their
time in ascertaining whether the conduc-
tors are doing their duty. These ms &C.
tors step into the cars and ask the pas
sengers for their tickets. They noe the
number of the tickets and whethe they
correspond with the stubs retained by the
conductor. The clerk who gives out the
blocks of tickets to the conduc ors notes
the number of the uppermost ticket and at
the return of each block co lects from the
conductor who returned IL as many fares
as there are tickets detached. The ral
of fares varies from 21a cents to cents
according to the distance. Small CHI ldren
are carried for one-half fare, and any one
for the sum of $2.50 may secure a ticket
which entities him to ride as much as he
wishes for one month. When car is flu
the conductor displays a placard bearing
the word Occupied"
Miss A. D. Singer says that swimming
physical benefits of which are incalcula-
BILE. The ancient Roman way of saying
that man was densely ignorant was:
HE can neither swim nor write The
| Romans regarded swimming as the best
exercise to develop strength, courage and
| beauty of body. II is all this, and more.
| There is hardly chronic ailment which
swim ming would not benefit. 1t is an alb
| solutely symmetrical exercise, employing
| the entire muscular system and both sides
| of the body in equal proportion 1t is the
| safest exercises, as there is no danger
| Of straining any one muscle from overuse,
| deve Opng one side or limb more than an
| other or of injuring internal organs, all
| evils possible in most other exercises, es-
pacially those practised with weights.
| Medical men are now prescribing SWIM
| ming, begun with extreme moderation and
| increased in distance very gradually, for
| the cure of many ailments. The deep, long
breathing strengthens the lungs. Inc leg
motiCns are of sovereign value TO those
who have inactive digestive organs, Undue
| ing a thorough yet not violent exercising
! If the abdomen, and undoubtedly assist
| ing in the restoration of prolapsed viscera
| 10 proper position. Swimming has the in
estimable advantage gilmore than many
| eXer isss-making invalids forget their all
| ments. II is so absorbing and interesting
| that "peristaltic woes" are for the time
unr m mbered and the appetite and the
| digestion are stimulated in a way which
puts the invalid in good mood with HIM
| self and every one else. The sooner in life
one learns 10 swim the better but il is
never too late. Miss Singer lays special
| stress on the importance of swimming for
women, who can beautify their figures
and put life into their fiabby muscles by
| daily practice of swimming. She recon-
mends hem to stay in the water until the
exercise has put them into a glow, then
| dry rapidly, take a short walk in the sun
| slime and then lie down for a short time,
| and adds: do this steadily a few months
and you will be a new woman in the right
sense of the word" 49,
The making of false antiques has be-
come a regular business. says the Chicago
News. Many people who like TO have pic
| turesque Old furniture and curios around
| them cannot afford to pay the high rate
of prices charged for originals, and they
|
can be had at comparatively small expense.
One dealer who owing to the difference in
price sells a dozen reproductions to one
antique now, says that the business is
perfectly legitimate; il the reproduction
| is made like the original and sold as such
no harm is done, and the purchaser gets
what he wants a a low price. Repre-
auctions of rare pieces of antique furni-
ture can be honestly made and sold, just
as copies of fevorite oil paintings are re-
produced and sold. The dishonesty is
VII en- the dealer tries TO sell the reproduc-
ton as an original Poplar, bass and
white maple are the woods ordinarily USED
for the manufacture of false antiques. 1t
is common practice to make the base or
core for the work of some light wood, such
as pine, over which is laid veneer of oak,
birch or mahogany or other hardwood.
| This gives an article which. while being
| to all intents and purposes a piece of
| hardwood furniture, weighs much less
| than the original Still another stVle IL