The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-12

This prison life and ceaseleSS grind
! Is hard enough to bear;
Sweet freedom lost, the bars in sight,
The convict's garb 1 wear.
Today the sad, sad message came,
It said to me: Your father is dead.
The future seems a doleful blank,
! And grief from heart-springs fed,
Drives Hopes sweet promptings from
my breast.
| My cup of bitterness now is full,
And dull despair holds sway;
| There seems to be no hope for me,
Since fathers passed away"
| VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
| There are various departments in the
paper which are carefully edited.
There is a religious page, which is de-
voted to religious subjects and some of
the articles are exceedingly well writ
| ten. Some of the prisoners delve in fic-
ton and produce good short stories
Then there is department of per-
sonals and observations" of witty
sayings. Some Of them follow:
Visitors galore lately.
The crops are progressing.
Bread may be the staff of life, but
, little roast beef helps US along on the
journey wonderfully.
Talking too much is not one of our
faults.
Truth is left-handed with some men.
The way of the transgressor is hard.
but some transgressors have rubber
tires on their carriage wheels.
Well, old boy Sponge Cake, they tell
us that you proclaim yourself an ex-
pert bookkeeper. How about it?
Visitor-When I compare your lot
with mine, I feel that have much to
be thankful for.
Prisoner-When you compare lots
yes. but when you compare houses on
| the lots you're not in it, see?
| 1t is with narrow souIed people as II
is with narrow necked bottles-the less
they have in them the more noise thew
make in pouring it out.
| No lie ever lived to die of old age.
Every time sermon is heard with
out repentance the devil gives the fire
| another stir
| Don't regard our wasness; only our
| 1sness. and our henceforthness
| If time is money. we would like to
| swap our surplus supply for cash.
All men are born equal. but they soon
| get over it.
1t is not always the other fellow
| that needs reforming.
Some fellows are not satisfied with
| justice when they get it.
| There are departments for women
| and many of the inmates of the wo-
mems prison at Auburn contribute
many interesting and instructive arti-
cles. There are departments for sport
1 nd fIn tote
| posted on the standing of the great
| leagues. Farming notes find con-
spicuous place, and fashion notes even
are not omitted.
Many towns and cities have adopted
what is known as the curfew law We
have it here and nowhere has it prov
| en- a greater success.
| The recording angel never strikes a
balance on his books by what is said
! of man on his tombstone.
| EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
| One of the most interesting depart
| ments is that on education. This de-
| partment has been most carefully edit
| ed by Convict No. 1,5O1, the assistant
editor of the paper. Each issue con-
| tains lessons in various subjects. He
| has printed questions for the prisoners
| to solve. They have access to school
| books and in the next issue he gives
! the answers received. The convicts
| obtain in this manner much valuable
| education. Those inclined to learn are
! thus enabled to obtain an excellent ed
ucation in mathematics, history, gram
| mar and other subjects if they apply
| their minds to it. This is a depart
ment that ought to be fostered.
AN EDITORS FAREWELL.
Ever since the Star of Hope was
! started No. 1,501 has been assistant
editor, and he has had charge of the
Educational Department. With the
| current issue he sewers his connection
with the paper by reason of the ex-
| piration Of his term at Sing Sing pris-
| on. III the last issue he issues on
the editorial page his farewell address.
| The article is an able one and is here
| with given in full:
I'm this number we do our last edit
| ing, and the management of the Star
falls into other hands. The last day
the last hour of our long incarceration
at this institution has come.
"Rejciced as we are at the prospect