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men to be in the midst OF green food, the
product their own labor, and to know
that, after tho pick of it is sold TO the officers
or given to the cows, the surplus Will be
given TO the pigs
~ wriing On the daily routine OF prison
life. Lord William says that iOr the ma alority
Of the men Sunday is the most wearisome
dav in the week The prisoners are un-
locked at A. NJ. little exercise. two
services. and by 40 they are locked up
again
A. NJ. At $50 slops are collected. break
fasts served and the prisoners again Locked
I'D till $50 o'clock. At O'Clock, by which
hour the cells have to I've tidied, there is q
service of fifteen minutes in the chapel
Then work begins.
At II o'clock the men are searched. re-
turn 10 their cells and have dinner. At
o'clock they are searched rgaln ana then
return to work. AT o'clock labor FOR the
day is finished the men 60 Lack to their
coils and suppe-e are served.
At 8:iO o'clock the cells are visited to
sec that the IN, n are all right, and they
are then locked up for the night The men
are not allowed to 60 to bed till o'clock,
or even to take their beos ;'own until
bell rings in the hall at ten minutes to s.
In winter the lights are kept on Until 8.
Exactly the same round is repeated on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. On Saturday there Is no work in
the afternoon, 40 Wntn t1c men 20 70 tieH
cells for dinner, soon after IL O'Clock, they
do not le I'VE them gain until about 80 clock
on Sunday morninR-a twenty-five hours
spell Of solitude. Once fortnight every
cell il turned over-that IL, thoroughly eS-
ar.ined-ard the inmate himself is stripped
and searched. In addition. 1t any man u
suspected Of having anytling concealed,
he may he seached several times a week.
Once a week ach man tas Ia scrub out
his cell during the breakfast hour. Once
n week ais }. each man IL shaved, or, rniher
the hair on tie iacc is clipped TO within a
sixteenth of an inch. and every second
20 an eighth Of an inch. Every man has a
hot bath once week.
During tn, ir first year prisoners are al
lowed to receive two visits. each of twenty
minutes du alton. from their friends. and
to write and receive two letters. During the
second wear they are allowed TO receive
three visits, each Of twenty minutes' dura-
ton and to write and receive three letters.
During the third " ar they may receive
our visits, and write and receive four
letters After that they are are allowed a
visit Of thirty minutes every two months
and may also write and receive a letter
every two months.
A man can earn r3 when in prison. which
, is given 10 him when he leaves. II does not
matter whether he has been in five or
twenty years. he can only get IS, IL he has
Joined one Of the prisoners aid societies
another Is is added by the society
when l first went TO prison., writes
Neville, photographs Of relations and
friends were allowed TO be s,nt to the men.
who, however, were only allowed 10 retain
them twenty-four hours. Now they are
allowed TO retain them altogether which
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officers tripping and get them into trouble. !"
When Lord William went to Parkhtlrst
no speaking between prisoners was al
lowed under any circumstances. Naturally,
men who have been shut up oil alone for
two-thirds OF the twenty-four hours will
II they can, seize an opportunity OF saying
a few words to a fellow human being.
Equally naturally, II is impossible for an
officer In charge Of twenty-five men to watch
each one all tho time. and Lord William
complains OF the unfai,ness of the cbiet
wardens in reporting for slackness those
officers undse whose charge they occasion
ally happen ii to see convict speaking.
With regard to this perpetual sil' nee
Lord William SAVE: Il think it most infamous
II is against nsturc. and !, caEnot pos
sibly be strictly enforced. Most men
can no more be prevc:ted from talking
II they get Tie oharcc than they can be
prevented from breathing.
1T would surely be much better for
every che II this were rcco gnized and a
certain amount OF conversation were openly
allowed. the officer, Of course. havire the
discretion to stop il when Eaoe>sary. so
that il may not interfere with the work
The authorities are gradually coming
round to this view.
when first went 10 Parkhurst no talk.
ro was allowed under any ci rcumsta anc>s
| hui under the nw regulations Of April
| 1900 men who had reach, d tie 'blle-colar
| etf cn-that Is, who have dCLc three fu!l
wears in prison with good conduct-wer'
| allowed to walk ana ak together for ahout
| three -auarters Of an hour on Sunday
! afternoon.
Cle oennot help thinking II strange
! 10 read the following words writ, II by
| n man who Is writhg from lhe coh'ic' )
point of view:
| with r, gard to tho warders and assist
ant warders, taking them at body, j do
| not think they could possibly bc improved
unof,. II was woCGcr to nae that they
| nN such a good class Of men to JOIN the
| 6rieon service. For the first few years IL
is neither morc nor lcss than a Go g's life,
ewing 10 the insane delight some Of tho
princiI,al warGcrs tokc in harassinR Eewly
| ,o;ned officers. Many really valuable and
| blan,e,ess men arc driven out OF the scrv!cc
| through not hcing properly nndled by
! their SUPERIOR officcrs II tho first Instance.
Ono or two Interesting points such az
| the following occur III chapter on doc
| tors and Clergy.
cit In by no mcans on uncommon practice
| for men 10 make q wound on one OF their
| limbs, and scratch it to keep 1t opsn until
| a reaily bad sorc comes. or else 10 lie
| string tightly round a limb 10 as 10 produce
Inflammation. Serious cares OF self mutiIa-
tion sometimes occur.
.One man I remember. very good
worker, and wcl-bt hs we'd when ] knew him,
I,ad only one arm. The other arm he had
lost at Port land by deliberately placing II
TO bc crushed between two trucks m
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we're dressed up in white leople's cloi hes
AS Artenus Ward used to say.
Neither was thero a singlctex-Catholic
priest Whatever r,ay be the merits or
demerits Of the Catholic clergy, they have
the knack Of keeping outside OF convict
prisons, except when cngaged In their
religious dutica."
After an examination by the medical
oNc,r TO see that he is in good health. a
prisoner -on the afternoon before his re-
lease has his prison clothes. his books.
&c. taken from him, and he then has his
own clothes, which have been sent him
by lis friends, give him. or, IL he has none
Of his own, he is supplied with complete
outfit, consisting OF hat, suit, boots and
two sets OF undcrclothing. of the total
value Of CT I7s."
So far Lord William Neville gives a
general sketch of the experiences Of WELL
behaved convict. without entering into the
details of daily life, the treatment received
at the hands Of officials and other such
points. OF the several governors and
deputy governors he came In contact with
he speaks generally in high terms Of their
humanity. One governor of Parkhurst,
however, he describes as cruel. He makes
no serious complaint in his own behalf
indeed, no very seldom does--but tells the
following story:
There Is n rule that nothing must be
thrown out OF the cell ventila.ors on to the
rarade. But unless done for sheer mischief
or insubordination. it was looked on as q
tri6ing matter.
.On this occasion a boy Of sixteen or scven-
teen vas brought before the governor
charged with having thrown some scraps
Of bread through his ventiiator 10 feed
tho birds For this slight offence against
discipline tho miserable lad was sentenced
TO two days bread and water in tho punish
ment cells and fined eighty-four marks,
involving the loss OF eleven days 'remis-
sion'-in other words. two days starvation
and eleven days extra Imprisonment
for the heinous crime Of trying to feed the
sparrows.
In a chapter devoted 10 the officers OF
the prison 1t is very remarkable to SEQ how
kindly this convict speaks Of the principal
wardens ard all officials under them. OF
nearly all the chief wardens Of whom he
had experience he speaks we'll even warmly;
so. too. OF the under wardens.
His one great criticism Of tho chief war
dens Is not a complaint Of their treatment
OF the prisoners. but of their injustice to
the Junior wardens. OF some principal
wardens hc says:
Their one idea seemed to be not 40
much to maintain discipline a. to catch ths
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privilege is much appreciated by many.
Tooth brushes were not allowed either, but
this concession was granted after had been
at Parkhurst about year or more-cer-
tainly a move ip the RICH. direction.'
Lord William Neville declares that his
sentence was heavier than would have been
passed upon man OF moro humble rank.
His offence, even among his fellow con-
victs, was also rank, and he gives the fol-
lowing account Of his experience with .
violent convict. who was doing hfe sen
tence:
MY first personal acquaintance with him
was one day when was orderly in b hall
infrmary. and he was being brought back
to the punishment cells from chapel.
WIS busy washing the staircase at the time.
and as he passed me coming down tho
steps he kicked over the bucket, upsettinG
the water and neceesitating my cleaning
the iron work over again As he did this he
shouted out:
IAN you aristocrats ought to have
your throats cut"
Il thought I would teach him lesson for
this, 80 the next morning filed my blckst
with actually boiling water. and set It on
the stairs feeling sure he would kick y
& gain 80 as to mise ms d. my work twios
over. 1t turned out just as expected.
Prisoners undergoing punishment wear
low shoes. their heavy boots not being al
lowed ia the punishment cells. because they
would be formidable weapons to attack the
officers with. When me kicked the bucket.
therefore, and the boiling water went over
his feet he got such scalding that he howled
with pain, for man Of his type always cry
out loudest when they are hurt. He never
inurfered with me any more
To conclude with an experience OF tho
arstocratic convict after he had been set
frc-Lord William writes:
Il have received "a good many letters
from men who claimed to have been at
Parkhurst with me. Most Of these letters
/ took no notice of. hut some ! answered,
and have been TO See certain of the writer's
"One of the latter was 4 man who had
been admitted to the infirnlry several
times while ! was orderly there, and 70
whom took rather liking After long
journey by omnibus and train found the
place where he lived, and We had a tal<
about his ansair,,
He then said his mother would very
much like me to have some tea with them.
no he took me into the room where there
were four or five other peopie-his mother
and sister, or sister in-aw Il forgot which,.
and two other men. The mother was very
smart in "A black silk dress. and wore in
Vulnerable rinCs-such as they were on
most Of her fingers. and several gold chains
festooned over her very ample bosom.
When we had seated ourselves round the
table she suddenly turned 10 me and said,
with a sweep OF the hand that included the
whole company:
You need not he at all shy. sir; We
have all 'done time!'' the good lady think
ing. no doubt, to put me al my ease and
make me feel that we were all equal. and
that no one present could look down Oh any
Of the others.
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was probably the reason why he was put
70 caring, as &C few empioyments are
OMEN 10 men with his deficiency.
But It was proved that his health did
not suffer: and J can personally testify
that cartine il infinitely preferable to mop
;co In a cell have heard OF well-to-
do German bauer driving plough with his
old wife and COW in double harness, and
distributing his whip impartially between
them. At least. we were never whipped.
In January. 1900, general iil-health and,
in particular. vniicose veins made 1t I'M
possiblc for Lord William to remain longer
as a farm laborer. He was then trans
ferred to the printers and bookbinders'
class. Here he remained until the explra-
ton of his sentence. about one year and ten
months, with the exception of going for
month each summer 10 work on the farm
During the last wear 10 was II packer.
and was surprised at tho magnitude Of
the business. All the books and forms
used IN the COM let and local prisons In
ENGLAND and Wales, which number he
tween fifty ard sixty. are printed and bound
at Parkhnrst. making altoge ther the formi!-
shlt total of over 10000 bound books, Hnd
over .Oo0 900 Of printed forms ANNUALLY
While " orkng at this Job he complains
only # tho want Of exercise, which con-
sisted of Eve minutes walk each way to
and from work and about twenty minutes
exercise in the yard each morning. In
addition TO this, hSwever. he saws they got
a csrtain amount Of fresh mir twice dav
when they we're searched, or rubbed
dow NJ in prison slang. four times day
in the open.
When the time came for his iei"ase Lord
William SAYS: Il could not help feeling a
strange kind Of regret. ! am not At all
ashamed 20 say. for myself. that b'ing
naturally what rr. Johrfson called club
habl,' man, by which suppose he meant
srcguriou. ard sympathetic. had an
esprit dc corps towards, and a real liking
FOR, many Of the men. quite regardless ri
their crinoe.
Il believe that 'cluthabiiity' Is an innate
quality cf En- rglishmcn, and thnt 1t asserts
,.self in a convict prison just as mnch'
allowing for circumstances. as IT does
elsewhere. Certainly. We had encug'
variety to make harmonious whole.
think amongst us We represented almost
overy class ar profession.
There were ex-clergy men, ey y-dissrn'ing
ministers, cx-doctors, ex-sohcitorr-thesH
in overx helmins proportion to the others
.o,tIers. sailors. echoolmasters, bank
managers, and for a Il ne one ox-M. y.
1 do not remember any ex-har'1sters.
There mry have been many. but II 80 they
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At Ssc., 8sc.. 79c., ssc.. si.OO-Guaranteed
black tsffetas, l9, 81, % and ~ inches
wide, bright strong silk, double warp. y.
At ACC, SOC, O9c., &c.," Guaranteed
colored taffetas. All staple shades and The
scarce ones also.
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Our NO Is new Uf1n1 coai neateT, reg
ular price si4.ss, reduced to $1,000.
No. IL Cadet coal heater, regular price
O.. .4s, reduced to s8.2s.
No. IL "Dixie'' coal heater, regular price
es.9s, reduced to S4.2A
No % Magic" regular price siO.e5, re-
duced to s8.8s.
EVERYDAY NEEDS.
Acorn Soap, IS cake, for csc.
Large Ivory Soap, 3 cakes for 2Oc.
No. 2 Snow Bov Washing Powder, for 25c.
Electro Silicon Limited Quantity per boz, So
"Loese,s" Silver POLISH, 15c.
Yankee Cleaner, 15c.
Asbestos Iron Holders, &c.
Cake Turner, Wood Handle, &c.
Perforated Egg Turner, Sc.
Nickel Plated Cake Turner with hard wood
ndle,, &c.
Perforated mixing spoons, hard wood ham
dies, &c.
Keen's patent mop and brush handles, i5c.
Grennell's furniture oil, 19c.
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Our special Curtain strctcher. DC.
Star curtain sIeicher, S1.19.
The pinless curtain stretc.er, Si.oS.
Ironing boards, one piece. ~ inch. 25c.
Folding ironing boards, s9c.
Holly rolling pins, f4e.
HOUSEHOLD HARDWARE.
Cast steel clawhammes, Sc.
Cast steel ha,che,s, iOc.
Stove pokers, nickel plated, polished oak
handle, sc.
Nickel plated rut cracker, 1Oc.
Nat sets, nickel plated cracker and picks
in push lined box, 10c.
Mrs. Potts iron handles sc.
RELIABLE CUTLERY.
Christy steel pairing knives, &c.
Good steel bread knives, IOc.
French cooks knives, bone handles, i5c.
l. r. & c. butcher knives, 1Sc.
Kitchen carving sets, pieces, i9c.
German steel carving SETS pieces, 68c.
L F. & c. ebony handle table knives and
forks, per set. si.a5.
PEFRIGERATORS
Samples and odd lots 10 close out.
.Atout 50 in all sore are advance samples.
ard Others are of STYLES .ha. we have decided
Ito discontinue. All at about one-ttird OF.
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figures appear smaller.
l4-inch oblong roasting pans, 4sc.
lS.inch oblons roasting pars, CSC
l0-inch square roasting pans, 38c.
ll-inch square roasting pans, 45c.
l4-inch square ROASTING pans, csc.
ls-lnch square roasting pans, 7ec.
S-quar, dish pans. 4sc.
l0-ousrt dish pans, 5sc.
l4.quar. dish pans, 6ac.
2-quart rice b 7ilers, s3c.
3-quart rice boilers, 79c.
No. tea kettles. 75c.
No. 8 tea kettles. SOC.
No. g tea kettles, Si.OO.
2-quar, Tipped saucepans, 1sc.
3-1uart Tipped slucepans, csc.
4-quar Tipped saucepans, 3Oc.
l-quart tea pots, 35c.
l12-quart tea pats, 30c.
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che may Bousekeeper.

Bright, interesting stories, prae-
teal instructive departments, en-
tertaining special articles and pic
lures that please, make up The
Housekeeper magazine for May.
"Not a Sad Story" is the title of a
touching little tale, by Mary
Stewart Cutting, which tells how
a little boys death changed an en-
tire town for the better. An arti-
Gle by Jessie Alderman, the IA
nous woman traveller, describes
the many odd places Of worship
she has visited in various parts of
the world, illustrated by rare pho
tographs which have never before
been published. The relationship
between manners and morals is
delightfully."- discussed by Martha
McCulloch- Williams in the May
installment of "a Society Woman's
Letters to Her Daughter" The
bubbling humor is brought into
deeper contrast by a touch of
genuine pathos: the meeting of
millionaire and his aged illiterate
parents "Maud's Rose Wedding"
the third in the series of Twelve
Pretty Weddings" is charmingly
described by Muriel Falkland.
The May Housekeeper is a model
magazine for the home.-Adv.
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or drawing it through series OF
dies, each die removing q small
portion of the surface until the
proper diameter is obtained. This
diameter is varied according to the
candle power and voltage OF the
lamp. Having brought the fibre
to the proper size, it is baked,
or carbonized, by a method similar
to gas making, except. that the
residue is the article particularly
desired, and not the gases that are
driven off. The fibre is row bent
around a graphite block SO as to
form a loop, number of fibres
being put on each block, which
is then packed in a pot contain
ing carbon dust and subjected to
the intense heat of furnace for
number of hours. During this
process air must be excluded from
the pot containing the fibre, other
wise a certain portion of their
structure would be burned
The carbonized loop is brought
to a, white heat by current of
electricity passing through itwith-
in vacuum. So we see the light
of an incandescent lamp is simply
the glow of carbonized bamboo
fibre within a glass globe from
which air has been excluded.
There are many other kinds of
electric lights, but time does not
permit description of them. I
have described the two varieties
in general use in hope that [ would
perhaps be able to convey some
information about them to such
of the members as have not books
upon this subject. PENDENNIs.
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explode if subjected only to what
would seem very ordinary degree

explode if subjected only to what
would seem a very ordinary degree
of heat, such as strong rays from
the sun, etc. It lie now believed
that the explosions are the result
of the rapid expansion of certain
volatile liquids inclosed in cavities
near the center of those precious
stones. A great many diamonds,
even tho cut, mounted and worn
as gems of perfection, are still in
an unfinished condition-that is,
the liquid drop from which the
stone is being formed has not as
yet deposited all Of it's ''pure crys-
tai of carbon" The movable drops
may occasionally be seen with the
naked eye.
When this is the case, strong
microscope will give the drop the
appearance of bubble in the fluid
of carpenters level. It. is also
highly probable that besides the
liquid mentioned these cavities
may contain gases under great
tension. This being the case, one
may readily comprehend how a
very small amount of heat would
cause the liquid and gas to expand
to such degree that the diamond
would give way with all the char
acteristics Of a miniature explo-
sion.-Ex.
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Electric Lights.

Paper Read Before the Chautauqua Circle.
In looking through my text
books for knowledge on this sub
ject I found SO much information
expressed in plain language, devoid
of technical terms that I copied d.
rect from my books the text as it
was written by the experts. [ have
gathered my information first from
one chapter, then another taking
only such as I believed to be of
general interest. So you see, this
paper is not strictly original, but
is composed of the thoughts and
language of many different cleo
trical experts. My share is but
that of the reader and compiler.
Edward Trevert says of the dis
covery of electricity: 1.-The Greeks
first discovered that there was
certain force in amber when rub
bed, and that it would attract
light bodies; this they called cleo
tron, from which CAME the word
electricity Webster defines cleo
tricity as "a subtle agent of
power in nature evolved in any
disturbance or molecular equilib-
rum, whether from chemical,
physical or mechanical cause"
Webster tells us the meaning of
the word electricity, but no man
has ever yet discovered what cleo
tricity really is. Edward Trevert,
one of the best informed electrical
experts of our time, says, sit is a
question which none as yet have
been able to answer"
Albert F. Rohrer of the Thorn
son Houston Go. says: Electric
ity above all sciences is wholly
dependent upon experiment for it's
development. It is the product of
the labratory and of the scholar,
and is not due to the genius of the
inventor" Time will only permit
me to give brief description of
the electric lights in common use.
"In 1910 Sir Humphrey Davy
discovered the phenomena of the
electic arc" says Trevert. Davy's
description of his discovery is:
"When pieces Of charcoal about
an inch long and one-sixteenth of
an inch in diameter were brought
near each other. say one-thirtieth
or one-fortieth of an inch, a bright
spark was produced" CATER cur
rent of electricity had been passed
through the pieces of charcoal)
land more than half the volume of
charcoal became ignited to white
ness, and by Withdrawing the
points from each other a constant
discharge took place through the
heated air in space equal to four
inches, producing a most brilliant
ascending arc of light, broad and
conical at the middle" The cleo
trio arc light in common use today
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movable Drops in Diamonds. I,

It has long been known that dia-
monds, especially the class known
as "rose diamonds are likely to
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BASEBALL.

Standing Of the Clubs In the National
and American Leagues, and
American Association.
May g.