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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-11-05
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sauEuinary Duel. That Took Pla e
In London In 1909

sauEuinary Duel. That Took Pla ee
In London In 1903.
Dueltng in England in 1903 was often
very sanguinary business
On a Friday morning in March of
that year a most extraordinaryy duel
took place in Hyde park. London, be
tWeen Lieutenant Esof tie naYg and
Captain J. of the 'ar1ng. The ntag-
dfasts arrived aathe aplei ntedsplaee
within few minutes of each other.
Some dispute arose respecting the dis
lance, which the friends of Lieutenant
w. Insisted should not exceed six PAGES,
white the SECONDS OF Captain J. urged
strongly the rashness of so decisive a
distance al ana Insisted on it's '9eing ex5
tended. "
At length the proposal of Lieutenant
Us eIadS-Was.~asre to,-~and'-the
parties fired per signal, when Lfeuten-
ant N!AreeeNed the:ishot of his adver-
sar8 on the guard Of his pistol, which
Ftere a way thesthird and fotFth fingers
( Of ~fiis *rigEt':kand. THE seconds then
interfered 10, no purpose. The son of
ASPi unS. os3poiShelS, SatioN0. ~. heAAtt'
wrapped his handkerchief round his
hand and svore' he had another which
never failed >himt ~ - - ''.'''
Captain o J. called 3his3 second: aside
and teidyha1a lt was III vain to urge a
reconciliation l4,:.: al :;-.. -: ,.a.2
Il They again took their ground. r1,..,
:: On Lieutenant, ". receiving the pis7
.tol in his left hand. he looked, stead
tasty at Captain j.. for some time. then
cast his eyes TO heaven and said in a
low voice, --F'orstve me!' ~.."'''
The parties fired as before; and both
tell o Captain, il hreueived'.f the Shot
through. 1.-the, tbeaaf AID. Instantly: %ex-
pired .-...-.Lieu Lieutenant W ....r resolved the
bail IN I,fss left breast and fnmedia teiy
suired sofs riensa4af CAPTAIN Us
wound ::$was answered
$|itniitiie affirnlattve. he thank ed heaven
::hsb had::aived thnsss lang requested. d
il mourning might be
5faE Is stsr md might
assalrs fiji iii le oment
easeeIy fin,
isaietf aIte:aMagdss hen quantity Of
ttaaoa burst ffrsa1n Ills WOUND aud he ex.1
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He Knew

II don't see: how: man eaf, be so
mean" expostulated Mis-. Cohwigger.
"Just because I'm going a few miles
out Of the city to spend day.or two
with an old school friend you rave like
a mailman, about the expense You
know very well, Henry, the railway
fare IL only 40 cents" = =$ w.,
II know that my DEAR: replied
Cobwigger, land I know also that ey-
cry time you 60 on one Of these little
trips you spend at least $2s#for the
things you say are absolutely 3necessary
to make you presentable. York
Times. EHH
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4 1t d sos neessasx prAssIasess ,

r. W Ia Eff5H4hfffkkA RsssHssfss "
the Northwest to go to the South and
East for hot water, pleasure, and
curative baths.
=Neas.SpEingdale, Montana, --on~the
Northern Pacific, are Hunte,:s Hot
Springs, temperature 14S degrees to
F16Staeg Hahr.;. fA@fig; 2o99 gal
Ions per minute, 1000 feet above the
sea.~delightfll y situated in the foot
hills of The. Crazy moun'sins, over
Hooking = tile beautiful yellowstone
river and: valley God :: b o4l. cot
tages, = hath' houses, and swimming
pools. Rates So so pc" day, SIS 90 per
week, fnc1u Ing baths. ,,..
Baths are good for AL rheumatic,
skin, liver, kidney ard stomach dis
eases. Appointments comfortable
ard satisfactory, Cow railway RATA
from points en- N. P R..', Good hunt
ing and fishing In the streams and
mohnlails. ,.'.'' 49,. 49, ..~ ..,c D
For information write: j.: E.: McQDr-
mick, Hunter's1 How Springs: MIN.
'taria, or call Oil any Northern Pa@c
Railway Agent. ,,> ,,.l- s.
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The Glenwood Academy offers thoro
instruction in the following courses:
Academic, Normal. Commercial. Art,
and Music. Tis:i on $1,000 for twelve
weeks; Board a1.I5 per- week; Room.
heated lighted aud furnished, 40 cents
per week. ...
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fed. Sold bv ali druggists.

st,re
n stops the paiu of burns aud scalds and
heals without a scar. Keep box
handy. 25 and SOC by all druggists.
Annie-Better doctor your heal5 ag5a
fore applyeng beauty remedies. Asid
yourself of constipation 6fifs
I with Rocky Mountain tM IL
4 have d beautiful complexio9S u is
Hanson & Emerson. Sssssg*::ss;ssss
The Ladies are cordially idSfSsasato
call at the Palmer Hotel on Novem-
1 Der 9, 10 and 18th where the Misses
Il Porter & Pay, of Mankato. Mimi.
1 will have in display complete line
{ of Art Needle Work. and materials,
for your inspection.
Hew maay pc Qalssaa. YOU kaeMs Who
: hayeae gleeied Aco
it dsysia ppsa bot col oqorP Is 81.
monis Gss|a bossle ole sUau gh
l Cure and urs 30 ts ts esspsgh atonce.
/ It's daHgsfons 70 let W rub. and
Soc by aHdraggisfssA
Two hundred odd, mems suits at
Guthmann g. Abeles Co.'S. 90 at SOC on
/ the dollar.
MARRIED-At the home of the
BRIDES parents, on Wednesday Nov.
4 4at Gcio ckk sss:'l fsss III Iewie Gad haw
/ add AIMS Rsa, CVR Baes
/ count crping theSeefsm oHgA M
I and 40 baw wiAreside Sonas .hA
weldhfarnsest of toSn.A s1
Are you going to the Minnesota Wis
/ consin Foot Ball Game at Madison,
Wisconsin, on Thanksgiving Day?
The "NorthWesterpx Line'.r has fopf
I trains dafiS from Tie Twip cities.
For rates or other information ad-'
drssaH! R 1Gfoshap ,~1tav. J AghL st.I
Il Paul, MINI.
Any liasn collar q IGuthmsdp 8
Aleles Co.'S. for SC.
ga Messenger Boy" which comes to
the epsra5 house Friday evening" CNoy.
IL, rh play that never grows old. 1t
3 is iike,good wine; improves with Iage.,
4 THIS omedy drama has been before
8 the public for four consecutive years
{ and Its drawing powers are greater
athap4 ssXssr. zEssse,hhRssssspa increases iss
q popularity and nrichass1sss owner.
The psaaaetlon4 hast heerO keptqu TO-
Observation-Disclosures sinprovenents,
sbeiag smade cepsrantiy.i Whenever:
Ian daeaeoccurs nranaop bortuniyso pren
Recommendations tdnprovin$sitsKe s!psr!i
Sformanee, i itbaasn d0nei aaHesftatihs fy
Bwithaun tegspdltoisxpehss Os aaoasAd
in SO doing. ,.s.
! !@|9!;E s.! Qa,HL;g||!R!lk,
= Gusranteed-2sc and SOC by ali druggists.
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A quantity OF cheap lumber suitable
tor' fencing @nd roiighei' work Bin
building. Af1o fenea posts OF 'vviaritp sus
90 I,riiIL- y: ~: III :: =: =. I.
kinds, fr:om We c%nt !s ny. ..ApplysHo
:s5.,.}, T,gs 7 - & ! BYRON 4, CARR.
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IN vAa,sD eylsE.
Definite De Word Is Susceptible

DehnftfONa4EfRe Word In Susceptible
of WAapiversiAcatio
4 What is ahces Eyen the colo;
Rauialnss of emf sa ea. When
IKE sa r0Elaaeihgr otacaii
HEAny as distinguished
from wia or what is true we
mean one thing, but quite another
when we apply the term romantic to
natural scenery. And in this applica-
ton We must distinguish between the
D efee pRou ps lofi thht SaHsh mer&aS
romantic because of human assoaia-
TONS with certain sights or sounds and
that Wildnesst o6 nafura> whicR weeaill
romantic because of its absolute. dis
ISOLATION from anything humanfrt9tI
! Keeping out or mind the Use Of the
word in artistic and literary criticism,
let ps try to find what element of
eopsile PCS there if.t4 the dtyyerstties
In a1i that is generally called NO
mantle I'd neo casesl above mentioned
there is the common element of
strangeness. We easily revert to what
must have been the original sense of
the swoFd in its cazsnectioh awifh Those
medieval notifications of the Latin
otongpe known has thebi " f.afa 7, alsnill
, qua gessoiThe SaN 4o9hn,d FL bsl4.tbsEqa&
rhpsaly e found bis nstlS';bsd bnA fstfsrths
sfoeE5, al so @sI yN r." s'Y4LO7 nedy
!. e efsg s TIC Eonlyffib 9hlss 4stlA .sfr Q
raveiI or rennensnf & I5Afs nthtlseG ,h+.io !,
he wohid to- meet the newly deHela,,et 3
oneed bsrfow the graaes tef the .R b. essst
spsech-that is,YhS Gorl9 sY4dseif
Harpers Magazine. .sy W ,y4rsT snUtn
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nChilelfeh 4nxe Coles dueh Cure and
III HY 5ithSs f t:lo ' X T1bs best. thf
foHeell%sIo a weHd2tea tht misei:is 4uf
hcienr5 Get eeEisEs. 30 and 5Dcib,
all drug tets.,s y q
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LOCAL ITEMS.

Any SOC tie in the house goes at $40
at Guthmann & Abeles Co.'S.
The Keller Manufacturing Co., are
turning out some handsoms slelghs.
Two rooms for rent, fufni> hes8 and
cared for, Enquire of NJ c"rfirish
Mrs. Thos. Burke, on Msssfaae w.,
tied relatives in the city Tuesday aud
Wednesday.
Mems and boys mittens and gloves,
=-rsps1tarsr1p
mann & Abeles'.
Miss Esther Sprsgpe spent Sunday
at home, returning to ST. Cloud on
the evening flyer.
-------.~ At the election at Mefruse- Nov. 8
DIR. E.J. Campbellwas elected mayor
by large majority.
-F&N Mrs. Jud Wicker and M iss w :. F
Angel. of Willard, visited fre"ds' ~
g. q the city on. WednesdaS ::*7si :, < 80
.rfS:, The, Ladies' Musical CLUB will meet
40 with; MRS. Hillsdale NEXT Mondh af-
80. :. 81. ternoon, at $50 O'Clock" =: =
e. =, That affair OF the high sehoel4c lsss
-" proved a very PLEASANT =. enhPs, aha:
- the boy say9it was :a'success:s ~; h
If you want the latest and best fhaE
ispassing, see; "a Messenger BoS.I II
the Opera House Friday Nov Is. III
's:oT pCapt: Hansen swss nsaked Us New
Paynesvf11s on Monday to enter the
- hospftaf OF Or. hon, tor speeis. treat
I51 mentes;Is &-.!t.4wa a1&=< .:as!aalss
-i::;-i:: Wait! .@There are goed4 thbags in
store for you Friday evening@Nev+ l3
when - A:MesengeroBeyiawiIl be seen
-..~s at the.O Opera House. :: ;>,f 4@%
T. sn. 49, Coles Cough Cure The cure that
Ese4c cures theQouggh-What's more # cures!
81 - the cause of the cough, lbs asWj nler.
-: Try # 81 81 ana soc byiait drag !; lists.
$3.50 Thos.ssGosgrovs,: al ytill fsagdd, Sho
sustains couple of br oxen ribs by
kick frron 1ai'Sh6if}sae, 4 wasaih town: CON
~ salstng Wist k1rghi H5S'ys sInsa
aAlu,day. 49&1st.2 r. Gzsgz,.i} Is 42arT
s..'T Mrs. w? Fe Ben jathf has aresh med
a.. from saue, Gshtre where sho Was .dal-
ed by the suddenr death: a4d The bqGs
ial Of her father, the tate Jacob Diet
xsts ch.-7Joarna1 Fl Press: ,.r x~',
aaw Observation-Disclosures uonoainin4; two
90. checks drawn or: the Monarch 5Eleva-
"a a., tor. CO. at Westport, in favor otNV 81
sq>:ltSwiftsc Finder ewilioplease: leaNe- at
the Bank of SaukGentfg. i IA;
Coles Laxative Liver Pills-the per
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twenty-five cent mittens at Guthman n
& i Ab2eellefss G{ho's;gg,o a. 19c..; -. 1!
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
LIMITED ROOM AT PINEHURsT.

Ptnehurst y. G. March IS tSpeciaD.-For the first
time in three weeks the hotels in the Pinehurst
limited owing TO influx OF visitors who have
been working up from the South to escape the heat
there The weather continues superb.
An invitation cotillon at the Carolina this week
a reritition of the affairs which have made
this present winter notable 1t vas arranged and
manag gcd by II. O. Curtis Davis Of New-Yo7l. Mr..
Davis and Miss Carew. of Norwich, Conn. led
through series Of figures. which ranged from the
picturesque to- the amusing. The favors were par
ticuldrly attractive: Japanese fans and rosebud
boutonnieres for the women, Japanese parasOls and
tobacco pouches for the Mrs. Charles j.
CareW, of Norwich Conn, and Mrs E A. Free
man. OF Montclatr n J.. were the irons Of the
evening. among the guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur c. Ketcham. Burrows McNeir Harrison
Tweed. Roy S. Durstne Miss Durstine. Mr. and
Mrs. George Van Keuren. Roy Wellman and Dr.
and Mrs Montgomery \. Crockett.
Among the many Informal was six
handed progressive euchre party at the Berkshire
given by Mr. and Mrs, James ". Mills. Of Phiadel-
phia, at which Mrs L. W Wiley, of Neu-York.
prizewinner A. T. Madden. of Scw-York.
the winner of six handed progressive euchre
party at the Berkshire Tuesday evening.
Late Ne"IoT 5sI arrvals tnGude MI , and nd Mrs.
YliSms s5 Miss I {ap r Pr4gf MI and rSd Mrs James mes
Misses Freeman. Miss Dorothy Dean. Mr. and Mrs.
| William Ray Gardiner. Mrs j. =. Cook. Mrs
Gideon Fountain the Misses fountain IrS Era
Il II k3@n G NM M 1ofen k29n p MI ioma amd MIR Mr. 4rsf
er, Mrs. Hubbard, Mr.. and Mrs: NJ H. TreadwelL
Mr. and Mrs R. E Perkins. Mrs E NJ Wiley,
Mrs a H. JoslyR; Mr and Mrs, G. A. Lockw29d cod
4, MoWbray, F. 3, McGay. Edwin Lord E; Burton
Hart TsI EdWn vi y san90Tn = p % TeT r BGnj
A.. seitz, Charlcs r. Burnhan, John NJ Ward.
GIocK MIR and Mrs 6. P, Cowenhovcn Francis II
White Miss Gowenh9yen Nj and Mrs l. A
Alice c. Thompson.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

tected, and 1t would be folly to menace vice
with no retribution. But to harden men and
women in vfciousness. to make no effort to edu-
cate and develop the good in their natures-tnis
is cruelty and Madness
''Of course, there is the real genuine criminal
too obtuse to feel pain or remorse in prison
cell? I mean the hopeless brute.
Yes; but remember the majority Of cases are
moral imbeciles-cases for the psychologist and
surgeon. not for the military governor and the
ordinary prison doctor. Remember-for the
whole thing hangs on thfs-the majority Of our
criminals durable. They are not the eX-
ccption. they few choice specimens.
Please hold tight to that. And as for the real
brute-well how is it that he has dropped so
far behind in the race? We know what makes
the successful scholar the skiful engineer and
the brilliant musician. What makes the Crinli-
nal? What makes the cruel. hopeless brute?
There is the effect; where shall look for the
cause ~
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

- - rasey.s latest uneiodrauaa, 1.-The Suburban" "
Aas been run off nightly at the Academy OF MUSIC
an the last week and. from the size and entnu-
ssasrn Of the crowds 1t is easy to guess that the
So has eore TO its own It is bound to draw the
Academy audiences into the theatre Cor many
s-eeks to come. and II 1t does not draw IN some
folks from the more sophisticated regions nortn Oh
YNenty-third-st. that s distinctly their loss or
The Suburban is good to see as II Is sooo' al'e
n AJet of. French cooking, to eat Johnny cake or
A-,~vr bread Joe The Suburban and Johnny
esSs sre both so frank. so ingenious. so whoie-
souas The one is made Of the old SITUATIONS We
all know OF the old ingredients OF Villany anu
virtue of vice at last vanQuished and trust al as'
t-surnuhant and put together by an apparently
r6sculously simple recipe and served hot with the
hu.ter OF horse race The other is made OF so!oen
meal the plain crushed kernels CT the corr' @'So
mt together with apparent simplicity. anu sei'e
with real butte--and lots Of IT, PeTha''s IL Is iot
no easy as It looks 10 make good melodrarna: II
"a hard enough to make good Johnny CAKE. but
either one must be easier to make than Gramaf'za-
tion Of a psychological situation or French
sauce-otherwise would have more OF eaCH' -
Johnny cake at the Waldorf or the Holland House
would be spoiled by an outlandish name anu
fork: q rneIodrama upper Broadway Is spoiieu
tv more or less pretentious claims on character
drawing" and the fear that the simple ingreolents
syiu be recognized. That is rot the case at Iiie
Academy. There the audiences want their Johllny
-ste hot and golden they very properly oenlafiu
that they be allowed 10 eat II Will 'i'ei-
They CRY for butter. and they call What tney e e
nv Its SoodIy name. And why isn't the result closer
"a rostoys idea of'a diet and far nearer his ideal
of art than Resurrection at the Victoria: ii ne
would consent 20 print it in English not IN itah-
ciseo Russian proper names. the purple phrase
masters opinion the subject might De OF III
terest
or course the crovyning virtue OF The Suburban
,s the great horse race scene: who ever heard OF
Johnny cake without butter? 1t is the last scene OF
IN. third and next to the last. act II represents
the yearly event at Sheepshead Bay win thriii'nS
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

The puzzle?"
..Nhy they steal why they sin, why they go
straight into hell with their eyes open. I'm a
missionary, and my bUsin,*T is only with the
heart of man. but / can't help seeing that the
cause isn't in the heart and I can't help feel
ing that science might be able to tell us where
il is and how to cure it. I've saved men for
months-men who have done stretch after
stretch: the hardened, crop-headed jailbird
with the lost voice, the gray skin and the
hunted eyes I've seen these men working hard
at an honest tredn. earning money. paying back
the advances made to them at the start. and
singing like boys over thcir work. And then
another ten years: Why" Their letters reach
ne l don't know why did IT. hut was COM
pcIled to 90 it, why cannot I be as your sons?
Why should there he power within me i'm
peIlmg ne to do these things" You know
have. fallen but you don't know the hundreds of
times I have put the temptation from me.
tell III M book of Il man who had mania. lit
c-.lly d r7,ni2, fer stealing watches; also of a
rcOr. Wrltcncd woman who spent her days In
stealing boots. Why is it that some people feel
irlpelled steal enc certain article and nothing
els: There are many such cases What is the
psychological mystery" They wiring their hands
il! the cell and tell me with tears. 1 can't
help il! ! can't help it" They wake up from
a crime done in kind of sleep. to find them
selves locked u0 ike mad animals. They live
for weeks and months without the temptation,
and then suddenly the overwhelming
force that iTaDels them to utterly un-
reasonable, and from their point of view utterly
unnecessary, act of crme-and then prison.
Mr.. Holmes told that in the opinion Of
certain foremost Elen the day is coming when
every criminal Will be the subject of scientific
examination.
That is what pray for" he cried. IF only
Science would say to the public. L explain.
and l think | cure the public would re-
spcnd-I feel sure it would. But Science doesn't
speak. and the public doesn't believe that it
a great hero. we'll great savants we're
only waiting for who Will dare A
prison, you see ought to be an asylum for treat
ing moral diseases That is the great point
What do you want with military governor?
And are the prison ofica!s-excellent men them
selves-qualifled in any pathological way for
their infinitely delicate and difficult work? The
doctors not specialists IN mental disease.
and too often. l fear. the chaplains know moth
ing of human nature. And these are the off,
cials placed by the State over innumerabIe men
and women who provide science with one of the
mast interesting. 1t Is one of the most tre-
meadous. problems in civilization! How dread
fully wastefuI it all is! Think Of the money
poured out and the lives penned in! Mind you,
prisons must punish. Society must be pro-
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
ADVENTURE OF a NEWSPAPER MAN.

News of the blowing up and sinking of steam
boat the Ohio River some distance from Pitts
burg reached the office OF PittsbUrg paper one
evening years ago. A supply of money was
hastily thrust in young reporters hands-a re-
porter who has since risen 10 journalistic promi-
nence--and he instructed get to the scene as
RAPIDLY possible. hurried trip the station.
without stop for anything enabled him to leap on
the first express bound Westward Once board,
he Informed that the train did make a
stop. after Allegheny. until about sixty miles be-
yond his destination. cautious hint from a Pull
porter aPprised him of the presence OF a divi-
sion superintendent. ON the train. and In few min
utes he secured order the conductor to have
tiOn late at night he asked the telegraph operator
TO remain until ha returned. Walking several miles
to SECURE his st9ry he returned as quickly as
garded his request and had closed the office.
With time creeping into morning hours and the
prospect of his work going for naught unless he
secured an operator to set the story his Office,
he desperately tramped about the unghted village.
only find that the he wanted lived several
miles distant. Unsympat thizirg country folk who
vouChed that information through closed doors
could not be induced 10 exert themselves further.
forth on the railroad platform. Suddenly he no.
ticed the sleeping form of d tramp huddled against
foot he offered the prostrate man five dollars to
make hurried trip for the operator.
The man quickly got to his feet.
DO you want an OPERATOR ne asked.
Certainly. with some emphasis.
Well. I'm a bum. but I was an operator II
you can get into that station I'll send your stuff.
but won't touch a door window myself
Without talking further the reporter found a
cudgel, broke the window. clamhered IN and cleared
the reporters last difficulty was dis sipated. The
tramp clicked of the story. and the copy reached
the story many years later as an example of what
luck Will do for man.-CThe Worlds Work
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

even if paroed they will he under supervision.
returnable to prison for misconduct or breach OF
parole.
This has directed anew the minds Of those
Who strive to elevate the criminal class to the
old question whether. after all, society is treat
ing its lawbreakers in the way most benehclal
to themselves and to it On this point Iho1nas
Holmes the well known London missionary
whose work is supported by the Church of Eng
land Police Court Mission Fund. has decided
views some of " hch are set forth forciuly in
an interview in THE Pail Mall Magazine
rs there nything,' he was asked IN the
crusade against whipping bad boys?
Nothing" he said The whipping OF boys Is
the most rrerCiful Of our present puIlishHents-
What would ycI do with lad caught throwing
stones at Passing train? Let him off vita
q caution? He would Go ii again. Send
him to prison? Cod forbid. No. the prison
is not only utterly unfit for rvs q 1E'>
kind. but the terror of it is the no : useful de-
terrent to the juvenile mind. Whippirs afte:
all is the most salutary punishment for boys.
1t hurts for sharp moment it is remembered
and it has 70 de1noralzing effect upon the mind
The sort of bov who would be de@loraliaed by
whippfng never enters a police court on a whip
ping charge
And prison. you think, de.:2oralizes"'
1T is the most serseless brutal and wicked of
all human schemes for checking crime Appall-
i1glv STUPID! When think of men know sit
ting IN their dark cells at night-they put them
to bed at S oclock!--I can almost cry with the
pain of it. IF the idea is simply 20 punish. the
present system is admirable: 1t is suprenlely
devSh. But. I take II. the State, when it gets
hold of a man who has broken one of its laws,
desires TO send him back to the world speed
ily as possible. to work honestly and truly for
the good of the nation But what does the
prison do? It crucfes a and harders him
past redemption It intersiies his bitterness
against society, and adds horrible darkness to
the chaos OF his moral nature. Do you know
these words OF a prisoner?-:hey are worth
mcnbering: know how many nails there are
in the floor within reach of my eye. and the
numbcr of the seams also: am familiar with
the stained spots the splntered burrows, the
The floor Is q well known map to me-the map
Of monotony-ane con its queer geography all
day and at night in dreary dreams. l know the
splotches on the whitened wall we'll as know
the warts and moles on the hopeless faces oppo-
site me. My mind is a mill that grinds moth
ing. Give me work-work for heart and mind
or my heart will lore its last spark of hope and
my brain its last remnant of reason Think of
those words for night or two, as you move
freely about the rooms OF your home And
think OF them when you wake to an open win
dow and the freshness Of s new morning. Think