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New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

et tht r eT4yG iPs . & th he - has IS lost . an
less. crushed and broken man And heaven be his
witness that he has mis- humor thoroughly grattfed
at the faces of the men within them I tried to
picture to myself the thoughts and feelings natural
off. and the scene Of their captivity disclosed
AT first the man is summed HIS confnsnasnt is
a hideous vision. and his Old life a reality. He
dored TO despair BY degrees the ' insupportabIs
solitude and oarrenness OF the place rouses hin.
door is opened he humbly begs and prays for work
Give me some work 10 do, or I shall go rayino
He has it. and by fits and starts applies him.
upon him burning sense Of the years that must
f ne wasted S IN that stone coffin. and an agony so
from his view and knowledge that he starts from
With both hand epsd SR nS on S ape ih ss
hears spirits tempting him 20 beat his brains
'Tf his term OF Imprisonment be short-I mean
comparatively for short IL cannot be-the last half
year Is almost worse than all for then no thinks
the prison Will take FIRE and he be burned In the
ruins. that he is doomed to die within the walls
or that he will be detained on some false charge
and sentenced for another term, or that some
his going az large. And this Is natural. and I'M
Sn 40 ne fSo ag8s because after his
suIrering any event Will appear 70 him more prob
able IN tho contemplation than the being restored
10 liberty and his fellow creatures.
III his period OF confinement has been very long
His broken heart may fiutter for moment. whe1
he thinks OF the world outside and what Ii might
that Is ALL The cell door has been closed too long
on all Its hopes and cares Better 10 have hanged
him IN the beginning than bring him 20 this pass
and send him forth TO mingle with his kind who
are his kind -
"On the haggard face OF every man among thess
prisoners the same expression sat. 7 know NOT
what 10 hken IL 20. 10 had something OF that
strained attention which see upon the faces os
the blind and deaf. mingled with a kind OF horror
as though they had all been secretly terrified In
every llttlo chamber that entered. and al every
CRATE through which looked. / seemed to see ira
same appallins countenance IL lives I'm my mem.
3ry. WITH me fascination OF remarkable picture
farads pefore my eyes hundred men with on.
among them newly released from his solitary ant.
fsrinxs and would point him out"
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

the the Inn 4 golf tournament will be the feature OF
the day. while the fireworks display In the evening
promises to be fine. 1t is Anticipated that the
house viii be filled to it's capacity before that date
Mrs, II. p Jones, of Newark. and Mrs. g. e
Currier. of South Orange, were guests of Mrs. G.
G. McClave Wednesday.
James Stranahan Burke and Miss Burke. of
Brooklyn, are spending few days with 1. ID.
Hurlbut and the Misses Hurlbut.
DR.. E b. Dench and family again occupying
their apartment for the season
bridge party was the social event Wednesday
evening. Mrs. ". S. Gould and Mrs. s III. New
house We're the hostesses. The participants We're;
McClave, Mr. and Mrs w. s. Gould. Mr. and Mrs;
Leon Albeit, Mr.. and Mrs. j. g. Hannah. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. II. Newhouse. DR.. and Mrs. T.. B. Dench.
Miss Ethel Carhart. Miss A. b. Crary Mrs. u II.
Crary, Mrs. H. H. Bulley. Mrs p. L. Crovat. Miss
E. B. Gould. Wilkes McClave. e B. Baker and Mr..
and Mrs. n. Townsend Thayer After two hours
of playing the scores counted and prizes were
awarded as follows: Ladies' first. Mrs. II. B. Car
hart; ladies' second, Miss Ethel Carhart gentle
mems first. Mr. H. B. Carhart; gentlemen's second.
Mr.. w. McClave; consolation. Mr.. n. Townsend
Thayer.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
SEEING THE PRISONERS.

The first l saw seated at his loom at
work. He had been there six years, and to re-
main. think, three more. He had been convicted
receiver of stolen goods but this long
Imprisonment denied his guilt. and said he had been
hardly dealt by 1t was his second offence.
He stopped his work when went in took off
his spectaces and answered freely TO everything
that was said TO him. but always with a strange
kind of pause first. and in low thoughtful voice.
He wore a paper hat of his own making and was
pleased to have il noticed and commended. He
had very ingeniously manufactured sort of Dutch
clock from some dsregarded odds and ends and
interested in this contrvance. he looked up at 1t
with a great deal OF pride. and said that he had
been, thinking of improving it, and that he hoped
the hammer and little piece OF broken glass beside
II would play music before long" He had ex-
tracted some colors from the yarn with which he
worked, and painted few poor figures the wall.
one. of a female the door. he called The
Lady of the Lake
'Ho smiled / looked at these cOntrivances to
while away the time. but when l looked from them
10 him. / that his lip trembled. and could
have counted the beating of his heart. I forget
how II came about. but some alluson was made 10
his having a wife. He shook his head at the word
turned aside. and covered his face with his hands.
But you are resigned now? said one Of the gentle
men after a short pause. during which he had re-
sumed his former manner He answered with a
sigh that seemed quite reckless It's hopelessness
oh. yes: oh. yes! I am resigned TO It, And are
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
TOO MANY BOYS SMOKE.

Dividing the children into two classes-(a)
representing those IN good circumstances. (b)
representing those in poor circumstances-we
smoke, GO per cent do regular work after school;
Obj, so per cent of the boys smoke. 25 per cent
OF the boys and Al per cent of the girls work
after school hours. The girls receive 80 to 40
cents week for minding the baby Of some
nelghbor, the boys receive 40 to 90 cents week
Tor running errands and delivering parcels for
groceries. dairies, bakeries. drug stores. dry
goods stores and butchers Some Of these lads.
ten to fourteen years old, begin work at and
. IN the morning, attend school during school
hours, and resume work in the afternoon, con-
tlnuing at their labor until and 10 at night.
Hence, in addition TO attending school five hours,
they perform a days work Of ten hours. The
average amount of rest secured by these lads
must be very small. An investigation into the
records Of half dozen boys revealed the fact
that they had but three to four hours rest in
twenty-four and their daily labor such
would try the endurance of ordinary man.
These boys do not have the luxury of a bed.
Ihey know nothing Of ordinary home comforts.
When the drinking and carousing cease for the
night like neglected household animals. these
boys curl up on the floor and go to sleep.
What wonder II such children grow up out
OF harmony with law, seek pleasure in devious
moral ways, or abandon themselves to lives of
crime?
Regardless Of environment there are certain
forces inherent in the constitution which unfold
characteristics OF the progenitor with unerring
fidelity. Talents for certain departments of
activity may thus descend from parent to child
Degenerations in nerve structure and tendencies
to evil also transmitted An alcoholic en-
Vfronment accentuates evil proclvtties and
offers opportunity for the unfolding of physical
weakness and moral perVerSion.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

SO radical extensive in the heavy drink
ers, and the defects often overlooked or
concealed until the third fourth generation,
when severe psychic or organic infirmiteS are
recognized. the so-called "misfortunes," "unac-
idence."
Tracing ten families of total abstaining par
ents, we note the following: First generation,
thirty-four children, 9 whom IL per cent suf
fered from organic functional diseases. Sec
ond generation, thirty-eight children. of whom
20 per cent suffered from organic and functional
diseases; third generation fifty-eight children.
of whom per cent suffered from organic and
functional diseases.
Ten families of moderate drinking parents
show the following: First generation, forty
seven children, of whom 30 per cent suffered
from organic and functional diseases. Second
generation, ninety children of whom 90 per cent
suffered from organic and functional diseases.
Third generation eighty-two children, Of whom
81 per cent suffered from organic or functional
diSea
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
CHILD DRUNKARDS.

Alcohol. by destroying the integrity OF nerve
structures. launches hereditary influences and
implants tendencies which a good environment
may not hold in check. Those forms Of physi
cal and moral disorder that stand IN close rela-
tion to the nervous organization among the
first TO impress themselves upon the descendant.
From early childhood many children of foreign
ers taught to drink wine with their meals.
Others drink because Of association with drink
ers. A third class led to drink through the
Inducements offered to children at the free lunch
counter and in the playrooms connected with
certain saloons. A fourth class have inherited
susceptible nervous system which on the first
taste Of some spirit is aroused to passionate
fondness. Two little girls, four and six sears
of age, had the desire for drink aroused by
medicinal dose OF whskey, and for months
greedily drank iced whiskey which indulgent
mother provided in response to their strenuous
appeals. A child four years old in another
wealthy family found the passion for drink
awakened at the sideboard and so bitter were
her cries for claret that the combined efforts of
mother and physician were necessary to keep an
indulgent father from acceding TO the child's
demands. Similar cases can be duplicated in
other homes.
Scientific instruction in the laws of health
and the effects Of alcohol and other narcotics
has resulted in very perceptible increase in
the number OF abstainers and improvement In
20 per cent less drinking among their pupils now
than five years ago.
vast immigration of inferior peoples, at
tracted by our great material prosperity and the
hope Of political liberty, bringing with them
their vices well their virtues, augmenting
from which 10 propagate criminals, thereby in
creasing burdens and responsibilities rem
ders more imperative the necessity for those
movements which will alleviate and enlighten
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

to girls grow less the protecting agencies
grow stronger.
The city, with its strain and rush, its mad
struggle for gain. its turbid currents of crime
and poverty. augments the burdens OF life
True, there multitudinous avenues for ad-
vancement; but the other hand, there are un-
bounded opportunities for the operation of retro
grade forces, hence the child Of the city lacks
the vlrility and sturdiness of the country child
Is more prone to disease. more subject TO degen-
eracy and more deficient. OF fifty-one thou
sand in city schools. 46 per cent are deficient.
OF twelve thousand in country schools, % per
cent are deficient.
Agencies which contribute strength to the
body and moral fibre TO the character are for
the time overshadowed by a pail of disease
and moral corruption well nigh past belief.
Where the saloons crowd into a neighborhood
there is a corresponding physical and moral de-
cline among the children. Either the saloons
are attracted thither by the presence of disease.
vice and crime, or disease, vice and crime re-
suit from the influence of the saloon.
Drinking, smoking, debilitating diseases and
various immoraIities less likely TO affict the
country child, freed from alcohol environ
ment. flushed with the buoyancy of country air
and the invigorating influence of healthful
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
Not So Much What They Drink Themselves rs That
Consumed by Their Parents-Diseases of Many
Kinds Prey Their Weakened Bodies

abstaining parents; (b) 50 per cent have drink
ing parents, 10 per cent have abstaining par
ents. (a) OF 1913 dullards, 1859 had drinking
parents; (b) Of 3,190 dullards . no had drinking
parents.
Dipsomania scarifies the central nervous sys-
tenn and the subject transmits to his descendants
tendencies to the severest forms of psychic de-
generation and organic disease, and each sue
ceeding generation finds lessened power OF
resistance to the -paralytic and direct toxic
effects OF alcohol.
One hundred and two children in twenty-five
families of heavy drinking parents show the
following: Seven had tuberculosis, eight diseases
of the heart, thirty-one functional diseases of
the nervous system, forty-one were drinkers, six
degenerates and four idiots. Only five Of the
entire number were normal.
In moderate drinkers alcohol produces mod
ifcaton of function in the highly organized
nervous elements. The degeneration Is neither
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

better man. you think?' Well hope so: I'm
sure | hope 1 may be- And time goes pretty
quickly? Time is very long, gentlemen, within
these four wallsr
He gaZed about him-heaven only knows how
Wearlly-as he said these words and in the act OF
DONG so, fell into strange If he had for
gotten something. A moment afterward he sighed
work again. ~
In another cell there was a German sentenced
10 hve years Imprisonment for larceny two OF
which had just expired, With colors procured in
the same manner he had painted every inch OF the
walls and ceiling quite beautifully. He had laid
out the few feet of ground behind with exquisite
neatness, and had made little bed in the centre
that looked. by-the-bye. like grave. The taste
and ingenuity he had displayed in everything were
most extraordinary, and yet a more detected heart
broken wretched creature IL would be difficult 10
imagine. l never such a picture OF forlorn
afiilctlon and distress of mind. My heart bed for
him, and when the tears ran down his cheeks and
ne TOOK one OF the visitors aside. to ask with his
trembling hands nervously ClutChing at his coat
TO detaln him, whether there hope of his
dismal sentence being cOmmuted, the spectacle was
really too painful to witness I never saw or heard
OF any kind of misery that impressed me more than
the wretchedness of this man.
-Inere was one man who allowed, an
indulgence, TO keep rabbits. His having
rather close smell in consequence. they called to
MIN at tne door 20 come out into the passage. He
compiled of course and stood shading his haggar,i
face in the unwonteC sunlight the great window
looking as wan and unedrthy If ne had been
summoned from the grave. He had white rabbit
In his breast; and when the little creature getting
down upon the ground, stole back into the CELL and
ne, being dismissed, crept tmidly after it. thought
II would have been very hard to say in what re-
speet the man was the nobler animal OF the two
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
SUFFERING CHILDREN.

The prevalence OF organic diseases among
school children in our cities is a forecast OF a
greatly reduced physical standard. OF ten thou
sand children IN city schools. 30 per cent have
diseases Of the heart, 20 per cent spinal defects.
q Der cent are Uubercular, 90 per cent are
Enemic, and 50 per cent suffer from some neu-
rosis OF five hundred children IN country schools,
6per cent have diseases Of the heart, per cent
are tubercular l. per cent are anemio and l5
per cent suffer from some neurosis. So common
are organic and functional diseases among school
children in New York City that should the facts
already secured hold good over the entire city
and those afflicted be excluded from attendance
two-thirds OF our schools would be compelled to
close for lack OF pupils. The effects OF these
physical conditions upon the life and capability
Of the future citizen are far reaching
The Geological factors conspicuous IN the dis
abilities OF school children are environment per
sonal habit and heredity. OF those suffering
from organic diseases 30 per cent i've IN an
unhealthy and squand environment, IN an at
Enosphere OF druI kenness and immortality; dur
ing the day beaten and cursed, and at night
permitted 10 sleep on the floor. Thousands fill
premature graves. and other thousands with en-
teebled constitutions. labor through life under
ne curse inflicted upon them by parents igno-
Fant Of the laws OF life.
The condition OF the chiloren OF the SUD
merged tenth" is pitiable. Few normal children
are 10 be found among them Undoubtedly
much OF their disease is born IN filth and nurt-
ured by vice, but no inconsiderable proportion
finds its genesis IN the bottle. These children
have little 70 curb the animal passions. but
every opportunity for the expansion OF depraved
natures. The drink environment IS such mem
ace to growing girls that virtue is maintained
with dif8calty An extensive study warrants
The belief that 20 per cent are likely candidates
FOR lives OF prostitution. Within eight weeks
girls seven. eight and eleven years OF age have
been outraged There are certain houses known
10 the authorities which appear 10 make a
Speciality Of this line OF business
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
A SHARP CONTRAST.

In order 10 demonstrate what vast improve
rnent this state OF things denotes over prison
methods in vogue here at the time 0S42) Dick
ems described them in his American Notes"
The Tribune prints the following extracts from
that memorable work:
.n the outskirts stands great prison, called the
Eastern Penitentiary, conducted on plan peculiar
70 the State of Pennsylvania The system here is
rigid strict and hopeless solitary confinement
believe it. in its effects. 20 be cruel and wrong.
In its intention ! well convinced that il is
kind humane and meant for reformation; but
am persuaded that those who devised this system
OF prison discipline. and those benevolent gentle
men who carry & into execution. do not know what
IL is that they doing / believe that very few
men are capable of estimating the immense amount
OF torture and agony which this dreadful punish
mcut prolonged for years. infiicts upon the suffer
ors: and in guessing 1t myself and In reasoning
from what ! have seen written upon their faces,
and what to my certain knowledge they feel with
IN, J am only tie more convinced that there is
a depth OF terrible endurance in It which none but
the sufferers themselves can fathom. and which
man has right 10 nfiict upon his fellow creature
i hold this slow and daily tampering with the
mysteries OF the brain 10 be immea asurably worse
than any torture OF the body and because its
CHASTITY signs ahd tokens not so palpaole the
eye and sense os touch as scars upon the flesh: be-
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

this cumulative transgression, disastrous con-
sequences must result.
Conclusions: First-Where money goes for
drink, poverty with its attendant evils prevails
and the burdens of childhood increased.
Second-Alcoholic environment is unfavor-
able to the production Of the best school work.
Third-Alcohol, by producing train of
psychic and organic degenerations in the Off
spring, debases the morals and lowers the sum
total of human happiness
Fourth-Alcohol, by laying the foundations
of a diseased and criminal citizenship, threat
ems the stability of our government.
Fifth-To reduce the burdens and dangers of
childhood and improve the manufacture of fut-
ure citizens, we must continue in the largest
measure scientific instruction in the effects of
alcohol and in the essentials of health; in
crease the number of our public gardens, play
grounds and improved tenement houses. But
these should be supplemented by measures which
will not only lessen the effects Of alcohol and
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

cell is hung with pictures that he has painted
while serving his sentence. He ia allowed to
send these to his relatives, who sell them and
spend the money for the artists materials. In
another cell colored prisoner makes and sells
ropes made from horsehair Abe Buzzard. the
Welch Mountain outlaw, is a skilled shoemaker,
and he spends his time making shoes. Hosiery
Of a cheap grade is made in the prison. and
some Of the prisoners find other occupations. Of
which rag carpet weaving is the favorite.
In some cells two prisoners room" together.
In most of the cells there are three occupants.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
REMEDY SUGGESTED.

The nueropathic constitution which is SO
characteristic of the age in large measure arises
from an hereditary basis, is extremely suscep-
tible to disease, and succumbs to the slightest
injurious influence. The psychopathic degen-
erative factor becomes more potent with each
transmission and induces the most serious
pathoogic LESSONS.
The alcohol habit superadded to the strenuous
demands of modern life puts upon each sue
ceeding generation increased strain. Con-
stitutions impaired by habit or undermined by
disease are Dequeathed to the children. Through
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
HEREDITARY TAINT.

Where the drink habit is linked with an hered-
tary alcoholic taint, dulness is perceptibly in
creased. Fifteen TO 25 per cent Of drinkers, free
from hereditary alcoholic taint, are dullards. 80
TO "a per cent OF the descendants OF a drinking
ancestry are dullards, TO 10 per cent OF the
descendants OF a total abstinence ancestry are
Gullards.
Dividing the pupils into two classes-(a) pros
porous OBJ poor-we have the following: (a) 30
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
REMARKABLE wREck-RAIsINc.

somewhat unusual operation In wreck raIsns
has been carried out in Kiel Harbor. Some tims
since the torpedo boat G6 sank in port after
collision with another war vessel. and notwfth-
standing the known condition OF the sunken boat
the authorities decided TO have II brought to the
surface. For this purpose two floating cranes OF
formidable dimensions utilized. and the
broken and twisted hull fshed I'D from the
depths and swung through the air like ball OF
merchandise TO lighter. which IL laid.
The boat of Steel and II is proposed seriously
10 essay to turn the apparently inextricable mass
10 some use.-LondOn Globe
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
TOO MUCH ALCOHOL.

Why are these things allowed? Are there
not charity organizations children's aid socie-
ties and boards Of health 10 supplement an elao-
orate and costly police department? Yes. but
The conditions which we would correct are SO
intimately related TO the legalized liquor traffic
that any move 10 protect the child is met with
counter move 10 protect the income Of the
political CRATER and 70 throw halo Of sane
uiy about The denizens of the saloon. Dangers
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
EFFECT ON THE MIND.

There a sailor who had been there upward
OF eleven years. and who in a few months time
would be free. Eleven years of solitary conhne-
ment! very glad TO hear your time Is nearly
out What does he say? Nothing Why does he
stare at his hands. and pick the flesh upon his
fingers. and raise his eyes for instant every now
and then, to those bare walls which have seen his
head turn gray? II is way he has sometimes
Does he never look men IN the face. and does he
always pluck at those hands of his as though he
were bent on parting skin and hone? II is his
humor. nothing more
1t Is his humoT, too. TO say that he does look
forward TO going out; that he is glad the time
is drawing near; he did look forward 10 il once.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

I During the day his bedstead turns up against the
| wall, and leaves more space for him to work in.
| His loom bench wheel is there, and there he
| labors sleeps and wakes. and counts the seasons
they change and old.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
illustrated London News.

the other deteriorating agencies. but also purify
or remove the sources from which degeneracy
springs.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-08
BOSTON MARKET
Special to The Herald.

BOSTON.
8
$780, Gold Buckle Lochnvar
Riverside sa25; Riverside
$S15; Golden Riverside
ighan cit assn $40 Vista Bonita y w. F. w Whtt @ sSo Bear
Quail exchange Red
c. Quail oC exchange $3.50;
$2S5;
Wortley
La
Marguerite, c. Lindsay
Marguerite
Tangerin OC exchange S245
NIandar O-C exchange, SL76
Fruit Average cha Worhey
Riverside exchange $500
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-08
EASTERN CITRUS FRUIT MARKET
NEW YORK MARKET
Ananial To Tha Harnld

market is unchanged 4 avorable
NaVe ventiatedAverages:
nt y Highland $780,
L. Sewe $780, Mt Harrison F.
Sewel F L. XIV
whittier s3O Whittier
xGhang $685. Lincoln Riverside exchange ssO Priscilla w.
Eed @ Or o. F gS CFafton Crafto9 Or Gro Fountain ch NToat
Fruit Co. $40 Fountain CHI Moat Fruit N1ofat
National City, $195 Flmngo,
r. f
h Grafton
Nayes Standard National Or Co. 1910
Housewife Jacnto sS45 avan fy
Noun
ch. F. p.
R.-H