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' jii i : wwyimippiii pmpppjppwppwaip R. sistsHhat if 'he' -be given the' ground at the farm he can grow an 'improved kinti of sugar-cane an,d make molasses enough to supply the prison and "save the state a lot of money." A new chapel is to be erected with library, lecture and reading. room.s. Trades are to be taught to prepare men fpr the time when they will be discharged. An un determinate sentence law, and a new liberal parole law will be passed- . f j. 1 recommend a i"ght jn prison to all judges and lawyers. I found, from a day's mingling with the convicts, that prison opinion is unanimous to the ef fect that "justice" is a matter of money and political influence. American criminal jurisprudence is1 to them a ghastly x farce, "the poor get stuck, the rich get off," is the way they put it. ' I shall never forget the tone in which Joe, my cell iriate, conclud ed the storyofhis crime, 'it was an old-fashioned western mix-up, kill or be killed in a quarrel over wages, and Joe got there first. "The lawyers," said Joe, "came and told me if I would put $300 in the bank they would clear me on "Our policy should be to help the state's unfortunates along the path of redemption, rather than to plunge them into "the despair which ends in "confirmed criminality or the suiqde's grave." Governor Hunt, in message to the legis- Mature. - - - - yj ,-i , 31 lo:it rf sejf-defense, but I had no money then and I have nohope now." Joe is now aged 47 and has .served nearly 18 years of a life term. . n a - DAP, TOO! i?vr J &J "Fishing on Sunday! Your father should be informed of this. Where is he?" "Back of the barn, diggin' bait." o & The liver of an ordinary ishark yields five gallons of oil. A human shark yields less oil and more gall. It costs $2 to telephone from London to Paris for three minutes. One man solved the garden problem by manicuring his neigh bor's chickens' nails. Modern methods of grinding wheat have fcaused an increase in appendicitis",says.an English 4o3,i . CL L. 'iafcati.-;