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Theyi'ljlave Been Vastly Improved
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Prisoners Are Well Fed, But Com-
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To improve the condition of the mu-
nicipal jails and the old government
prison has been an important work of
Gen. Guy V. Henry in Porto Rico. In

October, under Spanish rule, they were «

as alive with dirt as with prisoners,.and
under absolutely no sanitary regula-
tions. Frequently the inmates got
neither fresh air ’ nor sunlight, but
shared the same room and lived in
idlenessand misery; More than on'e
town, indeed, repeated the story .of
Cuba. But now, although this house-

cleaning work is unfinished still, the _

jails of Porto Rico have become more
like the model similar institutions in
the United States. . ,

Like most government buildings, the
island penitentiary is at the capital,
San J uan. Here, just outside the south
city wall, 300 convicts eat and sleep,
like a native family, in one‘big room.
They are not confined in cells, but have
their liberty, and go anywhere inside
the, ten-foot wall. Only three prison-
ers, who have been sentenced to life
imprisonment for murder, wear a steel
ball and chain. Murder, too, is the
most common crime. Out of the 300
inmates, more than 200 were convicted
on this charge. One prisoner, 24years
old, whose sentence is 30 years, killed
three persons. Every twelfth man in
the low row of beds is a guardian over
his fellows, and maybe identified by
his yellow stripes and a small hand
cane. Yet, as a rule, the convicts live
quietly, make no attempts to escape
and give the keeper no trouble. Most
of them, who are the half-breed native
population, neither read nor write.
Only one St. Thomas English negro can
be seen in the prison. -Two seldiers,
convicted of robbery, who were admit-
ted in December, are the only Ameri-
cané. One year is the shortest term
of confinement. - -

Back in October and November, when

the Americans first reached san Juan, ,

 

GEN. GUY Y. HENRY.
(Military Governor of the Island of Porto
Rico.)

the old Spanish warden gave his pris-
oners an easy life. His 300 inmates
then played ball on the roof, took their
midday nap and let the carpenter and
blacksmith shops get rusty. Then, as
the warden spoke no English, a six-
i'oot St. Thom‘as negro murderer al-
ways welcomed American visitors and

acted as an interpreter. He translated -

the explanations and apologies of the
cunning old keeper and repeated all
questions of the callers. And, at the
end of every trip thr'ough the build-
ings, his visitors wanted to know what
kind of food the keeper gave the con-
victs.

“The “gentlemen would like to know
what kind of food the prisoners get,”
then repeated the negro in Spanish.

"Tell them I give the best of every-
thing,” said the smiling warden.

"He. says he gives the best of every-
thing,” translated the negro with a
grin, “but he never does.” '

However. under the administration
of the new warden the negro makes no
complaint. As soon as Maximiliano.
Luzunaris, the keeper appointed in

December, took charge, the whole
building and grounds were cleaned,

scrubbed and put in a sanitary con-
dition. Nor do the inmates now lead
the same shiftless life. In the shop
may be found carpenters,,blacksmiths,
tailors, shoemakers, cooks, laundry-
men, and every kind of tradesmen.

They have made the needed tables,'.

chairs, keep the white canvas suits in
repair, and run a model prison. Every
day more than a hundred men, un—
der a strict police guard, clean the
streets of San Juan. Half that number
have been employed.- too, in the sani-
tary work under Capt. L. P. Davidson.

Outside of work hours many prison- -

ers find time to knit stockings, which
easily sell to visitors as a souvenir.
Since January an evening school has
given the prisoners inst’ruction in read-
ing and writing. An optionalcourse
in English also has been introduced By
in Porto Rican interpreter. In this
school work the men seem to take an
interest and show a desire to learn,
especially in the English class.

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T‘l E EVEN 1. N G; GAZT‘E T T E

DAVID i3} HENDERSON.

low'l Congressman‘ \Vlio ‘\Vonld not
Object to Being Speaker of the
House of Representatives.

 

l David Bremner Henderson was born

at Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840.

and to the state of Illinois in 1846. Three
years later, in 1840, they moved to
Iowa and settled on a farm not far
from Dubuque. Young Henderson at-
tended the common school of his town
and the Upper Iowa university at Fay-
ette. Thereafter he studied law in the
office of Bissel & Shiras, at Dubuque,
and was admitted to the bar in the fall
of 1865. I
He remained at work on: the farm,
- however. until 21 years of age, and in

 

DAVID BJHENDERSON.

(Representative in Congress from the Third .
Iowa. District.)

September, 1801, enlisted in the union
army as if private in company C,
Twelfth regiment, Iowa volunteer in—
fantry. He was soon elected and com-
,missioned first lieutenant of that com-
pany, and served with. it until dis-
charged from the service, owing to a
wound in the leg, February 16, 1803.
In May, 1863, Mr. Henderson was ap-
pointed commissioner of the board of
enrollment for the Third congressional
district of Iowa, and served as such un-
til June, 1864, when he reentered the
army as colonel of the Forty—sixth
Iowa infantry. He then remained in
the field until the close of the war.
Upon his return home in November,
1865, Col. Henderson was appointed iii-
ternal revenue collector for the Third,
or Dubuque district, of Iowa, which po-

resigned to enter upon the practice of

district, serving two years, then re-
signing.
Henderson, Hurd, Daniels & Kiesel was
formed, and s'oonbecame known, large-
ly through the ability of its senior
member, as one of the strongest legal
combinations in the state.

Mr. Henderson was first elected to
congress in 1883 from the Third dis-

since.
Mr. Henderson is a republican leader
of influence, whose advice is frequently

For years Col. Henderson has been
on the committee on rules, which. has

fore the house, from a public building
to the declaration of war. This has
resulted in taking him off the floor most
of the lime, but it has also given him
a close acquaintance with general legis-

tliorily on parliamentary law.
LAWRENCE TOWNSEND.

Our New Minister to Belgium 15 a
Diplomat of Experience and
a Model Gentleman.

 

. Lawrence Townsend, who has been
transferred from the American mission
at Lisbon to that at Brussels, is the
youngest son of Henry C. Townsend,
lawyer of Philadelphia. He was born
‘ in Philadelphia August 13, 1800, and in
1877 entered the University, of Penn:

 

LAWRENCEJ.TOWNSEND.

(New United States Minister to Brussels,
Belgium.) '

 

sylvania, but left college at the close
- of his junor year on account of failing
health resulting from an accident. For
this reason also he traveled extensive-
ly abroad, and afterward purchased
and managed for some time a large
ranch in Mesa county, Col. ‘In 1893
President Cleveland appointed Mr.
Townsend, although he and all his
family are republicans, secretary of the.
United States legatiou at Vienna,
where he served under Minister Bart-
lett Tripp, just appointed the American
member of the Samoan joint commis-
sionf Mr. Townsend for several
. months acted as charge d'afl’aires. In
June, 1897, President McKinley ,ap-
'pointed Mr. Townsend, who was still
: on duty at Vienna, envoy extraordinary
i and minister plenipotentiary to Portu-
l gal. from which place he is now traus~
l ferred to a similar position at, Brussels.
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with an increasc'in his Salary of from

$7,500 to $10.!)00‘. Mr. Townsend iuar-'

i'led Miss llauha. whom he met at Nllft'.
.n southern France, while sojournin':
I here soon after leavingcollege.

His parents brought him to America'

trict, and has served in the house ever

acted upon in the councils of his party. ,

 

sition he held until June, 1869, when he .

law, and almost immediately was ap- I
pointed United States district attorney 5
for the northern division of the Iowa ‘

Afterwards the law firm of

' considered every question brought be- ’

lation of all kinds, and, coupled with
his position as chairman of the ju- .
(liciury committee, has made him an au~ ,

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"TEE nExr-ancnop.

 

Outlook In Not: qulte as DI'sheartenc-

- lng as It Would Appear to Most
on First Thought.

 

The coming season will not be as
noted for its abundant crop of fruit
as last. The excessively cold winter
has killed so many trees and vines that
we can hardly expect to have much
more than a half or three-quarters of
a crop, and in some localities even less.
Consequently there was never a sea-
son when more attention was needed
in the orchard, for by giving better
culture to the fruit it is possible to
make some amends for nature’s short—
comings. There is always one redeem-
ing feature about a small crop. Prices
are apt to be higher, and this some
times brings them up to a point where
profits are more satisfactory. In years
of excessive fruit yields the profits to
the growers have more than once been
so small that they hardly paid for the
time and labor bestowed upon their
culture. A smaller crop with better
prices may not be so good to the con-
sumer, but it is apt to be better for
the farmers’ pocketbooks. Thus the
outlook for fruit growing this year
may not be quite as bad as would dp-
pear at first thought. ,

But there is need of preparation for
it. More than ever is it necessary to
give the trees and vines good cultiva-
tion, and protect them from the rav-
ages of insects and disease. There is
probably no orchard where the cul-
ture is so good _that it could not be
improved a little. By studying the
trees carefully, and giving the best?
attention to the fewer number of trees
that have withstood the cold, we can
surely increase the yield to some ex-
tent. The outlook is not a matter for
sorrow or regret so much as it is one
for renewed effort to better culture.

In the first place it will pay to go
through the orchard and cut out all
except the trees that promise a fair
crop. This is no time to nurse half
dead trees. Either cut them back, or
dig them up and replace them with
others, and then give-all the atten-
tion to the remainder. Sometimes
there is life in a tree, which will spring
up and thrive if the tree is cut back
enough, but if left just as it is it. will
exhaust itself trying to distribute
itself over a wide area. The pruning
knife is sometimes the best friend in a
season like this—C. S. Walters, in Jour-

nal of Agriculture. ..
SIMPLE GREENHOUSE.

A Structure \Vhich Enables Garden—
ers to Get Considerable Space
at a. Low Cost.

 

Probably the most satisfactory low-
cost greenhouse for forcing vegetables
is found in the form of a half-span
house facing the south or southeast,
and having a comparatively flat roof
composed of movable or partly movable
sash, the front wall of the house also
to be partly glass, in order to give

 

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SIBIPLE GREENHOUSE. _-
abundant light tothe front bed or
bench. A house of this character, and
of moderate size, may be roofed with
two rows of sashes seven feet long, the
lap or junction of the two sashes in
the center of the 'roof being support-
ed by a wooden girder formed of a
piece of three by four stuff resting on
posts, the latter being spaced about
eight. feet apart.
would give a house nearly 13 feet in
width, with front wall five feet high
and back wall 'l'l/2 feet, and may be.

, divided into three beds or benches of

convenient width for working—Rural
New Yorker.

HORTICuLTURAL HINTS.

We,do not advise extensive melon
culture. The markets in summer are

' usually glutted with melons.

Sweet corn comes up much sooner if .
f other, believing her r'jesty’s illness
‘ due to cancer, sent a. triple-weight let-

it is soaked over night in warm water,
and the crop is fit for usejust that ranch
sooner. _

Rotatoes grow better if planted be-
fore beginning to sprout. The second
sprouts that start are not so strong as
the first. '

If the trees need pruning, it. is easier
to prune as soon as the necessity shows
itself than it is after several seasons
of neglect. .

Potatoes. will make good use of a
large quantity of coarse manure. wheth-
er it is plowed under or put on the land
after planting.

it is a good plan to mulch rasp-"v

berries, as it has been shown that
mulched plants will produce much bet-
ter berries than those left unprotected
by drying winds—“’csmrn Plowman.
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Illnck Knot In LPInnis.
Before warm weather comesall the

, plum trees should be looked over, and

any that show marks of black warts
that indicate black knot should be re-
moved with a sharp knife and the
wound washed with carbolic acid so-
lution or some other antiseptic. In fact.
it is a good plan to spray plum trees
with a carbolic acid solution. made one
part of carbolic acid to final) parts of
water. This will remain on the spores
which are dormant during the winter
untilrthcy burst their boundsuud begin
to spread the disease over the trees.

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DOGS TATTOOED.

An'Eninsh Method of ‘Mnrking Vul-
ua‘ble Animals Adopted in
This Country.

 

-It has been the practice in London for
some time to tattoo dogs. In some
cases it has been done as a means of
identification; in others it is just a mere
fad for the ostentatious show of a newly
acquired crest or copt of arms, says the
New York Herald. , «

The most sensible reason for such a
fad seems to be for identification in
case of theft or loss. Certain breeders
have certain private marks by which
they can identify dogs of a particular
family. These marks are kept close
track of, and the age and pedigree 'of
the dog can be settled at once by re-
ferring to the records. ,

Dog tattooing is now done in this city.
A well-known fancier has tattooed
dogs for the Astor‘s, the Yanderbllts,
Mr. Whitney, Mr. Gould and other men
who own valuable dogs.

“The plain markings, such as crosses,
double X and private marks,” he said,
“are not done by tattooing, but with a
long, fine needle. such as millincrs use,
and a fine thread dipped in Indian ink:
This needle is run under the skin in
long stitches, the thread pulled through
and left there-for some little time, and
then pulled out again, leaving the stain
of the ink under the skin, and that stain
can never be destroyed.

“Dogs are mostly marked right in the
bend of the fore or hind leg, where there
is no hair and the skin is very tender.
Sometimes it is done in the ears.

“Perhaps you did not know that high ’
priced fowls are tattooed and marked
for pedigree identification ‘2 “loll, near-
ly every game'chickeu has some special
mark upon it, and anyone at all familiar
with the raising of game fowls owns a
book which gives all the private mark-
ings of valuable species.” ‘

- Hombre

A Bit of the Inside History of the-
Movement for a. Statue of
(Miss “’illnrd.

 

A rosy little woman with an air of
great satisfaction about her run up to
me after the matinee the other day,
says a writer in the ll'ashington Post.

“Did you see it in the paper?” she
said. 1

“See what ‘3” I asked.

“Why, that the Illinois legislature
hasppassed a bill for an appropriatibn to
buy a statue of Frances Willard to put
in Statuary hall at the capitol. I knew
we’d do it, and we did do it. Isn't it love-
ly?” -_

I confessed my lack of comprehen-
sion, and she went on:

“You see, just a year ago I told you
that there was a movement on foot
among the Women’s Christian Temper—
am ~ union to erect a. statue to Miss Wil-
lard. I believe I even went into details.
“Fell, there wasn’t a word of truth in it,
I made it all up myself. I don’t know a

soul in the lVoman's Christian Temper—

ance union, but I did know Miss Wil-
lard, aud I wanted so much to have
somebody start the statue idea, so I
started it myself. The Illinois legisla-
ture 1 -ay think they’ve done it, but they
haven‘t. They’ve merely followed out
an idea I gave them. I started the
whole thing just by telling you some-
thing that wasn’t so. You made the
first mention of it, and I put you up to
it. I'm mighty proud of myself to-day.
We started, we did. but a state had to
lake it up, for only states are permitted
to put statues in Statuary hall. Never
tell me again that it’s always best to
stick to-t’hc truth. Just see what a little
judicious prevaricatiou has done!"

OFFERS To A QUEEN.

People ‘Who blighted to Core and
Pro)“ for Her Majesty
of Belgium.

 

The queen of Belgium did not lack
sympathy in her recent illness, for, in
addition to the most patriotic expres-

- sions from her subjects. telegrams and

 

 

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' letters came piling into

the Belgian
court from all quarters, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. Perhaps the most
original communications were from
England. -

An Englishman addressed a letter to
Princess Clementine offering to for-
ward some remarkable device which
had cured him of broncho-pncumonia,
inclosing a photograph which showed
intopvhat a healthy specimen of hu-
manity he had since developed. An-

ter describing several cures for this dis-

case. A third said his valise' was packed

and he was only waiting a telegraphic

call, when he would go at his own ex-.
pense, and guaranteed a cure within 24

hours.

There were also Several letters from
clergymen offering to go to Laekcn to
pray for the queen’s recovery, averring
that on a similar occasion they had
saved the prince of Wales" life by inter-
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