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'C'war, IV I till II a IV I rl nk I W0kmmm iiilpj VV I 1 I I wi-Mmmm .1 Dmf.l mB I MnBBWBBda ffi vtl PHOTOGRAPHS BY WE3TERK NEWSPAPER. UfllOtt ffl Mil vitoCSZ r- 7 Co' Spillway in the Gatun Dam. MlM Remain of The Church at PcrtoBcllo. IW' lLo tip Sr 4 js Smm vssll -dSi 'Hsfc -s if (im Xlst'i v- "'y-ll I 5 l4sw- y. fc nX Vy 11 3 ljLAtA, I AaW -Nmv lly rtw fj aB' Air- s.

-t 0a tA i i Yi i sill TTTXyrf 'iATLla rlSsdr S- 5cam 5Aoue fti Ae Cutcbra Cut. rvv urc Santa Ana, Panama. 1 Royal Palm) on the hthmin. I On' of the Lock Chamltn and Galet al Galan, from alooc. ft ThU device waa Invented especially for use on the canal work, where frequent shifting of tracks has been necessary.

REVERSE SCHEME OF NATURE Many Instances on Record Where Antagonistic Animals Dwelt Together In Perfect Amity. Over In Jersey City a few days ago Onofrlo Qrlllo, a carpenter, while making repairs, uncovored a nest of newly born rats. Ho tried the experiment cf putting two of the young rats, estimated (o be about two weeks old, with a litter of ono-day-old kittens. The snother cat nourished the rats this Tract Shifter, which Joa tht uotk of many men. tbo carpenter testifies.

The Inborn cat hatred of rats seems to have received a stout denial. Circus managers for many years have experimented with the formation of incongruous happy families. Bar-num long ago had a lion and a lamb living contentedly In a cage together. Even when raw meat waa fed the lion and the fateful smell of blood waa in the lion's noBtrils the equanimity ot the happy family waa not disturbed. In the Chicago zoo two or three years ago a young lioneas car birth to Tumi on Top of Fort San San Lorenzo caatle.was captured by II troy i throe whelps and immediately killed one.

Tho keepers pulled the two others out of tbo cage and a colllo dog with a litter of pups was brought to the zoo. Tho llttlo lions fed at th collie's breast the sazno as her own. She cherished them the samo as she did her own children and they played with tho puppies as they got older. What would have happened when they grow as large as their fostvr mother was not permitted to com to pass for when their claws lengthened they hurt both mother and vupt Lorenzo, at mouth of the Chagra. enry Morgan's men In 1C70 before he de- Panama.

they were removed to a cago by themselves. Tho colllo missed them badly for a day or two and searched aU ov for them. Conditional Surrender. Friendly Constable Come, sir, pull yourself together; tTUMfr your wife calling you. Festive Cent What' sho call ml calling me.

Billy or William Constable William, sir. Festive Gent Then I'm not fete1- hlo 'ome, London Opinlou. GIVES CONVICTS "CHANCE" NEEDED Head of Big New York Concern Known as "Soul-Saver ot Sing Sing." WAS ONCE IN PENITENTIARY Unjustly Sentenced, as He Maintains) What He Saw Thero Led Him to Adopt His Peculiar Business Plan, and He Has Never Reoretted It-Good, Efficient Workers, and All Honest Refers to Prison as "Crime College." MR. EMPLOYER SAW THIS 8INQ SING PRISON. Forty per cent, of the men In prison ought not been sent there.

Nearly 50 per centof the Inmates of Sing Sing are "dope fiends." Twenty per cent, are "dope fiends" when they go there. The remaining 30 per cent, acquire the habit In their cells. There ehould be prison sogrcgatlon prisons for first offenders, places for old-timers, for degenerates and for murderers. By mixing all together, the pestilence of ono Is spread to the other. Thus the prison becomes a crime college.

EW YORK. Ex-cohvlct and tho head of ono of tho largest man ufacturing concerns in New York! That's tho record of a man who served almost a year and a half In the water-soaked cells of tho state's chief prison. But hero's his Ualt that makes evory man with a heart lovo him "Hh'h tho Soul-Saver of Slnp Sing." This manufacturing company is doing a reputable business in lower Now York city. Its president and proprietor Is a former Inmate of the prison, and his olllco employes havo sorved prison sentences for noarly every variety of crime. The llrm does about $1,000,000 a year business and enjoys nn enviablo standing for Integrity and reliability.

Tho Jailbird proprietor lias an intimate acquaintance with every notorious criminal in Sing Sing prison, gained while ho was doing time us a fellow prisoner. Ho always lilies his employes direct from prison cells as thoy are about to bo paroled. This is what business rival said of him: "He Is far more honest than most men who havo novor seen a Jail. 1 never question his word. It Is as good as his bond, and I should bo satisfied to transact any business, no matter how largo, with him on his vorbnl agreement This- is what the employer says of his thirty ox-convict office employos: "I have employed several hundred at various times, and I havo never had ono go back on me.

These con vlcts have proven 100 per cont. honest." Found Guilty of Fraud. For obvious reasons tho mime of thlB convict-manufacturer is withheld, though ho makes no secret of his own jlffl-Btnry ton yoarfi ago was accused of taking part in a conspiracy to defraud, was tried and found guilty. For a long tlmo tho case hung on tho records, but finally he wns sent to Sing Sing on fifteen months' sentence, which ho sorved. It wus what ho saw thero that caused htm to start his unlquo employment shop for ex-convicts.

Wlillo living with two other men In a cell, threo feet six Inches by seven feet, with the water rooking and dripping down tho stono wnlls of tho contury-oltl holl hole, ho dovoloped somo radical Idea-on the present-day theory of prisons and prisoners. He had ample opportunity to study tho civilization that openly tolerates tho throwing of men, who have made a single slip, Into ono of IIioho threo-by-seven colls, with a pair of tho lowest, most hardened, degenerate crooks that can be found for companions Ho formed opinions aa to whether a year or two of life In these culls with the dregs of human degeneracy for company wub of much practical valuo In reforming a young clerk of good fum-lly who took a small sum of monoy out of the till, or an unemployed boy Making the World Bloom. Will S. Monroe, professor of psychology at tho Montclalr (N. state normal school, who has gone abroad, carried with him a collection of seeds of the wild flowers and plants of On; New Jersey hills, which he will scatter on his travels In sections ot Europe, Mr.

Monroo will mako a similar collection ot seeds and flora of the European countries, and these seeds he will plant in Now Jersey. Mr. Monroe has carried out this program for avtral years, and has effected the tra who stolo to got food for his sick mother or wife. Knows Convicts Intimately. He studied tho men and tholr environment, and worked out tho result ot tho combination.

He got good idea of vlho ndvnhtago to youthful con-vlots of Uiavlng cocaine and morphlno smuggled In to thorn by keepers lot more crooked than tho prisoners they guarded. Ho formed somo lmpros-Blons of whether the prerogative or a prison Is to reform or create criminals, and ho got to know that oven man with Jail sentenco at his back Is human being. These things wero what mndo hltn dettinilnu to spend tho rest of his business days whon ho got ojt himself helping "tho boys," as ho calls them, get a start dcsplto the prison which keeps many of thorn crooked. He found that man out on parole needed two things, principally encouragement, and clfanco to mnko nn honest living. And ho determined thnf 60 leng as It WAS In his power he would provide thoso dual requisites.

Theso are some of the homo mndo statistics ho compiled during his sojourn in Sing sing cell: Forty per cent, of tho men In prison ought not to havo been sent there. Nearly 0u per cont. of tho inmates of Sing Sing are dopo ilonds. Twenty per cent, are dopo ilonds whqn they go thoro. Tho remaining 30 per cent, acquire tho habit In tholr colls.

Thoro should bo prison segregation prisons for first offenders, places for old-timers, for murderors, fordegon-crates. By mixing nil together, the pestilence of each Is spread to tho others, and tho prison beSbmos a Crime College. Snys It Does Not Reform. "An Investigation of Sing Sing's l.COO convicts will bIiow any fair-minded man that tho penal system of today doos not reform criminals or benollt society," said tho president of that unique company. Ho is a tall.

wldo-Bhouldored, black-halrod, earnest-faced mnn. Ono needs but to look nt him and talk with him to discover thero wns a blunder somewhere. "Yes; I havo taken nil my-olllco force from Sing Sing and Elmlrn. I find ilium good, flmclant, narncst workers. Do I have any fear of employing them dlroct from a cell? No; of course, not.

I know them, and thoy know mo Wo understand each other. Somo ot them wore up there whon 1 was. Wo got to know each othqr, and I could nick my men, I never havo employed ono that has not proved himself reliable. "I suppose receive several hundred applications for John fitim Sing Sing yearly. I Investigate them nil.

If I haven't a placo I llnd other work for them. Not long ago I got a man out of his cell Into a bank down town. He's doing well and thoy know his story and trust htm. Giving All a "Chance." "You soo, 1 took up this work arter Boeing what sort of chanco tho boys at Sing Sing had. It was pretty plain they needed help when they got out.

Nobody wants to employ a convict, aB a rule, and If you'ro going to keep a man who has committed crlmu ftom going bnck to It, when ho gots out of Jail, you muct nhow him tho world hasn't loBt all faith In him. If ho sees It hns, and can't get a Job, and hears his babies crying -at home because they're hungry, ho's going to feed" them. And If ho can't do It honestly, ho'll do It tho other way. "What they need Is chanct! the feeling they aren't blacklisted for life JiiBt because thoy'vo fallen, nnd some, one to encourage them. That's whnt I try to give them! "I found how It waB myself, ilrst hand.

Kemember that! I had money and a big business whon I cam'o out, but I had that blacklist bugaboo to face and I needed somo ono to encour-ngo mo. If a man doesn't get that Its back to tho old gamo, or tho river, generally. Best Way to Put Down Crime. "If people only would realUa these boyB are not so bnd ns they're painted I mean tho Ilrst tlmo men who've mndo a mistake. Just one little mistake's enough, you know.

It would mako a lot of difference if somebody'd help them out whon thoy first ot paroled. I know of no better way of cutting down crimo than helping the criminals to quit It. "You boo, I'vo got faith In human beings. A man's naturally honest. But let mo glvo you nn example of how the prison sj stein liolps them to bo dishonest! In ono of thoso throe-by-Hoven when I was up thero, wore two men.

Ono was an oldtimo safe cracker doing a long 'bit He 'vua imtd us imi mean and erookf-d to tho soul, nnd cruel. Tho other was plantation of tho flowers of many countries to that state, and Now Jersey flowers and plants which he transferred are nourishing In Bulgaria, Bohemia, Switzerland and Greece. This summer Mr. Monroo will place most ot the Jersey seed In Greece. Bird's Nest Within Tree Trunk.

While cutting up an ash tree at a sawmill at Bmbleton, Cumberland, England, the sawyers observed a dark object In the canter of tho trunk. It wast found to be a sparrow's nest o- pj JSWttsSBsiLBPs 0m -fl, I EMPLOY CONVICTS. ONLY By New York Manufacturer Who Was In Prison. I havo taken my force from Sing Sing and Elmlra. I llnd them good, efficient, earnest vorkcrs.

I hnvo no tonv omploylng' them direct from the cell, 'I know them and they know me. Wo understand each other. Somo of thoso boys wero up4v thero when I was. We' got to' know each other, and 1 could pick my men. I havo never employed an ox' convict who has not proven hlmBelf reliable.

Tho rule Is In-' vnrlablo tho country over. I recelvo several hundred apj plications for Jobs from Sing Sing each yenr I Investigate all of them. If 1 haven't got a plnco I And other work for them. Not long ago I got a man out of IiIb coll nnd Into a downtown bank. Ho's doing well.

Tho "blacklist" is tho bugaboo that confronts a mnn when ho emerges from Sing Sing. 1 had money and a big business when I came out, but my social standing was gono. 1'vo risen above the stigma, which I maintain was falsely applied, and 1 havo a good trndo. I've got faith In human beings. A man's naturally honest.

Two-thirds of tho men In Sing Sing 4go. That's why I'm giving those boys a chanco. a miserable wretcli who was thero for moral degenoracy a horrlblo, repul-bIvo creaturo of the most revolting typo. Into that cell, occupied by theso two men, wbb put a young fellow who had been caught trying to steal a diamond from a Jeweler. He had tried to steal It because his mother -was dying of consumption, nnd ho wanted money to get dellcaclcB for her, and ho didn't hnve a Job.

For two years ho was scheduled to spend fourteen hours day in that coll "with thosd other men. Can you Imagine what he will be when he comes out? "Dope" Their Worst Falling. "Thoy sell dope, arid If jnnu Isn't a fiend whon ho goes In, If Is likely ho will bo when ho comes out Naturally, In running my, business, I havo to avoid tho dopo flonds. I cannot employ them. Their place la In a hospital, not In prison.

"I have a. letter today from bov In Sing Sing. He Is in a cell with two cocnlno flonds. Ho Is a first offonder, and docs not oven smoko or drink. Ho must spend threo years with his drug-crazed companions.

"Sing Sing Is merely a cesspool, ol humanity, where contamination Is spread to overy person that enters. And yet our civilization tolerates such conditions. Is It any wonder I am try; lng to glvo the poor fellows there a ohnnco to get on their feet? But the prisons are turning out habitual crooks a good deal fnBter than few otug can reform News of Antarctic. Tho editor of tho A'delq Blizzard sends wireless greetings to his newspaper contemporaries the world over. The Blizzard, which will bo printed on Adellelnnd.

the hendquartors of Dr. tho Antarctic explorer, has Just made iia bow to the public. It will bo printed onco a month and will give all the news of the Antarctic continent. Tho editor says that tho first number, which was of twenty-six pages wns great success except for the fact that tho circulation wns limited. Everybody except tho seals nnd penguins had gone into winter quarters.

Tho members of the Mnwson party, tho editor of tho Blizzard says, are almost snowed up In their huts, but are all healthy and able to attend to tho-Boientlfic instrum6ntBrwhlch are work- lng In an efficient manner. Diet and Caste, Tho private secretary of tho maha-rajah of Jhalawar recently gave a lecture on food in London, in the course of which ho stated that the, eating of onions Is conducive to "darkness of spirit." Ho also averred that tho caste system In India Is largely regulated by dloti Thus, thoso of tho highest caste only cat vegetal Ian monls In order to keep tholr souls puro. Members ot another ensto nre allowed to eat meat so that thoy may become fitted to be while the lowest caato "ct all eat "stale, fiat foods," -which "suit their unspiritual natures. i talnlng the feathers and skeleton of a dead bird and four eggs, The egg shells wero exceedingly well preserved, but In tho attempt to extricate them some wero broken, and It was found that their contents had been entirely absorbed. It Is assumed that the bird built Its nest la a hollow of the tr'eo, and died while sitting on tho eggs, tbo whole becoming sealed up as the tree grew.

The neat had probably been built a lea-tury ago, the tre being more limit 100 years old. WHY i i -i "i iTESiaJ 0 t..