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Show The Christian Union baa been compiling statistics from prison reports, re-ports, and it makea a showing that ahould have a healthy influence upon society, and teach parents and guard-iana guard-iana the- importance of giving their children and ware's employment, and compelling them to learn tradea. Of tbo 4S9 convicts in tho Iowa penitentiary peni-tentiary 305 were without a trade. One hundred and thirty out of 235 in tho Minnoaota prison, 310 out of 39G in the Western Pennsylvania peni-tontiary, peni-tontiary, 32 per cont. of tbo 1,500 in tbe Illinois prison, and 60 per cent, of tbe 408 in the Michigan pmon have likewise grown up without acquiring ac-quiring familiarity with any kind oi work. Theao figures show plainly that vice and idleness are cloaely connected. |