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Show THf-fci 13 said to be a movement uD foot among some of the inmates of the penitentiary to gather a library for the institution. The ellort is a J proper one and rtiljcta credit upon t;ie parties who are interesting Ih'jm-aelvei Ih'jm-aelvei in the matter, but in order to be succeesful it must necessarily receivo support and encouragement from those not so unfortunate a the baplesa prisoners Tne manner in wnscti the institution ia necessarily conductf.d, no rrgjlar employment being provided for tne inmalrg, who thus spend their time in idleness and inactivi'y of mir.d and body, doea not teed to improve the morals of men. If they could be supplied w.th enter- tai qu ati'J instructi7e rt jvJidk matter it certainly could not fail of g'jd results hereftir, anl it would, for the time being, help the unfortunate prisoners to puss the long and weary days far more agroe-t agroe-t ably than tiiy can now do. How ever wjll-deaerved the confinement of i Borne of the penitentiary inmates rny - be, humanity numozti that their imprisonment im-prisonment be madq no more burdensome burden-some and oflenmo than the law absolutely demands that it should ho. 1 And whatever interest the public Ukcs in liiciitening the weight borne by the convict, and choiring (heir lonely hours, mil hardly bo j thrown away. Wo are heartily in sympathy with the movement Ujt gathering a penitentiary library, and h 'po to eeo it protnr. It is propOfl'd 10 obtain tho bvks and I li'crature nocswry, from trio public 1 by donation, m the prisoncra llioin- selv.o are not able to pufinso. i'er-f i'er-f sons who ff'el g'merouily or humanely difp'wl, may do much gxl by con-I con-I tributing a yolurno or two, a peritxli ! eal or magaino to tho proponed library. Contributions lo!l at tho UniM Stftlfa rnarshal's othxo, or at tho KKRAi.fj counting I'fjtn will bo prornpl'y forward'1'1 to tho pouiton-tiary. pouiton-tiary. Who will be tho one !o found the penitentiary librnry? |