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Show Till: UTAH l'hMrEXliiltY. it lint the IVnilrts Head, ami Hon ll.rj lm(ii.y lll-lu.-lroi. rstirduy 11 Niurt retrtsentatlvi visited tbe .iilUnlUry. Kverylhlu; now woiks smoothly then. UuJer the nt vt warden tho machinery moves wllli u rrgularllr whUh eboue 11 It lnnulUlattd with ntttady bund and a o liittlllrtiitmlud. 'I he vitllir on uileriuj tbe grim portals of this glonmt man. Ian Is flit. lllh r J Into a kill. I uf olllce which strws ns a lil iry uud ante. mom to tin 'coualcs' iiuittcit. This is prustuid over by is young prisoner who can tell ' oflhand the contents of hit little library, which by ti,. way contlsla of lt.00 volumea of good literature. Hcott, Dickens, Washington Irving, l.'arlyle, tloelbe, OoMsmlihandtJeorge l.llotl are among the tismca of aiithora which aptiear In the library catalogue. Ctiarlea Iver, Lord l.ytton and Thomas C'arlyle are the most popular, rhelr works are alweia lu dimatid with the tonvlcts, anJ the supply la Lot tunicleut. Victor Hugo la olteu callcl for, tut he It not ripresentedln the library. Hoif auygoodclllxen who hat tome of lilt works to spare would send them to tbe irlsotiA want woull te supplied. The next In order Is a walk along the rorrldort In front of the evils. A glance at these tevialt the toilet and Instincts of thelnmates. Theielsone which give tho Idea of a little sanctuary. sanctu-ary. There Is an altar, plot urea of tbe Havlor aud of the Virglu and child. It la the cell of a Catholic Hero la another . with a picture of Prof. Huxley, Hie ' agnostic fhlloaopher, and m on. In other cells am men working Industrl outly at knlck'knacka, bridles, paintings, paint-ings, etc Homo very ttautliiil work I It executed by the j rlaoueri. . The sthool room Is n feature which ' the visitor should not miss. There am forty regular alien laula Instructed I y is cnuvltl In all the common school i tranche.. Thla room la also used on I Huuda)s for Hunday school aud fur re i llglout worship. I In the ft malodepntlment evert thing lookv clean and orderly. Flflivit new lotka have beoti placed In tbe doors I here. Ttiey aru of peculiar construe i tlun. They are lotked from the out side, aud no key can te Inserted from , tho interior. Ml.s I'rlndlo Is sllll there, t ut her term t x tree on the i-nd Inst. The most Interesting jartofavlslt Is In evelng tbe lumattt march to their meats. At 4 I'I p. lu. a bell Is rung three limes. The convicts In tingle file march Into the dining roum. At the end nf each lal le stands a waltor whotaaltoa couvlct. He see that llieru Is no Irregularity In the matter of liosltlolis. The (onvlcls remain stand Inguutll tbol)l lt tapped untemort; then all tit down and fill to. They are a healthy, cltanly looking crowu. Only one patient III Hie hospital. The total number at priaent is "15, and I forty-three hold overs. Iloth classta occujy the same quarters, tut tbe new wing will be completed next weak, and to this tho hold-overs will t-e trans fined. In future the convicts will te kill separate from the others. the gunrdi aul attetiduuta aro at courteoua as are the ofUrert of any other publlo Institution of the same character lu the country. Thty leave nothing undone to give the visitor n correct Idea of the penitentiary and lit oieratlons. |