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Show Hobbtrj in and Out of Jail. In Chicago, aa In aeveral other cities, cit-ies, some good people arrange for oo innlonnl niei-tlngB In the county jail, at which a speaker dlacnureca to the prlsonera on their situation and mor-nlliea mor-nlliea for their Instruction, It la a pleaaant event for the --leaker, at any rate, since tha audience cannot g"t away, and the pl.itltudea which propriety pro-priety deninnda on suc h occasions require re-quire no thoiiKht, but may rndrcd be culled from any old copy book or volume vol-ume of moral maxima. Borne time ago tho committee having thla function In chnrge made a mistake. H aaked a man that actually thourht to talk. Now a man that actually thinks la rather a dangeroua character anywhere, but If ha geta Into a jail In the present etate of society and reflerte on what he eeae there and then aiieaka frank.', what la In his mind he la apt to ay things more pleasing to those liinlns the walls than to thoae that put then there. So It waa with this Chicago ninn Cliirenro Harrow, a lawyer who baa a bit of a reputation for plain speaking, lie wuon't particularly complimentary com-plimentary to his audience, for ha remarked re-marked that If be met aome of them on the street he would be prt-tly apt to get his pocket picked or be held up, but, anld he: "When I get outside pretty nearly everybody holiui me up." Thla rather sturtllng statement he upported by aaylng that tho gaa company com-pany holds him up by charging a dollar dol-lar for something worth twenty-live cent. If to eaenpe) thla highwayman be turns to burning nil Mr. Itorke-fe'lee Itorke-fe'lee holds him up. 'and then usee i '-. rtaln portion of his money to build uaivwmltlra and aupport rhurchee whlrh ara engaged In telling us how to be good." Nor are these spoliations all. Aa the Instructor In Jail ethics truly said: "When I ride on the street car 1 am hold ui I pay Ave cent for a ride that la worth two and a liatr cents or three cents, almply because a body of men haa bribed the city council and the legislature ao that all the rest have to pay tribute to them and cannot help It" |