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I Petty Criminals WTiipped. Otit of Belrvare w-m . .. .. . . f-' ' -11 y II PI I I VI I Z. II 2' - II "3 II OBERT FINKERTON. tha deteo- live- recently Mid In an inter tww mac ne nopea in wnip- I Ping poet would b. established 'he punishment or the ctmiMU ghout : tha United, State. This nent, coming from such an iml criminologist haa turned public lion towarq lot aiaie or veiawar. la tha only state .. In tha .Union till maintains the whipping post flllory, Delaware's experience haa just what Mr. Plnkerton . claims. iiat la that a criminal suiters mora vine his back lashed than by eerv- iong term m penitentiary. a not the. physical pain that man s that causes a criminal to dread rat punlahment, but. It la tha ha ion. Ho great , is it that he oven casta among his former aaaoctates ma. There are many notable Io ta which establish tha truth of tatement . - . . whipping .poat In Delaware is an Litlon that is strongly upheld by ople of tha state and by tha court, e tha fct. that It haa been rldl- f rom on end of tha country to (her, and Delaware people . have accused of supporting an Jnstltu kf tha dark agea The people of itle atata know how It Has aaved from the Criminal classes, and la no doubt that they will always aln this peculiar Institution, for than 100 years It baa been estan and today Delaware, coiialderlng atlon, haa a smaller criminal pop In and leaa crime within Its border hny other community of like slse opulatlon In the United State. . s about 190 when the whipping waa first Introduced Into Dela- It was an Institution of the 8wedish settlers, and there - are s of the whipping of men and even In en, in those early yea re,. In one ce a negro who had aaaaulted' u was not only Hogged and then in the pillory.- fet also had - bis hailed to the pillory and after? hey were cut e(X eloaa to his head. i were flogged for certain1- of In Delaware until abotft the mid thereat century, wben that part law was repealed and other ks made with particular .reference punlahment or petty thieving, had grown to a considerable ex Theae ehangea war wise and faulted In keeping criminal, and VilarUthJilgihJlYtfJutpr tre. ., ' . ;,-'. - -., evidence of the effect of tfre ndplllory. on the criminal ciaa. Inly necessary to elta the fact taut about nail a century mere nave bnly two attempts at bank roo- n tha whole state,, and both of were failures la Instauoe, f ' tha attempt . on - the National of Delaware, about Jo- years ago, Unf waa headed by the . famous r ilope, the moat' WMeiy Known burglar of . the perlodj- andHHe nan who- ever openly defied the ted Inspector Byrnes of .New my Hope and-several ,f Jals Including '"Big ' Freak" McCoy, aptured and after trial sentenced stood in the, pillory 'and also to had. Bo great was tMlf dislike a method of punishment that the-i f Delaware tS.ftOO in 'caan if the lor would remit ' tha wnipping. as' refuaed and tha sentence waa 1, jo b carried, out. . 'A-: re LHop could be punished be la . somradea mane thajr -scape. ranji" waa thw only one recap The date for tha whipping of PYank". wag aet and his- friends declatred that he would never ened to the poat. They aaid' that load of his friends from Phlladel- Ind New Tork would land at New. on the- morning of the whipping cue blm. 8o great was tha feel at the sheriff draw' s circle one in diameter around Near Castle Uted guards every few feet, so as 1st avy attempt. "Big Frank.- however, was whipped, and while the physical pain waa practically nothing, It -waa a atrlkingaight to see this big man. over six feet tall. ' cry lng like a child. Jt was tha humiliation be felt Later while serving his sentence la the New Castle Jail ha Bald that oq account f thla whipping ha had lost . , caste among U- criminals, and that after ha got out of Jail all he would be ablo to do would be to associate with "cheap gun," or no longer would he be recog, nlsed among bank burglars. It la seldom that a man once whipped at' tha poet returns for a second ex perience. There : are a 'few oases on record .where men have 'returned as often ss three times, . but these ar so few that they simply stand ytCm the ex eeptlona to a rule. It Is a firm belief of the police ofnciala of Delaware that the whipping pest and the pillory keep the big criminal from the state, situ ated aa it is Delaware, and particularly Wilmington, tha largeat city. In the atate, and one- with considerable wealth. Is on the direct highway that criminals travel. . To the south 11 Baltimore and Waahington. . while to " the north, are Philadelphia and New York, yet In trav eling this highway the 'criminal seldom tarries . long In the Diamond, state. . In addition to the whipping poat Delaware also maintains the pillory. Efforts are being mad to abolish It. because it Is really more of an. instru ment of torture than a reformatory in stitution. All kinds of felony and sev eral ' misdemeanor tn Delaware are punishable by the whipping poat and a number by both the'whlpplng post and pillory. 'Attempted ' felonious assault, attempted murder, horse stealing, high way robbery, certain forma of arson, burglary and other felonlea are punish able both et the whipping post , and pillory tn addition to serving sentence In the Jail or workhouse. All kinds of petty larceny is punished- by k (logging and this Is one good thing, for despite the '-large colored - population -of - the atate. chicken stealing has been reduced to .or rather held down- to a minimum. . In Delaware there . are three coun ties, .New Castle, Kent and Sussex. In the Arst the method of admlnlsterinK corporal punlahment differs from that in Kent and Sussex. In New Csstle county fhe whipping post Is located In the yard of the workhoua near Wil mington and the public Is admitted at the pleasure of the -workhouse warden. The crowd. t. hipping in tblft county varies from 10 to 100. In Kent and Sussex' counties the- - whippings tak place In the front yard of. thwjatl in full view of the publlo road and its effect Is so striking that those who wit bees It ever heve little desire to play the role of. the man at the post i- In -New Csstle- county -a-cat-Vnine-talls, the lashes Of which are atxtfit two feet long and made of round leather about one fourth of an Inch In diameter Is uaed in Hogging in, criminal, wnue tt.UnVlieldom. JBt .nert-pu.! reddens it- In Kent -and Sussex coun ties a rawhide tiding whip is used and there have been caaea , la recent years where "a sheriff with a good musculsr arm has -cut the flesh with hi .whip. As a rule, however. It la not this pain that affects the criminal, but the hu miliation ha suffers that makea nearly every one vow as he leave the post that he never again will be found "hug ging Susan," aa the post Is called among criminals. '-. " Th punishment at the post and pil lary. ns administered In Delaware. Is at no time cruel or barbarous. Th laahlng of a prisoner la not always forcible. S little Is tha pain that frequently negroes have been known to dance a Jig afte leaving the post, but when they returr to their cells and realise how humiliat ing It waa to be lashed they hang their heads In ahame. Tha humiliation la In creased by the fact that -a man one whipped at the poat Is disfranchised an la ndjonger a voter. Th pillory la more or leaa creel, and tn cold weather, to re lieve th severity or. this part of th punishment the sheriff generally covers th man fastened In the pillory-with t A. Sckobl for rRooters !, 3 r-. OOTINQ," or the art. of mak J ing a loud and continuous W noise. Is . now taught reg- rt The rooter' classes ar by fa geat In school. Pteany every sia- L 11 In h MU-M. - . . Icourae of study is not found In the rue and la not' honored' with a n the university curriculum, dui is tned by the "Rooter's club."gn or rion cwniw- Tr r fh. members are elected .because lung capacity. . . . - T n. . Wmwkmmm Oitv a. MtllnP. .(dent of th eluk vHli AblUty to iots im unexcelled am'onu the root- M.1A wrasll Isbshs-ImP Isl WrlV Dllft Id VIiv- "-" w- - ' ' umoted. from tha rank and file at -nt mass meeting ini singiea mm m msny asph-ants for honors. He he' place ot no ir reion, d the rooters' brigade at th last i-Mlssourl gam, f . , . -r th command of the rooter gen- .'ihM. wnh.rnntMrs. each of whom urge of a section of tha 'bleachers lhall games. These ar Charles rtln, "Deacon" Barnes and Charles -. Theae- leaders are expected to he noise going "In -heir respective , ana ISllure ' w vrm uui li ..inn, nt sound means dlssraca leaatlon'to th ranks.. t . . lesders carry large megaphones I . j.nM,l with tiirnw itrum. e wiwimi. T- -""- Void and blactf. Whether Missouri IVln- or losing, these students per had gyrations on ' Ui- track m I. kiAAh anft trv 'to bnnart l-nthualssm to the pectatora. A arted ID. one section mn up ki of the other In turn, making a ilon Of Aloises Icom-oneTOa iu inn imemoers ot 1 -n v,, Ire distributed among th stands they n do tn most execution. the efforts ot tneir uaaers in pro ducing, holse. Each acta as a leader In the group surrounding him and conveys to Ms charges th directions of ths head leaders. Members of the club will be eaaUy distinguished at ' approaching games. -.: Special hats In the university colors have been ordered for their wear, A process known- aa the chi-chi-tit-r wilt b applied to any on outside th organ isation who wears the rotters' Insignia. t The rosters have frequent meetings, at which they rehearse the university yells, old and new. The old Tiger yell, "Tiger. Tiger. If. 8. V..' haa been discarded for others of a better noise producing va riety. The moat popular of these Is that heard at the ' last v Thanksgiving day faints . ' ' ' ' ' ' .-. ; Missou-rah-rah! M laaourah- hahi .' ? . Iloo-raht Hoo-rah! ' ' ' '' . - Missou-raht ; .. . ' ' The speHIng of Missouri 'la another fa vorite that I delivered with good effect. Each letter Is Jong drawn out, espeofally the final "I," the, whole result being a yell equal la volume to th "Rookohalk-Jay-hawk" of Kansas. . The old vsrlty yell Is still given, and several new com binations have, been rehearsed and will be given at th approaching game. - Under th tostruetlon of the footers, the students are becoming proficient in yelling. When Mlsoeuri i made the first touchdown of the aeasonwagainst Kirks vllle, the rooters did their duty manfully. Although some ar still a . bit hoarse, they will be In good condition for the next game. 'If th team does not win, it Will not be th fault of the side'Mhea. .. The final aim of the systematic prac tice lit yelling Is to produce a Corp of rooters that will put Kanaas to ham at the Thanksgiving day game. . i . "Missouri expects every rooter to do his duty," Is the motto, and no matter how the game goes Missouri students Intend to support th team with their voices un til the laat. . ' . . . An Army Hunts' Tkieves j IBS SJ. Wwood of Outhri Is he htnd of .an army of 40.000 ken.' all residents of Oklsnoma nd Indian Territory. ecn man In subject to immediate service .k the trail and aid In Jptur of th,featlve hors thief. passing or tha Tuwse tniet m k rMiitMl siraely to Inrts of the Antl-Hors Thief as-l-n -.hlh. now ha close to on Lid lodges In Oklshoma asd In- Terrltory. Tn national . Thief aasoclatlon ws organised ... Vllaannrl It Vaars SCO and mftmherahln 'iim l.rt J v. - -- k of th mlddl and western states Vrltorles. ng th past Jf?Jf In'OUahomg alone there war organised 131 new lodges, with a membership-Of 14.000. Ia this county IT new lodges were or ganised during th year, with over 700 members. Throughout Indian Territory th Increase hss been even greater... In th territorial division of the natlonar association - there - is - one Anti-Horn Thief lodge to every 60 square miles; In Kansas onl to every lit square miles: In Oklahoma . alone - on to every 1 JO square miles; Pawnee county hss 'a lodg to , every SO . square miles; Lin coln and - Pottawatomie county on to every II square miles; Logsn on to every It; and Qreer county on to every 140. ..' -. ;., V ,- '- . - . During th past year the association hag aided In tha capture of, it T bono . . .WHIPPING POST AT PILLOBY, AT (GBSENBANK. I f V s,! V .....'--. ." '- ,r--. TtEU" ;.ZAKDEN M ESEatVJS LATINO ,tN -THE CAT. '." " " .-' " -' .. f -. 1- 7 .i blanket to protect hlm from tha -elements. Twenty or 10 years ago a man fastened in. a pillory was ' subjected to a bombardment of over ripe and decayed fruit, but thla baa been atopped. and the punlahment at the pillory Is made a human aa posaibi under tbe law. ' . . During th past few years th whip- Dins- Doat and Ita benefits have been much argued questions before the an nual convention of tbe National Associa tions of Chiefs of Police. The beads of th police ' department Of Wilmington, th wardens ana jailers or tn atata have contributed paper to these gath ering; and to those prison reform asso ciations. Among th. most- admirable papers of thla class la on read by Chief of Police Ueorge w. Black, or Wilming ton, at th laat National Convention of Chief of PoUc. Ju this paper Chief Black aays: "People from other states, who do not really understand the situation writer in the various magazines and editor of the leading newspapers without hesita tion, condemn the whipping poat and th pillory, .butt Ilk many people who dis cuss various topics, their discussion Is bssed wholly upon theory; In this par tlcular casd, upon the theory that th cus tom is pre-hlstorlo and a rello.of the ages of barbarism. In so far as to theory goes, they may be correct, but ia prac tice, th greater majority of th people of Delaware ar satisfied, that auch a theory m uiaiuiiciBni -.. . . y 1 - v "Th principal reason why the whip ping post- is condemned Is because the people opposed to It do not understand th class of crimes In which it Is used a a means of punishment, and Ita con sequent practical benefits. Aa a matter of fact,- our state maintains a record ct less crime of a felonious nature than any stat In th Union, and it Is only In felonious crime that the whipping poat and th pillory ar resorted to. The are not used for. all Crimea and misde meanors, but only those that are of a low, malicious and felonious nature. Take th case of an assault and battery; no matter how serious tbe assault may be, unless It Is done with a criminal in tent th lashea or pillory are not a part of tha oenalty.- the reason for which Is very plain. Men 'without regard to their education or morality will assault one another because the temper m bard to control. In fact, the best of friends fre quently com -to blows. Th penalty with ua in such a case is a fin or imprison ment th nature of ths crime nt being of a ; low or feTonrauaTSKtrarTH&rTog- tlfiea- th ua of the whlA nr Ilia fil t- nlne-tails. as we call It. "Among the other felonious crimes that are punished by the whipping post or. pillory are house breaking. 'burglary, highway -robbery, horse stealing and wife beating; also In the case of a per, son who maliciously .administers poison to another with Intent to commit murder. In this latter-case, .part of the penalty Is (0 lashea. Thla. case furnishes an in teresting example -ofwhat -thq. punish-, ment might M for one cHme Surpoa- m a man should endeavor to poissn a family of 10, and be tried on 10 aeuarate indictments. Th penalty In our state would be $6,000 to S60.OW nns; to nours In th pillory; (00 la-he, and Imprison ment not to exceed 40 years-, and the pun ishment Would be the earn even thougn nnno of tbe people were injureo, provra- lng of .course, that the Intent waa ma licious or felonious... In fact, there are various other crimes in which th lashes and pillory ar used aa a mean ot pun ishment --.' , . " Tak the case of a person who ma liciously deprive e nether of any of tin limbs, r who-shall -cut out persons tongue; or shall put out his eye; or who shall-slit, cut or bite off the noae. Up or esr of another; -In any of the- cases he hart t Whipped Wltn J' lasne in au dition to being Imprisoned.- Any person who burns any courthouse In the state or any building where publlo records ar kept. In aduKion to in mmr inu ment.. shall arand on hour In Ve pillory and be whipped with 00 lashes. - If a per u sets fir to any ship, mill, any bulld- ing of a ) manufacturing -establishment granary, :. warenouse, sw. vumw. I j -,v ""7s5 Little FurnitiirL j NEW CASTLE COUNTT WORK HOUSE, OREENBANK. DEL, IN WH ICH OFFENDERS" ARB WHIPPED, thieve -and - th 'recovery of $12,000 worth of stolen animals. There were 134 horses stolen, and 110 recovered, some, of .them being, stolen during the previous year, -Out of the- 187 thieves captured 117 have been convicted, " -The association at times haa provo cation to resort to mob violence, notably in th murder of Cap. J.. 8. Poole, an Indian- Territory association leader, by two horse thieves, Barclay and Brum mitts during the summer of 1102 In th Onage Indian country. After' a hard fight the two outlaws were captured and placed in., th federal - Jail here. Th feeling against the . two, waa so bitter that threats of lynching were ' made until Hominy lodge ot tha Anti-Horse Thief . sssocatton took charge of the prisoners until ths two could be trans ferred to Outhri prison, and sents out a warning that a mob would be resisted With. Winchesters.- Barclay and B rum mitt were tried, convicted of ' murder Land 'sentenced to bang,' but- afterward tbe sentence wss commuted, to life Im prisonment at Fort F loatt ng Pi p c ' . Carries Silt President Roosevelt While the association has been sue cessful in weeding oufnesrly all pf the outlaws -and desperadoes, - one remains who has fought all posses,- escaped ar rest and Is still at large. He ia Ben' Cravens, th only living- king of out laws left of the old gang, and 'for his capture, tha rewards aggregate nearly $10,009... w 1 .', ! . V; ' -' .. - - i j ii t Mow atsttloang Teat Jggga. . . From th. Mexican Herald. - ' .11 It a common- sight in th plasa to behold a stall woman, who Is selling two reals worth of egga, pick them up on by one, put on end and then the other to her lips and hand them over to the customer, who repeats ' th. same Identical - operation. "...v' .. - To the inexperienced onlooker It seem ss If they were testing th extremi ties of th egg.. As a -matter of fact they never, touch the egg wth the tongue. , Tbe Idea" of th performance Is that when an, egg la fresh one end Is dis tinctly colder than the other. ' The end which has ths air chamber Is tha warmer of th two. ' Th human Hps ar exceed In sly . sensitive, to heat and cold, and even the novice at. thla form of egg testing promptly becomes , a capable Judge. If "both and of th egg reveal the same temperature, that egg may be counted aa bad, as It la a fairly good sign that the air -rhamber Is broken and th. contents spread equally within th shell, i . REPARATORY to being taken to th mouth' of th ' Mlaalssippl river, where they. will be used - by the United Btatea engineer to support a floating pipe line. It steel pontoons and nine sections of Iron' pip two feet In diameter have been unloaded on th battur facing the Johnaon Iron work, Alglera,' La. The pip and pon toons were mad at Chicago under con tract ' Tbe Johnson Iron works Will put finishing J touches on th outfit and finally send tha consignment to Its des tination. -. ', - , : - - v ' - ;' . The pontoona are of steel,- il feet In length end rive feet wide. ; They will be arranged In, such manner that . pip nearly 1.000 feet long will be supported Leavenworth by jB ' ""'J, bJ 'fllbU ?n . - , nectiona, which will permit th action of. th wsves without severing the fast ening. Through the pip' tremendous quantities of silt., which Is drawn from th bottom of the Southwest pass with a powerful auction dredge for keeping a uniform 'depth from the pas to deep water In the gulf, will be piped . for about 1.000 feet After psaslng through the pip line tbe deposit will b dumped Into th sea. - ;;:"r r ,.- ';. , --. The use of a floating pipe line 1 a unique .undertaking. Th system. wlU enable th engineer- to do away with bargee to take the silt-and --carry- it from th passes, and Instead of the old method, the mud is going to ba handled In th same manner-aa oil In Standard pipe lines. It will require two pontoons to support on section of pipe,-which will b Joined by mesne of flexible con nections of either rubber or canvas ma terials, Th line will not b disturbed by th action of th - water. : and the harder It blows th more th pontoon, nd pipe will bounoa. With th aid of th elastic Joints. It will not be neces sary to keep the pontoons on a uniform level, as they will act r the same a foundatlona for a pontoon bridge. Ever sine th United States govern ment assumed charge of the Southwest pass from th estate of Captain John B. Ends efforts have been made to - sim plify the disposition of -mud from th bed of th peases.- .Barge havti been seed with limited auooesa at much, coat" until It wss decided to rimerlment with aha pontoon'plpo Una, wliiuh la eipecteO. to prove superior In every way. If the undertaking turns out satisfactorily the line may d extenaea runner out in in gulf. - : . .. . i.jstBi soa orrxi rAmrr. Btigtity Atqm Xavltes! Mia Well-Sred " ." Frlaada to Observe Birthday. Newport Dispatch to New Tork World. : The Waning season hss become fright fully dull. It remained for Harry Lehr, who la always full of exhilarating Ideas, to revive the spirits, of the few cottag ers who ar left her. . .. Even the dogs of the fashionables wer yawning, full of , ennui. , So, Mr. Lehr hit on the brilliant plan of cele brating the - third birthday of Mrs. Lehr's small Pomeranian dog. which, be cause of hi six and importance, Is named Mighty Atom. - - , - Mighty Atom Invited to dinner seven doga of equll breeding and good man ner. Every dog accepted the Invita tion, and. although rather Jaded by the summer's dissipations, greatly enjoyed the dinner and ths entertainment which followed It Th cat which . took part In the entertainment did not enjoy it much. - . -.,.,, : Mr Lehr -has ofUn -denied that h gave a monkey dinner last eummer. But It la quite a different thing to give a dinner to Mighty Atom. Mrs. Lehr Is Infinitely fonder of Mighty Atom thsu shecould be of any monkey, however weM trained.' flighty. Atom Is Mrs. Lehr's constant companion and he ia seen everywhere with the mistress of Ardlelgh. Often. Mighty Atom dlsplsys Intelligence fay beyond - his years -Intelligence almost human. It Is declared by hls sdmlrers. ' . - On Monday Mr. Lehr sent out cards which read like thla: . At Home, . '.,.', Mighty Atom" requests th pleasure of - 's Compsny for Dinner. "Ardlelgh. I:10"p."m. Red was the prevailing color of the table decoration. Mighty Atom, a dog of th beat taut, le very fond of red dahlias, and those flowers decked the board. Silver candelabra with red shades adorned the head and foot of tho table and threw - a aubdued light oa Mighty Atom and his seven guests. Of course - Mrs.. Lehr's Pomeranian graced tha , hesd - of th table. The seven were placed In high chairs, and behind them wer seated '; their mis tresses, who assisted flv butlers In serving the delicate menu. Mrs. Stuy vesant Fish and Mr. Herman Oelrlcbs were two of thne who thus proved their affection for their pets. - -With a few ..well cuosan barks, Mighty, prayer meeting hotisa, school house. Be shall stand em hour In the pillory and a whipped with not . leas , than 10 laahee. The earn la true of a man who aeta fir to any wheat grain or lumber of any kind, providing h doe so wttb a ma licious Intent If a person breaks Into a house in the night time with Intent to commit a crime, he shall stand on hour In the pillory and be whipped With from 0 to. 40 lashea whether tn Intended crime be committed or not Th same form ' 'of punishment Is need where he breaks Into- a private of tic to destroy private record, or if be breaks Into a.,.',, house or store In the day timet or If h receives goods knowing: , them to be, stolen.""!'! - , ... - . "From the few cases I have numr ated to you, you , can readily - ae tha nature of tha crimes that ar punished at tha post and th pillory, and auch pun ' Ishmenta ar usually la addition to fine and imprisonments. - Wa have soms few crimes la which tha only pulshment la the pillory and others where th only ' punishment may be the whipping poet : -A person convicted of Inducing another : to swear falsely In a. court of Justice is mmnt nu tn etarul one hour In th Bil lorv. A man who beata his wife may ' be sentenced to receive punishment at th whipping post. The punishment in the latter case being at the discretion of th ; court whether It shall be laprisorattenW fine or lashea. Th two last-menuonaa , case are. . therefore, effectively pun- ; Ished while the county la put to no ex-. ., penae in boaraing ana mainmnina u -people convicted. It ia possible that you may have listened to woat i nave saio. but are still unable to see what are th practical bnflts. To nsrrat tnem briefly, I would aay that w can oniy Judge by results, both as to amount ot- . crime and th cost Of keeping th pris- oners... W have shorter term of im " . prlaonment than other atate. thua aav. , Ing th county tn coat or mainwnina th prlsonera W also think that we have less crime.' ' . .'' "- . -Statistics In 110J In th City or wu- , mlngton. a city of S0.0OO population. ahow that tha property; stolen waa. valued at $.2SJ.85. of which $.250.IS waa recovered, and during that year t therwer -leas than ISO cases wnere. persons wr qharged wltn having com-", mitted felonious crimes; another proof? of th effectiveness of this punishment is that It U dreaded mor than th Im prisonment and the fine.1 and a criminal . who la punished at the whipping post ... ipnioryts rarely ever agajrr-punisnew im nnr ttt lr ""T"""- ,nn'nr rl- he usually goes elsewner to do it. be cause of th fear of th punishment. Members of tha bar jn our state un qualifiedly .recommend both of. thsa mathods of punishment d say .in favor of them that In nearly every cas they represent where the penalty la a fine. -term of Imprlsonrasnt. . the "pillory -and the whipping inostthelr client gener- ally- tell them that they ar wlUlng to' takt the Jlmit Of lrn prlaonment provid ing they ran- escape- the pUloty-orcthm; iaha further than' that as soon aa criminals ar sentenced, tha majority of them make appeal a to ine governor or to th board of- pardons - to have th lashea remitted, and frequently they agree with th prosecuting attorney to plead guilty providing the oniy punisn-mme-la-ar fine olraDrlsonment- Any roan who has ever stood In th pillory or.haa-ever been whipped at th whipping post feels that .he la forever disgraced, even - among the criminal, classes, and he has no. desire to spend th res, of his days In the state of Delaware.- A majority of , the few, who do remain ar thoroughly reformed and be come useful cltlsens of the state. .We feel that other atates could take good example from Ilttl Delaware in - thjs matter, and w ar glad to note that some 'of them ar doing so In a smalt degree. Our svstera ba. the Indorsement: of President Roosevelt and many of the best Judges of the criminal courts of America. With the,system we a r per fectly satlafied. and we feel certain! that we ar condemned only by persons who do not understand the real .benefits de rived from tha ayatem. - i - ; . ; T From tha Now Tork Sun. , . HIS Is th ra a' th empty room. Fashion,', which ehangea for modes of furnishing aa well as ....... thin- aiae,. haa swung IUI . ' - - fr away as poaalble from tha ever crowded rooms that war la atyl a fw iM longer stumbles over th ao called "sliver tabj- In tb attempt to -.t out of the way of th glaaa-eovered miniature table, and then tails over the kidney dish which has been moved out to make foomtor th. Loula met On can now travel wltjjout dlffl eulty through th fashionably furnlahed rotA which look. Ilk. a tohf" 1 partson with th-chock-a-bloee; apart menta of a decade ago. . "The new style is In accord with bet ter sundsrdi of tsste." said ' who admitted that th faahlort had changed greatly'in this rapect "and I believe that the day of th overcrowded room haa paased forever. X can ber some yeere ago when th ge for Flrat Emplr furnltur began. Anybody who haa aeen the rooms In French pal Toe, decorated in th. atyl Hod. know, that only a fsw pieces of this mssslv furnltur. wer. used In .very room. " .. .r. ....... . - "I can resell room, of that kind In New York, however, ao f?Vti tht Empire pleeea that they JUIed all the avaltabl apac. Chalra. sofas, th heavy, awkward tables and dlahea wer piled about until the ormulugav th whore room a brassy look. ' . 1;, Th decrease In' th. amount of. furnl tur uaed nowadays I. In a measure due to th. artlatlo methods of decorator. Rooms In flrst-claaa new house for which their owners pay larg. sum. sr. now idecorated more artistically than they used to be. Formerly ther wss a stretch of vscant wall. Interrupted only by th cornices, th baseboard and the doors. This bad to b covered with wall paper, and then th object of th dec orator was to fill up that wall aa much -as posslbls with pictures, or - els get tb room so full of furnltur that tha sense of bareness was removed. ' In a measure, much. - furniture waa necessary in these big rooms, with thetr lack of dlatlnctiv atyl. Th difference today ln-tha work o? decorators explain. .. th. dlfferenc. In th quantity of furnl tur. needed - - -, -,--s j--v-: Nowadays a drawing room will ba dee orated, aay la-Louis Seise fashion. Th walla will be panelled, with moulding. about the silk or plcturee. Tb ceilings -wilt ba treated In th same way. - The -effect of thla decoration la to furnlah a ' room very much more than th plain old wallpaper ever did. There la, of course, no need for the quantity of furniture that uaed to be wanted, and fine picture, can be hung oa these wall. . .. .. I saw th Louis Quins room th other day- which was tn perfect taate, - Ther waa a plan In It a email grand, but that wa. neceeaary. and It waa covered with a draping which mad It decorative. If It did not Improve Its acoustics. Two chest of drawer, which were genuine Loula , Qulnse .- specimens a chaise lounge and four separate chalra alt of them perfect pieces, furnished beautiful- ly.a room 10x3$ feet Thera was no" sens of emptiness In this room, which 10 years ago would have been ao clogged -with furnltur., and brlo-a-arao that It would hav been all but Impossible to . get around It . Th diminution In th number ef ta bles, cabinet. T and " what not has, of ' course, tsnded to decrease th amount of , brto-a-brac. si see ther Is no place left to put th "masse, of It which wer. used , before th. present atyl. of leas furnltur. cam. Into existence. Consequently th amount of It to be seen In New Tork houses today la smaller than aver before. W hav -not yet got to th stag In which only on piece in taken out at a time, but we are nearer" that Japanese custom than ever before. , Atom asked hta gueate to fast th veal cutlet, which formed th. flrat course. Thedish) was delightful, and th conv psny gave a quiet demonstration of Ua pleasure and further appetite. So frank furter were served to them. The guests devoured them with gusto, after being assurad that ther was nothing cannibalistic in so doing. Then salads. Ice cream and chocolate, were placed before thee lucky dogs, and all ' were highly appreciated. At laat to directly honor th host, a birthday cake was brought. In. On It was delicately frosted "Mighty Atom, th pride of -Ardlelgh, I years old," and three lighted eandlea Illuminated It - Cigarettes wer. oa th table, but the doga hav not yet been educated down to them, and they soon sought . the splendid drawing-room. There they renewed pleasant acquaintances, but after a abort time even their good breeding could not hid the fart that they wer bored. So Mr. Iehr hit upon til- 1 (cfeemt to aaltven th. scene. -.Several cats, ot natura not too brutal. . wera Introduced Into tha drawing-room. ". Mighty Atom and his friend, enjoyed themselves hugely chasing th. cat an -der sofa, and aver chalra until th. dogs' owner, feared their treasures might ex " b'aust themselves, ' Then carriage wer called and tha entertainment, which wa. really ne of th. season's great suc cesses, ended. - . -.: , i . Seven Ages ef Wemaa. . From tha Tonkers Statesman.'.' Saya she', sixteen wben she's twelve . Says "she's eighteen when she's four teen. fay. she', eighteen when fv-'s twenty-one. Saya she's eighteen " . ' i ' ' t---ty-five. ' J Says she's nine' - -n v " Says she's t -forty-five. Par she's f t:.--.n.