Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1896 — A Great Change. [ARTICLE]

A Great Change.

A French paper vouches for this dialogue, which took place In a French assize court, as being literally true: “Why,” asked the Judge of a man who had been caught stealing provisions, “did you attempt to rob this poor baker?” “It was hunger that forced me to it,” answered the man. “When the forest wolf Is hunted from the woods by starvation, ho takes his prey where he can seize it ” “Hush!” thundered the court, rapping on the desk. “He does nothing of the sort. > He endures hts ills, repents, and bec&nes an honest manl”