Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1916 — In Exalted Company. [ARTICLE]

In Exalted Company.

One of the members of a committee of inspection on its tour of a certain penitentiary found himself in conversation with one of the convicts. The latter was disposed to be confidential, and thus unburdened himself: “It is a terrible thing to be known by a number instead of a name, and to feel that all my life I shall be an object of suspicion among the police.” ‘jßut you will not be alone, my friend,” said the visitor, consolingly. “The same thing happens to people who own automobiles.” Many a man has a mighty small excuse for feeling big. Haste to get rich may keep a man poor.