Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — Fitted Through the Bars. [ARTICLE]

Fitted Through the Bars.

Difficulties only Inspire a man of genius. Witness the Golden Penny’s story of the correspondent who, while confined In a Cuban jail, asked for some clothing to take the place of his rags. He was told he might order a suit from a tailor; but when the tailor arrived the prisoner found he could only consult with him through the bars. In order to be measured he had to stand as dose to them as he could get. In a few days, however, the tailor again appeared with the garments cut out and pinned together for fitting on, and this he accomplished by stretching his arms through the window-bars as before, until the “fit” was to his miud correct. When the correspondent came to wear this extraordinary suit he found it most satisfactory’ aad well-fitting—-so much so that it is being worn in London now with much pride.