Prison Philosophy.—From the Charlestown (Mass.) state prison paper, the Mentor, come the following verses, written by a prisoner.
CHANCE
He made us all of flesh and blood,
And we, in troth, are kin;
You in your place as ruler stood,
I in my place of sin.
A turn in the mould, a spot in the clay,
Would have changed our spheres of life;
Mine would have been the glorious day,