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The Prison Missionary

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 11, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 2.

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The Prison Missionary

By Editor

The Prison Missionary is a most creditable sheet, typographically and otherwise, considering the circumstances under which it is issued. It is edited and printed by a prisoner, L. J. Sprague, No. 2409, cell 138, Oregon Penitentiary, Salem, Or., quarterly, at 25 cents a year. Its religious tone is good. The editor says in his issue of Dec. 16, 1898:—
"We wish to state to our patrons that we have no press to print this paper on, but must get down on our knees on the cell floor, and use the floor for a bed to place our form on. We then ink the type, lay the paper over the inked form, place a wet rag over the paper, and roll a convex block over the rag, putting on pressure enough to make the paper take the impression of the type. Another difficulty is we have not type enough to set up two pages, therefore we must print off one page at a time. We are obliged to use a wooden composing stick, chase, quads, and leads until we are able to do better."