CURRENT TOPICS The penitentiary is coming te be re ture usefulness. Papert of the prisoner was a thing importance so long as the thought was Me prevent crime by the terrors of By Pile pls shall ye know them.— Malt, 4 to es good deal more religion in |life. PROFESSIONAL RELIGION ann Man's Place in Another World Depends|sn on His Progress in This Such a religion cannot be confined ra department of the 0 wast © ©, {the world than we sometimes think.|Sundays has been successful but i jail life. When it was fully realized| Truc, many assume they have succeed. |starving it to dcath. would be that no terrors of the law would keep|ed in classifying and pigeonholing. the | strange m ho should hang out a from commission of offenses,| Worlds supply. But you migh' = well|sign saying, “This is my truthful day.” aveniians was direciad< to the reclamas| & think that truth to be ou only at-|He would not find the world especially Gone e Horedity, environ, |{cned: 10. allidavits imagine that uDtereat with his honor on that or any ol rs. redity, religion can be ented ty labels. No/other day. He who — is not religious ment, and other predisposing causes | matter what sys fenton (avery ae religio were given their full weight, view was taken fhat in all sane men was @ germ of. good which might be devel- oped; The physical, mental, and spi tual needs of prisoners were considered. Without losing sight of the fact that the ires the reform of ail prisoners capable of re- Under the old theory it was desirable that a man who had once been in prison footy fe easily recognizable when re- might be on their The close syed aie! Bete him. which had be muscles, showed its effect in instinctive ments h an exeprienc ee As ‘he branded as truly as if a eon were on his brow. Under the new theory a man is given every chance to prove that he is wiser and stronger than before. 0 go his way among men like other The lock step has been abolished. guards is no longer felt, care in the custody of prisoners escape is so infrequent that it is not taken into account. The eee are abolished, be- cause it is not necessary to be ue to trace a fleeing icicle and the bility of an organized rush for tberty old, Accounts are squars when prison is left behind. Even the plants take anesthetics in the twentieth century. One of the pro- fessors of the Copenhagen university, mame is withheld, has obtained The known physiology of plants a pot explain the phenomengn, but those who have seen the results df the experi- test to the reality of the results. be pom eared ” Growing ee by the surgeon's 5 & the bony covering of the skull on sev- patients, the idea being that = In se stances the results were mare one ae idiot girl begaw to show signs covering intelligence the day the Hass in Was performed, \ SECRET SOCIETY'S REVENGE. Hatian Police See to Proceed in al A mepaliarty Paes extti6 has been | 4 committed at Lecco, Lake casas in th e of the the notorious Malian secret so- ciel oung man named Navazzo, who ormnecly Hee at Naples joined society when is teens, ain- eda faithful rata until a few months | several ried a beauliful Itali- a steady, hard- old associates, and sent in his resigna- tion to t amor rely to the effect that he knew too id was too useful a eae for his resignation to be acce] le prayed and begged sey for ms @ was ordered “on " and, rather than obey oe scommends he left Naples secretly Ri e young. pas woke up on a recent morning at tl -house ‘where they were saying and found her hus- dead by her Bide, with a is. heart they refused to take any ac pestis ae The Greater Half—Here's a sad rotted | & young man about to lead his betrothed ty the wee was ee dc ry an xpress. The cease Hot “(ahsenbaaindedly) | What narrox exsepe Se and the | we He is allowed | the} mi e may use, ihre sti is . gre t gets through the 2 infinitely more shades’ of diferanos-netween mien than lempt to arrange and’ label things of the spirit only Ignorance feels itself cap- able of the t Since yelgina® either a button, Phy, but is a matter of attitude Ae a life, its classification is possible only to the 01 sees all hear! n is the recognition of vital re- jetion wane infinite; it is the finding in these relations of ‘m that sel: to esabish right relations to all things, ture, to man, and to ourselves, is religious mien in the proportion as be Seer ees Bn life, as he sets velopment of his own life, the cultivation of likeness to the best revealed, the application of the thus cultivated to THE GOOD OF HIS FELLOWS to the bringing of the kingdom of right relations in. this wor pie Palit whos tives up and lifts | up; he is irreligious who lives down or drags down. Vital tests are the only |! it makes no differ- the nent of a ative, a tastes, he may still seck the right, love truth, cher- g to grow out of the - if he st] It a man $ no. difference | a1 Such religion will not n expres itself in garb. A man’s srenath che not depend on the cutof his coat. The only thing in your clothes that particu- el many men w G0 straight to glory if they SBona “he with their religious coats ' e in anoth de- Seiden ble. pigess 1 Une a were has been in him a life that has GROWN TOWARD THE BEST, has been morally what he has ben physically, developing from weakness to spent in les, silts, and paddings, files, ane trappings, all ‘the: shall be stript from him, no matter holy their names may’ be, and he | shall stand a, poor, dwarfed, undevelop- lea’ soul, unprepared for-life because it has not lived. would know whether he 1s | religious, let him not ask whether he feels tides of emotion, whether he hag beet name engross ists 01 eh rolls, Aig. itor theologi jolemics; whether the supreme thing in his life lis the finding of the good, the serving ae the best, the will of the most high, ing o fruils of love, and ie and peace, of kindness, inspiration; _ 2 is within makes the things healthy. je light and you shall “iow the truth; set the things you kn enea ag “touch with ‘the divine “THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. 19. ®:] Lesson VIII, T he Judge, The Pharisee, and The Publican. Golden Text: Luke 48. 13. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—The Text of the ae as a basis for these Word possess! but SSM and danger. 17. ed a number of dis- of the two parables in our present les- son.) Vers e 1. Spake a parable unto them— That is, to his disciples, to whom were of the preceding is one “}for the coming of that deliverance. 2. A judge—Probably a Gentile offi- Feared not God and regarded not 1an—Defied both divine judgment and pub opinion. The Talmud refers in places wicked ‘eens city officials. 3 A widow—A type of defenseless- ness; a person without either a protec- or money-to bribe the un- rally, ¢o me ‘justice or viaiiale abe ale it from, a! meaning being “pi gains! the attacks” of mine nace Lest este ON lest at me by her coming sh Wear a out—Gr., bruise. It is the personal discomfort of the continual bye enact rathér than any interest in justice or needs of the case teat romp the ume teow ue man to act pparen| as ee been a pe during TAA time those, who ae heard the parable eee thteous fi jodge—cr., the Judge The emp! aes Revised Ver- | hi aauiterers ae evil th t a es these two days were Afar to such godless and . saving faith concerning which inquiry is ma 9. any to certain who trusted in thém- selves—There ecessary, diate chronological connection between the following parable and the one pre- ceding, though doublless both were spoken about the same time. There s to be no core in thought, Ail others—Gr., rest, 10. Went Sea temple stood on the igh promontory of Mount Moriah, the highest point in i & their superiors. a eless, came to be despised by peo} tL t ett thee, that I am not—Th prayer this man reveals wie type ent of ine Pharisee who re; men as Exortinbey aes off—Far removed from the phariees, whom ity regar more w ie Justified rather than the other— By direct implication Christ here oteinis knowledge * |;parables of Jesus were AUT at repeated the course of his pi inistry. \ REST SENS SECRET PRISON IN VATICAN. An Interesting Discovery Made in Sis- tine Chay pel. Interesting discoveries have been made in the Vatican at Rome e exam- ination of the bundling. © which is show- ret prison has roof of the Sting Chapel. These cells, cl fe Iaineue Plombi of Venice, are rise oat ve n a place Se for recalcllreiit car finals anc lesiastics who offended the people of olden times. Thi long disuse the situation of gotten, but it is known that such cells existed, a i died in the: They are not exactly luxurious, and de- ¢idedly cramped in size. anni da in some of the apartments of the 4 Tate havin, hidden for centuries. Palace, ie upon its Mo: .| additions made by —— A POOR BRANCH. pen! ce tSanniversany dinner) — ie byanch’ of the. host's ae \tyet i Spetiove se Poor ne are . ‘®}Reench thal it never had y ‘any plums on pher, a painter in water b- inet-maker and a carpet beater. He 's the secretary of a bicycle club, plays 3 d 1s a good sculler. He report; serve your fellows with a free heart and your religion within take ‘care of ii HENRY F, COPE connection between this parable and the preceding discourse. Shall he find faith—Or, the faith, The use of the article in the ‘original is sig ificant. It is the essential, necessary. me- | Cl hes {Instances Where e man ES his humil-| and cannot get of the ee posto privilege ot jhe satiotuey. ten him-Vig-yow'l through’ the successive alterations and] foach: CHIMNEY SWEEP ARTIST. / [++4++4+4++++++4+++4+4+444+ Ses Ze ; 4 Probably the Most pees of His)+ > Craft in the Wor - 2G BAS 5 + Edward See ir. ur | + street, Iknighisbridge, Fal eeeraes pe rkable chimney in London, | J 1 56 and in all likelihood in the world. He! t Be is the “Admirable Crichton” of his use-| + : + ful professi + pe His ambitions soar far above. the|+4++4+44+4+4444++4444444+ chimneys of Ean cinelne re : : morning oon chutney sweep, man crouched over the black with ene Dut in ‘the afternoon | °King-stove, covetous of eve helen palner ainieaeegraion < SuUiee clean face and- with spotless hands he whitewashes ceilings and hangs artis- 7 tie wall paper. pi fr. Shephard is also the master <f Mhree musical instruments—the, pe the banjo and the mandolin. He gives lessons on the latter eben and conduets a mandglin 1 peaks French, is an authority on lawn tennis an as won medals for bagatelle playing,| iia oe at Olt olunteer is now thinking 2 joining a rit In spile of te “accomplishments, Mr. She} oi ard is extremely” moc poner, and painting aay sweep Los 1 “bad ee and I took advantage Hee a typical Sue “diary fn the busy life of Mr. Shephard, whose taste so refined is consulted te fair clients on schemes of decora- 4 am. to be oe 11.15 ff away. Bal oa Brae ‘ote wilh, Sumloe sont A nooessary eal. + App aah as painter and dec- “Washes down ceilings and is. MONDAY-3, 30 a.m,: Rises it z Develops photo- jay. Receives Y—Same as on Mon lock, when he conducts the man- je same routine as be- for six. o'clock. sketch. Starts work on a mahogany si 8 faa At tends to fo as secretary of a bicycl lub. THURSDAY" After Geary work prac- ice on cornet and banjo. Reads “Josephus. Lays a stair carpet. De- velops phologra] FRIDAY: "—Sweeps oh himneys until banjo. Ear . Soa '—Afler ordinary work daily scrub, leads the ticyele tour in the country, Mr. Shephard has another sen to Buehner is the only imney 1d club wee own “governess.car —+ WHO AO. Little one in saftey m r the heart that ieee you ‘our eyes in jest soft 5) me, so war r sky ie "bright and blue; You awake to love-and kisses— Baby, would that I were youl s 8s Kisses" given first “thing"in~ morning, Kisses given last thing at night, Kisses, prises, looks of wonder — ook that speak of heart's delights ORE ot Io ning all your daytime through, Etest with health and cause for laugh- er— Baby, would: that I were youl Little one, so blest and happy, Childhood's days are free from care, Childhood's thoughts are thoughts of shine, as rainbows, light as air! ate ‘one so pure and sinless, nowing: Oe to make you rue, s.0r sorrow— ‘aly, aa that I were woul. —_+-—— IMPROMPTU MATCH-MAKING, Been Made on Short Notice. ‘A sea-captain called-at a village inn and asked the landlady, a young wid-|P! wi “Do you know” where J mer very sorry for you, Mr. she sai, smiling. “| want a-mate, too, me. I'll tell you 1 will ours!" id supplied with lwo mates. A doctor ga had saved the life of a friend, was a: ud he generally allowed cae remunerate ‘him = & may say, never! jayfully ait ‘producing “But you have only succeeded in draw- to re- am most generously she understood the doctor's difficulty and wished to pele him out of] y it At ees rate, ne iving of her hand offer his tea ‘vie Ki a tobacconist’s shop a ee sked a girl behind the countei if eS nd| that she aroused his interest, Further conversation’ proved her to Le a person worthy of ally {he red-headed match was handed over. 1 oer . SHE pow See WELL. S in af inland town fan ler. 's end exteamtely is (ee Te a friend ane remarked it) she]. ee , I'm tired to death. I don’t ee oat Fare to savin by water again. stateroom about +0 T belong to ae in’t Somehow I couldn’ at. bwith the thing on.” — coi day until London to fed his ails i his |), Engagements Have | 2° i can get a Ne al the | the: hat TL dos | up sal are so easily pleased, here,” declit “Don’t insult me|receive stren; regard, arid eventu-|a 601 itself on the cold, damp air of rath cal bin. ¥ The hand that held the letter he was f the in- hair from his forehead, wearily. He was on! yor man—scarcely more than thirty, ‘but hard living and hard perhaps, ee thinking, had left their marks upon his hand- some face, “My Own Precious Boy.—I hope you are quite well. Call me selfish if you will, darling, but it is my hope as I dic lale this that you are not prospering but are so wearied by your long exile as to be willing to return hom own pies ‘boy, darimess has fallen ly shut me’ from the Habe world. am blind, Jimmy, and-n neliness has wer tected an naan become more aatalerable: hea ever, I/tion on his “1 other's" part to bi shall you again, Jimr ‘ou|the subject of the girl whose echele je cannot conceive what that means to me.|duct had driven her son into four years—ever since you|exile, but had forestalled her by left home, indeed—I have been longing| hinting that the subject was distasteful to see my dear big boy again; an him; that she readily accepted, may hear you, feel your strong} And because she felt that memory must no arms about me, kiss you, in my old age receive strength from your youth—-bil | ev its shall never see you. . .. You are all that is left, and I is little ir your spustactony circumstances, as I thi ju when I sent you a reraittanoe i oT won't say more lest I should induce. to dim suggestion of light which alone is visible to me an lowered the letter and st open ei vis iituie aise with swim ey “oor fold ead ! he murmured, softly. is face in his hands and tried to think coherently. irony of mie Pictured her sitting by her ae es turned to the glar rr books, or alee a while away her empty hours, pushed aside for ever. ae fan- ci she was wondering Tanay s answer to her letter ahh be; juessed she would speculate whe- the he or a letter from him woul! ‘ive oe the earliest mail-boat, And man raised his, head sud- denly an wanoss. at the form of the pena the corner, And groa I won't wills"and {ell her 1 he ried, seen ae at yall mot, dot He spran, began wang about the ex Pith feeble steps. A Seo by iy fees Thi e ‘Aer against mine conquer the ioe Ng ont hls write. * “My own darling mother,” he wrote; used, reflectively. “I am dic- ison, ‘sul- Don't 3 it ane ser- s, but it makes one’ ds that T ean’t write myself, in a shake IT shall be all days, and “her he'd be wall or dangerously bad and the poor soul—I don’t know I" he ywe{ Said, wearily, tossing the scarcely be- gun letter into the stove, and glancing ver Mrs. Margin’s may hear you, feel your strong arms about tee, kiss you, in m, ih from your south e T shall never see you... . is no- ne who knows you or oie sor- row, my dar ‘and since I inherited ling, an up Aue Jane's fortune I have been in i ces. 6s 1 simply close eyes... and fancy I can see you here, Jimm: He dropped the létter, and | his hot face in his hands. “John, John,” rnly, Bens ae only your vile eine ness that ut the idea into your head. Dante: “think it! Don't imagine u're vich, with dear family ties and all sia a enerous and eathouge ridiculously improba- you by name, at and ie did wee & spade, ee went out or ‘he’ cabin 5 dig aye, up | was |S! oo. : aoe Zimmy—you tee Sacre ‘ eat but quick- s |fetated dee ac fie ‘ooked at expression of dae enler. darl- | queath ina- | as if she had been his own ‘ ter- he|have made a will in ‘which the nae of as ray eee need it; and she deservi n-can do without | hi as | h ; but circumstanced as you are, | ti f | fore, to ards the “oor, ing his face as rte realized suddenly that the die was cast; that he had bar-\ tered identit ik the dead, and he 5s Seppe Be ae her and took her out- gling against Sie blindness to see him, ou !would come, my darl- felt in my heart you would nd you are happy—you_ = not feel lonely. now?” he ask as and leant mide upon Hees fondling one h ands excitedly. nd he looked down at her silvery head, nd, bending, kissed It was mest a Margin, although not ane aS any ties of real friendship, been si in ak entirely Jacking ‘af. dvaniatie episodes only his own heart’ rose agains| ride only his own conscience aleained him as an impostor. rhaps, in conceding a point |} conscience that he arrived most i liscovery.. He had in his mind the mat- wuld hay it, if nol ae was necessary, therefore, that the tie should ee willed away from him; and there was no question in his mind that Miss Weston should receive it, for there was ni @ in the world, apart inh himself, ‘whom the old -lady loved, iy iy West Me the sive saan ailling pn the Drips ne glorious sum- r—she in a deck-chair and he on led to tell her of her Just now his eyes were turned from the tall, graceful Weston, who jutting cliff, where the currents were toriously strong and dangerous, “Mother,” he pan softly, “I want to speak to bout abou a delicate —about money. @ you james Margin stands somewhat ‘con- spicuously ai tele ” cane si high smiling. a why uu persist in peat Bd =| Yours in it way—as if yi third: pé Hh said, as if conscious of i time. “Well, "t. But | garet gets the money. I don’t want ro ent need it; but she, being alone as financial rc are con- of money and always fall on his feet." He one by, one, aware tenderly. “But I have amply gwen for her. Anand" ‘She checked herself, pursmg her lips eaptenulye won't accept anything" he erie: a note of rebellion in his wales, th absolutely refuse it, shall do so, even if me ae should di- vert the money to the “Jimmy I’ she Ce yie Re in surptiae| gently, argue the matter with pons and 1 won't disclose my ara but—”" ut, my dear “Do it to ners me,” he repeated, doggedly. “Give some reason!’ she said, turning anxiously towards him. want to convert you to my views want you td do it because yan it back in her chair and re- might. neven know that her boy haa nadian caliin, and that he, John, we tricked her into loving rae Mrs. soe was far from interpre- esi Pt alone together than be had done be- had » doubted dof how hether pbk ‘sweel was. pre! a era Fe ooh nae it seemed to hi t her the Gpportaities She ary was wont - | the bed, 2} ured gat her words. She could not by the words and paust ined her meaning to read their’hea‘s by their faces, a vi promptly. en are creer ae her as a wife fo bliin ast 4 mother ?” hi |, In a hallow ton ‘Yes, hare come,” he whispered, mahave you nok ee enough of her 19} brokenly. ne T taken you bh much | understand sweet disposition ? by. surprise ‘ale irs. Margin answered, interrogatively. 'No—oh, no,” she answered, turn ‘ing |“She would make you an ideal wife,, her face wy ks as if ste were strug-|Jimmy. I love her, and 1 should be’ happy, indeed to know you love enc a was silent for a time, and sho, wondered at use; she could nob see the. shales look eyes, or the: ure of his lips; and so she failed to guess what desperate hope and. Sey i despair she had aroused within: “this Impossible,” he said, at lengthy speaking abruptly. “Your tone alarms me, deriing | You don’t mean you have contracted —* thinking fa she ine meres manele silent My child,” ea ae Merain, taking her hand, “I ca you be use yo! ae ee ar ati ow I ud you could, if ai im happy } neh he would be worthy ot "g Such a son as he isso devoted, so peer RS euro ne. a good hus- Margaret mi one dearest gn i aeaeluied the old woman. “How happy you make me Do you Wee you sete marry him if ‘a asked you?” “Oh, don’ ‘edont jump at conclusions lke that, dear,” cried the girl, Raters T didi ean ed. “I didn’t mean even to Apply a T respec! th no ere ever known— more, Sate And—yes,” shd ae, dropping her’ voles to” a whige r, “I love him, dear Mrs. Margin bul you must never tell him s0,-or hin of it to him. You wan't ‘will you; ob, promise me "you won't?” “Of course not! Do you think I should so abuse your confidence, even kesh on g. will lead cA sy tell him isa Petar I leave jon't pats a leaving us, dear we are: Hotkens ina you, and you are a link binding us together for a time.” e was. aca pr - night later she fell ill, nd. rt ulcily td ent that she would never pe ain. It was a Reeat blow to John and Mar- arel John had the! pes a ces jhow happy “De oe 00) or. So soils heart abe had planted ihe. invent ing the imposture afler Mrs. Margin’s death, : Tha but not so ta fe that Jady was un) are with her, whee whe felt es eart oe a sudden wrench, and a restful sense of weakness "3iole ever hee fie sent for John—"m ‘my Jimmy,” red, He hurried into the room, toking whiter ieee she, with his jaw sel came somewhat suddenly, the dear on she firmly. Margerei knelt at the other side of |, and it was a little dry sob from her that broke the silence, ‘ou o me,” murmur. ed the old woman; with a ‘smile I to be ful filled. Take her hand, Jimmy—take +t, ane Lea me hear you tell her that you a and turned: haggard ba i it—I have — murmured the dyin; me hear you tell nee ‘ hless~! no a 1 love Vout ” he Ri ee dark vyes gleaming. ‘And I love you, Jimmy,” answered! the en ue He tehed Seay the dying wo- man's a Would shi ise tes Had ee Bea He raised himself, ling ver her he kissed her. Ash te lips part in an scans smile, wiiile a breath like a deep sigh escaped her. it she Mangers rose quickly, as e1 sight. ‘Then she straightened: her- self, and’ drawing her breath painfully, whispered :-— ht died happy, John, in the know- ledge that we love each other.” “te stared at her blankly, and swept ig forehead with his band. moh ‘?” He repeated, dully. name's John—John Wilsons Heke “Yes, my I'm glad meant—but T onths ago, your guessed—you oe hes deathbed you cota tell hed st you loved—a man you w to be in tee a said, hoarsely. e gt lae eh thief,” sHe mure ie fee! ae Geaming proud): him throug! I aed Wishes that she could x ane you as I did, a Joye you as John Wilson, as I do. it nhy best——" She. stole za RS ua} side, while Le! watched her in less amazem “You made the little last «f her lite 0 him. 5 ba hove Vi Wate son the murmare sd. sees be- | 1d | fore had she so keenly miss of a which would have easbled her look ed the Sl ‘aes turning her ase ert, no | tace of om he tools 2