To p ics of
the Times
the temptHtlon for thnt exhibition of
ethical weakness which has be«m so
sensational.
Reform o f the prisoner was the nlnt
of those who first advocated the Inde
terminate sentence.
The plan has
been supposed to be satisfactory, but
It appears that even Morgan la likely the recent National Prison Congress
to howl when hia lingers are pinched. pointed out some (laws. The chief
trouble cornea from the fact that some
It will he a hard task, even for the States which have adopted the Indeter­
President, to reform both football and minate sentence have complicated It
with a maximum and a minimum term,
the life Insurance game.
so that It la Indeterminate only within
Francis Wilton has become a father- fixed limits. The effect of this Is that
In-law. This entitles him to congratu­ many prisoners, knowing they enu be
held only tho maximum time, obey the
lations from LUllau Russell.
rules well enough to securo the rebate, RICHES OF OOD.
By Rev. Russell H. Couwell.
Cuba seems to be overly sensitive to­ but upon their release revert to lives
Text: "Oh, the depth of the riches
ward the United States, to whom she of crime. The recommendations of tho
congroaa were: Well-guarded laws per both of the wisdom and knowledge of
owes her very existence as a nation.
mlttlng the suspenalon of sentences be­ Ood.” Roniana xl ;X1,
When tlie other day a man who con
“ One can buy a modest little even­ fore Imprisonment In esses of minor
ing hat for $50,” says a fashion writer. offenses; provisions for lndetsnulnate sldered himself useless to the world,
Feasibly one can, but more o f ns can’t. sentences In the penal system of every and who. lu an Inventive frame of
State; and the creation o f non-partlxan mind, had tfled to create many things
By the way. la that woman who had txvards to handle the caaes of paroled that were failures, his friends urged
him to abandon It altogether, one wise
• needle removed from her tongue the prisoners.
little girl advised him to “ Invent some
only one of the sex to need the opera­
Professor Max H en, an Austrian thing useful." That thought, as s re­
tion T
scientist, has lately published an es­ buke. came to him to he his guide, and
When the Russian soldiers begin to say on "the difference between wind he decided to Invent something use­
make demands the Czar realises how and draught.” In the course of which ful. To show how right at bund are
nneasy lies the head that wears a he defines a draught to be “ a current the discoveries and the necessities of
crown.
of air In an Inclosed space.” He Illus­ life, we need only sa.v that the mail's
trates tha Idea by eaytug that If a per­ wonderful Inventions for cleaning pub­
A Boston paper refers to him as " A l­ son who Is In s room sits before an lic buildings and cleaning private
bert Austin, the poet laureate.” But open window Into which the wind Is homes have been an advance upon san­
matter. He says he never reads press blowing It Is harmless, but that If he itary work, and an advance upon
clippings.
sits near an open window past which health that must he marvelous In Its
the wind Is blowing the sir inside is uses, showing thnt the simple thing
Recent dispatches from the Isle of drawn out of tbs window by suction right at hand Is really the great dla
Pines say all is quiet there, the army and Is certain to give him a cold. covery that the world most needed,
having put Its gun behind the door Strangely enough the professor makes and the explorations Into the line of
and gone out to hoe the pineapples.
no mention of draughts except cur­ discoveries for the benefit of mankind
rents o f sir moving from a room have just been touched upon. We are
A mob hooted at the oldest daughter through a window to the outside of the
only encouraged by what steam and
o f King Edward In the streets of Ix>n- house. Whatever an Austrian druught electricity have done; we nre simply
don the other day. The outlook for the may be, an American draught Is any advised to go on, by what we know
royalty business is anything but prom­
current of sir which chills the body from the mlscoscope and from the tel­
ising.
unequally. In the nature of the ense escope. We nre simply on the verge of
One o f the railroad magnates gave this can not happen out of doors, nor the explorations yet to Is*. "Oh. the
his son for a wedding present the other can It be produce*! Indoors by an air depth of the riches of the wisdom and
day a check for $260,000. Well. It current o f great volume or of great the knowledge o f God!”
The nature o f our extended knowl­
wasn't at the expense of policy hold­ force. For the most part It Is a gentle
edge
and what lies possible before It
movement
o
f
cool
sir
toward
some
lim­
ers, anyway.
ited portion of the body and the gentle­ struck me with great force when I
Professor E. Benjamin Andrews de­ ness of the movement constitutes its read that they have now discovered a
clares that football breeds kindness greatest danger, because It frequently process of raising seedless apples and
The influence of
and restraint. This opinion Is start­ does severe damage before It Is no­ seedless oranges.
ling enough to make a pretty good ad. ticed. The same effect may be pro­ the horticulturist upon the fruits of
duced without any air current at all. the world-—see how he Is able to make
for the profeasor.
A person who goes Into s warm hall them more luscious In taste, more nu­
With a score of twenty-five killed and sits down with his shoulder near a tritious. more ls-uutlful In exterior,
snd fifty-five wounded to their credit, cold Iron pillar or plaster column for and how he Is able to preserve them.
why not arrange a match between the an hour Is almost sure to leave the He takes trees of the north, that have
hunters of Michigan and Wisconsin place with a touch of rheumatism In only borne fruit at a certain season, In
that shoulder. Tbs same thing takes the fall, and guides them through cul­
and an all-star gridiron team?
place when a person sits In a warm ture and transference until they hear
fruit like the orange, all the year
A young man In Maryland lies so office with one side of his body turned
round. 1 ask. What Is not possible to
toward
a
plate
glass
window
In
ex­
continuously and unwarrantably that
man? By and by all these things shall
bis parents think that be will some tremely cold weather. The conduction
be raised In every clime, and shall he
day become famous as a witness be­ of bodily heat In this way Is so great
that If the palm of a warm hand Is adapted to every place, as we are only
fore some Investigating committee.
held close to the window pane the on the verge of discovery. I think It
sensation will be that of wind blowing must seem almost miraculous to those
When Perkins was a boy. Just enter­ through the glass. What Is stranger who have raised apples all their years
ing the life Insurance business, he re­
still, some of the effects of a draught upon their farms to find that It la pos­
ceived a beautiful letter that was full
are occasionally experienced when a sible now to raise a seedless apple, In
o f good advice from his father. This
person who is quite cold all over has which there Is no core, but all Is nu­
only goes to show the uselessness of
one part of his body brought In con­ tritious and lusdoua pulp; and yet that
writing.
tact with a currant o f warm air. This Is merely the Primer of what Is to
I
Wise men sit In the learner’s seat all shows that the essential feature in a come In this direction.
By and by, they tell us. they will
draught
Is
the
unequal
beating
of
d
if­
their lives, and no one Is too old or too
make
vegetables ns needed; that If you
ferent
parts
of
the
body.
When
a
cold
well informed to go to school. In a
Pennsylvania Sunday school Is a class Jet of air plays on the body of a per­ want potatoes, or turnips, or peas, or
of six men and women whose ages run son who Is otherwise warm what hap­ beets, you will Just mix them up In
from 75 to 84. The teacher Is a mere pens Is that the blood Is driven Inward the kitchen from the original sub­
stances which nature now extracts
Infant, 06 years old. His pupils are until congestion Is produced, and this
from the air, with very little from the
congestion,
unless
soon
relieved,
be­
obedient to their teacher and he Is
comes Inflammation. The alarm signal earth. Chemistry. In Its marvels, Is
modestly respectful to bis elders.
of a draught Is a sneeze, which Is a able to analyze entirely the potato nnd
spasmodic effort of nature to start up tell us Just what Is the composition,
Voting machines, on the principle of
the circulation and relieve the conges­ and tell us so nearly the proportion o f
the cash register, have worked well
tion. A person may be far gone to­ the combination thut It seems to re­
where they have been tried. The re­
ward contracting a cold before he quire hut one little step farther—an­
sult Is ready as soon as the voting
sneeze«, but the moment he gets this other discovery— to make potatoes, to
ceases. None of the troubles of a re­
warning he should change his position, manufacture them In our own cellars
count can arise. Considering the rapid­
look around for the draught and move or our own kitchens, and to make them
ity with which the Australian ballot
out of It or protect himself against It. of any quality that we may require.
came Into use. It would not be surpris­
A draught Is something to be sneezed That Is not so far ahead, and thus sug
ing. after the complications In New
at— and to be avoided. Draughts cause gesta the depth o f the riches o f tin-
York City, If voting by machine now
more deaths than war, whisky, foot­ know ledge o f God's laws, o f the knowl­
made some headway. Like many other
ball, consumption and yellow fever edge of what He has «lone.
things In the world. It Is simple enough
put together. Almost everybody who
to those who get used to It.
dies from disease dates his sickness TEST OF TH E PURE RELIGION.
By Rev. J. B. Remensnyder.
from taking cold. This Is especially
Women are savers rather than spend­ true of elderly people. Yet It Is a mat­
"Pure religion and undeflled before
ers. And when they spend they spend to ter In regard to which there Is trrent God and the Father.” —Janies 2: 27.
good advantage. A dollar In a woman's Ignorance and great Inattention. This
Every right-minded and sound-heart­
bands goes twice as far as a dollar In Is the season when colds, influenza and ed man or woman believes In religion;
the hands of a man. I f you want to rheumatisms are quits fashionable that Is. thnt man has faculties fitting
save money let your wife be the bank­ among people who live Indoors, and him for God, relations tnnt bind him
er. This Is for the man who gets they may save doctors' bills and to God, duties owing to God. But
wages out of a Job and for the man lengthen their lives by reflecting on what Is pure religion? There nre so
who gets a salary out o f a position. these homely suggestions. Beware the many counterfeits. How shall I tell
This Is for the workingman, whether draught.
the genuine article? This is what per­
he labors with his bands or tolls with
plexes many a person who would like
M e n l ' a « f a l In l o m « W a r « .
his brain. This is for the married man
to he really religious.
L ife to women, especially to young
■nd for the man about to be married.
First, there Is the religion o f Inter­
It Is for men In every class of life and women, means love, and little else but est. Some persons treat It as a mat­
every walk of life. It Is the best ad­ love. Man exists to be run after, or to ter of shrewd calculation. They think
vice for the average man everywhere. be run away from; to be attracted, It Is prudent and sufe to he religious.
married, deceived, divorced.
In tho It Is a good prop for the state and
Every move that has been made dur­ world he serves other purposes; but makes good citizens. It Is n certificate
ing the Insurance Investigation has In the ordlnsry woman’s ordinary of character. Religious standing In
been for the benefit o f the policy­ novel he lives for these alone.— Book­ the community Is looked ii|M>n o s a
valuable asset, much the same as a
holder. Every damaging revelation man.
hank account.
that has been made
strengthens
A f r i M i H alt M a r s h e s .
It may also he a passport Into
their Interests.
The policy-holders
Along the central part o f the Kongo heaven. Hence, such persons are reg­
who remain are the policy-holders
River there are a number o f salt ular observers o f church services and
that will win. Those who go out
marshes.
The Africans dig shallow perhaps large givers. But this religion
will regret I t In spite of all the sins
holes In these, whence Issue streams o f Interest Is a hollow counterfeit. It
o f omission and commission that have
of hot water which, on being evapor­ reduces piety to the level of a mere
been brought to the doors o f the offi­
ated, leaves s residue of salt.
business. It has the “ form o f godli­
cers of these companies there la noth­
ness,
but denies the fervor thereof,”
ing yet brought to the surface lndlcat-
The average man thinks about the
tn i financial waaknaas. On the con­ worst thing In the world la a doctor’s and it does Irreparable harm to pure
religion. Many take these formalities
trary, their very strength has furnished bill until ba meets an undertaker* a.
H AN GING OF A W OMAN.
It
M ar
H n s lt
C a v lla l
la th a A b o lltlu a
P n n ttk m vn l.
at
With the execution o f Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers at Windsor It Is not Im
possible that the last hanging
has
taken plats* In Vermont.
There has for many years been n
strong feeling In the Green Mountain
State thnt capital punishment should
la* alsillshed and on several occasions
the Legislature lias come close to do­
ing away with the supreme penalty.
The cold hluoded manner In which
Mrs Rogers killed her husband en
tlclng him to a river hank, binding
him In the course of pretended play,
chloroforming him ami throwing him
Into the river at Bennington created
a demand for her execution which out
weighed both tin* sentiment against
cupltal punishment nnd the natural re
pugtinnee against hanging a woman.
But, now thnt the woman Is dead, es
|M*clnlly ns the execution was not eu
tlrvly devoid of nilatakes In calcula
tlon tlie old feeling against the Htate
taking humnn lift Is gaining In force
The anti hanging forces In the ls*gla
lature will now he stronger than ever.
The esse of Mrs Rogers was the
most seueathinnl that ever figure*! In
the annals of Vermont. The murder
was committed In August, 1002, amt
as true types o f religion, and llipy
think hint all piety Is hut hollow show,
empty eeremony, sounding brass anil
tinkling cymbal.
Here, ugaln, is the religion of law.
This regards God as a law giver who
must he feared and served. It thinks
o f Him with trembling nnd awe.
Hence with It penance, rigor and self
denlnl nre the chief graces. It Is a
religion of the conscience and thor­
oughly sincere, nut Its objection Is that
It ouly sees one side o f God.
It Is narrow, harsh and austere. It
mnkea religion a matter of gloom and
rubs It o f all suushiue. It teuds, too,
to self-righteousness. It manufactur­
ers Pharisees. Its votaries become
censors of others. They Judge all by
their own hard legalism. And whoever
does not square with their nurrow, se­
vere standard, they look disdainfully
upon ns puhllcnus and sinners.
Tho third type la the religion of
love This does not, Indeed, forget that
God Is law and Justice, hut It recog­
nizes thnt supremely “ God Is Love.”
It looks upon Him as a father, only
desiring the highest well-being of Ilia '
creatures
It worships Him, not with j
fear, hut with rejoicing.
It serves
Him, not lu the bondugc of a slave,
but with the freedom of n sou. It Is
not hampered hy tin* chains of the let­
ter, but lives lu the liberty of the
spirit.
It Is the religion of the heart. It Is
the religion of Joy. It 1« the lileul re­
ligion o f the soul. This Is the “ pure
religion" of our text, “ undeflled oe-
fore Gcal and the Father.”
“ Pure religion” again Is a life, nnd
none the less Is It a faith.
It Is a
frequent mistake to conceive of these
ns distinct front or opposed to one an­
other. But normally they nre mutual­
ly Independent ns fountain to stream,
root to tree, need to fruit. There Is,
Indeed, a dead or merely creeded, hut
there Is also a living faith.
A man's life Is none the better for
Islng an atheist or even u heretic. after her conviction she was sentenced
Negations nre not sources o f life or to he executed In January, lWOfl, The
power. “ All great ages," wrote Emer­ legislature was appealed to to Inter
son, "have been ages o f belief.” The fere hut refused. A fter that no less
purer, the stronger, the diviner our than three reprieves were granted, the
faith, the richer and more beautiful woman coming on two occasions with
and fruitful will tie our life.
In a few hours of the gallows
Even
And so we reach the lust and fu ll­ the Supreme Court of the United
est outcome of real religion as de­ States was appealed to on a question
fined In .he latter clause of our text of constitutionality. Up to the day
Pure religion Is this, to visit the father­ before the actual execution the woman
less and widows In their afflictions. had not lost hope, hut the Governor
The religion o f faith and love, of fr«*e refused to Interfere for a fourth time.
doin and Joy, starta In the soul the A petition signed by 30.0U0 women
streams o f charity and good will. He asking for clemency was Ignored hy
who has It wishes all the world to tbs chief executive, who felt thnt he
share In its blessed sunshine.
was not called nu to Interfere after
In one o f Tlssot's masterpieces the case had been so thoroughly ven
Jesus Is portrayed ns moving through Mated In the courte The woman was
a multitude of sick, diseased or crip­ cool and kept up her courage to the
pled. As he passes hy the pallid cheek last
glows with health, the enfeebled limbs
grow elastic nnd the whole sorrowing EDISON PREDICTS NEW
scene Is changed Into beauty, Joy and
WONDERS OF SCIENCE
gladness Ho the final test of pure re­
Electrical marvels which will astou
ligion 1« that it touches the soul with
the spirit o f kindliness, nnd thnt us i lsh the world are predtetej hy Thomas
Its possessor moves through the world A. Edison, the Inventor, who declared
he has a heart of sympathy, a word of In an Interview In New York that tie*
navigation and
gentleness nnd a hand of help for ev­ problems of serial
rapid
transit
acros
the
seas would soon
ery struggling brother. And thus ev­
erywhere a trail of light nnd a ray of
gratitude follow u | hmi his gracious
steps.
.
Short Meter Sermons.
Tact Is touching with love.
Weeds are a call to work.
The Immovable hearts move the
world.
The blue heart always bus a black
sky.
The empty faith Is usually mnde of
Mounding brass.
One does not get wedded to truth
by flirting with doubt.
The only work without honor Is that
which helps no one.
The devil Is always willing to play
dead lu a war of words.
He I m blessed with fortune who has
learned to bear misfortune.
The losses o f truth are more profit
able than the gains o f trickery.
A man who Is honest for policy will
THOMAS A. KIIISON.
he dishonest for promotion.
Muny a deacon who Is long on coat he solved. Electricity, he says, will
soon be genera ted by direct process,
tails will he found short on wings.
A loving heart Is like a summer's; without the Intervention of steam, and
day: It never need to advertise Itself I with this dlscowry will come s practl
c«il revolution o f humnn affnlra.
You cannot look constantly on dirt
snd keep yotir windows free from
No, P r o b s h lx N ot.
dust.
“ Yes,” said the astronomer, “ we esn
Nowhere does money create a more easily distinguish signs o f cnnala on
disappointing mirage than In a moral Mars.’’
desert.
"That so?" Inquired the languid citi­
Many of us want a God with a keen zen. " I wonder If the Martians can
ear for our prayers and o dull eye for see sny sign of the Panama Canal?” —
Ixmlsvllle Courier-Journal.
our practices.
Many a fly Is ready to die In the
There Is one good thing about a
pan If his epitaph shall read: “ He
man
being so old-fashioned that ho
lived In the cream.”
clings to the le tte r W riter’s Friend;
It’s no sign that you will get along
He never
writes
anything
good
with the angels because no one cun
enough or bad enough to make him
get along with you here.
trouble.