The Seeds Of Crime

"He Üiat sows to the flesh, shall of the lesh reap corruptiou." This is the enuneiation of a law íixud and uniform ; and mmerous are tho examplos in daily life vhich serve as au illustration of its inexorable truthfulness. Some facts lately ronght to Jight in one particular sphere of investigaron servo to illustrate tfeis rfost forcibly Mr. Kingswell, chaplain of Pentonville prison, Englaad, put tho question, " What was the first causo of 11 your troublesr1" to severa! hundreds of risoners who wero about to be trausorted to Australia, with tho assurance hat their answers sbould not bo read until they bad lcft the country. The prime causes oí' criuie, as found in the Independent, which these answers give tand as follows : 1. Bad company, drink and idlenesss. 2. Disobedionce to parents, and froui hat to Sunday-breaking and gambling. 3. Staying out late at night and bad ompany ; not taking good advice and disbedience to párente; gambling and such ike practices. 4. Disobedienco toward both ruy lieavnly and earthly father. ï. Bad company, card-playing, the aleíouse, drunkennoss and night work jrought on a house-breaking job. These answers contaín a solemn leson for parents and guardians ; the 'oung also, may tako warning, and heed be ancient maxim, principils obsta, resist he first beginnings.