tpm— IF IT BE TRUE. If it be true, and who shall dare deny, The universal voice of prophecy ? If it be true. that just beyond the river Which we call Death, the soul shall live forever In a fair country bathed in morning light,— If we are soon to range that realm of bliss, Should my proud soul be wedded unto this? If it be true that we are children all Of one kind Father, at whose grogiout eall ‘We come to live in peace with one another, That every child of sorrow is my brother— If it be true that virtue hath no guise Nor gold the power to purchase paradise— If the dear Father loves the weak and OT, Nor a aside from any humble door.— If he would seek his children's happiness, ‘Why in my labor should I venture less? If soon beneath the very turf I tread This mortal form shall slumber with the dead, : : And resting on its cold and crumbling pil- Ow Shall no more foel the toss of passion’s bil low; If head and hand no more have power to move, To thoughts of mercy or to deeds of love, Should | this lingering moment consecrate To thoughts unkind, or deeds of scorn or hate 2 If it be true—and this I surely know, That I shall reap the very kind I sow That I must stand alone—no: for another, And answer for myself-not for my brother; Then should I waste my life in fruitful care, For what another's conscience has to bear Save. if I may, to bear some humble part To lift the burden from an aching heart? ct ee Alleged Humor. “I'm married now,’ was the excuse a Chicago youth gave a florist for not buving as many bonquetsas in former years, Never accuse a political opponent of a purpose to elect himself by the use of money. All who want money will rally around his flag, A local Mrs. Malaprop rushingly says that she “‘does so love to sit at the piano in the gloaming and impoverizh.’” This Malapropism is nottmprovised. An exchange contains an article on “Young Women Who Die Early.” This frequently occurs, but the cases of old women who die early are very few indeed. A voung man in a train was making fun of a young lady’s hat to an elderly gentleman in the seat with him: “Yes,” said his seat-mate, ‘‘that’s my and I told her if she wore that some fool would make fun of it." wife ; bonnet When he called the meeting to order Brother Gardener arose and said: 'emen, if it wasn't for de wheels on a wagon the wagon wouldn't move. When ““(ren- de whells is on, den what?’ “Grease!” solemnly exclaimed an old man, rect!" the rubbing his hands together. whispered president, softly de wagon an’ de wheels. We will now pass de hat aroun’ for de grease.” is brave De Doan’ think dat he wants ter fight yer. ean walk boldest. aman man away irom an “How can I leave you, tenderness, as he observed both hands of the clock approach a perpendicu on the dial, “Well, John. * responded ean take your choice, If you go through the hall you will be liable father, and if you leave hy way back shed you'll be likely to wake up the dog.” to wake up of the Aisi Austin young lady, who has en- joyed the advantages of a classical edu- cation at a northern female college, happened to be at home when her aged grandmother was stricken down with a fatal illness, The entire family gath- ered around the death-bed of the old lady, who, in a feeble voice, said: “Good-bye to you all, I'm gwine ter peg out.” ‘*Grandmother!” exclaimed the young lady, in a tragic ton of voice, “please don’t say that. Don’t say you are gwine to peg out. Nay you are go- ing to expire or that you contemplate approaching dissolution. It sounds so much better.’ It was not very late when we went home a few nights ago, and as we were in good humor with all the world, we thought we would surprise the “old ‘oman’ in a pleasant manner, so that she wouldn't be angry with os about late hours, ete. So stepping up to the window--tiptoeing to be high enough... that opened on the room whete she was ‘sawing gourds’’ like forty, we turned our voice to its most captivating pitch and in operatic style we sang : A Cleveland inventor has sent to the life-saving service at Washington plans and a printed description of a ** vacuum gun,’ to be used for throwing a small iron boat, containing a man, with lines and other apparatus, over the surf in ‘rder to reach any vessel that may be in ad. ress off the coast. The plan is a novel one, but no great confidence in its success is expressed by experts, * Wake, Sallie, wake; my gay galloot, Rise up. fair Indy, while l fot my lute” The window flew up, “band-box, two pairs of shoes and a foot tub slapped us in the face, while the lady in white said, on & high keynote: “Come into the house, you little gump ; to-morrow you'll be grunting around with your Jiver and wanting to make your will again, A pretty time of night for you to be cavorting areund, and bleating like a dying calf, when you should have been at home rocking the cradle.” It is said that at some point in every man’s life he will do something to sur- prise his friends, but a chap in Detroit, says the Free Press, did more than that the other day, He was a comparative stranger, who made his headquarters in a Michigan avenue saloon, He was old and ragged, and it was not always that he hid a nickel about him. He brought in ‘he fuel for the stove, helped to serub out. and was tolerated on account of his good nature, Everybody played him for a half-wit, and no one dreamed that he had it in him to create a surprise, unless it was by refusing a drink. Two or three evenings since, a boy 12 vears old, ragged, barefooted, bareheaded, and with the stains of tears on his cheeks entered the saloon and softly asked one of the dozen men in there for a penny to buy bread with, He was roughly refused, when up spoke the old tramp and said : “Gentlemen, here is a poor orphan boy who has asked for fused. money I am only a poor old I've got a st stand that. whole for that poor boy ! That first surprise. For a minute no one spoke. Then eight or ten “So have 117 minutes before a can’t quarter was the chorus: five voices cried in it wasn't purse of $3.20 was made up for the forlorn and hungry lad. The rose seventy-five per cent, inthe estima- tion the boy cried some more and went out with and old man of those who krdew him, and the money. —Two minutes later he and the boy divided the proceeds under the gaslight the It wasn't exactly a whac |, for the old chap took $3 and left the boy twenty When it was known in the saloon on corner, cents, fours teen determined men rushed out and cantered up and down, and declaimed by the great horn spoon, but they didn’t find the big-hearted old tramp whose heart had been touched, He had gone to refresh himself with an oyster stew, -- - Useful Suggestions. ed inthe North American Professor Hall, discussing our » , Review, suggests physical weakness is often dangerously near 10 wickedness, and that, if we would preserve the moral forces in society, we must look well of the young. Poor TeA.--There enters into the tea to this country 10718 of rge unt of adulterated, exhausted, ain h law strict] 1 ¥) ts the int { suet nto hiea i Brit than 44,000 packages, rohi to Grreat 1. more were exported, united States, Among these bogus teas are those that al £ been already steeped and used, and worked over for a second use, 18 a matter of great interest to all tea drinkers, a legion among the farm- ers, and they will approve the legisla- tion proposed in Congress to exclude those abominable combinations. Hor MILE As A Restorer. —The Prenological Journal says: Milk that is heated to much above one hundred de- grees Fahrenheit loses for the time a degree of its sweetness and its density ; but ro one fatigued by over exertion of body and mind, who has ever experien- ced the reviving influence of a tumbler of this beverage, heated as hot as it can be sipped, will willingly forego a resort to it because of it having been render- ed somewhat less acceptable to the palate. The promptness with which its cordial influence is felt is indeed sur. prising. Some portions of it seem to be digested and appropriated almost immediately; and many who fancy they need alcoholic stimulants when exhaust ed by labor of brain or body will find in this simple draught equivalent shat shall be abundantly satisfying and more en- during in its effects, SULPHUR AS A DISINFHCTANT, —M. d’Abanie recently read a paper before the Paris Academy of medicine on ‘marsh fevers,” in the course of which he made a strong plea for the properties of this rather neglected disinféctant. He cited many illustrations in favor of his argument; among others that in the dangerous regions of African river mouths immunity from such fever is often secured by sulphur fumigations on the naked body, Also that the Sicilian workers in low ground sulphur mines suffer much less than the rest of the surrounding population from inter. mittent fevers. M. Foque has shown that Zephyria (on the velcanie island of Milo or Melos, the most westerly of the Cyclades), which had a population of 40,000 when it was the centre of sul phur mining operations, become nearly depopulated by marsh fever when he sulphur mining was moved farther east, and the emanations prevented by a mountain from reaching the town, A simple way to ure this article ia to drop a quanity of flowers of sulphur on a red- hot stove, : } i i a AO Sanitary. The female half of the human race as a whole, is quite as healthy as the male half, Smal muscles, pale faces, and nervousness are confined to those people whose women dress like ours, The corset contributes more to this bad health than any other error in woman's dress, Next to this come the long, heavy skirts, which drag down the body and fetter the legs. Another serious fault in woman's dress is ugequal dis- tribution. While the chest and hips may be overloaded, the legsare exposed, The feet and legs are in the coldest stratum of air in our houses and need, on this account, extra clothing. small size of the legs, as compared with the trunk, exposes them to loss of heat. Their great distance from the lungs in- creases the difficulty. Then the legs among our girls and women have very little clothing. The high beels of their boots check the cir- culation and increase the coldness of the When the is impeded, the narrow soles and circula tion in the feet blood from the chest passing down into The blood not passing freely through the con- tracted vessels of the feet, Warm the arteries of the legs, is checked. is arrested in ts motion down the legs, and so fails to bear its freight of warmth to the and feet, legs of this lack of circulation in the legs and feet is If the blood cannot get down the legs and feet, The inevitable esult CO gestion of the head and trunk. it must go elsewhere, and, hence, accum- ulates in the head, chest and abdomen. Girls and women suffer from headache, short breath, palpitation, congestion of the liver, which shows itself in a chage of complexion and, more common still, heat, soreness, fulness, and pain in the lower part of the abdomen, all produced by congestion, To try to supply the needed clothing by skirts which hang about the legs, and often some distance not very bright, The garments, woolen, should fit the legs. If you ask much ? I answer that you should treat from them, is your legs just as you treat your sholders, If one thickness is not sufficient Each Wit ELA , ge two or three, woman must determine herself, such dress of the legs thick woolen hose, broad-soled, strong How a Dog Pulled a Baby out of the Fire. Dog stories are without number and | are always interesting ; and in the great family of dogs that race that came ori- ginally from Newfoundland boasts more | real heroes than any other, There are pathetic stories of dogs told in connec~ tion with every breed, and they have been duly immortalized by Sir Edwin Mr. Briton Riviere, they win the medals and Victoria Gross- es of dog fairs. Hitherto they have con- If a child tumbled 1a and rivers, # pier at the sea-side or escapes from the river Newfoundland nurse's arms into | hearted SOME great dog be at hand to offer his valuableservie in imprudent mother in It seems are as handy a case of fire, Paris left her infant alone in a re with an unprotected fire while she wert OT out on an errand, the alling head first und was away, slipped on y * ¥ hatone, f up heart grate, T to do und e¢ natural thing for howl, whicl attracted { was dozing The d the child thing SLAs, and, seein unable lous posiiion, fi itv of the Cire 05 Lit the om the room, and was found b ne izhibors licking the face and littl rms of its friend, who had luckily interv- when wa could she moti er happened Mo part of your sufferings of the bead, irrita- tion of the throat, short breath, palpita- wadache, fulness tion, pain in the sides and shoulder biades, discoloration of skin, pain ad fulness, soreness, heat, and pain in tl abdomen will all be relieved by a circulation in $ and feet, 4 ihies are What quickly relieved by the hot foot bath gol dress will manentiy, In this connection I must mention the v i ¥s ¥ % ‘ 3 . 3 Cold, sow Tool Daath, iti best features of hydropathy and treatment for cold feel, Systems of medical treatment and go, but generally leave bel something good. A system or school which fills the land to-day may be passing away ten years hence ; but it will leave some valaable truth or method, Hydro- pathy has given the foot bath. It is invaluable. lowing is a good method : shallow The fol- Into a small wooden tub or keeler pour cold water till it is one-quarter of an inch deep, Just before retiring at night, place the bot- toms of the feet inthe cold water and let them remain five minutes, Now, soap the bottoms thoroughly ; wipe dry with rough towels, which, if convenient, should be heated ; slap and rub the feet with your paked bands; and finally, stand on the carpet and twist your feel slightly from side to side. You would think me extravagant if | were to dis. cribe the result sure to come from this change in the dresa of your legs and feet. It is too bad, when relief from so many grievous sufferings may be found n suah a simple expedienta, that so fe find it, — Dio Lewis. He cold, The Gratuities of War. Gratuity of the Troops Engaged In Egypt. A special War Office circular has just been issued in England, announcing thet a gratuily will be issued to every officer, warrant officer, non-commission- ed officer and private in the European troops who landed in Egypt between July 16th and Sept, 14th, 1882 (both dates inclusive.) The gratuity will be issued according to the rank or relative rank of the recipient. On the staff the gratuities range from £1000 to generals, to £15 to staff lieutenants, The regi mental gratuities to officers range from £34 to £15; warrant and non-com- missioned officers will receive gratuities ranging from £8 to £3; and lance core porals, privates, boys, drummers, ete,, and artificers not holding higher rank, £2, The Providence Transcript asserts that Western cats commit suicide, Let's import the breed. A FR. and Uhio now papers instead of 602, he remarkable char 63, and the Dakota being have from 43 to weeklies from 160 to 243 the clef area of activity. grown “a. The Worst Actor. Jester Wallack for an engagement for himself and wife, stating that his lady was capable of playing all the first lines of business, but, as for himself, he was “ the worst actor in the world."’s They were engaged to support Wallack, and the lady answered to the character which ker husband had given ber. The gen tleman having the part of a waking gentleman set him for his first appear. ance, he asked Lester indignantly how he could put him in such a paltry part, “See, said the smiling Wallack, “here is your letter, stating that you were the worst actor in the world." “True,” replied the observing actor, Swhen I wrote that letter 1 had not yet seen you act.” He was cast a little higher—from the tip: of the irate Les ter's boot. Cincinnati Inguiver, - i. - The notion that dogs and cats contract hydrophobin because they are confined, chained, or muzzled does not appear t | be well sustained by fact, At any rate, rabies, according to Professor Xauvier Landerer, is very common among the wild dogs, cats and jackals of the East, enn A politician of Maryland is named Skipwith Wilmer, He should be the ; hero of an elopement if there is any- | thing in a name, The Broad Field of Science. Distilled water in the daylight is of a deep blue color. By gaslight the color is green, Btars scintillate more during the au- roras than at other times, according to a Belgian astronomer, Bronze torpedoes are being introduced into the German and the British naval service. They are said to be very for- midable, An Antarctic expedition to Cape Horn is being fitted out by the French it will be furnished for eighteen months. Crural neuralgia is said to be some- what frequent among dentists, owing to the position they have to assume during A mixture of ninety-eight parts of nickel is found to iron, Practical men say that wool well filled with grease and potash does not need in washing as pulled . 4a x 1 3 Yi 1 WOOL Or a4 Wool thal has a smaller pro- ( Aaroons, accin Drunkenness has Professor Verga, of Women given oo intoxication " . 10 Kleptoma strange Lo say, seldom given A woman is less apt to liquor than a man, but when she She but can hardly be reelaimed. Fae shameless and abominable Ones dangerous. Cold went ler + to cause m + Sane he w 10 be Dull Hie Elgin, practical A novel if not a very way dead, so that the not tend to imperil the existence of the living, has been brought forward by Dr. A. Mayer. He advises the adoption of solid glass coffins, which after the introduction of the corpse are to be closed air-tight with cement. Two boles are in the coffin. Through one of them carbonic acid is forced and by the the atmospheric air escapes. When the ordinary air is supposed to be all driven out, Lhe holes are closed. The combustibility of iron thas demonstrated by Professor Magnut: The pole of a good sized magnet is ap- proached to a mass of iron fillings, a tmnech of which readily attached itself thereto. In this condition being not in a highly comminuted state but carry- ing a large quantity of air mechanically entangled in the loosely aguregated mass, the iron is in so favorable a con- dition for combustion that the approach of ar ordinary spirit lamp is sufficient to inflame it—in fact, it burns readily and continuoosly, like any ordinary combustible, is A Freneh pharmaceutist says that the vexatious operations of pulverizing musk may be easily accomplished. Take musk, one part: alevhol at 959, four parts ; syrup, thirty parts; and distilled water, 100 parts. Triturate the musk with the aleohol in a marble ortar into an impalpable powder, which is done in two or three minutes, and add the water gradually, and then the gyrup. A mixture is thus produced like all those holding med cinal powders in suspension, such as bismuth, ete, but musk, owing to its slight density, is much more easily held in suspension than these bodies and does nol require the addition of gum ns they do. A slight shaking diffuses the musk whieh requires several hours to get to the bot- tom of the bottle again, Anecdote of Kaiser Wil- helm. —— An old soldier tells an interesting story in which the present Emperor ef Germany plays a prominent part, “On August 3, 1830-1 bad been in the Gardes du Corps for five months—we all rode to Krossen for the maneuvers, and were informed, to our intense dis appointment, that we did not ride well enough to take an active part in the sham battle and must keep aside out of ull danger in a quiet part of the valley, We were 80 out of sorts that we ceased talking altogether, and had sat for some time in silence when we saw uniforms at great recognized Prince William, the commander of the enemy’s forces, with two aides-de-camp, no distance, 1 who was passing by our hiding place at I conceived an idea, and had no sooner whispered it to my comrade mounted surrounded the Prince, 10 He eried ne, horses and BU me as a ignantly : “Don’t $ But I was the Command- my than we all our suddenly himsel give up Lies ok TTR ¥ " You EKINow Yl CLIUOWSE 1 ly replied ths of I knew that he was too u at om we made on at he ing Genera the and 1 enemy ich ke, and so orse and escorted him My Colonel was furious QUATIErs first, humoredly but when he saw how ZOO. the Prince helped to carry out the joke he commanded deliver the prisoner to the highest come King Frederick William I] in his turn ordered us to give him mander, who The cried : Elizabeth, eutngint (Queen, Princess laughed and “What a shame to be taken prisoner I? A few weeks jater I was advanced 10 a b-lieutenant for my cheeky behaviour during the maneuvers.” — How They Got Their Money's Worth. Of all the determined efforts made by men , that which w wmde by two Boston artists ost ong- were visiting to get their mu ney’s worth last summer was among the | and ingenious, Th uebwe, and ey were seized one day with x idea of going to a town some twenty niles away which offered many attrac ¥ wre by €ouw o xy ¥ 3% to searchers for the picluresqguc, he and i Clas f ner Lthereol to the ranged they i wt and started, execrable, 4 (ISlal Cf Was i t Avelers were sore ana grinaix npg ul and walked, leaving be dragped siowly along (ES ANd unex- artists stood this for ft “Look 03 , Gin L we give that driver 38 The em said ; s labor of taking Why, ing along there beside the : #1 vail us on His Pid- gritnage ? then, is he comforia- Livy walk By make him nde ! | ¥ 19 PO Jove, let's get and walk and don’t propose to pay This opinion prevailed, and the artiste, dis- him and do all the work myself.” mounting, forced the unhappy driver to get into the carriage and nde the re- mainder of the way while they them- selves proceeded on foot, to their great contentment and satisfaction. — Changed the Subject. “Always,” said papa, as he drenk his coffee, and enjoved his moming beefsteak, “‘always, children, change the subject when anything unpleasant has been said, It is wise and polite.” That evening on his return from his business he found his carmmation bed des- poiled and the tiny imprint of slipperd feet silently bearing witness to the small thief, “Mabel, dil you pick my earnation pinks ¥" he demanded, “Papa, did you see a monkey town 7° was the reply. : “Never mind that. Did you my flowers, “What did gran’ ma send me °° “Mabel! What do you mean? Did yon pick my flowers or not? Answer me, ves or no.’ “Yes, paps, I did, but I fout 1'd try and change the subject.” in pick Gun Cotton. Onur Government recently sent Prof. J. Fleming W hite, elemist at the Tore pedo Station, Newport, R. 1, aid the engineer, A. Augstrom, to England, to inquire into the way in which gun cotton is made for the English Govern ment. They were given full access to the royal gun eottoh manufactory st Waltham Abley, and skilled workmen were detailed to take the machinery apart for the benefit of Mr. Augsirom, who is a graduate of the Nava! Insti- tute at Cherbourg, Prance. Professor White is a Harvard man.
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