The following we clip from the Scientific American, a paper which deals in facts, and never indulges in fancies:—
“Dr. Arlidge, one of the pottery inspectors in Staffordshire, has put forth a very sensible protest, says the Lancet, against a very pernicious custom which rarely receives sufficient attention, either from the medical profession or the public. He says that the women of the working classes make tea a principal article of diet instead of an occasional beverage; they drink it several times a day, and the result is a lamentable amount of sickness. This is no doubt the case, and, as Dr. Arlidge remarks, a portion of the reforming zeal which keeps up such a fierce and bitter agitation against intoxicating drinks might advantageously be diverted to the repression of this very serious evil of tea-tippling among the poorer classes. Tea, in anything beyond moderate quantities, is as distinctly a narcotic poison as is opium or alcohol. It is capable of ruining the digestion, of enfeebling and disordering the heart's action, and of generally shattering the nerves. And it must be remembered that not merely is it a question of narcotic excess, but the enormous quantity of hot water which tea bibbers necessarily take is exceedingly prejudicial both to digestion and nutrition.”
HOLD ON, BOYS.
By Christian at Work
HOLD on to your tongue when you are just ready to swear, lie, or speak harshly.
Hold on to your hand when you are about to punch, scratch, steal, or do any improper act.
Hold on to your foot when you are on the point of kicking, running off from study, or pursuing the path of error, shame, or crime.
Hold on to your temper when you are angry, excited, or imposed upon, or others are angry with you.
Hold on to your heart when evil associates seek your company, and invite you to join in their mirth, games, and revelry.
Hold on to your good name at all times, for it is of more value than gold, high places, or fashionable attire.
Hold on to the truth, for it will serve you well, and do you good throughout eternity.
Hold on to virtue—it is above all price to you at all times and places.
Hold on to your good character, for it is, and ever will be, your best wealth.—Christian at Work.
Is the Law of God Prohibitory?
At the National Temperance Convention at Saratoga, N. Y., an important paper by Dr. A. J. Gordon, of Boston, was read, dealing with the question, "Is the Law of God Prohibitory?" in which he answered the question affirmatively, grounding his arguments on the ten commandments. Human laws, Dr. Gordon contends, have been educating the people in the wrong direction in licensing the sale of liquor. If a man falls into a pit carelessly left open in a street and breaks a leg, he can sue the city and get paid therefor; but if a man is damaged in a licensed hall for the sale of liquor, legal reparation is denied him, although the city, by its license, is a legal partner in the business.
Interesting addresses were also delivered by Mr. J. B. Gough, Rev. J. O. Peck, and Miss Frances Willard. At the next day's session among the resolutions passed, was one which may be accepted as the prohibition platform of the future. It asks Congress to prohibit and prevent in the District of Columbia and the Territories, the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, and to prohibit their importation into the United States; also to propose to the States an amendment to the constitution forbidding all making of, and traffic in, intoxicating beverages; advising the friends of temperance to make that the chief point in political action and organization; requiring total abstinence as a qualification for all office-holders, and to exact from all candidates for legislative positions pledges to support and urge the enactment of temperance measures.—Exchange.
Woe Unto Him That Giveth His Neighbor Drink
"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink."
THE STORY OF SIX GIRLS.
By Mary A. Barr
LISTEN, girls, and I will tell you a tale that is quite true.
One day, many years ago, six pretty girls were sitting under a cherry-tree. The long grass was sweet and warm, and they pushed it to and fro with their small feet; and as they talked they ate ripe cherries, or blew the dandelion heads, or watched the little white clouds that drifted over the orchard.
Now in the tree and just above their heads was a bird's nest, and in the nest some little brown birds. And the birds leaned over the nest and watched the girls; and the girls smiled at the little bare, eager heads, and said they thought "a bird's life must be a very happy one."
Suddenly one of the birds spread its little half-fledged wings, and with a twittering song of triumph flew from the nest to a swaying branch that was a full yard away. "Oh! I know what he sang!" cried one of the girls whose name was Fanny. "He said: 'Oh! what a stupid little hole that nest is. How much nicer is this branch. And some day, no doubt, I shall be able to fly even to the big tree that stands in the meadow.'"
"That was his song, girls. I know it was, because my heart keeps saying just the same thing—how stupid is the old farm-house and the sleepy village, where one day follows another and every day is the same. When I am a woman, I will see all the wonderful countries in the world. I will go to China and Brazil. I will see Negroes at the Equator and white bears at the North pole."
"Oh! how terrible," said gentle little Annie, and she lifted her blue eyes like a frightened baby. "There is no place in the world so safe and sweet as this valley. I shall marry Willy Smith, and we will have a farm and a lovely house full of pretty furniture, and a garden full of sweet flowers, and a clean, cool dairy—"
"Certainly, little Miss Stupid, and make butter and cheese to the end of the chapter," added the stately Julia, with a pout and a touch of contempt. "I shall do nothing of that kind, you may depend upon it. I shall marry a soldier, and he shall be so brave that he will soon be made a general. I shall buckle on his sword and send him away to fight his country's battles. A really high-minded girl can only love a soldier."
"Oh! what nonsense," said the fair, dreamy Emma, as she lowered her eyes from the clouds to Julia's handsome face. "I think fighters are very common people. I shall give my affections to a great scholar; one of those people who make discoveries and invent things. Any savage can fight. I shall marry a philosopher. I don't care how poor he may be nor even how ugly."
"Ugly! what an idea," and beautiful Kate clasped her hands in an attitude of horrified deprecation. "An ugly man is an ugly man, even if he have the wisdom of Solomon. Think of a husband with red hair, or a squint, and a squat figure! When I am a woman, I shall marry a handsome man and dress very elegantly, and go to balls and parties. Will not that be best, Mary?"
Then Mary lifted her shy, brown eyes, and said: "I hope I shall always be loved. I hope I shall always have some one to take care of me, and hide me away from the great, cruel world. Brother John is not rich, nor handsome, nor clever; but he is true and kind, and that seems as if it was sufficient."
Then the girls were silent, and lay still and dreamed out their plans and the birds twittered above them and the evening shadows fell. The mother's voice called them; and they went in and sat down at one dear home-table, and said their prayers under the same safe, sheltering roof.
And the years passed by, and this is how the dreams under the cherry-tree came true.
Fanny's wings were early clipped. She forgot all about China and Brazil, and was quite contented with the hundred acres that she called her own. She kept the cleanest house in the village, and took the prize for butter at the State fair. She made excellent bread and pies, and kept everything in such order that not even her turkeys dared to lay out of the special boxes provided for them.
And poor timid Annie married a soldier, and went away with him to some wild territory; and was cut to pieces, with her three pretty babies, by the Indians.
And the proud Julia, who thought to dwell in camps and go through life to the sound of trumpets and the shout of battle, married a meek little man, who kept a country store. Instead of buckling on her husband's sword, she helped him to measure molasses and weigh out tea and coffee; and what is more, she really seemed very happy in doing it.
After all, her fall was scarcely so great as Emma's; for the little girl who had dreamed of a philosopher and a scholar, married a coarse, ignorant old man, for his money. All her noble hopes vanished, science and poetry knew her no longer, and she wrapped her soul up in a dollar bill.
Poor, beautiful Kate! Yes, she married her handsome man; but alas! his beauty did not provide her with elegant clothes nor take her to balls and parties. He was too handsome to work, and his silky curls and fine figure brought her nothing but sorrow and poverty. She was very glad when he went away, one day, and left her to fight the world alone.
And what of Mary? surely, she, who only asked for love, got what she wished. Ah! my dear girls, she asked for the dearest and rarest and sweetest thing in life. But love comes to those who can give love for love, and Mary's heart was satisfied; and, though love could not hide her away from the storms of life and sorrow, it made her brave and strong, so that troubles went away with a smile and losses left her richer in what she prized more than gold.
Now, dear girls, generals, philosophers, travels, and gold will not come at your bidding; but love will win love, and love is set above the storms of life, and you may be sure that
"They who win a true, true heart
Get gear enou', get gear enou'."
Mary A. Barr, in Independent.
THE STOLEN UMBRELLA.
By Mary A. Barr
"JESSIE, do you know a child named Lawson in your school?" asked Mrs. Evans of her daughter.
"What, Kitty Lawson?" said Jessie. "Oh, yes, she's in my class."
"What sort of a girl is she?" asked her mother.
"Well, she's about as old as Georgie, with a very rosy face, and she's always laughing."
"I was not thinking of her appearance, dear," said Mrs. Evans, smiling. "I meant, what sort of a child is she in her behavior?"
"Oh," said Jessie, "she don't get on with her lessons; she's too fond of fun for that. She likes playing tricks on the girls, and they don't like her for it; but I don't believe she means harm by it. And I like her myself."
"Oh! Kitty Lawson," cried Lucy, Jessie's sister, "the deceitful little thing! She was always at something or other when I was at school! I knew she would be found out one of these days!"
"But if she has not been found out before, how do you know anything against her?" asked Mrs. Evans, quietly.
"Why, look at when Mary Brown lost her dinner!" cried Lucy. "Everybody knew she took it; though it was never brought home to her!"
"Everybody did not know she took it!" cried Jessie, vehemently. "And it's a wicked shame for you to say so. Everybody said she took it; but that was only because they did not like her, for nobody ever knew anything about it."
"Well," said Lucy, "you always take her part; you never could see anything wrong in her."
Now, Jessie, strong in her faith of Kitty's innocence, was sorely perplexed about the affair. She had certainly seen Kitty with an umbrella, and what made this trouble her so was that Kitty never carried an umbrella herself. She spoke to her mother about it again before she went to school next morning.
"There can be no doubt," said Mrs. Evans, "that the girl who accused her saw her with an umbrella as you did, but whether she made sure that it was Miss Addison's or not, we cannot tell."
"I shan't say that I saw her with an umbrella," said Jessie; "would you, mother? Because it might not have been Miss Addison's after all."
"Well, I should do this, my dear. I should go at once to her house, and tell her what I saw. If she is innocent, it may help her to explain the matter."
Jessie went off to her school-fellow's at once. "Look here, Kitty," said Jessie. "Whose umbrella was it you were carrying that day when I saw you along with another girl? Not that I believe you took Miss Addison's," she exclaimed; "I don't believe a word of it! But somebody else may have seen you as well, and thought it was Miss Addison's umbrella you had."
"Why, of course!" cried Kitty. "It was Jane Watts' mother's, I met her going to her grandmother's, and she asked me to carry her umbrella, because she had a large parcel to carry."
"Why didn't you say so before, child?" said Mrs. Lawson.
"I never thought of it, mother."
"I'll go to Jane at once," said Mrs. Lawson, "and I'll find out who the girl is who accused you, and why she did so. I'm so glad you came, my dear," she said, turning to Jessie; "we shall see."
And so it proved; for when the child who had spoken so positively about Kitty having taken the article was questioned, it turned out that she had merely seen her as Jessie had, going along with her friend, and carrying an umbrella. And the explanation which Mrs. Lawson was now able to give entirely disposed of the suspicion against Kitty.
But Miss Addison, the school-mistress, was much to blame; for a day or two afterward it was discovered the umbrella was not stolen at all, but had merely fallen down between the wall and a desk, against which she herself had placed it. If she had made a proper search for it before she began to think evil of her scholars, it would no doubt have been found. How needful is the divine injunction, "Judge not, that ye be not judged!"—Sel.
PAID IN ONE'S OWN COIN.
Peter's mother died. After that he was sent to his grandmother's, for he had a quarrelsome, fretful temper, and his aunt could not manage him with the other children. His grandmother dealt kindly and patiently with him, and helped him to improve.
Peter now had a new mother, and his father had sent for him to come home. But he did not want to go, he felt sure he should not like his new mother and that she would not like him.
"That depends upon yourself, Peter," said grandmother. "Carry love and kindness in your pocket and you'll find no difficulty."
The idea struck the boy favorably. He wished he could, he said.
"And the best of it is," said grandmother, "if you once begin paying it out, your pockets will never be empty, for you'll be paid in your own coin. Be kind and you'll be treated kindly; love and you'll be loved."
"I wish I could," said Peter.
All the way home he thought more or less of it. I do not know about his welcome home, or what his father or new mother said to him. The next morning he rose early, as he used to do at grandmother's, and came down stairs, where323every thing being new, he felt very strange and lonely.
"I know I shan't be contented here," he said to himself: "I know I shan't: I'm afraid there's not a bit of love in my pocket."
However, in a little while his new mother came down, when Peter went up to her and said :-
"Mother, what can I do to help you?"
"My dear boy," said she, kissing him on the forehead, "how thoughtful you are. I thank you for your kind offer; and what can I do to help you, for I'm afraid you will be lonely here at first, coming from your dear, good grandmother."
What a kiss was that! It made him so happy.
"That's paying me in more than my own coin," thought Peter.
Then he knew he should like his new mother; and from that good hour Peter's pockets began to fill with the beautiful, bright coin of kindness, which is the best "small change" in the world. Keep your pockets full of it and you will never be in want.-Selected.
The Home Circle.
TWO CHRISTIANS.
Two Christians traveled down a road,
Who viewed the world with different eyes;
The one was pleased with earth's abode,
The other, longing for the skies.
For one, the heavens were so blue,
They filled his mind with fancies fond;
The other's eyes kept piercing through
Only for that which lies beyond.
For one, enchanting were the trees,
The distance was divinely dim,
The birds that fluttered on the breeze
Nodded their pretty heads for him.
The other scarcely saw the flowers,
And never knew the trees were grand;
He did but count the days and hours,
Till he might reach the promised land.
And one a little kind caress
Would to a tender rapture move;
He only oped his lips to bless
The God who gave him things to love.
The other journeyed on his way,
Afraid to handle or to touch;
He only oped his lips to pray
He might not love a thing too much.
Which was the best? Decide who can;
Yet why should we decide 'twixt them?
We may approve the mournful man,
Nor yet the joyful man condemn.
He is a Christian who has found
That earth, as well as heaven, is sweet,
Nor less is he who, heaven-bound,
Has spurned the earth beneath his feet.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
-Four comets have been discovered since the first of May.
-There were 1,021 patients in the Napa Insane Hospital at the beginning of July.
-Nashville, Mich., has shipped 63,000 pounds of maple sugar of this season's make.
-The United States sold goods to Great Britain last year to the amount of $500,000,000.
-John A. Appleton, the noted publisher of the firm of D. Appleton & Co., died, July 12.
-The aggregate number of live stock in the United States is set down at 82,000,000 head.
-The Sultan has decided to commute the death sentences of the murderers of Abdul Aziz.
-During the week ending July 8, there were twenty-three deaths from yellow fever in Havana.
-Propositions are being considered for a general thanksgiving if President Garfield recovers.
-Accounts received from Spitzbergen say the Arctic winter is excessively severe, the ice not yet breaking up.
-The steamer Oceanic from Hongkong, arrived in San Francisco the 12th inst., with 1007 Chinese passengers.
-A dispatch from Tunis says an insurrection threatens the regency unless it is put down with a strong hand.
-The Chinese educational mission, established in Hartford in 1872, has been recalled. The reason is unknown.
-The Jewish inhabitants of Nave Tiherkask, on the river Don, have been ordered to quit the town by the 1st of September.
-It is reported that some pious women of a town in Iowa chased a book agent out of town, because he had for sale the Revised New Testament.
-Twenty-two Socialists have been banished from Leipsic. The Socialist printing-house in Dresden has been closed and the employes arrested.
-The Andover bridge, over the Merrimac River, near Lawrance, Mass., was burned July 17. Loss, nearly $30,000. The bridge was built in 1793.
-It is asserted by hatters that the size of the human head in England and Scotland has been gradually diminishing during the last quarter of a century.
-A recent fire in the gang saw-mill of the Sherman Lumber Company at Potsdam, N. Y., resulted in the loss of 2,000,000 feet of lumber and eighteen horses.
-The Secretary of the Iowa State Board of Agriculture states that there will be a shortage of 7,000,000 bushels of corn, wheat, and oats in the Iowa crop this season.
-In the seven days from July 10 to July 16 inclusive, the deaths in Cincinnati from sunstroke were 264, and from excessive heat 150, making 414 deaths from the heat.
-Sunday afternoon, July 17, the Washington-Hall block in East Oakland, containing two stores, several dwellings, stables, etc., was burned to the ground. Loss $50,000.
-Warner Miller has been elected by the New York Legislature to fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the resignation of Senator Platt. Conkling's successor has not yet been elected.
-Terrible destitution is reported to exist in northern China. Parents are selling their children for trifling amounts, to keep them from starving, and to provide a little food for themselves.
-The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with a view to relieve the barrenness of the railway stations, have recently purchased 50,000 plants to use in flower beds at every station along the line.
-A St. Petersburg dispatch says it is believed that the Czar will commute the sentence of Hessy Helfman, the woman condemned to death for complicity in the murder of his father, the late Czar.
-The tunnel on the Cincinnati Northern Railroad under Crown street, on Walnut hills, about two miles from the central part of Cincinnati, fell in on the night of the 13th on a party of thirty workmen.
-A most terrific cyclone visited New Ulm, Minn., July 15. The whole town, containing 3,500 inhabitants was laid in ruins. Many were killed and more wounded. The State is assisting the sufferers.
-It is reported that in some Russian districts, the peasants have offered to pay for the damage done to the property of the Jews. In some districts the perpetrators of the cruelty have been severely punished.
-In the investigation of the California state prison at San Quentin, it was found that land which was assessed at $20 per acre was bought by the prison authorities for $300 per acre. Crookedness somewhere.
-July 16, the train on the C. R. I. and P. railroad, was boarded by a gang of men, near Winston, Mo., who shot the conductor and another man, knocked down the express agent, and rifled the express and mail packages.
-Work on the Hudson River tunnel is progressing at the rate of five feet daily. The tunnel now extends 300 feet under the river from the Jersey shore. Its entire length will be 5,400 feet, and the company expect to have it completed in about three years.
-Great excitement is caused on the Hawaiian Islands by the new eruption of Mauna Loa. Latest accounts state that a stream of lava from 50 to 200 feet wide is consuming everything in its way. The town of Hilo was directly in its track and in imminent danger of destruction.
-The London Economist estimates the average immigrant in capital or capital-producing force at $1000—an estimate that agrees with the opinions of political economists generally. Looked at in this light, the United States is being enriched at present to the amount of $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 daily.
-Five men recently rode quietly into Riverton, Ia., and made their way to the bank of Davis & Sons. While one of the party engaged the attention of the cashier, the others leaped over the counter, took $4000, and invited the crowd to follow as they rode away. A large company immediately started in pursuit.
-The Siberian plague has made its appearance in the environs of the St. Petersburg and is spreading with alarming rapidity. Horses are dying by the scores and many persons are afflicted. The local authorities are helpless, owing to want of efficient doctors, and the fact that the peasants sell the skins of beasts which have died of the disease.
-A New York paper states that above $30,000 were spent at the recent shooting-match at Coney Island. The "tournament" consisted in slaughtering sixteen thousand immature pigeons that had been closely confined for weeks with insufficient food and water. This is called "sport," in this Christian land. If it occurred in China or India it would be considered barbarous cruelty.
-A dispatch from Des Moines, Iowa, July 13, says: "The Raccoon river continues to rise. South Des Moines is under water and sixty families are driven out of their homes. The track of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad has succumbed, and Des Moines is now out of connection with the east part. It is the heaviest rain-storm in the history of this section."
-Bradlaugh has served formal notice upon the speaker and other officers in the House of Commons, protesting against his previous expulsion from the House as illegal, and giving notice that before the 3d of August, he will present himself, and that any one endeavoring to prevent him will be committing an illegal act, and he will resist physical force and endeavor to overcome it if offered.
-A dispatch from Marshalltown, Iowa, says the floods there have never been equaled. The water was four feet high on the car tracks. Immense damage is done to the railroad and other property, amounting to $200,000 and upward in the city alone; besides this, much damage is done to crops in the surrounding country. A later dispatch says: "The country hereabouts is afloat, and the damage cannot be even estimated."
-The Sydney (Australia) Herald states that in a fortnight over 2000 Chinese have arrived at that port, and that they described themselves as but pioneers of an immense body of emigrants who were en route from Hongkong. Both the pioneers and the main body were of the poorer class, who had scraped together £8 for their passage and landed penniless. Their reception was very cool, especially by the rich Chinese merchants there, who will be obliged to support them till work can be found for them. These merchants say that over 20,000 Chinamen will pour in on them before the year is out.
-Well-informed correspondents at St. Petersburg state that Russia is fast drifting into anarchy. The Czar still keeps himself a close prisoner at Peterhof. Occasionally, when business of State requires his presence at the Capital, he leaves his fortress, enters St. Petersburg almost by stealth, and returns as quickly as possible. The new ministry is crushing out, in the most autocratic manner, the demands for a representative government. The officials, from the highest to the lowest, are sunk in corruption. The priests of the orthodox church are not much better, and militiaism has reached a pitch of arrogance and insolence unknown in the worst days of the Romanoff. The Nihilists recently told the Czar that there was no longer occasion for the use of dynamite, as the whole fabric of the Empire was about to explode.
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