An Admirable Suggestion.

" "Bureau " such vacancies as they reqvwed to fill up . In like manner men finding themselves sncldenly or inevitably thrown into the ruck of competition , holding their labour in their hands , would repair immediately to the self-same

rendezvous , where they conld ascertain at or . ee whether 0 r not there might be any prospect of securing that occupation for which they are fitted . Only lately many cases have come under our observation illustrating most

forcibly the value and need of some such means of intercommunication between employers and employed in the Masonic ranks . One brother , stricken down by an attack of rheumatic fever , which prostrated him for many months ,

finds his business and his livelihood slipping through his fingers and becoming smaller by degrees and beautifully less every anxious day . The illness which has nearly shattered the poor frame leaves it still weak in

convalescence , and consequently our poor brother is unable to undertake the arduous work in which he was erstwhile engaged , even if he could reconstruct the business be has lost . He is therefore compelled to seek for some light

employment , suited to his present ; physical condition , and here he finds himself confronted by hundreds of others who though not afflicted as he has been , are nevertheless fain to join in the struggle for " anything they can get . " Our

brother is thus heavily handicapped all round , and it is from such a position as this that a " Bureau " could render assistance which would be the revival of hope , if not the raising of life to him . This is but a solitary case ,

which might be multiplied ad infinitum , and yet there has existed no intermediary system by which such men can be brought into contact or placed in communication with those who could and would assist them . Ifc appears to us that

without incurring any expense whatever—indeed a source of pecuniary gain would , in onr opinion , be speedily secured—some such project as has been outlined by writers in these columns could be brought into useful activity in

London with the executive of which employers could communicate when in need of honest , upright , and responsible servants , whose probit y and excellence of character generally could be guaranteed by the Lodges in which

they are well known , and where the latter also could apply in case of vacancies arising , or await such time as notifications should be received at headquarters of employment being accessible . Of course , we do nofc for a moment

anticipate that such a , movement would be taken up by the Craft in official manner ; if it is done at all it must be inagurated by private enterprise , and by men who are actuated by the " distinguishing characteristic of a

Freemason ' s heart . " Anyhow , nothing could possibl y be lost by the experiment , whilst a vast amount of good might be accomplished ; and this being the case we should welcome any steps that might be taken with a view of bringing the

suggestion to a practical issue . In the midst of so much distress as we read of amidst all classes , and more particularly in those ranks of industry where a majority of necessitous brethren are to be found , something might be

done to help our less fortunate fellows out of the slough of despond in which they find themselves helplessly floundering , in company with thousands more . Surel y this is a field in which the compassionate interest of

Masons everywhere mi ght find legitimate exercise and be productive of the most beneficent results . It is a slur upon the professions of the Craft thafc any member of ifc should pine away in enforced idleness and want when it

is in the power of others to assist him . Nor would any more deeply deplore such a calamity more than they in whose power it is to avert it . Under all the circumstances of the case , therefore , we trust the hearts of some brethren may

be moved to take the initiative in this matter , and institute some means of bringing under the notice of those who could relieve and assist them the wants of so many of our unfortunate brethren who are capable of , and

willing to , work in many branches of industry . A " Bureau" would go a very long way to meet the case , and for that reason we sincerely hope the wishes of our many correspondents may be practically realised .

HOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AWTIPILIS . —Unwholesome changes . —The changeable weather is causing much sickness , anil exerting tho most powerful influence in deranging the secretions of tho body . Alternating chills and heats so derange the capillary circulation , that skin , liver , stomach , or lungs must become disordered . Holloway ' s Ointment , well rnbhed over these nv < -. ins

twice a day , proves the quickest , safest , sind best corrective . It penetrates the Stan , enters thedeeper structures , purifies their blood , cleanses their substance , equalises their circulation , and renders their secretions abundant without annoying , irritating , or exhausting them . This Ointment , persevcringly used , aided by occasional doses of their far famed Pills , is capable of removing all the formidable evils induced by variable weather and its attendant impurities .

The Truth Of Masonry.

THE TRUTH OF MASONRY .

'HnRUTH in Masonry is a trial . First , we have its very JL substance and body— -tho principles taught by the Craft ; second , the peculiar form in which these principles are imparted—through allegory and symbol ; and third , the genesis and exodus of both the body of Masonry and the habiliments with which it is clothed—as revealed in

the origin and history of Freemasonry . To this trinity of truth every Freemason should be loyal . . Dr . Johnson justly said . " Sir , I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit , as poisoning the sources of

eternal truth . " Thafc Freemason is false to his Fraternity who materiall y varies either the principles or the forms of Masonry , or intentionally perverts , or carelessly reads , its history .

Let us regard , for a moment , tho bodij of Masonry . Its princi p les are its body , and this body is by far the greatest member of the triple truth which constitutes Freemasonry . Tt is the truth of substance—that which mav not be

changed . Of this body , Faith in God is the heart , which mnst beat true to Him who is over all , and Truth itself . The Masonic system draws its inspiration from the Grand Architect of the Universe . Whoever obliterates the truth

of Masonry in ifs body—its eternal principles , as did the French Masons , by ignoring the Grand Architect of the Universe , commits a deadly sin against the Craft , for which nothing can atone . It matters not that they still

have , in a degree , the truth of ritualistic form , and may justly claim a sort of apostolic succession . The tie thafc bound them to the Universal Craft is severed—the body of French Masonry is dead , its heart has ceased to beat .

Who cares for a dead body , although it be clothed in the habiliments of life ? Such a body is only fit for burial . Let us , then , treasure the truth of principle in Masonry as its noblest part . As the eloquent Bossuet said , " Truth is

a queen who has her eternal throne in heaven , and her sent of empire in the heart of God . " We may not tamper with this truth , nor gloss it ov ; r . " Truth needs no colour . " The moment Freemasons are untrue to the first

member of the great Masonic triad—the central body of truth , which is itself another triad—composed of Faith , Hope and Charity , that moment they are loose from their moorings , and in imminent peril of destruction .

The forms of Freemasonry constitute the second member of the Masonic triad of truth . These forms arc nofc like

the habiliments of the natural man , which may be changed at pleasure . Masonry is not fashionable , and has no Worth to set its styles . It does not perpetuate absolutely the same forms , but it changes them , not as much , but as

little as possible . Truth in substance must he unchangeable , while truth in form may , within certain limits , be somewhat varied without seriously affecting the substance . The aim should be , however , to change even forms as little

as'possible , since they might be so radically altered as to affect even the body of truth . The less the ritual of the Craft is tampered with the better . Old truth appears best in old forms—the one matching the other . It is the glory

of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania thafc ifc teacnes the oldest and purest Masonic truth in the oldest and purest Masonic forms . The ritual of the Fraternity in the Keystone State has probably suffered less from the well-meaning , but sadly

marring , remodelling of ambitious Masonic ritualists , than thafc of any other jurisdiction on this continent—the Grand Lodges of Virginia and South Carolina in this respect approaching it in organic force and primitive

simplicity more nearly than any other Grand body . It is a matter of just pride for the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania that ifc has maintained , not only the substance , but al-o the very form of Masonic truth .

The origin and history of Masonry—the correct statement of the Craft ' s succession , constitutes thy third member of the Masonic triad of truth . Freemasonry

possesses so greafc antiquity thafc no ono can name ; i period so remote as to say that it did nofc then exist . History tells of it as far back as the hisfcorv of tho Orafr , is

contained in any records now extant ; prior to that its existence is found recorded on the monuments—on imperishable sfcoue ; and beyond thafc wo trace our lino of descent through the pro-historic era by means of Vise

traditions which are peculiar to Freemasonry , and justly regarded as vouchers only less valuable than written records , of the history of the Craft . Whoever perverts Masonic history , by either undervaluing its manuscripts or