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PLAIN PRINTING, FA NCY PRINTING, GO TO THE JOURNAL OFFICE HUNTINGDON, PA,, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1875. 471.11 t puro' Por. 1875. A Name in the Sand Alone I walked the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand ; I stooped, and wrote upon the sand fly name, the year and day. As onward from the spot I passed (Inc lingering look behind I cast— A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. And so methought 'twill quickly be With every mark on earth from me ! A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across the place Where I have trod the sandy shore Of time, and be to me no more ; Of me, my day, the name I bore, To leave no track or trace. And yet with Him who counts the sands, And holds the water in His hands, I know a lasting record stands Inscribed against my name, Of all this mortal part has wrought, Of all this thinking soul has thought, And from these fleeting moments caught, For glory or for shame. (tog-gtilev. LOST TO THE WORLD. In the Summer of the year 1815, or thereabout, a wealthy merchant of New York took charg e of a little boy who had been left an orphan. The parents of the little boy had been actors of some slight celebrity in the theatres of the United States ; but dying within a short period of each other, they lett behind them, in a state of the completcst destitution, three young children. The eldest of these was called Edgar. He was a handsome boy about six years of age, with a quick eye and active spirit, and a remarkably intel ligent countenance. The merchant of whom we speak had known the parents of the child; and out of pity for its helpless ness he and his wife, who had been blessed with no children, adopted it as their own. How happily the ardent boy passed his days in the house of his benefactor; how he was beloved by those two childish peo ple ; how he became the favorite of a large circle ; how, in the strength of their great affection the merchant and his wife brought him to England, so that nothing might be wanted to make him a gentleman in mind as well as person ; how he spent some four or five pleasant years under the care and teaching of a reverend gentleman near London ; how he came back again to the city of his birth to finish his educa tion ; and how he was generally looked upon as the rich merchant's heir. it would take long to tell. But we would linger on this portion of our story; fain dwell upon his precocious wit and aptness for learning; fain make much of his feats of strength and agility —his ease and grace on horseback, his dexterity in fence and race stream, and his success in all that seemed to promise for him a brilliant career. But the truth must be told, no matter how unwilling the teller.. He was sent to the college of Charlottesville, amply provided with money. In those days dissipation among the students of colleges was unhappily but too common ; and among the most disso lute and extravagant, the wildest rufflers of the town, the hardest drinkers and most daring gamblers, there. was ever to be found one more wild and desperate than them all—and that one was Edgar, now a good-looking, free-hearted young fellow of eighteen. Friends advised with him, and he made fair promises in plenty; tutors remonstrated, and he declared that he would amend and win the highest honors yet; companions tempted and wine al lured, and he embraced the filthy siren, and so fell. Instead of coming home from his university with honors, he was sum marily expelled. One would think tint disgrace so pub lic would have broken his proud spirit; but it did not. Because his benefactor refused to pay the'gambling debts he con tracted at college, the wilful young man wrote him a violent and abusive letter, quitted his house, and soon afterward left his country with the avowed intention of joining the Greeks, who were at that time in the midst of their struggle with the Turks. He never reached his destination, and nothing was known or heard of him for more than a year. At last, however, he was found, and in circumstances which left no doubt as to the manner in which his European experience had been brought. One morning the American minister, at St. Petersburg, was summoned to save a countryman of his own from the penalties incurred through a drunken debauch.— He came in time to rescue the prodigal Edgar from a prison, and through hi 3 in fluence he was set at liberty and enabled to return to the United States. The first to greet him on his landing was his old patron, the merchant, who was now alone in the world, for his wife had died while Edgar was away. But he took the wanderer to his arms and led him back to the quiet home he had quitted so un graciously. The question then arose as to what. should be done for the youth ; and on his expressing a wish to become a sol dier, interest was made with the mer chant's friends, and Edgar was entered as a scholar in the military academy at New York. For a little time all went on well; the young cadet was assiduous in his studies, became the favorite of the mess, and was looked upon by the officers and professors as one of their most promising pupils. But alas, and alas! the old hab its of dissipation were too strong to be given up all at once. lie neglected his duties; he drank to excess; he disobeyed orders; he openly sneered at the regula• tions of the academy—and, in ten months from his matriculation, he was cashiered. Disgraced and humiliated, where could the wretched man find refuge but in the home of his adopted father ? Thither, then, he went, and was again received with open arms. During Edgar's stay at the academy the merchant had married again to a lady some years younger than himself. Time passed on ; but just as the sun of happiness seemed about to shine once more upon him, a quarrel took place between Edgar and the lady, which severed forever all tics of friendship between the merchant and his protege. Another 'circumstance which is searcely fit for mention here, was hinted at, and which, if true, throws a dark shade upon the character of Edgar. Whatever the cause, however, the mer chant and his adopted son parted in anger, never to meet again, and when the former died, the latter shared no portion of his wealth. Again thrown upon the world by his own misconduct, the young man tried his hand in a field common to young men, and wrote several political pieces and articles in the American magazines. These were so well received that he was almost tempt ed to believe that he could obtain a living nit GEORGE D. PRENTICE by literature. But his old habits return ing, be despaired of success in his new avocation, and enlisted as a private soldier in the United States Army. He was soon recognized by a former companion in the Military Academy, and great interest be fon to be felt for him among the officers It was propoFed to buy a commission for the talented and handsome young man ; but just as his friends began to rally round him, and just as their plans seemed about to prosper, he deserted. Fur more than two years the world knew nothing' of his whereabouts, and it may be, had almost forgotten him. In 1833, however, the proprietors of an American magazine offered two prizes for the best poem and tale which should be suitable to their pages. Numerous manu scripts were sent for competition, and a day was appointed on which the arbitrators should meet to judge of the merits of the various productions. Almost the first man uscript that was opened claimed attention from the remarkable beauty and distinct ness of the handwriting. One of the ar bitrators read a page or two and was charmed. He called the attention of his friends to the tale ; and they were so much .pleased with it that it was read aloud from beginning to end, and all admitted that it was worthy the highest prize. The "con fidential envelope" was opened—a Latin motto was discovered. No other tales were read, and the award was immediately pub lished. But where to find the author, that the prize money might be paid ? The publishers and arbitrators had not long to wait. In the evening f.dlowing the an nouncement, a young man came to the office to claim the prize. He was pale and thin, even to ghastliness, and his whole appearance bespoke dissipation, want and illness. A well-worn coat, buttoned up to the .chin, concealed the want of a shirt, and imperfect wretched boots discovered the absence of stockings. But be looked a gentleman, nevertheless; for his face and hands, though haggard and attenuated, were clean and spotless; his hair was well arranged, his eye was bright with intelli gence, and his voice and bearing were those of a scholar. The publishers and arbitra tors were interested extremely. Tbcy in quired lilt° his history, and finally offered him employment on the magazine for irliich the tale had been written. A little money judiciously applied soon altered the appearance of the young man, and in a short time he took his post as second editor of a monthly magazine, with the means and position of a gentleman. Now here was an opportunity of retriev ing his lost character. Here were friends ready not only to over!ook the past, but to assist in making his future c..hu and free from care. Here was a public ready to listen to his teachings, and a patron ready t i reward his labors. For a little while all went on well, and those who knew him began to congratulate themselves upon the happy change. Those who before admired his genius were beginning to respect his integrity. He was happy and successful in his uew avocation. He married a young and beautiful girl, his cousin ; lie teund for himself a cottage, which the care, econ omy, and gentle temper of his wife con verted into a home, and ha was beginning to be a happy man. It would be well if our story could end here; but, oh for hu man frailty ! oh for good resolutions made without prayer to God! oh for principles which he assists not ! the young husband of that fair young wife fell back again into evil courses, and forfeited the respect of employers, and the sympathy of friends, through his devotion to the accursed bot tle. It were a weary tale to tell how often he repented, and was forgiven ; how he passed from the editorship of one magazine to that of another; how lie went from State to State and from city to city a hard working, aspiring, sanguine, talented man, bearing about him the curse of irresolu tion, never constant but to the seductive and dangerous besetment" of strong drink; how friends advised with him, and pub lishers remonstrated; how at one time he had so far conquered his propensity as to call himself, in a letter to a friend, "a model of temperance and other virtues ;" and how, at another, he forfeited the oc cupation which was the sole dependence of his little family by frequent relapses into his old disgraceful habits ; bow he committed, under the excitement of intox ication, faults and excesses to which no gentleman would plead guilty; how he borrowed money of his friends without the means or intention of returning it; how he forfeited the esteem, even while his talents commanded the admiration of the public; how he succeeded in bringing ma ny literary speculations into life which his vicious habits and inattention to business murdered in their youth ; how lie became a confirmed drunkard, with only now and then a fitful hour or so in which to throw off on paper the vagaries of a mind rich in learning and imaginative fancies; how his young wife died broken-hearted, and how he became so reduced as to be able no longer to make an appearance among his friends ; how his wife's mother. constant to his falling fortunes, and ever anxious to conceal his vices, went with his .3ISS. from office to office, and from pub lisher to publisher, in search of the means to support him ; how for a little while lie shook off the lethargy of intoxication, and again appeared in the polite circles of New York ; how he was caressed, and feted. and congratulated ; how the efforts of his pen were sought by rival publishers ; how he was engaged to be married a second time to a beautiful young woman, and how the engagement was finally broken off through his return to pernicious habits. It were a weary tale indeed. The melancholy story of this man's life was soon to close—the golden thread to be rudely snapped asunder—and by his own hind. He had partly recovered from his dangerous curses, and was engaged in de livering lectures in different towns in the United States. They were well attended, and it was with something like renewed confidence that the well-wishers of the lecturer watched his conduct., which was now distinguished by extreme sobriety.— He even appeared to have renewed his youth and strength ; and it was with pleasure that his friends again received him into their houses. At one of these he met with a lady with whom he had been formerly acquainted. Their friend ship was renewed, and they were engaged to be married. Everything seemed to promise well ; the dawn of a better day appeared ; and reformation, so long in coming, seemed to have come at last.— But it was not to be. On a sunny after noon in October, in the year 1849, Edgar set out for New York, to fulfill a literary engagement, and prepare for his marriage. Ile arrived at Baltimore, where he gave his luggage to a porter, with directions to convey it to the railway station. In an hour he would set out for Philadelphia. Well, be would tike a glass before he starterl—f,r relresiiment's sake, that was all. Oh, fat-il hour : In the t a vern h e me t with s -, me 01. l netioaintance.. who iii vited him to join with them. in a mo ment all his good resolutions--home. duty. bride. honor—were forgotten; and. ere the night had well st.t in he WJA in a state of filthy intoxication. Insanity ensned ; he was carried to a public hospital ; and. on ‘he night of' Sunday, the 7th or Octo ber, he died a raving madman. without a friend or a child Imside his pillow. Ile was only thirty-eight years old when this last dreadful scene of his life-tragedy was enacted. Not a single circumstance here relateJ, not a solitary event here recorded, but happened to Edgar Allen Poe. gltading # tilt The "Science" of Spiritualism. On page 359 of the last volume of the Scientific ..-Ingeriean, we presented some of the teaching.' of science regarding spirit- ualism ; to day we further elucidate the subject by brief allusion, to some of the facts in the history of this Litest epidemic of superstition. It broke out about twenty five years ago, and the manifestations were popularly known as Rochester knockings or spirit rappings. The first mediums were three sisters; their name was Fox. They in vented the raps, the rap lang uage, and a good part of the spiritual lingo They originated the seance, and drove a lively business. Spiritualism speedily became a recognized institution ; there was no lack of mediums ; notoriety and munev were the substantial incentives ; people. it is said, are fond of humbug, and ply more liberally for it than for tie necessaries of life. the majonty of people, as at the present day, looked upon spiritualism as a supremely silly thing; the scientific world treated it with ridicule or with a silence inspired by disgust and contempt. There were investigations; and although many of them were very Polish. the rapping trick was fairly exposed. The rape were traced to the persons of the Fox girls.— The mechanism of the raps was concealed and protected by the defences of woman hood ; to the modest investigator the girls' skirts were barriers more formidable than stone walls. Had women dressed like men. there surely could have been no spirit rap pings, and probably no spiritualis'n ; commend the fact to Herr Tenfelsdroeek. the great philosopher of clothes, anti we shall look for a discussion of it in a future edition of his "Sartor Resartus." Of the devices employed by the early mediums. the most ebb irate and sueeessful 11411 that of a bar of lead suspended at its center by an elastic cord attached to and operated by the leg; of course this was available only to women, and the men were obliged to resort to something else . The devotees appeared in swarms, and at the very beginning, and with the sa me capacity of swall.,winz as those of the present day ; let a jackass bray in the presence of your genuine spiritualist, and, at a hint from his medium. he hears there in only the gentle and loving voice of his dead grandmother. Tha early expoeun.-.4 counted for little among the faithful : a thousand bogus raps, they said, could not disturb their faith in the one that they knew to be genuine. Also the theory was invented at a very early day that there are wiekedspirits, which make hon,t me.linms cheat and lie. Thus the Rochester knoekinirs became modern spiritualism, with a vitality and diffusiveness comparable to those of the Canada thistle. From the ridiculous be ginning of what, in its inception. was probably an innocent freak of a little girl. we have to day a superstition which will make the nineteenth century ni.2morable for all time. Spiritualism, as an ism or theory. wan soon perfected. Rut the charlatanry. by which it is mainly kept alive, depends upon juggling tricks which may he modified sad improved. For jugglery, like all human arts, is improvable, and is governed by the laws of evolution. The raps grew into a thousand and one modified forms. Some of the new tricks, like the spirit speaking and writing. and planchette, were too thin, and are retained only among the most saturated of the devotees, while those that bad the strength of real merit of it gengity, like the Davenports' cabinet and rope tying, have maintained the populari ty. At last, and we wish we could believe it the final culmination of such things, we have the spirit meterialization. The ma terialization trick was invented Ly a me dium of this city, named Gordon. about two years ago. His exhibition was some what artistic, and is worthy of a descrip tion. A curtain of mosquito netting, stretched across the room, separated the operator and his paraphernalia from the spectators; the netting served t protect the medium from intrusion, and also to give a more ghostly appearance to the ob jects exhibited. in the middle of the spiritual sanctum was erected a gurgeous altar or throne. about which Gordon. ar rayed in a priestly robe. incanted or chan ced during the performance. The light was turned down to that faintness in which ghosts and spirits love to walk abroad.— Gordon makes his right arm invisible by drawing over it a black cloak. lie raises this arm away from and at the side of hie body, holding in his right hand acomenn paper mask or false face. such as the chil dren get for their amusement, at a cost of five or ten cents each. Then he gently moves the mask through the air. or ducks it or bobs it up and down, etc. The per formance is repeated with variations other masks and other motions. for an hour or two. Some of the masks are a little dron ed up by means of a white handkerchief thrown over a part or dangling from the lower end ; in such simple ways is an old lady with a white car, or a baby in a long dress. corstructed ; a la-life is got up by placing a gauze veil in front of the mask. Gordon's rerrtnir. of masks was extrn.ive ; he was able to bring up the spirits of mss, women, and babies of all races of man kind. From the front of the netting the view. especially to the eyes of the devotee, was impressive. Gordon was a solemn great high priest, or head center ; and in re sponse to his incantation, the spirits date departed, as life like as if they were tea and blood, appeared at his side. The sm. terialized spirits were often recognized. It was a common thing to hear. from the crowd of eager spectators, sighs and sobs.. at.d such expressions as Is that you, Jane ?" "Is it my grandmother?" "Is your name smith ?" "It is my darling Robbie ; are you happy ?" To all of which. through Gordon's skillful manipulation of the masks, came the appropriate responses. Bat Gordon's career as a materialiscr list ed only a few weeks. One evening. in the midst of the performance, a gentleman of the audience leaped over an intervening 41.404 ; threrie r ot roe meitrirraitn rpitairie sm. 12•1 I;,,Ti!mt :Pr-tartly in kros 3rw. I;•• T iiine • thrt-r e-trz l gt thP set ;h. !veil a isrusit haul. ne,hers Iraq taker, remit thP fid , l4 4 hi 4 r4rhie 3ftel nther ptaess _ In r.nr oT it artirie. w. 4 . 631 give forthrr part i )r roweroing .4h• r form. it m:. i t .- ef;#•• . ifory, Tit-Bits Talmo on n.. Fly. .Inn Li ha+ ;line,. I*-r pnnt acmilirt wh , , bkr-nare4 boy' pr 6t *. IPA 28 h , r prflphe,. The Preli , lont noto:nite4 N TynPr. b. .toito-Int PoAtma,tor Pats! D.y n ron ear that the frenktolPt &pelt II) whieh a 4iver ran dranriwi *a* hangireil and •izty feet. 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It inlaid that Lea*fefiesir Ends the ureater number of bile sowirers in Eng!an.l and Tennyson in America_ The Foamlvy st rstonallyen, has inereaseil a day's wiwk to tee hears. and 112 A 2;1 its workmen in seeplaysees. The I , ;mp.aitor. .30 the l'iitenva &sly newspapers have nr7,3llllilllPd s taurprrause dab. A, asset eonitnesdnitie preeewhis. In Pennsylvania there 119 Niatinosi banks with a ',apical 4 552.004.010. avid 117 :4tate banks with a capital or 11 14 .370.- 160 A tira7:zimn in Lewi.enn. Mw_ oirelarent that OTPT a ton of Milli w awararity lOW slimed in that town in dippisx. ehiedy by women the osllsortsr. is broke 'slim. • - is gob The n:vne t" F"'" Ile " f " ti. " 47 no wow nimii the 41•110, slims bar known :1,4 illrmony Centro. ! 4 assiselosess wmamehr wan county. ht. Iwen t.. that .1, uses. pememme._ r e T s ` sierwitievisinea erpissiso. s Its lAo boos sweesolso hew The New Lurk .V. 44 espreome• tho opts- .etf to yes nod tin VA.? ion that whatryPr the •Priipt rtriJ itiw. nor .ewer N. am it libm-ttertr -. •.4 Plyrnonth Chnrrit wiii rfhPrr iloses trier to Beecher. 411111.. Captain-General eqecks hap r.-reiv.4 permiipi•ni t.. triers tfi STrais witbnet waiting thf. arriv2l 4 h:4 Clunt Vilrnueda. The Ohii, papers it, already talkiwac about tie _real Farsigine swr IAS. Thi4 eivvir ie 3iirs!• tie event 4 the year in that Mate. Es-Vire PrP.i.itrot Schuyler Collies boo eootributefl a thn.t.on.l.lollars to therms hopper soffer►n in autonomy is Nobratilt whieh bear. hig 1.1113, Daniel Martin. of .i.enttlirisitn. aged seventy jean. wwe reorody 1111111 - Tied to a little girl of thirteen yawl_ rani (lei, of .Japer, Tenn. Wag-rier, the hie of Shealy upernieree. goys that God will not allow hive to be hanzeil. and that a miracle will intere.ne on the iientrold h, +aye hint At the Renamelare Mille at Troy. N. ererything is propossiog favorably fel the rail mill the boarioot rails monstoe tomd are now bring mad.- t:onw of the citizen.. of Dauphin oosioty have appointed a eo•mittee to nurition, the rights sod privileges of she phia C, , al and Iron rospony . William Vomits is am, eighty-toe yrs., old, but he walks about& im liffear. *bombs is nem lirinr. like say row iiilmar is the epoch of siirriwas old new. The loan Froath_ trbu sousiessi s rail way enzinert thc lief& km bees eseested at Obssok. It was los execution in private which low nominal is Austria. In moot enmannities there are twe kind. of willing people: tire who are willow, to take all the ellfw the work : emend. these who sr' Redlie, thy There ie one eflft es the smart welleeder in New York City grease William W. Tweed to recover $11.400.0116. slimed se have her', se. lee by hint or prrasse .na ni...tf-d with hint. Th• New York Tribune steers that oil► rin: the twenty roar mosethe which wit ea on the 30th of Jane nest. the raise awl" merrhandise export+ be grown tbras th3t or the insperrt. John F Jones 2n.11 F:. B. Bort hew be. Cfffite eselneir , ~weer: or the SWIMS* pail mine in Kern l'.ornty. rat They bow for it at the rat. , 4 .900,1111111. sad have an eizbty .tamp will seedy rawly bo rim t LIZ Zeit "I t;tot Je..e Panneviry be n.' hin;refl. bat ntrely eared. sod tb• .rientifie world be invited in to tntannitte hi. await .initnisr ease. Min spitentmeiss that .hoil , l be .tallied the beer& 44 meiene.- 313.1.rzehmeetts. Alt rt coninana Ma& ton. the principai hanti•lnarter. rof the on nio"4 satrap =avowal, a thwtew on the reeord alpine* tb. Fr/whim Ow Armes The vote is the Howe wo' SG iw Seem- to 120 again.n. 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