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bent your Wingirl fitter' tit 'on ye go—
Ye claim:the - Atop of wintry ruin
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Viatleirandlgfoves;and fits opts ' wlthLOlntats,
• AtlitriXttintAfie;:trOpleal climes of balm,
teCigt i lßttatlil Iltieria.d MOMS.
1 .t 01. 4 1 5 3 ititlndrAt qiUging A'Pa•llm-;
Peru leaves gnisving near silvery lake;
tittAPAlSOLskirmning the glittering snow,
reliuldtr the light sletigeh Cake,
' iielidlng . thelltamond dust to and fro—
Wide lici,he i . telgti of paur seepter'd - bands,
:Tc.rialhatfourapolis from earth's sunny lands.
•
Ond Wileter eve, as he looked at home.
Chi ill'eSabei'd glass (Min the da.Mlngrain,
Say : Aka.= Angelo see the dome
Of St. Peeves grow on the window pane I
For, eateninEathithie dctorway apes,
Inviting ntylaney to enter in,
It seems to look on the 'ninny slopes
Thatsursetuaitne poiaes of Ounrodin
Crowds are alieti (WV throng the, street)
'Entering le at-the open door;
I aldose think I see their feet
Treadon the tiles of the marble door—
firm ve lace,
",LllnientiAy Web, hitire.delicabli now,
Than over a remelt, in her queenly grace,
Wore in a veil ori her atotely brow,
I Der? set edge, with trutery rare;
_,Nottiee gotsamar zauze, nor thefabrics light
Tbeti4trY-byed, tertatu'd sultans wear,
Tinneirolies Moonrise on the summer air
Of lbo Peril/1111 cloudless night,
Can with thy texture, 0 Spirits I compare—
For thrvori was lie'er spun as fins
rltiOlia, one that fumes 3 our fairy line,
" flare! . ,s,,kdri‘ts rinses, ye bring to
All - that Wipt-prly eo moral
Ye trikelltdastysterical songs within us,
Tlittfkeep tune 16 the march of the starry
• ' sides;
All tliht is beautiful, Jost. and true,
Come from the Veiled Universe, where
TlitreSprtinds through space a mast delicate
air;
And perfeet types, upspring and new,
Arc 1133.4 C ifidignnoai there ;
From those Come, as now, from the frost and
' min.
sketches stamped on our brain,
Thus pbotograpted here front above ;
But verilY'earah can copy but faintly
The eon' of forms, angalic and Saintly,
Invoked. to our pillows, by prayer or by love.
"hole do we enter the Land of Dreams ?
'Esthete an angel with ivory wand
To open the gates of Its palaces fair,
To lead us on by Its crystal streams,
Tirtltink . of the jny at: and only there ?
Ily the light 01 the earth. unseen they stand—
Like the. mlerfel city. 'neath Araby 's skies,
That Golden City, whose gatt,. were closed
Foreme - to mortal's 'longing eyes;
sled then, when closed, cone a mighty cloud,
Dark and 41crisa os' a droolss Shroud.
tThat eirCledtlie be,tatiful city, .sad bid it
Eirerriore fo - itn bins who bid it
In ttie drairt.ot Alden rise;
The Arab prince, who thought to make
A heaven nn Earli,and bad daringly plowed
lEacji Patiee of Cold.:n Its utirror'd lake,
Its gardens fitly, and its castles grand ;
, Pillar'd portieem running along
Perfumed deers that flowed in song,
FaiiicjuetiWiitta, amtimierehilltt,
With tnrmot teat in cloudless sky—
, In that. City of Arent. so vast and fair.
The treasure. of earth were ;Tallied there.
I All that thesoul of moan could ask
! Did the Arab prior" supply ;
And there, worn ended Ms pleasant Mak,
t• It vauithrd from his eye.
" Was this a th - saxn, or a story told
With a mond, by Arab icsgei old,
To teach us how Taut is a city of gold
Built in' the desert here ?
For the clouds of Eanti, and Time's whirling
sands,
Cover the cities of eartly lands,
And onr hopes, like Siteddad's, have found
their bier.
Spirits of Air, with your silver wends,
Open the ' Taw yr your hidden re.thna,
Tench our elosA sr'th your mit:Jell hands,
Take from our eym the earthly films:
Through tlmwitittea frost and summer's heat,
Come, with ties pat of roar dainty feet,
And still in the dash of the gusty ruin,
Stop, al.you go by toy window-pane."
pisscilaueono.
SHADOWS OF SHASTA.
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JOAQUIN MILLER'S TAWNY BRIDE,
TUE MILD OF• A POETS LOVE.
Wrinkled awl brown as a hag of leather
A aqu,sw .sks moaning lung and low,
Yesterday she was at wife and mother
To-day elLe b roAing liar to and fro,
thliolate ‘vidon - in wee.l4 and woe.
—.tin us of Ilde Serra/.
Thal wmte-the wild poet of the Sierras.
Joaquin Miller, but little die the world
know of the, depth of meaning in these
liues. Never did it dream that this squaw,
who ‘fset•rock - i:lg to od fro, a desolate
widow in weeds and woe," was his owe I
dusky spouse. And yet such seems to I
have beenthe fact, and in the San Fran-
disco Chronicle we base the whole of the
wonderful story.
The writer tells ne that fifteen years
ago, in a little great valley on the banks
of the
. Upper Siteranieu to, there dwelt a
tezmatust of the once powcrfttl tribe of
Tasehastas. But little is kuown of the
hiitory of the tribe, ezeept that they were
far abuse the average of the California In
-1 dian in all that invests the aboriginal
"fitharnater with sentiment and romance.—
They ware OW, fierce, and exceedingly
warlike, and for years had held in undis
puted possession the region overlooked by
theninuw.eapped dome of Mount Shasta.
The memory of this tribe has been im
mortultzed by a wierd, romantic poem
from the pea of Oregon's long-haired
Tel:lnner—Joaquin Miller—who, in youth,
spent nearly a year in their company, re
siding pt, Hie wigwam of. their, hief, and
Willing and hunting with the young war-
Thlit romantic iuoident in the life
of the, Sierra songster is 'not generally
;. but when the rect.' are fully re
corfie,d.his admirers •3111 be at no loss to
Recount for the inspiration which guided
his _pen. through the mazes of poetic
Ishooed, and mournful fancy which gave
birth to "The Last or the Tasehataa."
=EC=
pry's FIRST tom
Hero it nos that Miller first felt the
awakeoing of the tender passion, and ,
here it was that-he first aroused into be
ingthalore of one who clang to him
eiin'unto - dosth. She was a dark eyed
romp. haired,.creature, with a wealth of
preliiiiraffeetroit which she_lavistied
op
pp - I,Ye ff;aventnter. "Jospin ' 3liiier'a
teititimeEra thle 'poor savage girl reflects
ttpclt the sod of so
• tc'ilCs. trpfaii-V -T4-fietts a- pantie
•••
MONTROSE, PA., W'fiDNESDAY, LMARY 29 1873.
In his subsequent, demeanor towards tha .
fainhaired and znoro cultured being Rho
bears his mm 417,111 shares (at a distance)
theglory that is his: 'The two incidents
conflrm the impreialon *that, after all, po
ets can do very mean things in a very
practical was.
• TIIE MST MEETING.
As the story goesXiller was at one time
a ttockherder, or something of the kind,
iu fiisloOn county:: One day in attend
ing to tome cattle-in the siuthern part of
the county, he - carriencrossa party of three.
1
young' ' Indians. Believing Lliat they
were on a cattle stealing expedition he
fired at them to frighten them away, but
unfortunately they wouldn't scare worth
a cent, and in about two minutes the
your disciple of cattle border and poetry,
found himself bound hand and foot, and
with an ugly bullet hale through the
fleshy part of his leg. The next morn
ing before daybreak. lie was in the turban
camp a prisoner..: Not knowing what
was to be his fate, blind with anger and
mortification, an& en:Tering intensely
from his wound..4liller lay upon his
blanket the very picture of despair.
It. as while he was in this condition
that he first met the woman who Wes to
exercise such un haftatlnce upon his future
destiny.
THE INDIV; MAIDEN'
She was the daughter of the old chief
lif the tribe, yonng4-uot ov,r eighteen--
anti us beautiful as an augers dream. M 1 •
ler, in hie poem, draws she following pic
ture of her:
" Hard by stood the irar chiefs daughter
Taller thsn the tasselled cora,
Sweeter than the kiss of mor"iog,
Sall as some sweet star of mom,
Half defiant, half Ibrtorn.
Robed in skins of striped panther,
Lifting loosely to the ,tr,
With a fleeting shade of sorrow,
And black eym thgt said, bowfin)!
Nestled in a storm' of hair.
With her strlpetl robes around her,
Fasten'd by an eagle heck,
Stood she V the stately chkitain„
Proud and porn at Shasut's pee:.
Iler eyes were black, her flee was brown,
Her breasts were bare, rola fell down
Such wealth of halt it almost hid
The two, in its rich,4etty fold—
Ni'hicli I had sometimes fain forbid;
They were richer, fuller tar ,
Than any polished bronzes air,
And richer hued than any gold,
On her brown arms and her brown hands
Were hoops of gold and golden bands,
Rough—hammered from the virgin ore,
So heavy they could bold tio more.
PITY —rums Ls or.
The maiden saw the captive and strait
way her heart went out in sympathy for
his suffering. She•attending him,dressed
his wounds, and pleaded with her father
for his safety. Her efforts were not in
vain. For days and days she was mire
b itting in he , • attention and kindness, in
amoouth istoand was entirely
healed. and he het lionglAt him of his In
ture. The tribe,throi.gh the intercession
of the girl, otferod him a sue conduct,
back to the cattle herds, bat some strange
invisible power seemed h o ld him, a nd
weeks went be, tinding him at. thu•tr
still a guest of the Tasehastas.• He knew
the girl love•l him wildly. and I e knew
also that to leave her Nvotild cost hha
bitter pang,so he lingered on, even against
his better judgement-
I'ATE.I:c4L slst:rios
The old chief watched the progress of
events with a calm serrnit y and stoic indit
ference worthy of a state , . He gave no
hint that a pale faced , would
h~ acceptable or distasteful, a "act which
Miller viewed wit h tt great deal of inner
satisfartion, The lore of the two ripen
ed rapidly—hers faster than his—for in I
her wild imagings she looked neon h m
as her God. worrhipping him aecor
dingly. She taught him dialect 141
which they could exchnopi th...ir thoughts
and gave expression to tit" heart yearn
ings which were overwhelming .item. lle I
taught her a few snatches or h i 3 first love
songs, and instructed her in the first ru
diments of the English tongue. He
ed her mind Nita glow ing pt •t tires of eiv
i iliza:ion, far beyond the mighty ranges
of snow c Nereti nhinatains in. the East;
and she listened wito absorbing niterest
to all he told her of the great world, of
which she knew so intl., add he so much.
xurr!...1.3
And so the green 611111tIlef wore away,
and gave place to golden manilla. Joa
quin still fingered in the hospitable wig
wam with no other thought hat to busa
in the sunlight of the lmiian m. t en's
smiles. Sue had be*.tcheil iiiin nail her
artless,grace, and bewildered his reason;
with On, passionate love she freeley gave I
him. As to him, he was all in all to her
her life, her world, her God. She had
no word for any hot the reale faced, long
haired stranger,and no thonght for anght
save his welfare and happiness. And so
one day - they were maimed. Not within
the massive stone walls of a cathedral,
with a gorgeously suprilieed priest to
mumble over the few formal words which
society has set up as a mond safeguard,
but beneath the biroad brunches of a
mighty oak. with no eye save that of the
Great Spirit upon them, nor any voices
save those of the chirping beedle and the
silver toned bird to bless their union.—
Miller in later years has told us this &tout
the bridal guests and the wedding festivi
ties:
' The bind %rem brown and the heavens were
blue,
A woodpecker pounded a pine top shell.
While a patrid7 whistled the whole day through
For a rabbit to dance in the chapparel,
And the gray grouse drummed, "All's well t
All's well I'
TUE GL9HIOUSIIONET3IO O . S .
Fur the nest month there was but one
heaven for Joaquin Miller, and that was
inside of the old chiet's wigwam. The
frost came and the young warriors made
up hunting parties to go off and secure
the winter's supply of provisions; but
Miller refused on all occasions, to accom
pany them. Ile sat for hours at a time
gamy , ' into the liquid depths of his dusky
partne?s glay eyes and had no joy. no
barrinees, save When , in • her presence.—
The Old chief soon became .aware of the
turn in his domestic affairs, but , he seem
ed toiriew the matter witlra very philask.
olibietikezow. He treated Miller well,
and regarded to 4044n:461y as a
father euutd'his Orin ado, although he
wondered tho i & the pale face eculd . o9 long
content hinigelf away; fidm his' home
and kindred. The winter CLIMB and went
avidetill . Miller lingered by at raide of his
forest bride, though any interested obser
ver would have Idoked"in vain for the
same passionate devotion'thatileld sway
in the beginning. ' -
THE 11EILIDIAN
Their love had crossed the; pi * eridian of
huppiness, and the young cpupie had
begun to look each upon the, other as
a matter of course. An mdifferance sprung
np on his part, which brooded,no-good to
the. confiding child of nature, who had
placed her trust in him—her, fate in his
keeping. Ile no lcingor sat- , bee fret
or pillared his bead in her t
-at even
tide, but sat apart gaiing Mb vacancy,
his thoughts far, Tar nurapacifpg the fan
cies of Siskiyou, or the pleasktres of the
city by the sea. cr,..e longed.fur.g change
and began to look upon the pOssibility of
of a separation from Ins bride with a
feeling akin to satisfaction. The wife
saw all this, but in her innocence saw
nothing to give her alarm. ,13esides, she
already felt something which,,wlieu told
her 'lord, she .knea/ would fill his very
soul with joy, and draw him closer to
tier.
TuS MILD OF A POET'S /AWE.
One night the:re was a great commo
tion in the wigwam. The old chief and
the long haired poet were both hustled
out iu the midnight air and left to shiver
in the gloom of early more. Troops of
Indian woolen,
" Wrinkled and brown .14 baga of leather."
horridly passed in and as hurriedly pass
ed cut again. Au x;ons looks and hurried
whispers passed between them, and rays
tenons ceremonies seemed to'be going on
within the sacred portals. As the sun
liftsxl its golden halo above the snow
breasted cliff of the . Sierras, a plaintiN e
wail grated curiously; nay, perhaps a
little upon the eager ear of the
pale faced listener without. another
hour an old woman appeared in the door
way and beckoned to Miller that ho might
enter. He went in and anxiously up
pro:lobed the low bed where iav enwrap
ped in a fancifully wrought blanket the
little pink faced, black eyed token of hia
early passion.
TLB SEPAILITIOE
Aud now Joaquin became fetal more
desirous of putting An end to the romance
of the past year and return once inure to
the scenes of his former life. He 46 - as a
restless, ro ring,,, diss4tistied: disposition,
and the sentiment of bin passion gone, it
could no longer brook a hum-drum ex•
istence in the wild borne or the forest.
" llu was an uncommon mould of mind,
But mule for action, ill or good
Cut In anotherland and. wank
B. reckless, restless will had been
A - curie or blessing to his kind."
One day he quietly went up to his dos•
ky mate and told her he was going nn a
visit to his friends in Siskiyou. - Tears
stood in har great dark eves, as the an
nouncement fell upon her ears, for some
thing within her seemed to say,
•• So here my lust day Lets Its close
And hear it ends."
She gazed deep and earnestly into the
deep blue eyes before her, but could get
no cainfort from them, for they were as
mid as stone, and as unimpassioned as the
rocky crags behind her wigwam', So,
with a mute appeal for mercy, she threw
her arms wildly around him sobbed as if
her heart would break. But it made no dif
ference, Miller was determined to go, and
kissing her brow, he gently put her away
from him. and giving only one look at his
dusky daughter, strode out into the sun
light, and wended his way towards the
orth.
RETRIBUTION
That so far as is known, was the last
that Joaquin Miller ever saw of his tawny.
f 'rest bride. Years passed by. He met,
wedded and deserted the lady whose letter
ire recital of her wrongs has made her as
famous in literature as the !wet himself;
hut he never agate acknowledged the In
dian woman, who, out of the depth of
her. great love, had born him a child. Not
a great while ago that little child l born in
the forest gloom, came into his possessior.
How, exactly, when or where, does not I
appear, but it is living and calls Joaquin
Miller "father." She is now fifteen years
old and is living in San Francisco. sup
; ported from the poet's parse. She is de
serihed as strikingly beautiful.. She has
her mother's deep dark eyes, and wealth
of raven hair and her father's clear, Can
casian skin. tier neighbors calls her the
beautiful Spanish girl, for they know cot
her romantic history; but to her own im•
I mediate friends she is known as the poet's
gifted child. It is but just to Miller to
say that he is exceedingly fond of her,and
' does_ everything in his power to make her
comfortable laid happy. He has provided
, for her education, and she already shows
traces of that piniva which has made her
father famous, and herself proud and
happy to be called his, though the child
, of love only.
TIIE LAST TASCTIASTAS
Of her mother nothing is known. The
child herself has hut little recollection of
her, and says the only picture she can re
of her early years is the memory of a
sad, sad fat.-e, and a weary, desolate - home
in a hut on the hanks of the Sacramento.
" Wrinkled and brown as a bag of leather,
A squaw sits nraaing long and low,
Yesterda)• she was a wile and mother,
To-day she rocked her to and fro,
A desolate widow in weeds and woe.'
A Torso boy attending a mixed school
in Paducah writes to us, complaining of
the partiality which the teacher shows the
mid& In conclusion he says:
b.
"But, thank, the Lord, if they do crowd
as out from the Stove, and play "blind
man's butt, with the teacher in recess,
they can't ride horseback on a horse, nor
play leap-frog, - - nor wear breeches, nor
make dogs fighf, nor throw rocks a cats
not go lo swimming, nor smoke and
chew ; can they P' On reflection, we
rather tbittk oar yating correspondent is
1 mistaken. We base seen girls who, we
belieie, *can do all these things ; but crie
1 thint. , thq . emet do. They Caret 4taud
°if - their beads 'Where bhys a- - e Leu
. 04
,
(00041 -
311 New Year's GM.
——o—
A STOR,T FOR .11A113.1,ED YOLKS.
—4l l —
a real, old-fashioned New Year's
Eve," said my old loineekeeper„ handing
me Lay cup of tea. "Law .how it .lioe.k
show ; don't you remember, Mr. Louis,
last"—but, instead of Swishing her sen
tence, the poor soul coughed, got led, and
suddenly found something to do in the
kitchen.
Didn't I remember it.? Would, I ever
forget it? Would thiasnawing, cruel re
gret ever be stilled ? lett the hardly
tasted meal and went Into my lonely, si
lent parlor. Lonely and silent, indeed.—
Peopled only by phantoms of long past
joys. Vocal only with voices whose ma
sic fell no longer on my listening ear.—
There was the chair she sat in. There
the Grand Piano I had given her on ber
birthday. There so many things that,
spoke of her, and she gone:
j Why didn't I stay in Europe ?
did I come home—where everything cries
out fer her, even as my heart cries ont for
I her. I could not e'ntent myself here.—
Oh for one touch of her hands. My
wife, niy Amy, why did you leave we?
I sat down at heat, and thought over
the past year. One year—only one year
ago—we were married. One year ago to—
night, and for three months after that
had been happy. Then Caine a cloud over
the heaven of bliss. But it soon passed
away, and we were hapiaer than ever.—
Then we cmarreleci. About a trine, too.
From that we went on from bad CO worse;
and finally—God help us—we parted.—
She went to her parents and I went to
Europe, and there I had been fur the past
seven or eight months. From the night
she went out that dour to this I never
heard oi.e word from her. I know she is
living; T know she is well—and that is
all. A kind friend has kept me informed
as far as that. Whether she has learned
to hate me; whether there is one spark
of the old lece for me in her heart. I du
not know. I only know I love her yet. I
only know I snu,.l seo her, and settle thie
thing once and forever.
Seizing my hat, I was just ready to
rush into the street, when the door bell
rang furiously. I went to the door and
opened it. As I did so, the snow whirled
into my face in such a cloud that I could
scarcely see the burly form of a man with
a Isrge carefully covered basket on his
arm.
"Mr. Belmont ?" he inquired, and on
my answering in the aftirmative,he cuter
ed the bail, and carefully depositing the
basket on the floor went quickly out. I
merely stared at him without speaking.
As ho disappeared in the storm, I closed
the dour, and turned my gaze on the
basket. "It's fur Mrs. Markham, I sup
pose," I mattered. "\o one knows that
I have returned, and if they , lid, no one
would be likely to send me anything. At
any rate, not such a balky present. 41.nt
then, he said Mr. Belmont. But what
fully, standing here, speculating on the
basket, when a glance will assure me of
ist contents." I lifted the basket and car
ried it into the parlor. I bud not forgot
ten my purpose, but a queer feeling came
over me. I felt as if that basket had some
thing to do with it. May be it came from
her! May be she had sent it to me—but
what could she send me in such an ins
meuse bulk ? " What a fool I am!" I ex
claimed aloud, after all these thoughts
had rush pell-mell through my brain,and
raising the outside cover which looked
like a many folded sheet, I came to a lit
tie white basket, and raiding that I sawea
baby fast asleep. A baby ! and the preti
est little rosebud of a baby I ever saw. I 1
sonkin't speak, I could only look. I I
seemed in a maze. I did not know wheth
er I was asleep or awake. I did not know
how long I stood there—it may have been
fire or ten minutes—it stemen as though
I had never done anything else but stand
and look tit.tbat bady, when suddenly it
opened its eyes. They looked straight in
to mine, and they were Amy's eyes! Yes,
it is—it must be Amy's chilil,ard—and—
" Yours whispered a soft voice in my
ear, and turning quickly, I clasped to my
wildly throbbing heart my wife, who had
come bark to me.
She had never ceased to love me, ehe
said. She had soon repented of her rash
ness, and then—"theu the ocean rolled
between its," she sobbed. "Then I thought
you loved me no longer, and I hid m,y
grief and tried to forget you; but I couldn t
and then. when I knew I was to be a
mother, I wrote to you, begging you to
forgive me and come home. You never
answered my letter, and then I thought
Pd wait. And where do you think I liv
ed ? ; not with mother, but here
where I ought to live. I came back the
week after you left. Yes; I was here
when you came, anti hid myself and baby
my precious Louis—yes, its a boy—and I
had the plan all arranged to surprise you.
For the last six weeks I've been half wild.
No one told me you were coming, but I
knew it ; and it seemed as if I was sure
you would come before New Year;, and
oh, I have prayed sa, for you and for my
self. lam trying to be good, and if you
will forgive me and love me again, I'll
never, never leave you, WI death shalt
separate us."
I kissed the lips that thus uttered anew
love's holy vow, and tram the innermost
depths of my heart it was echoed and con
firmed.
Many changing years have passed since
then. My wife's dark hair has many a
silver thread. I, too, am nearing the au
tumn of life. Sorrow and joys have both,
been ours. Other children besides my
"New Year's Gift" make merry riot in
our home. Yes, since the night that saw
us reunited, no voice of discord has ever
been heard between ns.
A Loren once wrote to a lady who had
rejected him, saying that ho intended to
go "to some secluded spot and breathe
away his life in sighs!. To which the
lady replied by inquiring whether they
were to be medium or largo sire.- The
man has not since been beard.from....•
Tarn hiui.been 'terrific rise in prices
at Rome. None but theloag-pnrseci
this year afford a Roman winter: -Fa
r apartments, which three rare ago
were proctireble rfor 100 a" monlih/norr
cost4l4o; •
a".‘
4drlt of Beauty,hauut: me not 1.
Thou britg'it- Insufferable ftaldt
Thou who art ghtie,be thenkfOltat, -•
Nor rise to verextr - rist
Either with memiwies sady,swcet,
Or i rk ea foredoomed k odall defeat
Ah, come no more In
or
lama,
'Or peaceful grass, or breath et. Atmore?
Enough this bra:ll4loth grie4Os,
13em plubering_titttiatta req. halliA,
Spare It ihe throbs of hope andceskr—
The creel sense th tthou art near. •
The passion dies within tpy
,sool
The music dies irlthbrmy brain
Saca when therawmai a. funeraktoll.
A low; lamenting, 5114. re-Nine
An echo from that snrirm cif:eking
Long darkened and deserted long.
In what was fair I once , had part—
But all fair things are now my shame,
Their 4amcless.beau!.y hurts my . htms,
Beeillse cannot speak' Its name !
Uttered, •t:iouM make that he-MC rejoies;
But oh! I cannot Are St voice .. • .
Once In these reins the blood WAS Warta ;
With ardent joy this heart beat -high ;
And the Pleat gales that prouay storm
' The loftivit tempi*. ot the sky
Were not more daring, fler . ee, and Wean
Than this now silent soul of song.
But wasted now that youth of gold,
Through mortals bes battered stove
And he to die may ing' bold; •
ltiho If ndt Roll gannet) to Bee=
In haunted silence of disgrace,
Whets In:tilted thy voice and veiled thy facd,
Ah, come no more, to do me wrong,
In twilight boors of tender deem, '
When this worn nature seems less strong
Than evening tnigt that shrouds the stream -
,
Though love be (1 . 0 . „It lens: retula
Some pity . (or WY - loci:es pain
And don't forget, though all be past,
That thou anti I Hasped' bands in youth;
I saw thee close, I held the rest,
rlucked kis,ta from thy may mouth,
Learned that bliss which now I weep—
Tu u. lure F won but could oat keep.
Wu..l4Am Worrg.ll.
—in January! Galazy. •
handing bt Debt.
Everybody keows the gnat pressure
which has existed of late fur money, and
which has scarcely iibnttal at all. Every
bony who has long stabding accounts to
settle the first of - the year, remembers but
too well the presaurout that period, when
bills and claim s and payments of, various
kinds never fail to present themselves in
long array—all of which have' tn'be sent
or arranged, pfld, or put off according to
the ability or disposition of the debtor.
Many an aching heart at that time beat
under the oefward'appearance of enjoY.
ment, while the phantoms of unpaid bills
loomed through 01- the money making
and 'seasoned with bitterness the most
delicate morseL No right minded i/man
will remain a moment longer in debt:than
belutS means to pay. There is nothing
that makes a man,if ho has moral feeling,
more contemptibTeln ilia own eyes than
owing money, when he-cannot pay it lie
feels that he is hi a false position ; that
instead-of reeking, with the respectable
portion of society he ought to take .his
position with the meanest classes, for he
is walking about under false colors in
other people's clothes, fecdipg surrepti
tiously from other people's tables!, hying
in house‘lcalgiug, and using furniture.
that.clo not belong to him, and that if. he
Were - faaict like - iin honest man and pay
for what he -has, he must dress leSa,. eat
plainer food, and dwell in beck streete ;he
would then be a - far snore respeatableMan
than the-scamp who wilfully incurs debts
-which at the time he knows he cannot
pay. Many an honest man is brought in
to uutold embarrassmentskby an .extriva
gant and thoughtless family, and by the;
pernicious system of long credit given:by
retail merchants. It is absurd for retail-
ere to open accounts with Customers at - it
larger credit than. they can. - abtriin then- I
selves. Yet this is done in this tountry
toe frightful extent,. and it accounts more
readily than anything else will do, for the,
perpetual state of embarrament in
small traders are involved. They give too
much and too long credit -and they in
many cases induce wives and daughters to'
run up bills that would not have been
thought of, but for the bland tones of toe'
merchants, assuring them that "it. will I
be all right, pay , at your convenieuce,l
etc." \q'e have - known instances - where
goods have been ordered to.be sent home'
with the bill, to be paid for on their de.
livery at the house, and. they hare been
left without the carrier waiting to receive
the money; and a method need.to induce
the customer to open an account That
many a woman has involved herself in
trouble and her husband in debt, for so
licitation of the dealers to "get whatever
she wants and not trouble herself about
settling at preterit," this is a fact, Bailin
nine cases out of ten where this class of
merchants lose by the wives and daugh
ters, they are themselves to blame, having .
urged them on .to run up the bills far be
yond the-ability of their fathers and has-
Leads to pay.• An 4ccount once opened
is not likely to lie saon. closed ;it i easy
teefind an immediate want for a thousand
things that would net suggests themselves
if the money had to he paid at the pur
chasing ; raid thus the eccouut swells in
to a sum of such magi:Wale' that. when
the bill is rresented, at the end of Six
months or a year, the family stand aghast
at the enorniinity of the ,figures. Then
cotuthencs the dunning. the putting off,
the thoniaad and one excuse% harsh
words between husband andwife, father
and daughters, and iinully, a law suit and
exposure. •
AN Atlanta wedding toast The
bride. May the joys and pleasures of,
this happy Sew ,Year alaraya attend you,
and never be marred by the failut•e•tasew
tLe buttons on yortilitisband's shirts, and
may you never torget to pull at those al
ready on to see that tliey will broal;
off."
Pr is a singular fik*that. of ths ,three
engineers who had' klie;OanKet far op
atructing the, 'Meant titnn'Atc4a,-`,
9riindia 'and.' tooi,tr;
insane.' The esiuSkt.A" ipsoity,
is itiribnied
use of` tar d4F, QlllieurgC,tl4,r‘ ?!lirrk#6.#o-
• • . - •
with;th
A Go - orr" thlOg-"Geti44l,tislilii Or wiz , -
• mv—liitql-10 - 4 SW,
voarArE, xxx, Nuititida
ri n qb e pt,thie s l co
- 01 . 10 1 4. - u
A Font-Wayne :judge hwrissned
itniketi9A to prerent•nallependtitVr
• . thenzii •thia new .tinanadenensiPotthe
.Faitinnltan/intinx
• ' 974 i
•,,geltsn thaw wed. a girl:l6a=
inals a .I . ll *o VT.4 1 :71 4 0 4
branch; '
A tint caltetheilittle nieniontnin bet
butcher-wends in with the niett"inell.
log the wegfit"- - ' 7- ,
- Srmiriceiiitgethetti in& 404 Irtadfs - A
trips itiereaid fd.he filthiithibtiPlW 4 SO
are-whort honer:l°l=V -
Iltz*otten ' -"Coltnnbriti.. 'Eli, hive
discarded silks and tains; Ma NtSl/Witr•
iP& thel4o4 ag.dr Abeitte nuintifeetained
in that:city:
MEM
TztE young-ladies.-of Newport boo
,funneda secret: .01attPettitielf
LeAPe for 0e.Y", 2 1V:09. 1 A41 1 . 10
I Flirts." ,
Tpe, wife, ofjo, sOat:of.betio,g. Aske4 A. 4241
was Beit'afruitl" to Tiato"..tier - 1114444,
ez
-gosed to iiielrclatier,'frittiMly
"Ob helrinsured r : E'''°•4=`l4o-1
3fres - Simaii•Portei, a goring tietfortlie
town of Atrrelitis e - conuty i yaw
York, has [bade dekutsilrailteciblistarag
8,676 pieces 4af cleat. Ikataidi siteethe
rising-sun . : .! •
-Ar MLA. tecantli, ;s .act
were..marricd., the death- e d .-
briae s nit:other, talkr,,,tt.o:4. 1 1 14 1 °
caught bold' at die tanetal;lo46l. •
intiet
week, of pimcnilt , ° I-
AFTER a Tirilif
commenced se-a eir o ctisariderime &min
atiag ass Pr4 l C-f"
Salm closes her care! ! Ati.ppli
in a cantein, - 4 Intilnirtsalt in - the To
• . mcr; -tr.;zoi
51 P. .6 . Dorcas, asaCt,f f -
e
whose 105th birthday sit s'cgrortitiaMss
social gathering -'on-liar
wallo about.. tita: 1 10) 2 34 and Ceil" bIE. coin
bed, reads 11 . 1 Y --acai.VArte4
readily al for,
.
. ,
M1)39 A4dick TAZIO4 At Itriart•
Cqnu., attended a vrea t Apattn, w ipa
sick of staalllio7 a; few, molalfitigN c t
new he has given lieinfottnheefllso,_
Aa a result all the girls in Conneetftt
are looking Ttit - -aiWfait*ie — s.. .r.
Aurpt she.luta heel :dia,:trinr-or.Alys
days; a fetnale'',litieet'inittclizpoletiee was
found In Cincintritit£ Iffilifecti akar.
cd to 80,000 in feat estate Atia - nlittlYillit
amount in money.-She died friarrtsdikqr,
exposure, sad etarVo o 4 - 714 tfgattlal .
eases. - -. L. - .L. ,2, -. , ...r.w
A&S.i. DiCklll6ol2 has , a sister, * ..50Pit/
name, fully as political; tally. sts..Erff
minded, and fully ai mo th aria. ii
-as-itriarcheirselt(4Mhue iiffier'groat
Ines for-the lecture , platforni; therstinEr•
theless resolutely ; refq.,sea - to: leotrumand
for this treason, given in her - opt..tero,
'"I have not 'Anna's lauty." . ' , •
, -..• ._ , . • . - ,7z7
Tits Bangor . _Whig ‘gircs an account of
a lit of wedding cake 24 .. par! OW! It
lt
was made on the, occasion of, tlit
riage of a lady of Bangiar'll'sydre.`
Va
and sealed up to awaltAlieltetutri'
brother : who wastben.expw- tedtlthile-rat
a few weeks,„ -The ladyrdiktl i fifteemblien
ego, but the calui tras lypt. int*7l.,stio
'Aiiiiiday last: - •-'•- • . " -. •
. L ..1.--. . ... a cad
'A inVoucts has recentiy „open ..assileit
Elindostanee by a tetanal for thirstnAgiu.
-reaSett that her babied' iiitiatenttonallir
exercisedkrrer.her anch: an"- oterltellerlalt
metnnerie influence, that: whenever., - aha
mails his presenc e she 411 0 1 4409 1 .1 Al
into a sleep train Irliipli - there: 7,4$ N
waking her.
WoomOrin; Hl.,- us 420* la the ap
any of-an official cat
. fighktlys l Araltst•
ants 3lrsoCiitton, the present -Pestf, l . l lt
tress of the tom, titul Mui....lrcrsltiiim, ar o
has jolt been appoireteebf tite"RWAririit
to supplant Cotton.; - The eitiseneirtall
for Cotton, the.9l4 incumbent, .13 111 s orb
taking measures to have thnappo,inttneinf
sof Mrs. Hoskins revoked , .. ~,
[Attie Tedium ••
—O--
Little words, not eloquent eTtecteurnok
sermons; little -deeds, not Mauled 'tot
battles, nor one great sot of thigtar=i ,
tyrdom make up the , trno
The little constant sunl.maini. pot .th
lightening - the waters of Silowi."tliiit
go softly" on their meek mission evil
freshment-not the .vraters - of the great
and .mighty,-rushing -derail- ia AttiTtuti
might and force, are the. Ow Vmp cd .
a holy life.' Theltvoidamic'or tit e eine,
little sins, little incensistences,littlevreaki
nesses;.httle•folies little iniliarretinnirarid
briprudenciesi little- foibles, littlefliadul.
geuces of suit and or the tie:A-little : ph;
.of indolence, of ,iudecision n 9r eligerili•
neei, or cowardice, little eqtaivoOtiodecre
apeirations froMbigh iritegritY,little bite
of worldlineis andlajtetyi TAM
ences. to the feelings - and wishes :of *the
era, little outbreaks of temmend„ crap.
nen, or set fislidestiOr vanity ; the', avoid.
twee of such little things as Otte ''go" far
to make rip-at least' the 4 negatilte-'-beinuty
of .a•holytifei •And:therrattenttoit tO the
duties pf,thc.day and hoerimpikh.,
lie transactions, or private dealM,ge, „or
family arrangementlttei the little wadi
and tones,littre . aneveretices,cir for bear
ancee, or tedißrnitair
self , restraints.; and self thoughtftiliseta;
little plans of 9,r,liet kiitda4B3,o4 tboult.l
futeorisiderationifor others; piaMtuii
method and tine aim In the" Wei;
,fl'of each ay,. these' are active' devel.
opemente of a holy life,- the rich. and 'Ow
vine mosaics of which it is cOM , .-aisader.
What m,akes Ton green so beaalitilt.,..
;140 the Matstanding .peek, or Stately OM . ,
but the bright sward 'which -- clothes its
slopes,. composed''or itinianiertible !Add.
`drools. f Ilia of , small things that - a ,
greut bre r 0 trade-np; and , ho .vb*
UrikilewledgeSATO;,thg.,
built up' of great 0190,...
erfaliine in Bible chaff ieterir tiradtalr:
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