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OLD MUSIC.
Biick from the misty realms of time,
Rack from the years agone,
Faintly we catch the singing rl-me,
And hear the melody and chime
Of oldea songs and strains sublime,
Like carol of birds. at dawn.
And ever we hear them, soft and low,
Harping their music sweet,
Songs that we lored in the long ago,
Rippling their liquid ebb and tlow, .
Drifting their cadence to and fro,
Like the fall of fairy feet.
Some faces our hearts will ever hold,
Some smiles, we remember yet ; gol J,
There were flowing locks like the sunset's
There were parted lips of Cupid's mould.
And the songs they sunr can ne'er grow old,
For our hearts can ne'er forget.
Thft tunes that the voice of girlhood sung,
The chords that we loved full well
"When hopeswere buoyant, hearts were young
"When fairy bells in the flower-cups sung,
And ever fell from a maiden's tongue
The words of a witching spell.
Ah. well-a-day ! 'tis a, Ftory past,
Which I may not tell again,
'Twas a happiness too sweet to last ;
The heavy clouds on her grave are cast,
And her voice is stilled, and above her fast
Fa'Js the soft summer rain.
Ada Livingstone's Revenge.
EY LUCY WALLACE.
"I have nothing more fc say. You arc
free to go," and with a haughty wave of the
hand the motioned him from.the room. A3
the door closed the lady raicd her eyes in
voluntarily toward it, then the eyelids droop
ed downward until the Lihes almost swept
her cheek, and all was still. There was not
a quivering throb of the heart, not a single
unnatural start of the puh?c to tell of her ut
ter wretchedness and woe.
The room was an elegantly furnished one.
The finest and softest , Brussels carpet cov
ered the floor ; velvet chairs and ottomans
were scattered carelessly around the room ;
lile-like pictures, masterpieces by celebrated
artists, hung in rich profusion against the
walls ; delicate flower-vases filled with exqui
site bouquets, whose fragrance floated over
the room, stood upon the mantel ; a piano,
inlaid with the richest pearls, stood open in
one corner, and, leaning idly agairLst it, was
a beautiful hvj.
It was still as death in the room. The lady
sat with hinds tightly clasped, looking into
vacancy. Suddenly a tiny clock, half hid
upon the mantel, chimed forth the hour of
twelve. She started as if from some troub
led dream, looked strangely round the room,
and then, with a litter sigh, she started to
her feet. "With a single motion of her hand
the rich pearls were torn from her arms, and
throwing, rather than laying them upon the
table, she drew the jewels from her fingers,
and, unclasping a pearl which held her hair,
it fell back over her shoulder upon the floor,
letting her raven ringlets float unconfined
over the thin gauzy lace which nestled oyer
her bosom. With a gesture of impatience
she threw it back, away from her face, and,
in doing, dislodged a tidy bouquet of roses
from within the folds of lace and satin. It
fell upon the carpet, and, crushing it with
her foot 83 she would have crtshed a serpent,
she turned and strode from the room.
There was a queenly grace in every mote
ment ; and now, when every nerte was quiv
ering with keen; suppressed excitement,
there was a wild splendor, a kind of fasci
nitinjr beauty gleaming from her eyes,which
generally were overflowing with a eweet, sad
mournfulness. An hour later and, but for
the midnight darkrie&s which ghut out every
olject from view, a carriage, containing a
single female plainly attired, might have
been seen wending its way through tho city
toward the wharf.
And thus Ada Livingstone left her sump
uou3 home and went forth into the world
jwnnilcss and almost friendless. She, who
had ever an unsatisfied want, who had never
had one single dream of poverty, save, per
haps, when some trembling beggar had stood
upon the marble steps before her door and
then she had relieved their sufferings was
now adrift upon life's ocean as poor as the
poorest. For years she had been an orphan,
and her property had, as was supposed,been
in the hands of faithful guardians ; but, by
some mismanagement, "everything had been
lost.
She had been betrothed to a Mr; Conrad,
a young and talented lawyer ; but, when he
found that his betrothed bride was no longer
a wealthy heiress, he wished to be freed from
his engagement ; and, coldly as though he
bad been ttothing to her, she hade him go ;
and then, as we have seen, 'went ia the dead
Of night away frca her hctoc; taking with"
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA
hor nothing save what was absolutely neces
sary to bear her away from her native city.
There are somo persons who were born
with a spirit too haughty to bow to poverty;
who were born to be bowed to instead of
bowing, and such an one was Ada Living
stone. Even in her destitution she lost none
of her native haughtiness ; disdaining to
stoop to associate with those who were her
equals as far as wealth was concerned, she
went on her way alone. In losing her prince
ly fortune, and then being reduced to pov
erty, she had suffered as only such natures
as hers can suffer J but when he to whom she
had entrusted her whole happiness, he upon
whom she had lavished all the wealth' of her
proud heart ; when he turned around and
threw away the gift as he would have tossed
a withered flower from his hand, all the fire
of her nature was aroused, and she resolved
that the time should come when Alfred Con
rad should bow to her and sue her favor1
but sue in rain.
It has been said truly that "sorrow reveals
forces in ourselves we never dreamed of,"
and so in Ada. Though she had ever been
a passionate admirer of the beautiful; though
there was music to her in every rustling for-est-lcaf,
and melody in every singing bird ;
though in hpr soul there were whole volumes
of unwritten poetry and unsung songs, they
were never uttered until sorrow's scorching
flame swept over her. Then it all gushed
forth ; and, entranced, the multitude read,
their hearts thrilling with strange emotion,
as they eagerly drank in every word which
fell from her no longer idle pen.
Piece succeeded piece untir she was aston
ished at her own pgwers. Her fame had
already reached Merton, her native city, but
they were not aware that Miss Livingstone,
poetess, and Ada Livingstone, were the
same ; and she had studiously concealed the
fact, save from a few choice friends, rrho
had remained true to her in adversity.
In four years from the time slid ltft her
home she returned, at the earnest solicita
tions of her friends, to spend the winter.
She had a purpose to accomplish, or, per
haps, she would not have consented to re
main so long. It was known all over the
city that Aliss Livingstone, the celebrated
poetess, was to arrive on Tuesday evening '
and invitations had been sent to abut three
hundred persons for a grand party on Friday
evening. At an early hour, on that evening,
the spacious mansion of Mr. Bernard wa-
crowded. Hardly one of the invited guests
failed to be present, so great was the desire
to see one of whom they had read so much.
A perfect throng of bright and beautiful
forms were whirling over the floor ; every
gem upon their persons sparkling with a
splendid lustre beneath the glowing chande
lier, which seemed, actually, raining light
upon them, when Alfred Conrad entered.
He was a little later than the rest"; hot be
cause he was any the less anxious to see the
celebrated authoress than the rest, but be
cause business had detained him.
He was presented to her, and, with all the
skill of his intriguing nature, be endeavored
to make an impression, little dreaming that
the hand which now so coldly touched his
had lain warm and throbbing in it years be
fore ; or, that, that face, which was now so
white and calm, had ever flushed as his step
approached. lie did not recognize her; and
she, seemingly pleased with his graceful at
tentionsfor he was in reality one of those
fascinating men that it is hard to resist suf
fered hefself to be led away by him for a
quadrille, and throughout the evening she
received his attentions with a quiet grace.
That night, when Alfred Conrad layslum
bering upon his pillow, his dreams were all
of a beautiful lady with large mournful eyes,
which ever looked into his with beams of
light and love. All through the winter he
was the devoted admirer of Ada, and among
the host of admiring ones, who would have
been glad to approach nearer, only they
dared not, the superiority was yielded to him.
He felt certain of the price, and only waited
an opportunity to lay his heart arid hand at
her feet It came at last They were alone,
and perfectly confident cf success, he was
not slow in taking advantage of such an op-
Cortunity. Carelessly taking her hand, he
egun,
".Miss Livingstone; for. a lopg time you
have reigned queen of my heart ; may I not
hope that I can win you to reign queen of
my home?"
Her face was slightly flashed, but, quick
ly regaining her composure, she drew her
hand from his, and, taking a tiny locket from
her pocket, she unclasped it and held it be
fore him, exposing to view his own hand
some face ; and then the words which had
lain so long like : scorching firebrands it: her
heart, burst forth.
"Does Alfred Conrad remember the time
when, once before, he knelt at Ada Living
stone's feet, and not in vain plead for her
love ? Docs he remember when he placed
this locket in her hands ?"
He started to his feet and listened, spell
bound, as she went on.
"And perhaps he has not forgotten how,
when poverty and destitution stared her in
the face, he tossed that love away as a price
less thing. Times hive changed since then.
My heart will never kiw to you again; I can
not even" respect you. You can go. Fare
well 1"
Arthur Conrad left her presence without
a wordi Ada has long since married ; and,
I should judge by the happy light beaming
from her eyes, that Ehe did not lad an al
together joyless life ; and certainly her hus
band is worthy of her love ; for if ever there
was a noble man he is one.
Md are generally deserted ia adversity;
When the sun sets, oar Tery shadows refuse
to follow us.
CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1866. ltc,T stnlESi VOL. L NO-
Fickleness and Fashion.
It is a matter of amusement, to an unin
terested spectator like myself, to observe the
influence fashion has on the dress and de
portment of its votaries, and how very quick
they fly from one extreme to the other.
A few years since the rage was very high
crowned hats, with very narrow brims, tight
neckcloth, tight coat, tight jacket, tight small
clothes, and shoes loaded with enormous
silver buckles ; the hair craped, plaited,
queued and powdered in short, an air of
the greatest spruceness and tightness dif
fused over the whole person.
The ladies, with their tresses neatly turned
up over an immense cushion ; waist a yard
long, braced up with stays into the smallest
compass, and Encircled by an enormous
hoop ; so the fashionable belle resembled a
walking bottle.
Thus dressed, was seen, with the most
bewitching languor, reclining on the arm of
an extremely attentive beau, who., with a
long cane decorated with an enormous tassel,
was carefully employed in removing every
stone, stick, or straw that might impede the
progress of his tottering companion, whose
high-heeled shoes just brought the points of
her toes to the ground. .
What an alteration has a few years pro
duced! We now behold our gentlemen,
with the most studious carelessness and al
most slovcnless of dress ; large hat, large
coat, large neckcloth ; large pantaloons, large
boots, and hair scratched into every careless
direction, lounging along the streets in the
most apparent listlessncss and vacuity of
thduglit ; stai'u g with an unmeauing coun
tenance, at every passenger, or leaning upon
the arm of some kind fair one for support,
with the other hand crammed into his
breeches' pocket. Such is the picture of a
modern beau in his dress stuffing himself
up to the diu.ensions of a Hercules ; in his
manners affecting the helplessness of an in
valid. The belle who has to undergo the fatigue
of dragging along this sluggish animal has
chosen a character the very reverse emulat
ing in her dress and actions all the airy light
ness of a sylph, she trips along with the
greatest vivacity. Her laughing eye, her
countenance enlivened with affability and
good humor inspire with kindred animation
every beholder, except the torpid being by
her side, who is either affecting the fashion
able sanj froiil, or is wrapt up iu profound
contemplation of himself.
HOW TUE OLD STYLES GOT HARRIED.
There is nothing that seems more strange
and preposterous to me than the manner in
which modern marriages are conducted. The
parties keep the matter as secret as if there
was something disgraceful in the connection.
The lady positively donies that anything of
the kind is to happen ;" will laugh at her in
fended husband, and even lay bets against
the event, the very day before it is to take
place. They sneak into matrimony as qui
etly as possible, and seem to pride them
selves on the cunning and ingenuity they
have displayed in their manoeuvres.
How different is this from the manners of
former times ! I recollect when "my aunt
Barbara was addressed by Squire Stylish ;
nothing was heard cf during the whole
courtship but consultations and negotiations
between her friends and relatives ; the mat
ter was considered and reconsidered, and at
length, the time set for a final answer.
Never shall I forget the awful solemnity of
the scene. The whole family cf the old
styles assembled in solemn conclave ; my
aunt Barbara dressed out as fine as hands
could make her high cushion enormous
cap, long waist, prodigious hoop, rufflles
that reached to the ends of her finger?, and
a gown of flamS colored brocade, figured
with poppies, roses. and sunflowers. 2s ever
did she look so sublimely handsome. The
squire entered the room with a countenance
suited to the solemnity of the occasion. He
was arrayed in a full suit of scarlet velvet,
his coat decorated with a profusion of large
silk button?,- and the skirts stiffened with a
yard or two of buckram ; a long, pig-tailed
wig, well powdered, adorned his head ; and
stockings of deep blue silk, rolled over the
knees, graced his extremities ; the flaps of
his est reached to his knee buckles, and the
ends of his cravat, tied with the most pre
cise neatness, twisted through every button
hcle.
Thus accoutred, he gravely walked into
the room, with his ivory-headed cane in one
hand, and gently shaying his three-cornered
beaver with the other. The gallant and
fashionable appearance of the squire, the
gracefullness and dignity of his deportment,
occasioned a general smile of complacency
through the room ; my aunt Barbara mod
estly veiled her countenance with her ian,
but I observed her contemplating her ad
mirer with great satisfaction through the
sticks.
Tho business, was opened with the most
formal solemnity, but was not long in agi
tation. The old styles were moderate ; their
articles of capitulation few ; the squire was
gallant, and acceded to them alb Ia short,
the blushing Barbara was delivered up to
his embraces with due ceremony.
Then were the happy times. Such oceans
arrack such mountains of plum cake such
feastings and congratulating ; such fiddling
and dancing--ah me! who can think of
those days and not sigh when he sees the
degeneracy cf. the present ; no eating of
cake nor throwing or 'stockings not a skin
filled with wine on the joyfuloccasion nor
a single pocket edified by it .but the pax
son's. It is with the greatest pain I saw those
customs dying away, which served to awaken
the hospitality of my ancient comrades
that strewed with flowers the path to the
altar, and shed a ray of sunshine on the
Commencement oi tne matrimonial union.
How the Rorrians Cooked Pea
cock. The most elegant dish of the Romans was
a stuffed peacock. A young peacock is cat
able when properly roasted, but an old one
is really very poor eating ; but the Romans
used to prepare them in the following way:
They selected those with the most beautiful
plumage, and stifled them to death, believ
ing that that moth? pf killing gave more bril
liancy to the plumige. As soon as dead
they carefully split the bird open, by an in
cision all along the back, from the bill to
the rump. They then took out all the bones,
meat, &c., leaving only the bones of the legs
to the first joint, tho.se of the wings to the
second joint, and the head whole, except
the brain, eyes and tongue. The inside of
the skin was now immediately lined with a
coating of glue, and filled with bran to keep
it ia shape. The feathers that were spoiled
were varnished, and false but brilliant eyes
were placed instead of the natural ones.
When dry, the skin was filled with roasted
birds chopped and cooked, and carefully
sewed up. The bird was served on a large
silver dish made for the purpose. The dish
was of an oblong shape, and in the middle
and soldered to it, was something resem
bling the trunk of a tree with a kind of
limb on which the bird was fastened. It
was meant to look just as if it were alive,
and resting itself on a perch, with an ear of
millet in its bill. It was always served at
the beginning of the dinner, and was one of
the last dishes eaten. It Avas always carved
on the table, and while the host was serving
it, it was etiquette for one of the guests to
harangue upon the beauties of the plumage
and the excellence of the meat.
The Romans were not deceived about the
excellence of peacock's flesh. They knew
very well, and so did their authors, that not
a particle of the bird's meat had been used.
They somehow got into the habit of speak
ing cf the goodness of the meat, and so they
kept cn doing so.
This is very likely the rca.;o:i why we read
in many books that the species of peacock
eaten by the Romans has been lost, and that
it was entirely different from that which we
now have. Some believe also that the
kinds of locusts and of dormouse eaten by
them were not tho same that exists now.
The reason is probably no better.
A Mere Nose of Wax.
The Radicals use the poor Southern negro
as a mere nose of wax ; they declare him fit
to exercise the highesr prerogative of citi
zenship, and at the same time favor every
scheme which is calculated to keep him un
der guardianship. He is well qualified to
vote, they sa3, but when it comes to the
matter of managing his own little affairs, the
Radicals virtually hold that ho really does
not know that two and two make four, can't
count ten on his fingers, and doesn't know
which month comes first, July or December ;
hence the strong support the Radicals give
all such contrivances asFrecdmcn's Bureaus,
and all military orders which assume to reg
ulate the wages of labor and the distribution
of its earnings wherever negroes arc con
cerned. General Sickles recently made ari
order respecting the disposal of the Sea
Island crop in South Carolina. lie ordered
that all tbe cotton there grown on shares
shall hereafter be placed in charge of parties
selected by him and divided the planter's
share to be given to him, and the negroes'
share to be sold by said agent, and the pro
ceeds paid hy them to the negroes. Possibly
this may be a judicious arrangement though
it may be doubted whether thc negro' will
fare better at the hands of a Government
agent thnn if he were left to settle his bui
noss with his employer. His employer has
an interest in treating him with some hon
esty, for if he does rot, thick as wo may
assume the negro's skidl to be, there may
get into it an idea that be has been cheated,
which will certainly not quicken him to labor
or make him generally more useful as a la
borer, but qiiite the contrary. It is the em
ployer's 'interest to treat him fairly ; but a
Government agent has no such interest He
may bkiri the negro unmercifully, without
fear of consequence; of course, all this
goes upon the supposition that any regula
tion is necessary.
Curious Relationship. A European
friend of mine related the following story :
I married a widow who had a grown up
daughter. My father visited our house very
often, fell in love with my step daughter and
married her. So my father became my son-in-law,
and my step-daughter my mother,
because she was my father's wife. Sometime
after my wife had a son he was my father's
brother-in-law, and my uncle, fur he was the
brother of my step-mother:
My father's wife, that is, my step-daughter,
had also a son, he was of course my
brother, and in the meantime my grand
child, for he was the son of ray father and
my step-daughter:
My f ife was my grandmother, because she
was my mother's mother. I was my wife's
husband and grand-child at the same time.
And as the husband of a person's grand
mother is his grandfather, I was iy own
grandfather.
SJ A boy whose honesty is to be more
commended than his ingenuity, once carried
some butler to a merchant in exchange for
goods. The butter having A beautiful ap
pearance and the merchant desirous of pro
curing such for his own use invited the boy
to bring him all the butter his mother could
spare. I don't think she can spare any
more," said the boy, "fdrshe Eaid she would
nnt have snared this, only a rat fell into the
cream and she dldjaoUikeJo
Our Fortune Teller.
As a great many well-meaning but over
curious young people, unwilling to await the
unrolling of fate by the slow but certain
hand of time, are throwing away their
stamps upon impostors who pretend to be
astrologists and readers of the future through
the medium of the Etars, we have thrown
into a condensed form the whole theory of
the art of fortune-telling, by the careful
study of which any lady or gcntlemdn can
become a proficient Our system is infalli
ble, and, as will be perceived, is gotten up
after the style of the almanac, and, we as
sure our readers is fully as reliable as that
interesting annual.
January The child born in this month
will not be ushcrbd into the world in July.
He or she will reach man or womanhood, if
they live, and be of strong frame and robust
health, if not weakly and ailing. They will
also become wealthy, if they happen to ac
cumulate or inherit fortunes.
February The man born in this month
is born at a later period in the year than the
one born in the preceding month. He will
in all likelihood be an ardent lover of women,
and will not refuse to take an occasional
drink. The woman born in this month will
greatly resemble women born in other
months. She will endeavor to dres3 in the
fashion.
March The man born in this month Will
be handsome if he is not ill-looking. He
will be very apt to die when his time comes.
The woman will be a tidy housekeeper, if
she is not slovenly, and a greatehatter box,
if she at all resembles the rest of her sex.
April The man bom in this month will
be very unfortunate, if good fortune does
not prove his friend. The woman will be
freckled if she runs much in the sun without
her Wmnet
May The man who is born in this month
will have the advantage over the one born in
December, inasmuch as the weather is mild
er. He will commence life in a cradle and,
without a chance, end it in a coffin, The
women will be very fon 1 of reading, if the
has learned her letters and takes to books.
June The man born in this month will
ove mint-Julips, and will be a constant lover
until he finds a new sweet-heart. The wo
man will wear tiltcrs, if she has a pretty
foot, a neat ankle, and a well turned calf.
July The man born in this month will be
very fond of bread, meat, vegetables and
coffee, and pretty apt to eat three meals a
dav if he can procure them. The woman
will wear Bradley's Duplex Elliptic.
August The man born in this month
will like to swap , places with Bririgham
Young. He will be. passionate and a:dent
so much of the latter that his favorite
spirits will be ardent ones. The lady will
marry young, if an opportunity and au eli
gible match present themselves.
September The man bom in this month
will become the purchaser of the lucky tick,
ct in the ''busted up" Southern Orphans',
and Widows' Relief Association, if h i wa3
foolish enough to invest in the scheme.
The women will be fond of being courted,
and always singing "Kiss mc quick and go,
ny honey."
October The man bom in this month
will come into the world in the apple gath:
ering season. The lady will be very fond of
the society of gentlemen ; and very indus
trious, if not of a lazy disposition.
November. The man lorn in this month
will just escape coming into the world in
the last month of the year. The lady will
be fond of pop-corn and sleighing parties.
She will be always ready to pay the toll when
crossing a bridge in a sleigh.
December The man bom in this month
will be apt to welcome the new year at a very
early age. The woman will have very pretty
eyes if they are not "cross or squint' and
will make a "full hand" at a candy-pulling.
Beware of Geary.
When the great General Geary, now Gov
ernor elect of Pennsylvania, was on the
stump for himself, he was very fond of relat
ing, among his friends at least, the following
thrilling narrative the like of which, is cal
culated to make one's hair stand on end, is
not to be found even in the pages of "The
Bold Buccaneer, tr the Bloody Black Brig
of Bermuda" :
" Stonewall Jackson, while lying upon his
improvLed cot, suffering from wounds of
which he was conscious he must soon die,
sent for General Longstrcet to ccnc. to him
at once, is he had something to say to him.
The General shortly appeared. The dying
hero, almost in the agonies of death, raised
himself upon his elbow, arid with a voice of
deathly earnestness thus addressed the South
Carolina General : ' General Longstreet did
you observe that tall, imporing form to-day
seated on a black horse id tbe thickest of
the fight as we did battle ?' Quoth General
Longstreet, ' I did, indeed, iny dear Gener
al.' 'That man so valiant was General
Geary!' exclaimed Stonewall. 'Mark me,
beware of him ! avoid him ! beware of his
troops ! Meet him not when you can shun
him, for he is irresistible!' Longstreet
arose to depart but as he reached the door
Stonewall called to him again, ' longstreet
beware of Geary!' and foil back upon his
couch dead ! With this dying injunction tr
his comrade, the hero of the Shenanhoah
expired."
Oh, my!
Explosive Dentistry. Ari Irisman who
was troubled with toothache, determined to
have an old offender extracted ; but there be-in-no
dentist near, he resolved to do the
job himself; whereupon he filled the exca
vation with powder ; but being afraid to
touch it off, he put a slow match to it, lightr
ed it, and then ran around the corner to get
j.ntxUb-tJ . . !
Is the Methodist E. Church a
Political Organization'.
There has been quite a sctisilSvcness mani
fested by the Anierican people, heretofore, .
at the mere mention of an approximation of
Church and State, yet men now begin to
look upon the future as surely guaranteeing
the fact To us it has been plain, that for
the past five years the larger portioii of the
clergy of the Methodist E. Church, have
endeavored to make the Church a mere po
litical machine, regardless cf. the teachings
of the gospel, still, there were hopes of
their returning to the great primary .object
At a canip meeting, last Summer, in Con
cord, Delaware county, we heard what we
thought a very strange discourse from the
Rev. Mr. McColIough, of this Borough.
It was delivered on a Sunday afternoon, on
the power of therChurch. The preacher in
illustrating the immense power of the
church, declared that during the War, in
which he had experience, it was the great
talisman, that victory was wctl by the church,
(not Christianity) that the Only loyal and
brave men who fought were of the church,
and that all others were cowards.. This was
emphasized aid repeated, as indicating the
great war-power of the 31. E. Church organ
ization. On last Sunday, the same genUeman
preached a sermon in the M. E. Church,
West Chester, on the statistics of the Meth
odist and other churches, in which, he de
clared that the church (the Methodist) wa3
now a power to the land to be felt) that pol
itici'iii might say ivhdt iKeg phased, but
that they irouhi Juice to consult the church,
not only in making their nominations, but as
to the policy to be p.rsiied.,
Whether Mr. M'C. speaks for tlie Meth
odist denomination, or merely for himself,
is not for us to say. It may be that he
speaks for both.
There can be no doubt, that whenever the
Methodist church intimates a readiness, to
abaudon the Christian faith for the political
crusade, she will find plenty of reckless and
unprincipled demagogues ready to avail
themselves of her power : but. whether for
good to the church or the country, is entire
ly ar.oi.her question. The history of the
past does not furnish very flattering pros
pects for either in such ah fceilt .
There will be less danger to the country,'
however, in simply selling Christianity and
the church to the -flattering demagogues,
then if the church herself, enters the are
na for temporal power. The worst people
under heaven are those who cloak the cloven
foot under a righteous garb. Jeffersonian
Old Things.
Give mc old songs, those exquisite bursts
of melody which thrilled the byres of the in
spired poets and minstrels of long ago.
Every riote has borne on the air a tale of joy
and rapture, of Forrow and sftlncss. 'They
tell of days gone by, and time has given
them a voice that speaks to us of those who
breathed those u.elodies ; mny they be mine
to bear till life shall end ; as "I launch my
boat" upro the fcas of eternity, may their
echoes be wafted on my ear, to cheer me on
my passage from earth to fatherland !
Give me the old paths where we have wan
dered and culled the flowers of friendship in
the days of "Auld I-iang Syne." Sweeter
far the dells whose echoes have answered to
our voices, whose turf is not a stranger to
our footsteps, and whose rills have in child
hood's days reflected back our forms, and
those cf our mem playfellows from whom
we have parted and meet no more in the old
nooks we loved so well. M?y the old paths
be watered with Heaven's own dew, and be
green forever in my mrraory !
Give me the old house upon whose stairs
we seem to hear light 'footsteps, and under
whoso porch a merry laugh seems to mingle
with the winds that whistle through the old
elms, bcner.th whose branches lie the graves
of those who once trod the halls and made
the chambers ring with g!ee.
And ch, above all, give me old friends,
hearts bound to mine in life's sunshiny
hours, and a link so strong thatall the storms
of earth might not break it assunder ; spirits
congenial, whose hearts through life have
beat in unison with my own. Ob, wfceri
death shall still this heart. I would not ask
for aught more sacred to hallow my dust
than the tear of an eld friend.
A young woman of IS, who present
ed the most remarkable instance on record
of the disease called hydrocephalus, has re
ccntly died in New York. Her head was
thirty-seven inches in circumference, and
twenty-seven over the vertex, from one ear
to the other ; while her body was little mere
than a skeleton. Her mother had stead
fastly refused the most tempting offers of
money. Mr. Barnum offering $25,J00, to
have her afflicted child exhibited to the pub
lic, and now refuses, en any terms, to have
the remains preserved in the interest of
science.
JCsF A bachelor editor, sensitive as to his
rights, objects to taking a wife, through fear
that if she should have a baby, his co tem
poraries, who habitually copy without giving
credit, would refuoc to give him credit for
the babr.
TtlAT's it. We once"! heard of a very
rich man who was badly injured by his being
run over. "It isn't the accident" said he,
"that I mind; that isn't the thiisg ; but.
the idea of being run over by an old swill
cart makes me mad."
SST A man and a woman have been dis
covered living in a hut in the woods star
Harrisburg. who wear no clothing txcopt a
ririte arrnM f,"T a
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