THE PILOT is PUBLISHED RVEY TUESDAY MORNING BY JAMES W. IVCRORY, (North West Corner of the Public Square,) et the following rates, from which there will be no deviation: Single subscription, in advance Within six months Within twelve months • No paper will be discontinued unless at the option of the Publishers, until all arrearages are paid. No subscriptions will be taken for a less period han six months. Zelert 113ottrp. THE SOLDIER'S BURIAL. Where shall' we lay our comrade down ? Where chatt the brave one sleep! The battle's past, the victory won, Now we have'time to weep ! Bury him on the toupptain's brow, , When he fought so well; Bury him, where the laurels grow— There ha bravely fell! There lay him in his generous blood, For there first comes the When mornings earliest breaks the cloud, And lingers last at night! When though, no flow'ret there may bloom To event the chilly air, . • ' The sky shall stoop to wraihis tomb, The stars will watch him there. What though no stone may mark his grave, Yet fame shall tell his race . Where sleeps the one so kind, so brave, ' And God will find the plaeq Bury him on the mountain's brow, Where he fought so 'well; Bury him where the laurels grow There he bravely fell! 2 Goob Zion), """","•••"•••• '''''' drtQ••:•••Itt , ••• ..... • THE PATALi STEP. BY MARY E. LEE. " Or all:thtead,words.of tongue and ,pen, The saddest are `these—it might have been." In the valler.or Mohawk, about forty miles from la(' souree, , stands a large old-fashioned house whose weather-sparred walls seem long to have ,withetood • the actions of theelements. A.,date graven on a corner stone of the under pinning points far •beak to the commencement of the revolution as theera of-its origin, which statettient the 'antique style of the superatrue. Lure fully corroborates. At the foot of an ex tensive lawn in front flows the quiet river whose peaceful waters have long since ceased to mirror the plumes, and ,tomahawks of the warlike tribe whose name it bears. • Far to the south, looming 'up in- cloud grandeur, rise the terminating peaks of the Catskill `range, while CO either kand extends a luinriant7piain studded k with ,neat firm houses " and „grazing herds of cattle, alt.,hespeaking , quietude and comfort. - Thus beautiful byinature, and no less 'by art and affection, were rendered the scenes of WalteF Leland'iboyhoOd days. , The pride , of the , home circle and the delight of his companions, Walter never •lacked the =tender assidutios of one, nor the cordial, heart felt greetings of the other. If a skating or coasting party was Eitel:fel:l7h must be at the •head of it;—if a fishing party iproposed, no one but Walter could take the lead; in fact, he was the life of every circle, and a favorite with ill who knew him. • • If ,any one was in trouble and it was in , his power,to. lend a helping hand, the opportunity would never be allowed to pass unimproved, although it might cost some self-denial on his part; ever noblb hearted and generous almost to a limit, it was not surprising that he was , beloved by every one. And yet with many good qualifications there was one great failing,—he was too easily influ enced, often yielding to the wishes and opin ions of others wl.en he should have had a mind of his' own. Full well the temper knew his vulnera . ble point, slid assailed him there in an evil hour, when the promptings of his.better nature were, no match for the legion hosts of evil persuading. In the winter of his seventeenth, year a , , se lect school was organized ut a village Omit, half a mile distant. Walter had heretofore enjoyed good common school privileges, and his parents now thought best to avail them selves of au opportunity to give him a more advanced education. Accordingly he was en rolled as one Of the pupils, and tieing a bright scholar and food of study, soon won the appro. bation and regard of his teacher. At the commencement of the second week a new scholar appeared by the - name of Robert Mason, an !ti . te;ligent, fine looking boy of eigh teen; he was, however, wild and impetuous, and for the,past few years of his life had not been accustomed to the best of his associates. The temptations of the city, where he had al ways resided until this time, had proved too lunch for his powers of resistance, and when but a mere boy he had learned, to love the wine cup, Robert and Walter were very soon acquaint ances,• and from acquaintances became fast friends. There was much attractive in both, for in many points of character they were sim $1.60 1.76 2.00 VOL - 1111. GREENCASTLE, PA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1863. NO. 28. ilar, and yet in others as widely different ;—the former being artful and intriguing, while Wal ter, unhabituated to schemes of evil, seldom suspected it in others. One day as he wa s leaving l the school-room his friend invited him to spend the next night at his boarding • . , place. Walter thanked ill . p; T anil promised that he woLildif 'hiamother consented. ' .. Upon reaching homee proceeded d ire c tl y h look for hisother a o s f to the eitting yount . ' to mother usual; and ' tell hei the exp e riences lii'tle • ... the d se ay- s : in e found ? her busily engaged in the familyff , ..,F- Without scarcelY . : waiting . to take 0 hi hata4r 1 . sail i_. - -: . ay. as id e his book's, he “kotVar, may I stay with Bob bitten to morrow night?” "I should think, my eon, that it would 63 far'more proper ,to ask him home with you first; besides, I am very desiious of seeing this friend tor whom yoU profess such a warm attach- went." wotild like'him, mother ; DO one could help liking him; as t whule-souled a kellow as ever lived." "I am certainly very much prejudiced in his favor from yOar"descripiio- trust thr hr ui yo . ant. rust that he is all that you think him to be." "I know Bob will be disappointed if I don't go to-morrow night.", "Oh, I have no particular objections to your going, Walter; I only suggested the propriety of here visiting here first." "I will do just as you say," replied the du tiful son, fearing that he was uiging a consent beyond his mother's wishes. "You may accept the invitation, and next week I would like you to invite Robert here." "Yes, I will, and we shall have capital fun, for it's good skating on the branch." It was ever with the deepest solicitude that Mrs. Leland watched over her only son, for she foresaw the temptations to which his peculiar temperament would render him liable. Oh I who can number the earnest prayers, or mea sure the untiring watchfulness of a pious mother? and sad is it to know that they should , ever be forgotten when the boy, merging from k *4 • “1 0 1 'P .4,$ 1.7 the Bundy paths of childhood,,takes his plaee • . • .l ~ • from among the moving throng of actors in - . • - 3 .! life's great arena. The next night, according to promise, Ws'- , ,3. 1 11.1 11#/$.llll $l , l !$.. • .!I'' ter remained with his friend, and after, tea the latter proposed that Alefshould .1, take hhort $1 • . walk: "BUt we must learn our lessons for to-mor- row, first," replied Walte r; on stud y you evenings 1 1 " "Yes, sometimes, but not to-night." "Why not ?" ~"Because I have company, and don't consid er it polite to mope over books under such cir cumstances." ---"" "But, you mustn't allow, yourself to fail in to.morrow's recitationvon my account." ''"Nevir mind atioutlhVe; 'I shall some way; come on; you can study enough after we get back.... I say take a little comfort • =4.7 as we go'along." 'Walter knew that Algebra problems for the next day were diffieulk,,,ancLthat they ought to 'be studying, but 'he was the guest and 1311ppilied he must submit to being entertained, whether lessons were learned or not. About ten minutes walk from Robert's boarding place was a kind of restaurant and oyster eakien, which answered several' purposes, and thither he conducted hia l frien'd.' "What are you going to do here ?" ipquired the latter. - "Why, get some oysters of course, aren't you fond of them ?" • • "Yes, very." , Walter glanced around the apartment as they entered with a good deal of curiosity, for al though he had passed' there several times, he had never before stepped over the threshold. 7 7: And not at all did he like the .appearance of the lounging occupants, some of whom were smoking cigars over games of whist and euchre, while others related the most iricreduilous stories to groups of gaping, bloated-faced listeners, evidently astonished themselves at their powers of retailing baseless scandal ' . ' But his atten tion was soon directed to the oysters, of which Robert 'had ordered a generous supply, and the merits of which were very soon discussed.' "Now for something• to drink," said he, ad - , dressing the waiter. • "Yes, sir, what will you have ?" "Oh, something a little stronger than water, to keep oysters down ;" was the reply r casting a furtive glance at Walter. "For two r "Yes, of course." ' p S 1 . I e'v , . 1 ▪ .... A: '.' ..---- ii . r ' 0 4 „ ... .:„.14._:,▪ -, 7 . . . , . . . • "None for me," said Walter, turning towards the door. , • . . "Why; eertainly,"..replied the other ; "do you suppose that I am mean enough to drink alone ?" . "You drink alone if at all." "Pshaw I I'd like to , know the harm of tak ing a single glass." • "The harm is this,—l might acquire a taste that has - proved the-ruin of , thousands" - "Pretty well said, for• the' first time," sneer-' ed 'bystander; "come, boys, here's a young temperance , lecturer just feathered out, let's get him on the <stump and- give .him three cheers 4". • , Upon this-.the rabble gathers& round, and poor Walter heard nothing but, taunts and jeers upon every side. One accused him of coward ice, and another said he waa afraid of breakirig his mother's4apron-string, while a third passed him a. dhair, saying that he looked as if some thing to.lertn , agaiost would be acceptable. Walter entertained a sensitive horror of be ing made a laughing stock, and almost decided to take just: that one glass, and thereby prevent anymore words. 0 • ' Robert, who was - Ward . hink; him closely, saw that he wave'red, and improved his opportuni- i." Come," said he,. "tbis•is capital ;. just try it; what's the use of being afraid ?" "PH wager. five 'dollars," said a voice near by, othat le doesn't touch it; he's afraid that his head,will take to describing circles.!" Walter raised the glass to his lips and hesi; tated,, , "That's right,"• said one; "hold on a minute —you must make your will first, for who can tell what .the effect may be !' He paused only an instant longer ;—the ex citement of the hour, together with the fumes of the intoxicating drinks; were overpowering. and the proffered .cup was drained to its dregs ! Oh ! fatal step ! and yet it was only •one among many that are daily taken—one among many that almost hourly swell the dread ac count that must stand against the great reckon• ing day ! It is , needless to follow the 'errieg wanderer through , _ cad' successive step in the downward ,of evil; for' his history is.only 'that •of thousands who lack' sufficient strength of prin ciple .Ito-refuserthe , first, glass:' Little had , he thought , of yielding to the first temptation, and as sure was he of resisting- the next,. and the next—until repeated failures taught him his own weakness. The eddying whirlpool was drawing -in, while every '.'next time" he resolved td , be free; but the-chances of escape were fast lessening, and more and more swiftly flowed the dangerous current that had , already wrecked myriad numbers on the shoals' and quicksands. beneath • • A few short years passed by, and Walter Le land aitw that+ his character, once so fair `and untarnished, *as gone ! no , one would trust him —no one , seemed to care•for him, except 'the dear-ones , at home, who .still• plead earnestly and tearfully 'for the stray lamb of the field.— Tire(l of. lifer and:wearied of scenes that re minded him of his once innocent boyhood ; he bade adieu keall his , heart held: clear, hoping to drown sad recollections in the novelties of• a stranger land, if Young couples, if , they are wise; -will •not devote theirlwhole honeymoon to merely Mous ing and carressing , each other.' Let-them re member the-pastry-cook; who, when his. ap prentices first came, always 'gave them a sur feitt of pies .to insum their subsequent indif ference. For )ten years he'wandered self-exiled and alone, a; withering• curse still clinging like a shadow-to him, , deeper and deeper he drank-to stifle.-the:pangs of conscience; then in sober moments would come a mother's'voice immourn ful cadence, begging hiarto leave the Path of vice. At length he could endure it . no longer, and with a light purse and a heavy heart start ed for the land of his birth. • He had occasional ly written home, , but in consequence of roving' about , from place to place, letters from there seldom reached hini, and it was now two years since he.had heard any thing atoall. The day on which he arrived was a calm and cloudless one in the latter part of spring, and never did the Mohawk valley look more enchantingly beautiful. Few changes hid taken, place in' the outward appearance of the old homestead; and as he-beheld it'again.after a long absence, it seemed almost as if he was a boy once more, , and his , past life only a troubled dream. He knocked at the front door and was admit ted by a stranger. Upon enquiring for Mr. Leland he was admitted into the . isetting room, Where the did gentleman sat reading. Walter , saw at once that he was not recognized, and advanced to make himself known. "Father, hare you forgotten your only son 1" The old man looked for a moment, and then grasped his hand, exclaiming,— "Walter ! can it be tliat my prayer is answer ed?" "I trust so • but where is mother?" "She is dead, my son'. we laid her in the church-yard three months ago." "0, God!" exclaimed the heart-broken man ‘.‘ is not My cup of anguish full!" and he bow. his heid and wept as be had never done before He remembered her kindness, her gentle ness and lOve, and the poor return made for all,—how she had warned and intreated him to consider well the path he was treading,— and then of the many times he had lisped his evening praier beside that mother's knee, till it seemed as if the remorse of a whole life-time was centered in that hour ! As the shades of twilight drew on, he bent his steps to the newly made mound in the lone churCh.yard, and there in true penitence offer ed the first prayer that has passed his lips for Many years. He knew that the better of his life was gone, and the remainder seemed almost a worthless consecration, but the unconditional promises, "Whoever will,, let him partake of the waters of life freely," proved a strong hold for his new-born spirit, and he faltered no longer.' IMIIIE HERO WORSHIP. • Carlysle defends himself with great modesty for taking up the subject Heroes and Hero worship by sayiu. "Great men taken up in any Way are profitable company." In spite of all the sham reviewers of his leo tures on this subject, and the vulgar saying that no man is a Hero to his own valet," it would not be difficult to show that there is a natural principle of reverence for some great men in human nature. The child, whose nature , is unbent by any straight jacket educational forms, , shows it in many says., looks up to his parent as the greatest of all beings inferior only to the ant and bugbears of oursery,tales; he :trusts implicity in his power . , and wisdom, believing that he pan do all things. A mother told her,little boy of the great God in .the sky'who thundered ; of the kind God who loved little children and would take them to Heaven if they, were good. The little fel. low looked up with sparkling eyes and said, "Father will carry me to [leaven if I am good." Are not traits of this kind, coming from the youngest prattlers , proof that there is in them a natural budding of reverence for whoever is greatest P And doeshe ever lick a fit subject for this feeling ? As the child grows older, the influence of some pedagogue is superadded with ferule and rod, more potent to command respect, than were ever Jove thundering in might, or the will of the all run). fate. characters are moreover overpowering to his comprehetision. He can never be their equal. The boys who excel at marbles, goal or ball, are looked upon in nearly the same light, and soon he begins to reard' them as crowned heroes. He may, possibly be, such himself, if he, will but, wait and work. When his ideas expand, the number that he eau find worthy of worship is undiuminish edi thehoyi'who,,had been on a lung joorney„ the one who had been to the circus, one whu has rode a spirited, horse, or been to a hocus poet's performance, or one who can swear, smoke, or chew tobocco, range themselves on the, peaks of his Olympus, and when one or all of these cease to command his homaue, the lad with the spending money, the bully. the bragging stage-driver, take form and shape, and stalked forth into the foreo.round boldly take their places. These, again, yield to others, fully equal to them in his enlarging, views, who in varied succession call to him to fall down and worship. Thus far nature goes. Education is but little more than placing before the mature minds worthier objects of worship. The ancients regarded Saturn, the sire, of all the Gods, as the one who planned and ruled their Golden Age in a manner worthiest of the olden times. A nineteenth century man is educated in the belief that the divinity i f his worship should be practical, every day Golden Age, taking form as an honored old man with gold headed cane, full wine cellars; gilt carving, armorial devices, and his very image wherever seen, acknowledged by wiUint . . offerings of bowing, scraping, and bared heads. Is it not well so ? To speak with reverence of great men, to whatever age-they, belong; to ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted is UM PILOT llt the following rates: 1 column, one year , of a column, one year, of a column, one year, 1 square, twelve months. 1 square, six months I square, three months 1 square, (ten lines or less) 3 insertions 1.00 Each subsequent insertion 26 Professional cards, one year 6.00 erect universities dedicated to their merits, is it not worthy true men ? We think so. How much of contemporary work which soon be comes classic, is thus called forth. And that we, too, may record our name upon the golden tablet, how it cheers us on in the rugged path way of life. Then let us not deny Hero wor ship, but carefully educate the human mind to the worship that is worthiest. Little-or-Nothings, wo ,, ,••••• • •••••••.•••• The strongest words are generally the often• est broken." There is no fear that a man of skull can't scull himielf over the sea of life. The ,beautiful is as useful as the useful ; perhaps more so Hope, the last resource of the miserable, comes to all but the damnsd and the sicksea. A smart young woman can judge by a kiss of the quality of her lover's liquor. Little squalls doU't upset the lover's boat; they drive it all the faster to port. The book of a growling, snarling, snapping author may very properly be dog's-eared. Those blockheads who are always itching to 40 write should be scratched with thorn and briar bushes An : old maid sometimes bites her lips in rage at finding that nobody wants to bite them in lore. Seem as you are. When you are simply com fortable dOn't pretend to be tremendously hap- Do not wait supinely tor opportunity to come to you, but go and seek her in the highways and hedges. A man's wife often gives him all the moral strength he has. She is at once his rib and his backbone. ` The best way of raising money is by the lever of industry. The •griping miser raises his braerewpower People have so often picked crows with each other that it seems strange there is a leathered raven left in the woods. When annoyed half to death by an everlast ing talker; ve scarcely know which is the worse, a footpad or a tonguepad A lady who has lost all her teeth on one side, should take care not to laugh out of the wrong side of her 'mouth. Perhaps moles were originally men, and be came what they are from continually burrow ing under ground, as many men do in our day. If a fellow, has an ugly club fuot and a hand some wooden one, what isle to do when told to put his best foot forward? Somebody says that a pun has nothing in it. No more has soda water; its attraction consists in its effervescence and volatility. Our tokens of compliment and love are for he most part barbarous. Rings and other ewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The world is in a state of bankruptcy; the World owes the world wore than the world can pay, and ought to go into chancery and be sold. Because you can't get all you want, don't neglect what you can get. Squeeze out of the world all the juice there is in it. A woman out west, describing her run-away husband, says : "Daniel may be known by a scar on his nose, where I scratched him." We think Dan did well to run away. Do your duty, however dangerous. Death comes to all, and the world does not need your bodily presence so much as it does your moral heroism. The simplest thing turn out to be unfathom able mysteries; the most mysterious appearances prove to be the most commonplace objects in disguise Life is adjusted to the wants of the stronger sex. There are many torrents to be crossed in its journey , but their stepping stones are measured by the strid of man, not woman. Jupter made a wound upon his head to let Mineava, the goddess of wisdom, find her way out, and ever since many mortals have thought it necessary to scratch their heads to enable a wise idea to escape. . $70.1X1 35.00 20.00 8.00 6.00 4.00
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