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?! Z2 11 HEIUTE.
BY PALL H. HAYNS.
She was a child of happiest air,
Ot ilecp, dark eyes, but gulden hair ;
And ah ! I loved her unaware
Marguerite !
ir.
Fho spelled mo with her midnight eyes,
The sweetness of her naive replies,
And all her inuueeut witcheries
Marguerite !
1".
The fever of ray soul grew calm
3?cncath her smile, that healed like balm
Her words were holier than a psalm
Marguerite !
IV.
But 'twixt us yawned a gulf of Fate,
Whose blackness I beheld too late ;
O Christ 1 that love should smite like
Hate, Marguerite !
She did not wither to the tomb,
3ut round her crept a tender bloom,
More touching thaulier earliest gloom
Marguerite 1
VI.
The sun o( one fund hope had set,
A hope she dared not all forget,
Its twilight glory touched her yet
Marguerite !
vi T.
And ever, in that twilight fair,
Moves, with deep eyes and golden hair,
The child who loved me unaware
Marguerite
Gol'MsjjOiiOciiw of ftJbosflic.
EETTESIS Tit JKKBSCES.
NUMBER PIVE.
Mi dear sir : At tho close of my
lastjlctter I expressed the opinion that
you held tho doctrine of the " invoca
tion of saints " for other reasons than
becauto you think it is taught in the
Bible. Iu justification I quote from
your second letter : "The idea of our
being still iu communion with those
near and dear ones, who huva departed
this life, is so consoling, besides being
80 much in accordance with common
sense, that I imagine any thinking man
will, upon mature reflection, be willing
to admit its reality." If you had said
any unthinking man without reflection,
you had not gone far astray. But men
who think, and I do not adopt opinions
and accept articles of faith without met.
turc rijl'.ction, these, my dear sir, are
just the men who will not admit " the
Tcality " of anything merely because it
would be aggrecab'e to have it so 1 On
the contrary, if there are reasons for
wishing a thing to be true ; so that the
thoughtless would be likely to believe it
on insufficient grounds ; thinlci.t'j men
would be all the more careful in weigh
ing the evidence. 'What would you
think of a man iu your own profession
who should adopt a theory of medicine
and regulate his practice by at, not bc
. cause on tho most thorough examination
it appears to be true, but because " it is
so beautiful," and would be so nice to
have true ? Shall wo readily concludo
that tho opinion of Origeu is correct,
because the everlasting punishment of
sinners is so fearful to contemplate, and
it would be so beautiful " if all sinful
creatures ehould at length become holy
and continue holy and blessed forever ?
If that were true, no one should wish to
believe otherwise; but if it bono true,
what sensible man would wish to be
comforted by a f luse opinion ?
I very much fear that you do not
como to the Word of God to find wheth.
er or no your doctrine of the " interces
sion of saints " be true, but rather to
find what Scriptures may bo quoted to
bolster up a doctrine received on other
grounds. But the prophet Isaiah, (8,
L'O) warns us against that ; "To the law
and to the teftimony ; if they speak not
according to this word it is because
there is no light in them." Whatever
be tho teachings of tho Fathers and the
tombstones of martyrs, I have not the
cording to the text just quoted, I would
regard them of no authority in compar
ison with Scripture.
In your second ktter, near tho ti;.
ginning, you teem to confound tho doc
mm
JOHN a. 1 IA1YL,, Editor.
l'o ev.ii e o.vj-. ?!: it
trine under consideration with that of
tho " communion of saints " mentioned
iu the Apostles' Creed. I do not say
that " you stultify yourself" iu so doing,
but I say that your interpretation of
that clause in tho Creed is entirely new
to mo, and I verily believe it would bo
equally new to the Apostles could they
now tise from the dead and read our
correspondence in the Advocate ! I had
aiways supposed that tho " communion
of saints " in the Croed was the same as
that epokcu of in the 1st Epistle of t.
John, eh. , v. 0.
But you have not only failed to con.
vincc mcthat tho Biblo teaches your
doctrine ; you have furnished a practi
cal argument against it of no inconsider
able weight. You say, in favor of ask
ing Mary's intercession, " Divine justice
would often demand the punishment of
the sinner rather than his forgiveness ;
but Mary is pcculiaily the Queen of
Mercy, as she is called by tho church,
to her docs not belong the attribute of
justice, but of compaiison and sympa
thy," and just below; "how beautiful
is the idea of the sinner, laden down
with crimes and transgressions, trcmb.
ling with dread before tho majesty and
tho justice of Cod, aud not daring to
appear before Ilim, lost the thunder,
bolts of His just wrath should be hurl
ed upon him, casting himclf at tho feet
of Mary and begging her to intercede
for him, begging her pure and undcfil.
cd, to ask her Son to suspend His jus.
tiee and allow her to exercise her attri
bute of mercy."
This rectus to be very rcmarkablo
language to come from ouo acquainted
with tho Bible. However natural the
divice may be, and however successful
it may sometimes bo among men, it can
avail nothing when we have to deal with
God. But sometimes, even among men,
the attempt to gain a favor through the
mediation of some more acceptable per.
sou meets a signal failure. It was so
with Adonijah, when he made a request
of King Solomon thaough tho youu
king's mother. He came to Bathsheba
saying : " Spaak, I pray thee, unto Sol
onion, the King, (for ho will not say
thee nay) that he give me Abishag the
Shunamite to wife." She camo into the
royal presence, and was received with
great respect. Then she said, " I de
sire one small petition of theo ; say mo
not nay. And the king said unto her,
Asii on, my mother, ior I will not say
thec nay." But what was tho result of
Adonij ah's potion ? ' Adonijah has
spoken this thing against his own life-
he shall be put to death this day." Sco
1st Kings, ch. 2nd. Solomon would
not refuse his mother anything she
might ask; but his wisdom saw the
wickedness of Adonijah, and his jasticc
demanded punishment. Ho would not
deny his mother anything, but be made
it of little account to Adonijah whether
Abishag were given to him or not.
Might not a liko result happen to any
who should try to circumvent " a wiser
than Solomon," iu the same way.
But there are several positive objec
tions to your view of this matter, which
seem to mo very far to outweigh the
argument from Fathers and catacombs,
the consideration of which must bo de
ferred to another letter.
Very truly yours,
EVANGELIST.
A Female Freak. A beautiful
young lady of Portland, frequently, du
ring the last year, has been in tho hah.
it of getting herself up as an aged man,
and 'coming to town on the cars. In her
disguise she would stroll about the city
to her heart's content',and return home to
tell tho few friends in tho secret of tho
fun she had eujoyed. If spoken to, she
feigbed deafness. The venerable form
had become quite familiar in the streets
of Portland ; but none dreamed that
beneath those gray hairs nestled soft
auburn ringlets ; that behind those green
goggles spaikled a pair of roguish eyes ;
that the Beedy old coat covered shoul
dcrs that might rival thoso of Venus ;
that within thoso tittered unnientioLa
bles were the supplo and rounded limbs
of blooming young womanhood ; or that
unusual stoop of the " old gentleman"
W3 quite necessary to conceal a certain
plumpness about the front part ot the
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ififl
nasans2', pejiw.-i, dec. ain, isgg.-
waistcoat. But the romantic youth he-'
roinc came to grief. Protracting her
strolls too lon tho other day the train
was leaving just as she limped into the
depot.
A smart run enabled tho foolish girl to
throw herself upon the rear platform,
but just as she did so, away hat, wig
and gosrgles. Two gentlemen on the
rear platform wcie considerably aston
ished, but the young lady had sufficient
presence of mind to explain in a few
frightened sentences the position of af.
fairs, and it being nightfall, the gentle'
men, who proved to be tho genuine ar
ticle, got th j girl to her home without
further publicity. The young lady sus.
tains an excellent character, and it is
hardly necessary to add that tho ludic.
rous upshot of her adventures, as ono of
the " oldest inhabitants," has terminated
her tun-loving proclivities in that lino.
.Srlaaas Ward in London.
Mr. Punch, my dear Sir,
lou uiuu t cct a instructiv article
from my pen last week on accouut of my
ncrvus sistem haviu underwent a dreflle
shock. I got caught ia a brief shiuo of
sun, and it utterly upsot me. I was
Wiilkin in regent street one day last week.
enjoyin you rich black log and bracin
rains, when all at oueo tho Sun bust out
and actooally shpno out, for nearly half
an hour study. I acted promptly. I
called tho cab and told the driver to run
his boss at a frileful rate of spead to my
lodging.-!, but it wasn't of no avale. I
Led orlul cramps, my appytite left me,
and my pults went down to 10 degrees
below swro. But by careful nussiu I
shall no doubt recover speedy, if the
present sparklin and exileratin weather
contiuners.
All of tho forcgoin is sarcasum.
It s a siiijilar lack, but I never sot
eyes ou your excellent British Mooacum
till tho other day. I've sent a grate
many peplo there, as also to your genial
Tower of Loudon, however. It hap
pened thusly : When one ofmycxcel-
countmncu ic-st arrived in London
would como and seo mo aud display a
inclination to cling to me too lengthy,
thus showin a respeck for mo which I
feel I do not deserve, I would suggest a
visit to the Mooacum aud tower. The
Mooseum would ockepy him a day at
lcest, aud tho tower another. Thus I'v
derived considerable peaco and comfort
from them noble cdifissos, aud I hope
they will long continner to graco your
metropolis. There's my freu Col. Lar
kins from Wiscousin, who I regret to
say understans the Jamaica question,
ond wants to talk with me about it ; I
scut him to tho Tower four days ago,
and ho hasn't got throogh with it yit.
Ho likes it very much, aud ho writes me
that ho can't never thank mo sufficient
for direetin Ihim to such a bildin. I
writ him not to mention it. The Col.
says it is fortuit to live in a iutcllectooal
ago which wouldn't countenance such
infamus things as occurd in this Tower
1 111 aware tnat it is lasinn bio to com
pliment this age, but I ain't so clear
that the Col- is altogether right. This
is a very respectable age, but it's pretty
easily riled ; aud consiuerin upon how
slight a provocation wo who live in it
go to cuttin each other's throats, it may
perhaps bo doubted whether our intel.
leeks is so much massiver than our aii'
cestor's intellecks wa3, after all.
The British Mooseum is a maguif'cent
free show for tho pepio. It is kept 0-
peu for tho benefit of all.
The humble costymonger, who tra
verses tho busy streets with a cart con.
tainin all kinds of vegetables, such as
carrots, turnips, etc., aud drawn by a
spirited jackass he can go to the Moo
seum aud reap benefits therefrom as well
as the lord of high degree.
And this," I said, " is tho British
Mooseum ! These noble walls," I con
tinnered, punchia theui with my. um
broller to see if tho masonry was all
right but I wasn't allowed to finish my
enthoosiastio remarks, for a man with a
gold band on his hat sed', in a hash
voice, that I must stop pokin the walls.
I told liiui I would do so by all nieaus.
" You see," I scd, taking hold of tho
tassel which waved from the man's belt,
and drawin him close to mo in a confi
dential way, You ecc, I'm looking
SSVfl MS-. .
P m M (A P, I W ,
I'ound this Mooseum, aud if I liko it I
shall buy it."
Instid of larfin hartily at these ro"
marks, which was mado in a goakin
ipirit, tho mau frowned darkly and
walked away.
I first visited tho stuffed animals, of
which gorillers interested mo most.
These simpleanindud monsters live in
Afriky, aud are believed to bo human
bcins to a slight extent, altho' they arc
not alowed to vote. Iu this department
is one or two superior giraffes. I never
wouided I were a bird, but I've some
times wished I was a giraffe, ou account
of the long distance f 10111 his mouth to
his stumuiuck. Hence, if ho loved
beer, one mugful would give him as
much enjoyment while going down as
forty mugfulls would ordinary persons.
And ho wouldn't get intoxicated, which
is a beastly way of amusing oneself, I
like a little beer now and then, and
when the tctotaliers inform us, as they
frckently do, that it is vils stuff, and
that even the swino shrink from it, I
say it only shows that the swine is a ass
who don't know what' good; but; to
pour gin and brandy dawn one's throat
as freely as though it were fresh milk,
is the most idiotic wy of goiu' that I
know of.
I enjoyed myself very much by look,
iu at the Egyptiau tuummys, the Greek
vasis, etc., but it occurd too mo there
was rather too many "Roman antiqui
tys of a uncertin date." Now, I like
the British Mooseum, as I said afore,
but when I oco a lot of crthcti jugs and
pots stuck upon shelves, and all "of a
uncertin date," I'm at a loss to 'zactly
determine Wiicuier tney tney are a
thousand years old or was bought recent,
I can cry liko a child over a jug oik
thousand years of age, especially if it is
a Roman jug; but a jug ol a uncertin
date doesn't overwhelm 1110 with emo
tions. Jugs and pots of a uncertin age
is doubtlcrs vallyablc property, but, like
tho debentures of the London, Chatham
and Dover Railway, a man doesn't want
too many of them.
I was debarred out of the great read
iii'rooui. A man told 1110 I must apply
by letter for admission, and that I must
get somebody to testify that I was res'
pcetable. I'm a little 'fraid I shan't
get in there. Seein a elderly gentle
man, with a bcnevcrlcnt.lookin face,
near by, I venturd to ask him if he
would certify that I was respfcctab1e.
He eaid he certainly would not, but he
would put mo in charge of a policeman,
if that would do mo any good. A
thought struck me. " I refer you to
Mr. Punch," I said.
" Well," said a man, who had listen,
cd to my application, " you have done it
now ! You stood some chance before."
I will get this infamous wretch's name
beforo you go to pres-j, so yon can de
nounce him iu the prescut number of
your cxcelleut journal.
The statuto of Apollo is a pretty slick
statute. A young yeomau seemed deep,
ly iniprebst with it. He viewed it with
sileut admiration. At home, in the
beautiful 1 ural distrieks where tho daisy
sweetly blooms, he would bo sweat-in in
a horrible manner at his bullocks, and
whacking 'em over the head with a hay
fork ; but here, in tho presence of Art,
he is a changed bein.
I told tho atteudant that if tho Brit
ish nation would stand tho expens of a
marble bust of myself, I would willing
ly sit to some talented sculpist. "I feel,"
I said, " that this is a dooty I owe to pos
terity." He said it wsn hily probable,
but he was inclined to thiuk that the
British nation wouldn't care to enrich
the Mooseum with a bust of me, altho'
ho venturd to thiuk that if I paid for
ono myself it would bo accepted cheer
fully by Madam Tussaud, who would
give it a prom'uent place in her chain,
ber of Ilorrers. The young man was
very polite, aud I thaukt him kindly.
After visitsn the Refreshment.room
and partakin of half a chicken of a un
certin age, like tho Roman antiquitys I
have previsly spoken of, I prepared to
leave. As I passed throo the animal
room I observed I observed with pane
that a benevolent person was urgin the
stufft clepgant to accept a cold muffin,
but I did not feci called on to remon
strate with him, any more than I did
it mi fif
,T.rF. MOOllE, Publisher.
TE5UMS1 30 1'cr Year in .itliancc.
with two young persons of difFrcttt sex
es who had retired behind tho Rynos.
serhos3 to squeeze each other's hands,
la fack, Iraythcr approved of tho latter
procecdin, for it carrid 1110 back to the
sunny spiing tunc ot y file, i in in
tho shear and yellow leaf now, but I
don't forget the time when to squccz my
Betsy's hand sent a thrill throo me
like follin off the roof of a two story
house ; and I never squozod that gentle
hand without wantin to do some more
an feeliu that it did me good".
Trooly yours,
AKTEMAS Vi'AKD,
COUNTING-HOUSE
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Cuniouu Clock; Many years ago
there was a clock made by one Droz, a
mechanic of Geneva, which was renown
ed for its ingenious construction. The
clock was so made as to bo capable of
performing the following movement.
There was ou it a negro, a shepherd
aud a dog. When the clock struck,,
the shepherd played six tunes on his
flute, and the dog approached and fawn,
ed upon him. Tho clock was exhibited
to the King of Spain, who wa.i greatly
delighted with it. The gentleness of
my dog," said Droz, " is the least merit.
If your Majesty touch oac of tho apples
which you see in the shepherd's basket,
you will admire the fidelity of the aui
Dial." Tho King took an apple, and
tho dog flew at his hand and barked to
loud that the King's dog, which was in
tho samo room during tho exhibition,
began to bark also, at, which the super,
stitious courtiers, not doubting it wa3
an affair of witchcraft, hastily left the
room, crossing themselves as they went.
Having desired the Minister of Marine,
woo was tho only one who dared to stay
behiud, to ask the negro what o'clock it
was, the Minister asked, but received uo
reply. Droz then observed that tho ne
gro had not yet learned Spanish, upon
which the Miuister repeatod the ques
tion in French, and tho black immedi
ately answered him. At this new prodii
py the firmness of tho Minister also for
sook him, and ho retreated precipitate,
ly, declaring that it must be the work
of. a supernatural boing. It is proba
ble that in the pcrformanco of theso
tricks Droz touched certain springs in
the mechanism, although that is not
mentioned in any of the accounts of
this clock.
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Tho following is a very good bur.
lesquo ou tho ''Parlor Magic" which
appears in the colums of the " Flag of
our Union," the best paper, with the
exception of tho "Uuion." in the whole
country :
The Spittoos Trick.. Tako two-half-Ballon
tpittoono, white ones are
the best, then select a strong red cord-
a worsted otic if it can be procured,
pass the cord through tho two holes
of the spittoons, and give the ends to a
ge.itloman and lady, selected from the
company, to held. Now let a lady
seize the spittoons, and, sliding each to
the opposite end of the cord, bring
them together smartly, when they will
break in pieces, aud fall to the floor.
This trick is easily performed, and will
excite considerable applause.
The Magic Stick. To do- thw
trick properly you will need a pearl han.
died knife and a stout hard. wood stick"
some two inches in length. Sharpen
the two ends of the stick, and then try
to crubh it endways, either between
your hand? or by sitting upon it. This,
to your astonishment, you will find it
impossible to do.
Tub Flying Hen. Select a largo,
well. fed hen, the color is immaterial,
though black is best, and place her in
a sitting position on some smooth sur
face. Then over her place a pasteboard
box, eighteen by thirty inches, l'ouud
smartly upon tho top of the box with a
bone bandied table.knif'e lor three miu.
utes, aud then suddenly raise it, when
the hen will immediately fly away.
This trick can be performed by any
person of average intelligence, who gives
his whole mind to it.
The Nail Trick. Take two large
wrought.irou nails, and wire them to.
gether in tho form of a cross. It will
then bo found impossible to swallow
them. There is no deception about this.
1 he Cable. Tako a piece of tarred
cable, about fifteen inches iu length, cut
it carefully in two with a sharp knife,
and then try and chew tho ends togeth
er. You can try as long 'as you liko.
The String Trick. This is very
simple, as you will see by the explana
tion ; still a great many people can't see
through it. Take four pieces of fine
string of equal length, each having two
ends. Tie knots on the left-hand ends,
and weave them spirally through oppo.
site loops, catching the intervening ones
over the upper portion, and bringing di
agonally between ; now shift your hand,
catching th space outside tho loops up
on the back of the right.haud joint,
casting it o2" at the proper uiouieut, and
bringing the thumbs in tho former di.
lection. Tho trick is theu done. It
possesses tho singular peculiarity that
nobody can ever do it twice.
Tue Magic Egg. Futtwelve fresh
eegs carefully into a green worsted bag.
Swing the bag rapidly about your head,
hitting it each time about the door-post.
Then ask tho company whether they
will have them boiled, scrambled. r,r
fried. It will make no difference wliioK
they choose.
The Foitr Jacks Select a pack of
cards with plain white backs. Take out
the four jacks, and burn them before
tho company, letting them see the ashes.
Now shuffle the cards quickly, and hold
ing them in the left hand, give them a
sharp rap with the knuckles of the right.
Then place them on tho table with laco
down, and defy the company to find tli
jacks. They can't do it.
These.aro only a few of the tricks in
our repertoire, but they will suffice for
the present. Tlicv
otily to amuse, but to inculcate a lovo
of science among our youug friends,
and wo shall feel amply repaid by their
thauks. Flvj of our Union,
A couple were divorced in Michi
gan on Monday after only twenty four
hours of married life. The wife left
her husband on the ground that he was
bald headed and a Catholic, and would
not givd her a deed for his fai m. Th
Court gave him a divorce.
Pon 't read this line.