Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03
ADVERSELY OF -HoyoR.-In a small neat
comfortable room. sat the ruined fan,ily The

comiortaple- room, sat the ruined family The
old man was reading, or thought be read. In
| few weeks, the snow had come down upon
his head with heavy fall. In few weeks his
cheeks were lined and lengthened--hs has
been held-so ruthlessly helde4face to face
/ with misery, that his smile which was con-
slant as the red in his cheek had well nigh
vanished. Now and then as he exchanged
| looks with his daughter, it glimmerei little,
played about his mouth. toi leave It only In
/ utter bIankness. Still he went reading,
| stlll he turned page after page; and believed
| he was laying in a stock of knowledge for his
future life. FoI he had again-he would tell
| his daughter with bright look-he had again
to begin the world. Hard beginning Dreamy
| voyage with neither youth to fight the storm;
nor the hope of youth to while away the long
dark, dreary watch--to sing the daylight in,
but this he would not think of. Atileast he
thought he would not He felt himself a.
strong as ever; yes, even stronger. He could
not have hoped 10 have borne the blow so
we'll. He was never better; never. His glo-
rious health was left him and, therefore why
despair In this way will the brain Of the
stout man cheat itself. 1t viii feel whole and
strong and for the viler cracks and daws,
they are not to be needed. Mere trifles. And .
then some day. some calm and sunny time,
that peace has seemed TO chose for itself, for
soft sweet pause-withl the tyrant-brain se-ig
cure and vain glorious-tte trihe kills. In
this way do strong men die upwards. Gilbert
Carrs@ays at our first meeting. set about all
the creature delights OF life. He was the lord
of abundance. The man who had nothing to
do with want and misery, but to exercise the
noblcst prerogative ofhappy humgnity-name-
ly, to destroy them 8heresoever he found
them preying upon his fellows. Wealth was
gone. He was poor; bat in his poverty were
thoughts that might 'slofiry his fire-sidc.. he
had used his means for good and at least,
ght feel enriched. by. the harvest of his re- q
eollectionsas With his face. heightened. and ,l
dim. there was dignity in the old man that
we did not think ever recognized at the
haA- For he had to bear a load of miserr; and !
he sat erect with his spirit conquerin2, look
cd serenely about him. isso-s -t - -s.,se- Z.
EARLY DAYS OF NAPoLEoN.-Thiers in his
History OF the Consulate relates some very
strange and previously unknown particulars
respecting the early life and penury of Napo-
obtained subaltern's commission in the
French service. and after he had done the state
good service by his skill and daring at TonIon,
h. lived for sometime IMP aris, in otscure lodg- 81
ings, and in such poverty that hcswas often Il
without the means ofpaying ten sous f5d.) for
his dinner, and frequently went without any
meal. He under the necessity of Dor. .l
rnwing small sums, and even worn-out clothes
from his acquaintancest He and his brother o
Louis, afterwards King of Holland, had at q
one time, but one coat between them, SO the II
brothers could only go out alternately, turn ID
and turn about. 5-os53s.f 20 ssas
Atthis time the chief benefactor OF the fu- ID
ture Emperor and conqueror cat whose nigh
ty name the world grew pale,'' was the actor
Talma, who often gave him food and money.
Napoleon's face, sfterward so famed for its
classic mould, Was, during this period of STAR
Ystion, harsh and angular in. its lineaments,
with projecting check bones. His meagre fare
brought on sn un.ightly cutaneous disease, of
type so rirulezt and malignant, that it took
all the skill and sssiduity Of his accomplished
physician, Corvissrt, TO ezpel it after dura-
ton of more than ten years. The squalled
beggsr then, the splendid Emperor afterward
the threadbare habiliment, the imperial
mantle-the hoyel ahd the palace-the meagre
food and the gorgeous banquet-the friend
ship of poor actor, the homage and terror Of
the world-an exile and prisoner-such are
the ups and downs Of this changesble life,
such the lights and shadows of the great and
mighty.
The COMPANY OF WoNAN.-He cannot be an 'i
unhappy man who has the love and smiles Iofa .
woman TO accompany him in every department
of life. The world may look dark and cheer.
less without-enemies may gather in his path