The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-04-20
NUMBER 26.
Getting Out Of onss Ssli.

sonaliiy, and to. pasi themselves elf for
something very different from What mature
intended them 10 be. We are slbi 10 snesr
at seIf-satis6ed" people, bu, Ysalry, there
arc SO few self-sstisfsd peopls in the wsrId
that for very rarity we ought 70 cherish
them. This propensity is not acquired, bat
innate and exhibits itself a: very early age.
How fond children are OF Disgusting lhsm-
selves in the clothes OF their pIaymates,or
putting oL grandfslhers's hs, aud boom, or
grandmother cap aud spectscIes ! a chill
dren's fancy ball 10 The most Joyous festival
in Lie !, the little creatures satsr with such
zest into their transformation i'Childrsh
of,a larger gfow,h,' TOO, relish snAsqse-
rads more than any other skies OF afnuse-
ment. People are more a#xious 10 seein
than 10 be. Il would be a happy world m
deed, il The bsrques iha. navigate the ocean
| of lie always sailed under their true col
ors but loo many of them are free foyers,
with fifty flags in their lockers, fesdy 10
hois, any ensign Speh occasion, and never
prepared to give their true hall.
The futiity Of such disguises 6eightens
their absurdi,y. In the tong rhh mans
true character is sure 10 be discovered. The
sloled hypocrfre, the coaardiy soldier, the
sham patriot, the false pLi.anthropist, are
sure TO have their masks torn froia their IA
ces and their borrowed garments rent from
their limbs The ''liyery of Heaven" may
for while cover a number OF sins, bat
sooner or later the plague spots Will be az
posed 10 view. Tne evil spirit in a man
displays itself when least expected, in spite
OF every p9ecsotidn, like the imp in the
German legend. A peasant was hadhred tf
one o. those little demons, night and day
Finally he belhouehi hifhsef OF a stfe fefn-
edy. He wonId move 10 anothef cottage,
and SO battle his perseculof As iae lasi
load of furniture was moving bf ON the
cart, the cover Of churn fie& of, and out
pop ped the head of his fahhiiIsi demon
"I'm going too," was the tn@eicome assus.
anre Of The unpleasant acquaintance. Il ID
so with name personality, 10 StnA6 "a.
eOPeft.
We have spoken Of cases OF deliberate
cepiion, of disguises used from motives
of ltaud and gain but we are happy 10 be.
ieve that only a small h2ciinn OF The hu-
, man race are interested imposrosE. The
, mass rather seek TO impose upon lnsR-
selves, not cn others. There are hundreds
, of thousands o! unhappy wfe,ches who IAN
cy that they are bora poets, and waste
oceans of ink aud cords of papet in iTyisg
, 10 convert an ungIateful world 10 their opin-
ion. There are hundreds Of ihohsands OF
/ empty headed, idsalsss, slamrnesihg idiots,
!! who, forgetting their natural Qualifications ,
8 Try TO Iansfofm themselves into orators,
and who dream nightly CT Ire laurels Of
| Demo-lhenes and Cicero. There are men
without tbs first notion OF color, fofm and
taste, who try 10 persuade themselves ead
. the public that they are Beau Brunmels.-
| There are men who cannot fire q gun with
: out winking, who Sltul in The uniforms ol
| lbfigadier-generals. We have seen more
\ than cue individual, designed by naluFe for
a dashng cavalry officer engaged in the
= peaceful occupation of selling 'aps, thread
j. and needles to smiling dsmse!s. Lislon,
| the actur, whose face was so comic that q
sight of it always set the house in q roar,
Iabored 10 his dying day hndsf the impres-
/. sion that his legitimate line wa. the deep
est tragedy ; and he would have played
Hamlet and Macbeth, il his manager had
a permitted.
: Tss PERSISTENT effort OF every man oush.
: 10 be TO discover the purpose Tor which ia:
# lure intended him, bot this, We admit, il
y the most difficult problem that is offered I'd
Q for solution. To ''knoW ones SELF Is the
9 acme Of knowledge. This knowledge rare
| ~ comes ftom within, almost always FROM
without. The pressure Of circumstances
the sharp contac, 9th pililess world leach
; es il to Us but often, alas, the knowledge
g combs tod late. In ordinary times hundreds
: of thousands play parts for which they are
d untitled. In revolutionary times, whom so
ciety is shaken 10 It's foundation, the sepa
tale actors that compose IL ate finally JOS
pastry cook becomes, like Mlrdt, war
n fiof, a general OF cavalry, and king The
. sub-lieutenant OF atiilIsfy is hsaved mp
II by events into his position as master OF the
= world. But in normal periods il Is difficult
! to place The ae,ois On the siage of lie.
"The squate men get stuck in the round
holes, and The found men are thrust into The
!. square holes" To put the fright man in the
right place Is the ptobsm OF every age
!, and The difficulty lies in the persistence o.
!, SO many in ,rj Ing 10 &c. away from them
selves.
VIZ hear of men "raising money" The
ptocrss Is srrendsd with hazari man
in New York has been sentencsd TO I
!, year's i'm pri.onrheni for raisiug u Two dol
lar greenbsek 10 twenty.
II is stated that the Presideu. is positive