The Lincoln County herald., 1869-01-01
MAGAZINES ana Papers. =

magazines ana Papers.
TnE OLD GuARD.-We welcome Ia
our table the January number of this
most excellent monthly Democratic pub
lication, now in its Seventh volume. II
is q stanch, bold and unAinching exponent
Of true Democracy, and opens the cam.
paign Of 1860 with its usual sturdy blows
for the Constitution and restoration Of
tho White Mans Government. In its
literary department il promises much.
: The opening story, the "Cub Of the Pan.
thcr" by ". Gilmore Simms Is one Of
the bcst ever written by that popular au.
thor. The miscellaneous department Of
tho journal has been prepared with ex.
traordinary care and is replete with the
most interesting topics. Especial atten-
tion is called to an article by the editor
entitled "Sliding into Monarchy" It is
tho determination Of the publishers that
the Old Guard for 1869 shall in every
respect be an improvement even upon the
present character Of this truly popular
periodical. price 25 cents So per year.
Van Everin, Horton & Co, publishers,
162 Nassau street, New York.
the cALJoUnNAL-come
to US with its usual amount of interesting
and sound reading. It commences its
Forty ninth volume with Revcrdy John.
son us Diplomat; Napoleon Bonupartc,
his character and genius; T. s. Arther
Church, Rienstadt, Clifford, Page, Hunt.
ington, and six other eminent American
Artists Peculiari.les of American Faces
Dietetic Habits Of Great Men Racial
Types and Pcculiarities rs illustrated in
the Lives of Great Men; Physiognomy
Of Abraham and His Wife; and other
articles, with fnc Portraits and lllustra.
tions. So a year 80 cents a number
Address s. II. Wells, $50 Broadway,
MY.
OUR ScnooLpAY vIsIToR.-This beau
!, 'irully illustrated magazine for young
people comes to our table repletc with
good reading for our little ones, and in
,eresting to older persons. Its motive
i. to give child. en- taste for reading, an.
a desire to inquire after knowledge, ant
its stories and articles we'll tend in tha
direction. Success TO the enterprise, an,
long may it continue to visit US. Addrcs
Daughaday & Becker, 424 Walnut stree
Phila.
THE SOUTHERN Home JoURNAL-I
one of the best literary weeklies tia
comes to us. Its literature is Of the mos
chaste and choice character, and its edito
rials sound and sensible. 1t is now pub
lishiug "Thc Peasant Girl" an interest
ins and cxci'cing story, by Mrs. Eliz
E Winstanley, and "Thc Yelled Heart" b.
: IIamlyn Smith. Also "Thc Cruise Of tn
Six Hundred" by W. W. Goldsborousl
This last series details the suiferings o
. Northern Prison Life, and the Anderson
vllo stories, Matched out by political sa
I traps, sinks into insigni6cance. j. Y
!, Slater. 155 Baltimore streets, Baltimore
Md. S3.0 90 year.
BANNER OF THE SOUTH Here is tn
paper edited by that sweet warbler Of tn
g South-Rcv. A. j. Ryan-devoted to th
4 'memory Of the Lost Cause" Long ma
v it wave over the buried hopes Of the pas
rhe Christmas number contains .bcaut
!, ful poem by the editorial Christina
I Carol" Simply to show its beauty an
. rhythm, we publish small extract:
" I'm sitting alono in my pictured room--
But, no /! they have vanished all
e I'm watching the fire. glow fade into ghoon,
= I'm watching tho ashes fili.
r. And far away back OF tho cheerful blazc
y The beautiful visions CT by-gonc days
c Arc rising before my raptured gaze.
All! Christmas fire, SO bright and warm,
llart thou n wizards magic charm
, To bring those far-of scenes so noar
{ And make my past days meet mo hero?
= Tell mc--tell mellow Is It?
n The past is past, and hero I sit,
And there, 10 there before mo rise,
II Beyond yon g,owing n,me,
G. The Summer suns Of childhood's skies,
|o fes-ycs-thc very samel
~ saw them rise long, long ago;
u played beneath their golden glow;
Of And remember yet,
a. often cried with strange regret.
When in the West saw them set.
" And there thcy arc again;
ot Tho suns, the skies, tho very days
i. OF childhood, just beyond that blaze
But, ah | such visions almost craze
c'i The old mans puzzled brain
,y| thought tho Past was past!
vi But, no, It cannot be:
4 IT'S here tonight with me
III How Is it, then? The Past of Mon