The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-04-22

TOOuu U511U11--WuW p9M1t Ntto t84, L
and On bsksse Ode Of he shset. Ten lines oi
ssslassy WsssssIys % sss'srpspss, VIII make
TNB AGn q DDAss. |
The great essential 10 success in
tlasss days iss rsmarkahls dsgree Of
boldnsss.
- bold, bc bsld, aud everywhere be bold,
Was the motto over the enehant-
ed gsteways Of old legends, where
successiul Pahdias hammered their
way through triple walls. The same
motto belongs to us. We have over
lived many things in the past, and
though we pooh ! pooh! at the
witchcrafs, We yield . certain obci-
sance 10 that strong self li-con6dencc
which asserts its claims against any
obstacle. Perhaps the claims arc
only self-imagined. The man may
have none Of the possessions he
vaunts with such eomplaccncy, but
if he can persuade q score Of men
into believing in him his success is
| certain.
Wedo not live in the days Of the
admirable Violet. We read IN the
poetical garland Of Julia Danger
nes.--
"Modestc en- mr. couleur, modesto on mon
sejour,
Franche .b,ambition jc me chashe sous
Therbe.'
| And think that even if that violet
had bloomed in these days, itwould
have lived unknown, and died un-
sung? No discoverers are going
about with nose to the earth, to de-
tect the perfume ofmodest merit and
gloriiy II. Tho brass lacquse isoveI
everything. From BiAdy, who
vaunts her talent for roasting . duck
to the statesmen, who asserts tina
his measure Is the only salvation foI
the nation, each individual 10 blow
ing his own trumpet. inventions
utterly worthless, ere foisted upoI
the psblieby dint Of shssr andaslty
Wares ef ne Aimslsst and msaass
are blown up to the topmast wave 0
. popular favor BY the effontcry o
the sellers. Books, not worth tn
: paper they are printed on, have bess
run through several editions. ~
be sars, ahsr hey are Rad, pecpl'
pith and posh 1t them, but then the,
have been purchased, and that is tn
main thing.
We remember . little volume .
poems once publishSd II - countr.
. which we win csll 'sHeayt Groana.
The author vas lucky IL hi4 er heI
heralds. They blsw sssh : blas
that ,sssry ons stspod b listen
"The deep shadows Of . Rembrandt
and the warm coloriDg Of ! Titisu
Dslicats touches Of nature givial
By . word . clear insight inae n
dsep workings Of hunsn paasiona.
And 70 on "crssosndo' to The end
OF eou1ss, whsa ths hsok actualI
came uat, there M afaSk ttr \
TfSts sswns 9c<I6se In NJ. HtSsn
. Sothing beyond dobhstins lIhds
unequal lsngth, and nursery rhyme
TAsS was Alhsvl - iiennst anea
. ths critics, ut y ~ fG66y - bd
7 alds. wss anuatea 4 Thsy cam
out imnedietlly with I revisw
! tho pocma sShSmber two Iias
' tksy qssts1 ~ = toss y Jbvsss
"shslaid IN ehssk spea ~ hasd
4 Ths sadeA l4syiA he iAsS.s
1Can anything'' thsy said, @equ
J the forcefil imagery Of these tv
1 lines, their tender pathos, and sul
gestiysnsssi The fair head win
weight of snustsrablc woe, droopir
: end drvopine uaiil the mlid sheI
y vet witA many fsSrs, Nod III Z
4 small white hand. Only fney
70 tc., etc., and then atremendous bla
!. until the critics were quelIsd u
N every hody, who w. agyeYdrG Ge
.He1tt Gsoaav an on = ppse
! their libraries, even X they ~
cbsoss 10 road them. ias
Y There i u much Auakyisui
society TINT anything inshe -
scienti6c, moral, litsnry, cr y
v. religious world, which c2n hold
oxu against strong odds, Y sufs