, 1873-04-06
THE LAKESIDE. -
It's Issue for. April.

Its Issue tOr Aprl.
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Love-stories and War-Postry. !: -:
Poetry and loyo stories make the pasoa Of the
Lakeside very seasonable reading for the young
men and women who lightly turn to thoughts Of
love in the spring. Alfred dc Musset says, in
his airy way, L'hiuer c'est 4ne n,aadle; and this
presidential character OF winter is as noticeable
in Chicago as in Paris. The same writer says, or
might have, said il he had thought Of it. Le
printenaps c'est une sentiment Whether. he said
it not, the editors Of the Lakeside have caught
the idea, and given ua very sentimental spring
number.
l. THERE ARE SEVERAL LOVE sToRlEa,
which are all very good, and altogether IN
describab1e It Is peculiarly OF such literature,
as Of the thing itself, that the better It s It is
the more inexpressible. good instance Of this
was given in the reply of Witneas IN an East
ern court, who was asked what she peant by
"courting?" She replied, in 3 synthetic and
helpless kind Of way, "Ohl taking hold Of hands.
and al that sort Of Using."- Car1otta Perry tells
one Of these stories Of the yicissitndea Of
love eliminating In triumphant natrimony,
under the heading, "How IT Happened"
" F1rting-an Even Came" By Anna Gould,
reaches the Same catastrophe BY
another road. seThe Million in the Garrett"
story Of Warsaw and Polish passion, is coz
timed,
It is interesting to observe the growing ten
dancy Of magazine writer's to de1ve into the ;,
ADVENTURES AND RECnRps OF THE VAR.
In their theues There was never Mider deld
offered the historian, the novelist, and the poet;
but it is in accordance with human nature that
F1av kant fxEf fEo
blood was still net, and the land resound-
ed With cries Of anguish. While tha
dreadful reality is pressing upon -the =.
4Ss aaxs4t i need 5 af u the 1Fa At
parent, and there is no pleasure IN the repro
heads, and cavaliars, did not become the atapls
OF English song and story until wheat and dow-
their alaughter: In the came way, We may az
pect that, ~ the pain Of the suffering Of our
war groTB dimmar, the pleasure Of hearing its
hardahipB and heroisma recounted nil increag "
8. s. lockwood tells Of
THE t'RETRBuT1ox" OF TIE WAR.
a WOMAN in tears, in widowed home,
Sits down BY vacant hearth and hoard; :.
PondefE ths puzzle that poverty brings
The problem Of eldng her scanty hoard:
ttThis il the price that pay" sobs ahe;
"This Ii the eost Of tbs war to ma" 80:
Aplsnter leans ore1' : ruined gate, -
And lookB at = desoate land ct grief =:
1ou1nB Tor the loss Of power and plaea.
And Injury past onr present belief
Tss Z Z tbs ths ss thss IT. h'
A negro stands calm at the polls, and you hear
- novel name read By the Judge from tbs Int:
"Ths En-. milla OF ths g gods grind SLOW No doubt;
"This IN the prize have won, = laugha he; ~ -
)" "Thia il the gift Of the war to me." ,.; T.,
Josephine Clifford also finds Wat subject for
her story, 81 Marching with Command" which :
tells OF: the sad experiences Of = march with un-
ruly horses through the sun-heated Red River
country. , .,.-, = =
Edward Porter Thompson adopts the Hay-tian
style Of poetry, and aings 'some uncouth but
feeling verses about =
TIE OLD flag. 50. -. =:
Tho F1ag7 1lookn'7 Well now, what Of that
You Thought that hated y, hey7 T. :"
fsrhape, then, do, Il hiatt what yoare at-~ ~.s
But why are you grinnin' that way7 =. ::
I'd look 1T Ben Butler II he came in my view
I've hanke11n' for seedn-hain't you7
Obi Hooked rather curious How so1. :. - .
hind E,i1 l o. white round the gnls d yoq say7 81
4,{ss e b ass sRSn Z axs t'a
NOT Didn't look vicious, You thtnk1 What then.
En- fpa aaya ra.s Sts &C.
WhosVe record hke ours to show1
That's story to tell On msn g
Who can shows many scass as I canI y
Well, there's no use o. dodRin' It. Tom
sometimes do feel awful queer:
I don't talk Of It much, ev'n 1t home,
But 'twixt you and me don't care .'-'
With hind Of mist in my eye. -
f. Repentance :" Don't laugh at me man ! !
Ihereq1 be funeral I your house < you dol
No, not much repentance-hut then,
There Aro Thousands who sec 1t that way, - ..
Though, nke me, they have uttla to say.~ -.
Nov, came Of patzio. stock, -:
Who taught NE to luVe the Old Flag: r' '.''
And stood By It nrm rock, '-..
Ial Ell thought u began to look brag- -: :
TIL felt that It emhlemtd power -....~
That respected my people no more.
But it al turned to bitterness then. e. - -,
And Thought I'd the right to resist, -'s -:
While you thought not so though we'd bcen ;
Both netghbors and friends, wa must 1st =. i. -.
To go aghtfn' eseh other like heathan, -:
Cause We couldn't through the glasses eea thsn
30 took to the " So called at first: "
And 7 had my vigor and pluck, :
They were hers at her best and her worst !:
CThe weaker she got the closer atuckl: ::
And, in fact, didn't fairly giye IN
Till came md aaw your blasted grin. r
But the struggle's long over, Tom, now; =
We've 10 thought Of another-then how3 -
Shall We 60 On In bitterness till
nf children hid tmhtbe i th9 ssme feeling
Now, in truth, I don't like 1t, to feed -s>..::
Cant love, and rejoice n IT, veai- ~
Can't take pride, a. did. in It's nanne- ~ "
That my children 1t hurts me, own IT,
Afay always look coldly upon 1t. ~
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What Z 4 family quar1e1, q you say7. <y:-:
And I'd fight far the Old Flag now7 ~ 80
Thats tender point, Tom, but you usY -;.,:;;
Be right about that, for VOW J. +s
I believe I'd pitch fn like cur, .t@-.t
II outsiders cazae foo1n' round yerI --,.'t.
THE MAN IN TIE 1nox MAsE,n . j: :::::.e=.::: !
whose soul goes marching on forever, In th@
ct 1east, reappeara with the. usua,
properties" Of this weu-known appantion; +
We need not pause to consider him, aa We ehan ::
see him often again. ~
The other contents arc: ia Dream 81
Home,"" by Mary Bernard; The Newspaper e:
America" BY ". P. Morras; "spring Voices,
BY 3. Hathaway; Tho Railroad Question" 9.
G. @. Bonney; Edinburgh and 1ts Assoek .
TONS" by .. i. Stephens tart and Loye,nr q :.
Thomas 8. Chard " Tho Death Penalty Gs
John H. BinckeY; "AfteE the Pioneers, r: