Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-11
arexa. Gazette Il Virginia Advertiser.
OLD SONGS.

OLD SONGS.
4 pretty song is never lost; somebody Is
,hecreC by it. The old time wnrn songs 90
nor sir and culiveu Us like the rcw, but they
ar. so resting wien We need rest, 50 heaine
when we need baiu. Nearer my Good 10
Tne."-.how STRENGTHENING it's! What power
there is in it to l;ft iaiulirg Christian on his
feet, lust after au awkard pause IN prayer
meeting. y,
'sDo they miss me at home ! is a cast-ot
old song, vet uany Of US hum IL on the sly al
eveutide. | know Boston editor whose gay
little wife has lonely father aud mother away
among the highlands OF New Y or K. An aoun-
dance of new SoDgs grace her piano, yet Oh
lowerv lonesome day if you live next door,
you will be attracted BY familiar old song
which dies out in saying, Il wish you were
here, | wish you were here. And such
thrill of feeling She puts luto Il, 100.
The s,arspaugicd Banner vii! it faint.
ing Invalid into sitting posture, and he VIII
tell YOU that he is refreshed, whcD the same
cxertiGr 81 ul have wcarlcd blm without the
song,
Almost any Of us can sing, or lightly hum,
the old old songs ,or our own amuSemest,
aud here the :,arm? Thy are al escape
saIve iur surplus 0! peut-up ieeilDgs OF one
sort or another.
Let those sing for US WHO can sing so as to
thru! W., melt u>, u,ake Us laugh aGd dance,
aud f1u;ter Let thcw sing the uew song, and
We will thark them in our very sous. Aud
when they are goue, and We are le'i alone,
will sing, '.Wheu shall we TWO meet agalo,
meet never 10 S. vrr?' Thcu we Will sob aud
si.h, aud u our own hom:ly way slug out,
Nav bc ueyer" aud sob and sigh again. y
poet would laugh But alone, uuder the stars,
we are Tree truln criticism. The great poet
turns our very discords into harmony, for he
knows we'll the pages OF uuwr!tten music and
poetry that lie hidden 10 our simple souls 1t
Is great achievement to compose great
song, for it echoes SO after We are gone. Or,
like light from "a star, it shines ou aud n,ung
alter the orb mas dropped from its place IN the
heavens. Hrs. B. g. Rude.
NOTED IMposroRs. Men have always been
ford of power aud influence; aud when they
could DOT be Obtained by legitimate means,
have resorted to tricks aud impOstures A few
of the more celebrated of these imposltluns
may not prove unlaterestl0g tn our readers.
Aldebprt in the eighth century, pretended
that he had letter from the R"deemer, which
fell from Heaven at Jerusalem, aud thus 10
duced mutitudcs to follow him.
Gonsalvo Michael pretended to be the augel
Michael. and was burnt t"r bis hercsy by the
Spanish lnquisirion in 1880
George David, the sou of waterman at
Ghent, styled himself the nephew OF God, sent
into the world to adopt children worthy OF
Heaven. HI deuicd the resurrection, preached
agains. marriage; 10 favor OF a community OF
women, and taught that the body could only
be dcfied BY sin.
Sabbata Levi Jew of Smyrna, pretended
to he the Saviour, In 1866
Elizabeth Barton, knowo as the Holy Maid
OF Keut, was brought forward in England to
hinder the Reformation. She pretended to be
inspired, aua forctold that Henry VIII. would
have an early and violent death if he divorced
Catharinc OF Arragon and married Anne b.
leyn. She and her accompce were hanged
10 1884.
In the firS, year of Queen Mary's reign ip
EugaDd, Ez lbcth Cr,f, girl OF eighteen
years of age, was Secreted in wall, and there
uttered maDy scdltious speeches against the
queen, and the mass and the confession. She
was cal ed the Spirit Of the Wall.
William Hackes, a fanatic, persona'ed our
Saviour. and was executed for basphemy, lD
England, in 1891.
James Naylor also represented himself TO
be the Saviour He was convicted OF bias
phcmy, whipped, and had his tongue bored
through Will q nut llou, US oluti VI tho
House of Commons during Cromwels admin
lStratlOn.
IL was possessed of the most valua bic things
in the world, ani was about to will them away
the following would be my distribution
| would give to the world truth aud friend
ship which are very scarce.
would give an additional portion OF honesty
and truth to lawyers, merchants and traders.
would give physicians skill aud learning.
would give to printers their pay.
To gosSippiug women short tongues
To young woucu good sense, mOdesty, large
waists and uatural teeth
To young sprouts and dandies, common sense
little cash and hard labor
To old mails smooth faces, good temper and
good husbands
To old bachelors love for vlrture, children and
wives.
To boys becoming modesty aud disposi-
tion to profit BY the experience of older per-
sons.
On last Saturday evening a citizen of this
towu went home about ten and half o'clock,
and gcutiy tapped at the door "Who's
,h,ro ~ ,p,. tha cuns stion prannnn6a3 hv bis