New-York tribune., 1875-07-26

the darkness of the scenery" bursts upon your
startled vision and the boat snudders away down III
the DEPTHS of her timbers she leaps by the baci
spccter.
Who could leave such wtchery as this for even
bridal-cha,nber. And on this beautiful night That
cb,,n,her vvos mine. .Beflin's Bower" indeed
Bofin's Bower was fool to that which the knid
fates upon This blissfu night allotted to me. \
ceiling fretted with
The old agitation
Ofmyrtles ana roses,
Cupils with bows and arrows and festoons ana
parands aud not much else III the way OF dry goods
70 bother them and doves with bits so ln'crhinglcd
that they seemed but one looked down upon ne
from out canopy of blue. DO you marvel, good
friend that at all these frescoes eazed the night
through and thought mainly hut of that bill
Look like blushing bride, that Capt. Roe thus
roomed ne? True this evening | had met the love
a. my youth-not Anthonys Nose. but the star-cycd
JIudsoD-my soul mingled with the waters, and The
water and the sole other clcne.t with which II
should ever be mingled were one. But I'm unaware
that nv face shoue much more seraphicaliy Than
usual.
There must be a certain poetry in my ace, an
elocucncc in my eye q vague, indefinite yeainIg
,,unn u,r brow that should bo treated thus. ii may
be that ofttnes man possesses u grace whereof lie
himself knows not. that he carries within lamp
unseen or kerO5ene 10 himself, but plainly visible 10
Others, so that all get hi, measure at once. LVOhing
a the face opposite me- ia the mirror, sIoula ex-
pect that Il saddle Of mutton would be set apart for
me sooner than a bidle-chamber but this only
proves how very little men know themselves and
how much better other men know them.
1t may be that get the best room on tho boat be-
cause of trusting Providence and not telegraph
ing or making a fuss to secure apartments before
starring Luck helps those who do not help them
selves In the lottery of boats | drew the Drew:
and having had sufficient for the day. gave myself
no concern about the night-did rot even ask the
watchInan 10 tell ne about it. Hoping something
better but conscious thar | deserved nothing so
good and prepared, if need be, for something much
worse was ready To lie down with the wretches in
the middle aisle of the cabin if nothing better turned
up. Look mark you, h0w my patient faith and caim
Iesignat Jon were rewarded. And sometimes fancy
that our souls would gel along better here if We wor-
TiOd les abOu, thOn.
I didn't mean to drop into theology. How all
this happened have idea at all, unless the
portfaif If Drew, which graccs the broad stairs #
tie boat of that name inspired the train Of thought
There you have "A Dian who has attended TO business
RIGHT STRAIGHT along; occasionally he'd spend
500, 900 on a theological seminary, perhaps, or
pause in his good career to give friend point, but
he didnt do it often. Al his life long-cycr since
he vas a drovor at least-las he moi gone about
doing good AID putting his friends into good things!
Has be- ever storped all this while 10 consider that
he he'd a souli Has the idea that he bad ever
occurred to any else One says we are villains
all, another that all men are liars, still another that
ali men are mad. There has always been metiod-
ism in the madness OF good Daniel, however, and
now the end seems near There is no reason, young
man. why yOur last end should not be like his if
you do exactly he has donethat is to say, if yOu
consistently and persstently do" others.
But why so much about soul when one il at Sara
togai Why dwell upon the Hudson when one Is
here you ask. Surely the words of the old song, IA
song that was tinkled upon guitars when pianos
were in their cradle, cannot have faded from out
yOur memory:
NY hearts in the HIGHLANDS.
ny neart's in the Highlands
A-waching the steer
Ing Of brave Captain Roc
My hearts III the Highlands
Wherever 20.
Saratoga has changed in some particulars since
last season She looks now like a belle who has got
q new tooth in and all cid one out On the corner
where the Grand Central last year stood there is
now q deiiciency-aS of grinder A black and
Jagged gap mans the clean beauty of the old maidens
front elevation. To offset this though, the old end
of her most righteous and slightly molaT the Grand
Union has been removed and new crown built
The effect is noisiye-fne.
In order TO improve his property, Mr.. Stewart has
only ruined church; but that's nothing. You
can make an omeet without breaking eggs, as
Bismarck remarked. "Ihe nearer the Church the
further from God" is popular saying; and in this
view of it, where could bar-rooms and billiard
rooms be more fifty situated than directly alongside
sacred walls. This door lets you INTO the bar-room
the door just above lets you into church. You Sec
There s spirit above
Aud spirit below,
There = a spirit OF joy
And spirit OF
The spirit above
H. spirit divine
Aud the spirit below
Is the spirit OF wnc
Why are these great hotels arranged with the
ladies' parlor at one end and the bar at the other
Is il to drive young men 10 extrcmites-to force
them to encounter blue ruin, take eher-horn of the
dilemma they choose. There is no warning sign on
the ladies' paror but the other quarters are made
conspicuous by huge sign in letters Of glittering
gilt. The sign can be read afar Of and your nose
will De red too if you approach il much higher.
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