THE ROANOKE NEWa, TflURSDAX APRIL 14, 1892.
LD I' i LG RIM.
: s-e oVrss hming,
v itiawis,; nh;
f,. -.. i,ui xiij tido are leaving,
i i homo beyond tliesky.
Is L uit. I gtu slaying,
I'nS 'mean ch-ariy tee;
JU, ry JVJLf T, 1 am praying
'Fit
content' to be.
Of!f :s wbsn tb bells are pealing,
C''iRs Cl'risiians to their shrine,
jTlw-ifl Spirit, Christ revealing,
I. Jv'is thcra of h;s love divine.
Ajf? bcart there is a yearning
f To" t numbered with the iold;
Asd, apia, with them be learning
I Of fib leva in depth untold.
f Bt the Ssmour, then appearing;,
rot bu band upon my head,
And, with gpirit loving, cheering,
Fetds toe with sustaining bread.
Sit awhile no lime for erieving-
ton your waiting will be o er;
awhiiein me believing
bali worship evermore."
J well, and while I'm staying,
looking fur the evening star,
I will help the wayward straying
From their Father's home afar.
I will tell them of the pleasure
That religion gives the eld;
Sawed joy you cannot measure ;
Not for jewels to be sold.
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
i unusually quiet and thought-
we evening and sat studying over
ire in his United States History.
1 represented a party of men in the woods
tping by a stream, and it was rather
KttV aeene. Thnv worn nil dnxwoii in
teavyrmor and carried cross bow guns
if the oldest, quaintest make. "Seeking
toe Fountain of Youth," repeated Jack
iowly, reading; the words at the foot of
the pag.
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J "Uncle Jos," he asked at last, "what
I was the Fountain of Youth, and who
mm these men? I cannot read well
enough u understand the story about it."
i old Ponco de Leon!"
3 ed his uncle taking the book,
lbeginning his long hunt, too, I
ild say, poor fellow."
"Did yoa know him, Uncle Joe?" in
quired the little boy.
"Well no, Jaky, he died several hun
dred years before I was born, but I've
heard great deal of him at different
... . .
'To know about this brave Chevalier
must go back to the time when this
Wtry of ours was all wild, wild woods,
i towns with their humming mills and
fy streets, but everywhere the singing
urffa ilia miiam tf winA in ttiA twaa
Lcghter of little brooks among the
rocks. The red men pitched their wig
wams in the valleys of this lovely land,
and on the shores of the "big salt water,"
M tbey called the Atlantic ocean, and by
fcy they fished and hunted, coming only
4 the tent at dusk when they eould no
longer follow trail Bound the dim
embers of their forest fires they slept
under the wiile blue sky, while one lone
ly warrior in the shadows always kept his
. Watch. " '
.ii "Fsr away, serosa the sea, at this very
w! is one of those grand old castles
It still stand to-day in sun-kissed Spain
T ,f?k liiiH nun vaa Kitting Av Kw
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yj joriag over musty charts and yellow
l r.mitnfc maiia THa fllit WrtrM was
- yi with the,: glow of discovery,
eid by Columbus a score of years
I . "jr.i. Stories of unbounded wealth in
'the bow lands, of bottotnlesg mines of
!d and silver, and of plains that spark
i ' h millions of priceless precious
, w Jie on the lips of every passer-by.
r
t
r.tions were planned but the.
of the dangers ahead proved
;t of them. Juan Ponce de
i a student and a dreamer. From
towr he had guard fur hours
Wegt, and visions of fame
) i ! of disonvery.
One thinct
;ive4 him more by far than the
:.crC3 wlricli bi juht so many
V - that n.is ua old itory from
.; c ut knows whore the story
ii, Liiocfib, the Moot are
U !T"-M h into Srv'u-
t nil towird the set-
.J Lttnuiu, j ran
'1 i C 'c if its wu'is
1. . iV.o human
Se ' ' 1 cimld
V
.i 1 1" 'i he:il-
lit-..'., tlipn:
'"slip I.
r:i-
tine he fittad out his little vessel, manned
her with crew of hardy eavalieis, each
like himself, adventurers and bold, and
one bright morning set sail to find the
Fountan of Youth. Slowly the well
known shores melted into mist, the last
spires and chimneys of their native town
disappeared from sight. More than one
brave fellow took his last look at home
that day when the fair wind blew merrl
ly from the eastward, bearing them into
an unknown world. Friends, family,
native land behind treasure fields and
conquest ahead, and the fabulous Foun
tain of Youth.
"It was on Palm Sunday (Pascua
Florida in the Spanish tongue), in the
year 1512, that they first sighted land
on the low sandy coast of the strip of
land we call Florida to-day, as they called
it then from the gay blossoms that cov
ered the shores. They ran their little
ship up on the strand, and though some
were very sorely disappointed at not find'
ing any gems on the ground nor gold in
the sand, they bravely set out on their
march. For long months they journey'
ed. The red men whom they mot were
friendly, and traded corn and gold for the
brass trinklets of the Spaniards, and the
weather was warm and fair, but ere long
trouble came. Swamp fever overtook
some of the band, one or two were lost in
the wild lands on the edge of the Ever
glades, aud the small crew grew less in
number. No sign of the Fountain of
Youth appeared, though an old Indian
who met them one day brought fresh
hope, telling them that his fathers had
seen it, and it lay many miles to the west
ward. The sick struggled on,' cheered
by De Leon, who always pointed ahead
and cried: "Courage, another day and
we shall see." But when weeks passed
and tbey were no nearer the magic spring
one by one the sick ones died and the
others lost heart. De Leon himself be
gan to give way to doubt, and at last one
night they held a council. Reduced in
number, weakened by long marches and
poor food, to say nothing of the expos
ure to the damp night air, aod in need of
provisions, they had but ono course
to return. So the search for the Foun
lain of Youth ended as all others had
in death and disappointment. De Leon,
with a few followers, mnde his way home
and four or five years later set out upon
another expedition, on which be died at
sea. But even to-day the old men of
our Indian tribes, many of them, tell that
old tradition, and pointing to the sunset
land, say: 'Yonder lies the Fountain of
Youth.'"
"And there is no such ' thing, uncle
Joe?" asked Jack rather sadly "no
wonderful spring to make us all young
again when we grow old?"
"Most people say not, my boy, but
like brave old De Leon, I believe there
is such a fountain, and those who are
willing to suffer may find it. Did you
ever notice how jolly and kind hearted
some very old folks are? How, when
they smile and talk with you, you forget
their white hair and unsteady step, and
seem to be talking to a child?"
"Grandpa Hearde?" cried Jack.
"Yes," went on his uncle, "he is one
of those who have drunk of this magic
stream. There are many such, and again
I meet others, very young in years, who
are in coldness of heart and ugly ways.
Wrinkles seem to scar their faces up, and
I always feel that I am before one of the
really old when I meet such a person.
All that is happy and good in a child's
life they have lost so soon, and all that is
gloomy and bad in old age they have
gained before their time. Lean over,
Jacky dear, and I'll whisper to yon the
name of the Fountain of Youth, and if
you find it, drink deep and loan and often,
and you'll live a happy, a useful jus, a
glorious life for tt afterward. Love, pure,
strong, iauuiui love, ioveioraii toe world,
for the humblest creatures that crawl, as
well as for your fellow men, will keep you
young forever.
"It is the disappointments of life that
keep us unhappy. People are not what
we think they should be and it buns us.
Then, too, we are not what we ouht to
man, so we neglect him, pa? him by,
and leave him to shift for himself.'
'But when ym rwilly love a person,
Jacky, all that is bst in yon eomw out,
Your own troubles grow small and you
live for the other, whose gladness, be it
evor so trilling, mala you happy fur
days. Grandpa sot? is too old in years
to play. His body is too tired to ruo any
more, but in bis love for you, laddie, he U
youog again. He gets you a ww toy
ship and watches you ssil it on the mill
pond just as carefully as he would if he
er d.r.g it. Your plMsures are hi,
ind he f.;rt;.':s bis aches when he nefs
your jolly face.
Whitt a iint Lwe cnu;cs into one's
ife, Jacky, the world is changed, Jurt
as the trees in the yard that were dark
and mournful in the rain of yesterday,
were lit up with a sunny light to-day, so
things that were sorrows before, become
great joys to a loving heart. Think it
over, Jacky, and lemember, you know
where the Fountain of Youth is now, and
when you look you'll fiod it. There'll
be manv swamns and black woods to
pass through, often harsh words or Ufr
kind acts will makejthe way very rough,
but be brave, my dear boy, and you'll
reach it at last."
"Uncle Joe." said the little boy smil
ing, "I'll set out for it now, and you will
co with me to find the Fountain of
Youth, won't you?"
"Yes, dear heart," said uncle Joe.
"dreams."
If a man dreams the devil is after him
it is a tign that he had better settle his
subscription bill.
If he drenms of earthquake nnd a
turmoil generally, it is a sign that he is
going to be married.
If he dreams that his bead is in danger,
and that his hair tails out, it is a stgn
that he will have a quarrel with his wifu.
If he dreams of speaking familiarly to
o ghost with horns and tail, it is a sign
that lie had better reduce his liquor bill,
If he dreams of making a fool of him
self, it is a truo sign it is so.
TWO KINDS OF MODH9TY.
Whoner noes women in full dress for
the first time rvgards it as iuimo iest;
whoever sees women in short skirts for
the first time regards them as immodest.
Hoops were imtuoJest when they oatne
in fashion a generation ago; clinging
skirts were immodest when feminine
garments betian to shrink; bustles were
immodest the other day; and now the
closeness of women's robes about hips
and les is immodest. t
Over a preat part of the world it is
considered grossly immodest for a woman
to permit any man save father, son,
husband or brother to look on her face
unveiled; and a woman is often obliged to
scramble under the sola at the unexpected!
entrance of her husband's brother into
the apartment.
The simple fact is that the dear crea
tures charm us into acquiescence and
admiration, whatever they do, and then
startle us out of both to be lulled anew
to content after a brief protest. Let us
not confound conventionality with virtue,
or modesty with the outward sign of that
inward grace.
M I II I L- - I, . IJB
Wilmington, N. C.
John N. Webb, Esq.,
Washington, D. U.
My Dear Sir: Forthe benefit of those
who suffer from Nervous Debility I would
say that in my opinion no mediciue will
give the permanent relief to be obtained
from the use of Eleotropoise. I have
had one in my family for nearly a year
and do not hesitate to say it is invaluable
to us.
In my own case of Nervous Dyspepsia
which wag attended with all the horrors
incident to the disease in its worst form, I
found it gave me relief when everything
else failed, and I feel confident its use
Inid the foundations fur the good health
I now enjoy after three years of suffering
such as few men could stand.
Very truly yours,
W. R.FRKSCH.
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