Show A ci it was V as night jerusalem sw as quietly amid her hills As a child u upon pon i ita ta mothers breast the noiseless sentinel n 1 stood wco a statue abbis at his post and the philosophers lo lamp burned dimly in tho the hi his chamber but it ft moral darkness invoked ed tho the nation in its enlightened shadows reason shed a faint glimmering in tho the minds of mot mon liko like the cold and insufficient shining of a distant star the immortality of mans spirl spiritual ritual nature was unknown his relations unto linto heaven beaven undiscovered and his future destiny obscured in a cloud of mystery it was waa at this period that two forms of ethereal mould hovered about the land of gods goas chosen bosc n people they seemed liko like sister bister angels angela sent to earth on embassy of love the ono one of 11 jestic statue and well formed limb which her snowy drapery hardly concealed in n her eielt bearing be aring and steady eye exhibited the highest of strength and confidence her righting right arm inn was extended in an impressive gesture upward night appeared placed her darkest pavilion while on the left reclined her bar delicate companion in form and countenance tho the contrast of tho the other drooping liko like a flower floer moistened by refreshing dews and her bright but troubled eyes scanned them with ardent glan glances cos suddenly a light like tho the sun flashed out from tho the heavens and rid fajth and hope hailed with exulting song the ascending stars of bethlehem years yeara rolled aimy and the stranger was seen in jerusalem ho he mas ft a meek unassuming man whose happiness seemed to consist in riots acts of benet benevolence to the human race there was as deep cop traces races 0 so won his is coun countenance nance t n no one knew why ho he grieved for ho he li lived in t the e practice of e aery cry virtue and was 0 bic o cd by 3 a all 11 the good and wise by and by it was a rumored mored that tho the stranger worked mirles mir that the blind saw raw that tho the dumb spoke tho the dead mose aiono the ocean moderated its chafing tide tho the very thunders articulated ho he is the sop of god I 1 envy eavy assailed him to death slowly and thickly guarded ho ascended the hill of Calv calvary nry A heavy cross bent on his at m and hope dipping dippi tho the pinions in his blood mounted to the mack IV ck of the cincinnati bia mercial do scribes bej general grant its as ho be appeared at a full dress ball late in the evening general grant and his lady arrived ulysses was immediately assailed had by a young lady and hauled rather than escorted into tho the dau dancing toom room where ho he was dalcine cine immediately mustered austere for or a quadrille ho he was in full dress citizen not military and looked exceedingly odd to choso who had not f seen him but in uniform ho he seemed to me much smaller and narrower shouldered than be had over ever before appeared it may be because of the record that is ln inseparable a arable rolia ironi ir his name that man many y see und under 1 r his is military coat so great eat a resemblance to the great soldiers who gave have lived before him but in dressi dressing ug for a party ile ho certainly spoils a good soldier to make ft a very looking beau whom I 1 take it tho the ladies would va bo slow to full fall the least in love with his fair partner pushed him through tho the dance with moderate success buc cees cess ho he dont seem to ii like J e it a bit ho he was embarrassed at tho the call of every figure and prid coulat for his aaa life a fair start at right and left all round roun his is right hard baud instinctively went want where tho the left was called for and vice versa ho he seems t to 0 h have ave a groat great fear of treading on an the lad ladies tea diesser dies di esses sor this fear is not peculiar to the general it IE pervades the minds oc of many gentlemen on cra buch occasions for my part I 1 unhesitatingly affirm that tho the most delightful sound to be heard in a ball room is tho the ravishing r r y r ip that tells of a dislocated skirt aubic m the sinn sinners ors car far more en cha chanting than can be got out of voice or instrument ment what else also is a 0 long trailing ailini tr silk but a standing invitation for tho the delicious embarrassing barr assing scene that follows a good square tramp if gentlemen wont take the hint its because they aro are too dull but sur surely ely the ledies would not wear such streaming costumes if they did not want them torn occasionally sio nally I 1 |