Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-05-12
II2e Stars.

Tfae Stars.
In his lecture, Professor MIrcuELL,
of Cincinnati, remarked:
have gazed upon these objects in the
dead Of the night, when earth's thou
sands of beating, throbbing hearts were
quoted in sIumber, when the rapid, flu
rious pulse of business was stilled in the
arms Of sleep: from the summit of that
hill, which my friend has described,
with what mighty instrument have |
sWeptthe regions of space. There was
a time when my own mind could not
take in these objects; it seemed ilnpos-
sible | could not stretch my magma
ton to these utmost limits. But now
put your eye to this instrument, and tell
me what breaks in upon your vision
All, sec a most beautiful sight-milI-
ions of diamond points sprinkling the
blue vault of the heavens How
strange is that other object Shall |
tell YOU what object it is? Go with me
through the-regions Of Space-onward
onward. | see it expanding increas-
lng-l sec diamond points in ii lighting
up with brilliancy and splendor As
We near the object we find it eXpan-
ding till it fills thc whole Universe it
self; for it is nothing less than a Uni
verse Of Stars. Where are we now
Look backward, and what is bchind?-
Is our own san visible in the mighty
galaxy? Yes. | see nothing but Il
dim stain. a ncbuIous blaze. Yet that
is a mighty system we have left behind
This is but one and it is the nearest of
all of them. The great clustuc in the
constellation recalls a picture which |
hope to present, as seen through our
telescope Go off into another dircc-
ton and YOU will not only bring up tens
and hundreds, but thousands Of these
bright and beautiful star islands Of the
Universe, streWcd throughout the vast
regions of Space
The North has one electoral vote for
every 52,576 trcemcn, and the South
one for every Al 1876 freemcn Their
slaves give them an advantage of 1000
in every district Is it not strange that
men who coyct political power, should
struggle to retain this advantage?
UHm Temperance raa d0.-In Mrs.
Halls book on Ireland occurs the follow
ing passage, which person will hardly
/ read without emotion
I'VE entered one day cottage in the sub
urbs of Cork: Young woman was knitting
stockings at the door. 1t was as neat as
any IN the most prosperous districts OF
England. We tell her brief story i'll her
own words, as nearly as we can recall
them:-My husband is a wheelwrIght, and
/ always earned Il guinea a week; he was a
good workman. but the love for the drink
was strong in him, and it wasn't often he
brought me home more than five shilIings
out of his one pound on Saturday night,
and it broke my heart to see the children
too ragged to send to school, to say moth
ing Of the starved look they had out of the
little | could give them. Well, God be
praised, he took the pledge, and the next
Saturday he laid twenty-One shillings upon
the chair you sit upon. o, didn't give
thanks upon my Bonded knees that night
Sui, | was fearful ii would not last, and |
spent no more than the five shiIings | used
to, saying to myself, may be the money
will be more wanted than it is now. Well,
the next week he brought me the same, and
the next and the next, until eight weeks
had passed; and glory to God there was
no change for the bad in my husband, and
all the while he never asked me why there
was nothing better for him out Of his earn
ings. SO felt there was no fear for him,
and the ninth week, when he came home to
me, had this table bought, and these six
chairs, one for myself, four for the children,
and one for himself; and was dressed in 4
new gown, and the children all had new
clothes and shoes and stockings, and upon
his chair put the bill and receipt for them
all, Just the eight sixteen shillIngs, the cost
that Id saved out of his wages, not know
ing what might happen, and that always
went for drink. And he cried good lady
and good gentleman, he cried like . baby,
but twas with, thanks to God; and now
where's the healthier man than my hus-
band in the county of Cork, or a happier
wife than myself, or decenter or better fed
children than mysown!'
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