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m ygyiaipjEB lFjpiaifjiY. 1 THE STAR OF HOPF. Tub Star of Hope beams brightly o'er The cheerless scene of earth? And they who onco have cherished it, Are wout to know its worth. And they who trace its onward course Through tho fadeless azuro ?ky, Thouch its lustra ofl.an km>iiis to fade. O " " They know 'twill never die. Who would grasp the phantom bright, And claim it for their own 1 Or hope for joys which are not theirs, To troasuro them unknown. But soon, alas! the vision's fled ; The golden dream is p;vst? The dazzling Star of Hope's grown diiu, Its brightness cannot last. Yet still they feel it will return. To beam again more blight, To shed its brilliant halo round The soul bereft of light. But there are some to whom it seems By shadowy clouds o'er cast? Who deem it but a beacon light, Of joyous memories past. ?MD. A Texas Joker. Some years ago wo copied the following fun from the Texas "Morning Star, published at Houston. It lately fell in our way again and wo were bo tickled upon reading it once more that we determined to start it again for a 6econd heat. Wo will take 110 small odds that in three months time it will liavo been published in half the newspapers in the country : Aquatic Scenery.?During the hardest of the storm the day before yesterday, we took a lounge down to the steamboat landing. While standing on the brink of a deep gully that cmp tied its torrents of water into the bayon, our attention was attracted to the l>ottom ot the g?Uy? where a drunken loafer was stemming the torrent and holding on to a root last anchored in the bank. The fellow, not knowing ; any one was near him, was combatting his fate manfully, and in calculating i his chances of escape, gave utterance to the following:? < "Ilaynt this a orful sitivation to be placed in, nohow ? If I was a steam- i 1>oat, a rail, or a wood pile, I'd he bet- : ter worth fit* y cents on the dollar than i I'll ever be again. Unless I'm a gone case now, there haynt any truth in i phrenology. I've weighed all the i chances now like a gineral, and only i two that bears in my favor; the first is ( a skunk hole to crawl into, and the sec- < end a special interposition of Providence ; and the best chance of the two i isso slim, it*I only had the chance I'd give the premium for the skunk hole I ?thorn's my sentiments. If I could i ben mink, or a muskrat, or a water l snake, for about two minutes, perhaps 1 I would mount the first stop t'other of 1 Bio, and flap mv wings and crow over < precious life, scientifically preserved, i But what's the use holdin' on to this 1 root? There haynt no skunk hole in < these diggins, the water is gettin taller ; about a toot, and if my nose was as long < as infinity it would'nt stick out much longer. , uO, Jerry! Jerry! you're a gone i sucker, and I guess your niarm don't I know you're out; poor woman! won't < she cry the glasses out of her spectacles 1 when she hears that her darlin' Jerry ; has got the whole of the Buffcrlo Ilio ? for his coffin t What a pity 'tis some philanthropic, or member of the humane society, never had foresight I enough to build u house across this gut- i ter, with a steam engine to keep out ] the water 1 If they had done it in time, i they might have had the honor and ( gratification of saving the life of a fel- > ler being ; but it is all day with you. t Jerry! and a big harbor to cast | r anchor in. It's too bad to go oil" in f this orful manner, when they knows I 1 oilers hated water ever since I was big I enough to know 'twant whisky." s Before Jerry got to the conclusion, t die was washed into the bayou, within < a few feet of a large flat that had just I started for the steamboat. His eye i caught the prospect of deliverance, i and ho changed the burden of his dirge into a thrilling cry of "iicavc to! p;issenger overboard and sinking with a < l?elt ful of specie!?the man who saves ( me makes his fortune !" Jerry was i fished ont by a darkey, and to show his . gratitude invited Qnnshey to "go up to < tho groggory and liquor." I A. Slight Yistakk.?A few days since a German was riding alona San some stroet, in Sacramento when he heard the whizzing of a hall near hitn, 4Uid felt his hut shaken. lie turned about and saw a man with a revolver rm hie hand, and took olF Jiis hat and found a fresh bullet hole in it. uI)i<{ you sbooot at meif" asked the Gernjim. "Yes," replied the other party; * that's iny horse. It was* stolen from m? recently." "You in irt Jm in!-taken,'' said the Utfb*. . - A. - Herman ; "I have owned the horse for three yeai*8." "Well," said' tho otlior, "when I come to look at him I believe I am mistaken. Excuse mo, sir \ won't you take a drin^Tho ri' .er dismounted and tied his hOI'SO- TllP. two fltnnil O lllMliVin/. no v ?vu vn inning o?" I i loon, they drank together and parted) friends. This is the Calfornia way of making acquaintances. Bringing a Drunkard to liis Son80S. We find in the New Orleans Picar yun4?8 city intelligence, of the 16th, the following account of a drunkard's surprise. It is not an unusual thing for loafers in New Orleans, after they have done a heavy business during the day, in the "carrying trade," and when they are past caring a continental for the slight difference between Hag stones and fathers, to seek repose on banquetts and in alleys?Monfy Advertiser. "A drunken man, last evening, laid himself down for a quiet nap, near a| fence, 011 the sidewalk of Terpsichore j street, and was soon happy in the | ureurns 01 1110 snoring gou. >V hue lie slept, the houses on 'the opposite sido of the street were in flumes, and the enginery of the lire brigade moved about with a rush and a rattle. At length some individual with a heavy heel, while pressing his anxious way along the crowded sidewalk, planted his foot on the inebriate snorer's breast. This was too much. The sleeper awakened, started to his feet, and, staring around with eager optics, asked : "Am I in hell, or is tno world on tire?"? Without waiting for an answer, he took to his heels, and started olf, as if tlio dark demons of delircum tremens were in chase of him*" Smart Children.?A child of thrco years of age, with a book in its infant hands, is a fearful sight. Jt is too often the death warrant, such as the condemned stupidity looks at?fatal, yet beyond his comprehension. What should a child three years old?nay, live or six years old?be taught ? Strong meats for weak digestions make not. bodily strength. Let there he nursery tales and nursery rhymes. I ! would say to every parent, especially every mother,'sing to your children; tell them pleasant stories; if in the country be not too careful lest they get a little dirt upon their hands and clothes ; earth is very much akin to us all, and in children's out-of-door plays soils them not inwardly. There is in it a kiiul of consanguinity between all creatures; by it wo touch upon the common sympathy of our first substance, and beget a kindness fin* our poor relations, the brutes. Let chil | ilren have a free, open air sport, and fear not though they make ncipiain- j tance with the pigs, the donkeys, and 'lie chickens : they may form worse ' friendships with wiser-looking ones.? Kncourage a familiarity with all that j love them ; dumb animals love ehilIren, and childen love them. There is a language among them which the world's language obliterates in the ( jldors. Tt. is more importance that j you should make your children loving , ' ban that you should make them wise. ; Above all things, mako them loving; 1 md then, parents, if you become old ' md poor, these will be better titan ' friends that will lieg'ect you. ChilIren brought up lovingly et your knees will never shut their doors upon you, md point where they would have you 50.?Bloci wood's Magazine. ( A Keen Answkii.?Count Staekel- | jerg was once sent on a particular ' nission by the Empress Catharine into * Poland ; on the same occasion Thurgut " aus dispatched hy the Emperor of jrennany. J loth these ambassadors yore strangers to each other. When * he morning for the audience had * irrived, Thurgnt ushered into a magni- 1 iccnt saloon, where, seeing a dignihed ooking man seated, and surrounded 1 jy several Polish noblemen, who wore ( standing most respectfully before him, ' '.lie German ambassador (Thurgut) con- ' dndod it was the king, and addressed dm as such with the accustomed formalities. This dignified looking charac- ' ter turned out to be Stackelburg, who 1 received the unexpected homage with ' pride and silence. Soon after, the king ! entered the chamber, Thurgut, per- ! eeived his mistake, retired much mortified and abashed. In the evening it jo happened that both these emlmssa- 1 lors were playing cards at the same ' table with his majesty. The Gorman envoy throw down a card saying : J The king of clubs!' 4A mistake, said the monarch ; 'it is the knave.' 'Pardon mo, sij1,' exclaimed Thurgut casting a significant glanco at Stackollmrg, 'thi9 is the second time to day I have taken a knave for a king.' Stackolhnro. thornvh verv uromntftt . n^- _?*r I ~ '"I repartee, bit Ins lip aud was silent. A California cotcmporary, speaking of a new p.tncr just started, says: 4Jt only lacks ability ami character to Ik* Hiram Powers was a native of Now ' England, and was taken to Cincinnati, a poor, uneducated boy.. While very voung ho was thrown entirely upon ui? own resources. Patience, industry and temperance have had quite as much to do with making him famous as his undoubted genius. While a boy, wo are told, he displayed a mechanical genius of the moet remarkable kind. With a common knife or- file ho would shape a piece of wood or metal into any form to suit liia fancy. Without any provions instruction lie succeeded in building an organ, and invented a lathe for turning metals.? Brass, iron and stone wore equally manageable in his bauds. He probably obtained quite as much renown in Cincinnati by the construction ot a model called the Lower Regions, which scerns to have materializ-1 cd Dante's Inferno, as he has since gained all over tlio world by his Eve and the Greek Slave. Ilis residonco in Rome aud Florence was the result of hard toil, the means being slowly accumulated ; and he probably owes much of his final success toGreenough, who, like a true artist, extended a helping hand to the struggling genius.? lie is probably best known as the producer of that, more than classic creation the Greek Slave. The stern chastity of this piece of statuary makes it, in the estimation of many very competent judges, even superior that master piece the Venus do Medici. For varied, and yet alwys pure and truthful expression, the Slave is a master piece : and yet one can scarcely look upon his later productions, Eve and the Fisher Boy, without regretting that the Greek Slave should seem to rob those perfect works of art of their true glory. All that Powers does ho performs well; he has set a grand ideal before him; he is iudefatigably laborious; and his privat character is said to be above reproach. These facts, and his steady perseverance under the most difficult and trying circumstances, are pronaoiy tlic true secrets of his rise from the position of a poor, friendless boy, in thfc streets of Cincinnati, t<? that ot the world's gratcst sculptor in this age. And these same traits of character, faithfully developed and carefully J garded, will raise any young working man, or any poor boy, if not to the < same height of fame, yet to the same 1 position of actual nobility. A Musical Promoy.?There is, in ' this vicinity, a blind negro boy, only six years old, the property of James ( X. Bethuno, of the Corner Stone, who exhibits the most wonderful capacity . for music, and is able to play almost ' my piece, even the most difficult, up- < >11 the piano forte, after hearing it once t jr twice. lie has never been instruc- a ted in music; his knowledgo of the i science is, therefore, instinctive. lie ? liasjthc most intense passion for music, 1 ind exhibits the greatest emotion dur- 1 ing his pcrf nuances. We have nev- ' 21* seen so wonderful a musical prodigy 1 jetorc.?Columbus Times. The Alton (111.) Courier, establish- \ 2d by subscription as a Democratic t l>aper, has 6ued a delinquent subscridct for his suliscription arrearages.? [ The defence set up is that the Conner is not a Democratic paper. Eminent y 2onnsel have been employed on both 1 iides, and the decision of the caso is 1 looked for with much interest. 1 An Irish girl in a Massachusetts 1 vdllagc, who was in tlio habit of soaping ( the dirty clothes before putting them o sok.1', on being told by her mistress ] jo get a dried codfish and put it to soak, ] or dinner, did so, after rubbing it. over miartly with a good quantity of hard ioap. Jealousy am) Women.?A woman is ' iit-her worth nothing or a great deal. ? If good for nothing, she is not worth i getting jealous for; if sho be a true 11 A'ouiau, she will give no cause for jcal- , )iisy. A man is a brute to be jealous f jf saeli a woman?a fool to be jealous s jf a worthless one?hut a double fool t x> cut his throat for either of them. i The wife of a Colonel's at a late re- 1 new in Dublin, was stopped by a sentry, who told him sho was Colonel's lady. 'No matter for that ma'am" t laid the sentry?'if you were his wife you could not pass." 1 When Sir Walter Scott was urged , not to prop up the falling credit of an [ acquaintance, he replied.' The man 1 was my friend when friends were few; ? and I will be his, now that enemies are many.' A youno Irish student at the veterinary college beingasked? "If a broken-windfin 1ir>r?? brought to him to euro, what would he | advise?" I "Sell him ns soon as possible." 'My fortune is made,' says one, 'I I have a competency forever." And the | next day ho diotf! Douola? JfcKHoi.n says that old bachelors nro likedry wood; when they do tnko lT?tnie ihoy Jo burn prodigiously. . % HOWARD ASSOCIATION iPsaaitiAJDiaiDPisia^ Important Announcement. rIX> all parsons afflicted with Sexual diseases, Jl such as Spermatorrhoea, Seminal Weakness, Impotence, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Symphllls, the Vico of Onanism, or Self-abuse, Ac., Ac. The HOWARD ASSOCIATION of Philadel?t.! 2 ? / At- rf -1 5 - A c {nun, in now ui niu nwiui ucsirucnon oi numnn ifo and licnlth, caused by Sexual diseases, and the deceptions which are practised upon the unfortunate victims of such diseases by Quacks, have directed their Consulting Surgeon, as a Chavitablo net worthy of their name, to give Medical Advice Gratis, to all persons thus afflict cd, (Mnloor Female.,) who apply by letter, with n description of their condition, (age, occupation, habits of life, Ac.,) and in cases ol extreme poverty and suffering, to Furnish Medicine frco of Charge. Tho Howard Association is a benevolent Institution, established by a special endowment, for the relief of the sick and distressed, afflicted with "Virulent and Epidemic Diseases," and its funds can be used for no other purpose. It has now n surplus of means, which tho Directors have voted to advertisa the above notice. It is needless to add that the Association commands the highest Medical skill of tho age, and will furnish the most approved modern trcntinont Valuable nd vico also given to sick and nervous females, afflicted with Womb Complaint, Lcucorrhoca, Ac. Address, (post-paid,) Dr. George 11. Cal houn. Consulting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pcnn. By order of tho Directors, EZRA D. II ART WELL, President GEO. FAIKCllILD, Secretary. aug24. 15 tf "The OpenBible." A OF.NTS WANTED to sell n new work, cnJ.\. titled "Paganism, Popery ami Christianity, or tho blessings of an Open Biblo," as shown in the History of Christianity, from the time of our Savior to the prosen 1 day, by Vincint W. Miller. With n view of the latest developments of Rome's Hostilities to the Bible, as exhibited in various parts of the world, and an expose of the absurdities of the immuculnto conception, and the idolatrous veneration of the Virgin Mary, by Rev. J. F. Berg, D. I>., author of "The Jesuit*," "Church and State," Ac., Ac. The author of the work. Dr. Berg, is acknowledged to be the most able writer on Romanism in tho country ; those who have read his discussions with Archbishop Hughes, will need no more assurance of this fact. ?5?" Agents will find this the most saleable book published: it is a largo l2mo. volume, of four hundred And thirty pnges, illustrated with numerous engravings, beautifully and substantially bound, and sold at ?1 25 per copy. , Specimen copies sent by mail, post paid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the above { rice. Send for n copy, and judge for yourselves. Address J. W. BRADLEY, Publisher, 18 North Fourth street, Philadelphia. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION FOR TIIF WHOLE WORLD. chapman's cheat di9covkhv. < r I ^ 11 IS Monlh ly Ila i? bo w, or Chapma ris \ A pre-calculations J'or elementary chun- \ /?'#, based upon the discovery of the physical < nwsaiul hnrmony of electrical action pervaling the solar system, as involved in tho dif- \ "ering clfeots of light modified (or polarized) iv diilVsriiiir nntrb's <?r mtliwlinn t\n n Inm/. ? .v.?V..W.' >" ""g? > scale. This important discovery of the laws ' >f nature which regulate the changes of the dements, constitutes a subject of magnitude md importance, perhaps uusurpassed by my other on the pages of historic record.? ' I'lio surprising accuracy with which Dr. Chapman is enabled to pre-calculate all elenentary changes predisposing more to ilorms, earthquakes, auroras, (be., and also itmospheric changes within the hour of each lay, months in the future, and the physical fleets on the health, feelings and humors ol nankind, must be admitted by all unprejii- > liccd minds to be of incalculable advantage o the whole human race. In presenting the Rain cow to the public, re do not claim it to be an infallible weather piidc. Rut this much toe do claim, that it J sill be found to be collect to the letter eight ? imes out of every ten. All we ask is a can- ' lid examination. Terms of Rainbow, $1 r >cr year, in advance, 50 cents for six months, i Chapman's Paint!pia., or nlaure's first e irinciplcs, cloth binding, 12mo., 200 pages. n /olumo first contains a full explanation of 1 he discovery to which Dr. Chapman has ( icvoted the last nino years of close obscrva- ^ aiu?. Published every six months, (March i md September, price fcl per volume, for vhich it will be sent, post paid, to any part >f tbe country. First volume now ready. Address CAMPBELL k Co., Mo. 73 South Fourth St. above Walnut, I'hihula. j A CARD. nAVIXO associated Col. Robest P. Good- 1 i.rrr with myself in the mercantile buei- t less, the said business will be carried on under . 1.3 name and style of GRADY ?fc GOODLKTT, ' it my old Stand on the south west corner of the 4 inbbe square. J hereby take occasion to return ny thank? for the liberal patronage heretofore leatowed on me. and solicit n continuance of he same for the new Jinn above referred to, eeling confident that wo will be able fo give atisfaetion to all who inny favor us with a call. It is with reluctance that I must truly say that teccssity constrains me, to notify those who arc ndebtea to mo cither by note or book account ireviousto let of January, 1855, to call and pay ' ip. JUIIN W. GRADY, January 23, 1855. 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Four copies ayear for $5. ARTHUR'S HOME MAGAZINE during the yenr 1855, will contain between 800 and 1000 double column octavo page* of carefully edited reading matter. It will, in addition, be largely illustrated in the beet stylo of art, with elegant 6teel and colored Engravings, and by several hundred fine wood Engravings of cities, scenery, remarkable places, and objects in Science, Art, Natural History, Needlework, tho Latest Fashions, Articles of Dress, dec. All for $1,25 a year, in clubs of four subscribers. TLRMS:?ONE COPY, for one yea?. $2,00; TWO COPIES, for one year, $3,00; THREE COPIES, for ono year, $4,00 ; FOUR COPIES, for ono yenr, $5,00. J?4T All additional subscribers beyond four at tho snmo rate ; that is, $1,25 per Annum. 0^7" Where Twelve Subscribers and $15 arc sent, the getter up of tho club will be entitled to an additional copy of the magazine. Lady's Rook and Iloine Magazine, one year for $3,50. XtTSpccimen numbers sent to all who wish to subscribo or make up clubs. T. S. ARTHUR & Co., 107 WALNUT ST., Philadelphia, Ta. Mattress Making, &o. r |"M(F. subscriber informs the publie that he .1 hns epened his Shop one door above P. N I'owkilh A Co's dry good Store, where ha iatends carrying on the bnsino* of IflATTBttS) MAKF.lt and llOLSTERKIk Mattresses eoastantly on hand ami made to order, and repairing done at th? shortest notice. He alao eana^ ges to lay Carpets, hang Window Khedea, ?*. He respectfully uolicils a share of pnhlie patrdn? ago. John e PiaAgit i ju lft. ft 3T tf