Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-03-16

mas scrnon uPoH the teHt, " "A pieaSanJ tnlng
it is for the eyes to behold the SUM-" Its most
striking portion is that in which he draws pic
ture of the earth, deprived of all lght--a pic
ture of such wondrous beauty that we have Oft
en- regretted its absence from the worlds great
gallery
What lights to the earth, even so are smiles
to the heart. We could as we'll endure dark
ness in the external as in the internal world.
Light begets, assists, fructifies. From the earth
it calls up the graceful blade and the blushing
flower-from the heart it summons earnest pur-
poses, great deeds, triumphant achievements
Sad would be the earth--sad would be the heart
on which no sunbeam,fell
There is a beauty in smile matchless, sur
passing beauty. Wesay of the child that smiles
amid its slumbers, that it is talking with the an
gels. We have ever some gentle fancy, when
this Z" sunlight of the lips" covers us with its
magic radiance. A mothers smile is stamped
upon the heart in living beauty. The old man
turns his dim eye within, and sees it glowing
there as wildly as in the hours of his long lost
childhood The last smile of the dead stays
with us until we 90 to them, and seems most
lovely when we lose it,
There is power in a smile. 1t has done
what eloquence and force have failed to do. 1t
has lighted many stricken soul back to peace,
from the grim country of sorrow. 1t has arrest
ed the hand reached forth for blood; and changed
the assassin into childish weeper. It has
snatched many victim from the grasp of Sa-
tan, and fitted many a candidate for the luxuries
of Paradise.
There is power in smile. "a man may
smile, and be villain" and yet the counterfeit
is readily distinguished. The christian smiles
when he thinks of coming fruition-the maiden
smiles when she gives her hand and heart away.
A smiling lip needs not the endorsement of
words.
Smiles are cheap-why should they not be
plentiful? Their influence is beyond all CON-
putaton-we cannot form smile that has no
effect If it be at home, it augments the cheer
fulness of the family circle if it be on the
highway it finds lodgment, and brings forth
fruit in some strange heart. Let us smile at
care-it will keep its dark shape far from us.
Let us smile on joy-it will intensity its pow
ers, and increase its benefits. Buff Express.
MUSCULAR sTRENGTH.-The muscular strength
Of the human body is indeed wonderful. A
Turkish porter will trot at rapid pace, and car
ry weight Of six hundred pounds. Milo, a GEL
ebrated athletm of Crotona, in Italy, accustom-
ed himself to carry the greatest burdens, and by
degrees became monster in strength. 1t is
said that he carried on his shoulder an OK four
years old, weighing upwards of one thousand
pounds, and afterwards killed him with one blow
of his fist. He was seven times crowned at the
Pythian games, and six at the Olympic. He
presented himself the seventh time, but no one
had the courage to enter the list against him.
He was one of the disciples of Pythagoras, and
TO his uncommon strength that learned precept-
or and his pupils owed their lives. The pillar
which supported the roof of the house suddenly
gave way, but Milo supported the roof of the
building, and gave the philosopher time to es-
cape. In old age he attempted to pull up a tree
by its roots and break it. He partially effected
it-but his strength being gradually exhausted,
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pinched in the body of it. He was then alone;
and unable to disengage himself, died in that po-
sition. Haer mentioned that he saw man,
whose finger caught in chain at the bottom of
a mine, by keeping it forcibly bent, supported,
by that means, the whole weight of his body,
one hundred and fifty pouDds,until he was drawn
up to the surface, a distance of six hundred feet
Augustus H., King of Poland could rol! up
silver plate like sheet of paper, and twist the
strongest horse shoe asunder. A lion is said to
have left the impression of his teeth upon
piece of solid iron. The mostprodigious pow
er of muscle is exhibited by the fish. The whale
moves with velocity through dense medium,
water, that would carry him around the world
in less than fortnight; and sword fish has
been known to strike his weapon through the
plank of a ship. N. Y. Mirror.
A young aspirant for office recently sent Gen.
Pierce letter urging his claims, accompanied
by his daguerrotype. lie is said to be apparent
ly about twenty-four years old, good looking
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