The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-10-11

The knowledge, necessary TO keep this
grain and fruit.makiug machine running
to the best advantage, is agricultural SCI
ence.
If YOU relied for q living on water mill
or steam engine. you would no, be content
without knowing as much about its structure,
and the laws of its motion, as would enable
you 10 get the most OUT OF IT with the least
wear anG tear. This would be mechanical
science.
Science is the handmade of art. The lat
ter cannot exist, even In rude state, without
the former. l do not say, that every artisan
ia bound 10 comprehend the whole theory OF
his trade. But he should know--or, at least,
he should not refuse TO know--the practical
resu l,s Of other peoples experience, as we'll
i as his own Very little is done in this world
by mere force Blind labor swells its mus
cles, and strains its nerves, to no purpose
The miner digs in vain, until geology tells
him the position of the treasure he seeks
The dyer cannot make his colors adhere, un-
less chemistry furnishes him mordant. Op-
tics must teach the painter the law OF per-
spec,ive, before his picture will stand out on
the canvass. The vessel of the mariner will
float OF random, nnil he learns from natural
philosophy, that the magnetic needle points
to the pole.
II is thus that Science aids US in the COM
mones. business of life, and scarcely claims
the work as her own. Siareyed and glorious
as she is, she disdains not the humblsst en-
ploymenis. She comes to you, with benev-
olence and truth beaming from her face, and
offers her service, not only to decorate your
houses and train the flowers in your garden
plots, but to fashion your Implements, 10
compound your manures, 10 sow and gather
your crops--to relieve you, in short, from a
whole world of fdrudgery, and to scatter plen-
ty all over The smiling land. She will put
time and space under ;your command, and
pour out uncounted heaps Of treasure at your
feet. |, was of her that Solomon spoke. when
he said "ler merchandise is richer than the
merchandise of silver, and The gain thereof
greater than fine gold. She is more precious
than rubies, and all thou cans't desire lie not
10 be compared unto her. Length Of ays is
in her right hand, and in her left hand riches
and honor."
Without Science, man the ruler of this
world, would be the most helpless of all ami
mated beings. His Creator made him the
monarch of the earth, and gave him domin-
ion over il, to govern and control ii; 10 levy
unlimited contributions upon it, and convert
everything in il to his own use. But he found
himself at the head of a revolted empire. All
its physical forces were in state OF nsurrec-
lion against bis lawful authority. The inie-
rior animals were his enemies. The storms
poured their fury on his unsheltered head.
He was terrified by the roar Of thunder, and
the lightning scared his eye balls He was
parched under the hot sun of summer, and
in winter he was pierced by the cold. The
soil, cursed for his sake, produced thorns and
thislles. The food that might sustain his life
grew beside the poison that would destroy it,
and he knew moi how to distinguish the one
| from the other. The earth had hid her min
erals deep in her bosom, and guarded them
with rampant Of thck-ribbed rocks. The
rivers obslrucied his passage, the mountains
irowned their defiance upon him; and the,
forest spread It's gloom around him, breath
ing browner horror upon the dangers that
beset his way. II be left The dry land and
trusted himself TO the ocean, the waters yawn.
edDtos euguiph him, and the tempest came
bowling on bis track He seemed an exile
and an ouicas. in the world of which he was
made 10 be the sovereign. But Science
comes to the rescue ol the powerless king
from his misery and degradation. Gradual
| ly he learns from her the laws of his empire,
aud the means by which his rebel subjects
may be conquered. From age to age he
accumulaies the knowledge, that clothes him
with power, and fills his heart with courage.
Step afe: step he mounts upwatd TO the
throne which God commissioned him TO fill.
He holds barren sceptre IN his hand no Ion.
ger. Creation bends TO do him homage. The
subjuaaied elements own him for their lord
yield Kim their feally, and becomes the SER
wants of his will. The mine surrenders its
treasures; the wilderness blooms around him
like new Eden the rivers and the sea bear
his wealth upon their bosom the winds wait
his navies round the globe steam, the join,
product Of fire and water, becomes his obe.
dien, and powerful slave; the sunbeams are
trained 10 do his painting; the lightning leaps
away 10 carry his messages; and The earh
works with ceasless activity to bring forth
whatever can minister 10 his qualification.
But the whole of his empire has NOT yet
been entirely subdued The richest portion
OF it--lbe agricultural region--has been much
neglected; and there he has won but a par
,ial supremacy. Science is organizing an
"army OF occupation" TO march into ito
take complete possession--to tame the re.
bellion Of Natufs-.apd TO bring all her pow
ers under the absolute sway of man, their
imperial master. .You win volunteer for the
war, whea you think how much has been
1 effected in other departmeuts by similar ey-