Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-04-23

plant is? It is miracle. God said. Let
there be plant yielding seed;' and it is further
added, "each one after his kind'
! Consider the wonderful power OF lite and
resurrection bestowed on the seeds Of plants, SO
that they may be preserved from year to year
| and even from century to century.
Let a child put few seeds in a drawer and
shut them up: sixty years atterward, when his
hair is white and his steps totterlng; let him
take one of these seeds and SOW it in the ground,
and soon after he will see it spring up into
new life and become q young, fresh and peautl-
full plant.
Nj. Jounannet relates that in the year 1885
| several old Celtic tombs were discovered near
Begorac Under he head Of each ct the dead
bodies there was found a small square stone
or brick, with hole in each containing, tew
Seeds which had been placed there beside the
dead BY the heathen friends, who had buried
them perhaps fifteen or seventeen hundred
Years before. These seeds were carefully SOW
ed bv those who found them. What was seen
to spring from the dust CT the dead? Beau
tifuI sunhowers, blue-corn flowers, and clover
bearing blossoms as bright and sweet as those
which are woven into Wreaths by merry chill
dren now playing in our fields.
Some wears ago, a vase, hermetically sealed:
was found in mummy pit In Egypt, by. the
English traveller, Wilkinson, who sent it to
the British Museum: The librarian there,
having unfortunately broken it. discovered IN
it few grains Of wheat and one or two peas,
old. wrinkled, and hard as stone. The peas
were planted carefully, under glass, on June
4th, 1874, and at the end Of thirty days these
seed were seen to spring up into new lite. They
| had been buried probably three thousand years
ago, perhaps in the time of Moses, and had
slept all that long time, apparently dead, yet
still living in the dust OF the tomb
The TURN OF L1EE-Between the years
Of forty and sixty, man who has properly
regulated himself may be considered in the
prime of life. His matured strength Of con-
stitution renders him almost impeavious to
the attacks of of disease, and experience has
given him soundness to his judgement. His
mind is resolute, firm and equal; all
his functions are in the highest order.
He assumes mastery over business, builds up
a competence on the foundation he has formed
in early manhood, and passes througha period
of life attended by many qualifications. Having
gone on year or two past sixty. he arrives at
stand still
But athwart this is viaduct,. called the
''Turn Of Life, (which, if crossed IN safety,
leads to the valley of cod Age around
which the river winds, and then beyond, with
out boat or causeway, to effect a passage..-,
The bridge is, however, constructed OF fragile
materials, and it depends upon now It IS trod,
den, whether it bend or break. Gout and
apoplexy are also in the vicinity to Waylay me
eird I'D his loins and provide himself with a
filter staff, and he may trudge in sd fety with
perfect composure. To quitmetaphor the
'tTuru of Life is a turn either into pro
longed walk or Tito the grave. The system OF
powers, having reached their utmost, expan-
sion. now begin to either close in like the How
ors at sunset. or break down at once