The Lansing state Republican., 1863-10-07
sIARVELs OF MAN.

While the gastric juice has mild, bland
sweeting taste, II possess the power of digesIiug
the hardest iOod that can be swallowed IL Is 10
Influence whatever on the fbres Of the living an
imal, but at the moment Of death, il bogus TO
eat them away with the power OF the strong
acid
There is dust on sea and lsnd-in the valley
and on the mountain tOp-there is dust always
and everywhere. The atmosphere is full OF il
lt penetrates the nOisome dungeon, and visits
the deepest darkest caves OF the earth. No
palace door can shut il OHt; no drawer is so Sc
cret as to escape iis presence. Every breath OF
wind da-hes it against the open eve: which vet
is not blinded, because there is fountain OF the
olandest hud Ia nature necessarily carving itself
under the eyelid, which spreads itself over the
surface OF the eyebsll al every winking OF the
eye, aud washing every atom of dust awav This
liquid, so we'll adapted TO the eve itself, has some
scidty, which, under certain circumstances, be
comes so decided as to be sladiug to the skin
and would rot away the eyelids, were K not that
along the edges OF them are little oil manutacto
ries, which spread over their surface coating a.
impervi TO the liquid necessary for keeping
the eyeballs washed clean, as the best varnish Is
imperviOus 10 water.
The breath which leaves the lungs las boeu
so totally Invested OF its life giving properties
that to breathe IL, unmixed with other air the
moment it escaped from the mouth would cause
immediate death by suffOcatOn; while II Il hov.
ers about u, more or less destructive inhu
ence over health would be occasioned. But IL
Is made OF a nature so much lighter than the
common air, that the moment it escapes from
the mouth and nOstris lt asceuds 10 higher re
2 Ous, above the breathing point, there to be
rectifed, renovated aud sent back sgain, repete
with purity and lie. How rapidly il ssceuds l.
beautifully exhibited any frosty morning
But foul aud deadly as tho expired air is, ma
lure wisely economical IN all her works and
Ways-tutn it 10 good account in the outward
passage through the O. gaus Of voice, aud makes
it the whisper OF love, the soft words Of aft c
tiOn, the tender tones OF human sympathy, the
sweet strains Of ravishng music. aud the per-
suasive eloquence Of the finished orator.
II vel, made man be extended on the ground
his arms at right angles with hi- body, circle
making the naval the center, will Just take 10
ne head. the finger ends and the feet. The dis
tauce from 'toe TO toe" Is precisely the same a.
that between the tips of the fugers when the
--'---1''. IT, IL, 9Th Of the BODY is
just six times that Of the G,,,,, 80. 80 -.
tance from the edge Of the hair OH the forehead
10 the end Of the chin is one-tenth Of the whole
statue.
OF the sixty two primary elements known in
nature. only eighteen are found in the human
body, aud OF tn 81, seven are metallic. Iron Is
found in the blood; phospLorous 10 the
b ain; hnestoue in The bile lime in the
bones; dust and ashes in all. Not only these
eighteen human clements, but the whole sky
twO of which the universe is made have THEN
essential basis ia the four sub-tances-Oxs gen
hydrogen, nitrogen aud csrbon-representins
the more familiar names of FIRE. water, saltpete
and charcoal. Aud such is man the lord OF III,
esrth-s spark of ire-a drop of water-s
grain of gunpOwder-sn atom of charcoal
But, look at him in another direction, thes'
elements shadow forth the higher qualities OF
diviner nature, Of al immortal existence Il
that spark is the calOic which speaks of ire
pFessiole activity in that drop Is the wa'e
which speaks Of purity IN that grain is TN
force BY which he subdues all things 10 himsel
makes the wide creation the supplier OF hi
wants, and the servitOr of his pleasure; Will
in that atom Of charcoal there s a diamond
which speaks at once Of light and purity; 0
indestructbe and resistless progress There
nothing which Outshines Il it u purer than tn
dew drop. Moth and rust" corrupt il not
nor can ordinary 6res destroy il; while il cut
it's way alike through brass and adamant, an
hai dest ST el In that light We see sR eterns
progression towards Omn-cience in that purity
the good Of divine nature in that indesuucu
bility an immortal existence in that progress
steady ascension towards the home and bosor
OF God.