The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-11-02
farm aud NuiIsetold.


While the gastric Juice has a mild, bland
nweetish taste, Il possesses the power of
digesting tho hardest food that can be swal
lowed II hss no influence whatever OF
tile ibrcs Of the living animal, bat OF the
moment Of death, II begins 60 cat them
away with the power Of the strongest
acid.
There is duat on the sea and land-in tho
valley and on the mountain top-~therc is
dust always and everywhere. The atmos-
phcre IL full Of 10. II pcnetrates the moi.
soma dungeon, aud visits tho deepest and
darkest caves Of the earth. No palace
door esa shut IL OUT no drawer is 30 secret
as 90 escape his presence.
Every breath Of wind dashes il upon the
open eye; which yet is not blinded, bo.
cause there Is q fountain of the blandest
fluid in nature necessarily emptying itself
under the oyelid, which spreads itself over
the surface Of the eyeball. at every wink
ing, and washes every atom Of dust away.
This liquid, 30 we'll adapted 10 the eye IL
self. has some acridity, which, under certain
circumstances, becomes 30 decided as TO be
araldinR TO the skin, and would rot away
skeeyeiids, were IL not that along the edg.
"a of them there are little oil manufactures
which spread over their surface coating
as impervious to the liquids necessary for
keeping the eyebulls washed clean, as the
best varnish is impervious TO water.
Tho breath which leaves tho lungs has
been so perfectly divested of its lifegiving
properties, that 10 retroathe it unmixed
with other air, the moment IL escapes from
ihe mouth, would cause immediate death by
sufIoeation; while II II lowered about, "
more or less destructive influence over
health would be occasioned. But IL is
4. r. lturhf tt,,
common air, that the moment il escapes
lips and nostrils II ascends to higher regions
above the breathing point, there to be rec.
tilted, renovated and sent back again, re-
plete with purity and life, How rapidly
Il asccnds is beautifully exhibited any
frosty morning.
But foul and deadly MS the expired air Is. .
fature--w.sely economical in all her works
aud ways--turns il to good account in the
passage through tho orga 8 of voice, and
makes Il tho whisper of love, the soft words
of affection, the tender tones Of human sym
pathy, the sweet strains OF ravishng mu.
sic, and the persuasive cloqucnce of the
flushed orator.
1f n well made man DO extended OH the
ground his arms at right angles with his
body a circlo, making the naval the cen.
tre, will just take in the heal the finger
ends and the feet. Tho distance from toe
to toe" is pl ecisely the same as that between
the tips of tho fingers when the arms are
extended. The length of the body is Just
six times that of the foot; while the dis.
tance from the edge Of the hair, on the
forehead to the end of the chin is one-tcnlh
of the whole stature.
OF the sixty-two primary elements known
in nature, only eighteen are found in the
h,1 1..E
talio. Iron Is found in the blood; phospho.
rus in the brain; limestone in the bile;
lime in the bones; dust aud ashes in all.
Not only these eighteen human elements,
but the whole sixty-two. Of which the
universe is made, have their essential ba.
sis in the four substances by.
drogen, nitrogen and carbon-reproscnt.
ing the more familiar names of fire, water
saltpeter and charcoal Aud such il man
the lord Of the earth-la spark of firo---a
drop Of water-a grain of np1wder--
all atom of charcoal
But looking at him in another direction
these elements shadow forth tho higher
qualities OF a diviner nature--Of an immol.
sal existence. In that spark Is the caloric
which speaks OF irreprossible activity; in
that drop is the water which speaks oI
purity; in that grain is the force by which
he subdues all things to himself--makes
the wide creation the supplier of his wants
and the servtor Of his pleasures while in
that atom of charcoal there is diamond
which speaks at once Of light and purity
Of indestructable and resistess progress
There is nothing which outshines III it il
pdrer than the dcw.drop. Moth aud rust
corrupt il not; nor can ordinary fires de
'stroy it; while it cuts it's way aliko through
brass aud adament, and hardest steel, Il
that light wo see an o.erna progression
toward omniscience; in that purity, til,
good of divine nature; in that indesructa
bility an immortal existance in that pro
gress steady asoention toward the HON,
and bosom of God