The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-06-07
MnrNeIs OF nInn.

w nll' Nho BaslllC JntIlCe lnH mia,
bland swcotisl taste, it possesacs tho
p"wo' ol dlgcsting the hardest food that
can la swallowed. II | an no influence
whatever on the fbros Of tho living ami.
mai, but at the moment Of death, il begins
to eat them away with the power Of the
strongest acid.
There IL dust on sea aud land in the
valley aud on tho mountain top-thcre is
dust always aud everywhere. The almos
phero IL full of it. 1t ponotratos the
noisomo dungeon, and visits tho deepcst
aud darkest caves Of the earth No pal
ace door can shut it out no drawer is so
secret as TO escape its presence. Every
breath ci wind dashcs it upon tho open
eye; which is yet not llindod, because
thoro is fountain OF the blandost fluid in
nature necessarily eml tying itself under TIC
eyolid, which spreads itself over tho sur
face OF tho eyoball at every winkiug, and
washes ovcry atom of dust ava. The
liquid, so well adapted 10 the oye itself,
has some &C dty, which under certain cir
cumstanCcR, becomes so decided as to be
scaldinS to tho skin, and would rot away
the eyelids were il not that al ing the
edges Of them there arc littlo oil manufac-
tories, which spread over their surface a
cessIry for keeping the cycba' q washed
clean AZ the best varnish is impcrvious to
water.
The breath which l,aves the lungs has
been so perfectly divcsted of its lile.givng
properties, 80 that to ro.brcathe it, unmixed
with other air, tho moment it escapes
from tho mouth, would cause immediate
doath by suilOcatiou; while, if it hoverod
about us, n moro or loss destructive inllu.
enco over health would 10 occasioned
But il is made of a nature 30 much lighter
than tho common air. that the moment it
escapes the lips aud nostrils, ii asoonds to
higher regions, above tho breathing point.
there to be rectiled, renovated and sent
back again, rellcte with purity aud life
How rapidly il ascends il beautifully ex.
hibitcd any frosty morning.
But fonl and deadly as the expired air
is, nature--wisely economical in all her
works and ways--turns il TO good account
in tho outward passage through tho organs
OF voice, and makos OF il tho whisper of
loyo, the aolt words OF affection; the tender
tones OF sympathy, tho sweet strains OF
ravishing music, aud tho persuasive clio
quence of the llfishcd orator
II a well made man bo extended on tho
gro nd, his arms at right angles with his
body, circle, making tho navel the cen.
tire, will Just take in the head, tho linger
ends, and the feet, The distance from
. toe to too is precisely tho samo as that
between tho tips of tho lngors when tho
arms arc extended. Tho length rf the
body is just six times that OF tho foot,
while the distance from tho edSo of the
hur on the forehead to the end of the chin
IL ono-.cnth Of tho length Of the whole
stature.
or tho sixty-two Of the primary elements
known in nature, only oightoen arc found
IN the human body. Iron ia found in the
blood phoshorous in the brain; lime in tho
bones; dust and aahns In all. Not only
these eighteen human elements, but the
whole siNty-two of which the universe is
made, have their essential basis in the four
Kubstmtes-oxygen; hydrogen, nitrogen,
and carbon-ropresenti the more familiar
names OF ire, water, sdltpotre, and char
coal And such is man, tho lord of tho
earth, spark OF lire, drop of water,
grain oil gunpowdor, AN atom of charcoal!
But looking at him in another direction,
these olemonts shadow forth the higher
qualities OF dlvincr nature, of an immortal
existence. In that spark is the caloric
which speaks OF lrrepressihle activity; in
that drop ia the water which speaks Of pu-
rity; in that grain is the force 10y which he |
snbducs all things to himself, makes tho |
wide creation the Supplier of his wants
and the servitor of his pleasures; whlo in |
that atom Of charcoal ihore is q diamond, |
which speaks at once oIlight and purity
OF mdestruotiLle aud resistloss progress. |
The is nothing which outshnes it; it is
purer than tho dsw.drop. Moth aud
rust corrupt il not; nor can ordinary fires
1sot oy III while il cuts it's way alike |
through brass and adamant, AMI hardest
stncl. In that i ,htwesle eternal progress
on tow rds o lliicienc in that purity, |
The good of divine nli1ry ia that indie. |
an immortal existence; in that |
nrUsres a steady ascension towards tho |
home and bosom of God.-Scieatdc Amer.
suH.