Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-12-20

canal, many feet in extent, showing
that it too has a singular work to per-
form, also the lungs, with their peculiar
| cellular structure; then comes the
glandular system, occupying various
portions Of the human body; then we
are presented with the numerous nerves
that permeate and ramify throughout
the entire physical body and lead to
ter; also the cuticle, OF skin, as well as
many other organs too numerous to
mention. When we examine man physo-
logically, which treats of the functions
or actions of the anatomical organs,
we begin to be astOnished at the endur-
ing character of the frame work as well
as the shape and peculiar structure of
the bones, still more when their cloth
ing, the muscles, by their peculiar con-
tracing and relaxing power, not only
sets this frame up erect but causes all
the motions common to physical man;
and more yet, when we examine the
action of the heart and find by its mus
cular contraction the heart sends its
arterial blood through the arteries to
the extremities and surface of the en-
tire physical system. thence passing
through the capilaries, and being taken
up by the veins, and by means of their
Valvular structure TO the heart again,
and by another contraction this yenous
blood is sent to the lungs to be oxygen
ated. or airated and purified, thence to
the heart again, and so on it goes until
the lamp of life ceases to burn. And
still again, when we see the aliment, or
food taken in at the mouth, and
as we watch the vermicular action
of the osephagus carrying the food
into the stomach, and there to see
the dissolving or digesting process
going on, and to see the sbsorbents tax
ing up the useful portions of the ali
ment and transmitting them to the
blood, whence they shall be carried
and deposited to nutrify the various It's
sues of the body; and to watch the pc
on this crime the same as all other
crimes, that will give equal protection
to our sons and our daughters, our
brothers and sisters, our husbands and
wives, our fathers and mothers, against
this terrible, blighting, whitening, dead
ening and damning physical curse that
is rObbing our people and nation of
their millions of money, and sending
thousands upon the back of thousands
annually into uselessness, shame, de-
bauchery, degradation, and to adrunk-
ards grave and a drunkard's doom. As
culiar phenomena of the action of the
lungs, as their cells open and shut in
voluntarily to receive the oxygen, and
to throw off the carbon; and to observe
the action of the various glands, either
secreting or excreting the fluids of the
body; and to see the action of the ab-
sorbents performing their delicate work;
the perspiratory process nicely going on;
and host of lesser organs all perform
ing their several duties. All these ac-
tiOns produce wonder and surprise.
Thus far we have been looking at man
only as a superior and wonderful ami
NAL.
But when we take up the intellectual
properties or faculties of man (and
right here let me take this position:
that without healthy brain, or healthy
physical organs to support the brain,
we can have but very little
mind at all, and with these men
tai faculties find man enabled to
change and cultivate the forest and
prairie and by his husbandry make
them subservient to his race; man by
his mental faculties, has been enabled
to reduce his thoughts and ideas to a
system so that he can communicate by
word, by pen and by press; so that he
is enabled to transact all kinds of
business, and make scientific research
into or upon all things, that are tangi-
ole; and by his mathematical and me-
chaniesl powers, he has been able to
measure all distances and make all
kinds of calculations, to manufacture
all kinds of machinery; yes; he has
been able to philosophize and un-
derstand all terrestrial bodies, whether
animate or inanimate; he has been able
to travel this broad earth and land and
water, by car and by ship, by steam
and by wind, and to some extent sur
vey the great heavenly universe, and
comprehend the planets and the stars,
or in other words know something of
the Creators handy work. Here we
find man grade higher than the brute
or common animal.
And again, when we look at man as
a moral being, and contemplate his
moral faculties, such as his desires and
affections, and their properties and at
tributes, and the will power, which de-
cides whether we will do thing or not
do it; also the great regulator of the
moral powers, namely, the conscience,
which, if it be in a healthy condition,
and the person properly informed, is
always a correct guide-that is, it tells
the individual that which is right and
that which is wrong; and farther, when
we behold the relation between us and
Deity, and find that He is not only our
Creator, but that these moral faculties
are souls, or spirits which run parallel
with God himself, or, in other words,
they are the breath of life which He
breathed in man when he became liv-