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cian to count the delicate pulse of the in
valid, when folded togeser becomes a
weapon which skillfully managed, may
ell a resisting Hercules ; grasping a me
chanic's tool they plmform miracles of skill,
and elosed gently aroand the pien of gt.ni
us, they act as the maguetic telegralph of
tlie soul. The freedom of lthe l,:d.s'
llovement is ascribed to the collar-loln
which keeps the shoulde.rs npnrt rutl dis
tributes musculnr effort to the a:4m ; their
firmness is ow;:vg to the writ alnd filngr
I1:,1s with mllu;cles and .nerves, a:lut their
ea:ls stemsi to growo out of a unioin of all
tIlee'. l'oiler nid flexibility r.e tul:r
e':au Ii: "tita.ied, and the iesult iF, :nl in
st:rnlminit which, guided Ly iitelli;i meei',, is
.!',° 'iknots to thle hlomeliest and llost exanlti
oic':s, ;nll hi:;s for its sphere the whole.
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;eli.'., his vs-,el with uliitring hem over
tIle tr ] k .K \a'-t,'r1". inld tilt' jortsm'an,
iby the li;!hte-t tou'h, to 1ri'l:" tIo lLi V1;,t
t11.1 ae h.:l t Ihovrr; in ti!:,. 1l.,n1.. l'it
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or and holier as he approaches the great
center of intelligence and basked in the
immediate sunlight of Eternal ; but won
derfully incompreeonsive and mysterious
as is man, what is he compared to the be
ing from whom he emanated I " A shad.
ow, a valor, an appearance." A mote
nearing .an illimitable, inconprehensible
sun. An atom floating in a fathomleas,
boundless, voidless ocean, light-sparkless
in the ether of )eity. *
Havec of Life by War.
It is diiicult to conceive what fearful
havoc this custom has made of human life.
Sn)wo of its incidental ravages senem to
defy belief. It has at times entirely de
olnula:ted immlnsens districts. In nmodern,
:is well as ntcient times, large tracts have
b,: .n left so utterly desolate, that one
might pli.w fri~S village to village, even
iro:ni city to city, without finding a solita
ry in!,:bditant.
Til- war of 17.36, wr.aged in tile heart
of Europe, left in o:w instance no loss than
twenty contigu-lous villages without a sin
glo m]n or beast. The thirty years' war,
ini the :aeventh century, reduc.d the popu
lation If Germany fro.n 12,000,000 to
,t000,,ri00:ro. foutrths ; antd that of
Wirte:n|burg from bO0,000 to 4,000-
Ioire titan nine-tentht ! Thirty thousand
vill.ts w.o:. destrovyeld; in many others
th,' io,,puil'ti,3n entirely died out; and in
di-!LicT:. (,tce stnulled with towns and
cit:,,s, tihere slprlng. upi ilmrense forests.
]oI'k ait thi" ha lvc of sig'.:'gep-isl that of
lar+l ,elVrry l:.,I0) ishlhi'.,. I.,siile,,s a
vFlet lui a;lhr of iaalnaslitant;s ; ii that of
Paris, i: thie lGlth century, 30,000 victims
of mere hunger ; in that of MIolplaquet.
34,000 soldiers alone ; ill that of lamail,
40,00 ; of Vienna, 70,000 ; of' (dsted,
120,000 ; of Maexieo, 1. 0,000 ; of Acre,
300,OQO ; of C.artlhage, 700,00t ; of Jnru
salem, 1,000,000.
M?':k the "slaughlter of single battlre-
at Lebauto, 25,000; at Austerlitz, 30,000;
at Eylau, 60,000 ; at Waterloo and Qua
tre- lIra:, o0:u eng'ngement in fact, 70,000
at l ,rodiuo. 80,00'' ; at I.'ontenoy 10t,
o00 ; at Atl:i'li, 300,000 : at C'lhanlons.
:;)i,(000 of .\t.i::'s :nr"ny alorn, 400,ot000
i sipt.tes sl:inl by Julius CasMar ill (,'ln ln:
lite, anid 4::),is0 (a, l i nsnrn in ai n r ,i!'r.
''nak," oly t\:,, ct:: '  mte. Ti' " anntiv
,f N nrxes, saysv. I ,I)r. t]ick, i:1:: t !h:i\
:lil;nll;itael to i.2 :? ,',:2t1 ; and it the, :it
t,.i1tat( w iere  Ilv( o it.e-t.ii'r as grnt a:
( :: nii an1t1 ti - l r.'1 i'let ,a! \ in Ei.anternll,
i:unitri , i! ri :n t:t:, l .1 Ii t have ret('s!
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.<c ti, on.. ,i n i Ni- , L". t,'rrilb, rat
a ,'r of i A ia iii th- 1 :t:h ceatiturT, :!is t
€l iitl nf the planis of Nvssa, ane.e ina-i
c sid :0i).0(t}0 at thi: storna lig of Charwinn.
In; tih, (litrict of I .T:nat, he histchn I
(.(;10,000, nit I in two cities with their
hinh-penncie-s, 1, 0.00o. iluring ihe lait
:wenty-ieven yril of his long reigni;, lie
is s;ild to hallve nI --:rii.ed more, tlh:l; half
: 1mºillitn (. ,-lV v, . ;il " :l ld( ill th+" first
f1i'l' ':i rt 'i eai , lai is -, .osn i is , ( 1..\'
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Homse Aleetome.
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The heart has memories that can never
die. The rough rubs of the world tshe
cold, unfeeling, selfish world; cannot ob1
literate themo. No difference how we may be
tosasd about upon life's turbid and tempa s
tuous stream, these memories still live with
us, and oft times steal in on oursaddermeo
mentp, producing the most pleasing emo
tions. They are memories of home. Dear,
hallowed spot, what magic in the sound*
And as our mind wanders back over the
misty past, how many tender reminiscence.
of that early home coine crowding upon ias
T'here is the old tree, under which the light.
hearted school-boy swung in many a sua.
mer day; yonder the river which helear.
ed to swim ; there tihe home which he
knew a parent's love and a parents protee.
tion; and hard by is theold church,whitLh
er, he with a joyous troop like himselfr
tillowed his parents to worship with, and
hear the good old man who gave him
God in baptism, Why, evenl the
house, with its dark old walls, which in
youthful days imprt.saed him with such
awe, as social as they then were with
thoughts of ferule and tasks, comes back
tj hbring plea::sant re:nemberances of tLe
"tar long :ago."
T'lhere he larlned to fell somle of his best
emotions; and there', perchalnce, he first
met the, b,.inig iwho, by her love and tender
nees inll after lite, has wnade a home for him.
self happier even tlma that which hi child
hood knew. Oh, thlese are It'nluories which
linger around thi.t heart, ever and anondis
Ilwnsing joy and suimlnsine athwart our
checker,:d l1athnway-ne:noriets which th
'arsn of the worldl can niever obliterate
I)ft,:n in tihe busy whirl of life they pre
.,ent themnselves, andl we involuntary sigi
f,r our our yholod days when "life seeln
formnel of sunlmnner dreannms." But the
come not ; tl'hey are ours no longer ; upo
the "wings of the morning" they have th.
fronm us forever. I )'ar home of our child
hloodl! since we Ifti thy sacred precinct
how mannny diallppointmnnuts aind sorrow
eroiwd Uinapni'i.' '! .1,-d how minay) miore wil
rnvertak0' us dui'inng ouir piilgrinmage throng
lit*, v:. a'ann.ll t tell, fiur the future is fold..
IaT'ra, lihert, in!joy r II-onnv, su!ns.hi ou
arrow. -
ll; ,!'In"' en: -tman .lnl lanInt ofa count
Ia11, woi,:anen oft't ndcidi,' tIle morals. 'lhe
I'gn, a''han:i a '" hulln d ls.ssion of on
',ti.clinns. Ihtit thlneir infilnance' i. nmor' o
I :.!: lnt 'V, n:n in(.i.'i tao flti' degrene i
.-tii' nn i a hui. is g':nitaied thlnam, . Witeethe
ili:", arie, l i,! I (,n" cnnas nr . niaOnns, the r,'ac
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S i.h int '. 1 i- ti ara llrlte;i , is a law
,'rnalai jl.- Ii'a: I:an1 1 (',a lliunont nlt 'gradl wimin
,-it'l,,:,t Iia,-aif It;llii1g it a id'gialatio
." (':illla;:t rni i * her wi t r inm t lhil.l!f bln ecor
1ns Ia.'th'r. Ieet iis rnt:t our eyves over tit
-ialaa', nlna ohls.rve' tIhous(t tlwo great dlvi
i,ja11: of, tin.- hin.l nannl ranca', the east and t
,aI.t. II:ai' h'ilt' f tl: l, :nt l 'iaient world
iaili wilut lnn.gre.:.s or thought, a
aa1n1a1' a a' l n lan ''
k 1 nulnls iaa':nnty binhnlll onle i'v 'vnnning t
hill two Ih oaes rn: ing afi' at locolnotit
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ai the a ''i1111. '': ofn t n hit l ( lit' ai'al, tw'o g int
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niih Ian'annal "r ton iaa lantana t lay phlaf
anal i,-I i'a 'ii,. ia ;,nn;i:ittiaan. lh::i to hinfl4
'In vaLnit Iv ill tiihnm,, nannal ".',anr
rai':ia'a.. ;\ltn! aia n1it ahla. ',iant oft his
a rtaolan .hoaaiaaaj ia'. m, , a,.!v ia' mis tfon
inap'.. .ianllal i, aa.a'n tainn In'l itauld s
,ilt littia, f.aalna-ta.'- ema 'a!" lr', inncaan.tntlaty
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witiila, l:in n,1:i an et'lh, at .-Inanin- nint e
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