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I AE or STEAM Harness tno down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein, Tor I scorn the sirL'iijitIt uf your puny hands As a tempest scorns a chain. H-i\v I liuj;h!d as I lay concoaU^d from sight For many a countles.s Imiir, At tiie chihlish hoa.-sts of human might, And the pruh* of liiiiiian povrefi 1 saw an army upon the land, A navy upon toe sens. Civepinu' 'iloiig, a snail-like band, Or w.iiting a wayward l>ri eze ; Wiieu I saw the jxnisant reel ■With the toil tliat he faintly bore, As he turned at the tardy wlieel, Or toiled at the weary oar ; When I measured the panting courser's speed The bight of the carrier dove, As they bore a law a king decreed, Or the lines of impatient love, I could but think how the world would feel As these were oiitsiri})ped afar, Wlicii I should be bound to the rushing keel Or chained to the Hying car! Ha! ha! ha! They found me at last, And they invited me forth at length, And I rushed to my throne with a thunder blast, And laughed in my iron strength ! Oh ! then ye saw a wondrous change On the earth and rn'can wide, Where now my fiery armies )’ange, Nor wait for wind or tide. Hurrah! hurrah! the waters o’er. The mouutaiu steep decline , Tiine~spa*3—have yielded to my power— The worUl! the world is mine 1 The rivers, the sun, hath earliest blest, Or those wliere liis beams decline ; The giant streams of the queenly West, Or tlie orient floods divine. In the darksome depths of the fathomless iiiiiic My tiitdess arm doth play ; Where the roclcs ne’er saw the sun’s decline Or the dawn of the glorious day ; I bring earln’s glittering jewels up From the liidden caves below, And I make tlie fountain’s granite cup With a crystal gush o’erilow. l.ciy. I’ve no muscles to weary, no breast ti Xo bones to be “laid 111 the sbelf,” And sociii 1 intend you may “go and j)Iay,’’ Wliile 1 manage tiie woidd inyseJi. But harness mo down with your iron bands Be sure your curb and rein, For I scorn the strength f your puny hands As the temptest scurtis a clmiu. ALE ABOUT UOCSIIA’EAL. The lovely carmine that artists use, and the lake carmine, as well as a splendid scarlet dve, ai'e all (liiFerent |)reparations of the in sert known as the “ coccus cacti ” or cochineal. This Itttle insect delights in hot fliuuites,'and in its luitive state is found in the woods, where it feeds upon the (‘-actus or prickly pear. To compartt a very simdl object tea large one, its ribbed bod‘\ resembles the fossil trilohite. When wild, si.\ cn^ps may be gathered during the year, while tiiree only are yielded when un der cultivation. Tills is due partly to the rainv season, because they have not tlie protection nature prepares for them in their forest home. The difference in quanti ty is counterbalanced by the size and quality of the insect. To accomplish this, acres of land are planted with the “cactus opuiitia.” The larvae are collect ed ill little baskets and hung upon the projecting branches. As soon as they are able, they find their Way to the plant and quickly de- '’elope into the perfect insect. Great care is taken to protect them from the wind and rain. The female, from which the color is made, fastens itself, when very young, to the plant upon which it feeds. After tliis it scarce ly stirs its sluggish body, but re mains in one spot, until it has increased to such a size that its legs are completely hidden, and it appears only a seed or berrv of the plant itself. ddie male insect would not be recognized as a relative of t!;is .soeining' excresciuice, tor he is nor halt its size and is tarnished with wings, lie is lively enough to 111.ike up for all deficiencies in his lazy mate. When the cochineal dies, the eggs which are fa.stened to the lower part of its body, make this their cradle until they are hatched by' the sun and creep awav to find home and iiourishiiient for themselves. It is just before the eggs are laid that the cochineal is tlie most lull of coloring matter. Then the plant is purple with its rich har- ve.st, and pieces of linen are spread on the ground to catch the insects as they' are carefully brushed off. riiey are then dipped in hot wa ter or dropped on heated plates, alter whicli they seem of no more consequence than a number of shrivelled, brown berries, but they' are packed in ho.xes and sent to difterent countries, where they are reduced to the powder which yields the brilliant colors to which we have referred. This operation is repeated three times in.the year. Seventy thousand of these insects are requiied to make one pound, and if insect and plant were not liable to dis ease or devastation, richer liar- vests might bo gathered'. Thus Jo tlie apparently insignificant objects in God’s world become s iicoes of beauty and service to mill. Long before the discovery' of America the cochineal insect was known in Europe, Africa and tlie Plast, but the Spaniards were not acquainted with it until the con quest of Mexico bv Uortez in 1519. Idiey were so much im pressed with its value that they forbade the insect, or the plant on which it feeds, to be taken from the country, under the penalty' of death. An enterprising French man, however, braved the.so dan gers and carried away several case.s 01 tlie insect and plant to gether. I’nforlunatelv, wlieii he reached St. Domingo, a war liad bi'oken out and the fruit of his 1 ibor was entirely lost. It was iiiore than a hundred years alter that effnrt.s were made to exii-nd its cultivation. Nowit is raised in in inv warm countries. It.s cuitiiro is especially successful ill the Canary Islands, where the insect seems to be of superior quality', and therefore brings liigher prices tliaii tlie Mexican cochineal. The year ending June 30, 1874, there were imported into the Uni ted States 1,770,277 pounds of coohhieal, valued at §932,283. The greater part of this was brought into the port of New York. England pays annually' one million of dollars for the dried bodies of ili; insect, and France represents a y early' interest of three millions of francs. CAnTAI, lUAXIitl. Our trouble is that we write our mercies on the sand, and en grave our afflictions upon a rock. Lady Mary' Wortley Montague relates the following storv;— “One day, as an ancient king of Tartary was riding with his offi cers of St-tite, they met a dervise crying aloud, “To him that will give me a hundred dinars, (small pieces of money,) I will give a piece of good advice.” The king, attracted by this strange delara- tion, stopped, and said to tlie der vise, “V/iiat advice is this that you offer for a hundred dinars f” “Sire,” replied the dervise, “I shall be most thankful to tell vou a'-' soon a.s you order the nionev to be paid me.” The king ex pecting to hear soiiietliiiig extra ordinary', ordered the dinars to be given to the dervise at once ; on receiving which, he said, “Sire, my advice is, Begin nothing with out considering what tlie end may he.” “The officers of Slate, smiling at what they thought ridiculous advice, looked at the king, whom they expected would be so enrag ed at this insult as to order the dervise to be severely' punished. The king, seeing their aiiiuseinent and surprise, said, “I see iiotliing to laugh at in the advice of this dervise ; but, on the contrary, 1 am persuaded tliat if it were more freqiie'itly practiced, men would escape many calamities. Indeed, SI convinced am I of the wisdom of this maxim, that I sliall have it engraved on my plate and writ ten on the walls of iny ])alace, so thi t it may be ever before me.” The king, having thanked the devise, proceeded towards his palace ; and on his arrival he or dered the chief Bey to see that the miixiiii was engraved on his plate and on the walls of his palace “Some time alter this occur rence, one of the nobles of the court, a proud, ambitious man, resolved to destroy the king and place hiniself on the throne. In order to accomplish his bad pur- uose, he secured the confidence of one of the king’s surgeons, to whom he gave a poi.'O.ied lancet, saying, “If you will bleed the king with this lancet, I will give you ten thousand pieces of gold, and when 1 ascend the throne vou shall be my vizier.” This base surgeon, dazzled by' such brilliant prospects, wickedly' as- si.u'ited to the proposal. “An 0|iporniiity of effecting his evil design soon occurred. The king sent for this iiran to bleed him. He put the poisoned lancet into a side pocket, and hastened into the king’s presence. 'Fiu' arm was tied, and the fatal lancet was about to be plunged into the vein, when suddeiilv the surgeon’s eye read the maxim at the bottoiii of the basin, “Begin nothing without considering what the end may be.” He immedi ately' paused, as he thought with in himself, “H I bleed the king with tills lancet he will die, and I shall he seized and be put to a cruel death. Then of what use will all the gold in the world be to me V’ Then, returning the lancet to his pocket, he drew forth another. The king, obser ving this, and perceiving that he was much embarrassed, asked why he changed his lancet so suddenly'. He stated that the point was broken ; but the king, doubting his statement, command ed him to show it. This so agi tated him, that the king felt as sured all was not right. He said, “There is treachery in this! Tell me instantly what it means, or your head shall be servered from your body !” The surgeon, treni- bli ng with fear, jiromised to re late all to the king, if he would only pardon his guilt. The king consented, and the surgeon rela ted the whole matter, acknowl edging that had it not been for the words in the basin, he should have used the fatal lancet “The king summoned his court and ordered tlie traitor to be ex ecuted. Tlien turning to his offi cers of State, he said, “You now see that the advice of the dervise, at wliich you laughed, is most valuable: it has saved my' life. Search out this dervise, that CiATIl£RI,\G UP 'I’HE ra.AG- MEXTS. I may amply reward wise maxim.” him for his 1800 VEAR8 AFTER DEATH. A correspondent, writing of ex cavations of Pompeii, says ; “Among the most interesting of the objects found recently are two skeletens, one of a somewhat elderly man, the other of a wo man. They' were found in the Via Stabia, among the asiies ot the last eruption, evidently over taken in their flight, and buried among the cinders. According to the usual method employed tn preserve the external appearance of objects, liquid plaster was poured into the cavity, which, serving as a mould, afac simile of the forms was obtained, and tnus, perfectiy preserved, the statue like bodies were placed in glass cases in the Pompeii Museum. While appreciating all the horrors ot such a deatli, and the suffering endured, as shown by' the posi tion of the limbs, one catino*, but imagine what would have been the astonishment of that man and woman had some propliet informed them that, eighteen hundred years after their death, their forms, and even as iiiiich of their garments as were not consumed in the eruption, would be placed in a museum for inspection by a multitude of sight seers, some from lands the exis tence of which they never dream ed of! The poor woman lying on her face ; ai'id even the form ot her hair, put up behind, is seen. One arm shields lier forehead, and she is supported by the other. Her stony limbs are well-formed, and traces of a garment ai e seen passing in folds around her. The mar,—although placed on his back in the exhibition—when found The Newark Daily AdverliscK recently gave some striking facts showing the value of little things. It states that one of our jewelry manufiictnrers of that city (Alliinr Bros. & Co.) recently put down new flooring in their workshops, and that the gold they cihtained in burning the old flooriiig net billy paid for the new one, but for putting two coats of paint on the entire factory. In another (Carter, Hawkins & Dodd), the hands all work on a sort of bracket standing out from the bench in front of them, so that the filings of gold may lull on a till plate below, and he returmd to tile melting room. The great est care is exercised to prevent waste. I he floors, benches and seats are carefully' swept every evening, and the sweepings jiiit a'.vay to haye the gold removed by chemical process. Every' now and then aprons, benches, stools. and even tlie floorliii) are burnt to get the gold out of them. Even brushes, clothes, cotton, wool and rags are burned. The average quantity of gold saved aiinuallv h(this way in the factory is about 850,000 worth. All the" water in whicli the five hundred einpiny- ees vi'asli their hands is careful]>' filtered tour times, and ihi''ainniiiit ot go d recovered from it aver ages about $15,000 a year, A barrel of sweeping.s will fetch four dollars and a half a pound ; and e\'eii alter tiie\' have, a.s tho\' think, extracted all the gadd from them, tliey sell the refuse to the smelters at nine cents and even as high as eleven cents a nmind. re.sts on his hip ; tiie other is up lifted. The face is somewhat distorted,but massive and smooth ly' shaven. Even the form of the fastening of the sandals is around the ankle, and of the largii button higher up on the leg to liold them, is clearly seen. The limbs are partly drawn up. The skeleton of a tolerably large dog, also re cently found, is in the museum ot Pompeii, his whole form pre served ill plaster, in the same manner as those just mentioned. He is lying on his hack, writhing in suft'eiiiig, biting liis hind leg. Tile rings in his collar are plainly- seen.” Love is always unconventional. It knows nothing about povertv, or class distinctions, or birth, in- character. Love sweeps away' all of these. It is the loving, earnest souls that have an influ ence for good. What would you give for the poet apart from'the love which is in all pot^try, or for t le orator who was not all in a blaze, or for the sculptor who was not all aglow with love What will a non churcli-gcor give for your endeavors in his behalf unless he knows that you love him I It you find a non church-goer, be ho skeptical, or a poor man, or and ignorant man, or a sick man—bring to him your sympathy, just as the Lord Jesus did to all with whom he spoke. It is said that the natives of India, when t'ley want to quarry- out a stone, first take a chisel and run a groove, then they kindle a fire in the groove, and last of all they was turned on his side. One arm po^,. ,vater, which, be coming heated, causes the stone to expand, and eventually to burst. This is just what the Lord Jesus did. Eirst he groov ed right down into the hardness of human heart, then poured iu the water of liis love, and thus gained an entrance and broke it asunder. —Armifage. Edgar Poe said : “To villify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himselfat- tair? greatness. The crab might never have become a constellafioii but for the courage it evinced iu nibbling Hercules on the hoe!.’'
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