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Show X Cane or a Writing. ( 0r ys.) Tliallfoof nitny k man or evil or criminal lendtnelea, and at war with the law a of Und and man, may l eplly compared with a gteat lloo. of water Ihalhaa bunt through Ita dim. lit cnormou force properly rcgitlalnl and cnnl ruled, I a blnaloglo mankind. It turn the wheel of factorlea which eprlnitupllkemagloalanit It. lly lu nieane, aldnl hy the iklll of luau,c-lly and beautiful fabrlca and oilier article required for the romfnitand welblvlnit of man are created. II Rlvra employ-men! employ-men! lo many men and women whoae happy hotm 1 are rilled with llm Itiigli. ler of Innocentrhlldren. llvrrywhern Itapraleiwaielnthe liioulli of men. It I their frlnd. II I olwdlent and doing Hi Uod4ppolnliil work. Ilulbyaoniemeaiuia Utile uixnloff la made In the cinUanknietit, deep down cut of alghl under the watt r. It liaoimall that even Ifoliwrvcd, unlet It l by an eiperleucrd eye, n thought would I given to It. Hut It liicrcaire In eltr, luiperreptlbly, Uil every moment more water trlcklea tlirougli llm llllla oienloir. Now, by wine luJden fieihet In the early liotira of the night, ami when no one la about to take note of the tnulhle danger, litem la an iineijavted Increaae Jutliu volume i.r tin, hd held In rialralut. Tlieoenln euddrnly and lapldly In crtatfe, and before mauy hour the mlglily flood ha iwept through Ita bairlei and Willi acarcely n nifment'a warning It uathea down the valley rending and deiiroylngaverywhtrp. Ituprimta and huili to the earth the treea that lillher-to lillher-to It hia di lighted to nourUli and itrengthin, IllevcU the ftctorliw and erallen Ibn fragineiiti over the plain. Itdathet like a tuad giant Into Ihu hcaulllul home that Ita Indutlry ha created In other daya, and tear them aaunder aa with a thoutaud hand-. Men and women, 11 former friend and fellow worker, null away froui It In terror, glad If they may twajNt wllh their Uvea, l.verynhrro It blight and deilroy all wjtlilu Ita leach. Hut Ita woik of demolition I atvomplblieil only by tho lota of Jliclf, for tlio water are epread out over llm valley and loel. At Ilia Drib, njlltlleiupervitlon and an liuu'awoik would have remedied the evil audintde the fearful remit Inipoulble. Much aurvllon and woik, the poetllillltlee for Kent or evil of till force, ought to have made Im jratlve. Why wa It neglected? Why do w e neglect I ht bright, itrong young llfu w hOMi 'U'llltlet for (owl or evil ate Infliiltely greater than thoee of a mere Hood of w alert? Huc-li neglect Intutra both to aoclety audlliMone uegltcted, lumeaiurablo lot and barm. |