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was sent out, and again in 7 days after. The 7 

 years of plenty and the 7 years of famine were 

 even foretold in Pharaoh's dream by the 7 fat and 

 the 7 lean beasts, and the 7 ears of full and the 7 

 ears of blasted corn. Miriam was shut up 7 days 

 to be cleansed of her leprosy, the young animals 

 were to remain with the dam 7 days, and at the 

 close of the 7 th to be taken away. By the old 

 law, man was commanded to forgive his offending 

 brother 7 times ; but the meekness of the last re- 

 vealed religion extended his humility and forbear- 

 ance to 70 times 7. " If Cain shall be revenged 

 sevenfold, truly Lamech, 70 times 7." In the 

 destruction of Jericho, 7 priests bore 7 trumpets 

 7 days. On the 7th they surrounded the walls 7 

 times, and after the 7th time the walls fell. 

 Balaam prepared 7 bullocks and 7 rams for a 

 sacrifice ; 7 of Saul's sons were hanged to stay a 

 famine. Laban pursued Jacob 7 days' journey. 

 Job's friends sat with him 7 days and 7 nights, 

 and offered 7 bullocks and 7 rams as an atone- 

 ment for their wickedness. David, in bringing 

 up the ark, offered 7 bullocks and 7 rams ; Elijah 

 sent his servant 7 times to look for the cloud ; 

 the ark of God remained with the Philistines 7 

 months. Saul was ordered by Samuel to tarry at 

 Gilgal 7 days, the elders of Jabesh requested 

 Nahash the Ammonite 7 days' respite. Jesse 

 made 7 of his sons to pass before Samuel ; the men 

 of Jabesh Gilead fasted 7 days for Saul ; the Shu- 

 namite's son, raised to life by Elijah, sneezed 7 

 times ; Hezekiah, in cleansing the temple, offered 

 7 bullocks and 7 rams and 7 he-goats for a sin- 

 offering; the children of Isaac, when Hezekiah 

 took away the strange altars, kept the feast of 

 unleavened bread 7 days. King Ahasuerus had 7 

 chambermaids, 7 days' feast ; sent for the queen on 

 the 7th day. Queen Esther had 7 maids to attend 

 her ; in the 7th year of his reign, Esther is taken 

 to him. Solomon was 7 years building the 

 temple, at the dedication of which he feasted 

 7 days. In the tabernacle were 7 lamps ; 7 days 

 were appointed for an atonement upon the altar ; 

 and the priest's son was ordained to wear his 

 father's garments 7 days. The children of Israel 

 ate unleavened bread 7 days. Abraham gave 7 

 ewe lambs to Abimelech, as a memorial for a well. 

 Joseph mourned 7 days for Jacob. The Kabbins 

 say God employed the power of answering this 

 number to perfect the greatness of Samuel, his 

 name answering the letters in the Hebrew word 

 which signify 7, whence Hannah, his mother, in 

 her thanks says, " that the barren had brought 

 forth 7." Solomon mentions 7 things that God 

 hates, and that the sluggard is wiser in his own 

 conceit than 7 men can render a reason. The 

 house of wisdom in Proverbs had 7 pillars. The 

 vision of Daniel was 70 weeks. The fiery furnace 

 was made 7 times hotter for Shadrach, Meshech, 

 and Abednego. Nebuchadnezzar ate the grass of 

 the fields 7 years ; the elders of Israel were 70; the 

 blood was to be sprinkled before the altar 7 times. 

 Naaman was to be dipped 7 times in Jordan ; 

 Apuleius speaks of dipping the head 7 times in 

 the sea for purification. In all solemn rites of 

 purgation, dedication, and consecration, the oil or 

 water was 7 times sprinkled ; out of Mary Mag- 

 dalen were cast 7 devils ; the Apostles chose 7 

 deacons; Enoch, who was translated, was the 7th 

 after Adam, and Jesus Christ the 77th in a direct 



line. Within the number are connected all the 

 mysteries of the Apocalypse revealed to the 7 

 churches of Asia ; there appeared 7 golden candle- 

 sticks, and 7 stars, in the hand of him that was 

 in the midst, 7 lamps being the 7 spirits of God, 

 the book with 7 seals, the lambs with 7 horns and 

 7 eyes, angels with 7 seals, 7 kings, 7 thunders, 7 

 thousand men slain, the dragon with 7 heads and 

 7 crowns, the beast with 7 heads, 7 angels bring- 

 ing 7 plagues and phials of wrath. There are 

 also numbered 7 Heavens, 7 planets, 7 stars, 7 

 wise men, 7 champions of Christendom, 7 notes of 

 music, 7 primary colors. Perfection is likened to 

 gold 7 times purified in the fire. Anciently a child 

 was not named before 7 days, not being accounted 

 fully to have life before that periodical day ; the 

 teeth spring out in the 7th month, and are shed 

 (renewed) in the 7th year, when infancy is 

 changed into childhood. At thrice 7 years the 

 faculties are developed, manhood commences, man 

 becomes legally competent to all civil acts ; at four 

 times 7 a man is in full possession of his strength, 

 at five times 7 he is fit for the business of the 

 world, at six times 7 he becomes grave and wise, 

 or never, at seven times 7 he is in his apogee, and 

 from that day decays, at eight times 7 he is in his 

 first climacteric or year of danger, and ten times 

 7, or three score years and ten, has by the royal 

 prophet been pronounced the natural period of 

 human life; and the 7th thousand year is believed 

 by man to be the Sabbatical thousand or Mille- 

 nium ; and on the 7th day God rested from his 

 labors, after creating the Heavens and the earth. 

 — Puss. 



Sense of Smell. — 1 send you some interesting 

 particulars, my dear Sir, copied from " Bestick's 

 Annals of Chemistry," having reference to the 

 theory of odors. — So much, he says, has been 

 written on our five physical faculties — sight, 

 hearing, taste, touch, and smelling — that it has 

 occupied a large portion of the various published 

 works from the time when printing was first 

 invented. The three senses first-named have 

 fairly been written out; but not much has yet 

 appeared relating, directly or indirectly, to the 

 others. Mr. Piesse now gives us a theory of the 

 olfactory nerve in distinguishing perfumes. Scents 

 appear to influence the smelling nerve in certain 

 definite degrees. There is, as it were, an octave 

 of odors, like an octave in music. Certain odors 

 blend in unison with the notes of an instrument. 

 For instance, almond, heliotrope, vanilla, and 

 orange-blossom, blend together ; each producing 

 different degrees of a nearly similar impression. 

 Again we have citron, lemon, verbena, and orange- 

 peel, forming a higher octave of smells, which 

 blend in a similar manner. The figure is com- 

 pleted by what are called semi-odors, such as 

 rose and rose-geranium for the half-note ; petty- 

 grain the note ; neroly, a black key, or half-note ; 

 followed by the jleur dP orange, a full note. Then 

 we have patchouly, sandal-wood, and vitivert, 

 with many others running into each other. From 

 the perfumes already known, we may produce, 

 by uniting them in proper proportions, the smell 

 of almost any flower. When perfumes are mixed 

 which strike the same key of the olfactory nerve, 

 no idea of a different scent is produced, for the 

 scent dies off from the handkerchief; but when 



