The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-11-19


Psrs throvs I've millioas q yeas into the go.
And this v'shoss uesspho~. Hoe. aud In chat
msnner day and night With chat ceieclf
~ithout any object With whas lhosghsp eth.
out suy thought For What return sor bolh.
irg b. msans Of whas organ by n.~sns Of iss
intestine What is iss intessiues its sever.
Five m,liions 10 the moot asodersts oi the ap-
proI ,a'ate hgGr~s shich the essiaatss Of spec,al
science give.
Science, after long experiment, nov knows
that the most fertii'xing aud mo<s elective Of
manures Is that Ut Isn. The Chinese, ws must
say 10 our shame, khes it before Us No Chi.
nese pessant, Ecks berg tels us, goes to the city
suhout carrying back at the tso enSs OF HE
bamboo. tao buckets full of what Ne call 6l,h.
Thanks to human fertilisAt On, the earth in Chi.
IA is still as young as in the days OF Abraham.
Chinese ~hest yields HUNDRED and twenty fold.
There is no guano comparable in fertility 70 the
detritus OF capital great city 10 the most
Po~er'ul OF s,e,corsries. To employ the city 70
enrich the plain would be . sure success. II our
gold is hth. on the other haut, our 6llh 10 gold.
What 10 done With the 6lIh, gold! IL 10 swePt
into the s5yss.
We ht out convoys Of ships. at great expense.
10 gather up at the south pole the drOpp,Dgs OF
petreis aud peuguins. and the incalculable ele.
nent ot wesah which .e have under our own
hand ~e send to sea Al Ihs human aud ami
NAL manure which the world loses, restored 70
the land instead ct being thrown into the water.
would suffice to nourish Ihe world.
These heaps Of garbage at the corners OF the
stone OOcks, these Iaubtils OF mire jolt,ng thro'
the streets ~ night. these hOrrid scavenger carte.
-hese fetd streams o. subtsrrAnsan slime which
the pavement hides f'o.n you, do you knos whst
all this is. Ii is the dossrisg meadow. is 10 the
green e. ass, it Is ma jorSm aud thy me and ssge.
lis game, IL 10 cattle. it is the aatis6ed low of
huge oxen at evening, iI 10 the Psriumsd hay, it
Is the golden corn, IL 10 bread on youS table, it
Is the warm blood in your veins, il 10 health, Il
Is joy. il is life. Thus wills ihss mysterious Gre
Ar,On which 10 Transformation upon the earth
aud TRANSPORTATION in heaven.
Put that into she great crucible; your abun.
dance shall spring from it, The susr,sion 0t the
plains makes the noufHhment Of men.
You have the poser 20 thros away this wealth
aud to think me ridiculous into the bargain.
That will cap the climax Of your ignorance.
Statistics show that F,snce. sloue. makes
liquidation Of hundred millions every year into
he Atlantic ocean, from the mouths Of her riv.
ers. Mark the: With that hundred millions you
nigh; pay . quarter Of .he expenses Of tho gov
Tuc tic a. 10 such stsas hO
prefers to throw h,s hundred m.liioss into the
gutter. IL is the very substance Of the people
which IL carried Away, here drop by drop, there
Ia foods. by the ~resched vomiting Of our se~.
ers into the rivers. and the gigantic collection Of
our rivers into the ocean. Each hiccough Of
our closcA costa us :hOussnd francs From this
~e have two results; the land impoverished aud
he water infected. Hunger rising iron the
furrow and disease rising from the river.
IL is notorious. for stance, that at this hour
the Thames is poisoning Lopdon.-FSsm Victor
Hugo