The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-10-12

Color as a Source Of Life.

Color as Source Of Life.
Commissioner Pleasanton, who runs the In.
terror Department at Washington, expert
ments with nature and deduces conclusions
that a blue sky was M st favorable Of all 9th
ers to life of all descriptions, so he arranged
to produce that manner of life in a grapery,
Every eighth row Of glass in the roof of the
arbor was violet color, which arrangement
enabled the gun to cast violet rays on every
leaf in the grapery during the day. The re-
suit was most astonishing. The vines grew
beyond all calculation, aud the yield Of grapes
was most tremendous. In two years the vines
produced twelve hundred pounds of fruit,
while in old grape growing countries it re-
quires four or five years to obtain fruit from
new vines. He next tried the experiment of
subjecting animal life to the same influence
A litter Of pigs was separated, one-half Of
the pigs being placed under the ordinary and
the other half under the violet light The
same rapid development characterized the
pigs that eat under the blue, while those that
remained exposed to the ordinary white light
continued as before. But the most remarka-
Bile xperiment was in the case of an Alder
ney male calf which was subjected to the
new principal The calf at its birth was
weak and puny, and not expected to live
Placed in a pen Under violet colored glass
roof, it Immediately began to improve, and
50 continued to do until in fifty days he gain.
ed six inches il height, and at the end Of che
year he had gained his maturity This fact
the experimepter considers the most marvel
Gus of all, and he is curious to know what re-
sults these experiments will lead to hercaf-
ter ss4 SAL 'yltE4 ssl2ss A
The principal upon which Commissioner
Pleasanton proceeds is, that the blue color
deoxygenates the carbonic acid gas, supply
ing carbon to vegetable life, and sustaining
both vegetable and animal life with its oxy-
gen; and that the magnetic, electric and
theEmic power Of the suns rays reside in the
violet ray, which is compound of the blue
and red ray. With these suggestions as his |
postulate, the experiments which we have en-
umerated were entered upon. The result |
must be productive of extended experiment.
ing in the future, for if the life of an animal |
or a vine may be invigorated by the light of
Che sun strained through glassroof what isto
same beneficial principal from as.
sisting human weakness ~ O. Republican,
Gems OF Thought, m sis
What man is before God, that he real
y is. Fl eGse
Who ever learns to stand alone, must
learn to fall alone. 2 ft.i 30
He who rejoices at the destruction of hui.
man life, is not fit to be trusted with power
in the world lr9
g To be criminal is to be afraid Of the day
because you see, and Of the night because
you do not. iui 1i98
Faith knows there are no impossibilties
with God, and will trust him when it cannot
trace him. tga as
The reign of good principle in the soul
carries its own evidence in the life, just as
that of good government is visible on the
face of society.
Mental powers may fill a chapel; but spir-
itqal power fills the church. Mental powers
may gather congregation but spiritual
power saves souls. a oTUA mott
q There may be martyr on straw pal /
let, unvisited, unsympathized with and un-
known, except to God; as real as glorious,
as the martyr that was tied to the stake and
consumed 20 ashes ir the days Of persecution
OIL Olu.1sa rs AlyGafsta c& gGifg 2 % &45T ffts5 |
Every human being has work to- carry /
on within, duties to perform abroad infu-
ences to exert, which are peculiarly his, and
which no CONSCIENCE but his own can teach. |
Let him not enslave his CONSCIENCE to Others
but act with the freedom, strength and dig /
nifty Of one whose highest law is in. his own
breast
Ii the lives Of all Of US there are hours of |
anxiety, disappointment, pain and vexation,
seasons Of trial that are to be met only with |
stubborn patience, Greatness Of soul is
tested BY the serenity with WHICH these iney7
The little mind will fret and chafe aud fu,ne
over little things, even as the petty stream
over its narrow, pebbly bed, while the deep,
strong, mighty river moves swiftly and ST. |
lently over the builders that lie at its bot
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