The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-03-06

| Mr.. Wood criticised the civil service COM
mittee report as not being an able report
for measure of such great importance.
While the bill was under discu sion Mr..
Willard from the select committee on civil
service reported bill providing that any
member of Congress soliciting or roc,m-
mending appointments, unless called on by
the President or heads of departments, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and fined
from 500 to 81 900.
The morning hour expired, and the bill
went over, and the house went into COM
nittee of the whole on the diplomatic ap-
preparation bill.
Mr.. Frye, at the instance Of Mr.. Hooper
of Mass, introduced bill supplementary
to the civil rights act OF April 1865, and
moved the previous question on its passage.
The bill was read.
Mr.. Sargent objected.
Mr.. Eldrtdge moved that the blu be re-
iected.
The motion was negatived by a strictparty
vote. Yeas SO, nays 1l6. The morning
hour having expired the bill went over un-
til the morning hour on the next Monday,
when it comes up after the call of states for
bills for reference, but as that call can be
prolonged so as to consume the whole hour
by requiring the reading of bills introduced,
this bill cannot possibly be reached If its op-
ponents are inclined to prevent 1t. The only
other way of getting at it is by suspension
OF the rules, for which the Republicans have
not the requisite two.thirds majority.
Mr.. Dawes moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution irstructing the
committee of ways and means whenever it
shall report bill changing import duties to
provide also for putting salt and coal on the
free list.
The m otion to suspend the Iules and
adopt the resolution was rejected-yeas lob,
nays Sc, less than two thirds in the affirm
ative.
Mr.. Mercer moved to suspend the rules
and discharge the committee of the whole
from further consideration Of the bill re-
pealiHg duties on tea and coffee, ard to pass
the same.
The rules were Suspended and the bill
passed: yeas 153, nays IS.
Mr., Banks moved the rules be suspended
and the views of the minority received and
printed with the majority report, provided
that its language is not in violation of the
house. Agreed to without division.
Paradoxicai science.
went to an afternoon tea at house
where l was sure to meet some nice people.
And among the first met was an old friend,
who had been hearing some lectures on bot.
any at the Kensington museum, and had
been delighted with them. She is the kind
of person who gets good out of everything,
and she was quite right In being delighted
besidss that, as found by her account OF
them, the lectures were really interesting
and pleasantly given. She had expected
botany to be dull, and had not found II so
and "had learned so much" On hearing
this. proceeded naturally to inquire what
for nv idea of her was that before she went
to the lecture at all she had known more
botany than she was likely to learn by them
So she told me that she had learned. first o.
all. that there " were seven sorts OF leaves =
Now have always a great suspicion OF the
humber of seven; because, when | wrott
the Seven Lamps of Architecture" lt re
quired all the ingenuity was master OF tt
prevent them from becoming eight, or ever
nine, on my hands. So thought 70 mysel
that 1t would be very charming II there
were only seven sorts of leaves; but that
perhaps, If one looked. the woods and for
ests OF the world carefully through, 1t wa
, lust possible that one might discover a.
, many as eight sorts and then where woult
nv friends new knowledge OF botany be
SO said "That was very pretty; but wha
more?' Then my friend told me that sht
had no idea before that petals were leaves
On which thought to myself that 1t woulC
not have been any harm to her II she hae
remained under her old impression that pet
: ais were petals. But said: '.That wa'
very pretty, too; and what more 2" So ther
nv friend told that the lecturer said tht
object of his lectures would be entirely &C
complished II he could convince his hearer'
that there was no such thing as flower.
Now In that sentence u have the mot!
perfect and admirable summary given yol
of the general temper and purpose OF moo
. ern science. 1t gives lectures on potany,
which the object Is to show that there Is M
such thing as a flower; on humanity, u
show that there Is no such thing as a man
and on theology, to show that there is NJ
suCu tiiiuS 40 q ooN'
No such thing as a man, but only mech
anism no such thing q, God. but only {
series of forces. The two faiths are essen
. tiallv one; you feel yourself to be only
machine, constructed to be only regulato
of MINOR machinery, you will put you
statue of such science on your Holb0rn via
D duct, and necessarily recognize only maIo
4 machinery as regulating you. l must ex
plain the real meaning to you, however, Q
that SAYING OF the botanical lecturer, Tor
has a wide bearing. Some fifty years ag
r. the noet Goethe discovered that all tn
: parts of plants had q kind of common ma
u trlre. and would change into each other
= Now this was true discovery, and nOtabl
8 one and you will find that, in fact, al
plants are composed essentially of two part
the leaf and the root-one loving the light
the other darkness one liking to be clean
Y the other dirty one liking to grow for tn
v most part up, the other for the most par
down: the one, having faculties and pur
noses of its own. But the pure one, whicl
g loves the light, has, above all things, tn
!. nurpose of being married to another leal
and having child-leaves, and children's chi
l. dren of leaves, to make the earth fair fOrev
If er. And when the leaves marry they put o
Il wedding robes, and are more glorious tha
, solomon in ali his glory; and they hav
. feasts of honey, and we call them "fowers.
e In certain sense, therefore, you see the be
l. tanjcal lecturer was quite right. There ar