The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-08-13
Fos the Advertise
ANIMAL OOLORS
RY 4. n. INGRAHAN. n. u.

Beauty crowns everything that na-
ture has fashioned, whether we icon
sider. the lilies whose unassuming
glory surpasses the glitter of Solo
mons court, or the gorgeous rainbow,
or the summer clouds swimming In
silent ether, or the evergre-ns nour-
ished by the gray crags OF the noun
tain. which strangely contras, with
the foliage of the forest below. Con-
templating these. we exclaim with
the poet. Thctnpson:
who can paint ike nature
There is nothing that she has made
in vain. and she quickly destroys
whatever becomes useless. or fulfils
not benignsnt purpose In the dark
caverns of the earth or in the dusty
chambers that unaerlie the pyramids
no bud or flower has existence, for in
such gloomy retreat no eve could
ever see them. The selfssme agent,
sunlight. which ministers to the eve,
sdorns and embellishes everything
that the dsy can shine upon.
The sickly gerauiums that grope
in dark cellars are pale and colarless.
50, xlso the sickly daughters of fash
ion. who live in The light Of the chan
de.ier and emerge from their dark
ened rooms a, midday. Is j, marvel
GUS that their faces require paint
Look now ~ the garden flower which
drinks the daylight from dawn till
dusk. Or the rustic girl who runs
bare headed under the skies of Jurr..
unshsded and unveiled. both flower
and face assume the fair hue> that ma
ture designed Come out at your
caves We fashionable CHESTS and let
nature touch YOU with her paint
brush.
There is nothing that can equal
.sa.lsgkt in purgiag the system If
that hyir.heaied disease. scroiula--
Nicisitudes of atmosphere and diver
sites Of climate have much TO de-
Hifh the varieties Of Complexion
Temperate rosses deSelope a fair skin.
As we enter higher lst..uaeS and fro
sen regions ne find faces coarse and
du>sy. A. We approach the equa.or
darker sill. and in Ahhvsinis. black
Fur though Ham was hr,rh-r II
Iapaet the >lngularIties o: hahI'>.
food. and elinste. have 81 ch,ugei
his descendants that we Ut the eau
cs>iou race dssown relationship, sn.i
scarce concede 10 them The. rights Ii
men
As We turn 10 the brut,- creation
oar observations oa color sfe confined
TO fur and feathers. as animals have
little Of complex on 10 exhibit. The
color al ihe hsir.however.eorsesp
sth the ewes sui the skin ir.sm
which It grows. Ii is misguided
tsste therefore which sugg st, diving
the hair or beard. nature ha> cha~eu
a e.,iar Tor these which We cannot al
ter without destroying tie original
harmony. Several well known drugs
when used persi>tently arr observed
TO act specifically upoa the human
hair and TO change its shade, and
even restore the color in youthful
persons who have b-come partially
gray. A this las has seldom been
accomplished. except by diluted mel
ictne the tacI has seen cited by ho-
moro, sathi,,s ia illus rati,n II MS
tery Ing u sexpla ue /. ysE med.
cine J~,tesfi-sd BY dilation
H. .yers co.nirs tae color II aui-
nsls is adapted TO the co'or BY which
they are surrounded. Polar foxes.
birds AID hears. that live amid snow
are white. Some truptest birds anl
reptiles are green. because eh,-y I've
in perpetual serinre Wild animals
Of temperate climates resembles in
color the dead leaves and grasses
Especially those whse >sfety is in
coneealmeut. The t.cetoad favor,
the bark of it, tree. the ground toad
fayors the rlod The bir,i known as
the blackjack, inhabiting Russia aad
Siberia. and several dark col9Fed ami
mails Of thl. country hecp,ns. white in
winter. or If taken before the meta
norphos's Is compl',ts. show = mixture
OF white aid black fur or plum .ge-
The chameleon. a species o. lizz ri.
changes color slightly as il moves
from plsce 70 place. Animals # the
same family. with the same tool aud
climate and in viii sts-e, ar pre-
cisely uniform in color But under
the control Of man they develop in
neyer-ending variety.
Compare thu ig with the wolf.
the demes il pigeon with the aild
he barn fowl with the ursirie hem
Animals such a. the maltese "a and
guinea fossil. which rersin uniform
colors. maintain also. . degree Of
heads,roug Independence Every
hunter has noticed that h. fnal.-s Of
wild animals incline to mixed black
and white, while the female have the
intermediate colors with mar variety
and less OF contrast. Cmnci8enr with
this in an assembly Of men and wo-
men Won viii observe The same hing
in their choice Of apparr.. OF tits
last phenom non phr+noiagy If .rls
the only ISOLATION. Men have less