Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-09
ORA W. pom Err.
is Ihts Fascinating Pastime Entitled to
Consideration as one of the Exact SCI
eacesY -7hree Eminent SaUaats Tarsstt.
gate the Subject Nth Results Disastrous
TO Too Of Them.
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I prove mat draw poker Is justly entitled 10
/ consideration as one Of the exact sciences,
beautifully governed by strictest msthe.
ihatlcai law, instead OF being merely one
/ OF The eccentric and ruleless r. creations
I incident TO American leisure. Their eft.
! iorts, however, seem TO be attended by
many complex difficulties.
In recent paper upon the Correlation
OF Bind and Straddle," Prof Dana. the
eminent geologist, submitted to the ROYAL
Society the following, which he modestly
/ Claimed as his own discovery:
la experimenting upon the effects Of
age upon diversely stratified hands before
The draw, | found, when the senior asnd
consisted Of one Azoic stratum OF deuces
and one Paleozoic stratum of kings, with
an intermediary and Improbable sub
stratum of detrItus composed OF AZ odd
club or so,--hat, first, the tendency To ere.
ale an upheavs! IN the metallic deposit At
STAKE, and thereby cause second influx
OF fossil ivory towards the common cen.
tire, was greater than when said hand was
Irregular in formation; and that, second,
SAID hand subsequently usually segregated
said FOSSIL accreuons, ana gathered them
about itself.
Having been appointed a committee to
investigate the above Profs Huxley, d Ar.
win aud Tyndsll pursued their researches
from 1880 7. Nj. one Saturday uotil l1:l5
A NJ Sunday, and PlOf. Huxley, the
Chairman, reported as follows:
Your committee, after arduuus labor
ana great expense, find that, while the
Dana theory OF Elevation OF Strsddles, as
contained in his paper, is correct In the
premises, II is sometimes disestrousy isl.
lacious IN the conclusion. One OF the ex.
periments tried by your committee proved
TINS, as follows: The senior hand, gov.
erned by myself, consisted before the
draw OF one stratum OF enssnguined Jacks,
one stratum OF sable queens, aud one accl.
dental bat worthless diamond-almOst as
valuable formation as that instanced by
Pfol. Dana. The sub senior hand eugl.
neered by Prot. Tyndall, was nearly HON
ogeneous with small spades, the besuutul
continuity being only bobtaIed At one
end by a healthy but inefflcacious heart.
The Junior hsad, under the management
of Prof. Darwin, consisted before the
draw, as he states, OF one thin stratum of
deuces, with three substrata Of detritus-
an eight, four and six Of assorted suits
Prots Tyndall and Darwin having duly
entered, generously upliited the revenue
10 the extent OF the limit which in our
case was $40. To this Prof Tyndall read.
lily acceded, Prof. Darwin demurred for
severai minutes, arranged and resrranged
MS strata IN an uncertain, and, as we
thong ht,tneryous manner but finally con.
Guided his meditation and contributed
quite handsome fossil collection towards
the general center. To me he then dealt
Que sub.slralum; to Prof Darwin one;
and TO himself three. Applying myself to
the taxldermist's art, | soon discovered
that my formation Of Jacks had been won.
derully enriched, the triple strata of
which even now, resting upon my stratum
OF queens, quite filled my hand. Prof.
Tyudall then, after examining his newly
acquired stratum with evidences of sup
pressed emotion, advanced one fossil. TO
the value of 60. Prof. Darwin took
panoramic view Ut his strata, and neatly
covered that and, to my great delight,
added q smaller fossil, 20 the value of 10
shlllings. promptly covered both de-
poslts, and then proceeded to hoist Prof.
Darwin to the extent o. $40 Still further
to my delight Prof. Tyndail elevated me
in like ratio. l naturally feared that now
Prof. Darwin would retire. So did PROT
Tyndall, who halt regretted having put
on so aggressive q front TO his usually
timld friend, But TO our immense salts.
faction, Prof Darwin, after again review
ing his strata to see if they were ali there
moi only nimbly assembled Prof Tyndall's
elevation, but capped it, as before, with
10 sbillings X joicing secretly in the
wisdom OF the Dana theory, but with an
srtful stimulation OF hesitation designed
TO encourage my fellow investigators, /
again climbed over both precip,ous
10 "a Of
contest which now comes 10 me like
blurred and hideous dream. Prot. Tyndall
leaped over me, Prof. Darwin hoped
over hin, and turned somerseis over
Prof. Darwin, until not only was my en-.
tire fossil collection, my pocket portfolio
OF engraved portraits OF Government ce-
lebrliIes, and checks for half the sum OF
my Accommodations in the East India Bank,
beaped on the pile, with Prot. TyHdall's
watch aud eye glasses and fine pOlsr.
scope and collar buttons, together with
his seal ring, mortgage on his house, an
order for seven months advance salary
as Secretary OF your honorable body ana
a transfer order for twO.thirds Oi his reg.
lstered cOns0ls, but also drafts from Prof
Darwin upon bis publisher for the entire
gross receipts Of "a new edition OF the
"a Descent Of Man." and a corrected re.
vision Of the Origin Of Species" with
clear deed Of the copyright Of book
now Ia preparation. | now naturally be
gan 10 fear lest my zssl should blight the
future OF my two friends, especially that
OF Prof. Darwin, whose acquaintance
with the science gnder discussion was bul
limited at best, and VINO, ielt quite Ger
tain, merely perseyeIed through gentle
manly spirit OF accommodation. But IS
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