The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-04
THE EVOLUTIONARY TADPoLE

l. is though; tha' tae eccentric action of the ,adpole in di. ardins his tail and securing legs IS what first suggested to Darwin the idea of evolution. Of course we do not attempt sd prove this although we are much interested in the subject, for Darwin was not the first scientific pro- mulgator of,he evolution theory. The tad pole Is a very remarkable affair. We say affair because 1t is ditticul, 10 place the tadpole in the correct category. In disposition and genera! arrangement he 1 is peculiar. At the time of his debnl he Is very small not to say unpronislng. He seems to feel sense of insecurity. for he rarely trusts himselfin deep water where there is danger of being eaten by fish or turtles. Shortly after the date of his ex- is,ence, he begins to get deshy, but in an ungainly way, for his stomach grows with remarkable rapidity while his head re- mains at s,and-still. Even after becom- ing disproportionate, his stomach eon,in- ues 10 grow until he assumes a German style of architecture. By this time he has reached very interesting stage of life, for he seems to realize his lack of athletic development, and to avoid publicity he goes down into the mud where he un- doub,edly remains for days wiihou, eating anything. This system of die:ins though, does rot improve him physically, for his stomach continues to grow. Pretty soon his tail gets stiff, and unw!eldly. |, with difficulty that he can swim. After while four legs grow ort, and then he looks around a, his taii wi.h contempt plainly stamped or his coun:enance. Then his l :ail drops of and he climbs ou: on the bank and looks doHn into the water w,h as,qnis.luea~ By ,aIs tine h!s stomach has under gone change, and the yes; Ina, ] he wore few days ago woald be 100 large i for hun. now He soon leltn; ,o use his i legs and to say l" ick ' and jump in:o the water when any one approaches. Thus l he becomes q frog of trim build. There Is nothing in his early tadpolehood to which he can look back with pleasure, and so far as science has been able to determine, he never speaks of the good old days of long ago.
 The tail in evolution has ever been an important feature. and scientists watch i, with grea, interest. The tail of the tad pole teaches an important lesson, bu, still |, does 10, prove that gentlemen ever wore them. This though Is assumed by certain evolutionists. One man in re- cen, paper on evolution said "O,her men nay differ f,om ne iu reg,td to the ,A,l. and declare that We have no diree, evidence in substlat:a a;ion ef ,he hc, ,ha people ever possessed the caudal ap. pendage. bG; know whereof speak. and have the facts l; hand to sustain my position My old Srand-f,,hes lad l tail |, leas. faut fee: lons lrene,s, ,e, once when the old nan vas oG. piswns. ore ot ,he males stepped aa hs ;..,.. Ncu could have heard hlr, ye.. l.: t ,aiie lis ,li. save hin, | s~eA: deai oi trouble lie wss splitting ra:is ore day. and us. Is ne had GU. half spll; open. te sa: down on the log 10 res,. SsideE.y the wedge t'ea oct, and the los ca;ne to- sethey wi.a l snap, aEi caught the old fellows tl.i. heard him yelling and wen, to hs ,eliet He decia,ei thu, his ,ai. iijy:,: ame;;n; ;a aav,h 1y ln com- prison wi:b ;ae ore wan hy hi, srln father l:e sa.i thu; once ,ne c.o;hes liGe blew away. and thtt he ,le>i ,he CT ] ot h:s ,ail |, spike d;,veu ia ;ae cesne; q. tAe house and wea, H sa; VI ,ae fenee on ,he o:hes s ie ot ;he vi. An,, that they hung clothes on the ,., Ny t.,hef hal un ,al ,r speak of aaa ,n ei.:;,eiy tree f;eai such an ele.,1. ian e. sn yoG see ;he theory O; es3..,;,on i: es- ,abi,shed
 Although ,he ,sipoleis t"s,., cal erc- ,u;enis,. i;.s cNpe, ence does uo;ag4 the us.as seme,t.;aa in' itos VI, sl: oom- p.aceu;iy oa the haus, o. a pond. and see ;adpo.e smuggling n iiss.s' Nl:h | damaged ;al. An uslt;nishei pji. Q, les an l..,endei stomach. las: o"e wo.l oi ercoura semen; .rom ;he ;Tos mish; alieHsa;c ire petpleAiy Q: ,he ,aipo.e bu; ihe wogi is no; spoken Aa la dafS- ness O; il:are events. d.sceasola;e laG cAteworu. the tA3poie Is cenpe.ed to ava; developments