Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-10-11

MssA N@M eAtA& VITA 00& U08 A4aNU.
feel with hnt one heart OF a &C most.
How cones il that George Thomas e
u o1asas gssssss DO not sncceed Ii vim
dicaling the oheapnes Of scientific
farmings I'll take Mr.. Lincoln'a
method Of hscifvSng. A little Fssnch
girl asked her mamma show do peo-
pie GET habiesf" Answer-"Ahi mon
infant. 80 avec doulanr The an
ecdOte il supposed to have q smntty
pun to these that know French: s'ar-
gal, i is bad and ussless 10 know
French Cl Ths pun il had In two
sensess u 10 both . bad play on words
and unnecessary: tie pathcs of the
thing gives poiat enough eo the ox-
planation 20 justify it. 30 soienea II
born only through great labor and
pain Of the whole human family.
All honor 70 those members who
do the travailing for the benefit of the
rest. aud happy that individual of
said rest who has the profitable hu-
mility 10 receive with thanks the nat.
nfal oaspFing, Dot wanting HE own child.
lrszneas es preferable whrn. q be ceuld nndss-
stand his own motives, the ssrrea II his prVia-
dicn u that be h@s not The means nor, per
haze, the spirit 90 coatFibnte Go the nansinR
of tbs infana trath: the result must lie. that as
be takes none 0f the risks. DO lmmal waia with
religious faith aad loFsisnde foF lairr parli-
e.psison IN lhe henehis perhaps only thfoaah
his sans-wh0m theFelore Isl him prepare ana
net dlsnonrage-whils Ne t0lerMies FsIigioasiy
The slips In hahy-lbod of he more puhlic-s,,ifs
L
pensively, u yoa ehanse. devote Themselves 10
The we,-narsing Of Nature. G,eo. Thomas 3
Co. have no need 20 blush Cor their expensive
labor, since the paper Of DR.. Rllaay Il 10 al
intents and pnFTnsas the hnnl ssep which saan
the world sqaarely into she right Vsuad lsum
the divergent fork Il has wanAerrss on sinco
the grand miStake Of Baron von Laihlg, lhs
father Of modera Agriculture. Lslbie ana
lised the soil and sound the elements nsoessa-
~ 20 vegetable growth, then propoandea
the theory that the more work we could
sAvs the erops ia reducing their Iood 10
It's simplest forms, the pFompter and the moFu
prohtnhle would be the result. THIS was fbund.
IN briei, 20 Be great big no-such thing. And
| Iseibig, humbiy and with religious awe ac4
knowledged hls profound miainserpresAtion ar
Nature when, In che coursr of Development az
The new synihetice Agriculture, 10 which bic a.
bors with originality O. pufpOse equal 10 that
1 ~ 1otuWoaa tSnrAstosAA Got0n had heWn the
hFss pioneer opening, it transpirrd that sego.
tables got their ph0sph0rus quicker and In
greater abundance frem the lnsolmhls and
complex combinations tsab-phosphais Of lima,
&e.sl than when presented 10 their roots In ila
eleslientary (unc0mbinedl saaae, and All la
tood elements In like manner hetsnR from thair
salts than their naked state; he was thunder
struck at bis presumption In GAncying lhas
man'e feeble knOwiedge could supplement- the
illimitable resources Of Mature, inalead of bs-
Ing satlsfed with simply making hlmself ao-
qaAaated aith her methods. This last Il, in
tact alt that srienee seeks 10 accomplish. The
lesson is that Il dnes nai aerompllsh aIl AZ
onoe. O0lamb0s shMIt NO dFsmm ef Andlua 4
new conilnent when he sailed thls way; haonIy
sought 10 reach the east coast Of lndIa, bat yet
be based bis expeetAtiens on aoientife pFine,..
pies, not uP0n hia experience ma q practical
sailor, for practical sailing had not taught hin,
that the earth Was FouAd. So Colnmbus's 8
discovery q AmeFsca was grand mlataket 1
"AFgal," book knowledge u bad and usps
lees I'D Ieoald 90 on multiplying parallels
u History 70 that OF Scientific Agriculture.
Lord Bacoa protested Ia . big book. smilea
the N0vam OrRanoa. . sVsiesa of laduetive
philosophy which was assumrd TO be oompe-
tent 10 the peEiecting of ell ka0wledRe. To
understand tbs pivotal polat of this appmFent-
| " arrogant claim requires only 10 understand
the technical meaalng Of the anllthaelc tsFms
-induetive and Dcdneiive. Drducsive PhI.
losophy-which WA the manner of explaln-
lag all ihlags by all the aacIsnls (sxOsptIaR
Aristotle, u We are % be guided By Or. JOlsn
Wm DrnpeF, l--hFst assumed. on The basla of
the human Intelloct (Or logically how things
ought 60 be, and then reasoned from tI,a
premises down 10 actual facts aud thlnRn.
without acquaintance with these latter. In
ductive Philosophy first learns how the facts
ere asd then, by putiiug things together back
wards In History, arrives at pFoximnie and al
timAie causes, making consistent ehsin, IL
wOmld insult common sense 10 ask which mvn-
ten explains most things. TIE one which doss
is entitled 70 the nams of Srience. On this
view, al the Philosophles of the aneIenls--wo-
called meiaphysics-aFe entitled 20 the narne
Of ofnonsense. Bacou wasfu the right path then. /.
| lt would not be relevant here % SET forth ali
his scientific b;uuders. Perhaps theRFeateat
lay In his Ignoring the deaFth 0f maierials. In
bis day necessary 80 basis ioE 30 e0mpsehen-
sive q system, the essential character al which
shonld have pointed 0ut--no knowledge ol
bottom facts, 10 philosophy. netaphyslc.
bad kept the world saiisiea with lis ienog-
ance Of bottom facts. The labors al ariencs.
specialists, which were inaugnrased By "a.
eon's crude and ill-digesied propositions have
sincs his day snpplied the market with CO.
pioas material, and . mind In oar day nnsx-
cellea ID grasp 81 Baron, Shakespeare o. Aris.
tote % va. Herbert SpsnceF, has collaled
These facts into Philosophy, called Rvola.
tion, which not only explains al thiags ex-
plainable up 10 date, Ieaving all the ancient
Philosophles a-wiping Of Their eyes like half
walked children, bat gives good prOmisp u
J suppiying By the consistency of its own me-
ehanisu, like the GrUex language, aay deh-
eienries that may be fsis In The futnFs.
as DIT. kllsey's lecture seems - have been
delivered beiose % agricultural auAlenes con
veEnMnt with The terms and phenomeEa Of
J Chemigtry, without . knowIedgs of which
moasra kgming would sos b modern Arm.
Ing, and II this Sssms q hard saying 20 81.
MaEy's farnssrs, ! can oaly my-"What are
yoa going - DO about itp'-s question thai
ean only Be answered by-Iss The farmer d
the failure sauAy ChemisaFy; hare we not Ag-
Fiealanrnl Colleges - that these inveigh
againss who d0n't know What they ere talk
J Ing sb0ut--And - the Deei0r might with ad-
vsssnge, think, hare bssn . lilsls more en-
PlanatoEy u sons places, ny fanetiea sssms
% eome In here 20 prevent che 81 MaFy's fas-
mer from losing chs eentrai idea of One paper.
! ous of whish his foriuns Il % be madsg Ia
other wordss the paper 3 - Suggestive that
masy q im POINTS would wei repay closer
mmmsynis.
Tks grAsd idea psOpounssa +, hsansl ssd
total emancipation from Lmibigism, In thai the
insoimble salts ere the beet ibFlma - fpFesansing
/, The shirseen eiensnfs neeesMaFy ~ crops sad
vastly the cheapest Here the prohism efanc-
eesafal fArming is solved, think. The maAin
eOst of fertilizers Under Leibig's system va
The salphuFie aeia ussd % Fednoe them 10 col.
ubiIity, 1he cast a maiiWe Stone manaFas being
ssas 5 90 to $780," pulveriE@iioa Ii nli ihalsI
nesdsd, and this leaves the lertilissEs e 9le
ton 70 SIS ion for he salpuris acid neaasd
1 -
esxuthasie. snnslheE--ahs aaaI.