Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-06-11
EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION.
Birds Are Llneal Descendants of Reptiles OF
the Most llileOus Type.

theory, think evolution teaches that
man descended from a babOOn or 4
chimpanzec, or was actually one Of
these animals. The theory, Of course,
does not teach this ut all, but only
that every form of life existing at pres
ent is developed or perfected from
some earlier fOrm-as, for instance,
that man and the gorilla are both de-
sccndantS of some common prOgenitOr
| probably very unlike either.
In the absence Of light on the sub
icCt, it requires no more assurance to
say that this reasonable way was God S
way than to affirm that il was any
other way. The fact that some other
manner has been accepted for long
time as the right one does not make it
right. As the Scriptures do not en-
Tighten us one way nr another as to
| the method Of creation. then it seems
just rs prcSuming in Us mortals to say
that it was by special acts Of creation
as that evolution was Gods plan.
! LINEhL DESCENDANTS OF REPTILES.
That the birds as we now have them
are direct descendants Of or modili.
cations oi 'Hc cary rePtlIeS every one
not descendants Of any reptile existing
at present, perhaps, but of some pre-
existing species from which both our
birds and our reptiles have descended.
In fact, the account Of creation Civ.
en in Genesis nearly says SO. 1t says:
'IAu nd l,nI -uiJ Il at tbr ,vninr briut,
An' YOU Sau; het 'ie water pr'hS
,"I,' "p,'"HHh''l 'io moving creature
INA. ''"In me, alu lo"l 'hal may ny
"p9'o Wv ~. !" III '''u "lc' 'ril''ilch'
u m''Nc"' &C.,
.l.,,y nv otaNSo' many rar'y p'iu' "noSG
l','''lS "r' iV'"" III 'i'e ROCKS "creo o'
"G''"i''"' c''"'"''ci ""u uolc 'tuc
'cc'n. III our p'ru' ih'N are greatly
.i'o't''Ic"' anu 20 ",NorHc 'ial u l"rhleu
.I'c p"'.s VI c''S''''c'i''il now nearly
N""o w. vi "sr' '"u oi''N 'r"c anu Sa'c
c''9S'"','"i "r'"S N,"Nn US the
NOR l'uo'"3ita' one Ut 'ha' pn'c" upon
',r ior'ii VI li' p'ru' c'Poc'al'y ol It's
'hrIc'Vn; nI 81.
Inc O.Il tIa>HIIlcllIon IS very laully'
US ior instance aI' ol lnr loilS' lhlh'
pI'''" D,r"' Dn,rr,"' were put mo th' same
t!aIN: lh'' 'lc',''c" ln' huIilmln%
birds differing sn mntrrioll, in form
habits and Skeleton th,t +, mrrr ,,rn
would unt tb,rL nf nl,cino ,LnrI in
the same order
Although not characteristic sull.
clrnlly uIStlhtINc Tor ciaNslllcalioh,
scribinr birds. and one looking at a
collection with lhi, H. view will be sur.
priscd at the rrcat variation m shane.
Each bird has that form of bill best
suited to its habits and mode of oh.
tanning livelihood.
WHY rHEY DIFFER.
Every one knows the difference he
tween Il hard and soft bill; the former
for cracking seeds. and the LATTER for
eating insects. A Glance at the robin
and sparrow or finch bill wall show
the distinction. There is also a SINH
larlty between fine lone bill of thp
robin and that Of fine vooIcock or
Snipc, both Of which bore into fine
ground for insects. The woodrork.
however. dcprndS entirely uuon This
method: consequently its blll Is LONGER.
thinner, and proyiLrd with Il cover.
inr which is very sensitive. so much 50
That il can not bore into any but ycry
soft earth. and i, is by the presence of
these holes, or "borinrS, =" as hunters
call them. that their presence is de.
tccted. The bill Of the meadow lark
is for the same use, but they also eat
berries and fruit, hence they are pro-
vidcd with the angle IN the bcak,
which enables them to swallow quite
large substances.
In Florida and other st,,cs wbcrc
vegetables ARE rarsrI in winter ,he
meadow lorks snnnji~ th" wir,cr
there make such hrynr npnn thr mons
and brans that considerable loss is
sustained Thcy con onrn , uc, mod
and scoun ON, t6c rnw nj meas IN short
order, < rrn,lrm,n in EloriLn who
sut,croI lass ,hrom,,h tLon in nns,yo,
in tbn nunry what lid h" l;"nJ H. '" h,s,
thorn ansvorrJ 81 lila thn ,rrrnr
hm,zorJ brrnnsc bc wnn,t o,t nnT.
,hinT hut meal y If hc h,I ronsi,Ior-
oL Inwov"r ,h,t ,hn I'rls nis"oat
,bn insnr,s whirh Losir,r bis r",,,,", ~
iI,s anG ,rnn,,, ,,.no. v,I lila ,Ln n'
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