The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-06-28
COLONEL CARR,S ADDRESS.

COLON Ell
In his address before the teachers as
sembly at Morehead, Col. J. S. CARR
last week said some things which, while
facts bear him out, the old men will not
admit. In his address which has been
published, he says:
This is the young mems age. They are
at the head of affairs throughout the
length and breadth Of the land. The
great railroads, the banks, the mighty
manufactures, our universities and col
leges, all the colossal business enter
prises of the day are in the hands of
young men. Conspicuously is that true
of the South, emerging magnificently as
she is from behind the clouds of earlier
trials and expressions.
And yet the old men will not admit
that such is the case. COLONEL CARR
has stated the real facts but the old men
still believe that they are in it. THE
GLOBE recalls a case. Only the other
day a gentleman wanted some advice
advice that was of but little importance.
the pale-faced and broad-browed student
who conducts this encyclopedia of gen
eral information Complete in one vol
ume with discounts to the trade)-was
an Old Mar and he wanted some imfOr-
nation.
1t happened to be our pleasant duty to
explain to the old gentleman that we
were up-'way up in that particular
branch of business and the information
for which he yearned would come to
him from us through the columns Of
this household necessity. But that would
not do. The old fellow wanted to know
about the children of the sun. In our
own exhaustive style and talking rapidly
we said In the opinion Of some astron-
Omers, there exists somewhere, in the
limitless and illimitable vastness Of space,
aluminary which is the centre and source
of light, life and eXistance. But no eye,
my old and hayseed friend, has caught a
glimpse of it, nor is there any likelihood
of such discovery unless colonel STAR
RETTE, Of this print shop, discovers it.
The utmost stretch of astronomical in
telligence goes to the ascertainment of
suns which are each in it's sphere the head
of a planetary system or family. Every
fixed star that shines in the armament is
the father of a family of worlds. The
same is true of countless others which lie
beyond human ken and elsewhere, how
ever the eye may be assisted by the tele-
scope. The central body, the light and
life, Of our systems of worlds, is the sun
and not our lOathsome contemporary.
The planets and satellites which belong
to this system are absolutely intended to
be dependent and are, upon the father
sun for the necessaries of life, no less
than for all the luxuries Of planetary ex-
istance. They can never reach majority
but ever remain infants. Children they
are of a parent whose patriarchal author
ity must be respected forever. Without
the heat of the sun every planet would
become little else than a vast iceberg.
There are many members of this family
too small for observation from an earthly
standpoint, and many which can be dis
cerned by the telescope cannot be ex-
plored by it, and consequently, my friend
cannot be worth my time in explaining
the business to you.
(which be they that air biggest ?" asked
our old friend and WEEKLY subscriber.
With that same abandon and reckless
style we replied without breath, Neptune,
Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth
where you now stand-Nenus and Mer-
curry. Some of these have satellites of
their own, or, as they might and may be
designated, children. These grandchil-
dren of the sun, so far as discovered, are
eighteen, and each one is a hummer. The
moon, let me explain to you, is the satel-
lite of earth. Mars, Venus and Mercury
have no satellites, children, grandchildren
or half brothers. Saturn has some eight
children called oOn or satellites-Jupi.
ter four, Uranus -four and Neptune one.
None of them seems TO have twins.
And then the old man asked us-with
his mouth open-how old we were sup
posed to be and we told him.
Then he said:
That is all right, my son-but you are