The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22
ARP AND NATURE.
HE WATCHES THE WONDERFUL
GROWTH or DfFFERENT ZINES.
Touches Upon the Solar System Afraid th'
Moon win Pay us AN Unweic"me Whit
A Pleasant visit To- Cycioneta.

finite smailness of animal lie. IL goes
on and on. and on past comprehension.
These iny.s bic creatures MI the air. the
water, the food, the flesh, and make up all
animal and vegetable life. We eat them
and breathe them and 1t makes no diner
ence. unless they are Of poisonous malig-
nant kind; and then they eat US. and we
call it yellow fever or CHOLERA or some
kind of pesti.ence.
What a wonderful study is nature. |
sit In the ver@ndah and watch the vines
as they climb the latt ce-wth what won
darful instinct they put out their delicate
arms and tendrils to find something to
cling to. The morning gorles and madeira
vines and cinnamon vines Irvine around the
canes. but the sourd vine VII not tw-ne
at all. 1t grows straight up. and every
few inches sends out a strong Etue arm
or tendril that fastens around cane or
a wire and holds the vine steady. never
saw anything to grow rapidly as thls
gourd vine. Ii late in coming up put
has already climbed higher than the other
vines. 1t makes a foot day by measure
ment.
l wonder how the Creator wrapped up so
much sense j a tiny seed. what CON
dens alton of life ana auty there IS ia
the germ. the embryo Of a Howe seq
the seed OF a carnaton pink. for ms
Ii is a ncver-ceasing mystery the
OF the howcrs. the corn, tne cot
leaves Of the trees. was talk
friend about il last night, aud ne
believed that all plants We're cor
their ex silence and enjoyed life
the pines how they bleed when
an ak Look how the scar heals
the same man when ne
finger. Prune II too much, ane
Look at thu sensitive plant and
shrInks from the touch. see "
desire the leaves and lowers OF tn
reach out 10 the morning sun. Ms
flowers are born 10 blush unseen,
they were not consc.ogs OF their be-
Why should they be born at al2
I used 10 think that everything We see
was created for the use or the pleasure OF
man, aud that evea the stars were pl reed
in the heavens TO please us. But don't
think 50 now. The birds do not sne Tor
us alone Even the sparrow that fans 10
the ground mas the sympathy IT its Gre
ator.
But If a man wishes 10 ponder pp3n MS
insigniflcance let him try to grasp the eN-
tent Of the universe. Sir Robert Ball. of
Cambridge says in a recent lecture on the
stars. that there is no limit TO the u9-
verse. no outside boundary no space be
yonl the stars-no space where there are
no stars. and he tries TO bring th.S idea
within our reach by telling US that cleo
tricity travels on the wires 10000 miles IN
a SECOND and 4 tms ssage could De Aeht
seven times around the earth in the tick 81
a clock. and to the moon IN second ana
"A half and TO the sun in eight minutes
but il would take four years to send tcle-
gram TO Alpha Centauri the star that is
nearest the earth. over our heads aud
visible to the naked ego are stars So r.
mote that if when Columbus discovered
America he had tcleeraphcd the news to
them the message wouli no. yet nave
reached them. But the teiea sopo e the
( Lick observatory has ~ - iut'.
view utterly. - }Hr 4"
uet who VISITED lS hiteh
hal tei.rt aphei the -as- 10 these
stars the message would stinsno eoinE on
and on and ON 40 the speed 81 lSa,ao miles
every second and not have gotten there.
We'll, that settles i don't want 70 try To
think any farther than that I'm AFRAID It
would strain my rlnd TX, Cahe SAM
when ne refused TO shoot al a squirrel IN
the top Of very high pine said ne dtih
like to strain his gun.
And now the astronomers declare that
this solar system of ours is very limited
affair when compared with the other solar
systems that the big telescope has discov-
cred That instrument maRnities 1000 times
and has actually brought the moon WITHIN
30 miles ~ the earth. ! wish they would
quit fooling with that moon. First thlng
We know it viii get loose from its ,rht
and come tearing down upon the earth aud
knock hole to the hollow and set rs an
on fire ! don't see much use in the moon
rohow, except to tell when To make soap
aud Kill hogs and plant potatoes. they
are making 50 much light by electricity now
that before long we wont need any moon
light.
but what are we've poor mortals who
are jumping up and down upon this little
earth fighting. fuss.ng and quarrehug
about our rights. our property. oHr H}oa.
Are the angels all up among the staF
We the only sinners the prisoners
confined here as a sort Of Hotar#