Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-06-18

here present It:
Poor PRINTS.
One summer evening there was an I'M
usual commotion in a quiet village on
the line Of the Southern Pacific railroad
Men, women aud children we're running
about with anxious faces. A three year
old child was missing from its home.
The village was small, every nook and
corner soon explored, and the convlo-
ton forced itself upon the parents that
their little one must have wandered out
upon the prairie.
IN through the night and far into the
next day. the agonized father and broth
era, with their aympathizing ~nelghbors,
searched vainly ell hope had almost died
within them. Suddenly, a joyful cry
from one Of The younger boys gathered
an eager group about him. What was
il? In a moist spot Of ground, 50 faint
and small, Il was almost a miracle that
It was seen at ell, was the print Of a lit
tic shipper, and just beyond was another
somewhat more distinct. With renewed
energy the soarchers press on. Now
they lose the trail and now they find it
again until finally it leads them to the
spot where a little form, with tear-stain-
cd face, is slumberinR peacefully under
the shelter Of q friendly bush.
Surely, it would seem as IL and All
Wise Creator had designed that wheth-
or in the physical, the mental or the
moral world that there should be foot
prints to guide the earnest searcher to
the hight. Observe how often the nos
crafty CRIMINAL leaves q trace, readily
followed by the skilled detective. Quite
recently a young lady was cruelty muir
dered 10 the city Of San Francisco. A
link in the chain Of circumstantial evil
dence, which has encircled a young man
heretofore highly respected will strik-
ingIy illustrate my subject. Upon the
lady's dress was found a hair, which, ex-
amined under a powerful microscope,
correspondent exactly in diameter and
other characteristics with the hairs Of a
horse known to have been ridden by the
suspected young man on the day Of the
murder. Hairs from other horses differ
ed materially from this one. In fact the
experts who conducted these investiga-
tions claimed that they could positively
identify this hair as coming from this
particular animal and from no other.
With scientific instruments brought
to such marvellous perfection n could
almost imagine the time when tho track
Of a vessel in mid-ocean or the fight Of
a bird in the air could be traced and fol-
lowed. Toe geologist reads the testimo-
ny Of the rocks as though it we're a page
OF a printed book; tells what occurred
thousands OF years ago, describes the
formation Of the earth, notes its convul-
sions and eruptions, pictures to us its
fora and fauna, long since extinct. But
the foot prints in the mental or intellect
ual world are the ones / wish to consid
CIR.
History is but a record OF the march
Of progress. The Cinese boast a very
ancient civilization. From time i'm
memorial they have possessed the com
pass, have understood the manufacture
Of gunpowder, knew the art OF printing,
and had suspension bridges, and yet
this nation has left but a slight impress
upon the progress Of the world. Having
become possessed Of this knowledge ages
ago, they have faithfully followed the
precepts Of Confucius. have sought no
improvement or practical application,
and ever to the present day have these
arts only in the rudest and simplest
forms. Until recently China was a land
to itself and for itself.
At the dawn OF history we find the
Egyptians settled in the valley of the
Nile erecting monuments which have
challenged the admiration Of the world
Here, also, mathematics and astronomy
had their origin. From the Assyfians,
Chaldeans and Babylonians we have in
herited a knowledge OF canal building,
irrigation. architecture and writing.
The Phoenecians first constructed ships
and engaged in commerce.
On the shores of the Mediterranean
three great empires bad their rise and
fall. Carthage, Athena, Rome, were
~centers Of civilization; each IN Its turn
exceeding and surprising anything
which had gone before. The humorous
wars OF this period were agencies to dis
seminate this ever. advancing knowl-
edge.
It must not be understood hat the
march OF progress was uniform OF unin-
terrupted. After the decay Of the Ro-
man empire the world was under tho
sway Of The barbarians for centuries.
Yet even during these dark ages great
in~tellects left foot prints to show that
the world still moved. During this time
gunpowder was invented and soon after
printing was introduced. We have been
SO accustomed to books and newspapers
all u lives, printing seems such an
easy process that it Is almost impossible
for as to realize what an important
event it's introduction was ia the history
OF the world. Before that it took years
Of labor to produce a single book and
just as long to duplicate It. Newspapers
were impossible and education OF neces-
sity confined to the very few.
With the discovery Of America there
was an awakening. Each nation strove
to Guido the other in It's daring. Sail
ORA, soldiers, students sprang up, Co
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