The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1896-01-31
EVOLUTION DISCUSSED.


I lowed, was one that might well attract
= attention and even arouse the professor.
OF state university, for DIR. Grants the.
!. ories in reference to evolution are out.
: spoken and shrinking a direct attack upon
9 scientists, who are declared to be COM
8 pletely at sea in reference to their theo-
: ries and demonstrations. Below We give
!, a synopsis, enough to show the tenor oi
! the speakers remarks:
!. Evolution means to evolve. Evoia-
: tionism is creed, distinct belief. Un-
! der it things have kept growing until
: everything in existence Is accounted for
! by it. There are two classes, the theistic,
: which admits of divine Interference, and
atheistic, that aseribes il to natural laws
without the Intervention of God. The
speaker declared that he would speak
purely from scientific research and not
, as preacher. Where came we from,
where do We go, that is the question and
q minister has as much right TO discuss
it as q college professor, who doesn't
know any more that you do The neb-
, nlar hypothesis was discussed, and crit
icised.
First it was cold nebula, then it was
decided to be hot nebpla, but after
wards it proved TO be only great many
stars. The heat OF the sun according to
scientists is 1869 degrees to 5,5i3 .S43 de-
grees; the cold has been figured out at
about i59 degrees. The speaker found
that they didn't know anything about it,
nor anyone else. The Inconsistencies OF
scientists was that there was cold glacial
period, then a warm period and now it
is getting colder. Granite was not pro-
Iduced by fire but accumulation of diff
ferent rocks. Ignorance is the stock in
trade OF many scientists. How long did
it take to cool the world, scientists vary
from to $50 million years. The crust
OF the earth is "a to 200 miles thick. that
is as near as scientists get il. The falla-
eies OF the alleged different ages are now
st work IN Yellow Stoae park.
Formation of life: Hens have eight
different words at least; all animals talk
/ to their mates. Therefore people are born
OF hens. Oregonians OF ducks. There has
been development, but man never came
from anything below. Instead of devel-
oping the speaker showed how trolobites
degenerated and Few life was started
| to degenerate in its turn. The nagnates
have always been first.
Every animal has been perfect in its
adaptation, needing nothing more
Otherwise il would have died. Thus it
could not give birth to anything better
Anything done to change an animal
will destroy il The swan Tor instnace
is built for his business and cannot be
changed in the least for his life.
A mongrel in anything can never pro-
dnce itself. The result is s:eEility. There
is not q missing link from the lowest 10
the highest form.
4. a
more of horse than before, not changed
in the least. Freaks indicate nothing.
The type is always persistent. Species
are immutabie. Sometimes flexible.
but always returning. The rooster crows
just the same IN the morning as 100
years ago.
II is folly to try TO settle the question
| OF how man came. In the beginning
God did 1t, but how is not known.
Science can't even tell how life IS now
procreated. II knowus nothing about il.
Every child rs born now the same as the
sirst one. We do not want our public
schools to teach dogmas, and evolution
| is a dogma, and eventually atheism. The
state has no right 10 gave funds 10 teach
dogmas, evolution is In the list. We
don't want our children 10 go 10 state
schools TO learn that our ancestors were
monkeys.
We are the offsprings OF God and not OF
apes. Al praise 10 Him.
THE Wheat sr1rATIoS Is given in the
/ following from the Statesman: The
/ price of wheat jumped up two cents yes
terday and is now quoted at 50 cents in
this city. Il is aite probable that con-
siderable amount OF the product will be
sold at this figure. At Albany and Cor
wallis the offerings are the same. and. as
a consequence, the farmers all smile.
This is the highes. notch reached since
September, 1893. when the quotation was
50 cents. Al over the northwest the
market is stronger and there is good
prospect OF greater advance than that of
Yesterday. A leading dealer of the VIII
lamette valley sizes up the situation in
this manner: at is undoubtedly q fact
that there is q shortage in the worlds
crop OF wheat, and that this year We
! shall consume a portion, il not all our
surplus. This is one OF the things that
. has helped TO stiffen wheat and whether
If any higher and il so.how much higher
il may be, it is impossible TO predict. IL
. is also true that the war news contrib
utes more or less to the advance. A pc
culiar thing in the present markets Is
. that wheat today is higher by cent or
fmore in Portland than Chicago. condi-
ton very rarely seen. This is doubtless
to be attributed TO the fact that the grain
} feet, Portland bound, is large, while the
visible wheat supply in the port is not
; great."
j This fact is very suggestive that the
price will not remain up, and the DEA-
ocRAT fears fall at TN cerly day
The SANE LARK.-TheTe is something
: ab5u. the handsome features of Attorn ey
Lark Bilyeu that causes people often to
identify him with the theatrical profes-
7 sion. Last summer he was taken for
| Senter Payton while the company was
c plaving in Albany and the other day
while Mr. Bilyeu was in Salem, man
stepped up to him and gave him friend
4 Iy slap on the shoulder an said, Hey
!. there, old man, how's business thess
days-I tell you Gardiner treferring te
the comedian OF the Chase stock com
u pany), you're trump-say what did
'e you play last night and what do you pu
u up tonight?" Lark took in the situation
instanter and rubbed bis hair the wroni
Is way off his noble brow for a minute an'
le replied. ave put on the Octoroon las
" night and tonight we put on Nugge
p. Nell-come out and see me."-Eugen
u Register.
While on tie subject of monkeys here
: timely item under the head ''Missinl
~ Link" from the Grants Pass Courier:
I, Mckrthur's secondhand monkey was le
~ out Monday for an airing and immediate
ly helped himself to Two eggs at Winner
1g grocery. He climbed up on the scales an'
RS let both fall to the floor, after which h
" was allowed to eat them and was ejeete
ne from the premises. His next raid was o
he Judge Chiles' chickens. Jocko doesn'
er kill and eat poultry, but he will eaptui
. and pull the feathers out of every hen /
can. He likes to sit on the top Of th
b e house and watch the children who gatht
"a crowds to view his comic antics.
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