The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-27

wisdom. Agricultural chemistry, cleo tricity and the astronomical sciences all carry with them the deep, mysterious power which Eliminates alI darkness and vitalizes all dead and exhausted matter.
 The God-power is everywhere, and the man who can force up a vital flower of idealty or practical utility through the heavy fomenting earth of human experiences must have adeap knowledge of mental force and deeper intellectual root penetrating below the surface of the human mind to the soil prepared by Him who knoweth all things.
 Reason is one of the clements re- qufred in scientific researches and ex- perIments. Chemical knowledge is also helpmate of his reason and good understanding, The ideal Is so thor oughly embodied in the scientific mind that it is bard to make the truth ccrne forth in simple dress. Reason and judgment are corner stones to suc- cess, Without them Newton and Her. schel never would have succeeded in measuring the stars nor traced out the jeWeled pavements of the millky-way; Cook could not have navigHted or cir cumnavigated the broad oceans; neith- CT could Da Vinci or Raphael have been inspired to portray upon canvass the mysteries of nature.
 Wisdom inspired Brutus to vindicate liberty, and judgment directed the way for Demosthenes by his thrilling elo- quence to arouse his nation to a sense of their own degradation and slavery to the knowledge of their own need of | wisdom. Scientific research and wis | dom connected with mechanical skill | caused Gutenberg to invent and send broadcast through the earth sublime il- | luminations by means of types, and none can tell to whom and how often we are indebted to simple-minded agri- culturists for fruit and vegetable pro- ductions discovered through their own wisdom and practical experiments, and one by one they will be given up to hu- man minds to be utilized under natural law. If one could stand upon the summit of some high mountain and overlook the broad and fertile valleys below; if they could count every variety of vegetation from the smallest plant to the oak and broad-branched maple, and then count In round numbers the different classes of fruit from the strawberry to the golden apple ripening for the early har- vest, how great would be their surprise and admiration. Nature would appear in something like true light and there would be no longer doubt concerning the superiority of agriculture over all other associations, and no longer any surprise that farmer cannot abide in peace within the pent up walls of a | crowded city. His heart cries for coun- try life.
 Rise at early dawn, before the first sun beams flash over the undulating surface of the surrounding country, and, if it be highland scene like the landscape lying in the vicinity of the WRte Mountains, where the green fields and pastures lie like Atlantics be- tween long expanses of white paths and shining rivers, it will open the view of an intelligent mind one of nature S grandest books, with artistic illustra- tion, which no art can duplicate or fam cy color.
 Nature hath no rival in art, design oI finish, and none can appreciate her power equal to the beauty-loving far mer, who is at home amid the fields and forests, where fruit and grain speak oi peace and plenty, and there are nc times when nature presents her glorious handiwork more perfectly illustrated than at early morning when hills and mountains are covered with night mists which softly rise from the valleys and plains, and form into lake-like fields ol soft dreamy splendor, floating away moving tremendously over level bays winding wales and mountain summits the lower hills untouched by clouds Later in the day the flakes of light fall ing from the mists, as the sun pene. trates their feecy bodies causing the soft gray to change from white to blue gold, to softest amber and form them selves into all shapes, sometimes pre- senting the appearance of ancient tenn ples with starry spires, wreathed witt clouds of foamy lace which shift anG float. wreathing about tall pillars surging, breaking from each other they finally vanish away. As the sur rises higher and higher the atmosphere becomes warmer and the solar rays banish the morning mists and shadows and earth has sent up her daily offer ing of thanks to natures God.
 One never obtains a correct idea oi the earth and it's many productions til they spend few seasons in the coun try. and few can do it even then. The associations of country life are required to illustrate the beauty and harmony everywhere found in nature.
 It Is becoming fashionable to live ir the country, and this speaks well fol the growing taste of the people, as vel as a rapidly increasing interest of the American people for all things apper. taining to the agricultural conditions of the country.
 There can be nothing finer In human life and the associations connected witt domestic happiness than pleasant coun try homes.
 No man can live surrounded by natu ral beauty and not partake of the har, mony and soul elevation inspired bJ beautiful landscapes, winding valley! enveloped In the irridescent morning light creates a spirit of praise. Int luster of trees and shrubs sparkling with dew on the lofty hills mantlet with living green, gives such a serene sensation of One who sits enthronet