The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-04


the insects know anything.
Providence may acquaint them with
the times and seasons for their preser-
walton, for not a sparrow falls to the
ground without His notice Every day
these canary-colored butterflies skip along
through the grove not in focks nor in
pairs. but singly and at their leisure. per-
haps one in minute on an average, and
would never attract any notice if atten
ton was not called to it. They are all
alike-the same mature size, with wings
about one and one-half inches of triangu-
lar shape, and they move southwark
| in graceful leisurely flight and never
stop to rest or to suck Il flower. A
friend wrote me from Milledgevile last
year that he supposed they wintered in
south Georgia or Florida, but my opinion
is that they not only winter but die, for
they never come back. Probably they
lay their eggs before they leave home.
and so we have a successive fight every
year.
The instinct of birds and insects is a
science to be studied. Neither the birds
nor the butterflies have any set days
for their migration. Some instinct tells
them when to start and guides them in
their fight. Even the little spider
weaves his web in the night, knowing
there will be no rain in the morning.
The Lord answered job out of the whiri-
wind and made him ashamed of his lack
of knowledge "Who causeth it to @ain
upon the earth and the bud of the ten
der herb to spring forth? Who can stay
the bottles of heaven when the dust
groweth into hardness and the clods
cleave fast together? Who proyideth for
the raven his food when his young ones
cry unto God? Doth the hawk fly by
thy wisdom and the eagle mount up at
| thy commando
Speaking of insects, | tell you, my
brethren, there are some hideous kinds
| in this subunary world. | have long
been friendly with the tomato plant be-
cause it was insect proof, but this rainy
season has developed some horrible
worms upon the stems. Big, long, bull
headed, green worms with sting in the
tail can be seen all about among the
vines These green worms are covered
with white pustuleS that are about one
eighth of an inch long and stand up
thick and stiff and seem to be eggs or
embryo or germs or something that is
deyiish. These white robes are so visi-
ble that they warn you where the worms
are The worm itself if not unlike to
bacco worm, but has a diamond back
and division cords to match. l have
seen pack saddles on green corn stalks
that were horrible but beautiful, and
this provokes me to remark that most
all the devils contrivances are beautiful.
Just what such insects are made for
passeth comprehension So many harm
less and lovely things abound i'll ma
ture that we are sure our Creator loves
us or He would not have made the
birds to sing, the flowers to bloom, the
stars to shine and the air to be filled
with music. We have use for the horse
and the cow the dog and the cat, and
for sheep and fowls, and even for honey
bees. but what possible benefit can
these hideous insects be to anybody? 1t
| looks as though the good God made all
| the good and beautiful things and then
the devil got privilege and put in his
handiwork in the shape OF venem0us ser
Ipents, wild beasts, tarantulas and finish
ed up with showers of mosquitoes. CODE
| says that all these pisen and stingin'
| things were made to keep poor folks
humble and make 'em enjoy their ref
gion. That rich folks don't know nothin'
about bull nettles and piSen oak and
pack saddles in fodder pullin' time and
these devils ridin' horses that chaw to-
baccO like Il gentleman and if they spit
| in your eyes it will put 'em out. He
says that some folks love riches so
| good that the Lord had to make poor
folks to keep the rich ones in money,
| but in the long run the rich ones come
out ut the little end of the horn.
Webster says that instinct is natural
4 II I A<.,. Il.
preservation of life whether it be animal
or vegetable life. | was Eliminating about
| this because it is said these butterflies
| lay their eggs somewhere before they
leave home and never see them or their
| ffspring afterwards. Instinct tells them
where to Law them. Then there is IL
higher order of instinct which animates
La higher order of animals and causes the
parent to stay by the offspring and
nourish and protect it. Birds and beasts
will do this and will lay down their lives
| for their young.
| Then there is the maternal instinct
that when applied to the human race be-
comes maternal love and is the most
effectual protection of little children. /
| believe that were it not for this moth
| erly care majority of little children
would die-yes die for lack of maternal
| attention. Fathers do not love infants
as mothers do. They do not have time
to nurse them, and would not if they did
have time. The truth is that nursing a
little helpless child is the hardest work
i'll the world and nobody but a mother
or woman is willing to do it. A good
faithful nurse is entitled to higher wage
than a cook or chambermaid. l say
faithful and / mean it. The last time
| was in Atlanta / was sitting on the
| south side of the Kimball house in
George Adair's office when Il grown NJ.
gro girl came along rolling a white child
in IL baby carriage. The evening was
Intensely hot. The child was asleep and
there was no parasOl. The girl stopped
to talk and firt with II carriage driver
who was near by and | endured 1t with
pain for at least five minutes and then
in desperation told her that If she didn't
take that child to the shade | would
call a policeman. 1t made her mad
and she looked daggers AT me, but she
moved on. | have seen the same thing
| here in our town and once took the
carriage away from the girl and turned
it away from the sun. | tell you, moth
ers, you don't know how your children
| suffer with these hired nurses when