The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-20
MAN A RATHER POOR LOTT
ssHe Of Hip Faculties CsApABsAi
With Those OF Other AnfmRls,

esNe Of His Faculties Compared
With Those Of Other Animals.
"Man is a vain sort Of an animal Al
all times" observed thoughtful citi.
gen, and in his process Of naming and
classifying things around him he has
attempted to leave reminders of him.
self in every possible place. and he has
generally succeeded, for ones eyes
may not escape falling on something
named after some of his attributes
But when We come to think Of 1t, when
we come to look nature squarely In the
face, man Is not the only thing In the
land which can lay claim to highly do.
velOped senses.
"Take the human eye. Unqucstion.
ably the little bundle of nerves In the
eye. which make Installation possible
and which present the mind with pho
tographic refinements which no art has
yet eQualed. Is one of the physiological
marvels and opens up an endless neld
for speculation in the realmOf psychol.
ogy, that unsolved riddle Of science in
whose presence even the giants have
covered and skulked In hopeless ig-
norance. Yet this eye, discerning with
70 much delicacy when the picture II
no farther than the wall Of ones room
this eye with its circumscribed lin.
its would be looked upon with dignifed
scorn by yon soaring eagle If he only
knew how much farther he could see
than human being.
Take the human ear We may not
hear so well as the rats and mice that
burrow under the palaces In which wa
live or the squirrel that capers yonder
In the forest and countless other things
one might mention. We may differen.
tiate with greater accuracy and trace
rehnements in sound which these low.
er creatures may not trace. but when
il comes to the matter of catching the
sound at long range their ears seem to
have been more perfectly constructed.
ut Is conceded that no human voice
has ever been heard which could equal
in sweetness Of tone the lays which
one may hear In the orchard. No hu.
man being ever sang more sweetiy
than Patti. but She never sang SO
sweetly as the meadow lark when he
pours his gurgling love song out on
The summer air or the orOle when he
shades his silvcred octave from the
bending bough.
"What device for measuring water
pressure has man invented which will
compare with the nerves which string
he sides of the fish? 1t Is sense
which Is not represented In the human
Man must resort to artih.
'iall,cs In order 10 learn the air pres.
urc and the degree Of heat or cold.
But it Is different with the fish, for he
an always tell just what the water
pressure is, and he knows how much he
an stand, and he acts accordingly.
Take the olfactory nerves. Man Is
II right when 1t comes to altar Of roses,
toilet perfumeries and this and that
ort, but you may pick ont the mcasli-
st old hound In the swnmps Of Missi5.
ippl, and If he knew how much su.
eriur his sense of smell Is to mans
yell. be wouldn't want 10 be caught in
mans company
"No. am not running my own creed
own. am just relating a few things
'hch ought to make us all natural low
10 Of the many deserving beauties
lat we Wot not of in these hurrying
mes, and among them may be counted
le things mentioned. Prove it2 Prove
Dthlng. AN just telling you, New
rleans Times Democrat,