Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-14
NATURAL LAW.

/ vernon BELL GuFl-
Natural Law is a new word. 1t is
the last and the greatest discovery Of
science for not until late years was
| this law understood to and great ex-
tent.
In ancient times science being I'M
known, phenomena were studied alone
and the people labored over the idea
that lightning was sent by Almighty
JoYe when angered by the misconduct
of some of his mortal attendants.
They thought it was an incident, it
never occurred to them that there was
some great law back of it, they never
believed that such great unknown
subject could be studied out by man.
They never knew of theory, Cause
and Effect, if it had been known all
the question mysterious to them could
have been solved long before they
were. Thus ignorance for long time
was one OF the greatest barriers to
the progress of mankind.
Gradually the people discovered
some similarity or relationship in
these individual facts, and with Pyth-
agoraS first dawned a faint glim pSe of
it but rs greatly as he was learned in
science he was unable to span the
great chasm of thought but his labor
was not in vain for he opened the eyes
of another noble man, Copernicus,
who after much laboridiscovered that
the earth was not the center of the
universe as had hitherto been suppos-
ed but the sun was and the earth re-
volved about it once in every three
hundred and SiXty-tive days causing
the seasons, while at the same time
turning On it's axis once in every twen-
ty-four hours causing day and night.
The spherical worlds we called the
solar system.
In proclaiming to the world this
theory there were many difficulties to
overcome. Everyone scorned them
and there is nothing harder to accom-
plish than to work in the light Of
scoffing men. Even the Pope made
them recant. Another difficulty to
conquer was answering the question,
how we're these great bodies support
ed in the boundlesS expanse of space
and how did they retain their orbits?
These questions were accounted for
by the great and startling discovery
of the law Of gravitatiOn by Sir Isaac
Newton, in showing that every min
ute particle Of sand, every star in the
heavens and every planet was held in
J, it's place by this law. Thus he ac-
cidently discovered that every body
: had an attraction for all other bodies
no matter how great or how small.
Gravity, as this was called, was d
great help to the scientific world fol
all truths and theories were based on
this one discovery which changed the
minds and views of the universe, ii
awoke their sympathy and from this
forward they accepted new tidingS
giving them the benefits of discussion
and helping them to get a startin the
k world, thus you see it traverSed al
continents with much more rapidity
than before. Such are its chances to
day and will be forever.
Now we have traced this law from
its earliest beginning to the present
time, let US now discuss the Subjec
of life and it's necessities.
Anything with life has been touch
ed with life, each individual is borI
in miniature or young condition
K After birth, in order to retain its lif
and proper position in life, it mus
grow and develope. To do this it i
necessary to have the primary condi
tionS Of life, there are three of tn
most Importance: Food, Temperature
and Adaptations. Plant life can b
l. supported by inorganic matter alon
S, but animal life requires organic food
N This may by either the living or deaC
Sc tissues of animals or plants. Thus yol
see food is one of the main stimulant
eff for development.
lie When too high or too low tempera
a ture prevails life has BEEN known t
es perish and there are places on tn
I'd globe where plant life is never know
lie and animal life can hardly exist.
If Life from the colder regions canno
as live in the warmer climate for an
is length of time, nor can a native {
ry the torrid zone exist in the frigi
e, zone.
IS, If anyone be not provided with thes
of conditions and necessities his entir
Id body will begin to degenerate whic
means exactly the opposite of growt
le and development.
tn Taken from Darwin: ga bird far
ar cier once selected a group of fine phi
IN cons of all varieties and finely cult
al waited, varigated with gorgeous color
ne he took them to an uninhabited il
as land where after leaving them mar
II. years he returned to find their de
cendantS of a dark slaty color The
er being neglected had gone back
~ their original style, the wild dov
lily The fancier then captured a few
as these and returned with them to the
ed native land where after many years
OF care and attention they regafned the
at former appearance and color. /"