Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-20

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Sew y.s-rd,-N Numdcrtui FROG
"sS NJ isset:ntian.
N0or !. : = e.Ho is as a second 50
thvuss,..., ra..ls. VIII let you know
that III ~ ~ l,a5o spvls sUgf =. hts
- wcu.a l..4- yyu a.,~p in a~toujsh-
1..r!.t. tass-e, = H,Hvld a2,s fa>t. ENG
A,s,le t-sa H5s} #trcarcd o4 HIS ed
w.r.J, Mis- "I,e. Yes, the dirty old
Uvcr -5..- oa~ living thing IN tIl1se
d.u ..#sa=e~. \ thjHg = te4Qjt,
too % .--=- ~ ts' admired. Nas
fern. y ~aea II raltN thIHs as Sou
Icrotaa. ~ 5tfHr~ with aud grow in
little t,.s3saa.tfta9r &uaJiS. My trunk
alone .ges ssg1ad fAt feet ACROSS.
YotI Ms #s=zetaiH4 out of the ordinary
In Juo>s= days thrrc We're many little
p.;l5ts fastH feet or 50 n height Es
cry hi Il eaSI you toss about in such
ho"dIe@S fs,stieH once was living
pIant-a fioltt which grew and flour
1Sr srcT aa Tzfa z%~r 4t"5s n these H' .eans as
generate days plants are poor. feeble
little things. Plants were plants in
those days. We had 30 petted and
pampered ferns. We had no houses of
glass, al,ineiaEy kept warm SO that
the poor Lite deArS shouldn't get cold
Those We're thc days Of rcal ferns, of
healthy ferris free from all uewfangled
nonseUSo ;tiloGt fertilizers and soils and
aspects ana SHeh childish Weaknesses
In those early days tn" earth WAS net
as it is today. Ut Was hotter, for it
had cuoled from a globe of molten rock
lts atmosphere WIS heavy with warm
yapors, close aud oppressive, You would
call it, hut il itlst suited US, as we grew
and luXuriated II il. The Garth s crust
was thin and beaNed about, gradually
raising vast continents from the bed of
the sea aHa Slowly dragging others
deep into the ocean II Was time OF
vast changes.
grew g. tae muddy banks Of a great
pool ef Water which was fed hy slug
gish streams aa4 lorGored Ivy mon
strouS reeds. o., t},c other SIDE stretch
ed vast Sa.ailp and dark forest Of
tangled Vegetation. For hundreds of
miles there MAS no break to ,his forest
beyo!l a feW o2s and pools of hrssckish
water. The sun Sh9nc hot upon NE, so
no wonder grew woii in this humid
atmosphere. Then there We're frightful
storms, When mighty trees wele flung
down and swept Iy foods to tie bottom
of the pool THIS hai gone on ages be
fore appeared ahuv" ground; It went
on ages after The result was that the
bottom Of the p04l was mass of fallen
trees Tie revly fc'Icd trees pressed
on the bottom ones. and after thou
sands of years the water, the mud, the
mighty beds of vegetable matter into
what yoa call eoal,
In tie dense forest it was somewhat
the same Trees were thrown down
by hurricanes; fresh ones grow and fell
victims to stOrmS. SO 1t went on Tor
long centuries until ,ae last forest grow
on the top of a great thickness Of bur
led trees, ferns and mosscS. Amid this
cXllberant vegetation were many fan
tastic and uncouth animals. Round
about ne they made the forest resound
with their hdeoUs heliowlngs They
were so strangely shaped that l could
not well describe them to you. Even
| some Of the flies had wings half foot
| long frem tip TO tip.
One day saw a cOmmotlon IN the
midst Of the lake far away from me.
| The bed rcse Up and belcheu tor1h
steam and ashes and molten rock. In
| the wears that followed the fuld rock
rolled down the SIDES Of the volcano
into tie water below. Mighty clouds
| of steam arose. and as the NapGr CON
dcrscd It fell upon us as warm RAIN
This iS why grew 50 well and Wh!
tl,e yeae.atian around ne was 50 rank
'y laXuitaa.sssz:s
Many -vq&as after ,,!c land began to
sink. SseWay It W""t Gown; slowly
7hu V&tfr e eca over or heads until
all tbs IA. .4z:ss I. rfsts Wfr" deep u1tteI
the So Tits v u ,1y 4 t4f cunt
less ve4r.. ard ! He;l., I'D of s.afa ac
cu!nH!asel aisaxe Cs Then, ifst as
SLOWLY. w, a9 - uu,I we formed
vast elee5tad laa.. Ihcn cane other
forests treeS Who's" i,iI.i'S were IAN
g.ra y "a eael!4AHS t.et>cns aai !sa'
!a1.Gs. # s,r.s42c c!'!.,- pa".S l"r-
rih!p t!.2..-, ~. 4Y!.4s :. ..s, hl 9e die 81
lpllso Of es.ese " ao.!sd So!.i..eies save
when sof4e a;4hty tcr0 crashed IA tie
ground r. uA4n Ill" wind tore down
vouu. branches ana hVr!"0 tA"m in;o
the sWanps.
So all Went 81 aGoW. rs Of o!i. and
the continent SANK once mere be4o"
the waters Of TIE ocean. taking with II
the heus Of buried verdurc. Yet AGAIN
it rose. and again il sank. 50 layer
upon layer of plants and Of sand We're
formed vast layers which took ages
! unthinkallp to form until there WIS a
de,,h of 10000 feet OF hard baked wood
and sand, of coal and dir. Look al
, mo and You Will find that YOU Car