The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-11-28
MAN A RATHER POOR LOT.

NA N N "A IVA n LN IOOn LOIs
MAN is vaia sort of an animal at
all times" observed thoughtful citi-
zen, "and in his process ofnaming and
classifying things around him he has
attempted 70 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 it,
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 developed senses.
Take the human eye. Unques-
tionably the little bundle of nerves in
the eye, which make INSTALLATION pos
sible and which present the mind with
Photographic rcfinements which no art
has yet eq,.aled, is one Of the physi-
illogical marvels and opens up an end
less field for speculation in the realm
of psychology, that unsolved riddle
OF science in whose presence even the
giants have covered and skulked in
hopeless ignorance. Yet this eye, dis
cerning with SO much delicacy when
the picture is no farther than the wall
of ones room-tlis eye with its CIR
cumscribed limits would be looked up
on with dignified scorn by yon soaring
eagle if he only knew how much
farther he could see than a human be.
ing.
Take the human ear. We may
not hear so we'll as the rats and mice
that burrow under the palaces in
which we live or the squirrel that Ca
pers yonder in the forest and count
less other things one might mention.
We may diferentiate with greater &C.
curacy and trace refnements in sound
which those lower creatures may trace
but when it comes to the matter o1
catching the sound at long range
their ears seem to have been more
perfectly constructed.
"It is conceded that no human voice
has ever been heard which could equa
in sweetness Of tone the lays which
one may hear in the orchard. No hu
man being ever sang more sweetly
than Patti, but she never sang SC
sweetly as the meadow lark when he
pours his gurgling love song out on
the summer air or the oriole when he
shades his silvered octave from the
bending bough.
What device for measuring water
pressure has man invented which will
compare with the nerves which string
the sides of the fish? 1t is a sense
WHICH is not represented in the human
category. Man must resort to artifi'
cialities in order to learn the air pres.
sure and the degree of heat or cold.
But it is different with the fish, for he
can always tell just what the water
pressure is, and he knows how much
he can stand, and he acts accordingly.
"Take the olfactory nerves. Man
is all right when it comes to altar Of
roses, violet perfumes and this and
that sort, but you may pick out the
mcasliest old hound in the swamps ol
Mississippi, and if he knew how much
superior his sense of smell is to mans
well, he wouldn't want TO be caught
in mans company.
No, l am not running my own
creed down. am just relating few
things which ought to make US all
natural lovers Of the many deserving
beauties that we wot not in these hur-
rying times, and among them may be
counted the things mentioned. Prove
nothing. lam just telling you"