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

EOOu llIuSGEdOIOIiS VI zOl0 uttO UIdi IdH
of degeneration in plant life. The
same results will happen in animal
life. Man in the beginning was Gre
ated only a little lower than the an
gels, after his fall some improved
while others sark lower. The ones
that developed themselves mentally
and physically, for with knowledge
comes beauty, and with physical
strength comes grace of both body
and mind; they advanced and are to-
day the most highly civilized, while
the others an opposite change took
place.
Their features became ugly, they
were ungifted and savage like, more
over with every generation they be-
come worse instead of better until at
last they became as low as the lowest
the HottentOtS. Take the Bible,
the twenty-ninth verse and fifth
chapter of Mathew: ITO him that
hath shall be given and from him that
hath not shall be taken away even
that which he hath.'
AS an Illustration, man is furnished
with excellent material to make mus
Gle and buildup splendid frame, but
if he fails to take advantage of the
present it is taken away from him for
muscle don't usually build themselves.
Thus you see degenera tion sets in.
But if he improves his time, then the
above quotation applies to him-"to
him that hath shall be given"
We have discussed the worst agent
of devastation in life, let us turn to
one nearly as humiliating and to be
dreaded as much.
What is it? 1t is paraSitiSm, which
will cause helplesSneSS if followed by
anything with life.
The Sacculina illustrates this: 1t
is minute organism resembling a
miniature kidney bean with six small
legs which it uses to swim lively
around through the water leading an
independent life. AS this little ami
NAL has the parasite blood in it's body,
it soon attaches itself to q hemit crab
as its host. In time nature deprives
this little Individual of its four back
legs while at the same time changing
the two remaining legs into roots like
organs which penetrateS the tissues
of its host while the body gradually
assumes sack like appearance, thus
did the active little Sacculina change
its body with its organs of locOmotiOr
for one with no organs at all with twI
sort of membranes used to hang on tt
something for support; it is the same
in the case of an active healthy mar
when becoming posSesSor of great
fortune, he soon learns to substitute
for the life Of action, one of leisure
losing his former health, strength
and energy. Thus you see he become
parasite to his money, which if eve
lost, could not be regained on accoun
of the lack of power to establish til,
wealth that was lost.
Thus did Rome fall when in tn
height of her glory she became pos
SCISSOR of the wealth of the ancien
world.
If any living individual accum ulate
a great quantity of strength and bas
eS the remainder of it's life on thi
alone, it will fall. We have looket
into the birth of natural science, W
have studied some of it's worse hin
deranceS and we have seen how it wa
treated by the ancient people befor
they had any real knowledge of it
+ greatness, it was taken as matter G
5 fact, not as a matter of course. LIE
US see what has become of all thi
2 former studying, let US note how
, has progressed, what is known of it a
= the present time and imagine wha
2 will be known in the future.
In early ages people thought til
| rising OF the moon a circumstance
! but now it is known that it comes a
S regular times called quarters. Th
scientists of this age know within
: fractional part of minute when th
0 moon will come between the sun an
e the earth causing darkness here, a
/ eclipse it is called, prior to this it wa
thought to be caused by the gods i
t their anger.
Y The scientists discovered the la
# that governs what is called the mas
d netic poles, they discovered the reaso
why the sun is farther north in sun
e mer then in winter, and they hay
e formed theories to every thing ina:
b Unable, they now know all the indies
Ii tions of the atmosphere and all tt
propositions of weather. This know
: edge will some day be known through
= out the universe and the inhabitan
i will be able to tell what indication
S, the weather presents; so you see VIII;
s. help to civilization it will be to gt
y the world interested in this great su
s. ject. For what new and great disco
y cry are we to expect next, what gre;
% natural law will be revealed in I'll
2. near future. So let us hope I'll
If scienti tic world will advance and pr
ir gress until the people in general wi
If know as much of it as the Scientis
ir do now. Let us hope that in a fe
hundred years from this date, that Y