The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-11-14
HARRY DANIELS
OBSERVA A TI0NS.
copyrisht. ieoa. BY Harry Dsziei

"a rs
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCIENCE.
Along no line Of human activity has
uch an advancement been made dur,
ing recent years as has been achieved
BY science. Lit atuTe, music, sculp-
u tnre and inting mustgo back into the
8s 3ll moist and "a mild deWy past for their most
glorious aceompli shments but the
q golden age Of science still lies several.
miles out in the sweet bye-and-b bye.
FhersSsVas a time, and not So many
/ years ago, when about all the average
scientist needed was a hair tonic and
# pair Of steel trimmed spectacles, but
great changes have come of late years
4. and the scientist OF to-day must be
IN equipped with "a bout every thing from
monkey wrench to q map of the
i ilky @ ~ ;s@g
The scientist OF the present must
8 be brave Of heart and quick Of limb.
s. read dYato climb IA m cunt ain4e swim a
creek feel the pulse Of a nerYonssyol-
.ss scano or dive to the depths Of the sea.
Wheneyer any thing. happens, the:
feet footed and Intellectual gen
tleman WhSsS Whl.Ss ma be seen get
ting On the scene slightly
ahead of the policemen and the
repoE tiers, is scien tist j. He sleeps
& with D, his boots on and is ready alta
moments natice. At midnight, while
9sstt the rest Of the world is trying to see
I howl Ioud it can snore without swallow
ing its tonsils, a. message is pres sed
into his hand:
ssssYo gu are comm nded to proceed lat
once to- Bucks kin, Kansas, where q!
cyclone will strike TThursd a u. Remain
n out; where you can make careful ex-
periments and examinat tions. IL You
n are persenalfy picked up and carried
away by the storm, make a careful
memorandum Of your elocity. mean
Z average height 4 rom the cart Il SUR
face, objects til trough which you are
blown and objects blown throug ou.n
Rim overt o "a Africas al once wherea
strange ligh IS reporte ed to have been
seen ID the heavens since the i 5th. AS
certain sWhet ther IT is an erratic comet
which has lost its bearings, a signal
from Mars, or a aneWspaper rinaccuracy,
any of which will l8be regarded with pro-
found interest by the world Of science
And thus il goes with the scientist.
He is honored, respect and sent for
.55 on every hand esterda day he lived in
" an attic, smoked a an 1s-horsepoWer
blow-piipe, and had hard work TO pay
IN his ut; tto-da the world purrs around
at his feet in humble affection. But
the world can well IA ford to d this,
Tor it owes much to the brave man who,
hairless and friend dless, has toiled on
on III = the he face Of every discourage
ment, working n ght and day, often
s braving the DANCE Of sea and food,
enduring poverty and political ostra.
cis1n that the great t,t hro bbing world
mi ght learn the crop prospects for
Saturn or have q hat rack 81 that can
u also be used as an egg bea ater3and d dog
S mnzzIe. s55 S
Take the farmer, 4 f or instance Yes
terday he cut his swhea t with q scythe,
and gathered his hay and pota bugs
hand to-day he has timing -rod
contracts and q self -binde der with red
IL paint and "a mortgage on 1T. g ester
day the farmer led Ia d hun Bile and sim
pie life, tosda has ever luxury
Ss from q barb-wire fence to an Incubator
and he can get his ma rket re ports by
/ teleph lone, thus email ling him TO de:
eide vine ether TO sci his eggs hen paid
OF hold them iii Il the next spring.
And yvha e science has done # Tor tthis
farmer it has also done for every body
else, more o. less. The hotel and the
restaurant and ttlh he bank have changed
wonde rfnlIy The livery stable. too
ss as fell the touch of science, and III i
not the same to-day At was SO years ago
Sg5 Many off ittl.e horses are the anne, bnt
OF Ter things have ranged.
Zach day brings some new wonder
each year means a reyolu ution. AL few
years ago a man sent his shirt To tl1s
laundry and got IT back the enextweek
but to-day the 1aundry can take al
u ordinary boiled shirt yam X TIL epider
mis- OF the bosom, am pntate The tai
and bot a Fms 4 nd return IT 10 ths
owner while liz yVaiitts.
Even i'd the AZ airs 81 our nationa
cove ernm ents ~ ienee has accompiishee
wonderful thing Ta ke, instance
III he ma 1T 5f syeat th eli. Where.
few years go. man had no thing to1gs
{ by but his pal tent medicine almanac
or his enrna ism, tod he is abiis
to tell Jus x I'D Of ea Till
the United Isl sstatss wea ther bureas
Has ordered delivered i foi the sueceed
ing days consnnpt ion: But the rhen