The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-18
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For ctriurie he has wagad feroc
ious warfare against the big things
that sui 'ouhf his life. and has won his
battles asairat tremendous odds.
He has conquered space and grid
litoned carar. II.
( He has a.ns1sed the waves OF I'll
locean; they Gear his vessels.
: He has capircd the forces Of tx
iAky: conpeilee ne elctric currents g.
lbear on its shoulders his messages.
I He has mired immense mountains
the bowels OF the earth have given 1,
aim of their treasures.
He has bridged mighty rivers; mad
59 widely separated territory on,
great. happy. hearty and harmonioa
country
At his bidding the leviathan has s.
iumined his homes. At his command
gas has poured through and 90 inc.
mains, giving light and heat for hi
4 habitations. BY his will immense d,
namos are set in motion. and behol
I his residences shine In the darkness
OF night with the light Of the noontide
& He has pierced through the heart oi
the everlasting hills, tunneled beneatl
4 broad streams, and sent SO-story build
ings sxyward, bringing men into clio
and intimate G. tact one with the OF
er.
He has gone to the jangies OF India.
and the leopard. tiger ana lion, &c
eether with the elephant. nave trem.
I bled at his approach. He has drive
laundering horde Of buffalo from thu
prairies Of the West, and 10, a count
less number Of cities and stately
hcmes take the place Of the Indian
and the outlaw.
He has plunged his pummet into
the sea. measured its depths. Ne has
erected his telescope. counted the
stars called them by name. lie has
opened frozen Alaska, brought forth
choice fruit from the far distant Pata
sonia. He has entered Africa, brought
forth diamonds has conquered China
broken down her wall making her teas
{ please him.
Great indeed, has been mans con
guest Of the great things of the world
But before the little things OF tht
world man has stood impotent--a veri
table Gulliver in the presence Of pig
mics.
Powerless, man stands before The
insects that annoy and confuse hli
life.
He knows that every square foot o
this earth Is the seat end center o
mighty nrmies Of tiny insect life
Armies that are marshaied by general
and that obey the bidding OF thei
superIors. lie knows that the compel
ition a,Gonr them Is sharp. endless
terrific. He knows that they. devon
md Sc, to Terminate each other
He lsnc-rs iiat while Rome, BABY
Ion, SCI Francisco Is being destroy
ed that there is no destruction 10
these Of the lower order They ou'
last cities. dynasties. empires,
He know that mosquitoes so fort
in great Tiarauding bands seekin
whom they may deyour. and with a
his burning OF petroleum. insects site
and applications Of pennyroyal. thl
els no further along in the battl
than when his ancestors In the dowi
the-century days OF Ashkenaz. Ripha
and Togarmah. He knows that IA
the isles OF the Gentiles" are plague
with pestiferous insects that are /
their plaguing ten times, hundre
times.wo than the plaguings tina
came to King Pharoah at the hand {
Moses the Midianite. but he Is power
less.
re boils his water to destroy tn
bacteria that invades Il, he filters
through the best Of offerings. aud.
tn % hours little germ creeps I'M
his being through the boiled and 4
tered water and typhoid is written Il
him. -
Before the assembled hosts Of germ
microbes and parasites man stanI
lighting as one who beats the emp
air. His blows are delivered manful
but they fall supinely. He has co
quered the barbarian in his home, b
he cannot conquer the bacilli in
retreat
In the presence OF the little thin
man stands as great failure as b
fore the great things ,he stands v
tor.
The battle between man and [
mastodonic things is won II is n
won in the domain OF smaller tasks.
But the warfare against the lit
things is beginning. Even Jersey me
qritoes are sitting up and taking l
tice at his edict. 'get thee hene'
Bacteria Is falling back. Ants, toa