The Columbus journal., 1910-01-12

sssay hsebaGs Of The swamps i base
born. Timothy u . valuable servant
Redtop and clover are . degree higher
in tho social scale. But the king Of
them ell. With genuine blood royal, il
blue srasa. Why It il called blue. save
that II u most wildly and intensely
green, i iuexpliesble. but had its I'M
knosn priest baptized. it with oil the
hues Of the prism, he would not have
changed i:s hereditary title to imperial
superiority over Ill it, humber kin.
Kansas 10 oil antithesis. It 10 the
land Of extremes. It 10 the hottest,
coldest, dryest. wsttsst, ,hickess, thin
nest, country, Of The world. The s'ran-
ger Whofeso0ed our borders for the first
time ct Wysndotts and travelled by rail
to White Cloud would with constern.-
ton contrast that uninterrupted Sierra
Of rueose and oak clad craxs with the
placid prairies Of his imsRinstion. Let
him ride along tho spine Of any Of those
lateral ..divides" or vatersheds whose.
Levsl leagues fmsakea lie
Asrassy waste. extending to the sky.
and hesvould bsoppressed by tho same
melancholy monotony which nroods
over those who pursue the reoedipg
horizon over the auctuating plsins Of
the eco. And let his discursion be
whither it would, il be listened to the
voice Of sxpeeience be would not start
upon his pilgrimage at any season Of the
year without IN overcost, fan, q light
ming rod and an umbrella.
The names Of the dead Kansas nevs-
papers outnumber the living; her acts of
corporation for forgotten cities, towns,
railroads, ferries, colleges. cemeteries,
banks. Oil ponderous volumes; the mon.
ey that wss aqandsred in these cb'meri-
cal schemes would build the capitol of
polished marble and cover its domes
with beaten gold
But. poiWl,hslanding this random and
spasmodie sotivity, our solid progress
has been without parallel. No COM
munsty. in the. world can show q corr--
spondile sdvaneementi in the same time
and under similar circumstances.
Guided by. reflection. directed by pru-
denee controlled BY calm reason, upon
what higher eminence these intense
forces might have placed us can hardly
be coDjectured. But such Q career,
however fortunate it might have been
our physical surroundings have render
ed impossible. The sudden release of
the accumulated energy 90 long impris-
oned in the useless soil. the prodigious
store Of electricity in the atmo- phere
and the resentment with nature always
exhibits at tho invasion OF her solitudes,
all contributed to induce . SOCIAL disord.
or a. intemperate % their own. But an
improvement in our physical conditions
lie already perceptible. The introduction
Of metals in domestic and agricultural
implements. jewelry, railroads and tele-
graphs. has to . great extent restored
the equilibrium and, by constantly con-
Quoting cleo richly to the earth, prevents
local congestion and recurrence of the
tempests and tornadoes of early days
The rains which we're wont to run from
the trsmpled pavement Of the sod sud-
denly into the streams and are nov alb
sorbed into the cultivated soil and grad
ually restored to the air by collar evspor-
alton, making the alienation of the
seasons les violent and continued
droughts lees probable. Under these
benign influences prairie grsss is disap-
gearing. The various breeds Of cattle,
hogs and horses are improving. The
culture Of orchards and vineyards Yields
moro certain returns A richer. health
Ter and moro varied diet 10 replacing the
-ide meat and corn pone Of antiquity.
Blue grass 10 marching into the bowels
OF the land without impediment. Its
perennial verdure already clothes the
bluffs and uplsnds along the streams, it's
spongy svard retaining the moisture Of
the earth, preventing the annual scsrif
cations by fire. promoting tho growth Of
forests and eleSating tho nature Of man.
Supplementing this material improve
ment 10 an evident advance in manners
and morals. Tho little log scho"lhouse
10 replaced by magnificent structures
furnished with every educational sp-
plisnoe. Churches multiply. The CON-
mercial element has disappeared from
politics. The intellectusl standard of
tho press has advanced. and with the
general diffusion of blue grass We may
reasonably anticipate career OF unex-
sDplsd and enduring prosperity.
The drama has opened with . state
procession Of historic events. No an
cieut issues confoss the theme. No
buried nations sleep In the untsinied
soil, vexinR the present with their pbsn-
toms, retsrding progress with the bur-
den Of their outworn creeds, depressing