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About Hesperian student / (Lincoln [Neb.]) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1875)
THE HESPERIAN STUDENT. M t of this problem partially achieved. There seems to be no good reason, why an essay on some dilllcult subject in science, should not be as deserving a prize, as the discus sion of a historical problem, or an exposit ion ofthc principle of crltloliiH or taste turn and the canon widens into a warm when in the valley and in trains when passing up and down the mountains. One man usually attends to about twenty, live or thirty. In the morning they come down loaded with ore from the mines beautiful sunlight opening. The moun. tains spread out until they are ordinary hills, covered with grass and vegetation on which pasture the cattle of ambitiuus ranch men. The grade, as von pa I lie ;and carry hack provisions, lumber, stoves Literature In its broad and now accepted j canon, Is quite gradual, but occasionaly it etc. A cooking stovo Is dissected and application comprehends, not only sub - i rises rapidly, so mucn so imu one can sunppcu on one; iwu sixieeuiooi ooaiu jects of life, but all tlie expositions of easily jump oil, throw stones In the crock, i are lashed to the sides ol another, with and regain Ins seat again. The lastesl one end rounded oil and tlie outer pro time made on the road Is eight miles an 'jecllng forward six or eight feet; a third hour with up and down slowing for stop pages. The bed of the road Is solid smooth and narrow, no jairing, rattling or bumping, everything as tirin and sub stantial as the surroundings themselves. science and art. "With this broad aim, the intercollegeate contest may year by year grow in impor tance and interest, until by some organ izatlon, which experience will suggest, it ma become a National University for American youth. A. 11 H. lias two (Ifiy-pound sacks of Hour to man age one on each side while the fourth staggers under two quarters of beef and the rest are burdened with groceries, po- tatoes, dry-goods, picks, shovels and a Notes from Colorado. Many lands have remarkable evidences of natural force and marvelous combina lions of natural beauty, wrought out dur ing the silence of departed centuries, which are tlie objects of admiration lo each successive tourist or adventurer for fortune and fame. We are accustomed to look away from home for places of plea urc doors such a manner as to awaken the imagina tion of the drowsy, awe the vicious, nerve the trembling and caution the ambitious Now and then you pass a sign board with .general assortment of everything used in the ominous word "whistle;" no cioss- j mining or about a mine. Thus armed ing, no switch or habitation to suggest and equipped, we arc ready to start up meaning or reason for such a caution nothing but solitude pervades the region. The rushing current of the creek seems to hush its nieandcrings and the scatter ing pines, which stand as sentinels to guard the spot, give no answer while the train passes and the tiremau heeds not the the mountain paths, which arc little nar row roads leading around and around the sides, steep and many times quite danger ous; but the slow, sure-footed jack travels them with case and safety. The ore which is brought down by these jacks is broken up and put into little bags, each c awav troni homo lor places ol picas- ., .... . ...... ..., .,,,.. .....,i; , ... , . . . . - - ' injunction, and ym aie leu wondering bag containing about sixty pounds of ore, and natural scenery, when at our very ! ...i1!lf ,i, ...,.: ,. oS:r.. nt. -i.. u ., . ., , , , , . ,. . , . ,. , . .Iiat inc warning can signii or why it iiius giving them oe hundred and sxtv rs nature displays her handiwork in i ...... ....,.. ' , n. ... ' 1 , ... . wasgnen. i pounds to descend w lh. High up on the side you see a tree The climate is similar to our own, sub growingoutofa crevice and then your eye ject to extremes of heat and cold. Storms ' 111 lwlfto Iitirlwit utiil liitrlw i tnnt i t. . Ti.n Minipiiro m lu iliriviil rvnm Mkinir b -0 ' " wnion uo inc mosi injury generally come lie pleasure to be demed f om uking somc UMMvc k, of rock whlch crowns duri , mon,hs of xNovclubcr imd De. SoSen Thedillere.it shapes and tonus conilP. Tho M0W faIls .principally in Staer r,rC C0Mla,lt,y C,,"U8,n& d,VCWll,cd b' October, March and April. It does not enjoj ed than expressed. 1 ake 3 our po. shrub ,reus a,u, s ,v, (, , , sit on on the rear end of one of those ... fa ....?.,... , long u main on lilt giotliul except on the aspeu.s 111 uuuipaeu.css anu uurauimy. ,.,, ...,., ........ 5. .....,, ... ..,. The three tall, linger-like rocks are an- round. Tho rnin in the Slir,ng is abun lun.ueeu ui a s.uu lasiencu 10 a small datj th(.n a , d gcjuj0n fuOWJ , chunk driven in a crevice, to be the Senti.TIie wlllds nro hcavy and n thc , lil Tlini .i.k .iniimioh.,! n .. .1 ! I .....1 i .o. ,.... , au...vn..u .uuiuiim! iiiiu I tains quite frequent. Thc valleys form a look as though they were originally four. jsucllon t, h which th(J wmIs cornered but have been worn. Thccrcck Tllt. storms arc b,astg for few fllVlflf.C tllll.ll flt'n 1w...lf .111 lllfl ...l.fl nml ......., .... w UV..HJ, wii uiv v.i.-jj aim ...,,,1 (1,D ,t linnnilliw fiilm mill ..ill..! ..... "" l,,v,i "l one on the west side. Many times thc rocky character of the mountains leaves little cars, with your hana tirmly hold of the railing to steady your person, on a warm summer's day, and feet dangling carelessly down and you arc prepared to see a panorama of grandeur and natural scenery pass before you well worth the inconveniences ot smoke cinders and dust. To the left of you as you start for the mountains stands the city, the oldest burg in the territory, having been loca ted and peopled ere Denver was known and close beside the track runs the main irrigation ditch which supplies the city with water while in front of you thc open country stretches txyay in a broad plat eau fringed by the foot hills on either side widening as they recede until lost in thc haze of the distance. The first slight tumbling up of rocks three or four hundred feet is passed without much admiration, and your- iifiin miiiAlirl it (llstt tltn Iniiif Mini .- ! m rigation boxes which run along the side ! ' 1 TV? ? ' n a,u!sh,ic- climate have drawn the invalids from' of the hills for miles, now resting for "C , " 'f ' T ryro. It is said that one-third of! 1...1. e .i. -..-.i i.i 'JP'iled hopes and withe ed expectations ' h,,, rtm,i...i.. i- - i r .... """ ""' " " ". ,u ",BU of Iiiiu ivlio h.l wbi,,.,i ii. .). r ..... ""i"i" .uu.,...b ui ic-wsiiii. nronneu u with standards while a sham . , . . ""' ' nd i ... , tbircainanu turrowed the h side Tlie, rocky curve was being turned. Hut boon ' . ... . . . , . " . l lXL ! you arc startled by the solid sternness, the towering massive mountains reaching a llutter of anything. The clouds are! none :iih1 it iomk tlimnrli i ..I.. ...... v. iwi rnnm ll.r ..ln .1. ..!., .. .,:. p ' " ..."..b.. .. 'iiuu i pine board sharpened and driven into a C0U(U arc Wack d crev.ee answering as a subst.tu.e. Long;and lho wlnd Sun L ,8 ht.rt before a rai.road up this rocky mountain ho nalural sla,c. o fogs and mists, not :::;T.r .rcr ho"11: :f:.,he tnw?r -. w Z TrT, :.?. . ' ll" ,.Kro o I weary. The clear sky is seldom s symbol ol Christianity. On tlie top of the highest mountain in the vicinity the i 4inf1.r.ir liuli.iljlo .. ..n.-w. ......1.. .. . , ..,. ui.iiuiu9 uuusaiiiuuvui ouanis sky is seldom shadow cd by clouds, yet when the atmosphere is J heavy they silently iloat around below I ii.ii ... ..i. .,...:.. . mm... . i . ,. and erected by Mark Twain (so thev sav) ! r """"" ' "nos)iiere is tree .!... i.. A ,.,.. ,so,l,t3);rrom noxious gases, pure and health ni, ,. ft., ", . . . . 'fer"g. braciii: ..v uiur is i nn oi ueoris and llie and invigorating. The man advantages and pure, healthful ' re-constructed invalids. Denver ' til 21 .qtrnnrrnr ic n li.ici.Si.il fill. .I ...I.I. ..... - r'l " ""illllHH iiiiww i hi nn- . win ciiiiiiiii'vs iiiiu iiii!ii.nr miii i..... t .. . - . . ... .....v...h lo ,.,, t,L.nts, tlcad and dyng with confiumntion I endeiices of ruined fortunes and mis asthma, bronchitis. "Among ,1, mm y I guided enterprises which were fanned g0f)d lh fm,nd inio a lame by the reports of fabulous Cololdo .mi rankg' . ln stores ol wealth wailing but the hand of'iwllvs Qlln. r frnnil ,, art I capital and labor. Too true is the recoid ' , sure of good bread and pure .. . . .. rtco,u pvater, clear w-eather and flue scenerv. their rocky heads hundreds of feet up wards struggling, as it were, to lift them selves from among their equally ambitious neighbors. The straggling pointsof rocks ., , ""ij niim iu ui- lllisia veil. 101 inav the ruwed uneven conr.M's nr (rriintu tu . . '""J ,. a .. P , . . . sl elsewhere thrift and fe but here scaling surlace of slate stone, the over .,,, , ,.P , .. ., .' , . , , , . . , where once life and activity were, I he hanirinir rocks wciifiunir Ions imi ki-imu- .... ... J ' ""' ingly ready to loosen their hold and come Mack. silent wheels stand still, tlie lire in thc Design. furnace has "one out. The most amusing scene in cuniection tearing down from their homes, make a -il. wl r l i ! si t r ! t'iilf it 1 ik r.inli.i.. ..4 7fUM1.u,,.u J,u "", " "B""Bulhvlth mountain life is the train of jacks HntiRrnotinn linens viun tlm niniintninu ' . . . J . . . . . i used to reach many ol the in in us. Tlin open and thc warm sunshine steals through the openings, at times on their sides a smooth solid face is presented and then breaking into rougli uneven ridges covered more or less with soil out of which spring tall majestic pine trees. The road frequently secmB as though it ended by diving into the base of a liugo mountain when around a sharp curve you jack is a small animal, about the size of a yearling colt a medium one at that and is a native of Mexico. He is indispensa ble. You might as well try to get along without a baby in tho house as to think of getting along without the jack in tho mountains. In color he is Maltese bony-eared, Buort-tallcd and kind, 'ri.nn. animals arc driven in squads, like sheep, Much is w rittou uow-a-days to prove that there is no mind in matter. When we! look around us upon the works or uatule, see the myriad forms, shapes of plants and flowers, when wo study their habits and peculiarities, can wc not see traces of design, can it be tho work of blind forces only. "Even though tho theory of Dai win should turn out to be true in all its main principles, as it is certainly true in some of its principles, there would," says Dr. McCoah, "still be traces of design everywhere in nature," and on no other ground can such peculiarities be explain, ed. My object is to point out some con ditlons which seem to clearly indicate n design. 1st. The sleep of plants and flowers. (a) Many have noticed how the Sensitive plant closes its leaflets as night approach, cs, and more especially when touched or jarred it will quickly assume its sleep, ing position. The same is truo of the Honey Locust and Wood Sorrel, only the movement is not so quick. (b) There is something beautiful in tho sleep of flowers. I do not mean that long sleep when the earth is frozen and cover cd with its mantle of while, but the clos. ing of the petals of flowers in summer time, even in very fine weather, diflerent varieties closing them at diflerent times. The Portulacca opens its petals about sunrise and the borders of the beds arc soon brilliant with blossoms, and b, uine o'clock you can scarcely And one flower open. The Dandelion, Morning Gloryt Daisy, Four O'Clock are very familiar ex amples. Some sleep during showers also. Somo of us know that within the deep recesses of most flowers are concealed small diops of honey dew or nectar, of which the bees are ever ready to to rob tho flowers, and not only bees, but even human beings enjoy the same pillage. How delightful lo pluck the long spurs of of the Columbine and suck its sweet nee tar, and of the Hollyhock, nnd then chew the delicious heart of the (lower. The closing of the petals of (lowers may have reference to insects, -inco it saves the pollen and nectar until the flower has been fertilized. Is there no design in this. 2d. Fertilization. The organs of fertilization are very fa miliar to all, so it will not be ueccssary for me to dellne them. In most (lowers their arrangement is so simple that their object is very easily accomplished, the stamens approach gradually thc stigma at thc proper season, then anthers open, discharging some pollen grain upon the stigma. In others the stamens arc hung pendant over the stigma, so that the least jar from wind or insect causes a shower of pollen to fall upon the stigma, while in others a design is very manifest. For instance the stamens of the IJ.ir berry are :o constructed that, when touched at the base on the inner side with a pin or ail insect seeking honey, they make a sudden jerk forward, something like a Jack, coming out of his box, and in the process some pollen is thrown upon the stigma. There is another instance so much to the point, given by Prof. Tyudall in his late address that I have copied it iu full. " A bucket with an aperture serving as a spout is found in an Orchid. Ik-es visit ing the (lower, iu eager search after ma tcriai for their combs they pimli each other into the bucket, the drenched ones eac.iping from their Involuntary bath oy the spout. Here they rub (heir backs against the viscid stigma of the (lower and obtain glue, then against the pollen masses which are thus stuck to the back ol the bee and carried away. Where the bee thus provided, (lies to another (lower or the same flower a second time, and is pushed by his comrades into the bucket and then crawls out by the pas sage, the pollen masses upon ih back necessarily come flrdt into contact with the viscid stigma, which takes up the pol len," thus is the orchid fertilized. 8rd. The peculiar arrangement of cells in tho leaves of plants. M N l r
