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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1882-01-13, Page 3wer/IMIo Farm an IBarben. Ohm Winks Ileld Is terner.l. Everybody knows the luiiii•J or Charles 'anent. One claw of people pr.tiee him 1 the discoverer i.f great law. in the odd of se: lice, by another claim his into Is hu1J.s synonymous with all that atheistic and irreligious. 'fie author f the theories that are rammed up by i� word "Darwinism" Las been the il ject of praise and censure in about 0 g about hhu that is recognized even f ail proportions. But there ti14 mit ill those who most straigly detownee III Vieille, and that is his putient :mil 'varying industry. Few students of tame have watched her phenomena illi such an attentive eye. and noted sio irefully the it minute Eloteiiiilite nl le aninta•eil world. His last work is • rikingillustranet of thiS. It is a book oil la formation Id vegetablemold. [broth" THE scrurs or woitsui. ' ad is the result of near fifty years' iili- irvation. In 1837 he first ',temente 1 a aper on vegetable mold 1,0 thu 1.eologl- sl Society of Londuts, and everi s.neet he as kept up his nivestigation int., the fe and movements and It.iliits of those dtle duck worms that the boys rind so seful for fishing purposcs. In dower ots in his nson, in his earilen, iii the '. old, in meadow and mountain lands, ultivatied places, and in woods, Mr. )arwin has been watching the work of 1 he worm; and in his last bo.,k he tells is what he has seen. The earth worm s an insigniticent looking' creature, and iobody would suppose that its move- nents could have iunch effect on the sur - ace of the globe, and yet it is seen that t performs a most important work in ransferming the hard, cold earth into oft, fruitful soil. THE LLICIED•rs s the name of the best known genus ,f worms, with a lame number et ape - les, only some of which, however, are .ngaged in the work lit forming mold. rhey are found wherever there is moist ,arth containing vegetable matter. tering the summer, when the ground is 'ty, and during the winter, when the ;round is fnizen, they penetrate to a rnsiderable depth and cease working. rhey are nocturnal in their habits, and oily often be seen at night crawling 'bout ,,LI the surface. or moving their reads and bodies around while their aila still remain in their burnrs. I portant It Atit lt1 the history of the 'ao.ld as these lowly ...iron ized creatures-. To SAW TUX BARTH Nettie* WolsX by triburating the earth, by subticttiti4 its minerals to the action of acids, and by periodically exposure the mold to the air, they prepare the ground for the growth of fibrous rooted plaints and seed- ings. The bones ..f dead animals, the harder parts of insects, shells, leaves, twigs, etc., are aeon buried beneath the accumulating castings worms, and are thus brought in a more or less decayed state within reach of the routs .4 plant*. LeaVeS are digested and converted into huinu.s. The burrow of the wurin,"pene- trating to a depth sontetimes of several feel, aid in the drainage awl ventilation ground. They also facilitate the de -Nue -an' passage of small roots, which are nourished by the worms with which the burrows are lined. Many seeds owe their germination t.. being covered by castings, while ethers, more deeply bur- ied, he dormant till they are brought under e••tiditions favorable to germin- ation! Thus the tiny earth-worin is vur beat gardener, and is in itself a strik- ing prof that great results often follow apparently insigniticsult causes, and that 11.'.d,ject is 14 minute that it can be de- spised. Clinton. EN ritaNt.a Exttrat NAMon. --The follow- ing is the list of the successful candidates at the late entrance examination held here, with the 'deed in which each at- tended, and the number of marks taken. Except in the arithmetic all were pretty fair papers. Out ef the 45 candidates wit. wrote, 20 passed and two were re - c. tttttt tended. 13 failed in dictation, 5 in arithmetic, and the, remainder on the ag- gregate :- Nene. &nom. No. Mattes. Wm. Ball, Clinton, 281 Geo. Bean, " 281 C. H. 13t.wors, " 312 John Croll, " 283 Alex. Galbraith, Wingham, 413 W. Gauley, Clinton, 384 Wesley Hamilton, Clinton, 344 Geo. Hart, leo. 14, Stanley, 302 Alden Junes; No. 14, Stanley, 333 Robt. McConnell, Wingham, 380 Win. McDonagh, Clinton, 280 Wm.- McTaggart, " 313 Geo. Mosgmve, Bluevale, 284 Wm. Shorts Witutham 336 ntly sickly worms, as a rule, or thl.sc Lewis Thotnpeon, Wingham, 280 afflicted by the parasitical larva: ..f thee, Samuel 1 Taylor, Clinton, 308 ire seen on the surface of the ground in Edith Combe, Clinton. ' . 281 ;he day -time. Fillets Floody. No. 7. Bullet. 350 WORMS HAVE so il-Zsi, Bella Scott, No. 7, Hullett, 313 (nil are ti toque extent indiffereet tt. Nary Hessian, Clinton, 297 light; yet they can distinguish night from day, and are geickly affected by a ening light. They are sensitive to cold, but do not appear to mind a moderate heat. They have no sense of hearing; but are easily affected by vibrations in any solid object. Their whole bodies are sensitive to contact; even a puff of air is recognized by them immediately. There is some degree of intelligence shoWn by therm They line their bur- rows with leaves, and plug the entrances t,. them with leases and start. It re - it uires .5, mie inatitptilation t., szet the leaves into the litirrows, but the worm always manages it. Most learns Can be• best drawniii hytheir tips, ethers Let- ter by the base, but Cie worm rarely makes a mistake, ar.d seems to recotfuize the moment it gets bold of a leaf what will be the best way no manipule it. The special peculiarity .4 thew worms, }loiterer, up .11 which depends the ine• portant part they play in nature, is in THEIR lituE.ITIVE CATABILITIEs. They are ttttt terei.e, tti.l bee .w everything. Thee ere continually swel- 1 owing earth n.• any nutritive matter it may contain, and the resi,}:te ,f the swallowed and "digested' earth is ejected in the form of what is called ! "castings " Thest: castings May lie seen ny any who will take the trouble tt. 1 wik for them, and often in garden walka without looking • for them, piled up in the shape of littli towers of tubular cen- t elated maws uf earth. . nne worms form three castings, one er two inches high. others less than half an inch. By them taking up and "dieesting.- se it k were. the hard earth, this little wenn changes in a short space of time the character of the ground front steity, har- ren will to rich and fruitful mold. Recommended -Ida HAptilton, Clin- ton, 320; Bolin Richardson, No. 3, Turnberry, 298. .1 Tamped, CIA at Whose Birth Her Mejewy was Preoral. itt the ytiar 18.10 •Her Majesty Queen Victoria paid a visit to such of her mili- tary forces as were then quartered in the great tamp at Aldershot, England. She was present at the grand review, made a thoroagh inspection of the soldiers' huts, tated.the food of the rank and tile as it was prepared for dinner, • and, finally visited the womee's hospital, erected spe- cially for the accommodation u,f soldiers' wives. Whilepassing through one of the wards, the nurse in, -charge informed Her 1Lijesty Dint one Of thus patients was then momentarily expecting to be -con- .fi0tl. The Queen . desired that it the child was borer before she left the builds ing she should be 'informed of the fact. Five minutes later the expected informs. thin was lernught. Her Majesty then enquired what -regiment the woutan's husband belonged tn. and tree told the let Li:Mahan of the Inth. Desiring to know the winuati's'name, she learned that it was Mrs. Stinson. The Queen then relocated that the child should be named Victoria, and upon leaving the hospital relit down a box of clothing foe ,the infant. a, christening cap and dress being among the aetieles contained there: in. The box was brought to the Iani- t tal by General Penneiather. Her Ma- jesty also !edged five pounds in -the bank to the credit of •the child, with instruc- tions that it wee to remain therein, with interest accruing, until Victoria Stinson. was t wenty-one years of age. Twolyears later the regiment came to Canada and in course of time Sanson, leaving the army, settled in Toronto with his wife land family, In this city he remained tor many years. lit finally removod to CIO - ten, where he died a sle.rttime ago. His widow re-marrietl, remaining in Clif- ton. A few days ice, the daughter, Vic-. term Stinson, attained the age of twenty one years, and, with her mother, visited nt for the plintote of learning how the matey awaiting her order could be obtained. The amount will now retch about twelve le -uncle THE AMOUNT OF ?LITH. brought up in this way has been estimat- ed by observing the elite of which stones and ether scattered objects have been buried.A piece of waste, swampy land, drairmel•and plowed, then c.,vered with burned marl and cinders. hall, in twenty- one years, a covering of vegetable mold four inches thic'e, on to; of which was a sod Of an inch and '.-half in thickness. Some of the fallen goatee at Stonehenge have becotne almost buried in the,ground from the accumulation of vegetable mold raising the surface. The remains of an- cient Roman buildings, pAvementsetc., liave been found in England under a depth of eleven to sixteen inches of worm -made mil. Dust blown by the witela has doubtles aided In covering up these eld buildings and stone, but It ted.' seem that the worm it to he cre- dited with the largest share Of the work. They also contribute to the disintegra- tion of the rock by generating organic acida wich act en . the carbonates by grinding up in their digestive apparatus the stones which they swallow, and by bringing earth to the surface in their castings to he blown away by the winds and washed away by the rain int.. the valleys. It may seem incredible that these lit- tle ere:Wire lulil take se important a part in the operations ..f nature. Bat it seems less wonderful when THEIR “Itl,•T NE MBE?. is considered One nattsralist, If enton, says that they are about 53.700 of theta in an acr. 1 garden soil. and Mr Dar- win allows half that number to the acre in cornfields and patere lends. As in many into. f England • weight .•1 more than ten 5..05 of dry earth annually pass- es through their bodies, anti is brought tl.e surface en each acre, it is easy to see that the entire' surfsce .4 the cotmtry c..u1LI be inanipulsted by them in a shout time "Thieplan, PF/I1,11 Mr. Darwin. "is i.ae of the most ancient and ni vein - Able of Mali s incest ions; hut long he- ,' t ,re 1s existed the land wt. in fret re- i.:alarly plowed, and atilt continuo. thus to le plowedby earth worms. It may he doubtel whether there aro many oth,r eri‘mals which vro Titles. While the subject of kinghthoed is tip • for discussion. it i* worth while retailing the fact that en one occasion an English king knighted a aurloin of beef. It is • claimed that this is the way the portion formerly called "surloin- came to 116 eallell "sirloin.- It was at an entertain- ment given to James I., at 'foghorn Tower, near Blackburn, Lancashire. The king being an a fit of tet5i humor, or as eerneleely else phrased it. in • ,ne of bus merry moods, whilst he wit at meat. casting his eyes upon A noble sirloin at the end of the table, cried out, "Ming hither that mrloin. terrain for tis worthy of a more honorable part, being. as I nosy say. not c.urlt-n hut air -loin, the noblest joint of all." It is recorled that the royal beef •eater tberetipen drew ...it but sword and knighted it. and tt''" I.olotation says that hit ridiculous and o. operate Hip at once raiee.I the wisdom %,.t reputation ef Ervglansta fileitrnten THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, JAS. 13, 1882. the highest. Thu 3Lid, as the organ of the lords and dukes of Canada, savagely attaeks Mr. Edward Blake fur respect- fully Ste:lining to be put on the same level with a round of beef. It accuses him of insulting the Queen, the Queen being the fountain of honor from which these titles How. Of course nobody in his sensealimagines for a moment that Mr. Blake' insulted the gauzy honor of knighthood. To make such a statement tt shows the Mud i be either grossly igno- rant of history wilfully wendacioua. Pitt, who was for twenty years the sin- gle hope and pilot of his country, declin- ed the honor of • title, as Mr. Glad- stone, the greatest living Englishman, declines it to this day. Are we to sup- pose that the Prime Minister* .4 Eng- land insulted this Queen *hen they de- clined to finite showy handles prefixed to their names I The thing is aliatird. -61 With the new year, Ayer's American Almanac makes its customary appear- ance. It is a welcome visitor in every family. Its pages are replete with crisp medical advice, refreshing humor, and much eatormation nut usually found in such a work. Its Astro ttttt uical macula- • lions have a high reputation for accura- cy, and they are adapted, in the various editions of the Almanac, to all parts of the globe. While a large pluton of its pages are elaborate advertisements of the medicinal preparations of this house, it is a noticeable feature that many pre- scriptioneare freely given for the benefit of the sick, irrespective of Ayer's medi- cines. 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