The Emancipator. 
It i-s not claiming too tniicii to say 
that seieiu-e is the great emancipator of 
tlie human race There is no other chiss 
or .species of knowledge that has done so 
much for tli(^ benefit of mankind, ills- 
tor}' proves liat as the sciences are de- 
velo[)ed and applied to the every-day af- 
fairs of lite, leal progress is made, the 
study of the arts, classics and kindred 
sulijects Is very well in its place, lint its 
place is where it will not ci'ow d out tii'-- 
study of the natural sciences. 
llovv is it possible for the Innnan race 
to advance when it is constantly looking 
backward for its models':' Yet an and 
classics take ns b ick into tln' d.'ad , 
past and ask us to study and Imitate tlie 
Ujodels that antiquity affords. 
Science asks iiS to consider the things 
of to day. Its peisuit brings us Inti) 
sympathy with the life and thought of 
the nineteenth century. 
Onemay pore over ancient w liiings in 
vain for knowledge to light tlie patliw ay 
tliat leads him to success in life. 1 he 
study of art may make him ln'tier, but 
unless lie can [lush himself up lo the 
front rank of i ts votaries, It will n(>t help 
him solve the bread-and-'Hitter cpiestlon, 
nor sui'mount the obstacles eiicountei'ed 
in life's jonrney. 
\Vhen we come to the study of science, 
the result is entirely different. In the 
first place, by itsstuily, we learn how to 
take car(' of oiu' bodic-, avert disease and 
prolong life. Secondly, by its aid \\v 
can determine tlie true relation of m.in 
lo ills en\'ironhuMii IgnoiMiice of this 
very important I'elalion haske|)t the hu- 
man race In a mental, moral and, to ;i 
certain extent, piij'sical bondage for un- 
told ages. It is only within a generation 
tliat science has commenced to break the 
chains that bind our race and hinder i^■^ 
l)rogres> 
While man aiust ever "eat bread by 
tlie sweat of his face"' and can never lie 
freed fixni all the responsibilities and 
cares of the world, scb^ice in its varioii- 
applications. will midtiiily his enjoy- 
ments, increase his capacity for the 
pleasures ami amenities of life and. aliove 
all. free him, to a great degree, from the 
slavei'y that ignorance of nature's la^^•s 
dooms him. By the apidicatlon of the 
principles of science, man becomes a 
master instead of a slave. 
The grwat mistake of the world is the 
belief that a contempt for surroundings 
and a life al<iof from them is meiiloi i- 
ous 01- deslr.ilile. One who leads a life 
that is influenced by such contempt will 
gradually lose sympathy for the world 
and the world will lose all sympathy for 
liim and his pow er for good in the world 
is gone. He has uo inlluenco noi-foi'ceot 
character. On the other hand , the one 
who plunges into the midst of bis envi- 
ronments witliout the knowledge that 
science affords will, in a majority of 
cases, become tlie victim of the popular 
current that is too often running towaids 
lower levels. Neither view of life iscoi-- 
rect. The true philosophy of life is to 
rise above ^nrroundings by controlling 
them by the aid that S(dence affords. 
It Is lie who studies man In the light 
of science, investigates the laws of na- 
ture that relate to human environments 
and aiiplies them in the affairs of every- 
d.iv life that is a p'lwer in the wiirld for 
;;iio(l. Tlie jioet w as i-ight when he said, 
■1 am a man ; and 1 hold nothing alien 
that is bu'iian." Science deals with man 
and all that jiertains to him. 
Ill vli'W of the beneticent inventions 
tb.it are but the v;iri<ius ap[il Ications of 
science, is it too much to say that science 
is the great emanciiiator of the human 
r.ici' y 
Edwin Walters. 
Adant.iiit. 
.fn^t at pi-esent the architects, cou- 
ti actors .-ind '■boss" plasterers of Kansas 
(.'ity are agitated over the advent in tliN 
city of a new matei-iH.1 for wall plaster. 
Ft is not, however, new to the world, 
h ivliig been applied In the east for the 
jiast six years, bat it lias, never-lhe-less. 
rxploded lllu'a bomb-shell in our miil-t, 
and Is •■itlractiug universal Interest 
from the fact that the maniifacturers of 
.Ail.iiiuiiit can and do absolutely tdaim il 
wibiiot crai-k or fall from the walls; 
does not hang a (h'lid weight of ."(I lbs lo 
the -qu ii-e yard like common plaster, but. 
\\ cighi iig only 25 lbs. to the S(piare \ aid, 
.iiid possessing great s' rength. snppoi t> 
and strengthens all walls to which it is 
.i]iplicd ; that it is ten limes as ilense ,-is 
onliiiary plastei-, C'>nse(iiieii(ly many 
times as warm, and also as a s:inllai-y 
pla-ti'i- has uo e(iu:il, HS, Oil account of its 
ileiisiiy It cannot absorb gases or genus 
of disease. 
li makes a good fire-pi'oof \vall. anil al- 
so on account of its non-conducting 
pr<iiierf ies, makes a building warm in 
w inter and cooliii summer. It w ill si Ick 
lo any kind of a surface, even glass. 
As vry little water is used it dors 
a\v ay with wariiiiig and shrinking c f 
doors a: d casings and saves waiting sev- 
eral weeks or months for the building lo 
dry out. 
When its surface Is broken tliere is no 
saihl to coutliinally rattle out as wilh 
coiiiinnn plaster, and in case of leak; gi' 
w ill not crumble or fall off. Adamant is 
undoubtedly the peer of all wall pi ister 
and following its precedent In ol her ell leg 
w ill shortly supercede all other jilasters 
here In Kansas City. 
E2c:cs:^I^^<3 es. 
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Norl li- west" for Omios' " liii ds of I lie Colora- 
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Will coUe.et local specimensof any kiiu^in 
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