New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-31


Whose bounty is the river
OF which they are the SPRING
Indra with anxious heart,
Ventures with Nvocbunu where Brahma lie apart
"Brahmai supremest Being
BY whom the worlds are made,
Where we are blind, all-seeing,
Stable, where are fleeing,
OF Life and Death afraid
Instruct MS, for mankind, ..
What is the body Brabma Brahma what the nina J.
Hearing ne though he heard not,
So perfect his rest,
So vast the Soul that erred not,
So wse the lips that stirred not
His hand upon his breast
lie laid, wheTeat his face
Was mrrored IN the river that grit that molly Racer
They questioned each the other
What Brahma's answer meant.
Said Nlvochunu, Brother,
Through Brahma the great Mother
Haiti spoken her intent:
Man ends as be began
The shadow GU the water Is all there rs OF Man"
"The Earth with woe is numbered,
And no man understands;
They see their days are numbered
BY one that never sumbeled
Nor stayed his dreadful hands.
see with Brahmas eyes
The body is the shadow that on the water lies"
Thus Indra, looking deeper,
With Brahmds self possessed
So dry thine eyes, thou weeper!
aud rise again. thou sleeper!
The hand Brahma's breast
Is his divine assent.
Covering the soul that dies not This Is what Brahma
meant
The articles on "Ilkley" by NJ ID. Conway. Army
ORGANIZATION" by Gen. George b. Mcclellan, nd Oil
yer Goldsmith very readable and the pos.humOus
story by Caroline Chesebro' will be welcomed by the
many admirers Of that gifted writer.
TIE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
An original paper on Images and Shadows"
by Dr. W. j. Youlnans treats Of the property OF light
by which images produced illustrating the subject
Nv a variety of interesting experiments "a Feather"
the subject of another original article by w. X Brooks
Of the Agassz Museum. showing how much can be
learned from tie most common natural ojectsb by wise
method OF observation In connection with the immedi
ate points under treatment the writer presents SOME
important theoretical considerations, which are equally
remarkable for their compass and force.
The fact that two many different animals are con-
Z" connection between the analS themselves anu u is
the work OF the zoGlogis TO find what IS that thus con
which seems of the points TO be explained,
each to fail in some respects One OF these 10
TO be found only in the mind of their Creator; the
other IS that there direct genetc connection or re-
ceivabe and worthy OF consideration for we can nnd
examples OF the building up OF systems somewhat re-
WAYS WAYS The various kinds Of steam-cngnes, for
instance are adapted each TO Ns specIa e %pt *
them can be shown to be constructed on uDstantlay
the same plan. If trace the history OF any form
such as steepgrade locomotive, find, as we %
backward that 1t loses. one by one all OF It's special
at uphill work Tracing the history Of the locomotive IN
the same way, md that its special adaptations dis
appear until 1t nothing but power-engne placed on
day, but unimproved and rudimentary form We
might trace the history of other forms in the same way
until we had found the for them all In this
there be no genec connection; each engine Is
an independent thing. and the only connection is an
ideal minds OF the inventors that Is the idea
Of the seamengne has through process OF eyoiu
OD expansion, aud perfection aud most OF the steps IN
process have been embodied u real engines so that
together they form maneson record OF the changes
that the idea has undergone According 10 the theory OF
which AgassZ is the most celebrated advocate, the pIe
nomena OF life TO be explained IN some hat similar
way. Recognizing all the facts which seem TO Indicate
evolution of the animal Kingdom, and being himself
tie discoyerer OF many of the he says that the
evolution Is simply the evolution OF an dea IN the hd
of the Creator which idea has been embodied in material
form in such way that can be traced by the study OF
the animals that its The other theory
may also be illustrated by an example: When we com
pare languages which phoOgss tell us have descended
from one parent tongue we are attracted Dy hcir ar
feTences only and II needs careful study and comparison
10 understand tue similarity OF plan which unGeIles
them all but when their history Is traced II seen tha
they originally the same, and have become diff
ferent the using them have become widely
separated and coming under new aud widely niierent
ply steal conditions, have divorced IN their habits
feelings, thoughts and associations and have required
different forms OF speech TO supply tLelr need Here
unlike the case OF the steamengnes The language has
been the same all the time and, although men have
been the by which the change has been effected
they have not been the intelligent cause, but have been
unconsciousy acted upon by agencies around them
According the theory with which Darwin isdenthed
although he is not by any means the author but mas
the different forms of life have been evolved from
source in substantially the same way that languages
conditions varieties adapted TO these conditions
arise, and as animals thus grow different the parent
unimproved forms unable TO struggle with their
more perfect descendants and become extinct so that
longer existence. The evidence necessary for the
perfect establishment either of these theories does
not TO have been obtained yet and can only
decide Professionally. according TO probabilities.
The following extract from the Editors Table" will
be read with by the many friends of the r. NJ
In regard TO the character Of The Popular Science
MOnly have preferred let 10 speak for ITSELF and
have made parade OF the numerous and fattering
concentrations OF IL which we have received from
eminent But there come few words regarding
the importance OF our work from distant country,
which I'VE may be excused for giving TO our readers.
From letter OF Mr.. Bancroft, American Minister the
Court OF Ber, TO the publishers IN NowIOTk we select
your Popular science Monthly. which i think excel
lent In perfectly adapted to Its purpose OF DIFF
fusing knowledge and right way OF thinking more
widely among the people. have done what could 10
very highly esteemed. Prof. Helmhotz and Prof.
Dubois Raymond have both spoken 10
their opinions very much In its favor and higher
authority could not be found should not do Justice TO
Of the country for the persistent and udcous
manner in which you employ your great influence
through business to spread through the country
the important works OF science fast they appear
the coming generation 10 the love OF truth knOwl
edge OF the world in which they live"
Among the contents Of this number The Age OF Ice"
The Pathology OF the Passions" The United States
Naval observ atory Evolution and the Origin OF Life"
and The Eshetic Sense OF Animals" will abundanty
reward the attention OF the reader.
Tho aI,o;rob1a ilIuatrationa of fh,s punnhav