Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-10
DOES DEATH END ALL?
Joseph Cook at the Wheeling
ODera House,

The audience which gathered In the
Opera House, last night, 10 hear Joseph
Cook deliver his famour lecture, Does
Death End All?" vas probably, In many
respects, the most remarkable audience
thai ever gathered there. In the hrst
place, it would compare fayorably rs to
SIZE with any, and in refine
ment il has seldom been equaled
A notable feature Of II was the large pro-
portion Of people from outside oil the
city. Bethany, Wellsburg, Mounds
vile, BenwOOd, Martins Ferry, Bridge
port and Bellaire all sent respectable
delegations, and numerous other towns
at greater distance were also repre-
sentej. Every seat was taken, and a
large number OF special chairs on the
platform were also occupied.
The lecturer is tall. portiy, large
headed man, with bushy, brown hair
and whiskers. lie dresses plainly, aud
his whole appearance rs that oil man
who has more nlOmentous ques-
tious to consider than that ol
his personal appearance. The
discourse is Of such nature
that il is almost impossible to give any
thing Of q synopsis OF il. Ii was an es-
say 10 prove by logical Arguments The
| existence OF something besides matter.
IL partook vi both theteCbnlcal or sclen-
tllic and the popular Many Ol The mat
tiers dealt with were necessarily ol
rather unfamiliar character, and 1t ioi-
| lows that many Of the positions taken
were TO the ordinary intellect somewhat
| abstrusr. But by the use Of iamillat
| illustrations the more salient features ol
the lecture were made 10 PLAIN that
! child could SIRE their iOrce and beauty.
The lecturer illustrates his talks WITH
| charts showing the arrangement ana dll
ierent stages OF development oi the mus
| cles aud nerves in animal organisms, One
of these used last night represented the
development OF DARK bOrdcrcd nerve
| libfrs and elastic tissue from biUplasui,
aud the other the spiral arrangement
of the nerves about the muscles IN the
! foot OF a hya, or tree frog. lie spoke
Of the
CONFLICTING Theories % rnE CREEK
| PHILOSOPHERS,
and the question mootcd by thcancients,
/ Mltlitf tue Ifldll'h W tA'' ''Ai ~ '''N
body was that Of harmony TO harp on
rover To- Ills boat. The music must
cease when the harp is broken, but the
rover may survive after hls boat
has been destroyed. To which 81
these does the soul. in its relation "a
the body, bear a likeness Asking TIM
| question, he went into consideration
OF the results Of the researches OF sclcn'
lists hy the aid Of the microscope.
Those pur ions ui the lecture which
were not OF a mere technical character
abouuicd in iguratlye passages 81 beau
~. Occasionally the speaker became
amusing, aud at such times the point o
his words was brought ont by the pecu'
liar expression Of his face. His eyer
are particularly expressive. Laughter
vas not wanting, and applaus,
was evoked frequently. The audicnc,
from the first seemed 0 rapport with the
speaker. ani through all the varying
phases Of lis discourse he cnchalnco
their attention and won their hearty ap
probation.
While We cannot mar the lecture hl
any attempt To give its substance IN oul
own words, We think our readers vii
be grateful % us Tor reproducing his de
fnltiun oi life Life is the invisible, IN
diyidUal. co orlinatiug cause directing
the forces involved IN the production o
any organism possessing individually.