The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-22

Hatod articles In the maga&tnee and b. Q few
capital maps-vsry much needed. for the to-
pography Of that corner Of the Union has been
wonderfully mlsrspresented BY some Of the
standard authorities. In % recent publica-
ton - Colton's general map OF the United
States. dated 1879. the Gallatin River 10 made
TO now into the Yellowstone. instead Of fulfill
ling It's actual function a. one Of the forks Of
the Missouri.
Incompsrably the most important Of all re-
cent publications relating to the Northwest are
tho bulletin maps marking the progress Of the
Northern Transcontinental Survey. under the
direction OF Prof. Raphael Pumpelly. This 10
work OF national interest. and II is to be hoped
that the Government will provide for Its con-
tinuance under the Same Intelligent and Of
flcient supervision. It would be great mis-
fortune should the thoroughly scientific survey
Of tho resources Of the new regions opened TO
settlement be arrested Just at the time when
results are beginning to show. We have for
example. in Map Bulletin No. Of the Forest
Department remarkable exhibit OF the dis
Irritation Of forest trees In the Yakima region
OF Washington Territory. It 10 q sufficient
recommendation Of this branch Of the work to
say that It has been under the charge Of Prof.
G. 8. Sargent. A companion map conveys In
preliminary form the results OF Prof. T. W. Hill
CARDS Typographical survey OF the same coun.
try. showing the nature OF the soil and Its
adaptability to agricultural purposes. The
several maps have been autographed by julius
Bien and are technically perfect
In Rambles Overland" Universalist
Clergyman. tho Rev. Almon Gunnison. gives q
vivacious account Of his trip across the conti-
nent-outby the Northern Pacific to the Yellow
stone Park. over the main divide OF the Rocky
Mountains by stage. for the railroad was not
- n -. q
the Columbia to Portland Mr. Gunnison saw
a good part Of the country which no describes
when 1t was In the initial stage Of railway de-
velopment. and he had quick eye for tho in
terestlng and often grotesQue contrasts Of the
epoch His observations. II not profound are
at least entertaining.
DR.. Edmund G. Wendt Of this town reprints
series Of letters which originally appeared
in tho Medical Record. He was q member OF
the Willard excursion party. and viewed the
country particularly from the physician's
point OF view. In Chicago no was struck by
the smallness Of the fees charged by the local
practitioners. Let the doctors charge MORE"
he says. They will lose patients at first. but
they will gain in prestige and their incomes
willnot suffer. In the end they will have ele-
waited the profession as q whole. while they
will have benefited themselves as indvidu-
Wendt noticed the conspicuous absence Of
very old persons. The explanation which he
offers is that human activity is maintained at
so high tension that natures stock OF reserve
is exhausted carly. Collapse IL sudden and
complete. There would appear to be a simpler
and more satisfactory explanation OF the fact
that there are not many very old inhabitants In
acountry which has been almost entirely settled
within the past ton or twenty years. Tho pio-
neer class does not. as rule. consist OF people
far beyond middle life. Dr. Wendt speaks OF
the eccentric formations Of the Bad Lands as
multiple neoplasms on suffering natures
fair integument" He saw no fat Indians.
six Seasons on Our Prairies and Six Weeks
in Our Rock les" Is the diary OF sim pie minded
| and warm-h hearted Roman Catholic priest. the
Rev. Thomas ]. Jenkins Of the diocese OF
Louisville. who dedicates his book to the
ever virgin Queen Mary. Immaculate and First
Patroness Of these States. whose dover is the
Whole New World; and. by excellence. the Best
1t Contains In the Northern Prairie Valley.
| wstered by her own River OF the Immaculate
Conception" Nobody who reads this little
book can help liking the good man who
wrote 1t.
The most original. fresh. and interesting Of
all recent books on the Northwest is Mrs. Caro-
line f. Leighton's Life on Puget Sound"
Mrs. Leighton writes delightfully."-. and her de-
scrptlons Of experience In Washington Terri
tory. a dozen or more years ago. are sure Of
| q place among the classics OF Northwestern
literature.