Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-26

II IL glorious dream and one that may be
healthy for thinking men, II they but
remember that 10 IL only dream. That
any good can grow from trusts Is quito
beyond belief, but II Is pleasant 10 think
that there V bright way out Of our
present indusrial difYiculties and "Look-
ing Backward" stimulates that pleasant
thought.
Walter Savage Landor once told friend
that after he had read a book, he gave IL
away on principle" for II know I am TO
put II on my shelf to refer to, shall not
fix II In my memory but II know while
am reading II that as soon as II is read 1t
will be taken away, am sure 10 keep all
that want" In his old age Landor was
furious II he did not remember at once any
passage ofa book, or any name or date, and
would Immediately begin to abuse himself,
crying out in his sharp, high voice, "God
bless my soul! am losing my mind
am getting old" and then the name or
date or passage would come In the midst Of
his vituperation OF himself, and he would
calmly go on as II nothing had happened.
THE New ELDoRADo, A Summer Jour-
ney TO Alaska, by Maturin M. Ballou.
Houghton, Mifiin & Co., Boston and New
York.
II has only boon In the last few
years that the attention of the people
Of the United States has been turned to
their vast possessions In the Northwest,
Alaska. Very few Of us realize the un-
bounded extent of the territory. II has
an area equal to seventy-one states like
Massachusetts, and it has been estimated
by able judges that, with It's islands, 1t has
coast line equal to tho circumference of
| the globe.
| After reading Maturin Ballous de-
scriptions of this land of wealth, we are
convinced that he was fully justified in
| his title Of" Tho New Eldorado" for his
ably written book. IIe has given us a
very well drawn and picturesque account
of the country and people; he has the
faculty of making the reader almost feel
| that he has been with him in this distant
land, he gives us much that we have read or
| heard of before, but more that is entirely
new to US, and never once does he go into
those minor details that some ravelers are
no fond of showing. Mr.. Ballou severely
| criticizes the government for taking so little
interest in the prosperity Of Alaska he
maintains that both the country and The
people have been greatly underrated, and
quotes Gov. Swineford in regard to the
character of the native Alaskans.
"They are very superior race,
Intellectually as compared with the
people generally known as North
American Indians, and are as rule in
dustrious and provident, being wholly
self sustaining" In referring to tho rich
and varied prospects of the territory
the author writes, The studied efforts
of certain writer's to depreciate the value
Of the territory of Alaska in nearly every
possible respect, seems very singular to us
and is altogether too obvious to carry con.
viction with 1t. The great amount of gold
now being realized every month of tho
year, the millions of cured salmon anC
cod annually exported to other sections
together with the rich furs regularly ship
ped from the territory, counted by hun
dreds of thousands must cause sucf
people degree of modification. On,
of these writers put himself on record
by saying not long since that gold did no
exist In the territories in paying quantities
yet there is standing offer of sixteen mil
lion dollars for the Treadwell gold mine oi
Douglas Island, while within sight, or tel
miles of ii, on Silver Bow Basin, on tn
main land, Is another gold mine, as ha
been shown, owned and worked by Bos
ton company, nearly AS valuable"
"a land of wonders" F" is what the autho
calls this New Eldorado. and claims tha
II has some of the grandest scenery on Tn
globe "all through this region one l
constantly impressed with a sense of vast
ness, everything seems 80 stupendous
nature Is cast in larger mould than she
In other sections of tho world. The island
strike one as continental In dimension,
, the rivers are among the largest on til
, globe, tho ocean channels are tho deepes
the prmeval forests are made up of giar
trees and cover thousands of square mile.
! the mountains are colossal, and the glacier
are elsewhere unequaled. II is land {
wonders, strange, fascinating, and beau
tiful."
The National Magazine for Novembe
| will contain among other articles "Compal
ative Philology," by Professor Schele
, We're, PHI. D.. J. y. ID. of the University
: Virginia +; political Science" by Profe.
, sor Raymond Mayo Smith, A. NJ, of c.
| lumbia college, and ''Shak espeare," by
/, w. Harkins, Ph. D., chancellor of the me-
National University of Chicago, whose il
struction by mail and University Exter
, sion system will also be explained.
, In future numbers will appear article
E by prominent scholars and statesmen ri,
Q ing their opinions on leading questions
4 such as "Darwin's Theory" "The CHI
nese Question" SOCIALISM," and "Shoul
!, Immigration be Restricted ?" liz Throo
, street, Chicago