New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-15

ideas moro than the interest Of a scientihc man.
He horo the burden Of the work. in one sense
NJ tho word almost as II II were his own nc
won efficient American publishers for spencer
works at a time when these had proved unprohi-
able In England. He preached spencer "o
trines in season and out of season ""e" an
obiector remarked TO w. II. Appleton t''a'
Spencers System would soon die the reply s"o''
and sharp was Il can tell you one thihg-Hpe"
Ger won't die as long as Youmans hVes "
1865 there was danger that Spencer "oih """'
o,,o % q standstiu for lack OF funds. The an
,hor.s nronertv was wasting in the payment OF
t,ssos Anparcntlv the first offer of ad was
made by John Stuart Mil. but he was 100 i'i'-
petuous as might have been anticipated o| wa!
Of inference from his many eccentrlcil'eS' an"
only obtained a negative with thahhS' 'Nt
t,nd or e. 600 raised in America was so presented
that Mr. Spencer could not haV" reiuSeu !" "
no had desired to do So Youmans described the
scene graphically in a letter from LONDON 10 HIS
sister. He invited M. Spencer to his boarding
house and the latter came without any sus
nic,on Of what was intended. There was niue
,raor With seots to which Youmans led his
guost Rut before he stepped out to the garden
no had broken the ice by handing Mr.. Spencer
rocLage of 200 fine cigars. Then he interes'eu
his ouest nv telling how criticism on the syn
,beuc philosophy" ran in America, particularly
abou+ an article which had been written py 'ou-
mans himself for The Tribune. Gaming MI
Spencers attention in this manner 10 '"1 '
that his friends had not been idle IN America
he suddenly produced letter from hooe'' '''''
turn which contained a formal notlce oi ""a'
had been done. Mr.. Spencer read ths' "o' WIN
ont betraying surprise. ana theh eA'"''''
"cood gracious, Why! I thought perhaps you
r.oro going f. get me a list of subscribers. NeH'
really this is wonderful. So much beyond all
that I had expected. It's magniiic"nt' WEI" !
ought to have a list Of the donors.
He made reference In language cannot lr.Ii
ect 10 the idea Of its all being done pass I'"','
and 50 the thing was neatly accoH1PllN"...i
narfoc, success or course it was very hf,u'al
that there should be some cmbarrasshcht' -
well on my part his. and certa'tII ma" w."
ing particular TO say: so interrupted ',S S''.i
,.bat awkward situation by handing MN tlr
hlue-v velvet box containing the watch ana Ch..cu
his attention TO the inscription lhIS' 81 -
was a descending climax. inhexion, or "Ha'eNr.
YOU call It, and served as rehei' ne W. 'nu ',h
nleased with II. and thoroughly dchghHu w,
H. whole thing | walked with him afterWarh
in the afternoon. He was In eNcellehl SPll ~;
L '' made treatment reference to the splendid
present" and could see was r"NoiNInE P'"i.H ~
once on the basis Of II. He once pFoKe GUY;
wish my poor father was alive ID Kt'" ot '"ls'
I,n Won know that your Tribune notice onIy az
rived the day after his death'
This incident shows fully enough the m''h'uS
nv which Youmans furthered the cause oi e'oI"-
ton. For the details Of science he was epui"y
careful. a. was shown by his strenuous ana sue
cessful efforts In behalf Of " The international
Scientific Series" and later In the prosperity o'
the magazine which he founded ana edited. /"
tho history Of all these enterprises what comes
ont most clearly r. the fact mat f"u"""S
seemed to know from the outset what Nv
wanted and what the public woud 'h''
Another characteristics was his incessaht a'uN'E.
cnancer told him that he was drunk WIN ""Ih
as another man might be with aIcoh"i l. Was
an advantage that h. could work win h'th
pen and tongue; but there was no intern P'y",
vitality ran out before the mark ~ thrc" score
and ten was reached What imprcsses US most
| think" remarks Mr.. Fiske In con ,u'lhs NJ
r,oIr "is tho broad democratic splr, and the
absolute unselnshncss which Edward louihihr
ufe reveals AZ every moment and IN every act