The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-27
LATE PHASES OF RESEARCH

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| wide departure from the beaten path Of
ancient and modern astroloEcss IL taken BY
Raphael, the well known English scientist.
who discusses in the New York Herald The
probapie effect Of the coming eclipse upon
the earth and Its Inhabitants rrof Raphael
writes.
This eclipse 70 very important one. and
Is effects will be far-reschlng ana lasting.
Occurring, as 10 does. in the humane sign.
Gemlui. and near the cusp Of the ninth housc
II points to great changes and schisms in the
church. II win toll the kneli Of the Prot
tstant church. Its young clergy. intoxi-
Gated with forms and ceremonies foreign TO
the simple worship Of Deity viii bring about
us separation from the State aud the IN
auguraticn OF creduity and pricstcraft
Tho thinking portion Of mankind, being
disguised. viii turn away from the church,
and embrace other erocds. or no creed at all.
Materialism will increase and the minds Of
men will become debased. All this viii not
happen at once, but this eclipse will set tho
bali rolling. This is the more certain as the
eclipse occurs In close opposition 10 Jupitsr
and Uranus, which denotes the great changes
1t win produce In the minds OF men,"
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Prof. Haeckei. the greatest evciutioniss n
history since Darwin, has been devotins his
life TO the study Of mans evolution from
the ape, on the saipc lines as the great En-
Elsh thinker. and In q recent issue Of the
New York Journal his theories are described
by Pref W. Stewart Douncan Of the British
Association for the Advancement OF Science.
Tho substance OF the iatteris learned disquisi-
ton is.
AT last Il seems possible to prove By In
controvertlble material evidence the truth Of
tho doctrine OF evolution, complete chain
OF links between man and tho anthrcpoid
ages is to be gathered together.
During tho Mlocene and piiocens divisions
of tic Tertiary period. which preceded the
present geological period. the man-like ages
inhabited Central Europe and subtropicai
Asia. Then came the glacial period. which
drove them south In search of warmer
climate and more easily obtainable food. But
the great majority of them were stopped by
an impossible barrier OF water. which Is to-
day partly represented by the Mediterranean
and tho Indian ocean.
''Now. animals only evolve to a higher type
When life is made difficult for them. As
Iona as the apes lived In a warm climate,
with an abundance of fruit to cat, and trees
to Two in. they remained Just as they were.
But when tho cold made life mora difficult
and food less abundant their wits were
sharpened, They learned to kill small ami
mails for their food. to take refuge In caves,
make fircn and defend themselves agalns.
larger animals by superior Intelligence A.
a ah..a a 80. "a
shorter and their bodies more upright THUS
they gradually grew moro nan..ike apes into
ape-lke mem
People whe vera aware that J. picrpons
Morgan was fond OF dogs. yachts and horses
learned last week that he is also ;udioious
collector OF valuable aud rare books He
was the successful bidder for the nrst set
Of The unlyorsai Anthology" which tho
prince Of Wales desired very much TO Sc
cure. Mr., Morgan paid $500 for the twenty
six volumes, The prince bought the second
set Tho New York Journal. Ia telling Of
Mr.. Norsan's good fortune'sald.
For seven years the librarians Of the Brit
sh museum Of the French National Library
and the German Library OF Berlin have been
At work on this Anthology.
Their idea was TO put into one elaborate
set OF books the chief treasures OF the three
greatest libraries In the world, containing
J. 900 900 volumes There were papyrus rolls
from the early years of tho
Christian era; Inscriptions on stone in the
British museum going back TO early Egyptian
md Babylonian tines unpublished fragments
II classic authors. besides hundreds OF Latin
Int k.r Ia H.
Ages.
Mr. Morgan had Kept track OF the progress
II this compilation through his agents abroad.
Io had figured out that IL would cost him
100. O0o to get copies OF just one-thlrd OF tho
natter that the net set Of books would con-
ain, and It would probably take thirty years
o accomplish even that. So, when he Of
cred $500 for the first set Of the "Anthoi-
,gy" he was satisfied that no was not paying
fancy price The set contains thirty-three
olumcs of about 500 pages each.
49,
Among the rare things OF the ANTHOLOGY
hat tho great nnaneer took the most In
crest in were tho reproductions OF the Ger
nan Apocalypse OF the Fourteenth century
nd the hnnd-w ritton AIchuino Bible of the
ninth century.
This ambitious EFFORT TO compass the Mt
nature OF tho world OF all times into one
rinted work has taxed the energies OF
indicate Of publishers In London. Paris.
,eriin and New York. The New York arm
5 Merrill a Baker.
Mr.. Merrill says that II would not have
aid the publishers TO get out such work
ven at $500 II they were restricted to the
sets OF the first limited edition.
.fter that has been printed they will run
n a second edition OF $50 copies; third
dition Of 500 copies, and fourth, or popular
dition, OF 1000 copies. This last editien VIII
o sold at little over $780,
Mr.. Morgan and the other rich collectors
,ill have the satisfaction Of having "nrst
rnts." hand painted illustrations and rare
tchings but they will not have any more
rinted matter than the man who takes
ct from the last editions.