The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19
PLANTATION,


French astronomer and scientist,
has written an interesting volume
y &hich he calls The Unknown"
fhe book embraces the subjects
. teiepathic communication. Of
1nIldclnations. or premonitory
y eAk dreams. Of distant sight ana
& 1lx1nAtIon ". F1ammarion has
VI n endless number Of instances,
- q them from the records OF the
1(r M Psychicai Research. some %
~ 49, his own experience or OBJ
v11oa, and some from the experience
4 f1oa6s Instances Of the kinds with
- ~ are all familiar. at least By
10y. n b difncuit 10 see what the
- has done that tho Society for
|Jsj1onal Research has not already done
>1s him. Teiepathy II one OF the al
nkta1 fHcts today. although We DO not
u1p1ptand the conditions which make
\ posihle NOE how 10 arrange and con-
III them, ana teiepathy IN one form
y onnther Ii sufficient TO account for
III Of NJ. rammarton's anecdotes. a.
hh for the cheaper phenomena Of clair
xg6nrs. mind-readtng and spirituaiistio
mailsssatious where the latter are sine
/ ~ real question at issue In the whole
m&>or IL whether thought are,
II nsht, heat. sound and color. merely
~ manifestations OF motion. and 20. In
sssnse. material; or whether their dem
|natration Includes the demonstration Of
5 peyehic world totally apart from the
IND Of sense. proving that the soul ca
n independently and that II IN endowed
|Hh faculties at present unknown. NJ.
|rAmmarion inclipes to the latter sup
|pettiop one Of whose corollaries would
b NE after death Tor the indestructible
|uinc1ple which L. believed TO act apart
|hon any functioning OF the brain. There
IN many other people who, while ac-
|tsp4inx NJ Fiammarions summing up.
snish u TO tbs effect that
There are more things In Heaven and
earth. Horatio,
fhnn are drea1nt Of In your philosophy"
sp1d vet prefer not 20 ground their be-
~ In tho independent psychic life Of
~ scui upon phenomena which are cap
~ Of moro than one Interpretation.
ul(i the demonstration is much more
~ and complete than II n at present.
I ssems safer and snner simply TO be-
~ IN tho soul because we are 20 con-
Mtuted that We must. rather than to
~ poasihiy n,isintsrpreted phenomena.
N the meantime. however. Tho TN
isowH is = volume having all the alb
ssfoIas Interest which a sincere treat
mi OF occult subjects always inspires.
cThe unknown." by Camille Flam-
eafton Harper a Bros. g. FOR sale
L0wmah a HanfordD
e = I:
Veaoniai Civil Service by A. Law
Fehce inwell. IN an account of the way
which the problems OF such service
ssve been worked cut by England. France
sad Holland, The requirements for civil
sssvsee In the tropics are quite different
iFpm those for home ciyil service Natural
nsarsy without training Is helpless before
ms dstioaity presented by tho problem
governing large district containing
sssrsi thousands OF natives The official
whom Is givcn such a charge as this
aust know the language and the customs
y we peoFle. and have seine Kind Of an
""Shf 'a'p their way of thinking Well
FAA'as bat inexperienced officials could
eas provoke an insurr~t,ion like the
nasa mntiny without being IN the least
e'essieas that they we're drifting into
~nsen Hence the administration OF the
~seny can be intrusted only 10 men who
Mss ~sssered the sangiase and ali the
s,aa'aons nader which the government
sssi ne carried on.
follows sresn this tina, colonial civil
~'she should ee lifelong career a
s.'h' spon which the progressive nations
sas World are all sgreea France made
sisemat 20 recruit her colonial etfl-
Ns frem her home civii service. but Il
NV ecnstderea enc Of her capital mis-.
"s& W eelonisl management.
eserEuns the assumption that colonial
nsa service Is a nsc-earocr. the method
sssniatmeut must be either Is arh..
~ ~ esafe cr Ny free composition. The
s.efeAh nasiens have come 70 rely more
~ mefe urea the competitive system.
saeASh q has been introduced In widely
'ss, forms IN different countries.
Lowell considers arst the Iaaiaa
s'a seFsieN la lts historical aSpsct. aha
''eA's ehaRgvs which have been made
Wv English system ana the present
ssaiAVea o. 'he examination Points
= especial interest are the efforts to em-
49, natives In the service and the meth
~. recruiting nadve officials. other
sa colonies and their requirements
~. ,Sas'dered less at length. The French
'a'eh systems are taken Up in ietati
eestFained and judicial way Mr..
sa,s discusses the probable American
aseas and the extent 10 which We could
eoct BY the experience OF othsr oountrtes