Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
INDIANS WERE KIND.
Received the Early White Settlers
with Gifts of Corn.
And Scientific Research Demon
strntes That Many of the Tribes
Had Attained n Fair state
of Civilization.
Especial Washington Letter.l

UNITED with reasoning faculties
T so we'll balanced that his analyt-
ical and synthetical mental
processes were equally superb, Au-
guste Compile gave his positive Sci
ence" to the world as naturally and
easily as mother gives part of her
life to the wee babe in her arms.
1t was Compile who first clearly ex-
planned that science is fact; philos-
ophy the reason or cause of the fact
1t is one thing to know that the sun
gives light and heat. 1t is another
thing to take a philosophic theory
and deduct from it the reason orcause
of that fact. 1t is one thing to as
certain the facts that the vegetable
and animal worlds interchange car
bon and oxygen. 1t is another thing
TO theorize and philosophize concern
ing the rationale of those facts.
There is no augmentation in science.
Philosophy is based upon and abb
sorbed in theses and discussions.
Although the learned men of the
old world and the new have endeav-
ored to follow Compile by keeping
their science and philosophy separate,
they have not been wholly success
full. This is particularly true as to
the science of geology, which is large
ly also a philosophy. This also is true
of archaeology. Delivers in the earth
have not been content to coldly
chronicle their ascertained facts, but
have eendeavoredto give the reason for
all of those facts. Whatever and
wherever they have sought the ra-
tionale, they have ceased to be posi-
| tive scientists and have sought also to
become philosophers.
In our own country and continent
philosophical endeavor has sur
mounted scientific attainment. For
example, discoverers of facts concern
ing the mysterious mounds which
| abound in certain localities have
taxed their brains to develop theories
concerning race called mound
builders. Lapsing into theories they
have become theorists and philoso-
pliers, rather than pure scientists or
| fact-getters.
1t is admitted that philosophy has
4 part of positive science. Theoriz.
| ing is not decried, because from il
knowledge, and philosophy is useful
ence, however, is the higher form OF
knowledge and philosophy is useful
only as it develops truths which are
added to science. When a child
buras its finger, it ascertains a fact
concerning heat; the child is then in
the domain of science. But the chile
enters upon the realm of philosophy
when it asks why heat burns.
In the tide-water region of the Po
tomac river, for many miles to the
southward of'our national capital, sci
entists have discovered utensils ant
implements of bone, stone, pottery
iron and copper. They have added
the well-known fact that indians
originally Inhabited this continent
and they have evolved interesting phi
losophies concerning the habits o
those prehistoric human beings
Books and pamphlets on these topic!
fill many shelves of the congressiona
library, while the National museum
and Smithsonian institution eXhibi
the prehis toric articles concerning
| which the numberless works hav,
been written. There are upwards o
25,000 specimens of rare relics whicl
have, been gathered by different indi
viduals during the past half century
Local archaeologists have uncovered
village sites all along this region