The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-09
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THE NEWBORN CUBA.
lhs neW = q Cuba ~ Franklin J
don: Harper Brothers.
- The New born Cuba by. Franklin
matthews Attn is, one Of the very interesting
pearl Of the Antilles" since the American
public. 4s5sl 81 I 5aB SI 7'a' s,%""7.
So much has been written about the
island that it is not within the range of
expectat tons to find any new light in
these these directions: IT is therefore with abb.
Of the rehabilitation Of the island under
American auspices as told by, Mr.. Mat
thews., He says: Not less important
than cleaning the streets, purifying the
supply, and putting all public works in
proper order in Havana, was the task of
cleaning the city from the inside, the
grade in town. inside thousands Of dwell
ings were BLACK holes in a frightful con-
dition. The walls of thousands Of build,
ings We're the abiding places of germs OF
eases 'l5pSss 49, T. s.a,Es FIJI. b %z
Mr. Matthews then tells of the scientific
manner in which the sanitation of the
g. Davis, q Chicago physician Of large
practice and wide reputation, and that
not one; single house in the city Of Havana
cSCeLpcu Tic 1IlSp0CClOn OIL MS corps
physicians or failed to conform with the
requirements of Major Davis. Large
qantities Of ,quicklime, and SO, solution Of
coats of paint or WhiteWash.'' : Al,
Then followed q vanishing death rate,
until Havana today is practically free
from its former scOurge of yellow fever.
The next work of great Importance per-
formed by the American authorities was
he installation of an honest customs serv-
ice in Cuba and the abolition. Of bribery
and blackmail. E% -a.., ... rs ~n@3@' %31.s m
The work of feeding thousands of starv-
ing people by the military authorities is
dwelt upon by the author, who shows that
this was vas an essential part Of the work Of
done, the sanitation Of the large cities
would have been incomplete and ineffec-
! The reconstruction of Cuba by the peo-
interesting as an example of the human
ity of our people. Cuba has been taught
many lessons Of vital Importance TO her
welfare and it remains to be seen wleth-
err she will profit by them, or sink back
into the dark ways of the old Spanish
regime. If he does, she will notkremain
an independent nationality long.
On the 10th Of this present month the
government to the Cuban people took
place.. The stars and stripes came down
and the ensign of the Cuban Republic was
unfurled.-r2- E. = .S...lSl7E I. ~ fz
siempre la bandera de la libertad y de
Ia prOgresa. r,. .*.+ r#T&E,,- y ::
..,..E ! q IN THE FOREST. @%.
In the Forest: By Maximilian Foster.
$3.50. New York: Doubleday, Page &
'In the Forest is contribution to
the literature Of our country of positive
value. This volume contains stories of
wood-life, wherein the stately DEER the
n "a ON n 1rrcrr,
bruin speak. from the heart of the wllds,
yirile and significant speech of nature
Mr.: Foster has made a distinct depart
ure from the ordinary stories Of forest
life, and unlike KILLINGS Jungle stor-
ance with the. imperious law Of nature,
and do. not talk. + III :. ~ :,
He plays upon your sympathies by elo..
quent powers Of description and nara
ton, and in the story of Legs" the
coyote &C. Transported port from hisrWestern hab-
tat to the east east to furnish in the chase
dogs, ones sympathy goes out spontane-.
ously to this poor beast, struggling at
t teS against hunger and trusting t. his
pack Of hounds at his heels Time Tim "a after Her
time he el%ded hi5 tormentors but his
it did we find ourselves wishing him betll
Fl! climb e The hilltop was stiff, BIT it
hope, but shortlived indeed. They were
and fight and against what odds. over
down the slope, Legs in the midst Of
the baying hounds, was fighting but
weakly to the last. And when .'the pack
wonders when the brutality Of man still
finding pleasure and !, recreation il in the
fRe 1tcast and nariah ohfa;rs on, sz5
nothing but aversion and execration.
3he gll5npsesa y forest r1ountain
roam III solitude, broken rarely by the
feet Gilman, the animal s s. OF 1efr native
heath are painted8 BY the author in
RoeaH Mtb With b 1 the
his story to tell, the Moose who was a
and fixed with a fringe Of bayonet f prongs
l1lt J, were the; terror and envy ofsthe'
Carl Rungius, and he has interpreted the
authors, ideas with an art striking and
picturesque. 81: 4f-.1If@ : 49, !.
EDUCATION AND THE LARGER LIFE.
, Education and the Larger Life. By C.,
and New York ii HoSg ugh aSV Mffiin Ss e.
a ans Us the h; title hs Of book by C. Fl
ance this year. Is The title suggests a
treatise on philosophy and one does not
turn over many pages lin this interesting
volume before discovering original ideas
elaborated in a clear, striking and con-
vincing manner $rs.a@ s5 TN ,xljEy5 9l4SSt
4 Education and ethics, theoretical and
applied, are subjects which have been ex-
hausted by the worlds greatest philoso-
piers and publicists, and one does not ex-
pect to encounter in our time any new
IDEAS on such subjects unless from a
World-famed thinker, in the class II
aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Rous-
son has, however, stated a proposition
about the significance Of language, which
SO far as we know is entirely original, and
which in our opinion, lays the foundation
1or new grammar of great simplicity
and strength He says: I'VE NAV saw.
that just as human cohscio,Isn ess is the
one experienced reality, sos@the expression
of this reality is to be found in language.
Logically speaking We have only three
classes Of words, nouns, verbs and con
nect1ves. For convenience of treatment,
tne gfammars name eight or nine The
author then says that the entire phe-
nomena Of the physical world may be re-
solved into three manifesto tons, mat
Ter, motion and relation and that since
language is the result of experience with
matter, verbs-motion, connectives-reIa- q
ton Nh -
The author discussion Of cause and eff
feet, youth, the experimental life the
source Of power, and many other subjects
are treated in clear and earnest man
ner..
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