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New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

re0uisite IL such teaching be sound. even
the philosophy OF Kant may afford an insufii-
cient foundation for faith. but at the same time
there would be equally good cause for rejecting
the philosophy Of Haecl1el and his fellow
monists.
In the closing chapter OF "The Wonders OF
Life" a bitter complaint is made against the
management OF the German universities II Is
asserted that the doctrines OF Kant are allowed
70 dominate those institutions 70 such degree
as TO exclude the revelations of modern biology
One cannot but suspect that the only founda-
ton for the charge is the fact that Hackers
own ideas are not approved there. H. however
there be any justification for the Indictment
there must be far greater conservatism in Ger
many than in America. There was time wheh
the church in this country was reluctant TO ac-
cept the findings OF astronomy, geology and
biology, but il now recognizes that science ana
religion are I'm substantial harmony. There Is
here no such tyranny as that which, according
20 Haeckel, exists in his own lend; and for that
reason he will get little sympathy on this SIDE
OF the Atlantic.
F4aecseI was one Of the first naturalists 70
adopt Darwin's theories but in his enthusiasm
he has gone much further than the author OF
"The ORIGIN of Species" The latter. while con-
ndent that the higher forms OF life had been
gradually developed from the lower saw the
necessity for the existence OF a few primordlaI
organisms and he frankly confessed his IN
ability to account for their appearance. Huxley
for a time fancied that life might have been
evolved from inanimate prOtOplasm by chemical
combination alone. Later he discovered his mis-
take One OF his most convincing. as well as
fascinating scientific lectures, dealt with those
experiments Of Redi which established the I'M
possibility OF spontaneous generation Hacker
IS the only biologist who to-day denies the doc
trine. first laid down by the italian but after
ward affirmed by Virchow. that 'all life proceeds
from previously existing life" The awful prob
lem OF the origin Of the first germs. which other
naturalists have regarded as insOluble. does not
bother him a particle. HIS reasoning on TINS
point is childlike. He admits that he cannot
himself evolve life out of dead matter, but IN
sists that this fact does not disprove the pos
sibility OF such evolution! Again, he thinks that
ne has found evidence that cOntradicts the be-
lief held by VIrchow, thai the seat of all func-
tions is the cell. Well, suppose he were right;
the existence Of life in that part Of an organism
living outside OF the cell would still require eX-
PLANTATION The two propositions under discus
sion are distinct and separate and the opinion
which anybody adopts regarding one can have
no bearing on the other. It is hard to avoid
suspicion that Haeckel's judgment has here
been swayed by personal animosity. He never
could forgive Virchow for excessive caution IN
accepting Darwin's teachings and possibly may
have allowed himself to go to the other extreme
In rashly asserting that life originated auto
maticaly.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

,,, .,,,,, reservoirs must be con-
...,,o.o5 ond the impounded water conducted
for long distances. There are vast copper ue-
os,.. On he exhibited in the Copper River region,
and there are already petroleum wells in active
operation in the same neighOorhood- TO oe-
veIon all these possibilities transportation is a
crNynq need. Il is a good augury for the future
that Congress has now made beginning IN TINS
1,.o..io,, b,, directing that 30 per cent of the
taxes collected in the Territory OUTSIDE OF the
,ncornorated towns shall be utilized for the con-
strrction and maintenance Of roads This
or,ounts at present to about $4,000 annually.
II is NOT in minerals alone that Alaska Is
,ob Tts fisheries the author points out, have
been for wears and still are more important
than its gold mines. They employ more capital
and their annual product amounts to as much'
and sometimes half as much again, as the gold
OUTPUT" Contrary 20 general belief, the asri-
o,,l+,,raI resources of Alaska are not to be de-
snised The latitude OF the Territory is the
same as that of Siberia, which supports large
If scattered population, and the climate OF the
south coast is surprisingly mild. AT uhalasN@
the mean winter temperature is about ~ ue-
grees above Zero though the temperature III
summer. ON the average, is only 20 degrees
higher There are immense fertile tracts IN 'he
interior. which, while subject to far lower. are
the hot season comes at a time when the sun
shines nearly the whole twenty-feur hours
greatly Fastening the maturing Of crops. Ihis
unequal division Of darkness and light is not
without it's Inconvenience to the animal KING
DOM In the winter the children go to scnooi
and return with lanterns, and in the summer
as the wife of a miner remarked: 'Dere Is no
night, an de very chickens dey walks DEM
selves to det'." Mr.. McLain urges strongly
revision of the Alaskan mining laws on the
lines of those prevailing in the Canadian coun-
try, and requiring actual development OF claims
as a condition of tenure. He also puts IN an
earnest plea for the Indians, whose means OF
livelihood we have taken away by inequitaoIe
game laws, and whose morals we have corrupt
ed without any effectual effort to educate them
to compete materially or mentally with their
new conditions, as we have, for instance, aided
the Esquimaus by the importation and exten-
sive breeding Of reindeer.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15
IN SEARCH OF TRUTH.
MOre COclcSure Philosophy by Ernst
HGecseL.

THE WONDERS OF LIFE: A Popular Study OF
6lo!oglea1, ,s1nl4IosoInS; EE EEnst AaeckeI
volume 70 ''The Riddle OF the Universe') l2mo
pp. H s& Harper & Bros
The snterest excited By The Riddle OF the
Universe" sprang from two sOurces-recognition
Of the fact that life presents many problems OF
overwhelming importance. ana widespread Gu
riosity 10 the solutions OF them which
HaeckeI might have 20 offer. How many OF his
readers found his answers clear. convincing and
inspiring win not undertake 20 say. But it
may safely be affirmed that his latest volume
VIII cause greater satisfaction THE Won
ders OF Life'' is intended as a supplement 70
and an amplihcatiOn OF certain points IN The
Riddle Of the Universe" Moreover, its second
HFy title Is not altogether well chosen The
book IS devoted 20 biological philosophy truly
enough. but IL is not popular study" The
authors frequent employment OF such technical
phrases as ''perigenesis OF the plastitudes."
''ontogeny,' 'EnetaboIisnl'' and "anorgIk' make
q anything but that! Only trained biologist
can fully understand him and pass judgment
on his conclusions. though reader gifted with
nothing more than ordinary intelligence can
here and there detect bad logic Moreover.
neither his frequent railing at things which
wise men and women venerate nor the egOtism
OF some OF his afflTInatiOns VIII commend him
% general favor.
The essence OF the mOnist doctrine. of which
fresh exposition Is here presented. IS that the
soul being merely a function or group OF func-
lions Of the body, does not survive the latter
Many OF the phenomena OF life are discussed
from this doleful point OF view. but Il Is hardly
necessary 90 say that iteration IS not proof.
Perhaps the strongest argument which IS ad-
ouce1 IN support OF the notion that death ends
an - that Kant was inconsistent. Toward the
close OF his career that philosopher believed IN
God and Immortality. whereas he had previously
been skeptical and we now. told that because
he changed his mind his ripper convictions should
be oistTuSteGi One often hears from the pulpit
ne assertion that 10 grssp certain spiritual
truths sonefhins besides the unaided reason (.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

The new edition of BiselOw's Life OF FranbIin."
which the LippincOtts are bringing out is dis
tinguished by number Of novel features. among
which are two new portrait illustrations. One
Of these is a portrait OF Bishop Jonathan shipley
at whose house Franklin began 20 write his
Autobiography II is a copy OF Sir Joshua
Reynolds's picture OF ''The Good Bishop now
in the possession OF the Bishops family The
other is a portrait OF Franklin himself-.a repre-
sentatiOn OF a statuetta made from life and pre-
sented by Franklin 90 FOurnier. the famous
French typefOunder. II is quite unlike anv OF
the other counterfeit presentments oe poor
Richard" that have come down 20 us. and as the
name OF the sculptor Is unknown. Il Is dialeuIs
20 judge whether this is because OF greater like
ness 20 the original than the other portraits or
for the contrary reason. The statuetts ttself 4,
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

Virginia Frazer Boyle. whose FIRST long novel
Serena" is about 20 be brought out by A s.
Barnes & Co. was born near Chattanooga. Tenn.
and has always lived In Memphis. She Is a
member OF the Ladies' Confederate Memorial
Association. the Colonial Danes and the Daugh-
ters Of the Revolution. Serena" whose heroine
is understood TO be a real woman Of the
South" deals with Civil War times but Is not OF
the swashbuckling variety. 1t Is stated 20 be
a story of 1.-The honor OF a noble name' and TO
involve a curious psychologist phenomenon.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

II is now twenty-five years since the first
publication of the late Henry Georges Progress
and Poverty" During that time 1t has been
printed in every country in Europe. as well as
in China, Japan and India. and has sold In all
more than two million copies. Doubleday. Page
& Co. are now bringing out an anniversary edi-
ton. 20 which Henry George 1r. has written an
introduction: and new edition OF the life OF
his father is also issued in uniform style with
the anniversary Progress and Poverty"
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

story OF frontier life in Texas. written In
German by a former editor OF the Courier des
Etats Unis." should certainly have a cOsmopoli-
tan interest. Such a story is about 20 be issued
by Henry Holt & Co. It's title Is die Prairie
am Jacinto." and It's author was Charles Seals
field. who was vividly picturesque figure In
America seventy years ago. His real name was
Karl POstl which he renOunced, with his cowl.
when the priesthood became intolerable Tor a
man OF his varied activities. Fleeing from the
Church In Austria. no here In 1923. and
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

for ten years roamed about the country. meet
ing with numerous adventures. The story which
the Holts TO publish as a German text. with
notes by Professor A B. Nichols. Is taken from
a book he wrote called "Ka1utenbuch." and
deals with the Lone Star State even before its
days OF independence. but while Sam Houston
was engaged In stirring things up.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

as bad as It Is IN my own country. The problem
is Just as real as It Is in England. and you will
have to solve it sooner or later.
He said further that the congested condition
OF city life is responsible for race suicide OF the
gravest type. and that unless the degeneration
of our people due to the presence OF great evils
In cities is stopped win be in danger OF being
swept out Of existence by a eonquering Eastern
people
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

Rose Eytinge the actress. has written her
recollections of the stage. extending over a
period Of nearly fifty years. The book will be
published next month by the Frederick A
Stokes Company. under the title of Memories Z"
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

Edith Sichel. author OF The Household OF tns
LafayettGs" has written a new book. Just an
nOunced by E. p. DuttOn Co II Is entiaeo
Catherine de- Medici and the French RefOEih.'-
tiOn." and aims rather 10 be personal ssios
OF the woman than a history Of her times
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

DR.. Dubois. a French physician who has nlads
a speciality OF neurOpatholOgy. believes ShA'
physicians should seek 20 train and to educat7
the minds. as well as to treat the physical All
ments. OF psychOneurOtic patients. He has WIZ
ten a series OF brochures on the subject Whie"
have made considerable stir In Europe ana nas
now summarized his most important discOVelieS
and suggestions IN a volume entitled "Psyeh0-
neurOsis and It's Moral Treatment" which VII
be brought out next month by Funk & Wagnals
IN an English translation by DR.. Smith Aly
JeIlne
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

Next Saturday the Scribners will issue Edith
Wharton's italian Backgrounds the various
chapters OF which will deal with phases OF art
and architecture overlooked by the casual and
conventional sightseer. On the same date the
same house will publish volume of stories Of
life at a post OF the Northwestern Mounted PO-
lice, entitled lat the Foot of the Rockies by
Carter GOodloe. and three volumes in the bio
graphical edition of the works of Robert Louis
Stevenson-"K Kidnapped David BalfOur'' and
the New Arabian Nights"
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

The American Book Company announces
number OF new issues in its revised edition q
ROlfs's Shakespeare. including Antony @al
Cleopatra The Tanning Of the ShreW e31
''The Comedy OF Errors" The principal enansF7
from the original edition are IN the omission p
abrldgment OF the original notes on SeNs~' s..
variations. the substitution Of comment ~ -
editor for selections from other critics a.
minor alterations in the way Of excision e..-
substitution. The books are OF handy sac >.
the pocket. attractive In appearance. ana a1tsa
ed Tor the general reader as vel a. h's
elAssEsol0.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

The question often comes to an author whether
his duty lies in adapting his stories to the taste
OF the public or in allowing them to shape them
selves to their logical and artistic conclusion.
even if all the characters except the villains do
not Tive happily ever after" Kipling yielded to
the clamor in The Light That Failed and
others with lesser names must frequently be
sorely tempted to follow his example. Anna
Mcclure ShOll, the author Of The Law of Life"
and of another more recently published volume.
THE Port of Storms Cd. Appleton & Coz. has
written expressing her puzzlement at the popu-
lar demand for optimism She says
One of the curious things connected with my first
book the number of letters l received from
people all over the country taking to task for
marrying my heroine to q middle-aged man. for not
divorcing her afterWaTd The query that evolved
itself out of this experience What did they
think would have become Of the story II I hadn't
done thus and so % But the majority, in my ex-
perience clamor for what Thomas Hardy disdain-
fully calls "the optimistic grin that ends story
happily"
The truth-and fiction. like other things to be
good must be true-is sometimes expensive
when counted IN dollars and cents instead of
in reputation.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Present
and to Come.

Professor Hugo Munsterberg. having ex-
pounded his views in regard to 'The Ameri-
cans" has now taken up a still more intricate
and difficult subject. namely. that Of 'The Eter-
nal Life" A volume bearing that title. which
he has lately written, is published to-day by
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The author claims TO
have solved the mystery Of the vital relation OF
the living with the dead. giving new meaning
to death and blazing new path in eternity.
His point of view is that Of neither the strictly
orthodox nor the agnostic, and he seeks to har-
monize his theory with the teachings OF modern
science as well as with the higher emotional
demands Of human nature.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

The eleven volume edition of Sir Leslie
Stephens "Essays is now issued here by G. p
Putnams Sons, with the Introductory essays by
James Bryce and Herbert Paul. which are con-
tained in the volume entitled Free Thinking and
Plain Speaking" Hours in a Library take
up four volumes, do the Studies of BiOgra-
pher.'' The other two volumes are English
Literature in the Eighteenth Century (the Ford
lectures). and "Reminiscences and Biography
Rider Haggard does not agree with Professor
Vambery and ViscouEt Tadasu Hayashi in
thinking that there is no yellow peril" 1t is
comforting however. TO realize that he regards
this danger as still somewhat remote. and. in
fact primarily an internal that We may be
able TO ward off before it becomes too menacing
Mr.. Haggard. the result of his travels in the
United States as the representative OF the Brit
ish TO investigate the question OF Overcrowding
OF population in cities and its relief by rural
colonization. has come to the conclusion that
conditions In America are not much better than
abroad. He recently delivered an address before
the students at the University OF California in
which ne said:
do not want TO talk about American conditions
DNt from what I have seen and from what youf
statesmen tell mo the lot Of the peor here is just
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

Forthcoming volumes in Macmillan's English
Men Of Letters series are Edward Fitzgerald" :"
by Arthur Christopher Benson. author Of the
life Of Rossetti in the same series, and William
Hickling Prescott" by DR.. Harry Thurston
Peck, Of Columbia University.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

the property OF a French woman. who eheriaaeS
II among her most valuable possessions.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15
4 LAND OF GOLD.
alaska. Its Conditions, Possibilities
and Needs.

ALASKA AND THE KIONDIKE. BY John Scud-
5eT NcI-ajn. With map and ninety-twO inustra-
fions from photographs. Octave. pp. XVI SSO
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

Gilbert X. ChestertOn. author Of THE Club
Of Queer Trades" gives an ingenious explana-
ton Of the reason that people. often of sup
pOsedly good literary taste. indulge at times in
what are termed trashy stories. Mr. Ches-
terton is very fond Of detective tales, and was
recently discovered reading weirdly extrava-
giant one in a 'fourpenny dreadful" magazine
When asked II 1t was good. he declared it was
''beautiful!'
1t amuses me very much. like detective stories.
and as can't get good ones I get the best
can. That's point, by the way that is almost in
variably overlooked in discussions about the public
taste in literature. They talk about people buying
bad literature instead OF good literature. and
don't see that what people want Is a certain kind
of literature. II they can get it done wen. they
will; If not, they Will get IL done as well as they
can: It's just like tea and coffee II ! am
tea l will drink poorly made coffee, should there
be well made coffee procurable, in preference
to wen made tea like detective stories, and that
is why l read a bad one in preference to a work
the history Of the universe.
When in the country and unable to obtain de-
tective stories, Mr.. Chesterton consoles himself
by writing them.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15

THE WONDERS OF LIFE: A Popular Study Of
giologieal, Philosophy; ;,., Ry Ernst HaeckeL.
volume 20 ''The Riddle OF the Universe.') l2mo,
pp. II. GA Harper & Bros.
New-York tribune., 1905-04-15
IL. s. HAWKER.
A NezU Biography of the Vicar of
Mo11DenStOS0.

TILE LIFE AND LETTERS OF r. s. HAwE1EF
tEometime Vicar Of MOrwenstOwl. BY his son
.n-lRW. G F. Bylss. With two sketches by th'
Earl of Carlisle. autographs by J. Ley Pethy
bridge, and reproductions from portraits, pho
logIalhs etc sEo. RD. 50. John Lane.
Minnesotské noviny., 1905-03-30

medelstvi je hlavnim povolanim vet
siny obyvatelstva We state ze az po-
sud bvlo malo tech. ktefi by Sc od-
bornemu hospodafstvf venovali, je
pocet ten jeste maly II porovnani $
jinymi odbory. Pride cas-. kdy to-
muto odboru bude venovano kolike-
ronasobne pozornosti nez nynf. Gin
spfse, tim lepe, nebof budoucnost
bude nalezeti jen tenn, kdoz neiyfcs
doyedes eceniti a pouziti objevy We
CIV ma poll hospodafskem.
Mamie Jiingling, 17leta dfvka
v st. Cloud, byla zadrzena svou
matkou ma nadrazf prave kdyz chy-
stala sc uprchnouti milencem od-
iizdGjfcim vlakem. Milan sedel jiz
pohodlna kufackem voze, otekava-
ie pozdeii Sc svojf vyvolenou Sc shle-
DAFT ma vlaku, zatim vsak dostavila
Sc ma nadrazf matka deyeete jeste
v cas- dceruska vzdor vsemu prote-
stu kfecovitemu sc drzeni vlaku,
zistala p9kn6 donna.
V Sank Center zemfel 23letv
Jan Kotrba We ctvrtek ma ztrnuti
eelisti. Bydlil zde po cely svdj xi-
vot 3 rodici. Pred n9kolika dny
slapl ma rezovity hfebik a vrazil al
iej do nohy. Nepovazoval poraneni
to za nebezpeGne nepfivolal leka-
Re, by mu ranu osetfil. Kdyz Sc
objevily znAnlky ztrnutf 6elisti, pfi-
volan lekaf, ale nemohl no jiz "a
chraniti.
1 Anton Paulson, ii1iavnf strojnik
pfi plynove elektricke spolecnosti
Y Red Wing, pfisel k zabitf svojf
vlastni neopatrnostf elektrickym
proudem. Tyz, cht6je zlomiti ele-
ktrickS drat. wal iei do holSch ru-
kou, ale proud elektrick9 byl tax
silnf, he projel mu telem jei u
smrtil.
J Te zpravy postovniho odboru
aaleza &c V nasem state ,1Gn do
praycich venkovni postovni dopra-
wy. Pravidelna draha kazdeho roz-
yazeGe je "a mil, zacez obdrM 1920
rocnfho platu.
Minnesotské noviny., 1905-03-30

Senat odhlasoval nasledujfcf
pfedlohy: Zelch, zapovidajici
prodasAni l;hesin trestancana pre-
pustenym kaznice ma cestne slovo.
Ward, ably mesta mela pravo "a
kazati tax zvane "bucket shops" !"
nebo-li hazardni spekulaci obili.
Pfedloha 1872, povolujici okres-
MIN komisafdm vysouseti melke \
klikate jezera. Wilson, x zakazuji-
|cf prodavani vclkych vybusnych
prskayek DO /. Gervenci 1905. -
Juliar aby hlasovaci bulky pfi
primarnich volbach byiy otevfeny v
9 hod. rano ma misto 6 hod. Ma
sleduiici pfedlohy byly pfiiaty We
Fsnenovne poslanecke. Nolan, -
ably ustanoyen byl telesnY trest pro
zenobiice. Smith. ably svolana
hyla konvence za liGelem npravenf
sss..:::t:s: ssss.:: ~: :a:sts.asy Petersen. :a.hs
Ineiyyasi cena "a telegram obsahuJf-
ci 10 SLOW kamkoli We state, nepfe-
sahovala 25c. Nolan. - abv vse-
chnv sine divadla We state byly nu-
ceny 81 opatfiti ohniyzdorne opony.
Selb. abv zam6stnavatel nemohl
zadrzcti mzdu nezletilgm ucnim.
Bennett, aby zfizena byla iest6
iedna odbotka hospodafske skoly V
Crookston. Lennon, aby stat do
hlizel Ma zafizenf a prohlidku hote-
Iii. stravnfch domi q nocleharen.
Putnam, povolujicf penize ma
most We Faribanlt okresn.
Minnesotské noviny., 1905-03-30
Zpravy re statu.

j MGstska rada We Window usta-
novila vycepni povoleni pro hostin-
skb (licens) ma $4,000, nasledkem
eehoz budon ien tfi hostince We me-
st1
;s's;sT;;s;;s t;;;ou'.ssi - ss.ss;,-
nj WIKI We statu pride draho. Die
cislic sestavengch statnim audito-
rem. vsplatil nas stat cd rokn 1866,
kdy zakon byi pfijat, do nynejska
S370, 1922. Kdyz se k tomu pfi-
poete, 60 yyplatilv jednotlive okre-
sy, obnaEi 1hrnna suma celkem pres
pil milionu dolari.
! Jedno sto a ieden student OBJ
drzeli diplomy statnf hospodafsks
skoly pfi ukoncenf letosniho kursu.
Jak je vidtt, vzrdsta podet graduan-
I'll ma statnf hospodafske skole kaz-
dJm rokem; uyazime-li vsak, lie ze-