The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-28

.rRzHIsroRIc MAN. ;

irl1 sRKEHIsToRIC MAN. bsiaisi
Df. Carl fyogt has been giving All
course Of lectures on this
subject at Antwerp lately His object
is TO show that the further We go back
to the past, the less development there
was in the human form. Everywhere
in the prehistoric period VIC meet III
man the characteristics bringing him
nearer and nearer to the lower ami
mai pi'ominent eyebrows, slanting
teeth and fiat chin are aiways found in
connection With the earliest periods of
the human race. Development of
form has always kept pace with that
of the brain, the size and weight of
which are iproportionate to the IN
crease of the intellectual faeulties.A
This leads to the question in how far
the monkey differs from man. 2 The
anthropomofpRous ape has one inpor4
tant .feafnfc IN common with man; it
has no tail. But eIiere are greatidiIFera
ences in the form of tile limbs, chiefly
the hands and feet; then in the shape
of the head, ,especiaIIy iii the relation
of the skull to the face The former
is placed aboveRtIie latter. fi9naii, but
in the ape the face protrudes forward
and the skull stands apart ike a Kind
of 'butfon.l Bat the most c1iii6us eiia
cunSstanee iattverted to by DR.. iVogt
isithat all these distinctions tend to
disappear as we go back from the
adult subject to the infant. Between
a negro child and white one the DIFF
ference Of shape is very Slight It only
becomes remarkable 4as they get older!
In the ape, all the bee0liarities Of the
skull and face are the fruit Of advantc.-
ing years the newborn Creature has
the appearance ola human infant. =
Every day we Hear II said that there
exists areiationship between the horse
and the ass for instance. DIR. Vogt
shows that this is far from being a
mere idea /; tits sifnpl = the expression
of facts And herelie expresses HIM
self a decided Dafwinist, declaring
that the various types Of animals are
developed 9by degrees: But man CAM
not be traced back to the ape actually
living;;a he descends with them from 4
common hstoek. from which they have
branched OUT into three races; faie
orahg ontang, The 9cliimpafzee, and The
gorilla. According to DIR. Voght, there
fore, man unites III himself certain
characteristics of each Of these Branch
es, viz. the brain Of the oraiig ontang,
the skull and teeth Of the chimpanzee,
and the limbs of the gorilla. 'E''' % a'i
CURIOUS CONTEST sAsOUTnA soDTH-
.d1rsf gdl ? aERN ERNiWAH4LrT bns sslDI Of
-Aplanfer hvihgfdha Dallas icoantg
Alag somads "a wilg during thesi war.
devfsingtlIis property 9i|alaed iatoup!
wards of IS300,0eo to "a nephew and
niece, thenaaesidents of EAfabama! II
wasdis.desire, alIowevef9to Eleave hi.
principal estate to his northern heirs
a aIbrother, sister, ,adad their sehfIare
but he feared that by isordoingiithe
confederate government would e6hfis:
cate hispropertv.f He, therefore, gave
his nephew, q psixite unsigned mem.
orahdum,q qstatilig the disposition hi
wished to make of hisi estate, which
the nephew osolemnlyeipr0 ete
carefully carry outsi RheItestator died
in 1851 and itheanephew and neiee
soon afterwards aibefore they had
time to carry ,outitheirmncle's wishes
The husband of the Niece, in his turn
had promised the nephew to tlOd al
that was required by theuncle's mem.
orandum. He subsequently, however
administeredio on TIN sestatey and claimef
itin right'ofshis5childt ythe deceased
niece. The iheirssat-law, at the nerth
are now CONFERENCE.-The win, claiming
that, as it was made in fearof eonfed
crate confiscatioh, it is null and void
and that thememorahdum shows tht
real intentions ofstfe testator. sOt
course the unsigned memorandum ha;
no legal value and If the will is nal
and void, the aostensibleotestator must
have died, and his property goes tc
his heirs at law.9S is3ibhij 3C y1asttg5s
rf.s4s7 t-.g