, 1876-01-17

}.th nero ls.catcblng barbarlanb. Whom 30
flIni tho Sandrich falAhd"fa performing nlocx
Marriage hes"een bro.llor and ai4ter, NO car
nok Understand 1t unless ~o tako It ~ :
rnErisal fon ao.ne 1ons ago. when among
tlleno island tlcoplu inceat VISA law. Whrn "o
find alt Indiana of b,th Americas applying tho
same iarnc 10 father and tbs tsos!,o-. we inuss
iufer that wl'an their disleots wcfo just form-
inv, the fact anawntoj t9 th1 Mans, aud tlIa
relationship Of uncls wAs nc. discrtfnsnat
brcansa 1t did not exist, snco brotnr,a bad
their w.ses In co.nnou.. Whau no open sne
Abraham 10 Abimeecb. tho uAtt!ascI,. sayin4
that Ito had marriod Sarah because, nl.lluu:h
they wero Lsotner aud Eister, 1t was through
tho Eam1 father not tho aaaa n,ull,er. wa can
lc.s ~s assume that among Lia fathers
broshors had thoiI rivcg In co,unau
and relationship Lad TO count through the
moilor. And when ra find III .lIo dead speech
Of onr Ar. an fathers the nsme nano spp,oi u
. father and fathers bro:Ler, wo aro to as
Iune that their aucostors had s.o ,a at ths sarnc
Lowell 81 ths American Inrtau, wl,an ho oSue1
not whole wsta but ohsT Hhare III xifr. We
RIO gotstug back very Tar In time and do.n very
low On tile SCALE FosElls tu taa dreps. or In t.le
speech, or in tho mind, will ssse Us BACK no
father. Can wo ponatrale no dceper tho ms.
which ghronda the Fr'mesa' ages Of man ? A
cry Of asspatr hss come to us from Tie other
learned i'iat0r,a1. "that dumb past Lras
forever" but t}s seoIo9st cl.t1us thst reu'o.cr @
past ~ Lis own. and ais to'l Ia restoring II. Do
dead races. Tue Indian rattehtcd boiore U.s.
An elder taco fttreatcd before tho 1hd!sn. The
houud-I}uiller ffuged tue shores Of lltke Micht-
gan aith his villages OF hnts and hocks iIa
beiongh u much to thu geologic soeori as tbs
mRstUlon 3iaeIs. In firm ot heal Aud faca la
| MAS mora negro t!lan Indian.
An older record than tue mound Ia preserved
| in iiror gtavcis. Tue apeaiser showed how n
81 h<,A III jatr
has lived OIL It's banks. 1ian. ie maintained.
from tle testimony OF old riYcl .banks, was living
lu Francs 1t tha close Of the last glacial epoch:
He shoxcd na1t how caTos unts tbslt lIs:orr.
caru'4 floor ia yearly Lhnda. Iho speaker to3k
bis audIohce by 4 sesies Of drawings down
through Drazilian caso,-dowu through 2l,0l0
leaYcs Of atn1agmito TO = fouf on Which I!lc-
hatl lived In . brazilian cave 2l,b0o yeara ago !!
BIT ia tho unHfitten sunala Of lhe raco 21.u1o
Yaa1a Is as 4 WnlGli in tho utph'. For BIZ years
mcu Of seianco haTo been exploring tho v!closia
| Care III Yorkshire. Tho speaker uroH t'lan ot
this ca.o. Over the enrsuce was jutting
ei!H. Under thin cllH NO pkaH down tbrouel, Z
feet Of talus. Bsloa this tslus no tlul .mpIs.
mcuts. dropped oy the Nomaus nearly LOO
yesrs @ ago. ~ Uoder'slns tas :,.i : fett ;, 81
CONTAINING atouo mr!eEnonts dropped bT PIC:
! historic men. II tue otefhanEiug efr tlccsycd
through carrier times 1t tte same rato as
through tho last ,7Oe. this for. Of ta'us wonlI
ros,s:lr 4.05o years. Below this stone ase regis
tos NO pass through 10 feet Of a;itl older tafaa,
tho clippings Of tilne tram tie oyethanc,us cli1.
| Ninete.n feo.. II tho rais OF decay Mcro tho
| eume long ago III np:7, would register l5.100
years. 1lle tain. Mould take us bnck about
! 20D00 yoars. ..
Under sheao ruinn from tho o.erl,angins cliff
| We pass Into tho Eiaciai drlit-bowld.rs. lcc-
| borue aud ico-scsa.csed, sho rccoEl Of An aga Of
| ice., Tho grizzly boar sooE refuge now AMI then
In tile cayc. and left its bonsa mingled NTH tito
gtucial diff. We 60 still deeper, An enter tho
containing tho lomatns Of tha horse. the pig, tho
| reindeer, and tho iemsins Of man. Under tile
Is R:iIl older boi Of caye'farsh aud slslhSmilc,
| c2utEinlns tho tcmn!n8 OF lhe lysnA. iho Th:-
remains Of man. That cavs Mas tho sboIe OF
man ages befors tho age OF ice. No fact Is moro
rlkiuly rec1ssctcd IN the history Of tho g!ote
than III" s1b.ncrGence Of large areas Of the
eaiths surface at tie close OF thu 1ce Ago. Mau
l1ss llred s!.foaGh double dslugo Of ice rad
ocean. Al, over tho earth. and IL every roen, u
religion, he has casliod down through h,s
plgrimaso legends of tho wster dcluGo-a
est man known 10 sciopcs was a
sore hopos Of immortality. '.ho pri,noYtl man
looicd around on tic aood Of tee aad aEnnued
with al irfs OF hopn tho great loo1 OF ~atots
eut. the dark valley of death.
Tho speaker, III closiug, dsow esro found In
!3ou:hcru Franco, and SLOWED t!,zt It hal bo7n
used ~ funeral rault in ttHeH Of the reiude Ct
| autl shaggy clio ,.hant. llo showed, by cesla.u
I'M 1tealcta fulod tn the hands Of tho dead. that
| the ,uon Who bad performed the funetal litos
| saw IN tho deaI mau something not deah. Will
iu Tho jaws af that rnnal tolnb 40 light Our
| torch OF lIopc snd tato cnrct.
Prof. Gunnir. speaks po1t Sunday evening
| On "creattyo Methods. DArHir,stn III ths light
| Of lato dI8:oysrira."