Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-10
a scIExrlrlc nIscorssE
Professor ssewars on the reeuiiart.
ties OF Ssior ~ Indications sl
Mental Traits An Ia~terestinx
Lecture.

evening. the attraction being a lecture by
Professor ". Frank Stewart upon The
intellectual and physical development Of
men anil animals ~ indicated by their
markings" The Professor opened with q
dissertation upon the microscopic con-
diiions Of animal life. He dwelt upon and
described in detail the bachtraciA. yibrione.
anomebe and other forms 81 infusorial
life. u wss argued that the earth Is encir-
elei by a universal arial arch. permeated
by electrical currents In every direction.
The Professor held that electricity being
the evident v~iialik.r IL all organisms, and
that a. like causes produce like effects
under analogous conditions. electricity be-
comes III. active agent IL creative energy.
which bring into heins the variel forms
81 animated life which Ne see. Under this
great Law 10 creative force the same types
u animal ~~Iecies anil vegetable species
were at = given instant DEVELOPED In one
hemisphere % the earth simultaneously
with those ~ another. the forms only vary
ing according To the modifying conditions
~ light. heat and position 10 the sea.
Heh'V th' sai"' "a" VIM" "'"s
being monkeys without tails ~ Alties'
would ais" simultaneously develop n Ta.r
Keys SCUM Ntnerisa having tai.
same iof,ss when "ouid 'I.as ~,
iahi,a ahi nora IN "hr pAI' ~ -. "a
n"uid pr,Sinee ana'asvu- HPsn . ~"
ton 81 the rafth. The same y ,,"c W
tribe Of men, III" inree 'hai ~"u'u Pto-
dnee an American Indian would ais" orihs
,nio being the fapuan and hoti'h'ot III
other portions oi the globe.
The Professor asserted that all animal.
having fixed and inSariahlc c~olorings and
markings A. Ia the eyes, hair or feathers,
are Will. untamablc sayag-s, in-
capable of thorough domesticiiy aud do-
msstic %culiur-. The Law holds good In ~
laiion b. higher organisms, A. i manifest
I'll in the various tuib-s of men. Professor
Stewart illustrated this principle by say
ing that II you take a quail sitting upon q
dnzen IL her own eggs. you csn predict
with absolute certainty every mark and
tint ON every little chick before IL Ia
haiche,l. aud you can predict with equal
certainty that every chick will h. Wild and
run from YOU the moment II il freed FROM
the she'll. Per contra. a barn-yard hen
NAV hatch a Lozen eggs Of her avn AMI
YOU cannot predict what color the chick.
rnS will bear. The, will L.. 10 all tints,
anal .%,.,ttnl with wonderful variety. You
can pr,,lict that the chicks will le PER
f,,,iy tame anil thai they annot be driven
from the harn-yarI. II seem. that long
age. IL culture has pru-iucel the. varia-
,ionsof color and markings in the eyes. skin.
hair aud feathers 10 all our domestic ami
nyls. An equally notable fact Is All in
creased cerebral development ~ all ami
mails that have varied their color and mark
ing in the lapse ~ ages. In applying the
same Law 10 the various tribes of men, We
shall invariably lind that all races
having fixed and in,ariable c~olorings
10 the hair. eyrs and skin. are
wild. nntamsble ssNages, incapable
~ invention or of a high degree 81 moral
culture. The lecturer assumed a. an axiom
that the capacity for invention Is a sure
indication ~ human Advancement and
culturc--that the only real inventive
tribes IL this earth during the historic
period are the Caucasian and Semitic races.
All ~ the tribes having liked n inVaria-
BILE color as 10 the eyes, hair and skin, are
merely imi'aiors-they cannot invent any
thing. Allnsion Was mate 10 ,he 'nih.se,
one of the most advanced OF tue imitau'e
tribes, IN which ~ was ssserteu .ha' ,ne?!
have a marvellous aPaei.! lor INT
taton' but tha' ,nes w. nor 'h'ei' y.
thing but hat all 81 their maiNe,ous
appliances IN the arts were e'iien'Iy Dor
nn~ed nom ih'sinseh, a'u suINr,o, a.
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speaker rrirrfeu 70 thv tcmaln, ~uiP-
tnrr' aiSni,e'lure anu
,ihss' "ni'n nc 49," - ~.
beneath the sou OF 'hiha' ihuia anu "'nu'
portions o' Eastern ASIA ~ Is q wen,
known faet thai Tue Chihese nave in'en.eu
nothing since the dAys 81 ths oreeAs anu
Romans hN.h IN in"uefh unes' s,nsP,
parent from the winnings ~ "so.'e''aec1
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Aafe" r"io. ,"e ,h NV -.
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nat uh'Ir sapl.'n ,"' uii m",,,,i a.:
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nItI i"r ih'''',ns una' ~"
the leoprr u"' 1919 80
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graf shd 'ne,, mem"i' rnN.nIi,.
that they quietly anu r,aun'! mp"o ~
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