The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-02-28

Negroes possess physical vigor but as regards
bearing cold and heat, they are the reverse Of the
whites. The Chinese con exist in all ATTITUDES,
but they lack courage and progressiveness. The
mingling Of the three races will therefore never
be conplete and although ten centuries hence.
hybrid peoples Of every degree will be found in
Africa, in China, and in the north Of Europe and
American, the primitive races will predominant.
Before the far more remote period designated
in the second question shall arrive, great changes
may, as we have already intimated, occur. The
entire habtahe surface OF the globe may be al
tered by the depressions and elevations OFF sur
face, constantly, though slowly. in progress. New
diseases may sweep off whole nations, or the race
ITSELF The accumulation OF ice at the poles may
produce changes in winds. in currents. eventually
IN climate and another glacial period may su-
pervene. the effect OF which would be 10 drive all
organized beings toward the equator and this
change in habltation would result in the extinc-
ton of many species. Our entire solar system is
moving with great rapidity IN certain direction.
1t may enter a warmer Or colder part OF the Uni
verse, or the may blaze up and he destroyed,
as did that other sun in the constellation oil The
Swan quite recently. But setting aside these
hypothetical cases. let see what Science pre-
diets absolutely certain
Through the oxidziug action Of the air and by
human labor. the quantity OF metals and coal on
the surface Of the earth is constantly being dimi.
nished Undoubtedly as this occurs, new way Of
working mines to great depth and Of utilizing na-
tural metallic oxides will be discovered but these
resources can never be so advantageous as those
we now enjoy. As they become rare. SO will pop.
nlation diminish and industries decrease and this
result will bs the more marked in countries de-
pending upon such resources. We know that the
terrestrial surface is constantly diminishing. aud
elevated regions being lowered through the
ncessant action of water. ice. and air. The earthly
matter, washed or ground away, is carried 10
the sea, which is thus filling up. The result
| however, will be total submersion Of the land as
it now exists, and the destruction Of all organized
beings which hive thereon or in fresh water. But
the human species because of Its intelligence,
will survive longest and perhaps the last man
will yield up his life some isolated coral reef ia
the vast waste of water. Before this extreme
period is reached, however the treasures Of the
earth disappear in certain localities. people will
seek them elsewhere; and thus the race will con
| gregate in masses on smaller areas of terrestrial
surface. This concentration will be enforced by
other causes, as combustibles and metals being
scarce Accommodation will be difficult
through the depression oil mountain chains dimi-
nlshing the condensation OF aqueous vapors, now
fertile countries will become sterile, and popula
tons will accordingly diminish. Then, as the
continents deprived of mountains become partia
deserts or archipelagoes, the people will become
more and more maritime. They will draw thei
sustenance from the sea, which will form bar
rer to the mingling oil races. The whites wht
will avoid equatorial regions will suffer most from
ice invaslons from the poles; and the colored Ia
ces in the central archpelagoes, remaining pur,
as at present. on account Of natural selection du
ring their long isolation, will probably be the sur
vivors of the race.
To recapitulate, NJ. de Candolles believes that
our period and that which will follow for the
next thousand years will be characterized by
great Increase in population, mingIing of races
and prosperity more or less marked. Then will
probably follow a long period of lininution o
population, of separation of the peoples, and o
Observation-Disclosures American.