The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12
New Englanders Dying Ou,.
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NcA ' 1EN >.E.
 twill ne; fa;ter the native New En glanders 10 find themselves compare. with the Sandwich islanders. Hut th, comparison IS made by a-New Englans physician. The two peoples. aecordin, 10 him. are alike. however, only in thei tendency te die out; Besides the .s,;rieil, native New Engianders." sayS Dr. Allen Tn the Pefsia, ,>.Ics.T Hasfsh. there | only one other people or race where ,her, has been such natsral decrease in mum bers ,ha, ,s. the sandwich Islanders"
 IL Is well known tha, since their Christi anisation the people ot the sandwich Is lands have tallen oi rapidly In numbers The decrease within fifty years has beer tso-third. In iSso. when the frI cen sus was taken. the population vas N o.oso That was ten years after the Amercar missionaries began their work. Accord ing 10 the last census the total vas onl, about 4o.eoo. oT less than one-ihiu a. many as tifty years ago. The trouble IS that civilization has earned into the Sand wich Islands diseases induced b, hoen- tiousness and in,cmperance. which avs caused phys degeneraey m the pco- pie. The law ot propagation has been violated te such an extent that Il threat. ems the eNtncilon ct ,ha, people. says Dr Allen.
 The decrease IT numbers among the s,no,ly native New Enslanders, however is a,,ribu,c,, hy iei Allen. who has long made l special study of the >uhiee, io some change ia phA ASical organization. In the las; oeniury the tolonists ot New England. made up mostly oi Ensl,>h s,oe k multiplied rapldls. Then natural increase W.s> >o .Tea, that thcN douhled IF naHbeiS n twer'y@f1yc wears ihas rc, arded them A Inc bc>, spca l. men> n lh,s respect ot an> people .. ra, ( and 1ascd apon Ia t> hom thls soai ( hi> ..,eat ptlne,plc q; population.
 liui vl'hn ;he las, hundred >eats mafkahle change has taken place. ,Ate- fuiiv krt1j ie ,.se> shnM ih.l ihr aAci.4tsr number ,9i hl.lfeu ;o c,, h ,ttnllA h.is de stoaSe,i with c1eN reneft,lea fheN Enmmenccd wi,h large iamihe>, aectagng cisht nr nine. but IL Is now doubttui whether the average m,ii exceed thtec shlidfen to ,. ttuliN ;, .tfo elN enough fo Neep the eIls nal >tse good IT uur'hcrs= And " .his hange ha, occurred III the same places. wlih the same people. having the=>3Ii4c c.iiiftte .ss.a plenty oi innd.
 he nam au>c. s,N. ilt. N.lcn. ls that " the men ate nal so >;iong and vigorous ls ihcn gtantiiaihers ,,nd -aneostors. and the women have icterleiated physie ally m | sarpsls.ne degree. \ rnalot,tH oi them have a ptetlomln,,noc oi nerve tissue, seiih weak n,.s. lcs and dIge>;Ne organ The mos; marked thange ia ,hls ono hundred Ncar> III organization is this loss oi hal .tnee 1T harapnA m tie organs .snd es. pctlatiA n warttu i is t.u mere stukiu5 Thes have been diee1&1uF more and moe rom thtt Yofmat sf1ud1rd upur whft h the i.sw ef propagation ls based pnis .tbau, oue-hdii oi the $ew England wa- aen asD properly aCgsc fhef atfsprln. and ,h5s Iut apae,s to nafsinf Is ron- sfan.l, ine'casns lhI> i1t Alicn te- gard, a~ very >igutt' ani oi some change II orlanuatIoa to winch ihc natulal de -Lte4Se i> ti4sss
 The fat, on , h.sh iti. AiIen base l., ,ono .fStou- are known ,e etety beds aho is iAtn..iIi wfii tic si't Ne@ ng and ..t, ei the o.,! s;aSk.-N \ i.ic.si those ,Eho are s,3l. tn he tofua ii ihe regsnH lnhab llcd b8 thcf aut c-tnts the \e~ H,. lander. who hAsc remHucd al home I hctr tami es af' small lhe1 are uo' physically as Agotous A ihcu father Inc women are not ,Sminctr.f ally devci oJcd. and 'heH ner,ops ot9anilatlon !, ap, ,o l,e morbid pf course there ar, eption, bu, they generally os n ~hei some other blood ht- been mixed aI,h he native New Eng and
 Inc be-, oi lhc $ca England siot k ha' no, renamed a, home 1, has for genera ,ions gone ,a teginne ei wider opporinni ;ics. where there wassinoIe chanrc .o ylgor and enterprise inc strong rneI and the handsome women have crnigra ted and whiie the physieal force of New England has been declining, is intellect ual strength has also fallen of peroepu bl, and inevitably. Boston and Massa lchuseits arc moi what they were intellect ! ually generation ago. Nigor and cour age. originality and power in literature have been suoo ecded by hnieism dile,,an ,eism. umldity, emasou oulA,ion, imitation and dread of all spontaneous espresslon DA -