The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-01-25

those ancient molluscs, mussels, oys-
ters, ETC., were capable Of being stim-
ulated by desire, how comes it that
the present races are not likewise
climbing the ladder Of preferment
This brings me to the question pro-
pounded by DIR. PATTERSON in his
Fables Of Infdelity:
WAS OUR MOTHER MONKEY? :
Or if that is too personal, your
grandmother? This seems to be the
perfection of rudeness, but if you will
pardon me, the fault is with the evo-
lutionists, not with DIR. P. or myself.
If mankind is but higher order of
being, evolved at some time in the re-
mote past from the monkey tribe
then at that same time, somebody s
mother was a monkey, and we are in
the direct line of descent. If so, let
US felicitate ourselves upon our lofty
lineage, our high-born ancestors who
were doubtless Graded in the tree
tops.
But let US also cast some blame
upon the present races Of monkeys.
They are, surely, not less intelligent
than were our hairy progenitors of
10000 years ago. They ought to be
better informed-they are conversant
with the history and legend of all
their race. Some Simian Homer has
sung to, them the exploits of their de-
funct forebears, or apish Froisart re-
corded the glories of dead generations.
They have thus been informed of that
wonderful change in type, by which
the monkey race obtained the signal
favor Of being the last link previous
to the final extreme, the crowning
glory and mmit-immortal man.
Moreover our present monkeys have
another decided advantage. They
see before their eyes the positive re-
suits of ancestral desire. The men arc
here-the model is convenient, and
now comes the important question,
Why do not our monkeys do as their
ancestors did? Why not develop
into common every day girls and
boys and be somebody? Live again a
more glorious life in the lives Of their
descendants? Apply the maxim,
"What monkey has done monkey can
dc" and come out strong? Again it
is seen that the argument of the evo-
lutionist, defeats itself, and is there
fore absurd.
It is urged that this overweening
desire upon the part of the lower Or
ders to attain higher level has result
ed in the survivor of the fttest; that
the weak and unprotected races have
faded away, and only the strong have
survived. This argument was incl
dentally met above by. our showing
that we now have beings of every
grade, from the little feeble water
wagtail up to the mighty elephant.
But the idea of survivor of the ittest
goes much further, and attempts to
convince us that it is the fttest, in
every regard that survives; fttest in
form, in character; in symmetry; in
organs; in the adaptation of parts to
habits Of life, etc.
a Note here one grave mistake in the
adaptation Of organs; the long ears
are placed upon the wrong animal;
they should be worn by the evolu-
tionists.
Mark you, this doctrine of survivor
of the fttest, as an outgrowth of de-
sire, assumes that the strong races
alone survive; but it makes no pro-
vision for the infants of those races.
1t prepares no chancery jurisdiction,
by which these homeless orphans may
be held in wardship. What pity it
is, seeing that desire has done so much,
that it did not take the final step, and
bring these animals into the world
full grown and complete, without
subjecting chem to the dangerous
snares of a youthful career. What a
blessed thing it would be for the min
nows if they could, in a breath, all
become big ish.
Could animals be ushered into life
of full size and strength, still, it would
not meet tie case. We know that
the lucky ones survive the longest.
This is a world of enmities-filled
with exterminating warfare; the stag's
active limbs do not save him from the
lions fangs; the rapid fight of the
pigeon is no match for the speedier
wing of the goss-hawk; the hated
snake follows the harmless toad until
snake and toad become one flesh; the
dreadful lammergeir, STOPPING from
his Alpine heights, seizes upon and
carries away in his mighty talons the
nimble-footed chamois; on every hand,
all the tribes Of being, domi-
mated at last by man, we see death,
bloody and relentless, in constant ac-
tivity, and survivorship becomes sole
Iy political question, and is regulat-
ed by supply and demand. 1t vacil-
lates between hunger and safety.
Each race has enemies enough, and
they are powerful enough to drive it
from the face of the earth were there
no higher agency guarding their dis
tribution, than that casual clap-trap.
survivor of the fttest.
In this connection, let me call your
to the subject Of noses-hu-
man noses, OF course. One would nat
lrally think that so conspicuous
feature would be the prime cause of
an able-bodied doctrine, like that of
and that we would all have
our noses finished off according to the
typical model, but such is not the case.
In this large audience | see many
noses-no two of them are precisely
alike. This fact has been seized upoff
by physiognomists, and the nose is
now, not only a convenient handle to
the countenance, but is, an index to
the wearer's character. Let us name
a few of the prevailing styles. There
is the Grecian, clean cut and straight,
indicating that its owner is person
Of delicate mind and orderly habit;
the Roman, with its high arch and