Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-08

aOeAN tos out 81 NNca th- H.Nttt 4'As d" NL'-
who looks back TO what we call the be-
ginning. or who looks ahead 90 what we
NAV can the end. Two hundred thous-
and wears rs a long time 20 man, but a
short time TO the worl ana but moment
10 the universe" Prof Allen is a kind
old gentleman who lives in BoN5ury. He
is not really q Professor. but beng much
interested Ia tie natural sciences, and
also being a great dreamer, he has
been designated as such 1y his intimate
friends.
~ win not attempt to say how long
man has been an ulabi.ant Of the earth,
but think we may safely say that an
animal which we may call man has ex-
listed over 100000 years. During The most
of that time mans development was very
slow. His physical changes were slight
and his mental development was so small
that periods If 10000 years show but
SLIGHT advancement III is only during
the past 5000 or 5000 wears that the intel
lectual part Of man has grown at all rap
idly. In that time religions, the SCIENCES
and many of the arts have grown up.
With the development OF the mfnu the
body has also changed. The body has
grown larger and iattar. the arms have
grown shorter and smaller ana weaker,
the legs have grown longer and stronger,
the chest Las grown narrower and thin
ner, the hands have grown smaller, the
head has grown larger, the nose more
prominent, the ears smaller, the under
Jaw lighter. the neck longer and smaller.
! viii not. as ] might easily. tell you why
NIL these physical changes have resulted
from mental development. because l wish
todevote mv lime TO telling you what
physical changes the mental develop
ment of the coming 100000 years viii
bring.
"lt has been necessary during the past
few thousand years mat the leading race
should ba q strong race physically There
were bar1arians 20 helt, to conquer, 10
prevent from invading The barbarians
are fast disappearing. There are c0mpaT-
atiVely few human beings in the world
to-day who are not al least civilized and
in less than 900 years we NAV hope that
all people viii be as nearly equal as are
the Americans, Irish, English. French,
Germans. and half dozen other nations
to-day. BY that time war viii have be-
come a thing of the past, and machinery
VIII have been ADAPTED to so many uses
that manual ahOr VIII be practically
UNNECESSARY. There will be no need Of
phys cal development. Ii viii be- a strug-
gle Of brains against brains. Mans bus
mess will be to plan. TO think, TO find
means whereby be may control natures
forces rapidly and easily in order that
they may do what he desires. He Will
walk little. he viii use his arms for no
severe labor. his food viii he soft,
he viii take no severe physical ex-
ercise, he viii use his fingers
dol ha
great deal, he viii use his brain great
deal. .4H
in something less than 10000 years,
provided the world moves on in the same
Old way, mans arms Will be very slen-
der, with long, thin. taperlng fingers as
the principal parts Of small, THU hands.
The average head will be more than a
hair larger than 40 present, the nose viii
be larger and more prominent, the under
jaw much lighter and the chin quite
SMALL The average chest will be of less
girth than at present, and the waist will
be CORES pOndlngly reduced. The hips
VIII be narrow, and the legs small and
somewhat shorter. with smaller feet.
On the whole man viii be q smaller ami
nal. shorter and of less weight.
AT the end Of 100, 900 years man viii
more clearly show this same line of devel-
Opment. BY this time tnInk il is safe 10
predict that man will be able TO do, by
means OF machinery and by chemistry
ana electricity. things that are scarcely
dreamed OF to-day. BY that time | think
agriculture viii have entirely given place
% chemistry; that chemistry, in fact, viii
be Tie sole means Of supply. Chemistry
rs comparatively recent science, and 80
FAR Z has done little but TO analyze, 10
destroy. It's future must realize the
dreams Of the alchemists; it must con-
sruct. The middle period, which is just
IN Its infancy, is that Of change. One
combination OF simples is, with much
loss, labor and time. made 10 take a dif-
tefent form. Exactly how this is done we
do not know. When we solve the mys-
terry We can start with the simples, and
by combining them accomplish almost
any required result. The key is what we
wan. Great brain development will
give US this key. The necessary brain de-
veiopment, Judging by what has been
done ia the past 5000 or 4, OOO years, is a
matter Of the not very distant ftture-not
boo or 1000 years, perhaps, but ola period
small c0ml AIRED with many ~ the in
tellectual development periods OF the
past.
"When chemistry, aided probably by
electricity, shall have been the fShi pro-
Queer, and not only that, but tue producer
Of most everything else used by man, for
few thousand years humanity Vii have
made remarkable changes physically. In
the past nearly One-Quarter OF mans time
has bY sheer necessity been devoted 20
providing himself with food, clo.hing and
shelter. Chemistry win make 10 possible
Tor an this 20 be done ia az least one hour
out Of every tWenty-fOur, leaving the re-
mainder Of the day for amusement, the
chief Of which win De intellectual exer-
clses, contests OF brain instead OF Drawn.
You might read BIO the newspapers Of that
daN' were you SD supremely fortunate as
% be present, OF various kinds Of intellec-
tual tournaments, in which records wore
loWer,l and championships won and lost
By individuals Of mighty brains. Some
bralny sullivan of that time viii be Civ
ing exhibitions ~ his mental SKIN. and
winning fame and money by knocking
Out' ambitious men OF less head-nower.
Such contests can DE conducted by tele-
graph or whatever CJntrlvauCe takes its
place.
"rhat there will be some method OF
communicating between persons at great
distances much superior 10 that OF the
telegraph and telephone / have no doubt.
predict that electricity will be $40 hau-
died rs % enable a man in his house in
Boston 70 both talk with and LOOK upon o.
friend in So. Louis, San Francisco, Cairo
or Toxic. The sense of hearing isnOw ca
pable OF being affected by means OF cleo
Uric communications as can the sense oil
touch, iu % measure J think before l00.-
O00 years more shall have passed that AN
the senses can De affected in tho same
manner.