Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-11-13
DOG-FACED MEN.
Prof. Morrison and BiIbert De Goice,
Set Down Hard on the "interested
Reader"-Able Arguments OF
the Subject.
Written for tie TaTbuae:

the Subject.
Written for tie Tribune:
| find my short article of October 10th,
has drawn lengthy reply from 'An In
terasted Reader" the first half column OF
which is composed entirely of personali-
ties. and various other portions contain
what the l. r. thinks are very facetious
interlaudatons, calculated to leave the inn
preston that the author is very witty, sar-
castle, as we'll as sage.
The "Interested Reader" has not deign-
ed to divulge what sex the |. r. belongs
to, but will say this, if ne is a gentleman
he has overstepped the ordinary bounds of
politeness, and his paper reads more like
an electioneering campaign document
than scientific dissertation. If she is il
lady, she is throwing around herself the
shield which modern civilization comedies
TO her, as we'll as the shelter Of nam d
p5uBe TO indulge in personalities, It is 4
one which | most emphatically depricate:
but in this instance, however, in justice to
myself. | cannot allow the remarks OF An
Interested Reader to pass without an
sWer
Now, Mr.. Editor, all my essays, articles,
etc, have written for your paper on va
rious subjects, were never signed by my
name, only by my initials, in which asser-
ton [ know you will concur; unfortunate
ly my name appeared at the head of the
second article, which has enabled the I'm
terested Reader" to endeavor to hold me
up to public derision, accuse me of fond
ness of notoriety, ETC., While the said l. r.
stays in the background secure under the
shelter Of nom de 115ame,-very safe in
deed, for the |. R. but most decidedly an
noying to me.
In the articles of Oct. % and 80. the '.In-
terested Reader charges me with making
a sly hit at theology. This is pure as
sumption, characteristic of the writer. If
he. or she, assert l make any hits, sly or
otherwise, at theology. | hurl the assertion
back in their teeth, as | cannot conscient-
ously treat the Bible except with the
most profound respect; at the same time
| reiterate that do not consider it either
necessary or proper when question OF
comparative anatomy comes up, 10 rush off
TO that book Tor a decision on the same: it
reminds one Of the Koran decision IN Jules
Eerne's ''lIichael Strogotffs" The succeed |
ing paragraph, which refers to the deli |
cate heath and constitution Of tir Ander- |
son: leave to You 2Er. Editor how much |
Of the very cornerstone Of Christianity, viz |
Charity, are contained ia those lines.
In order to 90 the business up ii shape.
three engravings were inserted by the |.
R. How sharp the l. r. was; taking and
choosing exactly those craniuns suited
best for his argament. and calculated to
draw attention the quickest: though it is
afterward qualified by the remarks fol
lowing. Now, in the various groups of
the hanlan race there is difference of 20 to
. degrees in the facial angle. ''Ihe angie
Of the lowest Ethiopian is Go to 10:-the
Australian s.; the Caucasian 90: and the
ancient Greek artists gave the lofty. mys-
terious and shadowy grandeur Of their
sculpt1lTed Gods by an angle Of 100 de-
grees. Owen. The farther back we 30.
the lower man becomes, until lost by his
tory, traditions falling, reason inductively
+F,a4 h., l,
y low at the beginning; at every step we
take in an opposite direction man becomes
better and wiser.
In reference TO the remark abont the
Great Gibbon Monkey, my opponent
knows as well as myself, that it was not
my simile, as | marked that sentence in
brackets. showing that it was an extract
rom the writings and what I wished to
draw attention to was the remarkable pro-
oagation of the facial organs, never in
ending it to be understood that it was a
regular dogs head on a human frame sim
lar to the Egyptian God Annubis. & Prof.
Danas testimony is not required in this
as l have never placed dog-fac-
ID men among the progenitors of the hui
nan race, when / do 50, it will be time
enough. I will, however, join my oppo-
lent in paying tribute of respect to Pro-
essor Dana, as one of the most profound !
biologists of the present day
The |. r. accuses me of using the term
dog headed" in one article and dog
aced" in another. If the I. r. turns to
lis article of Oct 8. he will find he was G