Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-17
The Process of Elimination.

The advocates of the development
theory of Darwin and Huxley are firm
believers in the process of elimination
They hold, that in the growth of spe
cirs the faculties and organs which be
come useless, drop off by the very
fact Of disuse until they cease to bt
faculties or organs at all The case OF
the eyclcss fish of Mammoth Cave
| Ky, Is cited. These piscatorial phe,
nom"na have inhabited the river that
co,lrs~:. through those sunless cavernr
and having no Use for eyes those or
ganS have dropped ont and only n scar
marks the place where those orbs were
formerly located. 1t will be interest
ing in the application of these princi-
pies, now deemed scientific to man, to
picture in fancy, what kind of being
the coming man will be. Evolution
| lists claim that the human race is be-
coming better i'll all respects as the
ages roll on; that men are eliminating
| the lower elements and are taking
now as naturally to art, music, lltera-
ture and philosophy as savages do to
war, hunting and fcasting. Physically
man is throwing off organs and char
acteristics as they are no longer need
ed, and wonder is often excited to
know how far this process will con-
tinuc. From intimatiOns of scien-
fists We may safely conclude that they
do not entertain any very high idea OF
the beauty of the coming man. For
instance V. G. Eaton, III the last Popu-
lar Science Monthly, predicts that the
fully developed man will be bald and
toothless During several years he
has lost no opportunity, at churches,
theatres and all places of amusements,
to make census Of bald heads. He
has confined his observations to men,
as women have the art to conceal the
unwclcome intirmity or lack. Some
exhibitions of this tendency are inter-
esting. The largest number of bald
heads he found in Boston, and the
least in small towns in the west. OF
an audience of l26 men occupying
the best seats in the Boston theatre,
ii were actually bald, while 43 showed
indications of badness. But at an cx-
hibiiion given by John l.. Sullivan in
the same city only IL per cent. of the
men were bald. All his statistics
seem to indicate that complete bald
ness or Il tendency to lose the hair in
early life appears to he associated with
wealth, culture and high order of re-
tinement. The negroes on the planta-
tions and the Indians on the plains
are the only classes that retain the
hair that naturally belongs to the race.
Now if compulsory education is insist
cd ON, what can be more certain than
that the coming man will be bald.
And the same thing is true with the
teeth. In the wealthy and aristo-
cratic circles store teeth" are the
rule. Dentists who practice in the
best and most cultured families state
that the teeth of their patients exhibit
marks of decay when they first appear
The oculist is fast becoming a ne
cessity i'll our civilization. Eyeglasses
are an absolute necessity to multitudes
of children in the public schools of
large cities. Is it not time to pause
and ask as to the tendencies OF the
process of elimination steadily going
on? Ii the race is to become bald,
toothlcss and blind, it is quite likely
some persons will complain of the de-
velopment of the human race.
An INDIAN PROPHECY.-It has al
ways been said that Indians were the
most reliable weather prophets that
could be obtained. At any rate it has
always been II firm belief of ours that
an Indian always knew more about
such things than ordinary white NOR
tails. As great many people are in
terested in knowing what the coming
winter is to be, We thought it would be
Il feat OF newspaper enterprise to inter
view an Indian on the proposition.
So when old Bodic came around this
morning to secure Il txo-bit payment
in advance ON some wood he proposed
to saw for us, we asked him: "Bodie,
what kind of winter are we going to
havc?"
my fox he ketchum heap pine
knot"
What Is that sign OFF"
Deer him heap plat"
What does that indicator"
"Jack labbit him heap plenty"
Sign of cold winter, may be?'
Mabbe SO, mabbe him cold, mabbe
him hot, mabbc him sun all time,
mabhc him lain, mabbe him snow like
HI. ] dunno"
The Indian may be us good proph-
ct as Virgins, but he lacks cxactness.
-Tr"ckce RepubIcan.
THE President has appointed the
first lady to be Notary Public that
has ever held that office in the Dis
District of Columbia. Her name is
Mrs. Sarah :. Sampson, and she will
Use her own initials to write, "City
and County Of Washington, S."
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