New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03

| periOr acutrneSS. Through the mixture oi races
for one thing and stlll more through the mis-
chievous adoption Of misleading titles the anihr7-
| biological and the pathological nomenclature oil
! Ce,tS has produced 50 much confusion that even
| Canon TaylOrs luCiditY is not proof against IL
| Thus there were dacucephalic and brachyccphahc
| Celts blond CeltS with huge frames and much
| hair and brunette Cclts with slender frame aud
! little hair There the Cells and the GaulS,
moreover: both evidently belonging 10 the same
race if we take the Roman descriptions Uf Them
| but hardly 10 be- recognized if we accept tho de-
scrptions OF modern anthropoloGistS. particularly
when the latter happen to be Ircnchmcn AMI
since the question has narrowed down 10 that
of the identity OF the primitive Aryan tribe OF
race in Europe. ana it has seemed more ana
more probable that the Judgment lay between
| the ancestors of the Gaus and Of the Ieu;onS.
national prejudice and cnmity have SO exacerhaic'
the controversy between the modern Germans
and the French, that the claims of science are IN
no little danger Of obscur2tion.
| Canon Taylor bases his arguments MANY upon
the works of Dr. Schradcr, Cuno Pcnka ana
! Broka The position OF Schradcr may he briefly
| outlined
| In discussing the question Of The origin Of the
Aryans he thinks there are two liked points winch
| ,lay be regarded as settled. At the earliest
period 10 which the evidence Of history, tradition
| or linguistic archaeology extends We find IA"
! European MyanS IN Northern Europe ana the
! Nsiatic Aryans Oh the JaNartos As for the Euro
| pcan Aryans. be considers that not paril'i" ol
evidence has been adduccd IN favor OF any nigga
| tion from the East At the earliest time 10 which
| the evidence teaches they seem rather 10 have
| been extending themselves toward the south ana
| southeast. and it would appear that the region
| occupied by them before The linguistic separation
mnst he sought north Of the Alps The precise
region can lie thinks, he approximately lhdi,aI'd
| The beech does not now grow east OF me Drawn
| from KOnigSberg 10 the Crimca, ana lis northern
lim;. must formerly have been more Ts'rcl'd
Hence the cradle of the Latin Hellenic and lrn-
tonic races, which had the same name for mas
tree must have been 80 the west "i 'he "i,'nD
beech line KS for the lndo- !rannns, thcIc
can be no doubt DR.. Schradcr thinks, that re
| Sansltrit -spcl king race cntrlrd India rom We
northwest. In the Ncdic icrod hey hVed o. t"c
banks Of the Indus. and had only an indirect
| xnoylcdgeS Of the Gangcs Bat the IndaIs dLG
lranans must have previously formed - uni''H
pcople somewhere 10 the north OF thc lima N'.
ladh branches retained traditions Of the J'N'i't :
Tho greatest river of the region. and OH the banks
Of this stycoIn we must place th'lr EARNEST A'"'.
| The question whether the European AiNata
came from Asia or the Asatc Aryan> hoin
Europe DR.. Schrader considers under siN he" -
lie disuisSes the old assumption That we I'"'-
Iranian speech j, more archaic than Tie Euro
pcan. and that therefore the cradle Of 'h" nm
divided Aryans was in lie North. because iL"
words for snow and ice are common - oil MA'n
r,onoocs and because only two, or at most thrc,
seasons Of the wear were originally distinguished!
In the next place wc are justified III concluding
that the primitive Aryan race ~ The tihIc oil lis
ccooraphical continuity, extended over a very
lorcc area because semi nOmadIc pastoral people
| must have required vast space 10 secure icrd
for tbcir cattle Again no sharp dividing line can
he drawn between the European and tine AsiatiC
| fam IL
Of civilization attained by the undivided Ary'n'
oorees closely with that disclosed in the oldest
Swiss pic-dwcllings OF the stone age, ana thi'
woul1 Indicate tie existence of Aryans in Europe
81 an early epoch, little # at all later than th'
linouis,ic scporatiou Lastly. there If ground f"
believing that the earliest movements OF ihe ArNai
races we're in a southwark, and 10 some extent II
p an eastward, direction. II we may crdlt eat
: tradition, portion of Western Asia must haN'
r received from Europe ITS Nryan p"pn'"""h d"
| Phry2ians and Armcnians. This tradition Is Sup
= por,cd by the near relationship of Armenian L
, the European languages. Gu tie other hah", II
J. | ,ndisputablc evidence exists Of any migration o
q | Aryans from the East TO the West Other scholar
g have zone even further asserting positively INA
5 the original home of the AIyans con-" not hdN
k been in Central Asia, and t. the demonstration
4 ,is bvnotbosis Canon Taylor devotes himself vat
u | wealth OF arcIacOlOSNt avn PI'''"E''"' '''''''
l. ton. and with logical sweep which is certain Y
n prcpossess the reader, il it does not wholly con
n vince him.
r We cannot follow the author in the detallc
n | proof which, indeed, does not lend itself I
S | ouotation The following account Of the pIin'
P. tive European Aryans. however, Will be ionn
, helpful.
d We find The undivided Aryans were a paSioro
=, | neonlc who wandered with their herds as i
. | Hebrew patriarchs wandered in Canaan, or q
" thc IsTaclitcs wandered III the desert. Dog
r cottc and sheep had been dOmcstIcatcd but no
l. the pig the horse, the goat. Oh the ass, an
N | ,inmes,ic noultry were unknown. The hbres
" certain nlants were plated into mats, bat voc
- was not woven. and the skins OF beasts wei
y scrapcd with stone knives and seWed toSethc
!, into garments by the aid Of needles Of bort
N wood or stone The food consisted OF fesn an
| milk which was not yet made mo cheese {
butter Mead prepared from the honey OF VII
IL bees, the only intoxicating drink, DOM Dee
and wine being unknown salt was unknow
m ia the Asiatic branch OF the Aryans, but It's ms
:; had spread rapidly among the European branchc
" of the race In winter they lived III pts di
D. in the earth and rooted over WIN pocs coy
10 cred with turf plastercd over Win c0WduhS J.
The summer they lived in rude wagons. or
D., huts made of the branches OF trees Oi metal
IL native copper may have been beaten into orn
N ments, but tools and weapons were mainly
IF stone. Bows made of the wood oil the Nc'
il, | spears Of ash and shields of woven 0ser tWig
= No metal used in the construction of thei
&c wagons; and trees were followed ont for canoe
H. ly stone axes. aided hy the use Of fire Accor'
~ ing TO Hahn, tie old or sick were killed. wv'
= were obtained by purchase capture, infant
~ were exposed OF killed. and after a time. wit
al tlage came the possession OF prosperity. and e
L. tablisLed customs grew SLOWLY taa" law. Th"