Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13

facility with which a reserve fund of
food is supplied by the rapid fattening
OF the Bochiman; the Simian mobility,
the feline agility of the dwarfs of the
forest, will become unnecessary by the
rapid approach of civilization. Civilized
man has no need of these
Progress will also result in the in
crease Of hereditary elements Of charac-
ter, and by this, the rapid union of the
human race. For, after all is said, hui
/ manity does not differ very much. In
some opinions the most degraded say
ages will some day become civilized,
although others consider even intellect
ual differences between neighboling
races as irreducible. According to NJ.
Zaborowski, it is necessary above all,
to preserve all colonies from the en-
croachments of mere Adventures and
to remember that their intelligence will
only be increased by a corresponding
development of their implements. their
manual dexteIity. the delicacy of their
senses, their social habits and their
needs Notwithstanding appearances.
there is no cosmopolitan human race.
{ as there is in general 10 kind Of cOsmO-
politans. 1t is useless to signalize the
dog in this manner. for it is only a hypc-
! thesis which has been acted upon in
identifying wild dogs with the dogs of
oriental towns. Tt is reduced to nothing
by the single fact that different dogs
were found in different regions at the
Quaternary epoch when there We're as
yet no domestic animals. Nan. thanks
to his intelligence and to the resources
Of his intellectual development, alone
enjoys the power Of acclimation. He
modifies by artificial means the place
where he is called to live, and he knows
how to eXtenuate or charm away the
nOXiOuS influences of different climates
This faculty. however, has its limits.
Thus, in spite of al the advantages and
the pOmpOuS display enjoyed by the
English in India, they have never been
able to raise their families there All
the intertrOpical regions are i'll the
same way almost forbidden to the races
Of the northern zones of Europe At
the same time mental differences are
caused by places and climates. and there
are profound differences, which never
disappear. by which races are separated
and distinguished.
In effect, to all appearance the greater
part of the races will disappear, from
the fact of the rapid extension of the
European races. For it is necessary to
remember that in the movements which
are important to the actual world, eco
nOmic influences ceaselesSly intervene
and change the provisions of science.
For q long time it WIS supposed that
Algeria would never be cOloniZed by
Europeans; but the colonies have trans
formed the climate, and by careful
management of the water have made
of Algeria a relatively healthy country
But for long time, in certain cOndi-
tons OF climate, there will be a place
at the side of the European races for
very different races, endowed with abili-
ty to work, and thus capable of COM
petlng for great part of the globe.
! These races are not very numerous,
but at their head is found the admirable
| Chinese, who alone represent one-third
of humanity. But there are others who
will disappear in a more or less distant
future. Among these are the Lapps
many Of the inhabitants of ancient
/ Asia, the Veddahs, the MalayS, the little
blacks of the PHILIPPINES, of B0neo,
and all the other people who, for thOus-
andS of years, have refused themselves
to all culture, and are only the Suryiv-
Ors, surprising to themselves, of an al
most vanished age. Also the Indians Of
North and South America and the na-
tives of Polynesia. For instance, in
1853 the MarGuesas islands, according
to official statistics, had 11,000 native
inhabitants: in 1872 but GOOO; and this
decrease was almost always caused by
a diminution of births. The POlynes-
ians have an organic repugnance for
persistent effort, and when sick, give
up quickly, "as tired of life
( This leaves the field free to the whites
of Europe and America. The differ
enceS which separates those who sur
vive or are reformed, will be much
smaller than we observe to-day. If dis
tant, the reduction is certain, but it is
not yet possible to fOresee the disap-
pearance or the fusion of the three
principal types. Less than three cen
Curies ago, outside of China and Europe
the whole world was peopled with say
ages, and in less than three centuries
these races will have disappeared and
been replaced by the descendants of
the European races, having as auXiliar-
les as many Chinese and negroes as are
adapted to the needs of their civiliZa-
ton.