Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-24

tCopWjghicd by the Hring Sgldicdtc.l
II is a known fact of biology that when
ever any series of organism is withdrawn
from active life 9nd the process of nat
ural selection no longer offers a premium for
self-actvity, degradation sets in. Organs
are lost as their functions are abandoned.
I'm this way the descent of the inert barnaclo
from the active crab-like forms is account
I'd for. In similar manner the degraded
parasitic sacculina is shown to be of crus-
taccan or crab-hke origin The young
succuina and the young crab are essentially
alike for a period after their birth. The
crab continues and develops an active life.
The sacculina thrusts its feelers into the
body of the crab on which it is to feed. Its
organs of eating and swimming disappear.
All structures connected with independent
life become atrophied and finally nothing is
left of the saCCulina except its aclike body,
its fcelcrs or roots which ramify through
the blood vessels of the crab, and its repro
ductivo organs 10y which the brood Of para
sites is kept alive. When the habit of para
sitsm is once established the struggle for
existence simply iutensites it from genera
ton to generation.
The most effective sacculina is the most
degenerate one. In like manner when
ever a race or family of men has fallen
away from sclt-helpfulness the forces of evo-
luton intensity its parasitism The success
ful pauper is the one who retains no capa-
city for anything else. The loss of all other
possibilities is the best preparation for the
life of the sncak-thief.
T. J, A ~ @NS
Recent studies as those Of DR.. Dugdale,
Mr. McCulloch and others, have shown that
parasitsm is hereditary in the human species
rs in the sacculna. McCulloch has selected
the sacculua for special illustration of the
like results Of like processes in the human
family. Like produces like in the world of
life. Those qualities in the grand-parent
which made him an outcast from society or a
burden upon it reappear in the father and
again in the son. As in one case. so in the
other they determine his relation to society.
The pauper is the victim of heredity. but
neither nature nor society recognizes that as
an excuse for existence The forces of nat
ure take no account of motive and are no
re,pecters Of persons. Dugdale has shown
that paIasltlsn, pauperism, prostitution and
crime, reappear generation after generation
in the descendants of Margaret, the mother
of criminals. Oscar c. McCulloch. speak
ing of the paupers of indianapolis uses the
following language:
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1--WE start at some unknown date with 30
families. These came mostly from Ken
lucky, Tennessee and North Carolina OF
the first gencration-of 81 individuals--we
know certainly of only three. In the sec
Ond generation. we have the history of 81.
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and the following are valuable. We know
of l2l prostitutes. The criminal record is
very large-pctty theving, larcenies chief
ly. There have been a number of murders.
The first murder committed in the city was
III this family. long and celebrated muir
der case. known as the Glen murder. cost
ing the State immense amounts of money is
located here. Nearly every crime of any
note belongs here Between 1868 and 1888
not less than $4,000 has been paid for pass
Ing these people from place to place each town
ship officer trying to throw of responsibility
The record, of the city hospital show that
taking out surgical cases acute general
diseases, and cases outside the cty-,5 per
cent of the cases treated are from this class
Tho number of illegtimacies is very great
The board Of health reports that the MINI
tier of stll-bjrn children found in sinks.
ETC. would not be less than six per week
Deaths are frequent. and chiefly among
children. The suffering of the children
must be great The people have no occupa
ton. They gather swill or ashes; the wo-
men bog, and send the children around to
beg; they make their eyes sore with yitriol
In my experience have seen three GENERA
tons of beggars among them ] have not
time here to go into details. some Ioothsono
all pitable
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nv ''''N' ''''" REAL LIFE
one evening was called to marry n
coupe luuhd thelh III one small room,