Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-09-06
Man or Monkey.


about what he pleascs and his dictum
goes a. good logic the world over.
When the little boy declared that he
would believe what his mother said If
he knew she was telling lie, he was
not a whit more msanely persistent
than are the disciples of many modern
expountrrs Of Dame Natures myster-
les.
When the Pope of Rome prcclaims
himself the vicegerent of God upon
earth and adopts the dogma Of in
fallibiiity, his adherent. believe and
obey without questioning. Classical
scholars will recall the fact that the
old Greek philosophers only had to
say thing was true, to make it pure
coin. Indeed, the widest assertions
OF those old worthless became legal
tender i'll all the literary and intellec-
tual marts Of the world. Thus il was
the last resort for the followers of
Plato to exclaim, "Ipse diru"-"He
himself said sow and that settled the
question.
This curious tendency was fully ex-
emplitied in DIR. Jordan's lecture be-
fore the Young Mems Natural His
tory Society, at Seattle, the other
evening. That distinguished individ-
ual says that men and monkeys
"sprang from common stock. u
That is to say, ii we were able to trace
back their lineage to its starting point,
we should ultimately find the original
great, great, grand daddy and nanny
from whom the two races were born
Let it 60 on record that DR.. Jordan
seriously made this assertion in his
lecture at Seattle.
The Doctor furthermore states that
whether that original common type
was "more man than monkey, OF
more monkey than man." it is not
possible, now, to determine. But he
very clearly explains the great dispar-
ity which exists between humanity
and the risky monkey. Thus, he
says, as the hairy children of the
original parents began TO multiply
some of them very soon became " no
madic," and went sight seeing through
the world. These pert fellows, thu
bucks, we mean, got upon an upgrade
track shaved their faces, sawed of
their tails, put on pants, drank whis
key and became men. Acting in ,
manner quite similar, the female no
MAIDS started on the same up-grad'
track, adopted skirts, sinched thei
waists, took to gum-chewing, giggled
and became women! On the othe
hand, continues DR.. Jordan, the NOR
easy-going brothers and sisters win
did not become nomads, we're conten
to climb trees, coil their tails and ca
the tropical fruits that grew in abund
ance around them. These lazy crea
lures travelled on the down-graie tract
and, OF course, became what they ar
to-day, monkeys.
So that is all there is about the al
legged mystery OF divergence; perfect
ly simple affair. Thus i: is that, it'll
by little, the profoundest mysterie
are becoming clear as mud, thanks t
, the great teacher who came to talk t
us.
; But why was not such an easy solu
ton discovered long ago? Why coul'
not the astute Darwin have droppe,
upon it?
Now will the learned doctor explain
just one more little mystery? Viii
/ he tell us just about when it wat
!, after that naughty schism between tn
man-monkey and monkey-ma chill
dren, that the divine essence came in
In word, when did God breathe int
the nos,rils OF tho non,ad the subtil
breath OF life to the end that Il
should become living soul?