The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-23

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 cape Storms.
 What are we coming to. and what
 will we be like in the ages far distant?
 Scientists have actually been quoted
 on this subject within the last decade.
 Among them are some very eminent
 doctors who have pretty definite no- tfons about some of the characteristics
 which will belong to the man of the future If you are interested in your
 great-great- grandchildren, a few thou
 sand generations down the line, you will appreciate these little interviews which have been taken from publica-
 tions of recent years and assembled for
 the purpose of comparison. Southern gentlemen will perhaps like to hear that one learned doctor believes the negro question will be settled. But
 since this is based upon the belief that all men will be white, 1t may rot please the southern gentlemen quite so much as another sort of solution would, for the well-to-do southern family cannot exist, you know, without negro mann | my. a little negro boy and a dog. These are essentials to responsibility, land no well brought up man below the Mason and Dixon line fels quite com fortable without them in his household.
 Professor J. W. McGee, noted ethnol- ogist, makes the following prophecy: Tn the first place every man will be white. His average height and weight will De decidedly greater. His head | will be larger, absolutely and relatively. His hands and hdain will be better CO lordminated, and, therefore, he will be a better mechanician. His vision will be stronger, his sense of smell more acute and his hearing and sense of taste more delicate. On the whole, the man of the future will be stronger in relation to
 stature and weight. as.4 UNIVERSAL REPUBLICAN.
 "IIe will live under universal repub- Ilican government. but it is doubtful whether any one administrative head will be required. Disputes between in
 diyiduals, corporations of states will be settled by courts of various magnitude.
 There will be 8 universal languages composite of all present tongues, but, ! like the English, a language of voca- | bles and syntax. Written and spoken language will be more similar. Phonet- ic spelling will effect a great economy in printing and writing The typewri-
 ter will be in universal use because quicker and better for the eyes than the old methods.
 Fish will be relatively more irnpor-
 tant as food. Oceans and lakes will be
 the main source of food supply. Lands
 will be almost entirely occupied for dwelling and for horticulture and in- tensive agriculture. Need of clothing
 will diminish. Control of temperature
 will be met by other than our present retail methods. There will be no seri-
 ous exposure to old. In winter men
 will travel in well-heated vehicles. arr rying them from one warm building to another. Ozone will De sold at drug
 stores and will be applied to kill bacilli
 as soon as they appear. Tho earth will be an endless succession of suburbs.
 Cities will meanwhile grow less and less dense. The street block or row
 will be no more.
 "The home will be more individual, each family occupying separate house to suit its peculiar taste. Transporta-
 tion will be chiefly electric and will be much more rapid as a result of strengthening and multiplication of
 tracks. Aerial navigation will be valu- able only for sports and amusement. It will not be a factor in warfare, be- cause there will be no warfare. Sub marine navigation will be valuable only las means of escape from storms.
 Vessels will be equipped with means of diving and remaining below the surface until storms blow over. Perfection of
 telegraphy will decrease mail business.
 Money will remain medium of ex- change, but financial transactions will
 be made mostly by negotiable paper, for which individuals will be more respon- sible than governments. Religion will be more of an individ- ual sentiment. There will be an elirni- nation of creeds. As progress of nature grows more complete, man will rely less and less upon the occult. Punish ment will be obsolete. All children will receive the foundations of their educa- ton in public schools. Universities and
 private institutions of learning will give only special training. Children will have to study less, will learn spon- Etaneously, and will be encouraged to do what their minds naturally lead them to prefer. Sex of children will be pre- determinable." -.s .-5-..->- .ar Thus does the man of science boldly
 peep into the future. and give you an accurate description of what he finds there. You observe the didactic mode
 of answering the interviewer's question.
 He speaks as one well qualified as an
 authority on the subject.
 Now hear Professor Otis Mason: PASSING OF THE BLONDE.
 Man of the distant future will occu- py a belt near the equator. The earth is cooling, and as a result the Esquimo
 must leave the polar regions. Later the Yankee must quit New England. All savage peoples will be eliminated from
 the earth. The entire human race will l be brunette. The blond people were
 once brunettes and became as they are ! through some process of inter-breeding.
 The convolutions of the brain will be larger and will admit a much greater | blood flow to carry on the commerce of l the mind. Man will be stronger physi- cally, his hands and feet will be much |