The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-18

ana scholars and men of letters II
is q fertile and inviting study for most
who like investigation or excursion. !
propose now not to investigate for my
self, or to give judgment of my own
concerning q subject that has long III
terested man. / am not to SIT as
judge or to appear as an attorney IN
the question to be examined. but as
q reporter merely. / invite attentloh,
not to what I say, but TO what otherS
have held and published. l purpose
to write of "Anthropology," but not
with elaboration or arg ament or ca
tation of the words of many writers.
What is Anthropology? 1t is the nat
ural history of the human species. 1t
is q subject of real interest and i'm
portance, and has employed the tall
ents and time of many writer's, some
of marked ability ana learning. My
purpose is to give my readers a
glimpse only of q subject that may
both inform and entertain. | shall not
so into the matter either to invite con-
troversy or satisfy curiosity. The lit
tie I will give may serve to prompt
others to an examination of a rather
novel question. and TO induce them to
a wider reading than men generally
are willing to bestow on an obstruse
controversial scientific or on Biblical
subjects.
A DR.. KNITTING has found out that
the noses of negroes in Africa are very
unlike the noses of the whites. The
doctor is quoted in the New York. Lit
erary Digest of October as saying
that in the white race, without excep-
ton, the two alar cartilages of the
nose do not meet in the median line in
front, but leave a considerable hiatus
into which projects the cartilage of
the Septum naris. Further, the alar
cartilages are sharply beveled, and the
interval is most marked at the tip
where they project considerably be-
yond the septum-this may be readily
felt by placing the tip of the finger
against the tip of the nose. In the
negro race the interval between the
two alar carriages does not exist, the
bevel is wanting, and the carriages
join each other so symetrically that it
can not be distinguished that they are
not one piece. l know of no descrip-
tive anatomist who has heretofore
called attention to this fact
Mr.. James P. Harrison, of Danville,
Va, writes to the Literary Digest
that in 1891 a work appearing anony-
nously called 'AnthropoIogy Tor the
People was published in Richmond.
Va, in which the author set forth the
differences between the races, and
said that at the end of the nose of
the white man is divided or split. as
any one can test by placing finger
on the tip of that organ; but in the ne
gro nose this split does not exist, nor
does it exist in mulattoeS. This dis
tinction was therefore known before
DIR. Knitting calls attention to it, and
it seems to persist so long as the ne
gro faint can be traced. | am my
self led TO the conclusion that the ne
gro race must have had originally a dis
tinct and separate source, and L doubt
if it is possible by intermarriage en-
tirely to eradicate the distinction"
l have an impression that this eX-
traordinary difference in the nose OF
the negro and the white man has been
long known. l read the book referred
to in 1891. It's full title is: ''Anthro-
pology for the People; A REPUTATION of
the Theory of the Adamic Origin of
all Races by Caucasian AT the
time of its appearance it was under
stood to be the work of an Episcopal
divine living in Charleston, S. G. The
book is a very interesting one, and full
of facts and information. He states
this in his preface:
ITO his readers he would say that
he is no skeptic, nor intidel, nor slave
driver nor pirate, nor does he think
himself an exceptionally wicked man;
but he does claim to be a fairly good
citizen, disposed to do something for
the benefit of his race, and for the
world and thinks he sees wide field
for this in opposing what he consld-
ers a dangerous popular error. Many
who deal in facts and arguments, will
agree with him. Will they have the
moral courage to avow it?" The work
is full, wide, in scope. well arranged,
clear in statement. and is the product
of a student of the Bible, and or
the books of men. He discusses the
theories of the Origin of Man; the Di-
versities OF Races; the Superiority of
the Adamic Races; the Doctrine of
Evolution, showing it to be Pantheistic
in it's tendency; the Skull; the Hair;
tho Color; the Language; Permanently
of Type; Similarity of Races; Hybrid
ity; Chinology; The Deluge; Chris
tianity, and the non ?Aadamite: inn
portance of Correct Views as to An
thropoiogy. and Conclusion.
He rejects the belief that the Negro
Race is of the blood of the; Adamic,
Race. Before discussing this read
carefully what the author advances.
He will give you food for thought.
,There is q vast deal of positive in
formation in the book. 1t is not new
in theory. IL has been long ago dis
cussed. Before the great men in this
land North Carolinian wrote book
and fought the idea that the negro
race was identical with the whites. The
ablest, most learned work is probably
that by Principal Dawson, who was
at the head of the greatest university
or educational institution in the Can
adas more than forty years since.
English and French writer's have
taken positions not unlike in some
particulars to that taken in "Athro
pology for the People.
The principal differences between
the whites and blacks are physical and
mental and moral. The physical diff
ferences are mainly in the form and
size of the skull, color, hair and shape
and proportions of bones. This is set
forth clearly scientifically and amply
Many years ago Professor Keane, OF
University College, London. in the
great Encyclopedia Britannica,
enumerated the striking differences
in which the negro, the lowest of the
human species, differs from the SUI
perior races l have before me what
the Professor says, but it is too Ions
Tor my purpose here. You will be
aslonished TO read what is said, ana
now very different the negro is ~
physical conformation TO the white
man. Lit embraces the arm, the jaw.
the weight OF brain, the eyes the nose.
the lips, the cheekbones, the Uranium.
the lower limbs the foot. the complex
ion. the hair. the skin and the craniai
Sutures. The writer of the book on