The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-17

were taught to read and write; women
were treated justly. The sun dial was
invented by them; they divided the year
into twelve lunar months. AS early as
2200 B. c. they named the twelve signs
of the Zodiac, and divided the equator
ial into $50 degrees. Each degree they
divided into SO minutes. and each min
ute into SO seconds. The art of V1trlfy-
ing brick was known. and much that
we now regard as new is really nearly
as old as mankind. The world is pro-
crossing, but very slowly Now Ihat
the white race is in the majority, prog
ress will, let us hope, be more rapid,
for the black man and the yellow man
are nOtOriously slow. The Caucaslans
now number $40 millions over the
whole world, the yellow 500 mllllons,
and the black 200 millions; the whites
are numerically almost as strong as all
other races combined, since the pOpu-
lation of the earth is but 1900 milf
ions And the growth Of the Whlte
race may be expected to continue,
since it is believed that original man
was of the present Mongolian type: for
some reason, nature is favoring the
white, or progressive race
Now that 1 am IN the home of the
less progressive races, 1 LnlnK a g0Cu
deal about the origin ot man. no man
VINO has intelligence coupled Win d
little learning, now accepts the ac-
count gwen IN Genesis OF the Creation
OF the World. Likewise, the Mosaic
account of the orlgln OF the race, IS
rejected. 1t isn't true: TINS state
ment is everywhere accepted except
BY those who prefer tradiuOn to truth
weIl attested. A new science has Deen
born: the science of man. The same
method of inquiry which is applied
to origin generally, is applied TO man.
He stands as an exception no longer:
he is included in the universal order;
he is no longer treated as a being
apart from other living beings. Ana
Sc IT nv f7a n
man. which we call "anthrOpOlOgy-
In Atchison, people are familiar with
the work of George Remsburg, VINO
digs among the ruins of Indian VII
lagos and discovers much that IS inter
esting. concerning our predecessors. In
a larger way the universities are now
studying the Science Of Man, and max
ing many valuable discoveries. The
common descent of man and apes IS
no longer to be doubted. But man is
neither the offspring nor the brother
of the apes; he is a sort OF cousin more
than once removed Where is the
missing link; there never has been one
] Somewhere in antiquity type branch
ed off from the ape, with power to
think This type developed into man,
and the ape remained an ape
Where did man originate Darwin
saws. probably in Africa; but nobody
knows 1t is only certain that man was
4 evolved in the course of countless cen
turfes He saw that the water or big
/ rivers fell and rose, or, in the case Of
smaller streams. sometimes disap-
J peared altogether. In these and hun
/ dred other events, he dimly noted the
/ differences which. in the long run. lead
! the mind to comparisons and thereby.
/ lay the foundation Of knowledge
! the relation of things which we call
cause and effect. Ages passed before
man could correct the first impressions
! of his senses. and learn the facts about
+ his surroundings. Knowing of the
haunts and habits of the prey he
sought: of the fttest seeds and ber-
! ries for food. Of tie times they fruited.
I of the soil in which they grew; Of
/ the elemental differences in things. as
the sinking of stone and the floating of
! wood: Of the strangeness of things. as
/ when the struck flint emitted sparIs
Of fire. which he later utilized by this
slow process was knowledge born
The beginnings of social life 90 back
/ to time before man and monkey had
/ hranched off from their common stem
I The anthrOpoid apes pair = f all seasons
Of the year. as do mankind and as the
germs of svrnDathv on which family
4 life depends develoTed. ard as the per-
fod of infancy of the Offsnring was
i lengthened there was cultivated the
Il deeper social feeling. Rut thot aovan
was slow: runv and sick children.
and the aoad vvera Killed And the
sava ee instinct with reference TO the
Il eeed is prominent i'm the civilized races
of today: the Young and ~+~ong hate
ths old and feeble The Gh5nese NAV
r-orshir, tasr aT7oestor~ dead. hut In
Il china beard that old neorie lizina
~~a t~eate7 4rftF little confederation
The dad ere vene~ated because Of fe9-
Of their ghosts, for men have at a.