Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1899 — Page 6

CUR ORIGINAL COLOR. Professor Thompson Seems to Think That Adam \V s» a Xeft*o. In the first of a t ries of articles upon anthropological diitu which Profess r Arthur Thompson is writing for Knowledge he discusses the original color of mankind and weighs some evidence bearing upon the question whether the earliest races were.black or white. At the same time he mentions Alfred Russell Wallace’s idea that primitive man was a Mongol. This would infer that our original color was yellow, and when we consider the civilization of remote times which existed among the Chinese, that the people of Europe sprang from Asiatic stock and that the identity of the eailiest cave dwellers in this country and in France with the Eskimo.-, also Mi mgols i has been demonstrated, this view does not seem so very unlikely. Professor Thompson characterizes the theory as suggestive, but goes into none of these outside details, confining himself to a study of skin, hair and their pigments. Sorby, he says, isolated three pigments, using hair as the more convenient subject for experiment. In light colored hair brown, red and yellow pigments occur, to which, in black hair, a black coloring matter is added, and it is a remarkable fact that there may be in a negro's “wool” as much red pigment as in the European variety sometimes alluded to as “carrots.” Again, when a piece of white ekin is grafted (as is often done in modern surgery) upon a black man, it becomes black, "while black upon a white wan loses its pigment. This. Professor i Thompson thinks, supports the theory that man has developed a white skin from a black rather than the other, alternative. Other interesting points are brought forward. For instance, there is always a certain amount of pigment in the skin of even fair people—that is, of the red and yellow kinds found in their hair, but not enough to prevent the blood in the vessels, which do not come nearer the surface than the true skin, showing through the semitransparent layers of the epidermis. Bronzing through exposure to the sun is due to an increased blood supply and a corresponding development, freckles and pigmented spots, similar in structure to the general skins of darker races, while darker complexioned individuals among us have, in addition to the ordinary pigments, a trace of the black color of the negro, more commonly present in our hair. There is not, however, enough to destroy the

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racial fairness of our skin, though in exceptional situations (such as in the arm pits) its presence may be very evident. As to the use of a dark skin, Darwin hinted that it might have been developed in correlation with the immunity from malarial disease which “darkies” I enjoy, as it is true that white sufferers ! acquire a darker complexion. In support of the idea that the ancesI tors of negroes and white men more I nearly resembled the latter in color, a point not mentioned by Professoi Thompson might be brought forward, and that is that “pickaninnies” at their birth are not black in color, but of a dirty gray. If original man were black, just as the original lion was spotted, we should expect to find in the negre infant the black color as we find in the young cub the traces of spots. A British Sun Worshiper. Some months ago a house was rented near Hastings by an old English gentleman whose marked eccentricities excited the curiosity of his neighbors. ; Everyday at noon the occupant parades in his front garden, arrayed in extraordinary attire. On his head he wears a turban fashioned of cloth of gold and costly materials of Indian fabrication. His body is perfectly naked, with the exception of a babba or cooly loin cloth. His feet are shod with richly wrought sandals, the binding straps of which are embellished with priceless gems, which flash and sparkle with rare and dazzling brilliancy. On emerging from nis house he first prays to the sun. which he apostrophizes as the Father of Light and Good. Subsequently he prostrates himself before a quaint little structure in which a grotesque idol, with diamond eyes, is enshrined. A large number of people witness these odd daily devotions. To some of them the old gentleman has volunteered the information that his prayers are offered for the conversion of England to Buddhism. Obsolete Cannon. Washington, May 16.—Many applications have been made to the war department requesting that all useless cannon captured in the Philippines be turned over to the states as trophies of the regiments making the capture. Secretary Alger cabled General Otis asking what there was in the way’ of such pieces and has received a reply stating that under the terms of the peace treaty all obsolete cannon are to be turned over to the Spanish government.

CUBAN TROOPS Brooke and Gomez Will Again Talk About That $3,000,000. Havana, May 15.—General Gomez has [ sent a message to Governor General Brooke that he will do himself the pleas- , ure of calling at headquarters today’ for | a further conference regarding the pay- I ment of the Cuban troops. The ap- | pointment for the interview is the result j of a direct inquiry’ as to what General | Gomez intended to do in view of the . resignation and nonappearance of all the Cuban officers nominated by him to ■ represent the several corps in the distri- I bution of the $3,000,000. General Brooke 1 is determined to disregard for the pres- : ent the reports that have reached him | from various sources as to the alleged intention of Gomez to withdraw his co- : operation and thus throw into confusion I the carefully matured plans for distrib- | nting the fund. FATHER ANDJWOTHER Wrap Their Children In Paper Saturated Witli Oil and Ignite It. Atlanta, May 16.—Winnie Roach, a mulatto woman, and her husband are charged with brutally burning their four little children nearly to death by igniting paper saturated with kerosene, with 1 which their bodies had been wrapped. The man, Lawrence Roach, ran away when he heard that his treatment of the children had been reported to the police. The woman was in the act of applying more fire to one of the children when a crowd broke in. The police were summoned. as a lynching was feared. The woman and the children were taken to the station. One of the children had all the flesh burned from her legs in several places and will probably die. The other three are all badly burned. SERIOUSLYPOISONED Hotel Guests Made Seriously 11l From Eating Canned Lobsters. Hot Springs, Ark., May 16.—Fifteen guests at a prominent hotel here were poisoned last night by eating canned lobsters at dinner. Shortly after the meal the guests were taken violently ill and it required the work of three physicians to save their lives. The most seriously affected was Mr. Nonweiler, a prominent furniture manufacturer of Evansville, lad. His wife was also affected. Among other victims was Vincent Lavecchai of Vicksburg. Miss., J. M. Mclntyre and wife and J. IL Murtagh of New Orleans, L. F. Dreyfus and wife of Cleveland, Miss., and Mrs. Hurley of Hot Springs. All are now believed to be out of danger.

NEW YORK DEMOCRATS Alleged They Have Taken Steps to | Defy Tammany. New York, May 15.—Acting under orders from the National Democratic committee, it is said, 100 Chicago platform Democrats met last night, in this city and took steps to at once thoroughly organize the city and later the state of New York to defy Tammany Hall. A committee of 20 was appointed to at once arrange the five boroughs to systematically work them. James B. Brown presided at the meeting, ami after the meeting said that a contesting delegation 01 Bryan and Chicago platform men will be sent from this state to the next national convention. SIR HENRY IRVING The Celebrated Actor Becomes Suddenly HI With Throat Trouble. London, May 15.—Sir Henry Irving, whose recent work in the title role of Sardou’s drama “Robespierre” at the Lyceum theater has been exceedingly trying, was taken seriously ill yesterday with an affection of the throat. The announcement of the illness brought a large number of professional callers to Sir Henry Irving’s residence in Grafton street, but his medical adviser has forbidden him to receive anyone at present. It is hoped that with complete rest he will be restored to his usual health by the end of the week.

Artist Sprague Dies Suddenly. New York, May 16. — Howard F. Sprague, an artist, whose pictures of marine and naval life in a monthly magazine Lave attracted considerable attention, died suddenly in this city yesterday of consumption, aged 30 years., He did good work in the war and was on the flagship New Y’erk during Admiral Sampson’s recent cruise in the West Indies. He returned with the squadron to New York two weeks ago. He came from Huron, O. Wages of '92 Restored. Bellaire, 0., May 15.—At the Belmont mill, Top mill, La Belle mill of Wheeling and Benwood and blast furnace of Martin’s Ferry, 0., four of the large iron works of the Wheeling Steel and Iron company, have granted the 3,000 employes an advance in wages of 10 per cent, which took effect today. This increases the wages to the standard price paid in ’92. Mrs. Stavner’s Body Found. Kenosha, Wis., May 16.—The dead body of Mrs. Helen M. Stavner, who disappeared from Milwaukee on Oct. 10 last was found on the beach of Lake Michigan here yesterday. Mrs. Stavner was a Christian scientest and her disappearance created quite a sensation. Mrs. Stavner’s husband was in El Paso, Tex., a practicing physician at the time. New York Legislature. Albany, N. Y., May 15. —On Tuesday next Governor Roosevelt and the leaders of the Republican party will, it is expected, fix the date for holding the extra session of the legislature to consider the Ford franchise tax and rapid transit measures. It will either convene May 22 or the first week in June.

EMBARRASSING. The'lomiß Second Lieutenant's Meetins With the Old Trooper. A young second lieutenant, who had been‘graduated from the first class a i couple of months before the regular ' graduation at West Point, had just joinI ed his regiment in Cuba and was walkI ing down the street near the palace, in I Havana. He stopped on the corner, and I as he did so an old grizzled soldier with i a growth of beard on his face and with I a " cavalry sergeant’s stripe on his ! breeches, a blue shirt and a campaign I hat. but with no other mark of ranI about his uniform except Ins sergeant s i stripe, walked slowly down and stopped ! in front of the lieutenant, looking . around at the different buildings. The I young officer fidgeted a few moments I under the manner in which the trooper j ignored his proximity, and finally turnI ed on him and said sharply. “Here, i you man. did any one ever teach you i how to salute?’ “Yes, sir.” drawled the trooper, as he glanced at the youngster. “Well, knock your heels together,” said the young officer, and the trooper came to attention with the precision of an old soldier. * Now salute, ” he said, and the trooper’s gauntlet came to the rim of his hat and staid there until the younglieutenant answered it. at the same time demanding: "Now, remember this, and don't Lt it happen again. What is your name, and what do yon belong to?’ tVifbout relaxing his position from attention, the old trooper again respectfully saluted and remarked dryly: “My name is Samuel Sumner, and I m brigadier general of the cavalry brigade,” whereupon the young lieutenant proceeded to copy as many colors of the rainbow with his face as was possible and slipped away as soon as he dared, forgetting even to apologize. —Baltimore News. WAS HIS FRIEND. Cuban’s Reason For SugrpestinK the Amputation of a Hand. According to Inspector General Breckinridge, who recently returned from Cuba and Porto Rico, the sense of moral responsibility of the average Cuban is extremely limited. This was strongly impressed upon him one day at a military station near Santiago. A gang of bandits had been rounded up by the troops and with them a dozen horses stolen from a plantation in the vicinity. The general took a look at the prisoners and noticed among them a man who appeared to belong to a better class than bis companions. He was called forward and through an interpreter the general questioned him. “How did you get mixed up in this?” asked the inspector general. “I had nothing to do with the affair,” was the reply. “I am the schoolteacher in the district where these men live, and I give them advice. I give every one advice who comes for it.”

“But,” suggested the officer who accompanied General Breckinridge, “that fellow told the robbers to cut off the hand of the owner of the horses.” “Ask him why he made such a malignant suggestion,” said the general to the interpreter. The question was put, and the schoolteacher shrugged his shoulders. “The ‘cacique’ does not understand," he said. “It was I who saved the proprietor’s life. These men came to me with him and said: ‘He will not pay us what we demand. Shall we kill him?’ Then, as they asked me for advice, I said: ‘No, do not kill him. Cut off one hand; he will pay you then.’ They did as I advised, the money was paid, and I had saved the man's life. There is surely nothing malignant about that lam his friend.”—Washington Star. A Bishop WilHama Chair. The trustees of the Berkeley Divinity school of Middletown, Conn., in which the late Bishop Williams (Episcopal) was so deeply interested, have decided to rename the chair which he filled for so many years. Henceforth it is to be the “Bishop Williams chair of doctrinal theology.' ’ And they are going to carry out one of his dreams by placing the chair upon the solid foundation of a $75,000 endowment. “This,” says the Hartford Courant, “will be a memorial after John Williams’ own heart. There would have been no pleasure at all for him in the vision of a costly statue, or towering monument, or anything of that sort. But the assurance that his dear school was to benefit by the love borne him and the loving remembrance of him would have filled him with delight. ’ ’ Poor Henri Dnrrant. “It is painful to learn that Henri Durrant, the founder of the Red Cross society, sits in a small room in a little two storied hospital in Heiden, Switzerland, almost, if not quite, forgotten by the world he did his best to serve. Once wealthy, he spent all his money on the great humanitarian works in which he was interested. A few remember him, e. g., the czarina has given him a yearly pension: nevertheless he is weighed down by a heavy debt, and now and then has been in dire straits. Some assistance may come to him from Sweden from the Nobel prize, given to the person who has done the most to promote peace. In any case, he ought not to be allowed to languish in want and distress. ” —Christian. They Want Klnderffartnera. A manufacturing concern of Dayton, 0., has given notice that from now on preference will be given to young applicants for employment who have had a kindergarten training, and after 1915 no application for employment will be considered unless the applicant shall have had a kindergarten training. The | owners of this factory have conducted i kindergartens for the benefit of their 1,700 to 1,800 employees, and have obtained highly gratifying results.

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