Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 28, 1875, Winnipeg, Manitoba The alleged degeneration of Man. There never was a delusion with loss evidence for it except a permanent impression among Mankind which a often the result not of accumulated experience but of an Ever renewing iia contort with Tho actual state of things. There is not Tho slightest evidence any where that Man was Over Tor or Moro enduring under Tho same conditions of food and climate than to is now. As to bigness Tho evidence is positive. Modern egyptians Are As big As the mummies who were conquerors in their Day and modern englishmen Are there is not in existence a thousand Coats of Armor which an eng Lish regiment could put on. Very few moderns can use Tho Hilts Are too Small for their hands. Endless wealth and skill were expended in picking gladiators and there is no evidence that a Man among them was As As Strong As Shaw. No Skeleton no statue no picture ind cats that men a general Ever bigger. Tho jews of to Day Are As Lurice As they wore in a crypt or. Larger. The people of Tho Lio Magna have All Tho bearing anymore than the size of the Koinzan no feat is recorded As usual with greek athletes which English acrobats could not perform now. There is no naked Savage tribe which Cor Ishmen or Yorkshire men could not no race exists of which a thousand men similarly armed would defeat an eng Lish or German or Kussian regiment of equal numbers. Nothing is recorded of our forefathers in great Britain which canadians could not do unless it be some feats of Archery which wore the result of a Long training of the Eye continued for generations. The most civilized and luxurious family that Over existed the european Koyal caste is physically As big As and As powerful As any people of whom to have any account that science can accept. Ghiors s Frenchman is Caesar s Gaul in All bodily conditions and with an increased Power of keeping alive which May be partly owing to improved conditions of living but is probably owing still Moro to developed vitality. There As no evidence that even the Iee ble races Are feebler than they became after their first acclimatisation. Tho Engalee was what we know him ago and the chinaman was re presented on porcelain just Asho is now before the birth of Christ. No race Ever multiplied like Tho Anglo Saxon which has had no advantage of climate and till lately no particular advantage of food. Physical conditions depends on physical conditions and Why should a race bettor fed bettor clothed and bettor housed than it Ever was before degenerate because it eats berries compare Tho californian and the Digger Indian. Because it wears clothes the wearing of clothes if the experience of army doctors in India As to the Best costume for marching makes excessively doubtful they declaring unanimously that breach loss men suffer from varicose veins As men wearing trousers do not must operate As a permanent physical training. You carry weight habitually. Because they keep indoors compare English professionals with tasmanian Savages living in identically the Cli mate but living out doors. Tho conditions of civilization not Only do not prohibit Captain Webb who would have out walked out swum or strangled any ancient German that Tacitus Ever romanced about but they enable him to live to 70 instead of dying at 45, As years ago he then probably a slave bred for Tho Arena would have done. That races have dog Onorato in what to May Call Tho physical moral qualities is incontestable or at least having Tho fear of the of Argyll before our eyes we will not contest it though we do not believe Tho greek in Loht to be Tho inferior of the spartan in courage or Tho men who defended Hurt pore to to More timorous than Tho men who were Defeated with porus of physical degeneracy without change of food or clip Auto to can find no authentic Trakoo. Tho illusion is a More result of discontent Ift of inability to Soo facts through in which time kindly them. That the human race even unto the Best conditions advances very Tittle in physical capacities is True but then it is True also that those conditions Are p total to the most powerful of the old improving forces Tho survival of the fittest. Still an Advance is perceptible in vital Power and to question whether a Crook swimmer would Ever have crossed from Dover to Calais just As strongly As to question whether the ancient world Over possessed horse which would have achieved a place at a . Why should men grow feeble in civilization any More than horses a Well known author Andrew jealous of prof Tico and his lame and has attempted a phenomenal sensation on Hia own Hook. He predicts a Complete overturning of the Earth to Ward Tho South occasioned by Tho steady accumulation of water in the Southern hemisphere. This of course would unceremoniously turn Tho Ocean out of its bed and again would somebody to chosen to take Tho Olophant hop Toad the Eagle and the Buzz Fly and the Grasshopper two and All other beasts Birds and a , into a i Ark to to transplanted in n tropical that which is now known a Tho North pole. The change in diurnal arrangements is liable to take place within Tho next ton thousand years. T ook Here City lots prices Quality extent of Stock 2mokers Purchase on and near Cook Parlour Box Camp go 2 the smoker s resort in Stock. Portage Avenue at or Al auction sales farming implements machinery a few lots mowers and sulky waggons Cross and breaking plows cultivators fanning Mills Etc shelf hardware in endless variety i f fails axes handles camping outfits Iron hoes picks tinware building paper eases carpenters tools saturdays at 7 o clock . Must be sold before Tho end of Trio year a Large Stock of fur cloth Caps heavy pants vests Coats furniture All descriptions hardware fancy goods Etc Etc i Arclo scr wishing to buy privately Caa got Good at one thou Pricen. Stela s auction rooms next doer new merchants Dank. Glass Putty oi3s, varnishes brushes Etc Ofta blasting and sporting powder shot Ball to steam and fittings plumber s work having got it we Are l to fuse Caps Etc pumps and piping roofing eave roughing s Ummer 1875. The end. Fayo Rable terms to dealers. Call an j Soe. Pemmican House and skins Blacksmith Coal. Sinews parties who will All for Cash at b3-Lia Mckenney bros., to l. B. Bontly a Konroy a Block i Umipeg. N Felxi goods. Mclenaghan Malluch s . Bannatyne wholesale retail Fork build on said lots has arrived and is to be sold ready for inspection tailoring. Our new Cutter has arrived. Sure fits guaranteed. 5 s3-lm very Low i Subj nature r. Gerrie for Cash 1 Al Bacon hams and shoulders spiced Roll Bacon Tongula and lard. Xxx flour Oats ground feed. Lemons. Black Green and mixed teas in Hali chests and five and ton fatties. Dry crushed Coffee and Brown sugars for 2 in Panchee Pino Apple quince cherries Etc. Tins for 21b. Corn peas. Tomatoes Beans Etc., 4 Tine for 81.00. 3 in tomatoes 3 of whiskies Gin bum Mac Doria port Sherry Claret in Wood and Glare. And champagnes wines. Sauternes and White House furnishing goods. Apply to a. W. Burrows. Fa25-lm importers of Staple dry goods. Slim Bass ale and guiness pints. Dow s ale in Wood 85 cab Porga by barrel. Curacao absinthe Maris Cliine. Largo assortment of bitters. Bicep Berry vinegar and of sorted Niit syrups. Peo Unican Robea furs bought and town in lots Ifor Sale i ;