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Show may be determined, and then traced the natural growth from sounds to hieroglyphics hi-eroglyphics and picture writing, to our modern writing. Tho combination ana abbreviation of words was also Illustrated Illus-trated by examples of Aztec names. The culture of the tribes was evidenced evidenc-ed by the origin and growth of music and musical Instruments, beginning first with the string and hunter's bow. and progressing to our modern stringed string-ed instruments, such as the violin and piano. The ethnological Btatus of man was also exhibited in their forms of warship, war-ship, in offering human sacrifices, in the number and character of the heathen heath-en gods and temples, and In the traditions tra-ditions that the ancient-- Inhabitant have handed down, eVen to the present pres-ent day. Prof. Mills summarized his lecture by the-statement that the history of the individual Is the recapitulation or the history of the race, and then paid a high tribute to the 'present ruler ol Mexico, President Diaz. LECTURED AT WEBER ACADEMY YESTERDAY c. . On Thursday morning Prof. John M. Mills lectured before the students or the Weber Academy on "Primitive Man," discussing the physical, linguistic lin-guistic and ethnological characteristics characterist-ics of the early inhabitants of America. Ameri-ca. After introducing his subject with a distinction between the Anthropology, Anthropol-ogy, History. Geology and Astronomy, Prof. Mills explained the phslcal proportions pro-portions of the primitive people now in existence, who have, as have all primitive men, abnormally large bodies, duo to the large amount and poor quality ot tne rood which they use: The size and shape of the head, as indicative of character and intellectuality, intel-lectuality, the different Ideas of per-sional per-sional beauty, were also discussed. Prof. Mills explained Grimm's Law, by which the derivation of languages |
