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Show Civilization Elasts Happines of Aborigines Explorers intrigue us. They always al-ways cox,e ho.r.e with stories of disLovel les, adding a bit to the iu:n total of the world's knowledge. The lateat naratlve to "break into in-to print" is that of Dr. Paul A. Zulil, who found ants two inches lona' in a gorge, belo Mt. Rorai-ma, Rorai-ma, British Guiana and Venezuela. Besides, he saw two waterfalls, "es-tixated "es-tixated at ten times the drop of Niagra." Dr. Zonl brought back some of the ants, but, of course, he ieft the waterfalls. This, it would seem, makes the explorer's trip rema.Kabie out more amazing was his discovery of a pimitive village "xhere periect happiness hap-piness exists." Ie remained a week m a village, where no white man had been seen before, and never noticed a sign of anger, only laugoter and general happiness! Think cf what the visit of this explorer will mean to the happy life of the native people. As nevs of their "happiness'' gets around a.nong civilized people, there will be Lore white men visiting and gradually grad-ually the blessings of civilization will demoralize the ha. py tribe. The aborigines may learn of white Men's miracles, of t-.eir trouoies and, even, of their moralities! It secinis like a pity tor i. tribe to develop its happiness and then have an inquisitive stranger, representing represent-ing a foreign breed, to intrude upon up-on them and, perhaps, introduce so.me cf the vices of educated and civilized men. |