p. 751 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 47. (12/9/1889)

TRIBES OF LITTLE FOLKS.

A WHILE ago Mr. Grenfell, of the Congo missions, encountered, on the Bosari River, south of the Congo, the Batwa dwarfs, whom Stanley mentions in "The Dark Continent," though Stanley did not see them. Grenfell says these little people exist over a large extent of country, their villages being scattered here and there among other tribes. Wissmann and Pogge also met them, a few years ago, in their journey to Nyangwe.

It was long supposed that the story of Herodotus about the pigmies of Africa was mythical; but within the past twenty years, abundant evidence has accumulated of the existence of a number of tribes of curious little folks in Equatorial Africa. The chief among these tribes are the Akka, whom Schweinfurth found northwest of Albert Nyassa; the Obongo, discovered by Du Chaillu in West Africa, southeast of Gaboon, and the Batwa, south of Congo.

These little people range in height from four feet two inches to about four feet eight inches. They are intellectually as well as physically inferior to the other tribes of Africa. They are, perhaps, nearer the brute kingdom than any other human beings. The Obongo, for instance, wear no semblance of clothing, make no huts, except to bend over and fasten to the ground the tops of three or four young trees, which they cover with leaves, possess no arts, except the making of bows and arrows, and do not till the soil. They live on the smaller game of the forest, and on nuts and berries. They regard the leopard, which now and then makes a meal of one of them, as their deadliest enemy. They live only a few days or weeks in one place, burying themselves in some other part of the interminable woods as soon as the nuts and other food supplies near their camp begin to grow scarce.

When Schweinfurth first met the Akka dwarfs, he found himself surrounded by what he supposed was a crowd of impudent boys. There were several hundred of them, and he soon found that they were veritable dwarfs, and that their tribe probably numbered several thousand souls. One of these dwarfs was taken to Italy a few years ago, was taught to read, and excited much interest among scientific men. There are other tribes of dwarfs in Abyssinia and also in Somerland.

It is believed that all these people, including the Bushmen of South Africa, are the remains

of an aboriginal population that is now becoming extinct. In the migrations and subjugations that have been in progress for many centuries among powerful tribes, the dwarf tribe of Africa has been scattered, and its isolated fragments are still found in widely separated parts of the continent.

The Home Circle.

By Mary Henry

A BIRTHDAY ODE.

TWENTY or thirty or forty, some day— What does it matter, for, listen! a song Rings through the centuries hasting away, "One is not loved for her beauty so long;" But tho' there come wrinkles where roses belong, While over the eyes steals a deep twilight haze, This shall be true, softly murmurs my song— She shall be loved for her sweet ways always.

Grant to the heiress whatever we may— Diamonds, rubies, a liveried throng Of servants, and minions in gorgeous array— One is not loved for her riches so long; But though in her purse there be naught but the strong, Sensible lining of thrift, the swift "yeas" Echoing fast, prove the truth of my song— She shall be loved for her sweet ways always.

Keen though her intellect may be to slay Lions of thought, and to bind with the thong Of reason the mightiest psychical prey— One is not loved for her intellect long; But whether her logic be right or be wrong, And though of the sanskrit she knows not a phrase, Still through the centuries ringeth the song— She shall be loved for her sweet ways always.

Maiden, dear maiden, give heed to my song; One is not loved for mere accidents long; This shall be true to the end of thy days— Thou shalt be loved for thy sweet ways always. —Mary Henry.

Schools and the Saloon

According to Judge Guthrie's findings, the school rises upon the ashes of the saloon. Last week in charging the grand jury impaneled at Topeka to make special inquiry as to the enforcement of the prohibitory law, he said: "For nearly five years there has not been a saloon or any place where intoxicating liquors were openly sold or given away in this country. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been invested here in this city by strangers, on the conviction that public sentiment favored an honest, fair enforcement of the law prohibiting the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, and it is believed that these conditions have induced thousands of families to change their homes from sister States to this city and State, so that they might, with their children, escape the evil effects of the saloon. And these conditions and environments are inducing the friends and patrons of learning to establish, with magnificent endowments, colleges and schools in this and other cities of the State, and parents are sending their children from distant States to these colleges to be educated, with the expectation and hope that their children may enjoy the benefits of society, unpolluted with the baneful saloon."—Union Signal.

Official reports of teachers in the Minneapolis schools show an alarming state of facts concerning cigarette smoking by children. In the North High School 200 out of the 300 boys smoke the cigarette, and 75 are confirmed in the habit. In the Winthrop School 20 per cent. of the boys smoke the paper poison roll, and some of the confirmed smokers are but six years of age. The Tribune of that city declares that the same conditions obtain in the remaining schools, and names one, the Webster, in which the official proof is that from 50 to 75 per cent. of the scholars use cigarettes, and the fact is that many female children have also acquired the habit. The parents in Minneapolis are seriously alarmed over this showing, and renewed efforts are to be made to enforce the law forbidding the sale of the article to minors. Minneapolis is probably no worse than Sacramento or any other California town or city. What, then, do parents imagine would be the result of a cigarette census among the children of this city?—Sacramento Union.

COIN STATISTICS.

THE weight and bulk of the gold and silver coins now held by the United States treasury, form the subject for inquiry by a correspondent of a mathematical turn of mind, and he finds that the weight of the gold is 601 tons of 2,000 pounds, and the silver, 8,000 tons. Packing it along the highway as cord-wood is packed, the gold would make a barricade 4 feet high, 4 feet thick, for a distance of 335 feet, and the silver, if similarly packed, would extend 4,248 feet, or five-sixths of a mile. If packed in carts, a ton to each cart, the procession would be nearly 33 miles long, of which distance the gold-bearing carts would cover 2½ miles, and the silver a fraction over 30½ miles.—New York Telegram.

TEN GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.

By The Sanitarium

1. THAT salt will curdle new milk; hence, in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., salt should not be added until the dish is prepared.

2. That clear, boiling water will remove tea stains, and many fruit stains. Pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent it spreading over the fabric.

3. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth, also from the hands.

4. That a tablespoonful of turpentine boiled with white clothes will aid in the whitening process.

5. That boiled starch is much improved by the addition of a little sperm, salt, or gum-arabic dissolved.

6. That bees-wax and salt will make rusty flat-irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag, and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.

7. That blue ointment and kerosene, mixed in equal proportions and applied to the bedsteads, is an unfailing bedbug remedy, as a coat of whitewash is for the walls of a log house.

8. That kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water, and render them as pliable as new.

9. That kerosene will make tin tea-kettles as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag, and rub with it. It will also remove stains from varnished furniture.

10. That cool rain-water and soda will remove machine grease from washable fabrics.—The Sanitarium.

SLANDER.

THE way to kill this cruel monster To me has been made known— Don't kick it to your neighbor's door, But let it die—alone.

—Dustin (Neb.) Dispatch.

Health and Temperance.

By American Agriculturist

HOW TO AVOID A COLD.

CURING a cold is not always easy. The great thing is to avoid it. An almost infallible preventive of a cold is a daily cold morning bath, but everyone cannot take this. There are some people who cannot endure the shock of a cold bath; and it certainly takes a strong constitution to get out of bed and take a cold bath in a cold room. A warm bath should only be taken at night, or when one can avoid exposure to the open air for an hour or two afterwards. A young friend of ours laid the foundation of a cold from which she never recovered, by taking a warm bath and going out immediately after on a chill October day.

Another cause of colds is overclothing. If you are going to take a long drive on a cold day there is not much danger of this; but, in exercising or walking, depend on the exercise to keep you warm and wear fewer wraps. It is a bad fashion to accustom one's self to the use of a muffler. The least exposure without it is sure to be followed by a sore throat, and children, at least, seldom remember to don this superfluous garment with more than fitful regularity. If you are subject to colds never sit and toast yourself over the fire, be it ever so tempting.

Remember that it is not in really cold weather that the severest colds are taken. It is during the treacherous days of a thaw, and during the autumn days, which open so brightly, with a warm sun shining until the middle of the afternoon, when a chill, raw wind arises, which we never seem to learn to prepare for.

Cold feet is a serious reason for the colds of children from babies up. Babies are too young, and most children too thoughtless, to know why they are uncomfortable, and so, unless some wiser head orders an occasional toasting of the little feet, colds are the result. Always see that the children go to bed with warm feet.

Beer and the Human Stomach

A bar tender plaintively bewailed the necessity of having to rub congealed drops of stick beer off the bar. "But if I let them remain," said he in the tone of one seeking compassion, "they rot the wood."

"They rot the wood, do they?" fiercely repeated a wine bibber. "Then what in the name of common sense does beer do to my stomach?"

Replied the manipulator of drinks: "It is beyond me to tell. Of one thing I am confident, and that is, man's stomach is made of cast-iron, elsewise how could he withstand the fluids he pours into it? Let me show you something."

He placed a piece of raw meat on the counter and dropped upon it a small measure of imported ginger ale. In five minutes the meat had parted into little pieces as though hacked by a dull knife.

Is it surprising that life insurance companies hold beer drinkers to be extra-hazardous risks?—Philadelphia News.

Alcohol and the Production of Crime

By Union Signal

Fourteen hundred and ninety-seven persons were committed to the Hartford jail in 1888. Of these, according to their own statements, seven were temperate, one hundred and twenty drank to excess, and thirteen hundred and seven were "moderate drinkers!" Our confrères, the brewers, deny that drink figures to any extent in the production of criminals, but we commend them to a careful comparison of this jail census with what they personally know of the "sumptuary" habits of the membership of any evangelical church of equal numbers. As they sell the liquors they need not depend upon confession, but upon their own observation in the matter.

Dangers of Drinking Unboiled Milk

According to the Lancet, milk epidemics of typhoid fever and diphtheria have repeatedly shown how severely the incidence of the disease has been felt upon those using unboiled milk. It has been shown that a cow may suffer from a disease which at present is rarely, if ever, regarded as of any importance by dairymen, and which may give to the milk a power of producing scarlet fever in those who consume it in its raw state.—Selected.

SECULAR.

—The loss by the fire at Leechburg, Pa., on the 26th ult. is estimated at $175,000.

—France has taken the lead in recognizing the new republic—the United States of Brazil.

—A Hartford, Conn., dispatch, November 29, reports a fire which destroyed $180,000 worth of property.

—From Pomona, Los Angeles County, the first car load of oranges for the season was started for the East.

—The Pall Mall Gazette states that a virtual rupture has occurred in the relations between Germany and the Vatican.

—The Hecla Iron Works, at Williamsburg, N. Y., were damaged by fire to the extent of $25,000 on the night of November 25.

—A storm on the night of the 27th ult. blew down all the electric light towers in Quebec, Canada, leaving the city in darkness.

—Hon. George H. Pendleton, once U. S. senator from Ohio, and more recently Minister to Germany, died at Brussels November 24.

—British Columbia has a car load of exhibits of the province's products traveling through the Atlantic provinces of the Dominion.

—It is proposed to open connection between Berlin and the Baltic Sea. A ship canal will be built from the city to the Oder River.

—Although Canada was in favor of giving us back our criminals, and passed a bill to that effect, yet England has refused to honor the act.

—On the night of November 27, the Stowell mansion, at Athol, Mass., was robbed of money, bonds, and jewelry, to the value of $50,000.

—At Pittsburg, Pa., three aldermen and three detectives have been sent to prison for conspiracy in accepting bribes from illicit liquor sellers.

—Grand Master Powderly, of the Knights of Labor, is confident that there will soon be a consolidation of that order with the Farmers' Alliance.

—On a recent Australian steamer there arrived in San Francisco 1,000,000 gold sovereigns, which were deposited in the mint for recoinage into U. S. money.

—At Elliottville, W. Va., on the 28th ult., four girls found a keg of powder, and in some way exploded it. They were all blown to pieces, and their mother has gone crazy.

—The silver convention at St. Louis favors a unit of silver currency for all the Americas. A railroad connecting the United States with South America is also advocated.

—A disastrous fire occurred at Edwardsville, Ill., on the 25th inst., entailing a loss of $300,000. The fire started simultaneously in a mill, warehouse, and a grain elevator.

—Austria is backing out of the recent arrangements with Germany, Russia, and Italy, and Bismarck's great scheme for so-called peace has received a discouraging check.

—An explosion of natural gas at Dayton, Ohio, November 25, completely shattered a brick residence, killing two children, and badly injuring three adult persons.

—Ten representatives of the Vanderbilt railroad system are inspecting California. All the big railroad companies and combinations are looking for Pacific Coast outlets.

—Secretary Tracy has made arrangements by which the navy will be furnished with the Brown prismatic powder for large guns, and the new smokeless powder for smaller guns.

—The State Constitutions of both Dakotas stipulate that no law shall take effect until ninety days after the adjournment of the session of the Legislature in which the law was passed.

—Two girls in Wooster, Ohio, recently broke a store window and stole some goods. On being arrested, they acknowledged the crime, and said they "just wanted to do something devilish."

—On the night of the 25th ult., an express train was boarded by twelve robbers at Berwyn, Indian Territory, and $30,000 in money carried off. Nine persons suspected of the robbery have been arrested.

—Judge Anderson has decided that alien Mormons who have taken the Endowment House obligation cannot become citizens. There is great rejoicing among the Gentiles at Salt Lake over the decision.

—A Constantinople dispatch says: "A report has been received that the steamship India, with 500 Mohammedan pilgrims on board, has sunk, the captain and two passengers being all that were saved."

—Hon. Thos. B. Reed, of Maine, has received the nomination of the Republican Caucus for Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, which of course means his election, that party being in the majority.

—King Humbert, in opening the Italian Parliament, said he hoped that the armaments which all the powers were preparing would not be used; but the questions which might disturb the peace had not all been settled.

—Sir John Macdonald, Dominion premier, has refused to allow the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company to make Halifax the terminus of its ocean route. It is now thought that new ships recently contracted for will not be built.

—A great fire occurred at Boston, November 28. The Shoe and Leather Exchange and several other large establishments went down. The loss is estimated at $5,000,000. It is reported that six firemen were burned to death.

—On the 30th ult. a disastrous fire occurred at Minneapolis, Minn. The large structure known as the Tribune building, containing several printing offices, was entirely destroyed, and at last accounts it was supposed that fifteen lives were lost.

—The old imperial flag of Brazil is retained by the new republican government.

—A very destructive fire occurred in Lynn, Mass., on the 26th ult. The loss includes all the great shoe manufactories, newspaper offices, and other buildings within an area of a mile square, estimated at $5,000,000. About 8,000 people are thrown out of employment.

—At Marseilles, France, on the 28th ult., a vessel laden with 3,000 barrels of powder took fire, and the explosion which soon followed shattered all the windows for miles around, besides other damages. Fragments of the ship were thrown to great distances in every direction.

—A terrible cyclone occurred in Buford County, N. C., November 28. Houses were blown down and trees uprooted. In one demolished house, the father, mother, and four children were found dead. At another house a little girl was carried off by the storm, and had not been found the next day.

—The State of Missouri is determined to squelch the "trust" business. It has a stringent law against the union of corporations for the sake of monopolizing any branch of trade or manufactures, and in enforcing it has declared forfeited the charters of about one thousand corporations that refused to obey it. There will no doubt be a hard legal battle to test the constitutionality of the law.

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—The American Sabbath Union will hold its first anniversary in New York City, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 9, 10, and 11, inclusive.

—Rev. Dr. Grey, who is engaged in founding a Baptist theological seminary in Oakland, Cal., was chaplain of the U. S. Senate when Abraham Lincoln was killed, and officiated at the funeral.

—Rev. R. A. Torrey, pastor of the People's Church of Minneapolis, Minn., has accepted the invitation of Mr. Moody to take charge of the training-school for young men and women in Chicago, Ill.

—Rev. Father Gleason, of East Oakland, Cal., in a recent address, said that the reason why non-Catholics are not Catholics is on account of prejudice. They are reared in the belief that Catholics are misguided and benighted. But he is thankful this prejudice is not now so strong as formerly.

—The Catholic News has received a cablegram from Rome saying that the Pope has ordered that the personal and real property of all cardinals who leave no surviving relatives be bequeathed to the Propaganda. Those having relatives must make a generous provision in their wills for the same institution. These and all other funds devoted to the Propaganda will be invested in foreign countries. This is to prevent the seizure of the papal revenues by the Italian Government.

—The ultra Sunday advocates thought it very wicked to keep open the Paris exposition on Sunday; but Mr. Gladstone, a pillar in the Sunday cause, visited the great show in the evening, after attending church in the morning, and riding out in the Bois-de-Boulogne in the afternoon. According to American Sunday-law logic, it is very wrong not to have such places closed by law on the first day of the week, so that the great churchmen may be enabled to properly observe the day.

—The N. Y. Christian Advocate says: "The kingdoms of this world were established by force, and when men would extend their worldly kingdoms, the most effective means they can find for conquest is force. But the kingdom of God was established by love, and the most effective means of extending it among men is love. Conquests are made by Christ in no other way." But the Advocate will "advocate" the force of civil law to compel men to observe Sunday, in the name of Christ.

—"There never has been a time probably in the history of the church when the truth of Christ was more faithfully presented than it is by the pulpit today. It would be difficult to find among evangelical denominations, save in exceptional and rare instances, any real departure from the faith once delivered to the saints."—Christian at Work. And with all this assumption, there is just one point on which they can all co-operate, and that is the maintenance of the papal dogma of Sunday observance.

—The recent annual conference of Universalists, after much discussion in regard to a revision of their creed, adopted the following: "The Universalist Church reaffirms the position which it has held from the beginning, to wit: That it rests on, and believes in, the historical veracity of the New Testament records of the life and words and works of our Lord Jesus Christ." The New York Observer adds: "This is a creed which even Robert Ingersoll would find it possible to accept. It binds no one to accept Jesus Christ as divine."

Obituary.

BARR.—Died at his own home, in San Francisco, Cal., November 21, 1889, Thomas J. Barr, aged 48 years, 7 months, and 27 days. About eight weeks before his death, he met with a sad accident, a severe injury to his right arm. This resulted in spinal meningitis, which terminated his life. During his painful illness, he frequently expressed a desire to get well, that he might retrieve the past, that he might keep the commandments of God. He confessed his sins, and expressed faith that God had pardoned and accepted him. The Norton Tanning Co., for whom he labored, met all expenses of his sickness and funeral, and deserve special thanks for their great sympathy and generosity. He leaves a wife and son to mourn their loss, but not without hope. Funeral services by the writer; text, 1 Cor. 15:22. H. A. St. John.

DRAKE.—Died of pulmonary consumption, in Oakland, Cal., Friday morning, November 22, 1889, Josey Herbert Drake, the third son of Mrs. Mary A. Drake. The deceased was born in Leona, Jackson County, Mich., March 22, 1869, and was, therefore, at the time of his death, 20 years and 8 months of age. He learned the printer's trade in Battle Creek, Mich., and there he first started to serve the Lord. Shortly after the death of his father, in 1888, he came with his mother and a younger brother to Oakland, whither he had been preceded for some years by two older brothers. Of a kind and happy disposition, he made many friends in the office of the Pacific Press, with which he was connected for several months. In May of the present year he went to the Rural Health Retreat, hoping to be benefited, but was disappointed. Returning to Oakland, his health rapidly failed, and in a few weeks he started for Colorado, hoping that he would recover his health in that favored clime. But again he was disappointed. He returned just in time to die amid his friends, happy to meet them once more. While coming from Colorado, he thought at one time he was about to die, but believed his life was spared in answer to prayer, that he might reach home. About one year ago he consecrated himself anew to God, and obtained a blessing, which he retained to the end. He died in peace, with nothing between him and God, and now sleeps in Jesus. Remarks at the funeral by the writer from Ps. 90:12. He was laid to rest by mourning friends in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland; but through the tears of sorrow shines the rainbow of hope. M. C. W.

(Review and Herald please copy.)

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