Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-07-05

III AWcTlcbn sOctety.
$50! ltlis Very different here. You
see that lady across the room. very stou,
with earrings and light hair, that IL the
Frau Professor and Gerheimrath S.;
but she goes down every morning, and
cooks in the kitchen till eleven hour. !
myself divide my householdins with my
sister; and since six months, Il have kept
the accounts. and go 10 the markets. and
look the cooking every day over, and
brush the rooms and clarity the dishe..
The next day six months will my sister
take, and oh will not be glad.'-[Bruce
Home Life in Germany. 14 +.
Singular Race Of Human Beings.
There are now in London two very
singular human beings Of race which
has hitherto been very little known TO
The civilized world. They came from
South Africa, where they are called
Earhmen. They are totally distinct
from all other know African races. as
much so as il they had dropped on this
earth from another planet. They are
diminu.ive in size-mere pigmies-and
unacquainled even with the ait OF bull.
ding huts. They shelter themselves in
caves and crevices Of the earth; when
these are wanting they make artificial
scoopngs on the surface, which they line
with leaves and cover with branches.-
The Hottentots and Busl men are the
avowed enemies of the Earthmen, and
when they meet them. will shoot them
down like vermin. The poor little de-.
fenceless Earlhmen have no refuge but
in holes, trees, or ihickcts, and the tribe
is last versing to extinction. They are
poor weak people, one Of natures
lreaks--and destined not to perpetuate
their race. Few colonists have seen
them; and although it is known that q
few still linger in The mountains, they
are rapidly dying AWAY, and will soon
become a tradition Of an elfish afrite
race Of old. .a -.. .l r,
The two individuals above named
were carried TO England from the Cape
Of Good Hope two or three years ago,
and have now become domesticated in
an English family. The Morning
Chronicle, from which we take these
particles, describes these little earthmen
as boy and girl-,he former fourteen,
and the latter sixteen years of age-and
complete little fairies in appearance.
The boy is three feet three and halfl
inches in height the girl trile taller,-l
Their skin is of the brightest, and mos,
transparent bronze, and IS smooth and
polished es marble. In form the little
creatures are persect--,heir delicate
limbs standing oat in the most grace.
ful symmetry, and every motion instinct
with the untaught ease Of nature. The
faces. although decidedly African in fea.
ture, are full Of sweetness and good hu.
mour, with an expression Of archness
and intelligence. g." @
They are named Martins and Flora.
In their savage state they feed on locusts
ant eggs, and such small game as they
could take. Until they were carried to
England they had no idea of God or any
supreme power. At p.escnt they have
been taugh. some Of the customs Of civi.
lzed life, and are able to speak little
English words, TO sing popular airs, and
--the frs, Of Earthmen--to play little
airs on the piano. .s I'd ID
Few sights are moro interesting to a
thinking person than that Of the last Of
Q race ofhuman beings on the point of
being b!otted out from the face of the
earth. The individuals in question seem
10 constitute one Of the most anamolous
rorns Of our species that have ever been
brought TO the notice Of the naturalist
Or ethnologist. 1t is to be hoped that
further light will be thrown on their his.
lory by scientific researches.-Nat. Dem
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