Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-24
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Curious Facts from Savage Life.

IA cllivalrpus regard for the fair sex has
always been looked upon as one of the great
differential points between barbarism and
refinement. And there is no more sig1
nifcant faotin.the) experience of savage
family than this-that she expects to be
illtreated as matter of course. Indeed the
absence of outrage is frequently regarded as
an outrage itself. "If the Congo wife,"
writes Mr.. H0ade, sis not soundly hogged
every now and then, she considers herself
an injured woman and demonstrates with her
husband" In her pleasing .'Reminiscen-
ces of Tartar Stepper' Mrs. Atkinson says
that on her arrival at Barnaoul she discoy-
eredthe meaning the whip which she had
observed suspended over the beds in the
houses of all the peasantry on the road. '.''.
L "A female, who was married some little
time before, went to one of the authorities
to complain that her husband did not love
her as husbands ought to do both at home
and abroad. "Why did she think so ?" was
the question. "Because," replied she, Nhe
had never once thrashed her." The instru-
ment of 1lagellation had, in fact been hang
ing over their couch in perfect idleness ev-
er since the wedding. When women are
thus degraded into serfs, is it any wonder
that the sex should be low in intelligence
and deplorably deep in ignorance? Some
times, indeed, they exhibit degree of SIM
plicity-shall we call it simplicity (which
is perfectly astounding. On Mr.. Reade's
visit to the Gamma country, in equatorial
Africa, the chief with more politeless than
prudence, sent his daughter to wait upon
the white man. .,.. .-.i'.a.... ...-..i
The Princess Ananga was a belle Sauuage
with fine form, beautiful bronze COM
plexion, and pair OF large, gentle eyes,
which would have made havoc with suscep-
tible hearts had they been fixed in Europ-
can head, Now this young lady was so
thoroughly unsophisticated that she sup
posed that the traveller must have been
painted white, and great was her surprise,
on wetting her finger and rubbing his
cheek, to learn that the color would not
come off. She thought his lair must be a
loan from some wild animal, and exhibited
much astonishment when she found she
could not remove it as easily as his hat.
She could not comprehend why Europeans
wore Clothes and the discovery of pockets
in his dress, and. the disappearance of his
hands in those pouches, startled her as
much as if he had buried them in his body.
The latter phenomenon, in fact, was
deemed so marvellous that invitations were
sent to other families, who focked to the
hut to see the traveller insert and withdraw
his hands fifty times in succession. But
there was one point upon which Ananga
appeared to be so profoundly uneducated
that Mr.. Reade's fidelity as narrator might
at first1be very reasonably suspected. One
evening he venturedl to kiss the Princess,
who made his breakfast cooked his meals,
and washed his feet. She uttered shrek,
and fled from the house as if he had leveled
a pistol at her head. He found on inquiry
that this mode Of salutation was "utterly
unknown in Western Africa"
1t Is difficult to believe. We never heard
before of a race of beings so deplorably be-
nighted that, they could not comprehend
and comprehepding appreciate pleas
ing function of the human lips. The tray
eler, indeed, suggests that, as he was in an
anthropophagous neighborhood, the damsel
might regard itas cahnibal measure, and
conclude that he was preparing to devour
her heart; and it niistbe said for. her that
when she learned that kissing was one of
the luXuries of civilization, and much in
vogue in polished communities, she appear
ed to submit with admirable resignation
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