The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-01
TIE ANDAMANESE.

From the official report of Surg con f.
Day, f. L. S., F. 2. S., giving an account
of the aborigines of the Andaman Islands.
says an English journal, it seems that the
Andamanese, although they have been.ac
cnsed of being cannibals, are not unlike
US in many respects, and far superior to
us in others. They consider themselves
very handsome, and one of the greatest
pieces of abuse is to say, Your nose is
ugly" or Your mouth deformed." They
are very lazy, and their tempcrs are i'm.
patient. So far they are our brothers
but we should do well TO follow their ex-
ample in some of their social customs,
which are vast improvement on our
own. There is, if we may be allowed to
say SO, among our English ladies paucity
rather than a superb atty of clothing on
the occasion of festive gatherings. 1t is
not SO with the Andamanese LADIES'; or,
at all events, there is an increase rather
than diminuiton of their garments.
The females, it is stated, who intend dane
ing, "put on few extra leaves" Also,
if person intends dancing all night.
. he has an extra coating of paint, which
is said to be put on to prevent exposure"
At home, we say it with grief some of
our elderly ladics-the mothers, in fact,
of our tribes who have no intention of
dancing all night, but simply act as chap
erons, put an "extra coating of paint"
which, however, does not prevent an
exposure that but for the generation
with which they are regarded might be
considered ungraceful and ridiculous.
The Andamanese have no medicines
their great faith is now in quinine but
whatever drug is asked for they invaria-
bly, expect the donor to take some of il
first, and then they do not object to it.
This would be an admirable plan for us
to adopt with regard to our own chemists,
and would go far to check the sale of
adulterated drugs unless perhaps in the
case OF customer who. intending to COM
NIT suicide, asks for strychnine, when the
refusal of the chemist to take some of the
drug himself would be a test Of the gen.
uineDess of the article. The Andaman-
ese, like ourselves, go into mourning on
the death Of their relatives, but show
their grief in a far more sensible manner
than we do In England. If we have the
misfortune to experience bereavement
in hot weather, our misery iB aggravated
by the stufy black clothing in which we
are compelled to array ourselves. The
Andamanese when in mourning simply
daub themselves over with olive colored
earth, thick coating of mud being also
placed on the head. Olive mud is also
used as decoration when painted over
the body In an ornamental manner in
deed, it forms often the only clothing of
the Males with the exception of garter
below the knee, which can hardly be
called clothing. e .aa1olH
The report that young man at Allie.
ghany, Pa, lost his speech by the explo-
sion OF a fire cracker on the Fourth, both
cred the. eminent doctors They all
went to writing about the different or.
CANS of speech that must have been affec-
led by the explosion and now it turns
)ut that it was written speech that he
ost, which was in his pocket, and took
ire from the fire cracker.
Horace Greeley, in late speech, said ;
It is comonly believed that the life of
IN active politician leads him to grasn
some temporary reward or aggrandize.
nent, but the end of it is dust aud asbes
wish to give my testimony, as that of
one nearly sixty years of age, and who for
forty years has been engaged in political
strife, and that without holding Office or
attaining wealth or position, | feel that
my career has been Satisfactory one.
rejoice to think that my pen has had
some little influence in effectually settling
some OF the great questions of the age"