The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-05
NEW YORK.
A Race OF Pigmies.

| NEW YORK, May 4.-bayard Taylor
in letter from Egypt, gives an account
OF the recent discovery of race Of
pigmies in central Africa. Speaking OF
two in the care OF the Khedive, he says,
"The little fellows looked at me with
bright, questioning, steady eyes while l
mt assured them. Tabbell was 46 inches
in height, his legs being % inches and
his body with the head "a, which is
somewhat better proportioned than lie
usual in savage tribes; head and arms
quite symetricsl, but the spine curved
in remarkably from the shoulders to
the hip joint, throwing out the abdo-
men, which was already much distend-
ed, probably from their diet OF beans
and bananas; yet the head was erect,
shoulders on line of gravity and there
was no stoop in the posture of the body.
assin the south of Africa. Tabbell
measured 26 inches around the
breast and 81 around the abdo-
men; his hands and feet were
coarsely formed but not large, only the
knee joints being disproportionstely
thick and clumsy ! the facial angle was
fully up to the average; there was .
God development of brain, and fine in
telllgent eyes; the nose 10 nattencd
that in looking down the forehead from
above. one only saw the lips projecting
b.yond it; the nostrils were astonish-
lpgly wide and square; the complexion
was that OF Q dark mulatto.
German Military Affairs.
A letter from Berlin says it Was evil
dent that the purpose Of the Liberals in
voting to fix the military strength Of
Germany for sevenyears, was to enable
the Emperor to prepare for any hostile
demonstrations during the seven years
President Macmshon is to exercise his
powers in France. The letter adds
that the addition Of some 40, 600 men to
the regular army, is fact that carries
it's own explanation, but the effect OF
this increase in the available military
material OF the country involves anoth-
er calculation. Besides the three years
" bich he serves under the flag.
: The recruit passes nine years IN
, reserve and Landwehr an increase OF
: Sc 900 to the permanent army, and i'm
plies a yearly addition OF the came
r number to the trained reserves. This
b. amounts in seven years to 2oO, oOo men
, or rather since the effect OF the increase
] will be fel, on the reserve only after the
j e.piration of three years FROM the be-
ginning OF the new levies, 100000 will viii
t Tepresent that addition while l2O.OOO
8 more will still be in active service
E in other words in 1881 Germany will
: he able to meet France with nearly 800,
: 600 more skilled soldiers than to-day
The French Commune.
AParis letter writer says that evil
q de.tly difficulties are last closing ii
v about US aud everyday We have some
E fresh cause for rejecting upon the mac
- curscy of the moment. The splri
which suimste the Commune is yer.
l Gar from being crushed. The sam
men are once more recognizing 10
another attempt, and just as they di
before lS4S and in 1871 societies
vorkingmen are formed in each dIstrie
'' under direction ofth district Commun
es which take their orders from the Cen
,e tral Commune. The next step is
hr bind men By, making them solidaire
r All dspgers and benefits, and BY an ele
10 ment OF secrecy, always attractive
" the uneducated. Members OF the 81
70 ciety who have work are privately tai
" ed, and one-hah of the proceeds
a added to the sinking fund reserved fc
T, the war budget; the rest goes to o.
90 those who are out OF work aud in dl'
en- trees. Just before the war matters hs
HE reached the stage just where We Dc
co them to-day, and Creusot was se'ects
ne "a the best point for beginning II
OK strikes. This time the strikes are to
be encouraged 10 Paris. Certainly tn
Ut, Septenuste must come to an end o.
IN, dsy or another, and the belief that
ed. will not last long gives the chiefs
10 the Internstiopals the opportunity !
.n ,s saying that it will be succeeded eS >
other Commune.
William H. Vanderbilt August
Schelle, D. Worchester and 4.
Robinson lett to-day in q speciai c
-, ior Cleveland 10 attend the Lake She
~, election .r... .s -.
to- Rumors About Erie.
and 1t was reported to-day on creditsl
by authority that it had been decided
,aG' xT displace President Watson. of the E
~. W.. railroad, and that in the search for
Ier. successor his position was. on Sat-
nal day, rendered to Atram P. Hamilt'
lsop.io-lAw of Peter Cooper and . me