Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-06
AnthrOpolegy Of Central Africa.

From the London Standard, Mag "a
\, a meeting OF the members Of the Auth
ropolocical Institute of Great Britain and Ire
land Colonel Laue Fox, President, in the chair,
held last evening in the theatre of the Society
Il Mines, Jermyu street, ST. james, Lieuten
nut Cameron, G. B. Royal Navy, read paper
op the subject of the anthropoogy OF Central
Area.
The distinguished traveller said that owing to
a,,s OF Mohalnmedan immigration the pure
rype of the negro did not at present exist on
,he East Coast of \ RIGA, from which they lad
been driven inlaud. In NJ M.,iaga>car there were
many tribes of Malay origin. Among those
tribes were sume who wore their hair down
their backs to heir waist, some vino had strong
ta.k woven through their wool, aud others
again who spotted wigs Tie then proceeded
to give rapid d, s:r!ption OF the characteils-
ties and manners OF the various tribes along
his route, by many OF which ne was warmly
welcomed, and by Others very cold!y indeed.
In describing the dress OF the ladies III various
OF these uations the lecturer caused consider
able amusement among his aullencs. There
were ladies' he SAID, IN the anterior some
what scantily, albeit pcturcsquely, Clothed,
who wore their hair divided by TOUR partlngs,
each woven into q plalt and all wound
rouud the head, the euds being adorned
with beads and polished steel extoguishers, SO
50 as to form a coronet; others who wore tat
tooing knives in their hair. aud adorned or dis
figured their faces with paint, and again those
among the lower classes who perforated the
upper lip and inserted stone, which made
the hp pr rude like ducks bill. B sides
these, there were ladies who sported leather
hca,,dresses-thc most hidcous ever in"cnted,
the ilkcnesses to which when be left EDgIaud
were, he believed, called chlgnous. (Lrushtcr.)
La d, scriblng the industries and manufactures
ot the grca, coutinent he stated that the natives
in some places ground their corn with the trunks
OF trees; aud the pottery Ware manufactured
strongly reminded hlm OF specimens dug up IN
the ruins OF pompeii aud Hercuaneum. 10
his travels he came to country WHerG the iron
trade was in Furnishing condltioa, there be-
ing many touudrieS abou, fifty feet long, by
thirty feet wide, where they IT, qucatiy goi 100
pounds to POO pounds OF metal IN suglc
smelling. Here he had seen pieces OF iran
", rkcd simply by the hamuer and moulded
into various shapes, Including the human torn,
as complcey finished as if manipulated by
the most skltui English artisan. Among the
fetish men whom he met the priests We're Tor
the mos: part clever vantrllcquists,a an art when
they put to very profitable purpose, as Was
shown by he answers OF their IDOLS, which were
favorable or otherwise, according to the value OF
the offering.
AN USGRATEFUL PATlENT-Onc of the
most singular cases in modern medicine has
lust been ,urned into an equally singular case
in modern law man in Paris sometime
since managed to swallow a silver fork; and,
extraordinary as it may seem, NJ. Liable, his
doctor. successfully ab<tracted it from the pa
tcnt's abdomen and gave it to the Academy OF
Sciences But now the patient is suing the
physician for the fork. If such thing Is not
hySIcian 5 perqulste, what can be How
ever, we must not condemn too ha:tlly thls
hero Of the breakfast trdept, because he may
have wished to turn an honest peuuy by ex
hibitiDg the recovered Instrument. or he may
have wished to hand it down as family heir
Ioom-a 'bt of plate with history, as the
noveliSts would say. BY the way, the ezpcrl-
enc: of this man with the fork Should be a
warning to the larger class who run daily risks
at diuucr of swallowing their knives and who
might not he so fortunate in final rc,overy from
such an accident. t.-Ihi2o 'elphta Record
A NOVEL SCENE Was cnsc,cd 10 the Su-
prcnc Court Circuit, held by Judge DykmAn,
Yesterday, in the progress Of sui: for the re-
covcry of the amount of check purp)rtl ng to
have beeu certified by bank teller, but the
certiGca,ion of which is claimed to have been
forgery. A Photographic artist, having dark.
oncd the court room Tor the purpose, produced
on the wall an enormous picture OF the certified
check. aud on comparison Oft with similar Ger
ti6c uions, ackuu uw,edged to be 10 the hand
writing, of the teller, pronounced it to be gen
uiue. The cvdcucc 90 this poln was, how
ever, Conflicting, aud the case, which Involves
six,y.thrce thousand dollars. is not yet con
cludcd. --NeW York. Herald
A RUNAWAY HORSE outcred the Centennial
grounds on Saturday morning, aud after break
ing away from the partly demolished vehicle to
which he was attached, and being severely in
jured in attempting to leap over the protection
oars of the narrow guagc railroad opposite .he
Judges Hail dashed along the railroad toward
the Vienna bakery, into which building he
plunged y. full speed. The trighteud attend
ants scattered to the right aud Lett, and the
auimal finally left the building by the entrance
opnoste to that from which he had eutercd it.
but becoming weak from loss ot blood. was cap
turod by several w )rk men, Philadelphia North
american.
PURCHASING FOR CASH ONLY, AND
L taking advantage of deprcsslons ne thcy oc'
cur in the market, we are enabled to sell Sugars
and Ill other Groceries ut lower figures than
ever before offered in this city and ut satlstac
tory advance u GU selves. An inspection o.
our elegant stock and comparison of prices with
those charged elsewhere solicited.