Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-28
A NEW RACE OF PEOPLE.

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= could see .he siIvery giinmer "a ....,,
beyond which mountains y.-.. O.. e.
enormous height. For somu f.....-.. Oh.
SorlllaS which had been tollru..., s..
= expedition refused to follow :... f..
tie clear, but stood ON the i....... .,
the forest, shaking their fist ,..,..l.
"hlie their iaces wore an cspr...-... .t
l. iiehuish and vindictive delighs. which
puzEied tne Germans, and crtE...,y. d.
III that Dr. Won Guldenhorn sav- is f,uc.
should afford DR.. Darwin Il new cnapter
III regard TO the expression OF emotions
S iii animals. Their actions were. indeed
q SO aggravatIng that the men could with
II dlihcuity be withheld from givin., the
prutes Il taste of gunpowder, ior Ger
i mans have SPECIAL dislike o: being
made the subject of ridicuie the cause Of
which they cannot understand. After
the iatigues OF their long journey it NAV
: readily be believed that the explorers
We're gratliled to find greensward on
which to lie, and plenty of water TO
7 drink, ior the plain was irrigated bv a
number of streams, on the banks of one
+ OF which they sat down and proceeded
! TO eat hearty dinner. Carefully OBJ
. serving the ground, they saw at dis
lance OF about five hundred feet plot
OF land which seemed to indicate that
the territory was occupied by people
skilled IN agriculture. 1t was, or an
peared to be, planted with vegetable
resembling gigantic red cabbages. ar
, ranged IN regular rows. DR.. Won Gull
, denhorn approached them in order to
make closer inspection, when, to his
great surprise, they moved rapidly away,
each on Its own pedicle, giving at the
same lime loud shout which struck, the
exploring party at once with amazement
ana CONSERVATION. In less than min
ute thereafter the air was full of stones.
hurled with considerable velocity from
the place to which the anomalous beipos
had retired, toward the Germans. and
Two OF the party were struck, although
; the aim taken did not seem to have been
very accurate, several of the missiles
falling wide of the mark Reused by
TINS attack, DIR. Won Guldenhorn order
ed his men to fire, and two of the beings
curled up in death, their pedicles kick
ing and convulsively quivering like the
legs OF 4 hen whose head has just been
violently removed. The noise of the
explosion and the fall of the two BEINGS
seemed at once to strike terror to the
hearts OF their comrades, who ran off
again, filling the air with their clamorous
shouts.
The Germans then advanced to the
place where those lay who had been hit
with the bullets, and examined them
Ihey were found to be animals so close
iy resembling men as to necessitate
their classification in the genus homo
Taking hold OF the extremity, what had
at first been supposed to be pedicle.
OF the corpse OF one-the other beinr
merely wounded-Dr. Won Guldenhorn
found it in every particular to re-
semble the hand of man. In lift.
ing it from the ground the arm of this
strange thing was found attached To the
trunk by a ball and socket joint; the ab-
domlnal Integuments, which were very
small, were situated as in man; there
was Il very short neck, and the enormous
mead had first caused the beings to be
mistaken for cabbages. This head was
furnished with the eyes, nose mouth.
and ears of man the eyes benz small
out We'll set i'll the forehead. the un.r
somewhat flat and quite broad. the
mouth capacious and the teeth ,ar,,r
ana strong, the ears like thtse ol q
negro. The top of the head was bald
the haif having been worn OF ..l a way
The cause of which the party af...r,,-..,l =
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the top of the skull was apparently ver,.
thick, rather elastic than otherwis. and
evidently capable of great rcs!sgIu.e
While the one who had been kiln w..
undergoing such slight eXamipatfyu -
could then be given, the other. win, WIS
merely suffering from q fractured bu-
mcru>, the ball having cut the biconS
and shattered the bono, lay on the ornnnJ
cursing and groaning, tearing his hair
and watching his captors with "larin@
ana reVenge!ul eyes. The angttaoe he
used was almost identical with that of
the Bosjesmans, with which several of
the party were tolerably we'll acquain-
ted and in it. as used by the fallen hero
In his extremity, could be detected such
expressions as fool, double-beaded
Dutchman, donnerwetter, and others
evlnclnS rage and possibly also despair
AS there seemed no probability OF an
immediate attack, DR.. Won Goldenborn
set the injured bone of his prisoner and
to engage him in CONVERSE
lion, but he continued sullen and wonId
have little or nothing to say.
AS night had now come on. pickets
we're stationed, and the rest of the party
ay down and were soon asleep. About
they were aroused by a shont
Immediately followed by an attack of the
eSiess one-armed men OF Obiliipoona,
Sho discharged themselves at their
enemies by means of a device curious in
he extreme. They had slowly worked
helr way INTO the trees by inserting the
trong nails OF their hands, one after
mother, into the bark, until limb fit
or their purpose was gained. They
men hung themselves from this branch
ack ward and forward until their bodies
btalned considerable momentum.
'hen they discharged themselves sinelv
+ IN volleys directly at their foes, strik-
ng with their heads and reboundine to
ute distance. Their operations could
e seen by the light Of the moon, which
'as shining brightly, and their actions
ere SO .grotesque that the Germans.
iough hard pressed and in danger.
ould 1 not refrain from laughter, which
naiy ! added to the indignation and rage
ow IN broadsides and now singly, ap-
trently with the notion of sharpshont.
g, which was now, however. particu-
rly successful. At dawn the whole
irty swung ed waddled away in dis
lst and chagun.
lhe Germans had lost but one Of their
rec, August Krumpelhem, promising
glneer, from Bingen, who was strucs
the head in such way as to fracture
Parletal bone so severely that, fever
tting in, he died in two days. Two
lsoners were taken, who were sent
der guard to the Gold Coast. and are
w on their way to Berlin, whence we
nbtless shall soon receive intelligence
them.
A spinster named Emma Cornwall
sd recently at Towner's station Upon
it was found that the de
tsed had $4,000 in bank stock and T.
bonds, and the arm valued at So. 900
Lde up her wealth. The bonds anI
cks were found hid away in old tguuk.
dress pockets, stuffed in rolls a.. car.
ing, III bedding, in fact. the search
her possessions was one surprise
ousands of dollars wnuld be ..r.g,I I'm
most inconceivable places, aa.. ID is
positively known but that % -.ns.
.e fortune is now somewhere c.uesa.
IN the house. Whether this theory
correct or not, it is safe to cuaeBEe
HIM.