New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
TWO GENUINE DWARFS.
TITLE FOLK FROM THE AFRICAN FORESTS

LITTLE FOLK FROM HE ARM
rwo ,v,mics from tue pimeval forests Of 'e"'''''
,fuc, NJ the race called Acca by the "o"o"''" ~
no IN. other tribes have PASSED. tl'r"usn
v,n,,s from Zanzibar says correspo"u'" " ,,
,,, r,i,v N,wsr RI lygml's are NV WHY
,,,.r. of tbc race that have ever come !" "'"','
rhc name this race Of pygmt's give thers'N,' %
,r Efr The present arrivals rom on' WHEN.
~ IN, great African forests pe'e'ra'eu w '''' -
ara, two Young girls, supposed to BE- bc'"'e"
and twenty years Of age. ThPy WERE hp.'" =,
S,,,mopn and Ills companions from the hands "'
~ - ,r,r tho Arabs: and after spending some
WV. ~ yrv,,,r ,re on il,r!r way to Germany. They
, ,,, er voyacc remarkably well. never DfiG s'"'
irk and actually liking the snip ana 'he Vos"Sc. NV
co,n, ashore for Il few hours WIN 'n'r
fin, young swalli OF pleasant manners WI" - 49,.
Dr. Stuhtnarn's manservant for hve years. ""' y,,,,
serves the pygmes attendant ana 'h'c' P'' ,
him ,hev s,coI the swahlli tongue which they nave
learned They well proporfionea ana rs va, ' ."
~ -, ,c,, vcors of og. They have small heads'
nrouInent foreheads very large ustrous pacN e'-''
a., copprr.colored complexion. hair winch s'o"
or,r,te tightly twisted short curls, ike Hs""'"
wool Hat noses, pr0trudlng but roee-co'o'cu ,'r"'
dark like negrOs. Their eyes are very "''' ~,
nat showing the lids much, which at the 'h',er ""
mo- far ouor, and ured slightly upward ut the outer
rn.rs Their hands and feet IRE small the forearm
and wrist being prcty shaped. Inc spne '".
,ro,o,v inward making the back hollow the s'o'
,ch nrotrilcs p.opDrtonat,ly. Holes are oorei wv.
through the ears and lips, but mt present Tue, VIZ
nothing I'm them. These are ire cmei p'S 'o"i ~
,rI.,,cs They wear marine blue woolen irochs Vi
, babv cut and little pointed woollen caps VII" d '
ut the top. an , ,v but
Thc,r behavior 4, infantilc, WHO, anu shy '
without timidlty. Ttere was 0ther"ise S''', s.u
pce hetweon them One always cross p''""e
nor head and gIarIng from beneath ro"mhS or""s:
while tie other often laughed joyous'y' was p''''
4, h,a bracelets and other trinkets given to FER
and EXPRESSED by a queer sih OF her ""' "o'' "
appreciation OF some chocolate DohoohS' Oh. ~ -,
h' nttv rod lining OF her blue frocs. ana showed u
ard her rel stockings to the bystahoerS. WV"
lon ,he two g.rl, talked to each other looae' sn'p
-, t,ar hostess laughed and made griniacps. I"e'
have ,lso pnculiar way Of ho!iing their nands up VI"
e,cb side of their chns and Struggling tne'r si'o"'''
They had been accommodates with mats ~ '"e r
ro.;ofI! e. 50 rs to b. safe from the cu'i"s''
Messengers, When the hoisekeeper began W 49,
their things the co.uet'ish Miss Acca ohiy 'a"sn'u
49, 49,, ,, oo. h.y,n to scream and scol1 in >wahili.
a ,-,s only auietei when III" swalh boy eNpiainsu
that nothing would be harmed or taken aMaS, and mai
house made capital aii"er .r ~" innc with thcIr
eating heartily long ~ teS VT, n' stonnlng NJ
aitrrd1nf and thu italian Tanseryah,, ou, s.oppo Al
Wien any member o. ,e ,, t s,ans TIE forks
,"nl them up and helped themselves win .nat u.s.,
% I,,,an u'n.cryant lad to taste Of every dish be
forc th.y the ,wahl boy w"ud parla" % INTO ,be
drurr ii Icing sunny day. uty Wet ~ -. oan,
Ill.,. ., =, ,,.r where there |, a most magn,hceht
porniN camaress paln tree Under TINS ,sy S.r
witt pleasure Indeed they squat'en ao~ yaen,,y en-
and whenever POSSIBLE but they also eViienN , rm
loved the >un slime. lying NJ full Length on ,i hcr
.cls ON The mcsemb ryanthrmum plants Win Mn..
ire .irirn beds covered To bask VI wa ALLY
,ays They gradually grew more confident anu Hill,
allowed Themselves . De- photographri arr, ~ - n
with Tie son Of heir hostess The col.s.'n W.'e
Nook with laughter aud seemed 10 guess that pto
cess was going on fattering to her vanity whi's .s
cro.s one sill looked gloomy and suspicious ihey
show,, neither wonder admiration NJ the pecplco
and hlngs around them In tie artsucaiiy iurhIsnsN
honsc and tasteful garden Their eyes. though mrge
and instro,is hav, less expression than the ugiy "es
Of u monkey. =, >., o ,,,,e
In. siuhlmnnn who has been In Naples some ume
and he's nearly finished the Ms. OF his Important work
an A'Itcn seat on his little pygmles the same eveing
ly sea TO llamlnrg. AMI then TO Berlin where Wy
viii J.. pre..nted TO various scientific societes a'Iu
no doubt furnish important data for the learned mex
there Dr. suhlmann whose leave OF absence WIN
soon explr. will s'ortly follow his pygmes TO Beriin
and kc must 20 back 10 Africa in the servirr OF tae
Germ an government viii probably take the niue crea
,ures ,yth him, when he viii place them In some ms
sion house or otherwise provide for their fnrt'ei CIV
ilzlticn. In any case they will return 10 ATTIC"
during the summer