New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 17

walls, An executloner's sword hangs stalrway en route to the pas hedroom Has It asked over the tor'; head native man's of a taken a Ross ever My SRTIST MNISTER TELLS OF JONGLE age 16) off chief “Many, the reply. Two grotesque shaped wooden im ages of fetishes, a bag of magle pow- der and a bunch of beads were pur- chased from a tribal medicine man or witeh doctor for a jug of native wine, He sold his whole birthright for hooze, many! White man!" was (Continued from exertion of pursing Hartley sompanions was too much IRoss, and he collapsed from weak- ness and exposifre to the sun, Ifrom that time on the explorer was not well, and finally the fever got in its work and he had to give up. He was A found slck and unable to help nimself, by a Catholic priest who hap pened to going by, The priest proved a veritable good Samaritan, and dispatched a letter to Henry M Btanley, who was not far away, Stan- ley immediately took charge, he be- Ing by this time, governor of Congo, and sent Mr, Ross to the const, “The Great White Chief," as Mr, Ross was called by the friendly natives, was earrled over 100 miles down the river ou a hammock, Once on his travels he met an old negro who knew the “Great White Ifather,” the native name for Livingstone, Lost in the Jungle, ' his for Mr, Tead in Basket, native reed hasket, greatly pe. sembling a baseball mask, fits over a person's head and, covered with net- ting keeps off bugs and mosquitoes when sleeping, A shambuck, or whip for flogging negroes, is made ol rhinoceros hide, as thick a& an or- dinary walking stick, and stands in a corner of the study, Mr. Ross Is proud of the fact that he never flog- ged a negro, Lven Has Skull, An interesting exhibit is a human skull, once surmounting the spine of 4 native boy, who fell into the hands of his enemies and departed this world via the gastgje route. A small section of the steamer “Peace” {s Some of the country through which | u155 found among the collection, the journey was made is described A large part of the work of the In a letter written to Henry M. missionary on his expedition was to ley in his book, “"Darkest Afri teach the natives to make brick and follows: “All the armies and - | do carpentry work. All of which had ments of Iurope could not have lent | to ho done first by the hoad man. M. us any ald in the dire extremity in| Ross vid not have a thing In his hui Which we found ourselves .. . hetween | hut which he made himseir Dui and Thuru; an army of explorers Monkey Has Pneumonia, could not have traced our course to When Mr. Ross returned to England the scene of the last struggle had We |for the Jagt time he brought along fallen, for deep, decp as utter oblivion |six parrots and a monkey. The mon- had we been surcly burled under the |key developed pheumoni similar to Humus of the trackless allda the malady which affects humans D ‘oliection, P o s a o ,' i COL ];::}1_’“( d. The parrots have long since age a priceless collection of curios, of he expedition had the sanction of Which he ts very proud .and which pyiste) college and.Clifton university. make an Interesting afterhoon's VISt i1t wag prinefpally for exploring and for those who are fortunate enough 10|y egicn) ' pur s ; . el > 4 poses and for opening a have the opportunity of viewing them. way for future missionari o ] sslonaries. There An jvory disk, shaped much 1iKe & on il chance. f . m cork, probably three-quarters of an | v oy giots inch thick and about 1 and one-half | ""ivhm “The Rover” Saw. inches in diameter, was used hy dusky | Rl . belles as a lip ornament. They pulled In 20 cdition of the Newport Ar- their upper 1ips. anny out and® after |EUS published in Newport, Mamouth. RO Bl oL Al |shire, England, a column headed by A Roll But No Bills. \ l']‘m Rover,” says as follows: A yoll of one-quarter inch brass|, 1t has never been my happy lot wire, resembling a_ spring, is Congo (L0 {ravel in Africa where they pro- ¢ of that period. T Yons | vide fevers nmllmlmr things for white about clght feet long and cofled form | MM DUt T paid a visit to an Afri- the legal tender. If a man wanted to [(3" Village the other day. It is true purchase something which struck his it was in a (-hur('!] parlour and was fancy, he cut off a foot or so of wire V1Y @ model, but it gave a good idea and thus paid the bill. This money |0f What an African community is like, was_interchangeable among the dif- | he fact is, the Rev. W. Ross, who ferent tribes, spent part of his life as a mission- Native baskets, woven from grass, |*TY on the Congo, prepared a model which are so closely matted that they |°f @40 African village for the mission- are waterproof, and clay pottery that |41V soiree held at Commercial street will stand the fire are among the col- | Baptist church and very interesting lection. it v Royal Costume Probably. There are no streets in most Afri- can villages—the houses are dropped | down haphazard and face in various directions. They are of one s ory [oblong, built of woven grass, with gabled roofs, and wide overhanging caves which almost reach to the | ground;!ibut the king's hut is circu- {lar withfa conjcal roof and is gen- erally approached by a zigzag laby- rinth, the object of which is prob- ably to give the kingly resident time to put on his best string of beads between the time that a visitor is sighted and the time he reaches the entrance, Interesting Exhibit. The model village was built on sand, and had a small lake or pond in the center, palm trees surround- ing it and a rocky eminence in: the distance. Outside the king's palace was the king conducting a palaver, and in the midst of the village were various natives carrying on their vari- ous occupations—one a palm wine carrier, one thatching a hut, another I ¥ancy Necklaces, | Although he has a number of curios | of that mineral, Mr. Ross never was allowed to enter a copper mine, be- cause of the native belief that the mines would dry up if a white man entered them. Necklaces of ham- mered brass, ornamented by means of a hammer and nail, in a style that. would do credit to modern decorators, were worn by women. They were flattened somewhat like a dinner plate with holes cut to pérmit the head to pass through, and weighed from 25 to q’: pounds. Several of these are in, the collection. B Native Wireless. A hat and a mat woven from native grass are as closely woven as the water baskets and resemble a coarse linen or a fine grade of burlap. A Congo drum, standing four feet high on a pedestal, the native wireless sys- tem, stands in the parsonage recep- tion hall and does duty as an um- brella stand. nd arrows of all shapes and many of them with tragic records, adorn the study Safe 7Ltk i INFANTS ma INVALIDS ASK FOR Horlick’s the Original Avoid Imitations and Substitutes ! in Powder ForlInfants, Invalidsand Growing Children | Rich rnm:,. malted gul.n e.nncl The Original Food-Drink For All Ages [No Cooking — Nourishing — Digestible ’s for Come to Fuller RUGS You will find here not only an abundant variety of every grade Rug but also you will find our prices are always just a little lower than elsewhere. Come in and let us show you the new patterns. C. C. FULLER CO. 40-56 FORD STREET HARTFORD NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922, but 1 heard England (I it from man who oth came each a man making baskets, The basket work of the natives Is something to wonder at In its thoroughness and artistic qual Ities, This model village is an ex-. cellent plece of work and an admiral object lesson Rev, Mr, Ross still has a photo- graph of this model, taken at the time the article was published, some- time during the year of 1001, 1909) “I enclose you a photograph for myself, I have a 8ister, hut she is not with me at present or 1 should hu\n'l sent a ‘photograph of herself, 1| know very well that we eannot meet | on earth but we shall meet in Hevean. | “Since I was boy I never heard | about you because my Father died | when I was a little boy and mission- arles never tell me about youn “I am glad to say that 1 am en- Joying with my new life as I joyined with the Church of Christ about two years ago I pray you to not forget us In your prayers so that I will.walk | with Jesus always, | “Please remember me to all your | famlly and axcept my Crhistian love "1 am “yours sincerey “Alvaro Bonja Lampalo" Remarkable Record, When it {8 consldered that the young negro above writes a fairly leg ible hand, that his spelling is medium and his grammar good, when |t is known also that he is the son of an African savage and was himself a heathen until within the past two years, the achievements of missionar- les Into these hitherto unenlightened countries seems truly remarkable, in Letter ¥'rom Friend, As an Indication of the fact the pioneer misslonaries would able to trace thelr way up the famillar roads, not so much by the graves they dug, numerous as they are, as by the footprints they left on the sands of time in the dark contl- nent, Is shown by a letter recently received by Rev., Mr. Ross. The eplstle 18 from Alvaro Bonja Lampalo, of Belgian Congo. Alvaro is the son of an ignorant savage who was civilized and converted by Rev, Mr. Ross., The communication was sent from Belgian Congo to the fol- lowing address: “Rev. Mr. Ross, late of (fongo, care of Rev. (!, E. Wil son, Baptist Misslon House, l.ondon." It was forwarded to this country and finally after traveling around for some time, reached New Britain, The letter follows: X "R, 8. | “Kinshasa, | “Congo Belge, “'8. W. Africa, “{4th July, 1920, that be old fresh eggs, Bros.—advt, cofiéfirfifafiv Cleveland Selected for 1922 Assembly Strictly 2 doz. $1.00. Russell “Rev. Mr., Ross, “London, “'Sir “l have a great pleasure in hear- ing about you and thought that it wil be better for mi if 1 take this oppor- tunity and write to you. “I have more pleasure in hearing of what you have done to my late FFather Pedrog Jhon Mantaya when he was with you, though we do not know of the Grand Division, Order of Railway Conductors of America, Cleveland, 0., Jan. 20.—This city WOMANS JAPPAREL SPECIALTIES YIDOLETOWN == NEW BRITRIN Half-Yearly Clearance of | Silk and Cloth | DRESSES that formerly sold at $19.98 to $39.50 $14.98 e In this lot of Dresses are models suitable for street, after- noon, evening wear. All garments made of best of materials, well tailored A Expert Corsetry Service By Graduate Corseticre This service we offer you gratis—our aim is to satisfy—to sell you cor- sets that will give you comfort and long wear at prices within reach of every one, Only the best makes are carried. 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