The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1904, Page 37

CISCO CALL S DAY FEBRUARY 21, 190 00009060 .SMART GARMENTS.. Many New Shapes and Patterns, confined exclusively to our house in abundant variety, reflecting superior qualities. MAN TAILORED ADVERTISEMENTS. WALKING SUITS CLOTH AND ETAMINE DRESS SKIRTS WALKING SKIRTS i Plain and Mixed Materials EVENING COATS TATILOR MADE JACKETS AND RAGLANS * With Slave Raids, Miintai Village and Eat All Cri [African Traveler, (Copyright, 1904, by (Copyright, 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Foremost in the list of equatorial Af- rican chiefs stands Bangassou, King of the N'Sacklaw nation. I heard of him long before I met him and was anxious to see him. My experience with him was somewhat extensive and varfed. He is a big, fat negro, with more than the usual measure of native | shrewdness and | ment. Hg holds absolute sway over a territory as large as the State of Illi- nois. His pegple, although brave war- riors, are agricultural, and live in scat- tered villages, supporting themselves by cultivating corn, sorgo, semsam and all manner of tropical products. Their number is variously estimated from abcut 50,000 to 200,000, As I approached Bangassou's village 1 was met by a delegation from the NOVELTY SUITS 1'5 ELECTED SPECIAL! | great chief, which escorted me with honors into his Majesty's presence. He wanted to see the gun with €eary and Stockton due to arrive at SAN FRANCISCO. Main Lige. Ferry Depot Mariet Street Cawmve 750r 7.20¢ 6.20" 720 800. 808, T Denver. Chicago and . Sul 5200 8 00 7 oor — { 7860r \Pori Gosia, o ations 11204 e5r 8. et Sound and East. 8.50a M 1 San Jose (Sup 11.50« (Narrow Tket Stree c0A§T ‘LINE Cruz and Way 12167 Newark, Centery! b3 From OAKLAND, Foot of Broadway — 16:00 805 10:00am. 1200 200 400rx COAST LINE (Broad ausel. lg"'lh d mod T ownsend Str San Jose and Way Stations. Saz Jose and Way Stations. New Almaden (T Lo gos. Los Angeics... 10.45¢ Sas Jose. Tres Pinos, Capitola sentaCruz Pacific Grove, Salinas, San Luls Ovispo and Privcipsl o 100 e #nd 384 Fxpress—santa Clars, . Del Mon nterey. 1141 ¥ v I./l»it.lfl rincipal A Redwood. firoy. Saitaas Faso Kobles, . Jaro for Senta Criz Castrovilie for l"flfl: tas Mateo, Berestord, Bel, Carios, Redwood, Fuir Menio Park, Paio Alto. -su.- :‘i 1041 I..:-.A.l..ll Wax, 8 Lerx The Weekly Call $1 per Ycar. A splendid lm: of LADIES” TAILOR-MADE SUITS in black, bluz, brown and mixed materials is now ready for your approval and your inspection of the same is earnestly requested at this striking va'ue. $25.00 'CITY OF PARIS DRY GOODS COMPANY, 1200 | 30- X had killed the elephants. Some won- derful tales had been told him regard- jng my hunting exploits. Those tales had not lost anything by their frequent repetition. When I arrived the whole village came cut to see the new won- der. Bangassou was seated surrounded by his warriors and advisers. He wel- comed me with a hearty looked me over critically, with charming frankness, that he did not heard about me. I-explained to him that everything I had done lay in the superiority of my weapons and knowl- Streets, Union Squar» edge where to shoct the elephant. He examiped my guns, went over my whole outfit with as much curlosity as a child, and by the time I got | through answering his questions he was a friend and admirer, Bangassou has everything on a hlg | scale. His village is occupied exclu-| sively by himself and his wives, and no one is allowed to enter closure excent by his permission. is difficult to find out exactly how many wives he has. I have heard the num- | ber stated varigusly at from 800 to 3000; | probably 1000 would be near the mark. |1 know that I got lost in his village, !and it certainly had the look of a ver prosperous place. The houses did not {differ in appe | dubjects, only being somewhat larger, 1 Canyon and | and the King's habits of life are any- | thing but refiped. He is served exclu- CALIFORNIA LIMITED TO CHICACD LEAVES DAILY at 0 2. m, through in 3 days, with diner and all trappings. Oilier Sacta Pe Trains TICKET OFFICES— 41 Market St., and | sively by his wiv one fetches his | Ferry Depct, 8. F. Also 1112 Broad- | pipe, another his chair, another sup- . Way, Oaklaxd, Cal. 7 Scuth First 8t., | ports the bowl of pive in her hand, San Jose. |and all the others clap their hands £ . & —~—— | when he smokes or eats; they also CALIFGRNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CD. { make a feeble effort to applaud when LESSERE !hl\ highness coughs or sneezes. ‘ D2y 0 i oipzy | According jo the usages of native | LIh FRARCISO K WORTA PAOISIS |\ ocniiaticy. Dangasson got up a big| EAILWAY COMPANY. | powwow in my honor. The people Tibtarca Ferry, Foot cf Market Street.| gathered in an onen square decked in SAX FPANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. | paint and ornaments. In the center 3:00, 11:00 a. m. was a groun of twenty-seven women | . Thursdays—Ex | colored all over with camwood, making | p at 1:50 and 11 them look as red as lobsters. At a N:0, 9:30, 11:00 &\ m ; . 4 "sxgn from Bangassou three big wooden sA‘n BA}'A"X- 'ro SAN rn.urc drums began to beat. Then the women who were seated on stools clapped thelr hands, keeping time with the drums, and swaying their bodles in oriental style in perfect unison with the music. Then two men came into the circle, each carrying a girl of about 6 years, with mats over their heads. Throwing aside the mats, that served the purpose A T:35 gan. The hair of the girls was strung | T30 9:10a) 8:40 2 | With beads, giving them the appearance et 10:40210:20 u | of Egyptian dancing girls. On their ] -z $%5 % ©*°% ankles were tinkling bells and around | ¥ a their necks were chains and trink- | v 3 10:40a w' n} ets. In their hands were buffalo tails, 00l 3303 g 735 p 6200 | \hich they shook at the men, who, P 5= | catching them by the knees with the 10:404/10:20a | feet under their arms, held them in a e | 7.5 gi20p horizontal position, while they twisted ing time to the music with their heads | and arms. grace, the women, who were seated on the , watching them critically and snatching them from the circle if they made the slightest mistake. During the performance 1 was seated by Ban- gassou in the midst of his numerous wives/ At one time, when he had left his place to chase away with a club the crowd that was pressing in from every side, one of his wives asked me to get up out of her light, & pened to be sitting in the line of her vision. When Banga u returned he was told of her rudeness. and she was sent away in disgrace. Duncan Spri Carlsbati aurel rly’s Hullville, Orr's tche, Camp Upper Lake, Riverside n Helghts, ay House, ( Mendocino City at Willits 1, B erwon Eecoa | formance 1 was always wondering y round-trip tickits at what was coming next. ! Here at Bangassou executions are j{ckets to all points | common, and new skulls are being con- rket street, Chronicle Stantly added to the fetish tree. The R X myan, | fetish tree is near the common place Gen. Agt. |of meeting, and around it are depos- | Rt o —— | ited the skulls of the criminals Kkilled | TOSANRAFAEL and eaten. Bangassou does not try to | » | conceal the fact that his men eat hu- It ROSS VALLEY, man flesh. The most ccmmon capital | offense, is adultery, and the most fre- | quent Offenders are Bangassou's wives. Their recent contact with French black | soldiers has made them victims of the | most loathsome of diseases. Already the N'Sacklaws are a tainted race, and are paying very dear for their contact with our modern civilization. Later ¢n I happened to be at his vil- lage at the time when Bangassou re- n‘ ‘lul ned from a successful slave raid in ~ g+ “, ‘Ihe covatry of the Boobos. I counted : | 800 captives, and agwoeful lot they [\\ere Bangassou told me that I had seen only a small part of his captives. 'his extensive slave raid went on under the very noses of the French military officers. Almost all these slaves were sold to the Arab traders, who “carried away the women to fill their harems. Since his alliance with the French Bangassou Has been developing along modern lines. He is laying his plans for future conquests. For a time we were good friends, but he cast a cove- tous eye upon my guns, and tried to compass my ruin that he might gain possession of them. He has got nyme- rous guns in exchange for slaves taken in battle, and is learning how to use them. It is also said that he is foment- ing dissatisfaction with the French Government among the neighboring MILL VALLEY, 2. m.. 1 9:00, 103345 . THROUG 00 a. m. daily—Cazaderc and way stations. veek days (Saturdays excepted)— statious. urdays — Cazadero and way ndays only —10 a. m. way station: TICKET OFFICE—626 Market st _FERRY—Union Depot, Market st. Point Reyes and capacity for govern-,| which I | handshake, | , and then said, | believe one-half of what he had | the royal in- | ) (] rance from those of his | ai of curtains at a theater, theyshow be- | themselves into fantastic shapes, keep- [ After the girls got out of the arms | of the men they commenced to dance alone, which they did with perfect 1 hap- | During the per- | |CANNIBAL KING BANGASSON, RULER IN DARKEST AFRICA Holds Sway Over 200,000 Subjects, Who' Vary Farming n a Fetish Free in Their Chief minals Whom They Execute BY WILLIAM STAMPS CHERRY. Explorer and Hunter of Big Game.] Jos=ph B. Bowles.) . tribes, his ultimate purpose being to drive the white intruders out of the country. Mbally, the eldest son of Bangassou, will be the ruler of the N’'Sacklaws when the-old chief dies. He is ten times more of a savage than his father, Llee his father, he is big, fat and much married. He has soft, dreamy eyes, and is much beloved by the female portion of the population. He is easily influ- enced for good or evil. He does not take life very seriously, and will nsver have the Caesarlike quafies of his old father. He spends his life drinking togo ,and sleeping off its effects. His god is | his belly. - Every time I met him he squeezed my hand, while he embar- rassed me by his protestations of ad- miration for my generosity, - which | meant that I was to give him a hand- | sume present. His first present was al- | ways a gargolet of toge, accompanied by a vile smelling compound composed | of the flesh of everything in the animal | kingdom, from an elephant to a rat, which ' tasted good if ‘eaten without ! | asking questicns. He was very much ! surprised that I had no wives, and ex- | pressed his readiness to supply the de- { ficiency. Single blessedness was some- | thing he could not understand. Mbally wished to impress me with his greatness. He assembled all his warriors, decked out in the most gor- geous array. 1 was led past a great { heap of humun skulls, some of them | being of recent acquisition, and the odor was terrible. Many of them bore. marks of fire, and the hole at the ar- | tigulation in the vertebra had been en- | larged to give access to the most dainty | dish known to the N'Sacklaws. By a -fine cconomy «f means the skuil serves \ both as a pot to cook in and as a dish to eat from. One part of the entertain- ment gotten up for my special benefit consisted' of a one-legged man and an | old deformed dwarf dancing to the music of the tom-toms. It was a ludi- crous performance. Following -that | came a sham battle, a wild, blood- | curdling affair. | The braves went through the motions ! of killing their enemies. They came | down toward me with a wild charge, brandishing their spears as if they would instantly annihilate me. -I was anything but at ease, but pretended to’ be unconcerned. Mbally was watching me like a hawk with the tail of his eye. He expected me to be overwhelmed with this display of power and- glory. My men, who sat near me, were suit- ably impressed with the imposing spec- tacle; their eyes bulged out of their heads, and thev shook with fear. I had seen this game of bluff before and was prepared for it. Mbally was ex- | asperated when he saw how coolly. 11 | took it. He turned unon me angrily and asked whv I had come to his vil- |lage. He said that he did not want me there and that he hated the white men. I told him that I just happened to be | bassing by on my way to Ratto, his rival'and enemy. This touched him to | the cuick. He .then threatened me with harm. ! to!d him I could take | care ‘of myself, and, taking out my re- | volver, I put a few holes in a bungo tree, the bark of which is used for the making of cloth. This gave things a | new turn; he began to” quarrel about | | the tree, but he soon cooled down, and | | the game of bluff was over and we be- | | came the stanchest of friends. The | chair upon which I sat during the per- | | formance was a hippo's head. ts 1 entered into negotiations with | Mbally for the skulls of the Boobos killed in the last raid. I offered him three guns for them. For some super- stitious reason he at first did not want to part with them, but the offer was tempting and he took it. 1 was | preparing to put mv somewhat grew- some purchase into baskets and trans- port them down the river in canoes, | when he backed out, saying that they were “vorra”—that is, medicine—and that if he gave them he and his father I would die. It was no use to argue with him on this point. so my graveyard re- | moval scheme had to be given up. AMUSEHEN'IS. TIVOLI gz HOUSE. SPECTAL ) WASHINGTON'S BEGINNING MONDAY, POSITIVELY LA of the Unprecede; BIRTHDAY February T WEEK E Success, | SECGRE SEATS IN ADVANCE { MATINEE SATUKDAY Monday, Feb. 29—THE GYPSY BARON. | FIRST APPEARAN | SIG | DOMEX ; The Favcrite Teno : ‘ Usual Popular Prices 50c and 3¢ Box Seats . s g TO-NIGHT W. C. NANKEVILLE' Successful Metodrama, JHUMAN HEARTS.. An 1dy] of the Arkansas Hyls. s Next Sunday—James A. Herne's Famous Comedy, SAG HARBOR Unéer the Personal ction of Mrs. Herns ' IS for Sunday! ‘We've two shows to-da orrows at Fischer's must soon fade away And all other music@l comedies fade away in comparison with ROLY POLY THINK OF IT! Ten great song hits. greut speclalties. Ten actual novelties, Our “All-Star Cast, 3 Ten ALLEN CURTIS. HELEN RUSSELL. NELLIE LYNCH. 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M. d ATURDAY MATINEE MARCH 5 SEATS $2, $1.50 AND $1 AT SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. WHERE OBTAINED. !9!1‘-“7!.!!13’1 SUNDAY P Ingleside I Coursing Park. 72-DOG S, P. J. REILLY ( - .Judge | JAS. F. GRACE.. . .Slipper Sunday and Monday, Feb. 21-and 22 California Plate Consolation Belle Brandon Cup 132- Nommatlons 132 SUNDAY:and MONDAY, February 21 and 22 Coursirg will begin at 10 o'clock sharp and continue until the last winning flag goes up. TRAIN SERVICE. Leave Third and Townsend streets Sunday, 10:15 a. m., 11 a. m, 12 m. and 1 p. m.; 25th sand Valencia streets five minutes later. P i1 TOTAL PRIZES--=-$1000 course. San Mateo electric cars every bclh days. four minutes All Mission-street cars transfer to Guerrero cars, which go direct to the park. THOMAS TIERNEY, Judge. ARD SHORTSTAG, Slipper. s Admission 25c. Ladies Free. OAKLAND RACE TRACK NEW CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB, Commiencing Feébruary 22. Racing Each Week Day, Rafn or Shine. Six or More Races Daily. Races commence at 2:13 p. m. sharp. trains Iluvv‘fll at the track foot of Markst street, at 12, 130 or 2 o'clock. No.*moking in las Vi cars, which are reserved for ladies and their escorts. ‘Returning \trains leave track at 4:10 an§ 4:45 and immediatel; fter the last race. THOMAS H. WILLIAMS, President. PERCY W. TREAT, Secretary. PER YEAR. High-Class Spacialtizs Cvery Afternoon and Evening In the Heated Theater. ZISKA and KING: KELLY AND VIOLETTE:; JIRVING JONES: TIPPEL AND KLIMEN’ MELNOTTE SISTERS: MABEL LAMSON, AND NEW MOVING PICTURES. SEE THE BAmEs m 'nf INFANT INCU- FIREWORKS MONDAY NIGHT, In Honor of Washington's Birthday. Admission, 10c. Children, 5c. THE WEEKLY CALL, $I THE KILTIES © MUSICIANS, T SOLOISTS, "% DANCERS, 4 piPERS, | The Llan Johnstone Troupe { jcoupsmc;' AMUSEMENTS. ’ Week Commencing THIS NOON, Feb. 21 (Special Matinee Washington's Birthday.) Look at the Names! Sketch, AFTER- America’s Leading Artists, Filson and Errol Presenting a One-Act Playlet by Jud- ' son C. Brusie Entitled, “THE BLACK CAT. Comedy EDDIE JESSIE Girard and Gardner Their Farcical Hit. “DOOLEY AND THE DIAMOND.” | In The Favorite Monologist and Singer, g Geo. W Day “IN CORK." Morris and Bowen Comedy Horizontal Bar Performers. Wsmar Amoras Tmupa an Original Pantomime, ARTIST'S STUMIO. A Harry Thomson ““The Mayor of the Bowery." Orpheum Motion Pictures Tllustrating Longfellow's “‘Hiawatha.' Last Week of the Sensation of the Day, Eigh} Vassar Girls M Pretentious _Spectacular } Musical Novelty Extant. es Every Wednesday, urday _and Sunday. and 50e. Regular Matin Thursday Prices—10c, COLUMBIA 2% i TO-NIGHT! i} PERFORMANCE JAMES and WARDE JULIUS CAESAR BEGINNING MONDAY. | | DENMAN THOMPSON (HIMSELF) IN THE OLD HOMESTEAD GRAN OPEIM HOUSE { POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT WEBER AND FIELDS All-Star Stock Company—Presenting | WHOOP-DEE-DOO’ | And Burlesque of ‘ ] . | | | | CMH T B E R INDBEB Prices—$2, $1.50. §1, 75¢ and 50 Opening To-Morrow ™3hiasir™ MATINEE 'lHnM S J i\(l\"H he Young Irish Singing ME KEEPER.” Prices. oc, 73 Belasco & Mayer, ALCAZAR K Tfl-nfl.‘!—u'lfl.] TO-DAY. ITING GREAT ENTHUSIASM. E Belasco & De Mille's Famous Play, 'THE CHARITY BALL | Evge.. 25c to 75c; Mat. Sat. & Sun.. 25¢ to 50c. | TOMORROW-_Opentng with Special | MATINEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY | TO-MORROW AFTERNOON, THE WRONG } MR. WRIGHT Broadhurst's Merry Farcical Comedy. In Active Preparation— "PARSIFAL." CENTRAL"== | Market Street, Near Eighth. Phone South 533. | MATINEE TO-DAY—TO-NIGHT LAST TIME MEN OF JIMTOWN. OPENING TO-MORROW MATINEE. ALL NEXT WEEK. Production of the Melodramatie World Beater. KING OF THE OPIUM RING Magnificent Oriental Spectacle! A Kaletdoscope of Chinatown! Replete With Scenic Wonders! PRICES Evenings 10c to 500 MatiRees 15c, 28 MISCELLANEOUS GRAND EXHIBITION OF SUBMARINE TORPEDO' BOATS UNDER WATER AT RED ROCK MONDAY, February 22. Steamers SUNOL and COLUMBIA Leave Washington-st. Wharf, Pler 3, at 10:30. Round Trip $1 NAPA EXCURSION POSTPONED, POLO AND FONY RACING AT HOTEL DEL MONTE Every day up to and including Monday, Feb- ruary 22, under auspices of Calitoraia Polo aad Poay Racing Association. Rough Riders From the Army Participating. Special round-trip railroad rate good until ‘Tuesday next, $4.50. Special round-trip rate, including board at Hotel Dei Monte. good any train _Saturday or Sunday ll:ln l"lum‘:;x‘ .H;‘n; 2 $10. A great opportunity to see the spor e njoy ‘& ‘Test over Washington's birthday ous resort. SAN FRANCISCO BY AUTOMOBILE Rates less than carriages. CALL - i MOBILE ml co. 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