The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-09-20

Babv who Survived the reriir ~ Geo
trail Africa IN Die NJ list Ia Londsn.

trail Africa On bio ~ List ia h.phu~n.
The other dar !, tablet /, tho man
ory OF Little Jack. the boy Mission
AIRY. rs he wsS c.s.ieil. erected ~ Siii-
sllly school children was unveiled over
his grave in LoudDa. Little Jack WA
only scvea years old whca lac diei last
wear. Though he Was hnrD In Eng
land. nearly AL his brief life WAS spent
In Central Africa. lie was famous -
the only white baby ever seen ~ iin
region OF the greas lskes; am alter
passing unsralhcd ihron IN all iae
dangers OF Equatorial Airict lie fell \
victim 10 measle. la his native land.
Jack was the Ion ot the Mell-kDpwn
missionary. Capt. llore. who haas given
ns the best map'oi Lake TanGinyihA
THAT has vet boon made. lie starred
for Africa with his parents when hc
was only eleven weeks oil. and Tho
story of tho baby's "trip 20 Lake Tan
ganyika. which was written hy MS
mother two years a@n. maln Jack very
well known Mhrn the party started
inland from Zanzibar taey trundlcl
Jack I'm whcrlhn9row. Tie softct
possible bel was made for him IN !
wicker basket, whose sides were pad
ded SO that he could not hurt himself.
The basket was placed ~ stcri wneu-
barrow frame. anil ia the c0nvctnnco
Jack made very comfortable jOuracy
10 Mamboia. n hundred miles inland.
There were reasons. however, why 10
WAS not thought brrt for JficS aud his
mother Ia 20 amy further that yeara'.l
so the baby was wheeled back lo tho
coast again, AMI lac returned 10 Eng
land none the worse for his novel
journey.
The year following Jack and his
mother started for Africa once more,
aud his father rugged up another sort
OF conveyance for tho baby passenger.
This time bamboo poles were fastened
10 the sides OF the basket aud four
porlers were detailed 10 carry Jack.
As they swung along the path the
supple poles gave TO the basket
springy motion which was very pleas
lug To the little fellow. Along the
bamboos was stretched canvas avn
ing. impervious alike to sun or rain.
with movable sides, that could be fast
ened up or down nj pleasure. Ills
mother was carried in n bath chair
rugged up in similar fashion.
After Jack had been carried far in-
land Africa fever tackled the little fell
low, and then he insisted much OF the
time to be carried in his mothers lap.
but happily he did not suffer long from
the formidable foo of w..,c men ia
Africa. When the caravan halted for
the MONDAY lunch. the first duty OF
the men was 10 pitch tent To shelter
Jack and his mother from the scorch-
ing sun. One day porter ran away
with canvas bag containing nearly
all of Jacks wardrobe The calamity.
however. was easily rcmedied. for Mr.
Hore bad lot of cotton cloth To- pay
his way through the country. and Jack
soon had n new wardrobe. Many of
the marches were very wearisome and
Mrs. Hore wrote that she aud Jack
often presented very dragging APP
pearancc when the halt was made Tor
the dat.
Tho journey lasted ninety DAYS. AZ
last Jack ami lis parents embarked on
the beautiful waters OE Lake Iangam-
yika. anl negro bo1tmcn. singing no
their paddles took them 90 the island
NJ kavala. which WAS Jaca's homo dur
Ing all his boyhooI ia Cuntral Africa
Friends IN England sent him many
playtaings. which he shared with his
Vagina playmalcs. and lac never knew
that Equatorial Africa was not the
p.casanicst place in tho world for
white boy to grow M in.