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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-26
How 70 stop IN Express.

Suburban Resident-See here, sirl
You told me that country place I,
bought Of you was only thirty-f1ve
minutes from the city.
City Agent-Yes, sir; thirty-five
minutes by express. You remember
when we went out to look at it, the
time was thirty-five minutes exactly.
:. But, confound it. sir. the express
trains don't stop there, not one of
them, and tho accommodation takes
about an hour an a half"
You and went by express. and it
stopped for US, you know"
sYes. know; but it hasn't stopped
since"
1T will stop II you hire q man at
your station to buya through ticket
for somewhere. That's the way ! did
the day we went out New York
Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-05-26

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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-24

valor are transmitted to the feaster. have
had boys in my mission who have confessed
to me that they had eaten human flesh. As
a general thing, however, they would prefer
not to be thought cannibals. The hands,
they said, were choice morsel. They fur
Their told ME, what was afterward confirmed
by others, after they knew that was aware
of the fact, that the flesh was cut up and
dried to preserve it for further use, and
they explained the method, which, however,
would hardly be interesting to civilized
readers. These people, think, were canni-
balls, because they were hungry for tlesh,"
and esteemed it as delicacy.
The lboes on the river Niger are quite ad-
dlcted to cannibalism. They are tall,
Well, formed, brave but cruel race. / do not
think the fact of their eating human flesh
has anything to do with their fine physique,
more than that all the fiesh-eatinr nations
are people physically stronger, more cour-
aCeous and more enterprising than others.
There are. of course, exceptions to this rule.
But the custom of cannibalism among the
native heather of Africa is gradually pass
ing away, in this wonderful period Of tran
sitlon among the people of that most Won
derful land-a land of inland seas, beauti-
full lakes. majestic rivers, with hundreds of
miles naviRable. handicapped, snow-coy-
cred mountains, lovely valleys, brilliant
with flowers of varied hues and sonpful
with birds OF brightest plumaee; while over
all are clear, azure skies, rivalins those of
Italy. Yet this vast country, stretching
through more than sixty degrees of lonCi.
tude and latitude, crossed by both tropics
and by the equator; SO large that all Eu-
ops u contending for slice, has been for
ages the scene Of bloody tribal wass, .
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human flesh. On the Lower Niger ono
woman said to me in the little English she
could muster:
ave never eat weself." meaning that if a
person died in town he was not eaten BY
his neiGhbors in that town, but was taken
to another town and sold for food. Others,
too, have told me that it is no uncommon
thing to see human flesh carried in baskets
to town to be sold like SO much beef
"The head is cut off," they explai ned,
land We never, never eat it. We throw it
away
An English consul, whom met once and
who died shortly after at Bonny. told me
that he was present on one occasion on the
lower Niger when there were seventeen
prisoners of war, bound. waiting and look
ing on, while the preparations were being
made for great feast of which they were
to form the principal part.
II pleaded with the VISITORS" he said,
land argued and entreated them to spare
the lives of these wretches. Finally.
offered to give large dash (all payments
or presents are called 'dash') for their ran
som. 1t was all to no purpose.
They make we too much trouble said
the captors; we going to eat 'em now. one
time; den dey done.'"
And eaton they were, spite of the humane
efforts in their behalf.
Among the more warlike savage tribes. il
is the belief of some that if they eat the
flesh of I" big war man." his strength and
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place of plumber for the slave-cstcher and
of rapine and murder.
The railroads up the Congo and in north
and south Africa develop the industries
and resources of the country, and bring in
civilization with its benefits and it's attend
ant vices. Some of the African railroads.
it is but fair to state, are rather mythical.
l read in publication recently that there
were over eight hundred miles of railroad
in Liberia, whereas the fact is there is none
yet even projected. This is on par with
the statement of some wonderfully wise ex-
plorers, who tell us that there are no Kong
mountains. Such statements simply mis-
lead the map-makere, and it is not to be
wondered at that they are busy readjusting
their maps after every new exploration.
Everywhere among the African natives
who have not come under the influence of
civilization polyRamy prevails. 1t is
the universal custom. Men have as
many wives as they can afford to buy.
A girl baby is usually spoken
for" Immediately after birth, very often by
an old man, who wishes to- add to the num-
Der of his spouses. He pays for her on the
installment plan, and he dresses her mean
while; that is he furnishes her with ear
rings, brass anklets and armlets, beads and
leopard's teeth. A common practice is to
take the child and put her in training un-
der the head wife Of her future husband.
Ordinarily, when the last payment is made,
she become the wife of the buyer without
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further ceremony; but there are different
customs among some of the tribes. After
being bought. the wife il subject to her
lord and master and ia virtually his slave.
In those places where the gospel is preached
this state of matters has been changed,
however, and woman's status improved.
She Is then treated more as an equal. Still,
even where this improvement exists, she
does most of the work; she bargains,
trades. labors on the farm, or oversees the
other laborers.
This, as we'll as all other things. varies
among different tribes. At Bathurst, on
the Gambia, saw the woman loading the
boats, their babies tied on their backs with
the bare little heads of the infants exposed
to the fierce heat of the tropio sun. The
women were divided into gangs, with man
acting as overseer or driver.
among these children of nature. There is
very little of it to do. The houses, as a
rule, are made of plated bamboo, matched
with leaves, with clay floor and IRE
built III one end of the house. The smoke
TO white person is insufferable, aad the
general arrangements repugnant in the ex-
treme.
All over Africa the plea for missionaries
Is heard. Those pioneers who have gone
out, as have done, TO native towns where
no white foot has ever penetrated before.
have heard the appeal: "We all be in de
dark all desc long gone years. We NO want
We children to live in de night, all same as
we. We time done pass. no more our pick
aninny mus not 60 de same path" Their
broken English is always introduced BY no
more" These and other like sxprso1lcns
are frequently used, and il 10 odd 70 Seesask
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nv exr.arisnces would fill volumes. only
purpose, however, giving an outline of what
know of that wonderful country, whose
division among the leading European
powers is just now attracting the attention
of the civilized world.
Nature has made Africa beautiful coun-
try. and it has no more beautiful part than
that in which my missionary labors began.
found many agreeable surprises among
among the Kroos, who are the seamen of
the west coast, doing the work of loading
and unloading the ships and steamers that
come there. On the entire west coast, after
leaving Bathurst on the Gambia river, there
are no wharves and the cargo has to be sent
to the vessels in small boats and received
in the same manner. found the Kroos a
finely built, brave, independent race of free
men, who. although they never were slaves
themselves, yet hold many slaves of other
tribes, whom they acquire by purchase, A
Kroo has broad blue-blac mark down the
entire length of his forehead, tribal mark
the clothing 10 simply loin cloth for the
men, the women wearing q cloth fastened
around the hips by turning the ends under,
the garment itself extending down as far as
the knees. The rest of the body. which is
bare, 10 frequently decorated with stripes
of blue and white clay, presenting most
many things in common With other tribes.
although each tribe has it, own dialect. l
was told that they were quite inaccessible
~ far a. missionary work vas concerned.
and. indeed, that that they we're considere 4
e inAdels among the other tribes. Ex-
President Payne Of the Republic once in
formed me that any attempt TO Christianizs
tAea veald b throwing away my time ON
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washed by the sea. tt
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public itself is modelled after
American republic. and it embraces
only the American Llberians, but sev(
hundred thousand natives or aboriginal
e. heather, with whose habits or custo|
however, no interference is attempted
long as these do not conflict with the la
After the election of Mayor Williams
groes) he prohibited the natives appear
on the streets of Monrovia without cloth
Previous to this order the men had gene
ly worn shirt and loin cloth. Now,
women had to dress; but they were
altogether particular about their toilel
to strictly following the modes. A md
undershirt, with hip cloth, represents
average wardrobe of the native women.
swering every purpose and meeting the
mands of the law. The Monrovians all al
very we'll.
Liberia has many natural advantages
needs capital and enterprise. It is q ~
raj rice-growing country and the rainy
son obviates the necessity of flooding
cane. arrow-root. ginger, cocoanut-p3
and the palm from which palm oil il m2
the cacao or chocolate-p producing tree; r
Der, the sole right to which was gives
the last legislature to an English comm
for twenty thousand pounds sterling,
other valuable staples are among the ,
ducts. The schools are backward ovinS
the absence of qualified teachers ~
buildings and furniture and books. g.
is no coin in the country other than Coz
one-cent and tvo-cent pieces. The =
currency is not accepted outside q
republic. and there 10 not full vslue =
even there. The Liberians are TO ~
Yes and NO. Americans and the Phf7
th!opic COLONIZATION Goeisty whieh 80
eoasrsd people fE0m ADssiss - IT.
chs /. fAttMan = wsnwA4I
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husband. and all goes on smoothly as be-
new addition to his household. 1t is then
announced that the 'palaver done Set"
Despite the efforts of the missionaries,
manv of the evils mentioned continue, al
though their efforts have been q great
means of reducing the number. The ma
ries, generally object to taking very old
men for their husbands and decline to
marry them for whom they have no affeo-
ton. They become somewhat Independent
on the subject of matrimony, and the re-
suit is that the missionaries are prevented
would otherwise. The natives don't like to
have their immemorial customs overridden.
They say of the girls trained in mission
schools: '"They bring sass in we town"
have seen curious custom at Old Gala
bar, with regard to the training of young
ground, on the floor of the house, and the
girl, who may be 10 or II years of age. is
made to sit in it constantly, with an album
dance of tempting food within easy reach.
Her body is chalked to prevent perspira-
ton, and she grows fat very speedily.
Sometimes this fattening process is con-
tinned three years or more; the fatter the
girl the higher price she will bring. A
bride who adds fat to other good qualities
is sure to find q husband very quickly.
Among many of the native tribes sort of
rude politeness prevails that surprises q
stranger. II one native has knife which
another wishes to borrow, the first will wipe
1t clean % on his legs or feet before hand
ing it to the second. Everywhere there is
an anxiety to learn English. The Kroos,
for example, will accept orders from no for
eigners unless they speak it In that Lam
guage; not even from Spanish. German or
French. They try to use it on all occasions,
and the result is an odd tumble of sense
and profanity sometimes, as in the case of
one poor fellow who prayed: ''Oh! God,
take cherry d-n bad ting out of my
heart" 81,
Marvellous changes will take place in the
Ozark Continent" before the close of the
present century. The great explorer is yet
to come who will 60 through the heart Of
Africa. entering at q point ON the west
coast, either from Sierra Leone or Liberia,
above where the coast trends eastward,
penetrating the Lower Soudan and CROSS
ing the continent.
He will come across stranger revelations
than those encountered in Stanley's deep,
dark forests; very likely walled cities and a
people of some pretensions to civilization.
Mention of the Soudan reminds me of an
important project now in contemplation in
connection with missionary work in Africa.
Rev. II. Grattan Guinness and his wife,
who were the founders of the mission
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an open door and the missionary enters
thankfully; but many are neglected for
want of missionaries.
One of the most picturesque figures in my
African experience was King Oko Jumbo.
Several years ago, when at Bonny, WHARF,
we had sailed to pay him visit, had the
pleasure of meeting Oko. His royal barge,
canoe :of forty-two paddlers and three
musicians came out to greet US. The three
men who played on the tom-tom III a most
dlstractlng manner were helped in their din
by the crew, who shouted wild jargon,
while. We invited the king to board our
little steamer. He came. His robe con-
sisted of coarse country made cloth, which
he had wrapped about him and the draping
of which hung to his bare feet. Over this
he wore large white flannel shirt. King
greatly by firmly declining to have his
plate changed for the different dishes, say
ing with true savage philosophy:
No: him all going same path. put him
all on same plate"
As he became more communicative I
asked him about the great "Ju-Ju House.
atemple built entirely of human skulls be-
longing to prisoners taken in war, many of
whom had served to make feast.
Nobody go dere now said the willy
monarch. "We all go church house to hear
God palaver.''
saw that the temple was fast going to
decay. Not far from it now stands a neat,
commodious church.
One of the chief obstacles to civilizing
aud missionary influences is polygamy.
Everywhere mans standing is valued ac-
cording to the number of wives. When he
has to part with them he is, as one man ex-
planned pathetically to me when be wanted
to be baptized: All same as one poor fell
lows" and that is the last thing he is willing
to be considered, fo- in Africa, as every
where else IN the wide world. civilized or
savage. men love to be accounted of conse-
quence among their fellows.
Before take to Gospel ways" said
another, Il had plenty wife; den dey all
run away but two. Suppose one of dem run
away, tank God; but no fifty tell one to
CO."
The polygamic evil begins when the girl
baby is bargained for and dash. given.
and 1t continues till she is put under the
nead VIE Tor training. reaching its climax
when She goes into the house of her future
husband at the age of fifteen or earlier.
without any ceremony whatever. II FREE
quently happens that wives run avay With
other men, the husbands of other vomen.
Then. to adjust this little domestic difficult
~, big woman palayer'' is summoned.
lasting TWO weeks or more. When il Assem-.
bles and all the members are eaated Il i.
announced TO the man with vhom the
recreant wife eloped that the ..palnyer SET -
and he goes before the CATHERINE. II he
refuses to reimburse the Injured hnshana 10
the amount OF dash the latts. ,.s "a -. ~
tbs wife originally. I abe goes hack 10 hsr
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"a 81 j.
few either white or colored (colored 1
the United States) escape, is a viruJ
type of bilious fever. It comes on
symptoms similar to those that accomp
an attack of remittent fever in the Uni
States. I have heard persons say tina
day or two before being stricken do
they felt an unusual exhilaration of spill
then came the inevitible. pain in the BID
giving out" of the knees and feelini
general lassitude and exhaustion. Tai
in time, however. the fever is easily (
trolled. If not, the victim soon drope
into deep, unconscious sleep. The
becomes yellow from the overflow Of n
which, I should judge, suffuses the brai1
an extent "a that causes it
cease eits1y,e action, when ID
supervenes. / have never known the |
lowing simple remedy. to fail, if appl
when the symptoms first appear: "A 9
of six or eight grains of podophylin,
lowed next day and, il need be, for sey(
successive days, by doses Of six OF eli
grains of quinine daily. It has the ad
tional advantage, too, of bringing I'D
recuperation, instead of the usual long
tedious convalescence.
A word about Liberia. The capital
the Lone Star Republic, Monrovia, lies
a cape that terminates in headland
feet above the Atlantic level. Its base
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I went to Africa in 1879, and, with the e1-

Invent to Africa in 1879, and, with the ex-
cepticn of few months vacation in 1884.
have spent eleven consecutive years in that
country. Much of this time was occupied
in missionary labor among the Kroos,
whose country proper lies between Simon
and Cape Palmas. There is, however, a
large town of Kroos in the vicinity of Mon
rovia. in Liberia, and there made my
headquarters.
During my life in Africa, which expect
shortly to resume, it has been my fortune
to see manv strange sights and mingle
among strange peoples, and the record of
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known as the Livingstone mission. are now
in the United States recruiting for the Sou
dan work. Mr.. Guinness proposes to enter
the Soudap from four different points, one
of his bases being Liberia. with headquar-
tiers at Monrovia. He is the famous Eng
lish preacher. He it was Who. when Stan
ley on starting to rescue Emin Pasha, took
away the steamer from the Baptist mission
on the Congo. bitterly denounced the act.
part of the explorer, and one that excited
much comment at The time.
Tie dreaded African. lever, which very
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the language.
"We want books abee and God palaver,"
rightly interpreted often means, 1--WE want
the white man; he will give prestige to our
town and bring trade" Nevertheless, it is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-05
CHIMNEYS.

CH1MNE1S.
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Do they work satisfacto-
rily9
Do your Lamp Chimneys
break ?
You get the wrong sort!
The RIGHT ones are the
"PEARL GLASS;" made by
Geo. A. Macbeth & Co.,
Pittsburgh, makers of the
celebrated 9Pearl-topna
lamp-chimney which u
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-05
LEADERS OF THE LATEST NOVELTIES

The only Clothing Hat and Mems Furnishing Goods
House in the city that is strictly One Price with plain
figures The youngest merchants n years in the CITY but
do business on the old solid systemOne Price Plain
Figures No misrepresentation. Every article it is sold
money refunded Only four years in business but hold
an enVabe reputation that shall always guard and
tect Our buyer has just returned from the northern
ket where he has been experimenting the manufacturing
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MICHIGAN CENTRAL

fNalN. hII others 0HIIY r1nfnf ~undaV
IaEluE effect sunday Iu.Y ia. lsst
Niefpiug care un Pacific aUd Atlantic IA
presses fo and from Detroit paIfof carr ruu
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and from Detroit Direct connections made
a. Detroit win all through trains Easf Nfk-
cts on sale at iuion Nckci Dnra 81 Monroe
81. and - Union depot
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IRON nauisicf Lnaington. lhlavIui d al > m
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cflt 7alufehl- +1alIy DAefff Monday
Through larIur UphrH ID CHICAGO "a .,s A.,
m. tralu~-no extra change f0I snafa
Tie PSI "a. lu. iIaIl CONSISTING nI NHF coach.
e. aud smoker faus tAfoas ta InlraEa salla
cafs 90 and ifom Indianapolis 80 Night IA
press trains
Through hIrcnes 40 aug uom Chicago on
night llprras lfalut
lhAt. al ntALU Gems Manager
" thhfaA aAIEh. lTafc Manager.
Nil1ts A. pAfErr. tssl arh. Iaas Agent
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Cosnea Il rae Clr5 81 Srsns kzsi4s.
s5snteuea le2T spoelsl eep n tsss 80
solnts5 - ioestS alsEzles g. be assessed tof
grazing gTsss4rs saa pssilg the CUTTERS o.
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Respectfully Submitted.
BIZ MrAzEs0LDs.
secretary soara 81 Police aud Fire commis
sl8lsrs
Referred 81 ths COMMITTEES Ga LAMBS.
hspsrts or Committees.
To rhe Honorabis rae Common Coancii Of ths
tlrV of tIrsaa kaoids
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aasm Ets referred Ehe Defirisu "a residents
tal property oslers ~ fselfth aFeaas. Tor
&c sr.a.ax sraseliag and paving the cutters
.i said avenue. tom ln1 sest n1s ~ -outn
Division sIr-et 81 rne east Line VI laaa osnsf
- TIE Hlehlgan Central Railway Company.
page e ID. respectfully report shat theS have
carefully -laula-d fas sane. ant lnd Jnat
Ilr geulolrrs aEa majority % t9e property
f-1lfllz Ga said street be- longing % residents
1f sa.1 1fF. ald therefore recommend mat
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Telegram-herald., 1890-04-30

AfaIf-ti-
l-as-AId. Anderson. Emmer Launisre
MU.er. U DalueI. Rodgers -auld-rs. stein.
.tazes. GOA. st-Dblas. ,lryker. Turner
t-re4-lE
Aars-hHIr-
Cd. fne honorable She Comm0n Council Of the
tlrg al 8rand Rapids
arltlrmen--i u slr Committee 90 Ways and
Means. Co whom els referred ths petition ol
Charles g.. Peftlbone. representing that ne Is
rl- Owner n frr of 4 strip % and on the cor
lrr si lhIra aad stocking streets having pur
saascd To- same of Julius Sehludler askina
Cor aulf claim d-rd 0f SAID and upon pay
mrat fo tlr cIty of che taxes due thereon
printed proceedings PAGE 5-s. respectfully
r-ror1 fhat thry have carefully examined the
same. and recommend thar ths prayer Of the
re Ialrr be- granted. oa the usual terms
ll-cr thr direction af tlc city attorney.
Respectfully submitted
A2DEEN j. -rEsBIys.
IS. T. BsLDH -