The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-07-09
JACK THE BOY MISSIONARY.
4 Baby Who Survived the Perils of Cen
trail Africa to Die at Last in london.

The other day tablet to the mem
ory of Little Jack. the boy Mission
airy, as he was called, erected by Sun
day school children was unveiled over
his grave in London. Little Jack was
only seven years old when he died last
year. Though he was born in Eng
land, nearly all his brief life was spent
in Central Africa He was famous as
the only white baby ever seen in the
region of the great lakes; and after
passing unscathed through all the
dangers of Equatorial Africa, he fell a
victim to measles in his native land.
Jack was the son of the well-known
missionary, Capt. Hore, who has given
us the best map of Lake Tanganyika
that has vet been made. He started
for Africa with his parents when he
was only eleven weeks old, and the
story of the baby's trip to Lake Tan
ganyika, which was written by his
mother two years ago, made Jack very
well known. When the party started
inland from Zanzibar they trundled
Jack in wheelbarrow. The softest
possible bed was made for him in q
wicker basket, whose sides were pad
ded so that he could not hurt himself.
The basket was placed in a steel wheel
barrow frame, and in the conveyance
Jack made very comfortable journey
to Mamboia. hundred miles inland.
! There were reasons, however, why it
was not thought best for Jack and his
mother to 90 any further that year, and
so the baby was wheeled back to the
coast again, and he returned to Eng
land none the worse for his novel
| journey.
The year following Jack and his
mother started for Africa once more,
and his father rugged up another sort
of conveyance for the baby passenger.
This time bamboo poles were fastened
to the sides of tue basket and four
porters were detailed to carry Jack.
As they swung along the path the
supple poles gave to the basket Il
sprfngv motion which was very pleas
ing to the little fellow. Along the
bamboos was stretched canvas avn
inc. impervious alike to sun or rain,
with movable sides, that could be fast
ened up or down at pleasure. His
mother was carried in 4 bath chan
rugged up in similar fashion.
After Jack had been carried far in
land Africa fever tackled the little fel
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 foe of white men IL
Africa When the caravan halted fol
the MONDAY lunch, the first duty o
the men was to pitch a tent to shelter
Jack and his mother from the scorch
ing sun. One day Il porter ran away
with a canvas bag containing nearl.
all of Jacks wardrobe. The calamity
however, was easily remedied, for Mr.
Hore had lot of cotton cloth to pa.
his way through the country, and JacI
soon had a new wardrobe. Many o
the marches were very wearisome ant
Mrs. Hore wrote that she and JacI
often presented a very dragging ap
, pearancc when the halt was made TO
the day.
The journey lasted ninety days. A
last Jack and his parents embarked o
the beautiful waters of Lake Tangar
yika, and negro boatmen, singing a
their paddles, took them TO the islam
of Kavala, which was jacks home dul
ing all his boyhood in Central Africa
Friends in England sent him man
> playthings, which he shared with hi
! Waguna playmates, and he never kne'
that Equatorial Africa was not tn
pleasantest place in the world for
white boy to grow up in.