Telegram-herald., 1890-08-24

Thousand uatires cr Ghufi s.Ees. a g. scalhez.
win whose habits Cs customs however ~ IN.
tsIfereEge il attempfed a. long a. the CO act
conflict with tae laws. Afier tae olec,len o.
Mayor Williams tail ihs clcigls Enl property
owners are neg ross. le pIelip-sed TIE natives
from appearing oa the stresIs q 1onrovia
without clothing frvloDs - this cr1er .
men generally Lad worn shiTt ard Join eielh
Nov, The women lad 70 dress" tut hes were
rot altogether particular about their toiief or IS
70 strictly following fhe I-edcs. a q ans LuQer-
SHIRT With hip eiota represents tt average
wardrobe 81 the native wOnen sEnswefinF every
purpose and me ring tie dssi ands Il nc lsW.
TIE Monroyi1ns al lrcss very wen.
Liberia has maay nhtural o. 1rantages hut
needs capitai and eukeIprse. i; Is anatural res
growing eountry and the rainy soason o0viates
TIE necessity % foo1iuK tEe growing rice arli-
nelally. Coffee. sugar cane arfcw-ro0t. ginger,
oocoanut palm ara lEe palm from which palm
oil Is made, the cucao or cheoel ste producing
tree rubber, the sole rlELt - which wls given
~ the last Leg .aturo 70 ga English ccfn-
pany for twenty thousand pounds sterling,
aEd other valuable staples arc among tbs
products. The schools are backward owing 90
the absence Il qualified t.echers ana of build-
ines ard furuitura gEd books. There Is no coin
N the country other thai copper Oue-celt and
two-cent pieces. The paper currency Is not nc
ceptcd outside u inc Republic. ana there is not
full value on IL even tAere. 4te Lioorlans 20
blaIney Yes and 20 Americans and the Phil
elthropic Calculation Society, which sent the
colored people from America u Liberia.
knew that they had neither experience IL gov
ernment nor the advantages OF education. They
have not tho hardihoOd, pluck and push that
characterize tho peoples 81 colder climates.
Literature Inventions and great scacmes OF
any description whatsoever are not born IN the
tropics Transplantcc % Liberla-a foreign
soil. with every disadvantage Of a new country
TO overcome, even 10 contcnding with savage
and heather neighbors for bare existence
these immigrants from the Colonization So
ciety continue 10 come. They face first tho 40
climatiZing fever: then, after the six months
provisions furnished by the society Is exhaust
ed. they find the work before them hard be-
yond all expectation, with no beasts OF burden
to lessen the labor. Is IL surprising that they
become dissatisfied and that many frequently
desire TO return, aud do return 10 the United
Statess
Monrovia right ON the border land of the dark
est heathendom, is pleasant. though by no
means a model city One loves 10 hear the
bells Of tho various churches ring out on Sab.
bath mornings-churches ofIall denominations.
As far as morals are concerned MOnrovia might
set an example 10 many so-called civilized
towns. No liquor is sold by Liberian traders
aud a case n intoxication is quite rare. Tho
German and Dutch traders, however. sell rurn
and gin 10 the natives. II is the most lucrative
part Of their business rum and gin going into
the interior to pay for rubber. ivory, palm ker-
nels, palm oil. etc. Tie Liberian merchants
stand aloof from the tra1ac
To my mind Liberia IS the open door 20
heather Africa. Stiil, there are very few mis-
sions there, and most Of those that were es-
tablished at intervals have been abandoned
owing 10 the death or sickness of the mission
aries. Graveyards mark the former scenes Of
missionary WORK along the entire West Coast Of
Africa. Among those who devoted themselves
most prominently 20 tsis work in the early
years were the sanity Rev Hr Hoffman. of
she Episcopal church who vas, think, a New
Yorker Mrs Ana wilkins. OF the Methodist
Church, and Rev Mr.. Wilson, Of the Prcsby-
teran church. The last named has done OK.
cellent educational work. and having returned
from Africa Is now living. believe somewhere
IN Missouri.
Within the last four years Bishop Taylor. who
IS storraing beathendom in Africa with flying
artillery" rapidly has planted moro missions
In Liberia than ever before. They are on the
[! self supporting plan. In TIE large Kroo towns
on the coast quite number q successful mis-
sions Ere in operation, and there arc others st
Cape Palmas and up theCavalis river Up tho
St. Paul river-whicA Bishop Haven has called
the mississippi OK Iiberia"-the Lutheran
church has established very successful mis-
sion on the Industrial plan with nlachineshops,
sugar-ma&ing. coHee-hulling and farning an
nexes. Rev ID. A Day is al the head OF toe en-