Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

by itself in one or more huts with q eranary
and shed, surrounded by a banana planta-
tion. Each wife has hut to herself The
ordinary house is IL feet high, shaped like
q beehive and built of grass over frame
work of sticks The interior of the hut
ordinarily accommodates, beside the family,
one or more cows, several sheep and goats
and flock of fowls. A fire Is kept continu-
ally burning. and the smoke, heat and
stencil are frightful.
The Wa Chaga are the best of agricul-
turists. Their neat little fields of grain are
prettily hedged and we'll weeded and
wstered, irrigation canals being brought
down thousands of feet from the higher
levels of the mountain, through primeval
forests, and over gullies by artfully-con-
structed aqueducts Domestic utensils are
made largely from gourds, but plates and
dishes are followed out from solid blocks
Of wood, as are also the beer tubs and bee
hives; the latter, shaped like elongated
barrels, hanging everywhere from the
branches of trees Milk and butter are
plenty. but have an unpleasant taste,
caused by the universal custom of washing
out the vessels with another fluid derived
from the same animals. Great quantities OF
beer, called ''pombe, are made from kind
of sorghum. 1t is consumed with especlal
freedom by the chiefs, who are half drunk
all the time.
The religion of these people is fetichism
pure and simple. They believe all sickness
and misfortune to be due to witchcraft
Scattered through the cultivated regions
are very small groves of large trees, care
fully preserved from injury. These are
supposed to be the abodes of spirits When-
ever there is a thunderstorm the spirits are
said to be passing from one grove to an
other.
They Gave Medicine to Locusts.
A wear ago vast clouds of locusts passed
over the country, but few alighted and no
damage was done The Wa Chaga ascribe
their immunity from injury to their having
caught several of the insects and given
them medicine, letting them 60 thereupon
to tell the news of their lll-treatment to
others Of their kind.
Kilima-Njaro is the territory claimed by
Germany, but it would be a great surprise
to the dusky Sultans to know that they
were subjects of Emperor William, and
considerable persuasion by force Of arms
would be necessary to convince them of the
fact For small present any one can hoist
any flag he pleases within their dominions.
Mandara has allowed visitors from several
nations to run up their respective flags at
different times, pulling them down subse-
quently and giving the attractive pieces OF
bunting to his wives to wear for petticoats.
For white man who IS fond of hunting
and does not care for civilized society,
Chaga is a frst-rate place to live iu-enough
to eat, equanle and temperate climate, glo-
rious sport within easy reach and friendly
natives Nowhere in Africa is white man
so sought after The chiefs are almost
ready to fight one another for the possession
of a Caucasian stranger, partly because he
is source of presents and partly tor the
reason that his caravan gives market to
the people tor their food and
other products. Another reason why
the white man is held in such
high estimation is that no traders, such as
have given Europeans such bad name in
other parts of the Dark Continent, have as
yet penetrated to that region.
1t is predicted that Kilima-Njaro will
some day be great sanitarium. Already
railway, destined to open up the interior, is
projected. RENE BACHE