Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-15

continued his studies until the nrst Oh
the year. Then he had returned 10 nuiu-
land, where the king had made MN "
slave. Borneo explained that the Ming
made slaves OF all subjects who had gone
abroad 10 study Christianity. But all the
kings horses couldn't hold Borneo' Tor
he Is n very strong man. weighs HI
mounds. his mother weighs go. and his
father 81. That is what Borneo SAID
and az n matter OF fact he Is ire
mendously powerful. He is proud OF
his physique, and took a very siight
opportunity to display his muscular
chest. When he aid something about
the hardship Of imprisonment the reporter
yentured the guess that Borneo would be
better fed there than he ever was before
and grow fat and strong. ,
II am fat and strong!' he exclaimed
proudly. and tore open his shirt TO dis
play his broad. muscular chest.
But what he is most proud or. his
crowning glory literally. is his shock Of
red hair. The reporter has hesitated TO
attempt to describe that. 1t Is a
painters task. 1t is wool; II Is thlcK'
long. assertive, and II is the color OF an
angry sunset. II suggests all sorts OF
things-a lighthouse cleaning above n
rain-cloud, one Of Maggie Clines red
wigs worn by Peter Jackson. a foot-pall
grand-stand where Harvard Is winning
almost anything In which a violent
aggressive red tops a sombre hue.
HIS RED HAIR.
where did you get that hair?' the
reporter was move 10 ask after a sea-
son Of silent admiration.
Rorneo fcndly caressed his cheml-
cally blonde mat and answered without
a smile. THE sun in NV country IS very
hot and tans the hair. When first came
over Miss Sharp cut my hair and e grew
out black. but when / went home this
year It tanned again"
Then he drew "a long breath. 80.
Are you going to cut his hair here
the reporter suddenly asked OF a prison
official.
Borneo nearly fen in a fit, and with
tears I'm his voice begged that MS halI
should not be cut. The officer AIN q
him by assuring him it would not be cut
unless the Jail became crowded.
Among the letters taken from Born 20
when he was arrested was n INTRO
| PRODUCING him as a son OF OF the late
King Cctewayo. II was "a sum that
he recently appeared in in Newark. Ihere
no ondearcd himself 10 the colored popu-
lation az a real Zulu prince ana ne
became so popular that there was Il
movement started TO send him to tNe
chicago Fair. not exactly as the
nations guest. but to show tnat New Jer-
sey was not behind the rest OF tho couh, y
in a proper appreciation Of the honor d1-
10 nobility. In Newark Borneo dld h!'
| glass dance and lifting feats in the
churches, justifying this novelty IN th1
limo Of church entertainment by the asSet'
ton that these pastimes We're religion
obscrvauces in Zululand. He merely
wanted to show by comparison no"
| infinitely superior are the manners of
| tho faith TO which he had been converte f.
a cardinal principle Of which faith Borne'
! seemed to consider. the passing of the hat
He was exposed i'm Newark by d man
who proved Bornco not 10 know enough
~ Ceteway to be his son. and tht
same man asserted that Bornao could
| not even speak the Zulu language. But
the question is to be- investigated ~
some Of the wise professors at Yale. Wn'
| are already at work on some of :
papcrs. determining whether some pot.
| hooks thereon described are Zulu charac-
| tcrs or merely some unpaid Chinese wasf
bill. Borneo, however, uses the strtnge,
indescribahie click" when speaking has
alleged native tongue. that the Xulu-
use. and it is said that IL is almost III
| possible for any one not Of the tribe to
counterfeit 1t. He therefore bears this
mark of being a Zulu, and it IS probably
true that he is one.