Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-17

Radcliffe, were some OF the lllthies.
creatures he ever saw In human form.
They have an inherent averslon TO
soap anu water, anu will not handle
them in any manner that tends to
clpanliutss. For ten months lie dwelt
among them aud made money when
there WAS not n white man within u
radius II twenty miles.
On the death % a CHIEF or other
important parsonage was the time
when atrocities that are fearful to to.
late would b. committed and which
showed plainly the birbarity OF tho
natives. Instead NJ such an occnslOn
being made time OF mourning aud
sorr0wing, 1t was hailed u8 the hey
day Of merriment, OF dancing, drink.
| ms aud revelry. Huge fires would u.
| mmine the fever stricken forests and
ewampa. Hnd almost naked demons
would yell themselves hourse aud
by the beating ~ tom toms nnd
| oiher Instruments make thousand
different noises ~ they would brink
| number OF slaves who had been
| brought from an adj cent district aud
| oil ar them up AZ sacrifice 70 apprase
the wrath OF some imaginary monster.
| The victims walk forth with bowed
hpndR which, ny they kneel upon the
around at the plncD OF execution, IRE
covered from the body, frequently nt
one stroke (neyer more than twol.
Then comes the most horrible &c, VI
nil, the catching OF the blood which
spliris from the manglcd trunk, In cali
abashes Ia sort OF guuFdl, which Mr..
| RlIclitle declares Is given 10 little
children to drink.
conclusion to this bloody butch.
cry number OF young girls are offered
up as sacrifices by being Cruciiied and
their bodies suspended In mir until by
the process Of decomposition they Gu
tirely disappear.
Mr.. Radcliffe saya thNt he was once
waited upon by messenger OF tho
king to attend one OF thcsc terrible
massscreB and as n guarantee OF good
faith wssrrquea,ed to cOutributeacouplu
OF CASTS OF gin for the celebration. Not
Wishing 10 incur the displeaaure OF the
king, no had no other alternative than
& accept, aud ho says tho scenes lac
Witnessed will never bo erased from
his mind ns long rs memory lnatg.
At the chiefs side aro bufied
alive usually two or more OF his
wives and number OF slaves
5ublerrancan passages are made leai'
ing iram the graves OF tho bondemon
to the sepulcher OF their chief Ia order,
rs lie believed by the natives, that they
can ut moments warning hastgn 10
tho side OF their chief In case OF any
impending danger.
Another horrible custom which pre-
walls among the natives OF this part OF
Africa, says MIR. Radcliffe, ~ to
put To death all women who give
birth TO twins as well ~ Tn,
infants themselves. Tho Englsh
government, however, he says hal
put quielus on this awful crime . q
considerable extent but the work II
I nevertheless carried on in the interior
: as Of old. Many women near th'
trading posts who now havf tho mis-.
lortune to become tue mother OF NOR
than one child at time Is hastily anC
secretly conveyed 10y her friends on &c
"nvutralp or emission" ground, whef'
( the natives daEe not commit certaii
: Rcts.
While ia Africa In 1885 Mr.. Rat
CLIFF says he made two trips iuto tn
I interior with the noted American
, missionary, Bishop Taylor. He say
that gentleman WAS the mrst extra
! ordinary Individual he ever met; tina
no constantly placed small polishe,
marble slab upon hts pillow on retir
J ing at night that no mlgh
, say Faithfully that he hat
always slept upon stone. He hnl
D many other habits which wer,
equally eccentric aud unaccountable
Not infrtqu.ntly both American and
European women, wives of mission
q aries, were daring enough to accom-
pnuy their husbands upon their mis-
sIJns ana for time would wOtl
|, sssiduously In attempting TO teach tn
: natives Christianity, hut generally
they would bs stricken with fever
which In most cases would terminate
: fatally, Rud the widowed husband
Z would either be compelled to complete
, his labors lGlone or return home. ii
himself was obliged 10 leave the Dari
, Continent on account Of severe at
I tack OF fever, which 10 was believed
=, would kill him. His last trip covere,
y period OF two year., when he agiil
! Returned 10 England. From there h
i bet sail 10 the West indies, whore hi
. experiences were OF such an unsntis
y factory character that he came to New
Orleans. aud was there at the recen
= zig sJike. Daring jam OF
! mass OF humanity on tho street
he fell into sewer trench IA,
y. badly injured one OF his knees. AZ
4 consequences he was taken to hos
! pltal and was confined TO his bed ~
i weeks, stranger In n strange city
= He accidentally met aud made la
u acquaintance OF Charles II. Hasely,
= well known indianapolis. attorney
u who ut once interested himself In his b,
= half. During all OF mis- travels the wan
10 dering son had not heard OF his fathg
anI had lost track OF his wheresbout,
u Ina remarkable manner he learnel
e that HIS father had become "a residen
y o. Salt Lake. The attorney immeii
\ atcly took steps to find Raiclill
u senior aud on getting In communicl
e ton with him presented the "iaots Il
e the case" before the father, who O
- once arranged Tor the coming home
y his long Lost boy. The details wer
y all arranged by wire aud IA soon as th
q young man--now thirty years OF oge-
F. was able to leave the hospital he pre-
8 ceeded ON his journey to Salt Lake.
o The other evening Professor Raj
- cliiie went TO the depot TO welcome hi
II son. lie looked In vain for tn
" object Of his visit TO the railway static
- aud was almost disappointed when h
~ saw n gentleman coming through TIA
n crowd on the platform assisting him
i, salfby n couple OF crutches. ImmodI
u ntely he approached the stranger an
D. IeeTlng scrutinlgingly into his tace h
Inquired: SIS this John HRrold?"
70 Tho stranger looked up In staftlo
u ,.uppnr a.tu uftpFaI n A wpr,ie. AN.