The times., 1898-11-21
yell in 1894, and II is yet doing service, ir
spite of the wearing effects Of long use:
Wah-SoLa!
Wah-So-Lai
Why-Oi why-o!
Why-Oi wah!
We-Wah!
Business High School!
KAFF1Rs BLACK AND RED.
some Interesting Information Con
cernfnH Them.

cernfnE Them.
From the New York Commercial Advcrtiser.)
There was a dash of Jet black In the
bright-hued crowd at the barge office this
morning. 1t was Kaffr named Jerry
Meme, who comes here from Neemara,
Cape Town, South Africa, to study for the
ministry at divinity college in Georgia.
What do you expect to do after you
have been graduated?'' was asked.
Meme speaks English fiuently and pro-
nounces 1t with pleasing, soft accent,
but he feels more at home In his native
tongue, and often, when absent minded or
nonplussed, drops into Kaffir even while
speaking TO person who does not under
stand it, This was the case in the pres
ent instance.
Ndingu mfundisi ndlfuna," he began,
but checked himself and went on In Eng
hsh: Excuse me, sir; l was going TO say
that l am minister and wish to spread
the faith of Jesus among my people in
Africa"
Asked how he would have said the same
in kaffir, he wrote down the following:
"Ndtngu mfundisi ndifuna nkushumay
ella indaba zika Yesu pakau Rwabaniu
baka wetu { Africa"
Meme Is twenty-three years of age. He
was graduated at an English public
school in Cape Town. has read some
books on history and religion and ex-
presses himself like man of moderate
education. He has been Christian since
he was a boy. His father. however, had
been stubborn red Kaffir," that is, a
heather, and died with red blanket on
his head"
My mother became Christian soon
after my father died" he said. and she
had me and my brothers baptized. But
that cost US our farm, for the red Kaf-
frs of my native village would not let us
Christians inherit our fathers property.
which they distributed among the chiefs.
"Our people, those who have not been
| converted TO Christianity, believe in Su-
preme Being, which they call Nkulunku-
la, that Is, 'great-great.' They have no
regular service and never pray in congre-
! cations. When my father wanted some
thing he would just cry out: Nkulunku-
| la, help me" or again "Nkulunkula
make me weli,'' Sometimes when my
| father prayed for rain, for instance, and
! ii did not come, he would get mad at
| Nkulunkula and curse him. Sometimes
my father would call on the 'witch-doc-
| tor of the village and ask him for rain.
The doctor would tell him to clap his
hands and keep crying Rain. rain! rain,'
| If it did not come my father would fly
into a passion and sometimes he would
| give the doctor licking.
| "Of the missionaries who came to our
| village to preach the gospel our people
| would say: They are white men like the
others. They have killed the son of their
| Nkulunkula and are in trouble. so they
want to drag US into II. What have we
to do with IT.?
My father had only one wife at n
! time. He had been married to another
woman before he became the husband
of my mother, but he did not like her. so
ne told her to go and he captured the
| girl who subsequently gave birth to me
Yes, OF course, he captured her. That's
the way our people who S:e not Chris
tians marry. The man, accompanied by
a friend. lies in wait for the girl who
has caught his fancy and carries her Off
All he must do In addition is to bring the
girls father a gift of cattle. That is the
| dowry. That was the way my father
married his first wife, and that was the
way my mother became his wife. There
was absolutely no other ceremony. ] was
brought up with my brothers and half
brothers-that is, the children of my faith
er's first wife, al! of whom are Christians
now. When l am through with my
studies ! shall start out to preach among
the negroes of Zambezia. II is a wild
place. The people there have killed many
a missionary, but / don't think l shall
have much trouble with them. I am one
of them and am going to speak to them
in their own tongue. My mother is ar
ardent Christian. She lovo- nothing bet
ter than to hear the Bible read in hei
native tongue. and she Is fond OF telling
stories from il to her friends. She un.
derstands the spirit Of the church OF
Christ, and have been brought up Ii
that spirit L.