Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-09

scenes OF war and commoton, visiting
schools. mission stations and among the ma.
dves in their kraals. The Zulus are, with
out exception, the fnest-built people on the
face Of the earth. Indeed. ethnologists have
long since conceded that to them. Such
small well-shaped feet, such superbly de-
veloped legs and straight backs, knotted
with muscle and sinew, such erect and
graceful carriage, such easy swinging
animals from physical standpoint, think
it would be impossible to duplicate any
where on the face Of the earth.
One can scarcely believe that nature can
build such perfect specimens Of manhood
out of cracked corn, and yet this Is almost
their sole diet, except on wedding occa-
sions. when they eat all of the oxen that
are set before them. Indeed, it Is surpris-
Ing how large proportion Of corn (either
as mush. corn bread or hominy) serves as
the staple food of the African race on both
matchless physique, think, to the hills and
mountains which abound in his country,
and over which he is perpetually vending
his way by the countless footpaths that
valley.
The Zulus have an exceedingly fertile
country; they can raise everything from
sugar. coffee. tea, tobacco, bananas and
peaches. corn, oats. wheat, oranges on the
high land of the interior. The soil is ex-
ceedingly fertile. Land is not so very dear,
ranging from $3.50 to $40 per acre.
They are very anxious for their American
brethren to come out among them and
teach them. doctor them, go into business
among them, &c. Indeed, there are mag
nifcent opportunities out here on all sides
who have business capital. There Is little
use of any other class coming, for labor
ing man who has nothing but a pair of
empty hands will find himself at a tremen-
QOlS disadvantages In cOmnariSOn 70 the a.
tive who can do rough work as well he,
and a great deal cheaper. But here among
the million Of savage and semi-civilzed
people there Is not a single negro doctor,
lawyer. dentist or druggist. Men of the
right stamp would receive the most cordial
welcome and the most hearty patronage.
A great many people think South Africa
Is great bowling wilderness. There are
hundreds of towns, scores of cities thou
sands of miles of railroad, and many of the
comforts of civilized life. The great thing
think these people need is not brains-God
has given generous endowment along that
line; not courage-they have faced the Eng
fish hollow square in seven bloody wars.
They need to have their eyes opened; they
along social, civil and religious lines
Indeed. the more 1 travel and study the
great problem of Africas redemption. the
more deeply and solemnly am I impressed
with the fact that Africa needs Just that
which the American negro better than any
other human being on the face Of the earth
can supply. If a lot of enterprising Amer
lean negroes would club together and buy
a big freight and passenger steamer, and
send her out with cargo of American ne
groes on her passenger list, and scatter
them all up and down the west African and
south and southeast African and the South
American coast, it would not be a quarter
of century before the negro would begin
to play such an important part in the
worlds colonization, civilization and Chris
tianization. that all nations would recognize
that the American negro had been marvel
ously preserved and Christianzed for pur-
pose. and that he was destined to play
development. He Is anything but a dying
race. Indeed. he is waking up. opening his
eyes to his high and noble destiny. Amer
lea is simply his kindergarten, not his
graveyard.