New Britain herald., 1922-01-20


 exertion of nursing Hartley and his companions was too much for MT Ross, and he collapsed from weak ness and eXposfre to the sun, From that time on the explorer was not well, and finally the fever got in it's work and he had to give up, He was found sick and unable to help himself, by Catholic priest who hap pened to be going by, The priest proved yeritable good Samaritan, and dispatched letter to Henry M, Stanley, who was not far away. stan ley immediately took charge, he be- Ing by this time governor of Congo, and sent Mir. Ross to the coast "The Great White Chief" as Mir. Ross was called by the friendly natives, was carried over 100 miles down the river on hammock Once on his travels he met an old negro who knew the Great White Father" the native name for Livingstone. -..
 Lost in the Jungle.
 Some of the country through which the journey was made is described in letter written to Henry NJ, stan ley in his book Darkest Africa" as follows: All the armies and arma- ments of Europe could not have lent us any aid in the dire extremity in which we found ourselves between Dui and Ihuru; an army of explorers could not have traced our course to the scene of the last struggle had we fallen, for deep, deep as utter oblivion had we been surely buried under the humus of the trackless wilds."
 Priceless CuriO Collection.
 Mir. Ross has at the Baptist parson- age priceless collection of curios. of which he is very proud and which make an interesting afternoons visit for those who are fortunate enough to have the opportunity of viewing them. | An ivory disk shaped much like a cork, probably three-quarters of an inch thick and about 1 and one-half inches in diameter, was used by dusky belles as lip ornament. They pulled | their upper lips away out ands after cutting hole. inserted this disk
 Roll But No Bills.
 A roll of one-quarter inch brass wire. resembling a spring, is Congo money of that period. Brass rods about eight feet long and coiled form the legal tender. If man wanted to | purchase something which struck his fancy, he cut off foot or so of wire and thus paid the bill. This money was interchangeable among the diff ferent tribes
 Native baskets, woven from grass, which are so closely matted that they are waterproof and clay pottery that Will stand the fire are among the col lection.
 Fancy Necklaces
 Although he has number of curios of that mineral, Mr. Ross never was allowed to enter a copper mine. be- cause of the native belief that the mines would dry up if a white man entered them. Necklaces of ham mered brass, ornamented by means of a hammer and nail, in a style that would do credit to modern decorators were worn by women. They were hattened somewhat like dinner plate with holes cut to permit the head to pass through, and weighed from 25 to go pounds. Several of these are in. ; the collection
 I Native Wireless. 2. "A Iidl dilu d ildI woven rom native grass are as closely woven as the water baskets and resemble a coarse linen or a fine grade of burlap. A i Congo drum, standing four feet high on pedestal, the native wireless sys- lem, stands in the parsonage recep- tion hall and does duty as an um- ( brella stand Spears and arrows of , all shapes and sizes, many of them ( with tragic records, adorn the study