New Britain herald., 1922-01-20

walls. An executioner's sword hangs over the stairway en route to the pas tors bedroom,
 Has It ever taken mans head otf2' asked MT, Ross of q native chief.
 Many, many! White man!" was the reply.
 Two grotesque shaped wooden i'm ages Of fetishes, bag of magic DOW der and bunch of beads were pur- chased from tribal medicine man or witch doctor for a jug of native wine. He sold his whole birthrght for booze.
 Head in Basket.
 A native reed basket, greatly re- sembllng baseball mask, fits over n persons head and, covered with net ting keeps off bugs and mosauitoes when sleeping. shambuck, or whip for logging negroes, Is made of fhinoceros hide, as thick aS an or dinary walking stick, and stands in a corner of the study, Mir. Ross Is proud of the fact that he never fog ged negro.
 Even Has Skull.
 An interesting exhibit Is human SKULL, once surmountng the spine of native boy, who fell into the hands or hls enemies and departed this world Via the gastric route A small section of the steamer Peace" is also found among the collection.
 large part of the work of inc mlSSl0nnrV hio ,cach the natives to make brick and ho carpentry work. All of which had to DC done first by the head man. Mir. Ross 'ld not have q thing In his hut but which he made himself.
 Monkey Has Pneumonia,
 when MT. Ross returned to England TOT the last time he brought along SIX parrots and a monkey. The mon- Key developed pneumonia, similar to the maady which affects humans ana died. The parrots have long since died.
 The expedition had the sanction of Bristol college and Clifton university It was principally for exploring and medical purposes and for opening a way for future missionaries. There was little chance for any religious 
 What "The Rover" Saw.
 In an edition of the Newnort Ar gus, published in Newport, Mamouth. snlre' England, column headed by The Rover,' says as follows:
 It has never been my happy lot to travel in Africa where they pro- vide levers and other things for white men, but I paid visit to an Afri- ran village the other day. It is true It was in church barbour and was only a model, but it gave a good idea of what an African community is like. The fact is the Rev w. Ross, who spent part of his life as a mission ary on the Congo, prepared a model of an African village for the mission ary soiree held at Commercial street Baptist church and very interesting t was.
 Royal Costume Probably.
 There are no streets in most Afri- gan Nillages--the houses are dropped Town haphazard and face in various directions. They are of one story 'o'ohS, puliC Ol WONtH BTdSS, With 'abled roofs, and wide overhanging caves which almost reach to the ground; but the kings hut is circu- ar WithGa conical roof and is gen. erally approached by zigzag laby- 'inth, the object of which is prob- lbly to give the kingly resident time o put on his best string of beads 'etween the time that a visitor is sighted and the time he reaches the .ntrance.
 Interesting Exhibit. The model village was built on and, and had a, small lake or pond | T the center, palm trees surround ng it and rocky eminence in the | distance. Outside the kings palace 1 vas the king conducting a palaver, nd in the midst of the village were arious natives carrying on their vari- us occupations--one a palm wine arrier, one matching hut, another