Show NEGROES FOR THE CONGO the free state 11 wither bither colored folks are I 1 praed to ali migrate 5 arate WHAT ti THE department OF STATE SAYS A desert that has haafeen been described as a a paradise who 1110 there Cann ibulA and ami crocodiles Croco diled ono one red handkerchief f fur two dy days wages trado cm the international ter Avio clation washington sept 15 1831 1601 the project recently agitated tor for soiling lue colored people out of this country to colon colonize lLO the so called congo sobe free slaw has excited sic r cited ibe interested Interest lalere sled od itU atlon of the department of state ag oln to the investigation and exposure ol of that amazing african enterprise mado made tinder it its dire direction tion not nob long lone ago it may bly be remembered how bow it as pro pow that the united sta states t as should become associated d t ID 0 the control of the congo region for tha pa purpose 0 of I 1 cecur ing trade A p erful lobby led by ex to belgium sanford Sn ord who had g largo financial interest in the scho inn tenured from congress a formal recount recognition of this ibis free state which was found to have no real ebli leace for that matt ni alter erit 11 has none noto to the department ot of state stale sent A SWI a I 1 diplomatic agent mr W P tisdel to travel through the congo valley and make his bin own observations I 1 barking 1 its in commercial possibilities M ai rl hl report pricked tits the bubblo and on the lie ol of it the president lu in a message icet sige to congress becom recommended mended wrongly tho t this Goe government romont should keep its hands off the dark co continent Q it a so a determined otherwise Is 0 statesmen state have surmised bed t that a t tilt one or laor inure european might bave liken advantage of tho precedent adent at t foroe fares future lime for or claiming proe a right with mexico or in central american such earnest efforts have boon made by y the th international congo association io reality simply a commercial com bany ith the king of belgium at its icil in his private capacity to pro pre vint the facts about the alleged froe free state lt from becoming public that the leg region lOnin in question ques llon Is today to day kopul popularly arly ved to be a SORT OF PARADIE E filed with lah a grything cry thing that Is calculated to reale MALO life joyful explorer beanley bt anley lilii neK an employee of the association at h hugo babar balar las dune his best to spread this ahli tda td a by his big lectures aud and boal alti iha country is 1 as living having a million squat square e miles of terri tart J a population ot of fi fafty fly millions a and d resources I 1 it ta productiveness su prior to that of the valley atthe Ama amazon zoli math a climate of ansur feml all d salubrity unlimited quantities oti alory nl ory lory palm oil all gun copal rubber a M peanuts and other precious goods re ald to bo be offered by the gentle liucc in ei ex change chango for or european IO duett in nn an address delivered at england mr r stanley let halt humorous estimate of 0 the of cloth the inhabitants ino congo basin were prepared to to Ims them to require le bunday dress each annually weare 09 nothing on cak k days they wo would id auw quire lor for this single costume i it would be more reasonable tm however to estimate tholf their wants in in the way of 0 garments gan ornta at al t lo 10 0 bunday sm each and nd four everyday every day dresses per if it n in this alio bould u id make necessary ards hiel lit at tw two penco pence a 1 yard tri would amount to alij would need too loo of course rw and would use up of OW yards moro furthermore two million ns ot of tho the humple dlo die every year and M to bury them cecen decently fly accord ing loi to the custom of thoo aho wha caulk awil yards more w would id bo be dequis it a with lah eix yrda yard s ealr tra for or chief L ichao ic rao a family in the tha congo valley has not bohla its cloth fund or curr 11 1 ll ch chut st ot or a d doen oen pieces of 0 24 7 4 4 rm aih at domestic could id not t very well lle be 1 lor for housew lug could not buy bev arlell M bread palm oil proun tg eak n nor or figh bib ind and traffic would bo be im mintlo 10 n gunpowder guus knives plair slugs HB de palm kernels M tad guna considering the perish pariah able his nature of this currency mr stanley 1 loy thought that supplies of the negotiable medium might some day be drawn IQ in vast quantities from the looms of 0 manchester NO 30 yon FOR CLOTHES unfortunately practically practical lythe afao entire population of the biln of tho the congo roes goes stark naked having no use tor for clothing on sunday or any other adly diy A small minority wear a loincloth loin cloth but the average lady or gentlemen in oil all that vast region considers herself or himself in rather exceptionally lull full at attire tire hben hen wearing a single square red caco cotton iron handkerchief such a handkerchief according to current rates la Is to days wages tor for an ablo able bodied man that Is the rate of pay glien ghen by the representatives of tho the international association aaion which Is so ao anxious to secure ahn immigration of colored people from the united baates in order that their labor may assist in opening the ibo country labor Is lery ery hard bard to get over there liia iauch as the natives prefer to spend their time in loafing or killing one another from almo to lacoe file they make attacks vt without the slig slightest heSt cst provocation upon while stations burn the stores and buildings and murder its as many of tho the occupants AS they cau can the international association has a lumber dumber of such stations scattered along alie lower congo as tar far up as 83 stanley pool each ono one la Is surrounded by a stockade stock a do and supplied ed with arm f for or it its defence naturally it ha has a certain influence upon affairs in its vicinity until as often happens the garrison Is either massacred of compelled by fear of the he always hostile dolices to 10 leave not long ago one of the stations vas aa abandoned because of the theang ving propensities of the Kon Koua amoul mout women who control everything in t heir tribe the men being of at la IQ farlor and having no voice olee in anners Nhat whatever ever that Is what the international association calls bovein go at n ing the tha congo CODO free a vast last and almost unexplored country filled with the wildest said and mosta coq cruel savages on earth and v A holly controlled od by independent tribes recognizing no authority savo save their own ou despotic chiefs OIS GIN IS THE GREAT employed for spreading white influence in the kongo country and the only suc one it composes four oaths of the entire of the basin being made especially for tho the traffic in holland at a cot cost of about 5 bonts a quart bottle trade gin it Is called and with it are purchased neatly neady all of tho the products of abat region brought to ruark ets it will go eo ten tell times faither in barter than thaia au an equal value ie I 1 cloth A native will often sell bell a lump of rubber as big as he can carry and worth GO cents bonts a pound lor for ono one bottle of gin cloth to Is not alaways negotiable list hat lippoi led for trading purposes Is 0 of coarse quality and altogether interior inferior t to 0 the fabric rosom bling linen in finones which the ba AI age make themselves by 5 plaiting grass traders often return to the ibo coast with their goods unsold because the blocks blacks vs III not accept el cloth 0 th deman dlug gin A bottle of gin pays tor for two das da work the natives ra much addicted to and they find that gin makes then them drunk quicker thin than the beverage they compose themselves by tormenting fermenting palm sap rum SMS goes equally well with them arid and en enormous or quantities of it are brought in billes from botton boston which Is 6 tho main sour source of supply together with tests testa ment sand and hamn books from tho the bible 8 0 r mes pretty nearly all of the kongo basin may bo be described as a desert the country produces no vegetation that will support a beast of burden at lat last ec there were just three mules in the valley Vit llcy and their lood food bad to he bo blon brought glit from europe the traveler must cros vast of treeless ss arid and arid plains ti lalos slin great rivers and bacia through up to his bis aalst albl tho the lowlands low Unla are covered with grass ro sel obling bamboo 20 fet to la height and of so dense tt a growth that oue one may go through it for das evab bueing THE SUN wearing a mask woven out of point palm loaves leaves bat like a baseball catchers mack buiak to 10 keep tho knife liko edges of the grass from cutting the tiro face wp lecos tle the only broadi are narrow paths jost atia enough to portola a par gato in b angle I 1 file fllch aud and the th amiable arots blo natives tako take groat interest to lo tying the grass over obese paths where two to later sect iio 80 us As to lead people astray front from fool to tresca tho kongo falls feet in aho miles tho the entire distance is in a series of cataracts rut a hundred lagaras Ia garas in that thai space nith lili rapids and and you III linao aquio notion of bat it Is nice man tilling crocodiles 18 16 feet la in length lift llyl their monstrous mont rous heads to la every addy or lie asleep on tue ilia bailas whilo dangerous hippopotami IK as big as ever dawned yawned upon a circus poster disport abool oll eg in hord of scores and even hundreds the agent of abbo ali depart of slate ur mr baving traveled to the interior by land from vivi preferred to return to the sea by tho the river having made up his bis mind that he had as alof bo be eaten ealon by tho the crocodiles as by tho the cannibals who warm swarm in the country upcountry up with the pirates who beset tho the upper alier attacking al licko every a one who gatses pas 6 he be had bad to right fight as d docs es every kongo traveler and although ho he esca escaped pod by narrow squeaks both crocodiles and cataracts he wonders that ali tl his ls hair did not turn v alle addid as did stanley stanleys Stan leys a by the time ho he reached the ocean it if it were not for or the women of the congo little lettla or nothing of the ibo wild prod products nets of 0 the country would be gathered far or foreign markets ruch loch os rubber wild beeswax bees wax nod and gums th they Y d do all 11 the work garden making and some loru 6 trading each has its ir garden an and d palm grove in the garden nothing Is grown but bill peanuts and mand loca ot of thu the roots of 0 the latter the native bread Is made the plants grow only irk in tho the lowlands or valley lands its roots are beaten to a powder and mixed in a flat cake with tormented palm sap which serves the purpose cie of yeast and raises the broad bread villages are us usually u ally BY BT A with but one narrow entrance the houses are built of grass with sip ports and ridge poles of strong bamboo in the center of each hut a firo Is kept hope burning and the smoke there being no chimney or vent hole bole ill blackens the iho roof ordinary people sleep it on the bare ground but a king klog or queen as a rule reposes on i a bamboo bamboa frame with skins si stretched fetched across it mr says that he has slept in many mamy a royal palace in africa but was apt to be driven on out by vermin some of the tribes number from to son souls is seek each I 1 au such e h nation keeps to itself and aloof from its neighbors being governed by its ito own desi demotic otic chlof chief who holds the iho if lives v as of all bla big subjects in bis big grasp fr prom ora their universal nakedness he be Is ordinarily dis by wearing a large piece of cloth or garment of skills ile he has many wives it if such they can be called who hove have their standing as bomber one number two and so on according to his capricious favor polygamy Is general with individuals who can afford the luxury diseases of the mot moat loathsome Joath somo ell character fracter are rift rife every everywhere where civilization has bits nothing bad that it can teah teach these blacks tho the coast women aro are fond of gaudy cloth but throughout the interior nakedness Is the invariable rule strings giot of blue and walt A bite heads are much worn about the neck waist and ankles and hands bands of iron or brass are used to aboin abo wrists ankles and throat sometimes the latter are so weighty as to vc neigh agh down the wearer who supports the burden with oot ith standing because it represents a big sum sam in negotiable currency the worn women oil particular altott a profusion of ornaments bulb sulb sui h as polished charms carved train from hippopotamus hory many tribes pierce the lobes of the ears cars and the middle cartilage of the ibo bobc thrusting into the ilia holes pieces of wood and thus ten biering their appearance VIRY metal cartridges cartridge saro ar much prized priced for like purposes and all through the alloy alley of the congo one finds thorn them in use as nose and ear ornaments tho the most adornment bow howett howe evev vt Is a nock neck laco laca read made with wibb abrea or four hairs of an elephant 9 tall which Is believed to DOS so S virtue as a fetich each tribe has its own tribal mark usually tattooed ou on the face though often oo on the breast or bark bak whether of luen ivan or women some tribes paint their persons persona profusely t esc especially ally tho the women who amour th their heads hads with a mixture of palm oll and red clay do their bhola bodies in white or paint thi tr letchon black as a sign of sowe clip their hair or shae their IQ all sorts of styles while others plaster their hair with oil and I 1 alst tat it into spirals interwoven with fine alre ire so as to balu it stick out in every direction mot moat borne bome of the taft women woman make their hair up into enormous enort noua cushions while others their luxuriant in the shape of poke bonnets in ID tact act it may fairly be said that these ahse poo peo plo pla of the kongo aro are the most artistic hair dressers droB sera in the world red cotton everywhere in the kongo kogo asolo any industrial du colored bertion who to omi grato train from this coduy ta LO the th free state can call be ases of employ sionA by the bh international association oi of other at the tb raw rl of one for two days labor or a bottle bohle of gin it if preferred b but ut the forkal work miMi Is to procure his own food lodging wid el othos the of 1 angola l got get g their labor done by what they r call 1 I tho the contract system alem ylem they wake make contracts ith upriver up river potentates for so many men nad and women potao rates hurt buiji a tow few vil lagos kill the babies and roost of I 1 ibo lie romeu arid and fetch tho ir abru abro bodied survivors to the coast clr fc thy they receive 40 much a head for croul the ibe traders tr adre who a i lip ghetu to lo ilo As kalsta valsta ola weir w WM IL Is rout rud large portions ot of the interior ol of africa has bale a boon FAIRLY by the raids ot of the slave dealers dis buttes between kings are usually bottled by lia transfers fers or of slaves such stich human chi chattels tra are ra remarkably cheap a bottle or two of trade gin being considered a fair equivalent for either a male or female NN ho bo losalo slaughters of slaves are a apt t to be incidental to any sort of feigi festive ve celebration at a roal rodal african court all prisoners taken in war art are either enslaved or executed with ore and spear tribal mars arsa are roof of constant occurrence on the slightest pretexts or without any if one tribe has bag had no rain for awhile and a neighboring tribe has baa boon been more fortunate the fornier makes up its wind mind that undue influx influence boce of the nature kuure of witchcraft has b been ean aier led and so rales ral es as tho |