| Show f t IN THE AFRICAN WILDS QUEER WHO DRINK I AND TELEGRAPH Win W I il I r I A Look Loo of at the fie Villages How ou the British Are Saving the East African African can Forests Troubles With the j Monkeys and the Ba Baboons oj boons I j J Copyright ht l OS by Iw Frank 0 G Car 1 r A I you ou ever e I ot or the tho H There Thero rire more thou a 11 mil milIon milIon Ion of In tills liart of ot They The live on tho Iho Ills high lands Just cast co l of or here Mount whIch Is moro to tho north I their theil country shortly after Nairobi the British a a t Africa That town Is tit lit the end nol of a 11 of highlands It Is on tho cd go ot a plateau and aud the thc land rises ll H It Wo W mounted over 2 feet tt et In 21 and then found our OUI ourselves selves the tho ot or these curl ous people We could HOC Reo their farms everywhere They Thc take up pitches ht s ot or woodland wood lid and burn bulI off tho trees After ler that they the work the tho ground to death for a I tow few years ears mid then go goon oft on to take luko up patches somewhere else IM Sorno Somo of their lire no er allied others othera cover a It quarter of ot ota an a acre and Pome I aa ns much Tho fl arc 1110 not fenced and now then 1 rhino or Ill hippo sets In and wallows while near neur tho tho monkeys pull up the crops crop The thing ruined corn I see the women wl f ru tho fields hem low 10 pulling the tho weds and amI the ground j 10 over with hoes Ill most tho men mn around on tho ground and keep them up 1111 to their work The Tho wives n man has hns the richer he Is I and the more mor he drives drIve tho better hl Indeed IlIde ll the cattle hero are human cattle tue Y crY CIVAY AND ANDI I WIRE v chief dress ot or tho con of grouse grease clay wire i The grease makes their theil brown skins the rod red clay gives It u a copper coppel I l and the tho telegraph wire loads theil i necks and ankles ankle The i mutton tilt fat and tho clay Is l it V tho red rd noil found oun everywhere The Tho j moro rancid tho fat tho better they thoy r nci in n to Ilko It The average man or j woman smells high to heaven and ono t r f cu i distinguish a U natives existence before he gels to him They noak Ronk their ball with this grease and under the tho i d i tropical sun Bun you you can call almost hear the 1 They their k d with clay BO so that It can bo put up In III je all sorts of ot shapes milking their I i j t a T al color I ex Ct i b i i ono OliO mallI head hell tho other day du duI I J iI u was covered with something like 10 F Individual curls which stood out j i his pate latEl like tho snakes ot of the Itoch laeh curl was an nn Inch long auhl It II had been twisted by a Ii hairdresser STEMS rs AS ASEAn EAR PLUGS i iA This man mun had Ion stems ln each ear was as hI around ln ns a n lend pencil of about tho samo It was fastened through a holo lI dc In the tho rim of ur the thc ear by a 11 kind kindo oC o brass button and these stems out on each side Ills his head hend looked almost Ilko that t they i i projected from the ears Ho lie had hod hodl beads l In the tho lobes and one of tho thomen 1 men with him had harl the lobe of his oar j so stretched that It held hr hl a 11 plug as liS liSI I big 1 Ig us my fist I I bought b the plug of ot otI I mm for 3 cents contI and nn the man then took the thO two lobes of hi his ears carR and Joined them together under his hi chin and tied j them there 0 hit bit of string In III order they might not catch on a n branch or or something else as he went through tho forest This second man had a brass s collar cols coils of ot brass wire about each wrist over tho bleeps bIceps I of ot each arm His HIi only 1111 clothing eon con consisted Istel of a 11 strip of dirty dirt white cotton collon which was Ian fastened Over oel ono one and tell fell to trl his Ho pro I hT negro lIellO and tho reel red clay worn olt on slOn n ns us is my In boots bools WH m THE rIlE CATTLE g WITH TUB nm The a o live lIe In small vil II lages Their towns look like collections of or haycocks until you como corno to 10 thorn when you et Inside you Oll tint that they contain ns liS animals ns M men The Tho houses el are ure thatched huts built buill six sl feet In circle an un In III which the tho cattle and goats kept at ut night The fhe sheep and goats often ottell got gol Inside 1 Iho 1110 huts as ns fur for tho chickens they thoy go jn everywhere Bach I circle of huts hul usually belong to one family a IL chief and his hI relatives thul living together The Tho huts hutH have hae wooden walls waifs about four feet high with conical roofs The wood IB h chopped out of the trees hes with tho axes ux tho boards being or two In width They are nr matin by bJ the tho natives a man and his hili s requiring about 10 days s 11 build a hut hul Tho wood used la Is soft HOn thi 1111 kind la I regulated by the thc gov which charges clI tho 05 G cents cent for tOl enough wood to build one hut hutIn In III addition Jo 10 the th huts cadi family hax two 01 three to keep winter supply of Indian I corn Th Thurl url arc with r Walls 1111 and wick wicker er CI floors and aro rained n tool foot or 01 18 Inches oft tho ground They The arc about us III big nil its n u hogs six feet foet In height They havo thatched WHAT THEY RAT AT Tho 1110 practically vega vc alloy 1110 IIvo on corn hoan potatoes rI a It kind of lit millet Thoy rhoy a tow few cattle callie and Home sheep but they consider them too valuable to bo killed and they thoy only eat them when tho arn sick or become Injured In some way wn and hn vo to bo be killed They The have no chickens and cat neither fowls nor eggs e gs Tho reason renson for tor this IH that chickens craw and In tho pas vaR the locality of ot a It village could bo be by h tho cocks and thereby brought down Us lis enemies and the slave trad traders ers upon It people have havo many dishes lIke Ilko ours oUr They eat 1 Qt roasting oars elIS ort off tho cob nn thoy th boll and corn COlli to tl together gather gether malting making a kind of or succotash They have also a 11 gruel gruol ot of millet an milk If It ono of tho lY becomes bc omes sick HIck they sometimes give him mutton broth In their cooking they UKO clay Jam which they rest re t upon U OIl toneR J and build fires under them They use gourds for carrying milk water roter and malt mako a bags of woven bark ranging In from a 1 pint to tour four bushels Such bugs aro used for tor nil of purposes and the larger ones lono tot for the transportation of to tho markets I WIVES MONEY Tho looks look upon the to fe tomales females males of ot hili family as BO so much avail I ablo capital capita If Iro a man has hili 15 or 20 wives he hc Is 19 supposed to bo ho wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice I am told that many of the chiefs havo n 1 dozen or more and that since Inco tha tho Brit ish I h have Ve begun to exploit tho forests tho morn Industrious of the tho native men havo been rapidly Increasing their families A good girl largo and health will bring brill as nH much as nil SO sheep and a u man may ma pay down 10 sheep and to 10 bring In tho balance from month to month as ns and InrI his wives cam them He lie goes gOOS Into the 1111 woods cuts JOWl down trees being paid so much per stick If f a 0 man b l 4 11 I I I 1 j i I 1 1 i 1 f t t F AiN 4 I r 11 r 1 f f t f n t r 1 i i J j f ih j I W AND HUT Photographed Photo for tho News by h Frank l 0 G Carpenter Carponter n hard ho he may make ko or a Il month and nu If It In III addition he has sev several eral women to help him hla hI Income lueomma may ma bo or ur trebled In such Ih work ti men m n cut tho wood and the women carry rorry It on their backs to the market They The lire are loaded l up by hy their husbands hu a It or goatskin sep separating the rough sticks slicks from the wom ens en bare bar skin the th burden burdell being on by A It ropo of t vines Illes which rests It on tile the forehead Tn In addition to this thIn I rt skin on her back hucl the tho woman usually has hns an nn or fir of or skin which Is tied about the waist t and reaches r to 10 the s and below them A good lusty girl can carry l rr us II much as 1 1 pounds of or woodIn wood hr this way her husband docs doel not scruple ecru pIe to load I I her with all sha will wm take tulO I 1 made some Inquiries as IlK to the prices of wom woman I I an and am told that n u girl Is supposed ed I to be bc ready rend for tor sale at 12 years that 20 In or sheep Is an aver average r ruge age uge price this sum the Ulo woman should bo large well formed and fairly good looking Ugly gIrls und and lean girls go cheap and some somo such are often un unmarried married In which case they havo to work for parents GREAT GHI Al R THIEVES I sav sW a Q InIC dozen Including two women at nt one of the stations be between Ie tween hero here und tho The Thernon worn wor almost t naked that they thc wore cloaks of monkey skins with th the fur tur on and strips striP of about the waIst Tho women had on waist cloths and blankets of cowhides tanned with tho hall hair on Th blankets blanket were fast fastened fastened ened over ono shoulder leaving I 19 arms arm and hulf of ot the breasts bare Those Thi se Nandi wen walking along the railroad track and were ere watch watched ed cd by I the station agent I ranI am told they groat thieves and that tin British have hall had trouble with them I because they thoy bolts which hold tho rails to the ties tle and oven climb the telegraph poles p lg steal the tho wire Tho women I saw 51 colls colis of brass around their necks JI k and arms and long colls of ot similar wire tied to strings In their earn In n their own oln country wire brings as ut big as liS Jewelry and they look up on the thc strands strand of Iron stretched from polo pole to 10 polo along the tho railroad Just aH H Hour our women look upon gold ami 1111 1 Jewelry If the wires along ulon our wore made of or gold and sliver silver KO that ono one could snip ort off a section tar fal out In III the woods and make muke a gold gohl necklace for his girl out of It you oU would have about the tho conditions that prevail here bore as ns to the telegraph The Th native mOil men ate IlIC crazy for 01 Iron Iroll They cin uso 1100 tho Iho holts and rive for 01 to bruin theil enemies nil all tho Iron they had hadIn In Ibo tho past pt t hits hlL como 1 from digging dl lip I I tho ore and Inri smelling It II Tho IIII northwest ot tIt hero horo tin n a 11 which contains Iron deposits II and they th nako a rt business 8 of or mining and smelting Since the railroad has been be n 1 thoy tho him hu conic como down front time to time and raided tho tracks and aur th havo hud had f little wars warR with them to keep the t off olT They hud had one In 1900 HIJ und another In 1903 1 03 A JH H These X I Ie um ii Lest of tit African natives They are much like the th Masai ready rond to tight light at nt tho Idas provo provocation cation callon They aro uro moro civilized than tho and do considerable work in Iron and leather They Tho havo hao cattle catHe sheep and goats and nna a few do some me farming In LIko Ilko tho Masai thuy tho bleed their cattle and drink tho blood hot hol sometimes mixing It with their porridge After Atte they cloO tho UN wounds so that the cattle eattle grow well again They good hunters hunter and have largo dogs with which they tho run the down so lo that Itcan an bo d with spears They fhe also al o trap Imp digging pits and atHI cover coor coverIng Ing them They The havo o donkeys which they use uso to carry COIT tha tho I Iron ore from the tho mines mine to their fur naos where they turn It into tal Those people have about tho samo S ll I customs of or as JH tho th Tho young oung girls 10 with tho they reach a marriageable age marriage Is n of bargain and sale of ot u It lo I Is thre goats a cow mill and a Il good fat hen and the tho belle of tho tribe may twice ns as much Among the Nan NUI dl thO woman who bears tho most mo t children Is considered tho most Valuable able She tho who haw twins Is a It mascot and Is given a It cow tho milk ot or which goes goe exclusively h to her hor The e ot this wear WOr small aprons of lit leather ornamented with and the tho young men mell go goo practically 1 nuked d The rl married d men lUen dress much like I I J saw laW on tho truck I understand that tho I about the tho as ns tho other about here They havo circular huts of boards rooted roofed with thatch Each I hut hilt has a In the th e center and andon on each fildo of or this a little bed con sUng of ot a 11 of mud built I along the wall of ot the tho hut The lIeo Pie Ile deep EI oll on the tho mull mud and use UKO round blocks of ot wood for pillows pillow Tho Th chil children dren with theIr until thoy are ure six years of age as when willi they ore uro shoved off Into a II smaller hut out built especially f l They In III and medicine men und havo a I sky god to whom they pray every morning and to whom they the thelI lI when times are arc hard PEOPLE WHO DRESS IN lIEA DS Nearly till these Africans believe In n 1 doctors doc lor The Tho whoso country 1 passed p through on my m WIL way to Nairobi not Infrequently kill tho wo WOe women men of tribe when they are charged with there Is Isn I n 1 record Icord of ot something l like 40 having been murdered this way WU within the past two or three years I J saw on the AtM plains ph ns and nd In Inand and about Nairobi They aro taU tall and fine looking having woolly hair ra m rather ther thel thick lips and almost straight noses They wear but little clothing Somo of the tho women omen J I saw were clad In nothing no but bends beads They The hurt bend reaching from their al almost most to their knees and bead waist waistbands waistband bands band embracing their bodies b from th breast to tn thighs with short bend hanging down Iown at fit the front They wore wrIstlets of about twenty colls colis of or brass brus wire us UI thick as CIS n a lead pencil they the had other colls of ot wire above and below the bl bleeps encircling upper arms They Th had also necklaces of or wire and wire earrings but nil this failed to tn hide hillo the greater part of or their persons Tho girls were fat plump and nn well tell fed their skins had all tho of a pipe well oiled SAVING SA VI O THE rim AFRICAN FORESTS In coming c from tho tl o plains pIli over tha I mountains Into tho Great Grent valley I rodo for tor miles through the had a chance to In see sec what tho British Is doing to save sao the for forests or ests CHIS Contrary Contra to tho general opinIon ion thin tl country has but little woods woo except In the tho hills and lumber Jumber Is high A great deal deDI ot that used nt at J Nairobi Is I brought In III from Nor XOI Norway way wn and some comes l from tho United States State Leaving J th hills hlll there thelo are woods nil the way 11 to tho known ns as the Escarpment und they the extend tot for distance down dowil the sidell of tho tUft Ulft valley Here In tho valley Itself country Is mostly pasture there thoro Is no Umbel timber ot or any an account In Ul forest region P oo referred 10 o the woods aro thin and In Inmany many places the tho virgin timber has hns been cleared by tho who burn bUln tho ground over oer In order that thoy may How the lh Nandi Girls Rob the Rail Railroads roads for Jewels Brides Who Sell fox for Fifty Sheep Each and Waka Maidens Who Dress Dressin in Beads I use nC tho virgin soil 1011 for garden pal I HI I he heThe The government Is now prohibiting 1 this and lud Is III doing doln nil all that It can to I save the th trees remaining I und and to build buildup up new wood lands 1 met hero hor tt at nn Australian who Is ono one of ot llio tho heads of the forestry He tells mo that the tho government has hod nurseries R at and Near Neur lombaL they th are 1110 setting out trees 11 nd at lit Nairobi thc they havo plant planted ed Olt n 11 number of acacia and eu eucalypti which thoy havo 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