| Show A civilized race in central afria afrin at a meeting of the british A association t so at sheffield eld on augusi L the well known african explorer t commander cameron win u was received with applause apolo gazed for not having his paper pt pre a pared but he be did not believe believer k a T d detailing 1 e t 1 L aling tho the manners mauner and sand custom e 0 of f t the h e people of uras urus in contral central q africa this would be a drawback k urus urns was one of the largest native a states in africa it was bounded OH on the east by tanganyika nylka nyika anthe on the ea north by independent tribes in 1 Mangu Mang ema ems on the west by N c and on the south by moun mountain taiD s 11 south ol 01 the lake of w the great chief was Ka songo and H the race was perhaps the most moat civilized w in central africa the chief eblet tj claimed divine honors on his 1 death all his wives save one were slaughtered at the graveau d the one whose lite lile was not aiken m w handed over to the chiefs successor 01 the spirit of the deceased b prince was supposed te to paes paea into ia the body of the successor sor kor the h center of the religion ot of the people ti was an ido idols which was as held in great ra reverence the idol was placed in the midst of a dense jungle and it ba had for wife one of the sisters of the jamor r reigning e ID under the principal chief were smaller emmets wilo io coU eoll e eced eceA oduy botho to fhe the so sovereign arlig 1 tribute he had seen been I 1 this tribute come in and some ol 01 it auit have come from distant parts of tb the country there wass abs th numerous class of wizards in the th country who did a large ulde inde in i IV idols and charms many of tim tin wizards were ventriloquists anlin anito by this ngy way the idols were made to mc the give answers to the questions put to them caste vas very clearly I 1 defined in the race no one dare sit down in the presence of the in hiot hiet eblet without permission which pr th w was as very seldom granted in inosa ode one E case where in the traveler presence a native had neglected etiquette ch pi severe punishment vu was about to be inflicted but the trat tie ibe eler elor saved the offender authority was maintained by mutilation I 1 th elands hands feht feet ears noses were mutilated el and the natives did not seeni to to mind it mu h one woman hd hll at cut off her own earb eara thib thia women th was one of Kason rason idl gol wives he nad aad about 1000 iet let I 1 of them she asked to A ah mutilate hers here herself elf elt and she did it it at once the bodyguard body guard of the clief chief hr ed was composed to a great extent tent of 0 mutilated people whose affect affection iod ioa Is tor for the chief seemed in noway no way vay decreased loci indeed it would woud appear braf ce that mutilation strengthened iber r regard for their chief fa Afi w nth the name of the idol was akur t a banza badza and profound pro aund bund reve revered reveren tib lit leq led was shown to it fire was obtain ed ad by mellon from a fire block amt ami in one case a chief used the shih ehin bone of one ene of the other chiefs gill will had bad been conquered the drees of the tho people was very simple coc con ssie file ing log of an apron member members of e th tbt royal family wore three large I 1 adi doi bk isk nek n and junior members of de hil family wore aprons of green monkey 4 skins the hair dressing of tl th k people was curios cur cu riou iod varying 44 with districts than with rauk lil 10 kr some cases it was worked 14 four our ring plaits crossed at the top fa of the bead like a crown and 80 bit ot rounded at the bottom WI wih h a wd it of cowries dowries or other sli shells ells abe tt were inserted in the hair onedo foj fol of which could be used in tattoo iM 4 not a hairy th they managed to grow their bead bean t I 1 long and plaited platted them like a na maula P attires he end of each tach a lump ot at mud to foght it home borne of the beards sched to the waists the women vot ot having beards to am amuse amuso use them were tattooed exten vely ely tattooing usually com at the ageon seven and be completed at the ag age of lia litolf which was the tile time for gliege beautiful patterns were ere 1 land laud dand the tattooing was waa done idia jora leed tEed cuts sometimes some Bome times a busund bushe when lie he was displeased with go tig wife cut oil all tile the raised keces and the women could not T pear in public again ihde abnot jece ived into t until sho eho wab waa h tattooed he saw onar of their which was very carious ibe the e festivities lasted several days I 1 S ring was formed of the natives 0 inen with big drums druma being G in tb lie 9 mi middle middie lidle tidle the drums wece veve hayed fayed and the people round danced d rho rhe bride was waa brought out in feathers and other finery 7 n u the shoulders of two or three romed bhe ebe was wa staken taken into rhe the theraid th ernid mid beof e of the ring and was j jumped u aped u up P ad gd down on the shoulders of t the b 0 romen rowen the bride threw throw abells ind ins siad beads about for tor which there ns tie a it scramble as the possession of i lein bein was supposed to confer t the husband came into bering fie ring and puttie g the bride udder under his hia arm carried her oss off the meanly means of Comi conima iau jaU lotion wab waa by drum signals iny they had a call on the drum orum tor for 3 a name and could ask I 1 klat allona iong long and abd convey intelligence of miles wiles and receive abera almost immediately jn in kar yai mess meae ages were constantly sent 1 distances to bring up or to stop atop their towing fuming the maw mass of the people 3 used lived in huts on ou dry land but there one or two exceptions to this 1 besaw two labes jabea on which people living in huts in one case ease t ahe ithe people had covered over the s growing in the water a lff iff eit wit hearth bearth and on an that had built a in the other the hutis hula s built en on piles the language e i country belonged to therace A baad tod family which stretched across 0 01 a large elarge belt of africa traversed j e i him bim and the grammar was oil on 0 e bame same a principles as the gramt pst pat nt ef of the ondon london L iames e historical position of f palestine 8 lithe the position on ot at palestine on lue the I 1 10 jimper has fitted it and n peoples for a remark of fifie lidde ji bie die fie place pace in history here isa is a it atle ulle country cou con with only eight boussad square miles or two 8 thousand lees less than our state of vermont which if it we measure it Is bythe scope of its history the re 0 emote dinote antiquity of o v rbt lit great forces it bas baa started into bit kit tible tibie movement we must yam yan nce ice among the foremost in the le indent family of nations it is ilc ile vitally the meeting place a of f tree continents africa asia asla and aud ja drope if it belgium is the cock T litof Ad europe where many of the of modern times have wen ten fought palestine holds holda the nis a relation to tho ancient world jr laplain of has been be le bittle ground of and 31 munitions from abrahams day s k b napoleon apoleon this 0 di tile ille country was the pathway ot of i to iti nations on land while on the 00 onit ka it was her phoe liola ilcia which canted colon colonies lei all around the gores of the mediterranean crea creat creal E le W cart VArt carthage girth hage bage age rival tivai of rome home and biked M to send her ships aa as far north oil 1 britain there is something to i akin to magnetism in egils ar nd erful little land it gave a elf tain measure of historical im c tance and indeed of immorally b to it jr to every people and find land dat eat touched take from our know lil ill ite ige toof goof of egyptian history all we ild iid j we to learne learned ct iron the mosaic arra narra n and there will vill be a marvel dwa gfa diminution of the fund it is davy where assyria in an carly curly da day y ili he into relations rela reia tiona tlona with syria that something Bom som ething of a definite of that great oriental I 1 tiar 1101 gater er we find raw bailinson linson 0 O n 1 in bis big g ne monarchies and lj k inson be bilia ils its manners and customs of the ets eio wras eto trim constantly appealing to iol idl fol fo Q l leaning on the scripture his aji oty to order to treat the subject gp OP hand consecutive form it ia is jestine that brings all great an ed at countries within our vision ip lil our beat teles telee telescope cupo cupe for a view tie the remote pasit past we read ta the hues lues of other peoples through of right she did not possess j greek language it wab was foisted folsted ali all aher her through alexander Alexande rj cons coar kit ait kat and arid yet BO SO carefully did sho aho learn the new tongue that it became the receptacle for the new beve faith from efim him of Naz nazereth nazareth kreth ireth and the medium of its communication to the remotest shores chores known to men palestine long resisted rome borne and finally d destruction through tim he her aeres acres and faith were barte bartered red lik jik q ea 4 piece of o f merchandise and wore were in turak owned by I 1 syrian Macca brein brain land Roman Boman But in three centuries we find bethlehem supplanting rome borne christianity held the sceptre on the seven hills and paganism became a thing of or the country village or DB J F hurst in bat bar pers magaline Sag Mag azine for december |
