The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-23

! il Till . Etiiioiia me- SP'.
aad Africa is at oar !ccI. ,,:o,, when We
The Co1nolcfctafs i'i,'luc''"'' T,.ar, hricC
,cr Tcw York for this place were oi''i'
| They read thus 4: ,c.:,, oro,,r;yo OK
,,,-,tin, sDcud !aGlcy--all the none! you
~, harrow from con,illS, 1rlcrus, ana HI
,;vns-but never return 10 write an't'lc,
,,,,.I for fl,r Commercial till YOU have iounu
Sir samuel Baker. Dr.. Livingstone, ana the
! n rnJI core. ponGcnt. Move rapidly,
With these Instructions pasted III my nat
few to the Fifth Avenue to consult WIN IL.
| Uncle Consider.
"Uncle,"' said I, @raspinS his hahd, 'aie
| ro,, ready to star: i'll fifteen mlnHte' toi L.
Liyinsstone:' ,a ,oor-
~ y, yes, ELL replied my uncle, Iook.
ing over hi, newspaper; "but II you ale
| yery sirk, Iii, hadn'; better yet ono VI '"e
| r'rS;ciuns III the hpicl: - o.o
"P,nuw, uncle. I'm not sick. mean, are
YOU ready to start Tor Africa ny NE HG -.
| train in search Of ST. Samuel BAKER, az. -. ~
mn,toDc. and tie Wtrala CORES pohu'!t: -,
..N'hat are all these people III -a!fica'
| asked nv uncle, looking over his siasseS'
"rhcy evidently are" ! rcpiIcu.
"Wci. what the IcyiIarc they dong t!!G Il !;
| What in thunder do they want 10 bc iliTina
,,vnv or getting lost in an Ethiopian io"ls'S
WILDERNESS for? If they want to hide ana
kcrp people searching for them, why con
thew hide around Europe, where they nave
~ood hotels to stop Al, and where we can go
and hunt for them in the da!y, time "'iu % ~
the oucIa nights: Why"
Hut Uncle Consider" said l, drawing
mvsclf llp 10 my lLii height, eve are TO go
for the cause OF Scicncc---!or science ana PIT
lu,o,,lv, these strpcudnus episodes i'll the
gigautic kcystoE"' Of the century posts OF
the ages
:. But never mind about tie kcyStonc2
Eli, said NY uncle, locking me in the face,
:. i, YOU think these Baker, Livingstone, and
HgruM fellows wont be such d2rncd fools
after we have once found them rs to 90 right
oil and ret lost again, I'm ready 10 travel.
I'm ready TO put up Il lunch Of sar0lneS anti
WoosteT-Strcct sauce and start
50 in ten minutes we had tickets oyer The
Eall River line for this place-Cjiji. Il is
situated on Lake Tan-gan-yi-ka, the chief
source Of the Nile and right in the middle OF
Ethiopia. This lake WAS discovered by Bur-
Iyn il 1888. 1t Is about the size OF Lake
Erie. Uuclo Consider and l measured ii
yesterday. Wetound everything here about
Is we expected. Dr.. Livingstone, we learned,
WIS hiding away to the west Of this lake. lie
5 ,ys lie thinks lie ctn keep away from Baker
aud the Htrald man for years. Tnc doctor
is mai OF great weight Lie spends lis
time waiting for Baker. lie says nc weighs
tie Herald reports and believes what hc
knows 20 be true. Sir William Baker is
coming directly south up the c,tar;lc!s Of the
Nile to this place. 1 have spent two days
looking for A!r. Stanley, tho Htra!a man. lie
las not been visible to the naked eye.
Armed with nip We started to look for the
HerGM man. First, We penetrated 10 the
interior Of Ethiopia, " here the face OF man
ir,, never been seen before. and then in tic
, rimtlye lDrcst--c0Im"r Of broadway and
An street-wc found the HcraI explorer.
lie hid JUS; IcI Mr.. Bennett tor 4 moment 10
V. -o.!ic lunch 1t No!an,s ~t!oon and i!cSr
;,:a LH:I-!liI.rIc a. Tie As'of Io'.>e.
..:,..:..i.i,r.' | sale, advancing to meet the
.,rr,t cEijtvf'cI. chow !; Al!ita and your
fcicrd Dr. !.iy;u@. t0nc;"
"Vbcy ere 20 az 10 be about" said the
.s,..at American explorer, looking oiIt OF The
Ann street window, sid uucu down ct 4 po.:-
mt which he was eAaiii9g.
"Wlrrc are thcyfn inquired.
"We,, lIr. Perkins, You viii find Airic&
IN ii" sane place where she is now, aud oil.
livingstone is across Like Tals-SHu-,! i-!,;;
.iyiD,; to hide away from Iakcr.'
:. !Iow d, yo., Ike liyiiiE here il the
,,r;u,ryat forest, III. Stanley" / asked.
IT'S yc.y lonesome Mcrr,' Ii" Icpii'd, with
:, si.l,. this living l:T away from every
h1nian pein", in tic Inil,, OF Il hcNing
wilderness: but I N..:nase to xii! time one
WAY and allothpr."
'ihon arising from the sofa, he knocked the
,shaS iron. his cis&r, and stepping across
T',p ,nqybic floor, he ring fora servant.
Firing some iced champagne, ard tell the
servants to set liz lunch III the big dnlng
h,lI" he said in a voice Of authority, rs the
white i.ecIi-ticd rus$ci stood twLlinS Il
,.umnaed napkin,
"Thi, expedition must have cost the
1E.rojd = a-ood deal Of money - I remarked
to Stanley.
"Yes, suppose untold millions have been
,vpcndcd-iii the Hsrajd office, Tor YOU can't
have a mans meals and drinks sent up from
Nolau's saloon for nothing, can you! But
sae what they are making out ol II! Amt
~ tiie p.I ,,,:.n,,nnt IF,
nous "u Nv - ',,,ar now ents .ed with mos.
bu. ~. 40 Ma,ajd /, s,id :
sage iiolil CIV Tha NOV, snYrers s,,sncct. We
Sf9n!ey,-N1.IL nSr' ~ t,nn Iiv;n~stonc NJ,
must nave soii,et,o"7 ,,,assano COMES We sI,all
Baker to-oaE' IL Nv Hrr.Tnv
pahii'h youi os':i.. .;.,,Io If the PAPER ~
see Tue ' G;.,r IL, nalarcio,v ewes up3n
s'i iua ''''..G ;fInrl have been imprisoned in
tit''v, ~ Ith;nTia for cjcht weeks SUI
tn 'S ,,, TntoId nrivaiions and Simplifying them
,'a ar' dale from Hal;cr and Livingstone, and
m now to be killed. Well, Ibow to fate. ,
Sid stanley. ~ lie stepped TO the window TO
lnok ont upon the placid bosom of Lake
r,n.o,m-vi.Il and procession of Broadway
,, t.,