Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-10-23

gan causeway Of hundred feet in
width instead Of ten, and when Stamlee
demonstrated, the prime minister sml-
ed, and continued to build hundred
feet wide. In five days one hundred
and thirty yards of the seven hundred
had been made practicable, and the
emperor thought that he would try a
barley. Stamlee told him 1t would be
fatal, and it was so. The poor ENJOYS
were ut once murdered. Meanwhile
interest in the causeway had
declined, and in few DAYS there were
but hundred men languidly ut work,
and Stamlee, rs missionary. began the
conversion Of Mtesa to Christianity.
But having unsuccesslully tried another
naval engagement, the emperor paused
in the process of conversion OF the
gospel of peace and good. will long
enough to announce that he should try
fighting again, and that during the
battle he should watch for the coward
and that the coward he would burn
alive over slow fire. This notitica-
ton served rs n prodigious stimuMnt.
The imperial forces, indeed, were again
beaten, but they fought so well that
| their master was not obliged to roast
any of the generals. The rebellion was
an exceedingly hard nu. to crack. until
upon which kind of wooden wall
was made of laced and twisted trees.
Within this n garrison was placed, and
the floating fort was moved toward the
isle of rebels. A mysterious voice
from the interior of the fort then de-
mandcd their surrender, under pain of
an explosion of the island and general
destruction. This was too awful for the
insurgents to endure. They snrrend-
cred, and the war was over.
The story of the descent of the Lua-
laba, or Livingstone, or Congo River
from the point beyond which the expe-
dilions from Zanzibar have never pene-
trated is the most exciting part of the
book. 1t reveals the human life of the
hitherto sealed interior of Africa. STAN
ley followed the river closely, making
no expeditions from its banks, and the
journey was one of the most desperate
and perilous ever known. The river is
a huge stream flowing through vast
iungles and forests and hills, dashing
down rocky slopes in impossible catar-
acts and rapids, and passing through the
lands of cannibals and the lowest grades
of humanity. 1t was one long contest
with savage man and nature. Cataract
after cataract, fierce tribe after tribe,
constantly confronted the voyagers, and
at last Of the four white men Stanley
alone was left. The voyage upon the
river lasted from the 22d of November,
1876, to the 9th of August, 1877. The
entire Journey across the continent oc.
cupied two years and nine months, or
about thousand days, and the distance
traversed, which was of course not n d.
rect line, was seven thousand one hun
dred and fifty-eight (7l5S) miles. The
expedition contained about two hundred
and thirty persons when it started from
the east coast. One hundred and four
teen died by disease, or violence, or mis-
hap upon the way, and eighty-nne only
survived to return to Zanzibar.
Mr.. Stanley is the sole historian, and
the wonderful tale rests entirely upon
his authority. There was, however, no
need of exaggeration or misrepresenta-
ton, and there is no reason to doubt
the accuracy of the narrative. His
journey was one Of the great historic
feats of human courage and endurance.
The fidelity of his companions was re-
paid by his care of them upon the way,
and when the end was triumphantly
achieved, he accompanied the survivors
back to their homes Mt Zanzibar, rs he
had promised, before setting his face
toward Europe. There is no Nile
problem longer. The heart of the
African mystery is plucked out.-Har-
pr's Magazine for Nouemb1.