New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-24
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world and thus add to the sum OF hulilah
kuowlcdre is n part of his nature. He does MOI
know when he first felt it, for 1t Is associated
with his rcrollcc ions of childish wonder about
what law beyond the horizon of his home %
stacles d. not daunt him. Poverty ana phySica
weakness do not battle his purpose. In sp'e ol
everything he finds a way to reach me Iar-on
lands he longs to see Motives OF gam send
some men on long Journeys; others arc moved
IN travel bv discomfort with their surrouhdlnSs
mr. themselves. or by personal vanity or IDLE
ness. The born traveller goes because lie
must He feels an irresistible imp"lse i'll ms
very homes He is tie scout Of science-tie
courier of civilization. lie thinks niue % h'i"
self. He traverses deserts, suffers the fortunes
of fever. and risks death at tic hands OF savage
tribes to find the source of a river I" discover
lake. to gather botanical specimens, or 10
copy the inscriptions on tie monuments OIL "
forgotten rare. Such travellers Dr. Hoiup'
q native of Saatz, in Bohemia, who has JUS re-
turned to Europe after seven years spent III
Southern Ahica. and whose Achievements re-
ce1ved appropriate culogy in Chici-Jusiice DAILY
address last ri -ht before the Geographical So
ciciy.
The coal oG Holub's ambition was fixed when
he WAS Youth AT school by reld NJ the fist
volume Of Livncs,oneS travels. lie saw the
book N shop inlow. and was seized with
longing t. possess it. lie did not dare ask ns
p,reats Tor money enough 10 buy It. because ne
knew their income was hardly sufficient, with
close economy. TO support the family. At
last he found means 10 earn co'ar
and q half a month hy giving lessons to
children, and thus at tie end OF Two
months was able TO secure TIE volume. "h'h
he Lad finished It's pcusal the vague purpose
he had f,lt 10 see the world concentrated in'o n
settled determination 20 ba am Ami az tav-
cllcr. lie received a good cia.sical education
and afterwards took course in madeleine. In
1872 hc got his doctors j gree. and la>'ou
at once 20 England hp too, ship for tho Cap oi
Good Hop, whore hc landed o. the first o.
July. From Cape Town n" pushed on 80 Che
diamond fields, which be reach, with just five
shilling, in IN, pocket. lie was no adyenturor
however, relying upon lucay fud ID thc Dig
p;pcs. II, believed that hIs lnovl.d-e OF
mod cine would enable lima 10 cam mon s.
crorrb 10 undertake the scientific journeys hc
wanted to make into the Tar interior of .hr con-
tiucnt and he wa no. mistaken, Tor Few Tor
tuuatc cures soon made Linn famous man on
b;sp. ofcs,ion. aud 10 q Z, WV = a. gent "Hi'h
formed hs Office and dwelling was urouc0d
with pauus. BY February, le'J. hc iouAi
himself in p0ss So on Of 1850 thousand dollars.
with this sam hc bought fcon and five
hon. $. hired servants. and off ioi thc B ch-
uana comtry. H. returned IN April with
twenty biz che, of $ icui.lu specimens. His
money WAS all gone, and his patients bad found
Other physicians during his abs nee, but he
couraeoously pitched his lcnt, stored his boxes
Of specimens, and SGT o wo.k to build up new
practice.
BY Noycmbcr, pr Iloiab was able e. fit ont n
second expedition wish which he haY|sed tie
whole Brchuaua country and cam back through
the western part of the Tr.nsyaal Republic.
The cost Of tins trip was over four thousand
dollars, and the scientific booty filled twenty
three chests Again he resumed his practice
among the diggcls for diamonds, determined
| this time not to interrupt II again until he had
accumulated he means for 4 much more I'M
! por.ant expedition than hc Lad yet undertaken.
| Two wears labor brought him money enough
/ for this purpose, and in March, 1873, lac left
| Kimberley with ten oxen, intending 10 explore
| the Zambcsl River from the Victoria Falls 10 It's
source, and then to push northward and if pos
| slble reach Darfur. He WAS gone twenty-one
months Repeated attacks of fever prevented
! him from carrying out his ambitious pro
| olamme. but he was able 10 explore thoroughly
| the httlc-known Merutse kingdom by the help
of its sovereign, King Lepopo, whose friendship
! he qained. Ii November, 1876, the adventurous
nlyslcian returned to his old home III the dia-
mOnd fields
Nov for the first time hs good fortune
| seemed 10 abandon him. He could not doctor
other people for he was seriously i'll himself
with the fever he had brought back from The
| interior. For months he was confined to his
! tent. An exhibition OF his collections III Kim
| berley. The chief town Of the diamond fields,
| failed to bring HIM in any money, the ignorant
Inhabitants feeling no interest in bis scientific
,uriosiics. and want Shared him in the face.
Rut reports OF his explorations had reached
Furope and his distress was relieved by the re-
ceipt of small remittances Of money sent by the
| Empcror of Austria and the Geographical So
ccty Of Vienna. With this money and with
what he earned after recovering from his Illness,
by giving lectures in the towns of Cape Colony
and writing articles for scientific journals in
Europe, he was able in 1879 to pay his passage
money home and ship his'scieniiiic treasures
He found many honOrs awaiting him there
and has just published at Vienna the first OF
three volumes describing his travels. His sci
entifc collections are of great value, and his
explorations will serve to fill up many import
ant gaps in the map of South Africa.
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4 UTICA MTSTABY.
That two persons visiting at different time:
the Hon. Horatio Seymour at his home in Utica
where be basks before brass andirons and dis
courses concerning the future of the Democ