The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-14
STANLEY,
Sh" Gr"mt Explorer writes Fir,,
"' "ii 1" 'iac Great Newspaper
which started estm anbis
Carer.

Henry NJ. Stanley, as soon as lo
reached dsuwah, on the cast coast ct
Africa, addressed the following letter
to the New York Herald
"lhe Herald correspondent who
ignnd us during our days halt al
Msnwnh, five days from the coast, has
made 1t point that | should write to
you. l beg you TO believe that should
be most willing to do SO did | know
"hat subject would be particularly
gratifying TO you; but as the Herald
correspondent cannot suggest subiect
yon viii perhaps consider that il w0uId
| be scarcely fair to expect me to know
! matters your readers would be most
| interested in.
HAPPY AS AN HONEST LABORER.
81 find il ;hen most convenient IN
imagine yOu able to tell nv friends
much that | should like 10 say 10 them
First Of ali | an in perfect health and
feel like lab0rcr of Saturday eve
ming returning home With his week.
work done, his weeks wages in hi.
pocket and glad that to morrow is thc
Sabbath.
DUTY WAS NOT SHIRKED.
"hsi .tvsbG TaIv-- -. . -,,,T,IIr
lccturius in New England, az message IS @
came from under the sea bidding me to
hasten and take a commission to relieve
Emin Pacha, at Wadelai; bnt, as peo-
pie generally do with faithful pack
horses, numbers of little trifles, odds |
and ends are piled on over and above
the proper burden. Twenty various
little commissions were added to the
principal one, each requiring due care
and thought. Well, looking back over
what has been accomplished, | see no |
reason for any hearts discomfort. We
can say we shirked no task, and that |
good will, aided by steady effort.
enabled us 10 complete every little lob |
rs well as circumstances permitted.
BIOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES.
cover and above the happy ending
of Our appointed duties we have not
been unfortunate in geographical dis
coverics. TIE Aruwimi is now known
from its source to its bourne. The
great Congo forest, covering as large
an area as France and the lberian
lenlnsula, we can now certify TO be all
absolute fact. The mountains of the
Moon this time, beyond the least doubt,
have been located, and RuWelZnri,s THE
Cloud King rObed III eternal snow.
has been seen and its tlanks explored
and some OF It's shoulders assembled,
Mounts Gordon Bennett and Mackin-
non cones being but giant sentrics
Warding off the approach to the inner
area OF The Cloud King
OVER RANGE AND RANGE
"On the southeast of the range the
connection between Albert Edward
Nyanza and the Albert Nyanza has
been discovered, and the extent OF the
lormer lake is now known for the first
Time. Range after range of mountains
have been tfaversed, separated by such
tracts of pasture land as would make
your cowboys out west mad with envy.
UNDER THE EQUATOR.
"And right under the burning equa-
or we nave fed on black berries and
)llberrlcs and quenched our thirst with
;rysial water fresh from snow beds.
We have also been able to add nearly
TX thousand square miles of water to
Victoria Nyauza.
SPECIALISTS WILL HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
"Our naturalist will expatiatc upon I
he new species of ANIMALS, birds and
rianis ne has discovered. Our surgeon
will tell wat he kuOWs OF the climate
md It's amenities. 1t viii take us all
We know how TO say what new store
II knowledge has been gathered from
his HueX pectCd field of discoveries. I
81 always suspected that in the cen {
raj regions between the equatorial |
axes something worth seeing would
&c found, but ! was not prepared Tor ,
uch harvest Of new lacts. =
HIS ENDS SHAPED EY PROVIDENCE. I
"This has certainly been the most I
Extraordinary expedition | have ever '
ed into Africa. n Veritable divinity Z
GEMS to have hcdged us while we /
Jurneycd. ! say il with all reverence |
( has iiupclied It's whittier II would, |
nectcd its own viii, but nevertheless '
uided and projected us. y
DREAD VISITATION.
"What can you make of this. for a
instance? On August II, 1854 ali the a
fiicers of the rear column are united =
Yambuya. They have my letter of a
before them, but instead -
+ preparing for the mUrrow's march. n
} follow our track, they decide 10 wall h
Yombnya, which decision initiates -
&c most awful season any community r.
men ever endured in Africa or else. u
here. -
"ThC results are that three. quarters !,
their force die OF SLOW poison. Their a
is murdered and the second ="
ihCer dies soon sitter OF sickness and Il
rief Another officer is wasted TO a /,
telcton and obliged 20 return home. n
fourth Is sent to ldcr aimlessIv ~
p ard down the &, and the sur.
vUr Is iOamd III - @. iearIul pesthnIo
lai we dare not ,,scribe its horrors.
DAYS or FEARFUL ANXIETY.
ION the same date, $50 miles awav.
ie officer of the day leads :33 mrn of n
IG advanced column into the bush
SOS he path amd nll consciousness of @,
s. "heI"ahunis, ard every stem he
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