New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
STANLEY AT PARIS.
HE APPRECIATES THE VALUE TO FRANCE
OF THE SAHARA DESERT.


Paris, Ang. Is.
Mr. Stanley and Mrs. Stanley left Paris
Yesterday morning for Lucerne. Before he
started had a conversation with him. he said
that he likes mountains and thinks that he will
have nice time at Lucerne. His wife is fond also
Of the kind of scenery Switzerland presents.
They are TO stay a short time at Lucerne and
then go on to the Engadne, where they fear
they will meet with too many acquaintances.
They lodged at Meurices, the first hoor In high
ceilinged rooms, facing the Tuilerics. Mrs.
Stanley did good deal of shopping and ordered
quite an outfit OF cloals and dresses and bonnets
for her tour in the United States whittier they
are to go in the fall, and to stay through the
winter Mr. Stanley says that lie has not been
sat home" for so many years that he will feel
nuper on returning. He has taken kindly TO
matrimony What I like in Mr.. Stanley is his
Indifference to what small-minded people set most
store upon Success and fame have not puffed
him ND. and his wife keeps her head level. She 10
a lady of a fine presence sweet reposeful PEN
sive and has loveness that comes Of fine
all-round poise of faculties and qualities. With
out being beauty" she is beautiful Her hair
is like floss silk and curls naturally. Her eyes
show experience in moral suffering and still she
looks happy. The womans nature leads her to
worship, and she is :" mated to man who COM
mands. y as she herself said. 81 her admiration and
affection But she trembles lest death Should
break her idol Mr.. Stanley reciprocates the
idolatry, and SAYS that his wife is real Welsh
woman. This makes him value her the more.
Mr. Stanley has no African plans. But no
does not know what the future may bring forth
The one thing uppermost in his wife's mind is TO
enable him to recover the health lie lost in Africa
7 thought he looked we'll, He says he is beginning
to feel nicely Writing the book in the haste he
did. was irving. after all his fatgues and priva-
tions He had not moments breathing time
when he was at it, The African fever, from which
be suffered in London is complicated with trouble
in the liver, which is a cause OF trouble every
where. That fever comes and goes ike crops
Of weeds in garden" The programme for the
American tour is a heavy one.
Mr. Stanley thinks Lord Salisbury undertakes
the light land in the Sahara. | asked whethef
an engineer would not be roasted TO death In
driving an engine through that desert! NO,
he repled. not if he used to the climate,
saw Touareg Congo Niger The Desert Is
healthy for the African or the Semlte some
Of the finest African races live on It's verge ana
in its oases. 1t an ugly place TO cross on
camel's back water in that case being llaoe 70
fall short But why let it fail when there is a
tanks were wrapped Up in moist felt. they would
keep fairly cool The Americans had such wag-
ons for the use Of the navvies who made The
railway across the Utah desert-a nastler desert
than any in Africa, where you have not soda as
we'll as sand
Mr. Stanley thinks the Sahara valuable just
on the account of the sand. " IL Is an awiui
business" he remarked to lay down rails in any
tropical country where vegetation is rank. Every
sleeper in the Aspinwall-Panama Railway cost
navyy's life The fever caused by the exhalattons
OF rotting vegetation under hot sun is mortal
In the Sahara there is nothing OF that. European
would find the heat hard TO bear, and especially
if they ate and drank as they do at h2me But
the natives would not mind it. Another reaa
why a Sahara railroad is practicable is that thcrA
viii be no trouble with gradients or tunnele
The greatest trouble will be in clearing of th4
sand. But brush engines or steam sweepers can
clear the line which need only be single one
except at the oases. II don't matter" continueq
Mr. Stanley whether the subterranean sheet Of
water which French explorers say lies under .
Sahara is or is not easy 10 tap. OF cour %
would be better If il were. In most places wheia
artesian tubes have been run down through ~
sand and rock they have brought up water. Be-
the oases are enough TO furnish water SUPPLY
Stanley ended by saying that he judged the
Sahara by hearsay. Nor had he travelled ID
Nigretia, but judged it all the same to be fina
country. II the French gather riches in the up*
per Niger the English Niger Company can ship
them to Europe and take them TO markets. What
odds is it TO the French who ships them, pc,
vided they get into a market | asked VII
natural riches there were. Palm oil, dates ".
limited, ostrchcs' feathers replied Mr.. Stanie''
d" The North African ostrich gives a better qua
font fbe 60
men earn money for to spend it,
feather ware will be a valuable one.
The French, according to Mr.. Stanley, would b,
Transsaharau railway bring into the general
current Of civilization fine races of people-those
of the Soudan. They are none of your thick
Tipped, Hat nosed niggers but handsome as Grecian
statues, though with almost black pels, and in
tclligert and energetic They formed tie bulk Of
the Mahdis warriors. In short, Lord Salisbury
had not made good bargain. The Upper Niger
is worth far more than Zanzibar.
Mr. Stanley credits the press and the King OF
the Belgians with having brought Africa 70 the
front DIR. Livingstone opened the ball. and
French restessncss greatly advanced things Great
Britain probably would have let things 60 dragging
OH if the French had not gone in Tor empiIe in
Africa Egypt. Gordon and the seizure of NADIA
eascar reused up John Bull and made him look
alive Mr. Stanley is OF the opinion that Africa will
not for long time 10 come yet settle down
quietly into trade and manufactures Its strongest
and most Intelligent races are turbulent, violent
and grasping, and there will BE- no way TO keep
them quiet unless by forming them into mtias.
There will he lots To do for such forces The best
way TO rule Africa, he declares is 10 appeal in
every district To the good sense and kindness Of
the ladies. Direct appeals 10 them were always
made by Mr.. Stanley whenever he came into .
village or town. Every Governor should say
through his lieutenants We want To govern
with, not against the people here, and our first
care shall be for the safety and webeing oil
the little children" When one has 10 deal with
cannibal districts, one ought To add We dont
ourselves want to eat women and children, and
we're not going to let any else feed them