Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25

down quietly in the midst of them, smoking
MS pipe and spending hours in palaver.
When he had made them his friends IN this
way, abundant supplies of food were FORTH
coming, and all were satisfied. The native
feeling about him was shown str1klngly on
one occasion when his black servant, to
whom have already referred, came to him
and told him that black porter, who had
been wounded with an arrow, had shot him.
self and died. What right had he, the boy
said, to kill himself? He no white man.
The boys feeling was that the man was not
his own property, and without Stanley
with himself.
PRAISE OF DIR. PARKE.
'Stanley is unst;nted in his praise Of DR..
Parke, who is something more than skill
full physician and surgeon. He Is a singu-
larly supplemented and unselfsh man. He
is quite young, being only 27 years Of age,
but has discretion beyond his years. When
Stairs was wounded in the breast with
poisoned arrow, Parke sucked the poison
from the wound. The heroism of Stairs
then came in. The poisoned flesh had to
be cut away-a most pain ul operation, In
which chloroiorm would have given great
relie; but when Stairs learned that there
was only one small bottle of chloroiorm left,
he declined to use it, insisting that it should
be reserved Tor the natives. He then un-
derwent the operation, in full consciousness
and with scarcely murmur. In treating
the native women, Stanley says Parke
showed as much delicacy and fine feeling as
he could have shown to the finest ladies in
London.
"There is common belief that Stanley
has made money by his expedition, and that
ahara nj ha mi fin has
gone into his pockets. That is an entire
mistake. The truth is that he undertook
the work at great pecuniary sacrifice.
When he was asked to take command of the
expedition, he had lecture engagements in
America fixed which would have brought
him $50, 900 at least. These engagements
he at once cancelled at the risk OF offending
thousands of his countrymen. He has not
accepted sixpence of pay for all he has
done. The expedition has cost many thou
sands of pounds, but not penny of it has
gone Stanley's way.
A GIFT OF $4,000.
"Nor is that all. He was offered large
sum by London daily newspaper for any
letters he might send home from Africa. He
refused the offer, saying that his letters
would be addressed to the Emin Relief Com
mtttee. When his letters began to arrive a
newspaper syndicate was formed by seven or
eight of the leading journals in England and
Scotland for the purpose of taking over the
letters from the committee for publication.
The committee realized from this transaction
a sum of $4,000 When Stanley reached
Cairo that sum was placed at his disposal.
He was told that he had earned it. He re-
fused to take it, requesting only that one
third of the son should be expended on pres
ents to his staff
"Emin Pasha does not seem to have been
favorite with Stanley's people. They re-
garded him as a scientist and as nothing
more. Tbeir report of him is that he has no
power of organization and no skill in man.
aging men. As rival in the field of ex-
ploration he is regarded as perfectly harm
less."
Stanley has promised to revisit Scotland
after his engagements in London have been
fulfilled, and here he is sure of verv cor
dial welcome. W. SCOTT DALGLEIsH,
Edinburgh Correspondent OF the London
Times