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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-21
~lcorYnIcnr, 1901

In April. 1887, | was on my way
through the cataract region Of the lower
Congo. leading a caravan OF Zulus from
Matadl to Stanley Pool, with . party 81
natives Of the Ba-Kongo tribe acting as
carriers Of my personal loads tent, pri-
va,e boxes. etc. altogether numbering
about one hundred persons.
The Zulus (sixty-four in number)
we're employed carrying two heavy cylin-
ders OF five hundred pounds each and
some smaller pieces Of machinery, all be-
longing to the steamer Florida. then in
course Of construction at Kinchasa Sta
ton. on the Pool. and only awaiting the
very loads ! vas bringing up 70 be
launched on the waters OF the upper
Congo and begin her j~ourneyings through
the untravelcd regions Of the interior in
search Of ivory for the Sanford cxplor-
& expedition. Of which I was . mem
vTowards the middle OF April | reached
De native village OF Lutctc. only sixty
hiles from my destination on stanley
i, Mol, and here the news that II. M.
janley, at the head Of a great expcli-
on for the relief OF Emin PGsha. con-
ting OF eight white officers, 600 Zanzi-
(. his, and Tippo lib, tho renowned
Arab slave trader from Stanley Falls,
was on his way up country close behind
inc. caused mi TO use every exertion TO
|hasten my march, 50 that / might be
Pble 70 cross the Nkissi river. which
hlls into the Congo some fifteen miles
eyond Lutete, before Stanley and his
expedition should arrive on its banks;
|or ! knew Stanleys journey was OF far
greater importance than mine, and that
~ would require all the canoes on the
Nkissi TO convey his caravan across.
during which time I should be compelled
p stand aside with . band or 100 SEMI
starving men.
Leaving Lutetc I camped mex day in
szunri market place, about ten miles
from the Nkissi.
here was overtaken by Mr.. .Jeph-
son' one Of Stanley's officers, who, pre-
ceaing the main column. was charged
~ith putting the portable boat together
which accompanied the expedition
forming about thirty loads-so that
every thing might be ready for tho
passage Of the Nkissi when Stanley
himself should arrive on its banks.
sepnson hurried of at three = m. next
morning IN pitchdark, we having learned
Y ne night that the expedition had ar
n'ca At a spot only an hours march |
ssnlna vs. where Stanley had halted
Tor the night.
! followed Jephson at half-past four.
aop'ne against hope that l might
macn the Nkissi before Stanley, but il
"a sun a long way oR-thrce hours
18TH and my men could only travel at
snaiis pace. They did their best.
p0o' fellows. and At seven a. m. We
80 crossed the Lunzadi river BY .
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-21

hoard the steamship Stanley and bel
companion. the Florida: the mren. Ian
fibarls. S~oudanen>e and Somaulx Hers
All In their places on each 81 the .ltis
steamers OF the feet
Stanley Was the last 70 leave. acro,-
panied by Herbert Ward. in the little
BAPTIST steamer Peace. the only screw
boat b or the Pool. and bidding each
OF us goodbye as he grasped our hands
ne stepped ON hoard and waved his cap
ere ne set his face up river rcsolutely
20 think u the great task which Law b.
fore him.
Swinburne. Troup and I returned 70
kinchasa half an hour later. wondering
II We should ever see any Of the men
again We had parted from that morning.
On reaching kinchasa. what Was our
astonishment 70 find the black crew o.
the Peace and many Zanzibaris about
the station. while we could see the
little steamer herself alongside our
beach Hurrying 10 our ~dining-room We
found Stanley giving some instructions
TO tho engineer Of the teamer. and In
answer 10 our:
Why. Mr. Stanley. how Is this? We
thought you were a couple Of miles Up
the Pool" lie replied:
so we ought 70 have been. but when
we Just got opposite the station here in
the bad water of tho islands something
broke, and the rudder wouldn't act We
were al the mercy Of the stream. and a.
most drifted OF the rocks Of the island
here.
II thought we should have to swim for
II. and turned to Ward. saying il was
time 10 jump. but luckily We escaped the
rocks and were able to get into your
beach, >winburne. and SO here we are
until tomorrow. ! fear.
The engineers will have TO work all
night al repairing the damage
Our little dinner that night was one
OF the pleasantestof my experiencesdur
ing my five years in Africa How well
j remember Stanley's bright. agreeable
conversation during the neal, how act
i've our little black servant boys were to
attend upon the feast. the real-the
frue Bula Matadi-none OF your spurious
limitations. but the genuine being who
had thrashcd their chiefs in many a
fight and then made blood-brothers- |
with them who had ~journeyed in lands
far up b great river. where tabled |
dwarfs with top-heavy heals dwelt; or
who, in his own land. the distant
Mputu. whence the white men came
far across the sea. was the King and
Of them all. All. well. poor lit
tie chaps. they were accustomed to hear
US talk Of Bula Matadi as our leader and
Of our d-isagreements on the Con-
20 as to how our work should be done.
and they naturally thought we must
owe allegiance in our own land to this
big white chief.
Dinner over. during our coffee and
flor we sometimes possess these
luxuries down on Stanley POOL Stanley
most graphically described his descent
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xrhen the winter morn II breaking
over landscapes white with snow.
A,s The cold has sent the mercury
poanio ten or twelve below;
wheu he boardcrs shivcring rise from bed
Ana quickly don their clothes
Ana hurry 20 the parlor stove
10 thaw their freezing toos,
when people who must b. At work
A seven o'clock or 80
Win eloyed hands shield their ears as through
The icy streets they 20;
when cans OF milk are frozen
That are standing By the door.
Ana every body says II never
was 50 cold before;
when The fair and gentle maiden
FROM her slumbcr sound awakeA
MI 10 attempt 70 leave the couch,
50 snug and warm, she makes.
she feels she's not quite rested
An yesterday she shopped.
And ripped II ut the hop last night
rntll she nearly dropped.
,rll take another nap" she says
The beautiful young lady
. And meantime ma will light the fire
And ret the breakfast ready"
boston Courier.
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swirl Of her propeller through The rasrs
carried the little feancr further and
further away ouf on " The calm. placid
expans> o. the Pool whence soon only
: thin wreath ~ srDo<e served % mark
the spot where She struggled 70 over
lake her eonsor's ncw steaming with .
full days start up fhe broad bosom o.
tho Congo
A the smoke slowly faded away on
the horizon ne turned a~ay from tho
beach and were Don busily employed.
Swinburne and / arranging for our
coming journey % the upper waters OF
the Congo.
waited a. kinchasa until an oppor-
tunity offered Of travelling up 70 the
Equator Station. some three hundred and
nifty miles beyond the Pool. where I took
upmy quarters while awaiting the arrival
Of the steamer in which I hoped 10 Be-
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able to penetrate the tributaries OF the
Congo lying above that point, Of which
strange stories almost daily reached
me OF cannibal orgies and raiding
tribes who signalized each fresh tri-
umph over their enemies BY feasting on
the bodies Of the prisoners they had
captured in the fight
RoGEE CAsENESr.
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The Akkas are described by Dr.. Junk.
er as the only voluntary nomads Of the
Central African regions They construct
their little c~one-shaped grass huts in the
shelter Of the trees Of the woods. and
live in . district IS long As the chase
lasts They prefer to abide -mong
some tribes and avoid others. The
rulers welcome them. and they. being
practiced archers and cunning warriors.
are employed in the invasion OF the ter
ritories Of neighboring tribes. They
possess no industry. and buy even their
arrowheads in exchange for meat the
produce OF the chase. They are timid
and suspicious, and DIR. Junker only
once saw about one hundred and fifty u
them together. They can not properly
be described as dwaris. but only as rel
atively very small men--Phrcnological
Journal.
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-Sadlicr's Catholic Directory for 1870
estimates the Catholic population OF the
United States at s.o77.Osa. There are
$3.50 priests. 1875 churches .. 3o2 chap
els. 81 theological seminarics with a.fS3
students. To- colleges. 6s5 academies.
so3 charitable institutions, l. 1es paro-
chial schools with csS. 2ss pupils. Is
archbishcrs. 70 bishops. Is ~archdioccscs.
90 dicceses- , sicariatcs apostolic and /
prefecture APOSTOLIC
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A NIGHT WITH STANLEY.
Roger Easement, al Ivory Trader
Meets Him at Stanley Pool.

The Great Explorer In His Tent ~ The
start for the swampS-stanIey
Talks Pleasantly About Ills Travels with
Our Correspondent.
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
sORsBY MAY BE- SHELVED.
The Nomination of a Traitorous
Politician Hung Up.

The Nomination of a Traitorous
Politician Hung Up.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-In the eyecu-
tive session of the senate to-day the
nomination of William B. Sorsby, Of
Mississippi, to be consul general to
Ecuador, was under consideration.
This was one of the earliest nominations
sent to the senate this session. 1t was
held up in the committee of commerce
until day or two ago upon the request
of the Mississippi senators. Ii was then
reported from the committee with IA
vorable recommendation 10y party
vote. The opposition to MI. Sorsby's
confirmation is based upon his al
legged delivery to Senator Quay.
chairman of the national Republican
committee, of certain letters written i'm
mediateiy before and during the cam
Daign of 1883 by Congressman Catch
ings to the editor of Mississippi paper,
and which, by some chance, fell into
Mr.. Sorsby's possession. and the asser-
ton was freely made by Democratic sem
atOrs that his appointment was a practi-
cal payment for this work. The report
Of the committee recommending con-
firmation was antagOnized with vigOr
by Senators Walthall and George, of
Mississippi, and Vest, Of Missouri, and
others, while it was supported with
equal earnestness by Senators Frye,
Cullom. Quay. Chandler and other Re-
publicans. After debate lasting al
most two hours, vote was taken. which
disclosed the lack Of quorum, only
thirty senators being present. There
upon the senate adjourned, leaving the
nomination still on the docket.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
PLAYERS LEAGUE.
Brooklyn, New York and Chicago
Victorious.

PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-The Phila-
deiphia Players league club maze more
hits than were secured by john Wards
Brooklyn team to-day. but the errors
were also more numerous, and the Wis
itors won by score of & 10 5. Not one
Of the Brooklyn clubs runs was earned,
while the home team earned four. San
ders played in the field in place of Fo-
garty, who was sick, and his slow field
ing of Orr's hit in the eighth allowed
Ward to score from first base. Attend
ance. 1,476. Score:
Philadelphia. % OO2 0o2 1o-5 10 6
Batteries, Kneil and Milligan, Sowders and
Cook; earned runs, Philadelphia 4; two
base hits, Muyey, Sanders, shannon and
Seery; stolen bases Mulvey 3 Wood 2, bier
bauer and Seery; double plays Bierbauer
base on balls by Kneli 2, by Sowders p:
struck out, by hnell 4, by Sowders l passed
balls. Milligan L, Cook L; wild pitches, Knell
d, Sowders: time, 80; umpires, Ferguson
and Holbert.
NEW YORK. May 13.-The Giants
fielded almost perfectly in the game
with the BoSton's this afternoon. They
batted DAILY hard and altogether played
Boston also made many brilliant plays,
but their fewer errors were costly.
Score:
New York. o2os-9 q q / /
Boston. llIOO-5 8 S
Batteries, Crane and Ewing; Daily and
Murphy; earned runs, New York 2; Boston
2: two-base hits, Ewing and Hatfield; three
base hits, O'kourke: stolen bases. Richard
son, Whitney, Hatfield and Crane; double
plays, Whitney, Richardson and Conner;
nrSt on balls. 10y Crane, i by Daily 6; struck
out, Gore, Crane 2; umpires, Gaffney and
Barnes
CHICAGO, May l3.-Comiskey's men
to-day won an easy victory from the
Butfalos. pounding Keefe's curves for
twenty base hits, and earning fourteen
of their nineteen runs. Baldwin was
very effective. The grounds were in
very bad condition and the weather
cold and raw. Score:
Chicago. 6 90 1 5 o-i9 II 5
Buffalo 10 U o o . O. 8 6 5
Game called at the end of the eighth
inning to allow the teams to get train for
the East lBatteries, Baldwin and Farrell,
Keefe and Mack.
Earned runs, Chicago IA, Buffalo l: two
base nits Farrell =. Ryan, O'Neill, Beecher,
Rowe; three-b base hits, Baldwin. Bastiau,
Duffy; safe hits, Latham. Comiskey OAR
hug, Farrell, Baldwin, Hoy, White: stolen
bases, Comiskey, Farrell; left on bases, Chi.
cago 4, Buffalo 4; bases on balls, Latham,
O'Neiil 3, Duffy ,, Darling, Bastian Ryan,
Keefe, Rowe; struck out, Latham, Bastian,
Rowe, Wise 2, Hallgan. lieecher wild pitch.
Keefe; time of game, l 30; uapires, Knight
and Jones.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
Proud of the Relationship,


'Oh. Mr.. Dusenberry," cried her lit
tie brother, "I'm so glod you are going
to be kin to me.''
"Ah. Johnny, is that so, he gasped,
look of happiness fitting over his face.
''How did you know? Come here and
sit on my lap and tell me all you have
heard.''
SISTERS other fellow came here last
night" began the boy after he was
safely in the arms Of the young man,
devourlng a quarters worth of candy,
land | heard them talking bout YOU"
what did they say?"
HE was mad" replied the terror,
''cause sis goes with you so much"
And what was her reply to .hiG?
continued the young man, the look OF
happiness spreading further across his
features.
''She said," began the youth, again,
that ne needn't get mad cause you
come to see her, as you was soft snap
and was saving him lots of money that
would go to fixin' up their house after
they were married"
The look of contentment on the young
mans face gave way to the pallor Of
despair, as he gasped:
well, how is that going to make me
kin to your"
"Oh," went on the boy, "I'm comm
to that now. She said that when you
proposed to her she would be sister tt
you, and won't that make you my
brother?'
As the child picked himself off the
floor he beheld the form of the young
man fit through the front door.
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
HARRISON WILL AID 1T.
Meeting of the National Mary
Washington Association.

Meeting Of the National Mary
Washington ASSOCIATION.
WASHINGTON. May 13.-The first
meeting of the board of directors of the
National Mary Washington Memorial
association was held this afternoon in
the green room of the White house. The
president of the United States is preSi-
dent eX-officio of the board Of direct
ors, and the chief justice of the
United States supreme court and the
governor of Virginia are eX-officio mem
bers OF the board. President Harrison,
in calling the meeting to order, made
brief speech, expressing his hearty ap-
proYal Of the work and his willingness
to cooperate in every way he could to
make it success. The president then
gave way to Chief Justice Fuller. who
presided during the remainder Of the
meeting. The charter and the by
laws Of the association, which
were adopted at the meeting of
the incorporators on the 22d of Febru-
airy were presented. A letter was read
from Mrs. James Power Smith. preSi-
dent of the Fredericksburg local sOci-
ETY., congratulating the association and
asking that committee be appointed to
confer with the officers or That 0fganlZa-
ton. The chairman appointed Mrs.
Waite, wife of the late chief justice;
Mrs. Blair. Of New Hampshire,
and Reginald Fendall, of this
city. The meeting elected Mrs.
Waite, vice president; Mrs. Margaret
HetzelI. secretary and E. Grannls
Riggs, treasurer. Among those present
besides those already named were Mrs.
Harrison, who took an active interest
in the proceedings, the wives of Sell
ators Dolph, Vance, Cockrell and Squire,
Mrs. Breckenridge; Mrs. Emory, wife Of
Gen. Emory: Miss Maud Lee Deyidge,
Miss Pendleton and Mrs. Reyburn, of
Philadelphia; Mrs. j. N. Norton, of
Keyser, of Baltimore; Mrs. Money, of
Mississippi, and Mrs. Blair Lee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
CAN'T KEEP QUIET.
Rrunell Gives Reasons for Larger
Scores.

Scores.
CHICAGO, April 13.-Secretary Bru-
nell, of the Players National league,
said tonight: 1.-The reason for the
larger scores in our championship
games is not that our playing ball is
livelier, but on account Of theshard hit
ting being done by the batsmen of our
teams. No base ball organization ever
had so many crack batSmen in its clubs.
HI addition to the batting stars Of the
old league we have gained from
the American ASSOCIATION such men
as Orr, Bierbauer, Stoyey, Griffin,
Shindle, Milligan. Larkin, Brown
ing, Visner, Comiskey, O'Neil,
Latham and Boyle. And. incidentally,
comes base-running strength through
Bierbauer, Stovey. Griffin. Shindle,
Comiskey and Latham. What wonder
is it that base running and batting has
increased? But there are other reasons.
The weather has been against the per-
feet condition of our pitchers; the extra
eighteen inches in the pitching distance
has made it necessary for them to al
most learn over again the effect OF their
curve balls, and our larger grounds
have increased the value of long hits as
factors in runs. The pitchers with
great speed have had the best of it SO
far. With better weather, and after they
have mastered the increased distance
from position to plate, the Play
ers' league pitchers will be all
right. and there will be plenty
of small score games. but not
| hope so many as formerly. The pitch
ing distance was increased to reduce the
number of smallseore games, in answer
to a public demand as strong as was
that for the double umpire system and
more comfortable stands and seats in
base ball parks. The public pays well
for its base ball. and has right to ask
for any change in reason. One OF our
principal objects will be to satisfy such
requests. All base ball managers will
find such tactics more profitable than
spending time in literary and verbal
bowls about the death of the noblest
game Oh EARTH"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14

The famous American bard who wrote
of the little girl who had little curl,
which hung right down her forehead,
who when she was good was very good,
but when she was bad was horrid,
should have seen the Kansas City club
attempt to play ball yesterday to learn
that there was something much more
horrid than anything horrid that had
ever come within the scope of his vision.
Heaven knows the young men who
wear st. Paul uniforms can, when they
Try, put together as rocky" ball as the
''fans" Of the SANITY City care to see,
but the boss blunderers of the Kaw
make errcrs under less pr0VOcation than
any team that has ventured hey ond the
lines Of the amateur field. And this
by the team which we were
assured would win the West
ern association pennant without
perspiring the least little bit. On paper
the aggregation is q prize bouquet"
There is old Hickory" Carpenter. the
here OF diamond battles without num-
Der; and Elmer Smith. the once great
south-paw of the Cincinnatis; and
Jimmie Manning, who has fought his
way 10 fame from Boston to Denver;
and Pete Conway. whose skill as
spiral artist is known from Bangor to
Tacoma; and DANNY" Stearns, as
ready with a joke with the Missouri
tailenders as with the Des Moines flag
flyers; and Charley Hoover and Billy"
HooYer.and Bobby Burns and Mick"
Smith and little Gunson. Every one of
them could spin twO-colamn yarn
OF triumphs Of other days, but they
will forget Yesterdays fiasco as soon
as possible. The game played
by the Apostles was excellent all
around. Their stick work was espe-
cally heavy, Murphy leading with
double and four singles III six times at
bat. Burks and Phillips also we're par
tieularly effective in getting their bats
squarely behind the ball. The fielding
of BrOught0n was brilliant, and Can
tillon was not far behind. A peculiar
fielding feature was the fact that
Halves at first got but four put outs,
two of them on pretty double plays.
Mains was hit often, but the hits were
kept so well scattered that but for
wild throw in the third and a.passed ball
in the fifth the visitors would have
failed to score at all. Ted" Kennedy
made his initial appearance as an UNI
piTe in ST. Paul, and, aside from allow
ing the players to delay the game too
much by talk, made a good impression.
IN
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-14
STAYED RIGHT IN FRONT.
Morton's Men Get Long Lead
and Maintain Ii.

Special TO the Globe.
Sioux CITY, To-, May 13.-Soux City
and Minneapolis opened with de-
cidedly yellow game to-day. Pitching
and fielding alike were poor, and the
way base hits were piled up on both
sides was caution. Burdiell was put
in the box for Sioux City and was
knocked ont in five innings, Seibel
being substituted, and he did very little
better. A large number of hits were
made of Mitchell. who pitched for the
visitors The fun commenced in the
first inning. Sioux City secured three
runs, and with BurdicF in the box it
seemed as though the game was ours
from the start. but how quickly was this
dispelIed. After eight of the Cornhusk-
erS had been to the bat the side was
finally retired and Minneapolis came
on, and it did seem as if they would
never come off. Burdick's curves were
sent into every conceivable corner of
the grounds. until the feeders got tired
running after them. but the side was
finally retired after eleven men had
been to bat, Elmer Foster being put out
twice and six runs scored. This was
the sort of playing kept up during most
Of the game. Sioux City, in the fourth
aud fifth innings, by good hitting and
base running, combined with some
giaring errors by the MillerS. had forged
ahead one run, bat it was impossible to
keen the Minneapoitans down after
they had once started. for in the same
inning they again took the lead. After
that Sioux City wasn't in it. Score:
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Chicago. g 0 0 l 5 o-ie II I
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New
York and Cleveland Win.

CINCINNATI. May 13.-The Cincin-
natiS were unable to hit Schmitt's
pitching but for three singles in to-day's
game, while Duryea was hit very hard
by the PittsburgS. The Pittsburgs only
earned one of their four runs, as the
balance were made on three very mex
cusable errors. It rained hard up to
within two hours of the time for calling
the game, and the grounds were very
slippery and covered with water in
places. Attendance, 900. Score:
Cincinnati. % ooo-o So
Pittsburg.... ....2 1 0 o 0 81 II 3
Batteries. Duryea and keenan,, Schmitt
and Burger; earned run. Pittsburg; three
base hit. Kelly; stolen bases, Mullare and
Burger; double plays, Dunlap and Root,
Mari aud Mullane: first on balls, by Schmitt
=; bit by pitched balls, Duryea and Schmitt;
struck out, By Schmitt 4; wild pitch, Schmitt;
time, 1;45; umpire, IcQuaid.
PHILADELPHIA, May l3.-The Phila-
delphia National league club defeated
Brooklyn this afternoon by hitting
Hughes almosta at will. Gleason pitched
q steady, effective game. Both teams
fielded in splendid style, Meyers and
Corkhill carrying off the llonors. Score:
Brooklyn. 5000 O001o- 10 2
PHILADELPHIA i 10 3oI* all 10 5
Batteries, Hughes and Clark, Gleason and
Schriver; two base hits, Collins. Fontz. Burke
2, Thompson 2; three-base hit, Schriyer;
stolen bases, Foutz, Burke Hamilton 2,
Schriger 2, Mayer; double plays Allen and
McCauiey. Collins, Smith and foutz, o. Brien
aud Clarke first base on balls, by Gleason
q, by Hughes 2. by Baldwin l :; struck out, by
Gleason =, by Hughes =. by Baldwin =;