The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-14
AFRlCA'S HEART.
Stanley Tells of His Last Great
Achievement.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF HIS LECTURE.

Ihe Gloom OF the Immense ofests anu
Their Pigmy Inhabitants = Pleasing
Habits of the Natives-Jeweis Made Of
Human Teeth-Cannibalism Yellow
Ivory Queen Put to Work as "a Servant
Some Comments on the Man They Were
Looking for.
NEW YORK. Nov. IA fashionable au-
dience gathered ut the Metropolitan
Opera house last evening to listen to the
lecture of the great African explorer.
Henry M. Stanley, who was to tell of the
struggles of his two years plunge into
the depths of the dark continent. The re-
ordinations and charges that had be-
come public with reference to the awful
experience of the rear guard lent interest
to the words of the chief, as in the lecture
it was expected that he might tell more
fully the history of the unhappy men.
| The meeting was opened by Mr.. A. b. De-
| frece, who managed the affair in the in
terest of the Summit Convalescent home,
| Of New Jersey, for whose benefit Mr.
Stanley gave the lecture.
The Great Explorer Introduced.
Mr.. Defreece briefly eulogized the lee
| turer, the cause for which he spoke and
the audience, and gave way for Chauncey
M. Depew, who introduced Stanley with
a similar speech. He said Stanley dur
ing the last three years had given to the
world continent for Christianity and
civilization. Stanley was received with
long-continued applause. He opened with
graphic description of the great and
gloomy forests through which they had
marched for 160 days. He spoke of the
great height Of the trees; their density of
growth and the leafy vines The forest,
which was dark at MONDAY, became
dreadful at night
Wonders of the Great Forests.
The forest, the tempest and the dark
ness had produced their effects on the
minds of the people with him. He de-
scribed how rapturous the men were
when they emerged from the great forest.
| But they stopped to scowl at the dense
woods they had left. There are many in
habitants in the region, but they could
be classed into the tall inhabitants and
the pigmies. The tall natives occupy the
clearings; the pgmies are found in
| groups in the forests. The different tribes
of each are distinguished by marks, some
having tattoo marks on their foreheads,
and others on their cheeks.
| JeweIry, Arms, and Habits.
Their jewelry consists of crocodile,
monkey, or human teeth chiefly, and their
dress is piece of bark about four feet
long and few inches wide, which they
tuck into n girdle. They have for weap.
ons spears, knives, battle-axes, and some
times swords. The pigmies are nomadic.
The large inhabitants build compact viii
lagos, with one principal street, which is
generally filed with goats and fowl They
are nevertheless cannibals, but they do
not feed on their relatives or friends. 1t
is only when they make a capture from
another tribe that they eat human flesh.
| A Corpse Awaiting Cooking.
He had seen a woman who had been
speared in the throat laid ON bier ready
to be cooked. She was sick and had been
left by a marauding party. Another case
had also been personally observed by him.
During their journey they had captured
hundreds of natives who assisted them in
directing them TO banana groves and
other places for procuring food, but they
released them after the expedition had
passed beyond the territory OK those they
had captured, as they were thenceforth
useless to them. The pigmies, who reach
about to a full grown mans waist, have
abundant food as we'll as the larger ma
tives. They have many kinds of fruit,
some of them as large as watermelons.
They catch elephants in pitfalls and other
animals good for food are abu ndant
Caught Beautiful Young Q ueen.
| Ha hos pla hn
of the human race morally. Their graft
tune is as short-lived as bulldogs. One
day they caught a beautiful young queen,
Is years old, but a pigmy. She was the
color of yellow ivory. She had a narrow
girdle at the waist with iron rings on il
that looked like washers. She had ivory
rings on her arms and ankles. She was
used by one of the party as a servant, and
she became very docile and adept On
another occasion their pigmies carried in
| another scout The man was very proud
and strutted around with dignity The
woman carried a pack that would hold
two bushels. The man became very in
dustrous servant-a characteristic which
is rare in Africa.
The Angio-German Rivairy.
He.spoke of the discovery of the long-los,
Mountains of the Moon, which rose like
two truncated cones, and the Snow noun.
tains, which on April had burst on their
view, and hung for three days in view in
a most pellucid atmosphere. lie traced
the waters from the Snow mountains to
Lake Albert Edward, and from there to the
White Nile. As they approached this
lake they emerged from the forest, and
found large grassy plain. He skipped
rapidly over the journey to the coast a,
4 Zanzibar. but dwelt on their subsequent
difficulties there with Emin Pasha. II
was not until approaching the east
he said, that they learned Of rivalry be-
tween the English and Germans to curry
favor with the sultan of Zanzibar. Emin
was German, and was influenced by his
countrymen.
Emin Not n Grateful Man.
! They found that his gratitude was moi
very deep. He had embraced the mem
| bers of their expedition at the banquet