The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-20


HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
In one sense Henry NJ Stanley is a
man Of the Middle Ages; III another he
is the worlds foremost exponent of the
worlds commercial instinct-an instinct
that knows no fear, is daunted by no
emergency, spends money with ostensible
l&vishness butreal caution. and looks out
well for the reaping of profit after the
danger, the toll and the excitement Of
an enterprise are passed.
SANKEY'S just published account of his
latest journey across Africa The Quest,
Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor
OF Equatorial. By Henry NJ. Stanley.
Two volumes With engravings and
plates. Charles Scribner's Sons. shows
this. His own words display him in the
dual characters of Don QuiZote, the
knight Grant, and Jacob Aston, the
trader. Nothing could be more roman
tic or medieval in its nature than the
formulation Of the resolve to rescue
Enlin, who, Us the result proved, didn't
want to be rescued and raced back into
Africa the moment Stanley was out Of
the way; and nothing could be more
modern and practical than the deal put
up Win that notorious man slayer and
slave maker, Tippu lib, the terms of
which are frankly stated in the opening
chapters OF the adventurer's book as fol-
lows:
MAKING TERMS WITH TIPPU TIB.
DIR Junker informed me that Emin
Pasha possessed about seventy-fve tons
of ivory SO much ivory would amount
to e00.0 900 at eight shillings per pound.
The subscription Of Egypt to the Enin
Pasha fJ.nd-e10, O00-is large for her
depressed finance. In this quantity Of
ivory we had possible means of re
coupling her treasurv-with a large sum
left toward defrayiHg expenses and per-
haps leaving a handsome present for the
ZANZIBAR survivors.
"Why not attempt the carriage of
this ivory to the Congo? Accordingly |
wished to engage Tippu Tib and his
people to assist me in conveying the am
I1unition TO Emin Pasha. ana on return
to carry this ivory. After n good deal
OF bargaining entered into Il contract
with him by which ne agreed to supply
600 carriers at GO per loaded mead each
round trip from Stanley falls 20 Lake
Albert and back. Thus, if each carrier
carries seventy pounds weight of ivory,
one round trip VIII bring to the fund
G13, 200 net at Stanley falls"
Such a calculation, Of course, was
based on the supposition that Elnin, so
long as he was discovered and rescued,
would claim no part Of the sum his toll
somely gai1fed store OF elephant tusks
might bring.
This was the commercial Stanley plan
ming his expedition at Zanzibar. The
medieval Stanley had his innings while
the terrible journey inland from the
mouth of the Congo was in progress. He
read the Bible daily, relied on Gods
help, fought the natives wherever he
thought proper and punished his refrac-
tory followers. even to the last limit of
execution. Influenced by a combination
of motives neither rivers nor forests,
treachery nor faintheartedneSs daunted
him from start to finish of his wonderful
expedition.
AN AGE or DISCOVERY.
Bayard Taylor truthfully remarked |
some years ago that the present century
is en,phatically an age Of discovery. The
journeys OF Stanley give new force and /
point to this assertion. AT TO period
since the DAYS of Columbus and Cortez
has the thirst for exploration been more
active and universal than now This is
shown by the fact Chat two Of Stanley's
ieutenants paid $1,000 each for the
privilege of accompanying the expe- |
dition. They cared not for pay or eI2olu- !
ments. They simply wanted chance to
see the wonders of a direful land and /
show their fellows that they were men /
whom no dangers could daunt and no
foes withstand
1t Is because of such young enthusiasts /
as Jephson and jameson that one by one /
1.-THE outpostS Of barbarism are stormed /
and carried; advanced parallels are .
thrown up, and the beSieging lines of 1
knowledge, which, when once eStab- /
hshed, can never be retaken, are grad |
ually closing around the yet uncon- |
Quered mysteries of the globe. Modern /
exploration is intelligent and its results /
are therefore positive and permanent. /
The traveller no longer wanders Devil /
dered in a cloud Of fables. prepared to
see marvels and but too ready 10 create |
them. He tests every step Of the way |
By the sure light Of science and his
pioneer trail becomes a plain and easy
path TO those who follow. The pencil
the compass, the barometer, the Their
5nometer. the camera and the sexJant
accompany him; geology, ho5any and
ethnology are his aids. and by these
helps and appliances his single brain
COW achisyes results which 1t would