The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-16
A CLOSE TRoTrKn.


GLOBE TROTTER.
An American who Met and rsikea with
stanley In Africa
DR.. J. c. Harrison was seen by
reporter at the Russell hotsl yester-
day. Upon entering the room the scsite
found man this side OF LIES prime. With
pleasant blue eyes. IN erect and well-knit
figure, and IN intellectual face, which bore
the imprint OF deep study. His hand-clasp
was warm and cordial and his voice music
ally sonorous. His beard Is worn . IL mill
taire, and faulsIess attire devoid Of snowy
characteristics betokened the gentleman.
So much for the outer man q regards the
famous physician and traveller. "You
would like few of my experiences In the
antipodes for publication? Isn't that pur-
Joining certain .,ortion OF my thunder
which expect. to unload on the Seattle
public 7" the doctor laughingly replied. to
. request for information regarding the
scenes visited by him. II spent Ave years
In Australia land other English colouies)
and in Africa. and in many respects they
were the most delightful OF my life.
! shall never forget the short
time saw Henry Stanley.
We met 1t Cape Town. Africa. where his
boat landed to take on coal. He was then
on his way to the Congo to relieve Gordon's
lieutenant The entire populace came
down to see him. but no oficial recogni-
ton Was extended. United States Senator
kilsr was indignant at this seeming slight,
and We proposed to rectify It, l Was
then chartered at . very pleasant hotel at
Winebury, nine miles distant. and thither
invited Mr.. Stanley and Mr.. Siler. and
with our party. had most delightful din
ner. In common with every one else. l
then believed that the great explorer was
Leading forlorn hope. Wen mover
see you again. said the consul ct
dinner that day We'll SIR replied
Stanley. I'm going 20 the Eastern coast Of
Africa and the entire world knows how
true his prediction was. What impressed
me most regarding the manf Ii was
bis quiet determination and his modesty.
He iooked Hike . man 10 whom obstacles
were 'triDss light as air. He had with
him Tipfoo lib, the crafty old Arab chief
tain, WHO looked more like an African than
IN Arab. He 10 otherwise known as Amud
Ben Mahomed. and went into the slave
trading business, apparently with some
thing Of the same enesgy and ability that
characterises some Of the financial kings
and industrial monopolists In our
own land. He was accompanied
by his harena (thirty-five wivesl and they
travelled with all the pageantry that Orien-
tai splendor rendered possible. He Was SO
savagely jealous OF each Of his morgan attic
spouses that no man dared to address one
Of them. unaer penalty OF mourning his
august wrath.
Il was in Australia, however, longer
than in Africa. and felt more ct home
there: il is more like America in its people
and institutions"
did you stop at Honolulu on your way
out?"
"Yes, and the leper colony OF the Ha-
waiian Islands 10 one OF the saddest and
most pathetic places on the globe. The
disease mauifcsts itself at the most UNI
expected moments. young native wom-
an whom saw, showed the hrst
indication OF the dread disease while shop
ping for her wedding trousseau. She was
seized by the police. FASTENED to the re-
ceiving hospital, and in few days sailed
for the leper settlement on the island Of
Molokai. She never saw her lover or
friends again. You have heard OF
that sanity man. Father Damien.
who consecrated eighteen years OF his life
10 ministering TO the bodily and spiritual
wants Of these unfortunate victims and
then fell prey to the disease himself"
did you stop ct the Samoan islandsrs
mo. We hove 10 long enough to send of
the mail in small steamer, and then pro-
ceeded to New Zealand. Travelled a. far
south - lnfracargiii. the nearest town In
the world to the South Pole.
"what sort OF people are the nativesr"
THE Msoris OF New Zsaland are the
fnest aborieines in the world. OF COM
msnding stature. they are brave and
humane in battle. a. gauged by the warfare
Of other savAess.s They still hold large
tracts in the intarior Of the isIands, ana
into their domain no white man 10 allowed
TO enter. Only thousand miles away. In
Australia. are found the lowest races in the
world. cannihais. Black Trackers. etc"
Excuse me. but what are Black
Traskers,"
They are tribes that iahabst the waste
lands OF Central Australia. and who fol-
Tow trail By the sense OF smell. In %
Darvinlan sense they run on their hind
legs, with their heads . few inches from
the ground. These people are used very
effectively by the police IN tracing GRIMM
ais. They are cannibais and viii discuss
the relative merits OF . .picanniny and =
missionary With oil the rest OF civilized
epicnre in his opinions concerning quail
and reed birds.
Yea, visited Van Dieman's Land fnow
Tasmanial Its two principal towns, Laun-
cesson and Hobart are OF IS 90 and 5000
population. respectively"
What sort Of people are these descend
snts OF couvictss
The 6nsst kind a. people II Is IN In
justice TO use the name Of convicts. To be
sure many desperate criminals we're sent
out there. but nany ianocent persons. too
In the days when the Australian colonies
we're penal settlements. il was oaIy neces-
ssfy v ne Irish. 90 poor, and exile followed