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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-13

v..in narrow limits and recent wears was
faf of ApyiiIs. 1899. through which Marsh
O.. n. Mo-. wa almost entirely demolished,
.... one hundred lives lost, and several
rr.ared injured. On February 10, 1884,
however. ar unparalleled series OF torng-
a.. occurred IN Che interior parts OF North
n.. ~Dlth Carolina and Georgia. IL Ala
lama. Kentucky. sind Illinois being mot
a. .mc.vc % tho -four States FIRST named
I.. la.. oi property was hardly create:
fUar Chat now experienced bt the Louis
SID. tornado buf the los, of ,ilc doubilf IS
,,.rc3cd FIVE hundred ana thc injured
more than 70 thoufnrd.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-13

4 San B.n.to mare treated its owner to a
.1rorlse n..l.. Shc gave birth q" TWO
coils. one OF which was mule, tine other q
na.ur.l-b0n .9t.cr
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GREELY & CYCLONES.
1oRNADoEs COULD NOT lNJuRe
DENSE AND wsLl-BulLT CITIES.
pniIdlngs With Solid Foundations and
Honest Walls are Always Safe--soien-.
tie Explanation OF the Tor
nado- EXaxgerations.


w,yuivGToS. n. c., April 10. 1870.
I4iqvcu known that extended portions
a. ge United States are especially liable
y, s,-Da6ocs. Doubtless the severe storms
~, the cyouncof March 9th, which forci-
liy called the attention of the couDtry 70
,,.s ,Ia.e az destructive and violent pbe-
,'.r.rl.a VIII he known az the Louisville
i,r..3o. meteorological apply the term
.,f.rnslo" ocyclone-storIus Of local cha
ro,fer. uhica have thep peculiarly Of excess
eyrhi cbvind currents passing spirally IN
wards and upwards; ana when especially
.r,.. nearly vertical than horizontal. u
..r,n. probable 90 The writer that the
tornado i- only more violent and intense
exhibition Of thundcra and hail-storm con-
rin.us. In the case OF tornadOcs the enOr-
,o.r- forces generated by the sudden dis
r-.r.ou ~ very unstable atmospheric con-
,.tr.e find effect in the development ~
violent vhirlwiuds instead Of forming hail
a. inducing extraordinary electrical ccndi-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15

and trees, threw down their loads or
piled their guns and crept away into
corners and quiet spots out of the blaze
Of the midday sun.
/ observed young white man in shirt
and flannel trousers moving about what
had been the chiefs house, and he,
catching sight Of me, came forward and,
answering my greeting. said:
''Mr. Stanley Is in there" pointing
to the hut in the Enclosure. would you
like to see him?"
Every much" 1 replied, ''if he isn't
too tired after his march,"
Leading the way, he showed me into
the hut, where found myself face to face
with Stanley. He was sitting on box
or old camp chair-I forget which-mak-
ing frugal breakfast of cold roast
Congo fowl, some hard, brown ship bis
cult and cup of tea without milk. His
bronzed features, lit up by a pair Of
bright blue eyes and set of by the white
mustache he wears and the gray hair
which encircles his forehead, produced
a very pleasing impression on me as 1
introduced myself and told him why 1
was travelling on the road to the Pool.
I asked him If he noticed much
change or any improvement in the coun-
try since he had quilted it in 1884.
''Well," he replied, II don't see much
improvement anywhere. There are
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more white men out now, Of course, but
it strikes me they have too many books
at headquarters in Bona, and too much
Office work and writing of dispatches,
when men might be better employed
doing something through the country.
There are plenty Of bridges to be built
over these small streams which rise sud-
denly after nights rain and hinder .
caravans crossing for two or three days
sometimes. Why, there's the Lunzadi
Just back there, which when left the
Congo had 9 bridge over it, and now
this morning / could hardly get my dom
keys across by the log or two remain
ing"
/ told him the natives along the'route
were very much afraid Of his Zansibaris
and had been running away from the
villages day or two in advance Of his
coming, and Of tho difficulty / expert
enced in finding enough food for my men.
Eyes" he said. Il am particularly sur
prised at the absence of food in the
country and the change in the manner
of the people. When went down coun-
try in 'si, before going home to Europe,
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to the engineer of the steamer, and in
| answer to our:
''Why, Mr.. Stanley, how is this? We
thought you were couple Of miles up
the Pool" He replied:
$50 we ought to have been, but when
we just got opposite the station here in
the bad water of the islands something
broke, and the rudder wouldn't act. We
were at the mercy Of the stream, and al
most drifted on the rocks of the island
there.
II thought we should have to swim for
1t, and turned to Ward, saying 1t was
time to Jump but luckily we escaped the
rocks and were able to get into your
beach, Swinburne, and so here we are
until tomorrow, fear.
1.-THE engineers will have to work all
night at repairing the damage"
Our little dinner that night was one
of the pleasantest Of my experiencesdur-
ing my five years in Africa. How we'll
l remember Stanley's bright, agreeable
conversation during the meal, how act
i've our little black servant boys were to
attend upon the feast, the real-the
true Bula Matadi-none of your spurious
limitations, but the genuine being who
had thrashed their chiefs in many .
fight and then '.msde blood-brothersp
with them who had journeyed in lands
far up the 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
father of them all! All! we'll, poor lit
tie chaps, they were accustomed to hear
US talk Of Bula Matadi as our leader and
settler Of our disagreements on the Con-
90 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
cigars flor we sometimes possess these
luxuries down on Stanley POoll Stanley
most graphically described his descent
Of the great cataract below the Pool
how he had dragged his camels two
miles nearly over an island at the
mouth of the Gordon-B Bennett tributary
70 avoid the livingstone rapids which
ragged and hoWled outside the island
Il wandered for two days along the
north bank seeking q place to descend
be said, ''but all was a hideous roar Of
waters tossing their huge waves up ons
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15
[coPYRIGHT, 1901

In April, 1887, 1 was on my way
through the cataract region of the lower
Congo, leading caravan of Zulus from
Matadi to Stanley Pool, with party of
natives of the Ba-Kongo tribe acting as
carriers of my personal loads--tent, pri-
Tate boxes, etc.-altogethcr numbering
about one hundred persons.
The Zulus (sixty-four in number)
were 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
tion, on the Pool, and only awaiting the
very loads / was bringing up to be
launched on the waters of the upper
Congo and begin her journeyings through
the untraveled regions Of the interior in
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hundred feet from the surface ases
of broken pillows that the Great Eastern
herself would be like chip Of firewood
thrown upon it. Lying nat on my face
on an overhanging cliif which rose high
above this raging, roaring mass OF
water, watched 1t foaming and boiling
along far below me. No one else has
stood on that cliff, ! am sure. 1t lies
hidden away somewhere below the
Gordon Bennett entrance into the
Congo, and from 1t the most magnificent
view OF the rapids Is obtainable."
was deeply interested in his graphic
description Of his descent Of the river ON
that Ozark Continent" journey, and
ventured to ask him II he thought .
white man could travel through tropical
Africa without means, men or armed
followers, as Rene Gallo did through
the Soudan about 1920. He looked ut
me and replied:
people have tried that since Callie.
There was that German who attempted
o somewhat similar journey on the east
coast, but did MOB succeed" Then l
saw q smile stealing round the corners
Of his mouth as he continued.
"You might perform the journey from
Matadi to the Pool on stills, Mr.. Case
ment and ! have no doubt you could &C
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EASEMENTS MAP.

knee-deep, proceeding which delayed
the march almost an entire day..
The next day Stanley reached the
Pool and camped on the hill above Leo
poldville sSaeion, where found him on
my arriving the subsequent evening
with the Egyptian flag floating near his
tent
He pointed to 1t and said: "You see
we are an Egyptian expedition, going
to relieve an officer Of the Khedive's
Govarnment"-and then some native
chiefs, old friends from Ngalyiema's
village near by, came TO greet their
well-remembered Bula Matadi and see
how he looked after four years absence
from the Congo in Mputu-the white
mans land
On the morrow / continued my jour
ney to Kinchasa, where / found the
hull Of the Florida ready for launch
ing. only requiring the engines 20 Be
fitted in her.
Stanley had, however, requisitioned
her as she stood from the chief Of the
Sanford expedition, for the entire
flOtilla Of steamers on Stanley Pool
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complish the remainder of the distance
on your head, II you liked to devote
enough time to it, but what good you
would derive from it, or any one else,
when you emerged at Zanzibar. / don't
really know"
With this parting shot Stanley left
us for the night, telling Ward to be up
early for the morning start
Next day we were up before the sun,
and the repairs on the Peace having
been executed during the night, all was
once more ready for start, and by the
time we had finished our coffee Ward
had marshaled the Zanzibaris, dis
tributed their rations to them through
their headmen, and they were getting
on board the Peace.
Her whistle blew, the engineer came
up to say they were waiting for him,
and Mr.. Stanley rose to say goodbye,
and accompanied him down the steps
of the verandah to the path which led
to the river.
Again shaking our hands, he walked
some PAGES towards the steamer, then,
as If suddenly remembering something,
he turned round, and, shooting sly
glance at me, bowed to my bulldog,
Paddy, who was blinking on the
steps, and holding out his hand to him
said:
"And goodbye, too, Snarleyow!
A moment or two later the Peace
was shooting out through the rapids
round Kinchasa islands, and every quick
swirl Of her propeller through the water
carried the little steamer further and
further away out on to the calm, placid
expanse of the Pool, whence soon only
thin wreath Of smoke served 10 mark
the spot where she struggled to over
take her consorts now steaming with .
full days start up the broad bosom Of
the Congo.
As the smoke slowly faded away on
the horizon we turned away from the
beach and were soon busily employed,
Swinburne and l. arranging for our
coming journey to the upper waters OF
the Congo.
wa tied at Kinchasa until an oppor-
tunity offered of travelling Sp to the
Equator Station, some three hundred and
fifty miles beyond the Pool, where took,
up my quarters while awaiting the arrival
of the steamer in which I hoped to be
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 Gheir enemies by feasting on
the bodies OF the prisoners they had
captured in the fight
ROGER EASEMENT.
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At daybreak the camp was raised,
tents were struck, loads redistributed
to their carriers, and by six a. m. not o
soul remained among the sticks and
impromptu huts of the Zanzibar en-
campment Every one was streaming
along in the wake of Stanley on his
white donkey. Soudanese soldiers,
weakened by fever contracted since
their arrival in the damp air of Congo,
dragged their long limbs YEARLY
over the unequal path; sick Fan
zibaris struggled to keep up with
their stronger companions, or despair
ingly threw themselves down by the
bank Of some stream, and, in answer to
the appeals Of their comrades. only
shook their heads or despairingly
looked at the thin, narrow strip of road
winding over some hilltop in front
dipping into the recesses of wooded
valley, only to reappear mile further
on, where the leaders OF the column
were now beginning to emerge.
On the third day Of this weary march
we reached the Lula river, having kept
close behind Stanley's march each day,
amid the ruck of native carriers with
ammunition loads and struggling or
sick members of the expedition.
The Lula was in food, and it was
found necessary to put the boat together
to cross this stream, ordinarily only
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every village I passed through the
chiefs presented me with something,
and by the time reached Matadi ] had
twenty-five goats saved to give to Vivi
Station, where food was always scarce.
Why. remember in this very village OF
NSelo," looking round on the deserted
huts, "where now there Is not q soul, i
had couple Of goats given me then
and plenty Of food brought for my men"
Bidding Stanley goodbye FASTENED
after my men, who were now descend
ing the steep hill in rush, and left him.
got my two cylinders over the
Nkissi safely in the canoes, and at seven
in the evening was able to see my camp
fires blazing merrily away for the night,
while Jephson's shone across the water
from the opposite shore; and up on the
hilltop ! could see the lights through
the trees round N'Selo, where Stanley's
men had taken up their quarters.
Next morning at noon Stanley came
down to the far bank, and the work Of
embarking his men was rapidly com.
menced, and, steering the boat himself,
with Uledi, his Zanzibari coxswain, Civ.
ing orders to the crew, the first detach-
ment was conveyed across the river.
Every man was safely over by even
ing; branches were cut, linen cloths
strung from them tent-like, and all
around US an encampment sprung up as
II by magic, where the Zanzibaris en-
sconced themselves for the night
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rha LIttla Nom O AfrIca.

The Akkas are described by DR.. Junk
er as the only voluntary nomads Of the
Central African regions. They construct
their little cone-shaped grass huts In the
shelter Of the trees Of the woods, and
live in = district as long as the chase
lasts. They prefer to abide among
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 Dr. Juhkor only
once saw about one hundred and atty Of
them together. They can not properly
be described IS dWarfs, but only IS rel-
atively very small .men.-Phrenological
Journal
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ROGER EASEMENT.

search Of ivory for the Sanford explor-
ing expedition, of which 1 was men,
ber
Towards the middle of April reached
the native village Of Lutete, only sixty
miles from my destination on Stanley
Pool, and here the news that H. NJ.
Stanley, at the head Of q great expedi-
ton for the relief of Emin Pasha, con-
sisting Of eight white officers, 900 Zanzi-
baris, and Tippo lib, the renowned
Arab slave trader from Stanley Falls,
was on his way up country close behind
me, caused me to use every exertion to
hasten my march, so that l might be
able to cross the Nkissi river, which
falls into the Congo some fifteen miles
beyond Lutete, before Stanley and his
expedition should arrive on its banks;
for knew Stanley's journey was of far
greater Importance than mine, and that
he would require all the canoes on the
Nl1issi to convey his caravan across,
Hduring which time Ishould be compelled
to stand aside with . band OF 100 semi
starving men.
Leaving Lutete camped next day in
Nzungi market place, about ten miles
from the Nllissi.
Here was overtaken by Mr.. Jeph-
ison, one Of Stanley's officers, who, pre-
rceding the main column, was charged
with putting the portable boat together
which accompanied the expedition
forming about thirty loads-so that
every thing might be ready for the
passage of the Nkissi when Stanley
himself should arrive on its banks.
Jephson hurried of at three q. m. next
morning in pitch dark, we having learned
in the night that the expedition had ar
rived at q spot only an hours march
behind us, where Stanley had halted
for the night
followed Jephson at half-past four,
hoping against hope that l might
reach tho Nkissi before Stanley, but Il
was still . long way off-three hours
march, and my men could only travel at
a snails pace. They did their best,
poor fellows, and at seven a. m. we
had crossed the Lunzadi river by q
frail bridge of felled trees, just spfi-
.ciently strong TO bear the weight of
the loads and men together. and were
Ntoilfully climbing,up the steep hill on
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-15
THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD.

When the winter morn II breaking
Over land capes white with snow,
And the cold hns sent the mercury
Down to ten or twelve below;
When the boardcrs shivering rise from bed
And quickly don their clothes
and hurry to the parlor stove
To thaw their freezing toes;
When people who must be ut work
At seven o'clock or so
With gloved hands shield their ears as through
The icy streets they go;
When cans OF milk IRE frozen
That are standing by the door,
And every body says II never
Was so cold before;
when the fair and gentle maiden
From her slumber sound awakes,
But no attempt TO leave the couch,
So snug and warm, she makes.
She feels she's not quite rested
All yesterday she shopped,
And tripped.it ut the hop last night
Until she nearly dropped.
I'll take another nap" she says
The beautiful young lady.
And meantime ma will light the FIRE
And get the breakfast ready"
Boston Courier.
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the far side when looking back / saw
only half mile behind us. across the
valley of the Lunzadi, q long stream Of
people pouring down the hill towards
tho river, at their head q white man
Il could see that by the clothes) on u
white donkey, followed by two or
three white-robed figures, which /
judged to be Tippo lib and his
suite, and behind these long files OF
Zanzibaris and natives.
knew 1t was Stanley at the head OF
his column, and that he would soon be
upon us at the rate We were progressing.
/ urged the Zulus up the hill and got
them into Q jog-trot almost with their
heavy loads, while fastened on with
my camp equipage and the lighter loads
to the Nkissi, where ] arrived in about
two hours, and found Jephson busily
engaged piecing the portable boat to-
gether on the bank Of the stream. The
Nkissi runs through gorge with
steep banks Of $50 to 800 feet, rising
almost from the waters edge.
All my camp loads, tent, bed, food,
ETC., were passed over to the opposite
shore of the river about $50 yards
across in two small native canoes.
Entering the deserted village Of Selo,
which crowns the hill overlooking the
river, l found 1t rapidly filling with
Zanzibaris and Soudanese in long
white shirts and blue uniforms, who, as
they arrived in the shelter OF the huts
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were incapable Of holding all the men
and loads Of the relief expedition, and
he wished TO use the shell OF the
Florida as barge, to fill her with men
and loads, and tow her alongside the
State steamer Stanley.
For several days during the end Of
April all was hustle and excitement
round the shores Of Stanley Pool, load
ing the various little stern:wheel steam
ers Of the State, and the two missions
and at our station, endeavoring to con-
struct q hasty slip to effect the launch
OF the Florida All our efforts were In
vain; the beams cracked and bent be-
meath her weight, and the upright sup
ports beneath her sank deep In the
mud as We tried to induce the unwieldy
frame Of steel to glide down the in
clined plane Of CREASED logs into the
river.
On the following morning Stanley ap-
peared with about two hundred Zanzi-
baris and accompanied by Stairs, Nell
son and Jephson, and after some tre-
mendous showing and hauling the
Florida commenced to move down the
slip. Rebuilding our exertions, all OF
us white men lending hand wherever
we could get in an arm or q shoulder to
shove, while Stanley stood on the bank
and urged on his men by words Of en-
enlargement, we at length got the
steamer on the run; and, while the
beams cracked and bent and the logs
sank into the mud as she slid over
them, the Florida shot gracefully into
the waters Of the Congo, whore the STAN
ley speedily took her in tow down to
where the expedition loads were being
embarked at the Baptist mission station.
On the S0th Of April every thing was
ready. Swinburne, Troup and walked
down to the mission grounds, about o
mile of, to bid goodbye to the members
of the expedition and watch their de-
parture for the Aruwimi and the un-
known lands which lay beyond it.
At last every thing was complete; the
donkeys had with difficulty been got on
board the steamship Stanley and her
companion, the Florida; the men, Fan
zibaris, Soudanense and Somaulis were
all in their places on each Of the little
steamers o I the fleet.
Stanley was the last to leave, accom-
panied by Herbert Ward, in the little
Baptist steamer Peace, the only screw
boat then on the Pool, and bidding each
of US goodbye as he grasped our hands
he stepped on board and waved his cap
ere he set his face up river resolutely
to think Of the great task which lay be-
fore him.
Swinburne, Troup and returned to
Kinchasa half an hour later, wondering
If we should ever see any Of the men
again we had parted from that morning.
On reaching Kinchasa, what was our
establishment to find the black crew Of
the Peace and many Zanzibaris about
the station, while we could see the
little steamer herself alongside our
beach. Hurrying to our dining-room we
found Stanley giving some instructions
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A NIGHT WITH STANLEY.
Roger Easement, an Ivory Trader
Meets Him at Stanley Pool.

The Great Explorer In His Tent - Tho
Start for tho AruwimI Swamps-Stanley
Talks Pleasantly About His Travels with
Our Correspondent.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-04-26
NOTES ON CORA CREEK.
Bountiful RainfiAll-Rine Ranches Well
Stocked with Cattle and Horses.

Bount,ful RainfAll-Rine Ranches Well
Stocked with Cattle and Horses.
Especial correspondence of the TR1BuNE.l
CORA, April OOH. L. Descombes,
Cora's merchant, reports business as very
good.
The residents of Cora and vicinity
have been favored by the weather bureau
as the valleys were visited by welcome
rainfall on Saturday nigh.
Preston & Street have fine ranch of
$40 acres at the head OF Cora Creek,
where they are extensively engaged in
the raising of thoroughbred horses and
cattle. They are enterprising ranchmen
and will do we'll In this place. They have
several buildings, and will soon erect
more. ...
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston came here from
New York years ago, and are much
thought of by the people in the vicinity.
Mrs. Preston Is an accomplished and en-
tertaining woman and makes things
pleasant for those who have the good
ortune to visit the ranch. They have
about 150 head Of horses.
u. Wells has fine ranch on Cora
Creek, the greater part of 1t Is under cul-
tivation, Mr.. Atkinson is experimenting
| it during Mr.. Wells absence.
]. d. Richards & Go. have the contract
to supply meat to the new railroad, and
are kept busy most of the time. Mr.
Richards has q fine ranch on Cora Creek
and band of about 200 horses.