Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-21
STUDENTS SOCIETY.



After an adjournment OF Two "e'-S,
| the Students, Society convened last
p-.,,.,. .. -, ,h, sncial Hall,
' ''e""s ..,,t,,g
INSTRUCTOR >. D. Wh''on
After singing by the College N"o
| Gloe Club {, selection entitled: "Hall,
glicn, N,c,i,, all tbe invocniionl a
-,-.' ttn,,,r,ls,,
piano 500, enti'icn '"p'''e
was rendered by Miss CumorAh omiln'
MIR. q. II. savaRo then gave his
.,,u, 80, ,.r,. ao,utio, Of the Nile
1919 W. ,..r,i 4,
Mystery" Inc spenker rc.'''o'
the mystery which anciently invoiVeh
the SOURCES OF tho Nile, also 10 the
,r.J,,,nn ,,., ,,,at iary. volum, or
$50.
water originator IN some VI u'o '''o""
talns existing In the moon. A general
touourapbical outline OF Africa was
a.. -, ,,.,., ,o,,,o,c. ,,ede In
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the most important explorers o, '"'
dark continent. The great adventurer
and oxnloter. DIR. David Livingston,
was spien OF A. n God.fearing man, and
of bis bciny Inspired by an heavenly
influence Ia p.rform the work which
he I'M. His character. n brief sketch
| OF his life. his travels. and hIs dis
coyeries In Africa were dclineated,
| and of his beIng lo-t 10 the world dur
linz IN, years isgg. 7O.7I. while In the
hcartof Africa nyeutIrnting the sources
Of the Congo. Mention wa. made Of the
nnrI,ty which prpyniled the world
over copccrnIng Inc sudden disappear
ance of LiyIpvstop, and OF In. propo.
sItion mad, 10 Mfr Henry NJ, Stanley
by Mfr. James Gordon Bcnnett Of the
| New York Herald 10 20 10 Africa and
| find him. Mr.. Stanley accepted the
proposltiou and. aid, 81 Will lind him
,joi being nv heIpcr.u The life and
character OF Stanley wer. laconically
trent,.i upon, the lecturer mentioning
the PRINCIPAL events OF his life. AZ
the age OF fifteen years he became a
school teacher: worked his passage
across The Atlantic ns cabin boy 10
New Orleans: his return 10 England;
| his nccou Mt Of the AbyssinIan wnr,nnd
the part taken under General wols.ley
| In the Ashantee war, Attention WINS
next drawn 10 the natives OF Africa, of
their yast number. there being $780,.
900, 600 south OF 100 north latitude, Of
their secluded condition. their woful
Ignorance. md their wild and hnrbaflc
state. ZnnxIbar was referred 10 IA nos.
s,ss,ny m. scum and m. ofI.couriny on
M. Whole continent AZ well as ali
elements necessary Tor the production
OF a hadrs in very deed. ii was here
that Stanley landed. and with ISL
natives and with three or four whit.
men proceeded towards In. Interior IN
search OF III vIprs,on. In three months
no reached Upyanyembr. with III
men. nil tho otbrrs bay Wing died along the
route. From here Travelled Westward 10
Lake TanRanyika and upon The hanks
/ of this Iak, hs found ths object OF his
search, David Idyinyston, Stanley
endeayor,d 10 persualle. the old gentle.
man 10 ruturn 10 England, hut Il was
OF no avail: he (I,lyInrstonl Ind an
obIect ia vlew-th.t OF solving the mys.
terry OF the Nile. After the two mi.
yenlurcrs had explsred Lake Tangapy.
Ika, Stanley returned home leaving
the old gentleman 10 continue his OK.
plorations. The death OF LIyIngstOn
was referred 10, he having died v lille
In the attitude OF prayer, the driving Of
his body Mud It's burial la tho Wust-
minister Abbey, and Of Stanley being
one OF MS lAlI.bcnTtfN, The second
call upon Stanley 10 20 and finlah die
work OF Liyingsion was made by the
publishers OF the New York Herald
aud the London Times, irrespective OF
the cost OF such an Undertaking. Stan.
ley once more sci out for the dark con.
tinent, aud procuring 800 men AT Ian.
zlbir marched towards In, interior.
He ciroumnav,satcd Lake Victoria
aud was In sight Of the Mountains OF
the Moon, nut did not see them becn,,..
OF their being covered with clouds. a
peculiarly Characteristic OF those
mountains. From Lake Victoria he
retraced his steps westward 20 tie
Luaiaba River, which Is the head wat.rs
of tho Congo, and upon whose waters
he had sailed down 10 Onauyema Falls
before he marched westward 10 Lake
Victoria. Not knowing ills 10 be Tho
Congo no was undecided as 10 whether
he could continue his course down IN.
river or return and 20 up again, How.
ever. after Considerable dsli6eration h,
determined, ut all haxards, 10 90 down
and explore the river. Tho iany.n
which he had 10 encounter wer,
spoken OF, and the loss Of 100 OF b,, men
through the prlyations and sufisrinys
which they had 10 endure. Finally