The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-06

Onicei Nos. 20 and "a Pourteenthstreet.
A TALK WITH STANLEY.
The Great Explorer tells RspOrter Some
Tnt..,stino, Tsbtara

tu6 EtpUTtef WtIt uuutluk eleP uAub1i ~
after listening moment said that ",
the first time that Mr.. Stanley had bee
asked about elephants and about thin
that would really interest the publ
What Bartellot did and what Ward sal
and what was done, did not interest Il
public. Too many interviews were hl
about that trouble, anyway. Mr.. Stal
ley conceded with him and the chat WI
continued. It was not an interview
The great jungle tramper talked easii
and leisurely, as though to Q long tim
friend, and there was none Of that stiff
ness and brusqueness that had bee
sp oxen Of by 80 many newspaper mer
htr. Stanley became warmed up severn
times, and his eyes dilated, his voic
despened aud the whole man seemed :
expand with the feeling and power with
in him, And in those moments some
thing OF the power Of this man over mel
could be appreciated.
"Weren't you always travelinl
through land oiheat down there unde
the equator2"
"No. Why, right there under tn
equator we came upon mountains GOV
cred with perpetual snow"
"The Mountains Of the MoonP
Eyes. Why, there is one, dome o
peak, Killima NjEo, that is 2l,000 fee
high. The name means The Devil.
There Is another peak there, Kemia
about II, 600 or IS, 900 feet high. These
p .aks stand isolated. The Mountains o
the Moon are from 10000 70 $1,000 feet
and are comparatively short range Of
spur. There are peaks in them here ant
| there, with saddle back outlines AMI
shspes filing the horizon between. The
snow limo Is 1890 feet up. Isent q
lieutenant and some men up. They
went about 1000 feet. Not to the
snow line. But there you are roasting
and mosquito bitten down below and
that snow glistening far up there above
your head. Wonderful sight though.
"Now, much Of our journeyiug was
over some such country as you have
here, finely rolling. Occasionally We
would strike an arm OF desert, say
thirty miles across days journey, and
then we would catch Il. No one ever
travelled atnight Just to avoid the heat.
We moved right on. On the great
Sahara they travel at night, especially
on moonlight nights.
"But we struck the forests, the In
terminable forests, and covering as much
land as ell Germany and France put
together, $50, coo square miles, and were
100 days crossing them; nothing but
woods, woods, woods, till one wearied
beyond all telling. We had to hew our
way through step by step, and II was
there that We suffered so much through
hunger"
natives who were with you? Sternly :"
mo, as friends. Even as chums.
Hale fellows well met, ityou please. oh,
OF course there are times when one must
act with precision and with no show Of
ALTERING. II one does wrong, punish
him: but when the fight or march is
ever and we are encamped for the night
then we were comrades, all, chums, and
night after night, in the solitude Of the
forest and jungle, they would gather
around my tent and We were as big
family. When these natives see that
you carry no malice or grudge against
them for wrong doing, even after you
reprimand or severely punish them,
they will be the same willing, obediept
creatures, and you will hold their con.
fidence. But II you are surly and
cross they will say: He not got
good heart. He don't like me; /
don't like him, and an enlargement
follows, and one cannot afford that in
such country. In fact, at no time can
commander afford 1t. Be may be Sc.
we're and demand prompt action and
obedience when on duty, but when that
is over relax, and the men with you
will look upon you as comrade, not q
stern commander, and they will 90 TO
the death with you. tits the same with
men the world over, white or black.
That is true, as sure as you and j live.
You will see 1t exemplifed in your ar
mics. II had been curly and cross and
cruel or overbearing / would have forced
these people away from me. News tray-
els fast there. Very fast. AL the tribes
would have understood that l was mean
or surly, and they would not have come
near me. No, stern % the rock when
necessary, but when that necessity falls
away treat them as brothers or sons.
Why, l was their father.
zone day black boy, and he was 50
black, came to me. He wore only rag.
ged loin cloth, and he was awkward aud
6ashiul, but he had heard I liked to see
the black boys, and he stood before me
twitching his cloth So" and Mr.. STAN
ley stood up and tugged at his clothing
at his hips, "and swung himself half
around so as he spoke, Just like BASH
iul boy speaking at school, and be said:
Master, l was up in the country last
uipht; heard some men talking about
they would like 70 kill you 'Ab, my
boy, and what else did they say Now,
tell me, won't your %, they said they
would come tonight Thank you, my
good boy. Thank you,' and this boy
had heard the men talking Of night at.
tack, and be had run all the way TO tell
me Of it. Why2 because he knew II
he came 10 me l would not hurt him and
would treat him kindly. Suchnews gets
all obout the country. Perhaps the
boy had wanted to see our party for some
time, and this was his first chance,
and he had run of to do it. Then with
no one in camp knowing Of the reason q
Eouad Of men would be sent here, an:
other there, and at different times, until
the entire camp would be glrdled with
The armed watchers. The night steals
on, tho deep, dark, silent night, and
suddenly crack Of rife, another, an.
other, all the camp iS on its feet in COM
motion. The natives cry, we are at
lacked. They will kill usl' and they
become panicky. Then comes q stern
Lie down be quietl All is WE'LL And
they obey the voice Of command
| Eyerythig Is silent IS before. Only here
and over there and yonder sharp crack
Of the rifle, perhaps many Of them, bu'
we are sayed, the attack 10 repplsea
here for two days and talk to you, bul
really you must excuse me, for 1t 10 attel
ave and must dress and have supper
No. no, don't apologize. fou got mt