The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-29
AN INTERESTING LECTURE
HENRY M. STANLEY TELLS OF
HIS ADVENTURES
On the Dark Continent-It Can Never
Become the Home of White
Men-Close of the Course
Next Tuesday Evening.
A Small Audience.

Contrary TO general expectation
there was but small audience at the
Opera House last evening to listen to
the great traveller and explorer Henry
NJ, Stanley tell of his adventures ii
| Darkest Africa" Mr.. Stanley was
introduced by the Hon. Charles b.
Lore, who said that 1t afforded him
| pleasure to present to the audience a
man known to and respected by the
whole world. When man was wanted
In 1869 to search for Livingston, who
at that time was lost in the iungles OF
Africa, Stanley was chosen. He was
again chosen In 1874. and finally when
an expedition was fitted out to rescue
Emin Pasha he was placed in com
mand.
With this introduction Mr.. Stanley
stepped forward and was greeted with
applause. He is short, stout man
whose hair Is nearly white, while his
mustache is still quite dark. There is
an expression of firmness about his
mouth which tells the story of his sue
cess in his many ardous undertakings.
He is pleasant OF speech, having full,
round voice and deliberate method
OF articulation, which one in hearing
him speak is apt TO think he acquired
In his efforts to correctly pronounce
the names of the African people, lakes
| and rivers.
| He commenced his lecture by re-
lating how, as correspondent OF the
| New York Herald. he had been sent To
Europe to visit number of countries,
and that while in Spain James Gordon
Bennett recalled him and started him
to Africa in search OF Livingston. He
reached the dark continent in 1871, and
after gathering company around him
started for the interior. He told of
long marches through forests, where
it Is probable the foot of man had
never before travelled, and of exciting
adventures on rivers, where hippo
potamus approached their frail canoes
with gaping mouths, apparently ready
to swallow them. He described in a
graphic manner the journeys he made
for settling the geographical questions
submitted to him, the lakes rivers and
mountains he discevereh; the carrying
OF steamboats, and wagons over paths
cut through the forests, up mountain
sides and down steep declivities. The
building OF towns and planting tho
elements of civilized life in Equatorial
Africa, contending all the time with
treacherous foes, poisonous reptiles
ana annoying insects, in u realistic,
earnest manner, which almost caused
his listeners to see the scenes as he
presented them with his eloquent word
pictures.
He told of the finding of Emin
Pasha, the falling out of the men and
the establishment of the rear guard,
his return to meet them and finding
them all dead or dying of disease and
some killed, the concentration of hor-
rors on one date, was pathetic story
simply but iittingly told.
In conclusion he said that while
Africa has made great progress IL can
never become the home of white men.
He spoke for one hour and thirty
minutes, but his lecture was so in
tensely Interesting, that it did not
seem half that time. 1lc is pleasing
speaker and has peculiar faculty of
taking hiss audience with him TO the
scenes which he 50 we'll and eloquently
describes.
Mr.. Stanley and his manager Mrs.
Edith Hand, started for Philadelphia
on he 1890 train, and were accom-
panied TO the station by a number of
friends.
The next and closing entertainment
of the course will be given on Tues
day evening, when Bill Nye and his
concert company will appear. The
prices for that occasion will DO 20, 80,
so and 10 cents.