Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-11

| had commission from the Belgian
government 10 establish stations on the
Congo. This task had TO be accom-
plished quietly so as not To ettract no
tice, which might have proved fatal To
our enterprise
The speaker detailed the progress OF
the expedition, resulting In the success
of the project. and told how the Congo
had been transformed into 4 great com
mercial region. On the upper and
lower Congo 1000 natives are now en-
gagged in the carrying trade. there
ARE MANY STEAMERS
ON the river and thousands Of workers
and police. all the latter being drawn
from the ranks OF those caunlbalS who
had sought the lives Of the Stanley
party few years before The speaker
then sketched briefly the story Of the
expedition for the relief Of Emin PaSha.
The narrative Of King Ngayema aud
"the rock breaker" Is he was called
during his third expedition along the
lower Congo, was well Illustrated both
by gesture and vocal modulatlon. SO,
too, his account Of the development OF
the Dark Continent and his prophecies
OF its future were delivered with I'M
preSSiyeneSS, which was not all IN the
subject matter itself.
A characteristic OF the speaker which
could not escape the notice Of his audi
ence was the cold, almost hippant fash
ion in which he referred TO the killing
Of hostile blacks by shot ami shell when
| they Veutured 10 display
SUSPICIOUS INTENTIONS
toward his caravans No distinction
whatever did he apparently draw be-
tween the shooting OF negro warrior
and the destruction OF a belligercnt hip
popotamuS, and yet his feelings sayored
not Of cruelty. but only Of iIdomitable
resolution. Among the curious ques-
tionS which Stanley said WAS asked him
10y the king was whether or no he had
ever seen an angel in his travels. The
speaker said he had to confess that he had
encountered cultured BostonanS, very
! iue old Englshmen. devOut Frenchmen,
but nothing with sufficient lack OF the
earthly 10 be- dominated an angc. And
( SO the kings desire ia this e-pect went
unsatistcd
! Mr.. Stanley then went on 10 speak OF
| how the marches in the great forest
we're conducted. The hours that Were
sent apart Tor work, eating, sleeping |
and mcrrymaking, and of the last there |
was generally dearth The scene at |
night after the tents had been pitched, /
with hundred or more camp-lireS /.
throwing
THEIR CHEERFUL LIGHT
upon the extempole village. all were /
scenes once experienced, long to be- re-
membered. The boots OF the dog-faccd /
monkeys, the binding flashes Of light
ming, the frequent awful peals Of thun-
der, the binding rain, the dense, some
times heavy torrents OF water all were |
pictured 10 the minds of the auditors.
Skctching briefly the reasons for the /
Emn Relief Expedition, the lecturer
mOdestly took Ei, audience through the
forest to Lake Albert, the indccison OF
Emin to return for the rear guard and
its tragic story. Emin's capture by his
rebels, the detection OF Emin men, aud
the arrival at Zanzibar.
"Emin, said Stanley, restored TO
his cOuutrymcn, is sent back 10 Elua-
toria in high honor, and Captain Cas-
sati Is h higl hoiior ia Italy; tine gal /
liant English who helped NE are without |
recognition.
Ia speaking OF the discovery OF the /
Congo, or rather of the starting ont Of |
the expedition the speaker said:
Once started, they wished to go back, |
4 Il sfr,aaufuIiffV af I'uu- ]
land" as much aS the perils Of forest |
and savage. lie and one of his officers |
decided TO Hip up "a rupee. 1t fell three |
times heads up. Meaning, ego back To |
Zanzibar" Long straw aud short straw |
decided the same way, but the maxim, |
.'the patch of duty is tine way 10 glory, /
decided them To follow that river, aud |
they did, through the horrible depths |
Of forest until their Arabs rebel.cd and /
insisted on going back.
soon after the, did part company I
with their Arabs. and loo houIla ni /
canoes started ont on The great river. /
There were
cANNmAi~ ro FlDu
all the way. The equator reached they .
thought the stream was the NiIe. \ .
turn % the northwest: "lt must bc The /
Niger" a sharp turn for l5O miles to /
the west. aud the discovery oi great /
anlurnt, solved thc mystery. lt wls thr /
Congo.
For my first trip" conrIudci thc /
speaker. "my search for Livingston. /
wa, rewarded boy being called ru- /
manccr. for revealing the extent oi the /
African continent was termed Ouc- /
cancer. for founding the Congo Free /
state was called pirate and free /
bOoter. for my last expedition ] was the /
ob ioct Of many epithets. But / feel not /
a whit more meanly disposed because Of /
this treatment. Twcnty-three years |
have passed since began my African |
career. To-day Zanzibar is closely |
drawn 10 Europe, four lines Of mail |
steamers plying 10 and fro. \ tele-
graphic cable, too, Is stretched from one
continent 10 the other. Explorers no |
longer stand aghast AZ the terror- of the
climate. the dense forest. or The frrocity /
of the people. The rind OF the country
has been
KNOWN FOR oi&uEf.
but its interior remained locked In mys-
terry until recently.
Now its lakes, its mountains. it.
plains. its forests are revealed to u,.
More than half its territory has beca
parceled out among European nations.
one thousand civilized officers look after
the interests OF civilization. ili.ia, age
10 be seen ON Victoria NyIuIl. and This
wear "A steel navy will be- added. wc are
lettering old Africa with rigid
bars OF metal boo thc construction
OF railroads. When thc>. are
completed the power, % darkness ~i..
be dispclied. Africa cannot b'com' the
hope Of the white men. u.s. did America,
but IL sill bee the hopr OF the dar" p'Y.
pie aud will blossom into o great lana "i
commerce. civilization and Christianity
There +, bound 10 b" superior d-ft
race In that continent, and there arc
children I'm Wheeling Who w.I hear 0i +.
the news Of civilized Contra. Africa
echoing the motto oi olr Christian
teaching. Peace on earth. -olI VIII
toward men.
Tho lecture on the whole wl- perhap-
NOT what might have been expected F.
from such a subject The audience
was somewhat 81 appointed iu STANLEY f.
descriptive powers. aud Oh the whole.
with a subject Of such pos'iuI.itlc-, he
+, far from bclug magnetic ta'ker.
Doubtless more than anything else
which attracts people i' ih" mere
curiosity % see the explorer.
NOTES or TIE RIVER.
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