Arizona republican., 1892-05-13
UNwRITTEN HISTORY.
Mysteries of the Dark Continent-visit to
 Heather Land.

"immigrants" from Africa in the Uni ted States than from any other conti nent, and some of the best blood ii America flows in African veins. True they were involentary immigrants; bnt they have produced more per capita than most of the volentary immigra ton. was rocked in the cradle by ar African, and in my long and varied iu' tersourse with mankind, have found the African race to possess one of the rarest of yirtues--and that is gratitude.
 In the whirligig of time was one oI the seven signatories to a paper, assent ing on behalf of the territories to the fourteenth amendment to the constitu- tiOn-rhe delegates could not vote, and were therefore requested to sign pa per assenting to the enfranchisement of theAiricans in the United States, and the record is led in the archives of congress.
 had heard a good many tales about Africa, before l could read, by the kit chen fire of nights, and when they were over made the best time on record from the kitchen to the house and later on read from Heroditps, the father of his tory, of the four great lakes somewhere in the interior of Africa, which gathered the equatorial rains and sent them $500 miles down the mysterious Nile to the tideless sea, irrigating and enriching the land of Egypt, the land of educa- ton, science, religion, luxury and splendor, before all others but at that time l never expected to see Africa.
 In addition to our population from Africa, the continent is hound to us by the earliest traditions of the bible, as well as ty the latest explorations of Stanley.
 My first meeting with Stanley was in Paris when Bennett had just ordered him to go and find Livingston"
 l had been correspondent for the New York Herald on my Oriental tour and upon my return to Paris met Bennett, who treated me with distinguished politeness, and inquired much about my travels; so that it was very natural that he should send Stanley to see me. told him to go by the Caspian and from Bassorah down the Persian gulf to Ganzibar aud thence into the Dark Continent, and he followed my advice.
 could have had the job myself, as Bennett was well pleased with my ser vices and had an exaggerated opinion oi my experience in desert lands; but l did not banker alter any more of Africa than had seen.
 The savagery witnessed on the Ameri- can continent is quite enough for one lifetime unless a man is a cannlbal.
 l met Stanley again after he returned to London, and more manly fellow it would be hard to find. =
 He was in love with an American girl, and on the third trip named his boat after her, "Lsdy Alice" but she married another fellow while he was in Africa. Pickle womanl
 The practical results of Stanley's ex- plOratiOns have been the establishment of the Congo Free State under the pres idency of the king of the Belgians, one of the most liberal and enlightened princes of Europe; the beginning of the construction of railroad from the head of navigation on the Congo to the equa- torial lakes, and partial suppression of the slave trade.
 Africa is richer in natural resources than America-soil, minerals, timber and animal life; but the insalubrity of the sea coast is uniavorable to Euro peans.
 IL must be remembered that the first settlements of Europeans on the sea coast of America were very unsuccess- full, and many disgusted emigrants re- turned, notably William Penn, who died in England.
 The American settlements would have scarcely reached the Mississippi but for the aid of African labor.
 While these explorations and i'm proyements have been progressing in the interior England has been gradually surrounding Africa with a cordon of power.
 Gibralter, commanding the entrance to the Mediterranean, has been occu- pied by the British since l704, and will not likely be surrendered as long as the British empire exists.-Malta comes next and Cyprus last-all fortified; but the crowning point of British aggres- sion Tn Africa was the seizure of Egypt. and the control of the Suez canal.
 The khedive of Egypt is a mere pup pet, like an Indian prince, in the hands oi the British who rule supreme in the land of the Pharaohs, the Ptolemeis and the sOvereigns of antiquity.
 The British possessions on the east and west coast of Africa are growing, 1 and the stronghold at Natal in the | south enables the British to dominate i
  other nations-"What are you going to | do about it?"
 Missionary effort in Africa, as well | as Asia, has been dismal failure, and l the cause is difficult to apprehend, as | the Africans are an emotional and relig- | ious people.
 Baptist missionary crossing the | Atlantic with me once, fell down the | gangway and broke his leg, so 1 had considerable talk with him during visits of condolence.
 He said he had baptised good many, and could have baptised the whole con tinent If he had paid them a dollar a head.
 l would take contract to baptise A million Chinese year (by machinery for dollar head which would be a great economy for the missionary socie- ties, as 1t really costs $500 head.
 There is glamour about Asia, Africa and Polynesia-the repose under the palms-Sedan chairs, and servants in abundance-yery enticing to the young missionary. II l attended church with a missionary in Canton one Sunday and was honored with seat in the pulpit. When he was in full discourse a parade came along the street and every son of a gun oi the congregation scampered ont of the church.
 People differ in gastronomic taste &C., cording to education and environment. The African still retains his natural taste for slice of young girl, but will eat boy or even a man when pressed by hunger.
 The exports from civilized countries to Africa are rum, rifles, powder and RihIna