The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-02


telllgencer. Early In the sos Henry
Moore lived near Corinth. Miss, and
was shlftlesa sort OF fellow He
gathered courage enough 10 shift from
there. however. and. climbing on the
end OF a railroad train. managed to ride
blind baggage to Denver. lie spent
some time In Colorado, then drlftod to
the Arizona gold fields lounged In the
everlasting sunshine OF Mexico for
awhile and one day found himself at
Galveston. There he drifted on board
4 sailing ship and the ship drifted him
10 the eastern coast Of Africa
Here he found there was gold TO be
had without the digging When ;he
ship Got TO Liverpool he spent all his
wages In lrlnkeis and worked his way
back TO Africa on another ship Ills
exploits from the time he landed the
second time throw thoro OF Livingstone
and Stanley entirely In the shade, for
they went armed with n retlnuo OF fol-
lowers with baggage wagons and cents.
'ommissary department and cooks. Al
alone with as big a pack as he could
AIRY. he started from the east coast In
4 direct line for the west.
/ Il was something over a year before
nc was again seen by one OF his race OF
ioard ts5 native tongue. lie got back
70 the coast. but was not carrying bis
pack. lie had string Of camols and
ionkcys to carry it ami 20 had grown 20
Z goodly size. There were ivory tugks
Ia Il and gold nuggets and precious
stones ana curious things never seen
before Al by himself he had gone
ncarly 1000 mIlcn into the interior and
bin doin' q right smart O. tradin' with
The cocaa" he modcsily said
inject any sayages?" he vas asked
Mostly an sayages." was the quiet
toply
and cannibals2'
Yes. they is most all cannibals hut
nary a one oy en- ever clt me. an I'm
here % prove o."
This is what he laid when he got back
10 Corlnth. some time later What he
lid when he got his goods TO the coast
vas 10 get them and himself into ship.
and % Liverpool he disposed Of them.
with small part Of the money he In
vested IN a still larger pack and again
vent into the wilds OF Africa. but this
.lwc with donkeys and clmels and scrv-
ants lie passed through Mashoua-
land and TO the northward. He car
rled many bundles Of matches. and
when he deity and swiftly swung his
rieht hand upward past his thigh and
Gre was tho result. the natives were
ready 20 worship the fstmaker lie
also took a few lrearma When be
came TO large village on the morning
u q festival hc lai the ruler inio-mcd
tia, be Corll XIII a man and nobody
would know what had struck him '
Tho klnN was curious about this. and
ordered out orc of his young chiefs 70
be experimental upon. Moore said his
machine would work Just as VOL on o
COW. aud an animal intended Tor
daughter was laced 500 yards away,
which dropped dead when struck by
Nuolea bullet Nuoro says hn could
have hal q bigger piece OF land than
the whole state Of Mississippi and its
1--we stock thrown Ia Tor that rifle. bui
10 could only bargain Tor things that Ee
could carry away with him. Sluc
time after that. however. Dc d,l receive
a donation of land about seventy uilcr
square from enc OF these African kings
ln the Interior. AID sold q halfintercs,
IN Il to an English syndicate Tor nearly
sl.O0OQoO
Moore Got back 10 Corinth In 1859
and has been golug aui coming De-
tween africa and this country ever
since when Chattanooga had a land
boom he wen, there and asked nc price
of a large tract Tho price was $50.
900. But how much cash2' asked
Moore. Ilc haIgalnod Il down to $40.
600 and gave q check Ter that amount
on a san Francisco bank. The lauJ
dealer laughed ut Il. but on a telegram
being sent to san Francisco the bank
On which the check was drawn replied
Moore rcod Tor s25o.OOO,"
Moore has $4,000 IN government
bonds and large accounts with several
banks. He Is not married and his cam
lly connections aic an poor pcopio
that o.. they were poor before he re-
turned lie has sent bis brothers I've
daughters 10 a fashionable boarding
school and given each bank account
OF $4,000. ilc has also taken hi.
. brothers boy and sent him TO school
To the rest Of his family and intlmai,
friends he has alco been liberal.
u have In nay possession said Mr.
Walker. "a iecc OF soawood that Moor,
brought from the Red sea, picked az
near the snot where pharoah's arm,
tried 20 cross
This proves the wonderful account 4
be perfectly true.
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The Ohio legislature passed with al
most 10 opposition Representative Nor