The morning times., 1896-11-21

This Is the country Of rain and bananas,
bananas and rain, rain and bananas; god
GOd!''
Col. Chaillu-L0ng Is the authority for
the statement that the quotation is an cx-
cerpt from thel yric poetry Of Central Africa,
they eat bananas every day In the year,
including Sundays. Col Long has had
many occasions 10 quote with personal feel,
the great poet OF Uganda, whoever he was.
Col. Chaillu-Long Is q Marylander Of
the Eastern Shore, who Is known fanIiariy
to the world Of h Letters on both sides OF
Society was therefore enabled to announce
with great public interest that the dis
tinguished soldier and explorer was to
the First Congregational Church.
The Introduction Of the lecturer was by
President Gardner Hubbard, who spoke
briefly Of Col. Chaillu-Long's service In
the United States Army, his subsequent
service with the khcdive, and his appoint
ment as chief OF Gen. Gordon's staff dur
into Uganda, and generally tow ard the
sources OF the Nile.
The speaker is not a rOstrum orator, but
what he says is infinitely more interest
ing and striking than if he depended on
manner instead OF matter. His style is
delightfully."- conversational, and he has
evidently been n keen observer, such
man as was Ulysses, according to Homer, to
whom the lecturer referred in his pretty
story of the Lotophagi, or Lotus Eaters.
SIR JULIAN PRESENT.
The lecturer emphasized three points.
which the audience carried away with them.
1t was very large gathering including
a large proportion OF the literary people
about town Seats were reserved for Sir
Julian Pauncefote and the ladies at the
British emba ssy, all OF whom Were present.
Col Chaiilu-Long developed the fact
OF the warm regard felt by the Egyptian
native government for Americans; treated
the British explorations and scientific eX-
petitions as merely nominal. the Interior
purpose being occupation OF interior Africa,
and gave the audience singulariy at
tractive narrative OF his personal expert
ences IT the court OF King Mtesi of Uganda
WHITTIER he went as the diplomatic repre-
sentative OF Gen. Gordon and OF his gov
ernment.
The visit To this court was preceded by
rapid sketch OF the various attempts
made to reach the sources of the Nile,
which he showed to be no modern under
taking. 3s he referred to expeditions or de-
signs in this direction as far back as the
sixth Egyptian dynasty. 5000 b. c., in
the twelfth century, in the time Of Chen
ghls Khan; twncentnries later by the Turks:
In his own day by Livingstone, Taylor, Sir
Samuel Baker, and Spcke.
HIS SERVICE IN EGYPT.
In S73 the khedive engaged the services
of forty officers OF the United States Army
and OF the late Confederate states army,
Chaillu- Long and Col. Jenifer. Germany
and England opposed this policy, in which
the Americans were more sustained by
France than by their own government.
Gen. Gordon succeeded Baker as governor
general of the English provinces and Col.
Chaillu. Long was appointed as chief OF
to go into the Uganda country. The
speaker acquitted Gen. Gordon OF any
knowledge at this time of the real inten-
f.f NnN .nrf tr-l,t lob.
subsequently appeared to be conquest
instead of science.
the larger part OF the lecture was devoted
to description OF the route from AlcXan-
drla by the Red Sea to Suakim, and thence
UP the Nile to Uganda country, visit
TO Lake Victoria and the difficulties and
humOrs of the expedition. He had only
two natives as body guard.
Inciuent.iiiy he Ieicfreu To his discovery
OF the race of pigmies, which entertained
the world some years ago, the home of the
discovered and his demonstration of ;he
incorrectness of the belief that the river
which ran east from Lake Victoria was
also gave credit to speke and Sir Samuel
Baker.
WITH KING MTEsI.
The lecturer made the details of his re-
ception by King Mtes extremely vivid, in
Guiding the presentation Of the presents Of
electric batteries, music boxes. etc, and
the curious effect the pla wing OF tuc
Miserere by tie music box had on his
majesty. to which he danced some very
picturesque steps and someIslults
The electric battery was voted a little
devil by the whole court and was re-
turned with thanks. When the speaker
charger and dismounted the court believed
that the horse and rider had been COM
pact animal like centaur. and the whole
business incontinently took to flight, i'll
ciu.iins the ladies oi the h.ireru-
These ladies' subsequently, made a per.
sonal examination Of the visitor, but they
not oi on Wins @ He o 6n made
repudiated except one princess, whom he
sent to Alexandria and had educated as
missionary To- Uganda. She is in the
convent yet. Her picture, as nasscd on
the screen last night, Was not particularly
pretty.
Mtesi's secretary of state was also
the treasury was not known from the fact
that the king has no treasury. As u mark
Of respect 70 the Distinguished visitor.
dashed out with clubs in his presence.
ROASTED THE CAPTIvES.
After leaving the court of Mtesi Col
Chaillu- Long went south into the country
of the Nyam Nyams, whence he came back
with a9xIliaiies who S. r3asted s;as their cap,
this kind he imagined was the odor Of
roast beef, but out of this he had rude
awakening. 1t was while In this country
tiful poetry above referred to. Whs n the
expedition was getting even more inter
esting than heretofore the party was
ordered back to Khartoum.
Col. Chaillu-Long devoted the conclusion
Of the lecture to showing the mistakes
OF the British government in allowing
Gordon to return to the SOudan, and the
expedition sent to his relief in 1854, the
attempts OF the English to seize Uganda
in 1887, the burlesque expedition for the
rescue OF Emin Bey, and the scheme of
reaching Cairo by way of the cape over
land.
All conqucsts Of the interior he held to
be dreams, which werc as disastrous to
Hicks as they were to Cambuses thousands
OF years ago. British occupation he, how
ever, held to be continuous dream, its
former inte ntions having receiv ed con-
firmation in the recent bombarlment of
Zanzibar.
The lecturer spoke for an hour and
half, every minute of which was well
spent by the audience. Many Illustrations
OF scenes, incidents and persOnages of
his experiences from Cairo to Lake Vic
toria We're thrown upon the canvas.
Political Troubles in Hayti.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 2O.-Matl ad-
vices here confirm the rumors which have
reached here Of the existence of political
troubles IN Hayti, emanating from financial