The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-04-10
Ghelemurrat-S Star
MOORE'S WONDERFUL STORY.
A MrssIssIPPIAN's ARABIAN NIGHTS
ADVENTURE.


who moved from the Mississippi Val
ley last fall To settle in Seattle, an(
has Offices in the Bailey building, tOlt
story to a reporter Of the Seattle
Post-1ntclligcnccr, of an acqnaint
ancc Of his whose experiences in
South Africa are OF a rather romantic
character. Early in the eighties
Henry Moore lived near Corintli,
Miss, and was n shiftlcss sort OF fel.
low. lie gathered courage enough to
shift from there, however, and, climb
ing on the end Of Il railroad train,
managed to ride blind baggage to Den
yer. lie spent some time in COlOra-
do, then drifted to the Arizona gold
fields, l0unged in the everlasting sun.
shine for awhile, and n day found
himself 1T Galveston. There he drift.
ed on board a sailing ship, and the
ship drifted him to the eastern coast
Of Africa.
Here he found there was gold to be
had without digging. When the ship
got to Liverpool he spent all his wages
In trInkets and worked his way back
10 Africa on another ship. His cx.
plOits from the second time he landed
throw those Of Livingstone and Stan
ley entirely in the shade. For they
went armed with a retinue OF follow
crs, with baggage wagons and tents,
commissary departments and cooks.
All alone, with as big Il pack as he
could carry, he started from the east
coast in a direct line for the west.
1t was something oyer a year before
lie was again seen by n Of his race
or heard his native tongue. lie got
back TO the coast, but was not carry.
ing his pack. He had Il string OF
camels and monkeys to carry it, and
II had grown to Il goodly size. There
were ivory tuSks in it, and gold mug
gets and precious stones and curious
things never ecn before. An by
himself lie had gone nearly Il thousand
miles into the interior and ''bin dion
a right smart O tradin' with the
%coons," he modestly said.
"Mect any savages 9" he was asked
Most all savages," was the quiet
reply.
"Any cannibals 2"
"Yes, they is most all cannibals.
but nary a one Ov 'cm cat me, an I'm
here to prove it,"
This is what he said when he got
back to Corinth, some time later.
What he did when he got his goods
to the coast was to get them and him
self on to a ship, and at Liverpool he
disposed Of them. With a small part
OF the money he invested in a still
larger pack, and again went into tho
wilds Of Africa, but this time with
donkeys and camels and native ser.
wants. He passed through Maslon.
land andto the northward. lie car.
ricd many bundles Of matches, and
when lie deity and quickly swung his
right hand upward past his thigh,
and fire was the result, the natives
were ready to worship the fire maker
lie also took a few firearms. When
he came to Il large village on the
morning Of a festival he had the ruler
informed that he would kill a mar
and nobody would know what liat
struck him." The king was curiou.
about this, and ordered out one OF
the young chiefs to be experimental
on. Moore said his machine wOulc
work just as well on a cow. and ar
animal intended for slaughter wa.
placed 300 yards away, which dropped
dead struck by Moorc's bullet. Moore
says lie could have had a bigger piece
Of land than the whole State or Mis-.
sissippi and its live stock thrown In
for that rifle, hut he could only bar.
gain for things that he could carry
away with him. Some time after
that, however, he did receive q dona-
ton OF land about 20 miles square
from one Of tie African kings in the
interior, and sold a half interest in it
to an English syndicate for nearly ST..
900, 600.
Moore got back to Corinth in 1887,
and has been coming and going bcween
Africa and this country ever since.
When Chattanooga had her big real
estate boom lie went there and
asked the price OF a large tract. The
price was $4,000. ''But how much
cash ?" asked Moore. lie b~argained
1t down to $4,000 and gave a check
for that amount on n San Francisco
bank. The land dealer laughed at it,
but on q telegram being sent to San
Francisco, the bank upon which the
check was drawn replied "Moore
good for $3.50, 0OO."
Moore has $500, 900 in government
bonds and large accounts with several
banks. lie is not married, and his
family connections are all poor people.
That is, they were poor before lie re-.
turned. He has sent his brothers
two daughters to a fashionable board.
ing school, and given each a bank ac-
count OF $4,000. lie has also taken
his brothers boy and sent him to
school. TO the rest Uf his family and
intimate friends he has also been lib
eral.
Il have also in my possession" said
Mr.. Walker, "a piece Of scawecd that
Moore brought from the Red sea,
up near the spot where Pha.
raOh'S army tried Tn crnsso