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The history o! what may be termed the re-
discovery OF the interior Of the Congo region
and the Identification Of the Congo or Zairs
River throughout its course may be summed
up in a par agrap or two. Lieut.. }. K. Tuckey
was sent by the Admiralty to explore the CONGO
on Feb. 10, 1919. He was accompanied by a
botanist, zo6logist and geologist. They reached
the river on July o, and ascended It In their
~plnnace, which they left at yivi, a hundred
miles from the mouth. There with a great
deal of trouble thoy obtained some carriers.
With much difficulty and great loss of life. they
managed 70 get as far us I~sangila. fifty miles
further, There they took a canoe and padded
ND stream for n short distance above the Isangila
Falls. Soon afterward the canoe was upset
aud many useful things were lost. Utterly
discour aged and worn out with fatigue, Tuckcy
now turned back TO the coast, and died In u day
or two after reaching his ship. His scientific
companions had also persisted. and, but for the
fact that thcy had kept careful Journals, which
were subsequently published. and had made
valuable collections which reached England
safely. the expedition would have been n conf
plete failure. In the sos. a Or. Bastian made
his way from the coast rs far as San Salvador.
DR.. Livingstone first saw the Congo at Nyang-
weon March l.. 1871. fe had long heard Of 1t
under the name OF tho Lualaba. He stayed
at Niangwe until July 20, when he started back
TO Ujji, which he rea shed on Oct. % Ia a desti-
tute and depressed condition. Five days later
Stanley arrived In quest Of him with stores and
help. Livingstone talked with Stanley Of the
great river from which he had Just come, and
Stanley wished that he too might see IL and
follow its mysterious waters to the sea. He
had only been commissioned. however. bv the
owner Of the Nev York Herald to -nnd Living
stone" and, having fulfilled his task. he was
obliged to return Livingstone accompanied
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SOME NHw BOOKS.
The Congo FREQ state.

We have the testimony OF a missionary
Mo has resided in the country described for
twenty years, In the two volumes entitled
SP1onssring on the Congo" by the RLy. W.
AmNAN BENTLEY IF. n, Revell Company
kh1rv arc but few men living who have had
b. esms experience and can speak with the
Asme authority. Another English Baptist mis-
kAonary. the Rev. George Grenfel visited the
Oonso region In 1878, and joined the mission
therein two years later. The Rev. Henry
8ichards. OF tho American Baptist mission at
Aenteke. went TO the CONGO in 1919 Mr. Anton
oreshon. Of the Dutch Trading COM any has
been In the Congo basin since 1871. Among
Ne traders on the const there nre some who
have lived there fer twenty yenrs, but these
have never seen tho interior. Thus The task
NJ telling the story OF the Protestant missions
b the Congo Valley hns fallen 10 the author OF
shsss volumes. Mr.. Bentley says frankly In
HI preface that as n missionary he has naturally
been things from his own point Of view. but
h conceives that there Is much in his story
Of twenty yenrs' work in such a region which
Dhould atIenl to those who arr Interested In
geographical anI chronological matters and in
The development OF bar'Trots peoples and
Md countries. In that assumption he Is JUS
tasd. and with tho general rcNGer IN NINA
~ shall pass over his account Of missionary
work and direct attention first 10 the history
bf the Congo Valley during the 40 years since
he coast was frat visited by white men; sec
bndly. TO the chapters dealing with the Ian
}kuage and customs Of tho Como peoples; and.
lastly. to tho authors comments on tho nd
minktration 81 tho Congo Free state, touching
@hioh a good many misconcep,s ms seem to
- current
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III.

As regards the substance OF the book. Il "a
manifest that the writer's interests were mainly
antiquarian and religious. and although he
processes 10 describe the whole OF Greece.
or. more literally. all things Greek, what he
does describe Is little moro than the ~antioui-
ties Of the country and the religious traditions
and ritual Of The psopk. H usually own.
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The people Of tn Congo p. c.on ara nil hlock
6ut they must not Ia cOrioupd.d with tbo
negroes who inhHblt N" country tn the north
Of them. II II line b. drawn acro.s ArrIco in
tho latitude or the Camrruon~ Il will roughly
mark OF the northern boundary of tho rrsat
race called the Bantu, which mist be- sharuly
distinguished from the Cth,r ~, a, n, gro race
which inhabits the west coast Of Africa from
Benegambia to the Niger, Of which the
Haussa people ara q well-known specmen.
Roughly speaking. all th> people in tho timer
Ing part OF Africa are known as Bantu. Far
away In the south thcre are iounn VET older
peoples. the Hottentots ard Bushmen: those
are OF a very low tyro. which has been .ua-
pected OF Monaghan aninitics. There /. also
70 be found In m. great forests Of the Bontu
region q mysterious rncn OF dwarfs. This
strange peopls havo long been heard Of, for
Herodotus and Aristotle mention II, bur. Until
recently. 1t had come TO be regarded as a myth.
Bchwelnfurth. indeed. had seen on. or two
specimens which he believed to b, Of the dvnrf
race, and single examples had been encoun-
tered by others: but there was long suspicion
mat these were freaks OF nature rather than
Individual members OF some actual tribe OF
evxfa OF late years. however. dwarfs have
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1t will be convenient in this place to note some
Of the data collected by Mr.. Bentley respecting
the history OF the old Congo Empire during the
centuries which elapsed between its discovery
BY the Portuguese and the rediscovery Of the
upper reaches Of the Congo River in our own
day. 1t was toward the close Of i4s4 that the
Portuguese navigator. Gioggo Cam, discovered
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nous precursor Of many another. bad carried
the Roman world had bean wasted by q great
pestilence which had thinped It'd, popuiati3n,
enfeebled its energies and precipita'eo 'hS
decline OF art.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
A QUIET MONTH.
The Chief Industries Show Less
New Business Than for Jam
uary $500.

New York. Feb. :k-R. G. Dun & Co. g
weekly review of trade says: This year
starts with much of the years business
already done and all comparisons will
prove misleading if that fact is not taken
into account. Last year the certainty Of
great improvement had come before the
year opened and there was a rush TO get
In orders before works became crowded
for months ahead in most lines and prices
had already advanced so far that recoil
had already commenced in some branches.
and was thought probable in others. With
the ore exception OF wooden manufac-
ture, the chief industries have met less new
business in January than last year, though
deliveries on previous contracts have been
larger than year ago In work turned
out, the past month probably surpasses all
others. and rightly considered the fact
that new contracts for works already well
supplied are smaller than last year, is not
OF itself discouragng. The great burst OF
speculation last year sweled January pay
ments through clearing houses far beyond
those of this year at New York. and such
payments at other (54O) cities also aver
aged per business day shade larger than
this year. But much greater decrease
must have appeared in transactions con-
nected with formation of new comptnies.
THE iron and steel industry is so far
tied up by contracts reaching through most
OF the year that the effect of production
exceeding consumption is felt only in some
branches. A little lower prices have been
made for foundry iron in considerable
transactions, though Bessemer does not
yield. but steel billets are offered by some
at 50 per ton. Differences between pro-
ducers and some of the largest consumers
of steel block the market.
Failures for the week have been 232 in
the United States, against 224 last year, and
"a In Canada. against Is last year."
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
REBELS ARE ROUTED.
The American Forces Under Gen
KObbe Occupy and Garrison
Nine Towns.

Manila, Feb. 6.-Brig. Gen. Hobbies
forces in the islands of Luzon, Leyte
and Samar have occupied permanently
and garrisoned nine towns, the regi-
ments used being the Forty-third and
Forty-seventh. This has placed on the
market 100000 bales of hemp. A
thousand insurgents armed with rifles
and over 5000 armed with wooden
swords, bows and arrows, were en-
countered during the entire trip. The
troops killed IS natives, II of whom
had rifles. The others were villagers
armed with wooden swords. The
American loss was one man killed and
nine men wounded. The Americans
captured $4,000 in gold, the enemy's
money, and 40 muzzle-loading brass
cannon. At Calbagog and Samar the
enemy evacuated the towns, the Amer
leans chasing, fighting and scattering
them to the mountains.
At Takloban, island of Leyte, the
enemy evacuated the town and the
Americans pursued them to the hills.
Several fleeing noncombatants were
killed, including three women.
At Palo, seven miles distant, the en-
envy was found intrenched and resisted.
Lieut.. johnson and IL scouts of the
Forty-third regiment drove out $50 of
the enemy and captured the town.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
The Gael for February.

This interesting monthly, that caters
with such excellent taste and judgment
to the lovers OF Irish literature in Amer
lea, with its cleverly written sketches,
its witching stories, it's musical, touch
ing and tender poetry and it's beautiful
half-tone illustrations, keeps right on
improving from month to month.
The Gael has not line from cover to
cover that is not interesting, charming
and instructive. 1t opens with an Irish
folk love story by Patrick Tansey,
"Scamus Cows Three Chances which
is told in SO attractive manner that the
readers OF the Gael will be glad to hear
from Mr.. Tanscy again and again.
A history OF the county of Cork with
haf-tone illustrations of the City Of
Cork, Mardyke, Kinsale, Glenbrook on
the Lee, and Queenstown (the covc)
from the harbor will be found exceed
ingly interesting.
Famous Irish Beauties OF Bygone
Lays, by Sarah BlennerhaSset, with
portraits OF Sydney Owenson Lady
Morgam and her sister, Olivia Owen
son Iady Clarke), gives some interest
ing details OF the career OF the talented
and lovablc author of the "Wild Irish
Grip and her beautiful sister Olivia.
A lalf-tonc illustration of the Gel
ebrated Treaty Stone of Limerick" is
a sad reminder of the absolute faithless-
ness of the English in all their dealings
with the Irish.
Charles O'Hanlon contributes finely
written sketch of the celebrated Irish
barrister, patriot and wit, "John Phil
pot Curran," which is embellished will,
a portrait of Curran in the prime OF
life. We do not remember to have met
with anywhere so succinct and interest
ing story OF the checkered career Of
this brilliant Irishman as we find COM
pressed into the four or five pages OF
this admirable and discriminating
sketch. 1t should be read by every
lover of ireland in America. The Gael
is published monthly at one dollar a
year at $50 Nassau ST., New York.
Try it for year, and then you cannot
do without it.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
STUCK BY HIS CAPTAIN
The Fidelity of a Member of the Con-
naught Rangers.

Several interesting incidents of the
battle OF Colenso are told by Bennett
Burlcigh, the special war correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph, in {.
letter from Chievcly Camp, dated Dec
26. He writes:
Col. Brook OF the Connaught Ran
gers was shot. Some OF his men bore
him from the field On the way that
slushy thud which is the noise made by
bullet told that some one had been
hit
"'Who" asked the wounded colonel
"'Begorra, sir, it's me! said one OF
his stretcher bearers. It's in the neck!
"'Put me down. said Col. Brook.
"'No, sir, am we'll able to carry you
to place of safety said Pat. He did
and when he laid the stretcher down the
bullet, which had passed clean through
his neck, had caused such loss oil
blood that he fell in dead faint"
Col. Thackray of the 1nniskilline
fusileers saved himself from capture by
his wit and fortitude. He was left be-
hind in an impossible corner to which
he had advanced with mixed lot o.
the adventurous from the other bat
talions-the Dublins, the Connaught!
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and the Borderers. About p. m. they
saw the ambulance approach, at the
sight OF which the Red Cross was
raised, and later on the Beers ceased
fire and an informal truce was inaugu-
rated.
1t should be explained that, owing to
the winding OF the supposed drift, the
troops were little way from the Tu-
gela. Some OF the Beers pushed south,
while Col, Thackray and his men were
moving toward the rear. Having
learned general retirement had been
ordered, the Bocr leader called to Col
Thackray that he was prisoner with
the rest OF the soldiers.
ooh, no." said Col. Thackray. 1--WE
were firing all the time. You advanced
under the Red Cross, as if it were flag
OF truce, and we let you"
"Well, now, you must lay down your
arms" said the Boer commandant.
mo; why should WEI" asked Col
Thackray Let us go back and begin
again" Then the gallant Inniskilling
started to argue the point. Strange to
say, he almost convinced, and, at any
rate, gained the respect of the Bocr,
who said at last, bluntly, "Well, l have
no orders. Perhaps you are right. I'll
turn my back and won't see YOU So
you can bear off with all your men,"
Col. Thackray did so with promptitude
Well, after all, the Boer is an ad-
versary worth dealing with and adding
to the roll of the sons of the empire
as we shall include him beyond doubt
and with the burst of the Afrikander
bubble, as have said here now, loyal
subject he will become.
Maj. Barton, of the Connaught Ran
gers, found himself almost alone in an
other part of the field About p. m.
he looked around, saw no one moving
about, and thought he would fill the
landscape. Going little way he saw
several dead and wounded men, and in
| t'iSNSA W tiSi piSdulLS, uSSSCIuCNl
to the river, filling their water bottles
and giving them good drink.
Then he suddenly found himself face
to face with a party of Beers, who
presented their rifles. He told them
not to play the fool by shooting. care
you medical or fighting oficer?' they
asked. F[e said he was fighting one
AS there was firing gonig on in that
part OF the field, they arranged between
them to stop it.
A pair OF white flags were displayed.
Maj. Barton proceeded to order the
men to cease firing. On the way he
met another, who at first declined to be-
lieve his story, and then did, but put
him on parole as prisoner not to fight
Major Barton got into camp, but a
court has decided that he must respect
his parole, and he has been sent down
the country.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
Hn. 10000 Credltors,

New York, Feb. 7.-Albert B. Hill
ton, ono of the heirs of the late Judge
Henry Hilton, seeks to be rid of debts
aggregating more than $2,500,0OO.
Creditors oppose Mr.. Hilton's dis
charge in bankruptcy on the ground
that in his schedule of assets he ex-
cludes Otter Rocks, his country home
in Connecticut, which, it is claimed, he
transferred to his wife. Mr.. Hilton
filed a petition in bankruptcy, giving
his liabilities as $2,539,907, all unse-
cured. He had more than 10000 cred
itors. He said he had no property but
clothing worth 5000, which is exempt.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
TREATY SIGNED.
Anne of ClaytOn-Bulwer Pact
IL Agreed to by Great
Britain.

Washington, Feb. 6. - The Hay
Pauncefo,e treaty. amendatory of the
Clayton Bulwer treaty relative to the
construction of the Nicaragua canal.
was signed at the state department
Monday by Secretary Hay and the
Right Hon. Lord Pauncefote, of Pres
tor. for Great Britain. Though the
consummation of the treaty occupied
some time, owing TO the necessity Of
comparing the two drafts. there was
very little formali:y about the cere-
mony, and convention that is expect
ed to be, for the United States, at least,
OF the most far-reaching Importance
and value. came into being without any
theatrical surroundings.
Secretary Hay declined to make pub
lie the text of the treaty, or even to
make any statement as to it's details,
holding that courtesy to the senate
obliged him to remain silent until the
senate itself removed the seal of con-
fidence from the convention. So that
all that is now known of this conven-
ton is that it amends the Clayton Bull
wer treaty of 1850 in such manner that
Great Britain yields to the United
States the right to construct the Mica
raguan canal, or canal at any other
point on the isthmus, without British
participation. Most of the other feat
ures of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty are
retained. This is notably true of arti-
Gle No. 5, which guarantees the abso-
lutte neutrality of any canal, and the
security of the capital invested. 1t is
understood that the United States con-
tinues upon itself this obligation to
maintain the decentralization of the canal,
which shall be forever open and free.
1t is also believed that the treaty looks
to an international undertaking on this
point.
AS soon as the treaty is ratified and
the notifications have been exchanged,
the United States will be at liberty to
proceed at once with the construction
of an isthmian canal unfettered by
any obligations toward Great Britain
save that of allowing to British citi-
zens, as to the citizens of other nations,
the use of the canal on the same terms
with American citizens.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
The Beers, Prayer.

My back to the wall,
Lo! here I stand.
O Lord! whate'er befall,
I love this land!
The land that 1 have till'd,
This land is mine.
Would, Lord, that Thou hadst will,
This heart were thine!
Thy servant, Lord, of old
Smotc down the men
Whose images of gold
They worshipped then!
Those images again
Are worsl1ipped now,
Before strange gods strange men,
O Lord! here bow!
This land to us Thou gave,
In days of old;
They seek to make a grave
Or field of gold!
To us, o Lord! Thy hand
Put forth to save!
Give lis, o Lord! this land,
Or give a grave.
H. ]. Morris.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
Fire In Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-During the noon
hour Friday the building occupied by
Sprague, Warner g. Co., wholesale
grocers, as spice mill and coffee
roasting house, 10 Randolph street,
was destroyed by fire. One man. AL
bert Kruger, young coffee rooster,
is supposed to have lost hts life in the
flames. Two firemen were injured,
one seriously, and a young woman's
hair was burned from her head. The
total loss is estimated at $130OO0.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
Should Hold Philippines.

San Francisco, Feb. 5.-Arthur Sew
all, Bryan's running mate in 1896, said
in an interview that America must
hold the Philippines, come what may,
and that no other course is open to the
administration. MIR. Sewall says he is
every inch an expansionist, but never
an imperialist. He is here en- route
from the orient to his home in Maine.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
Enter Protest.

Cape Town, Feb. 6.-I'resident Steyn
and President Kruger have commune
Gated with Field Marshal Lord Roberts,
the British commander in chief, pro-
testing against the destruction of farm
houses and the devastation of property.
Lord Roberts, in replying, declared the
charges were not sustained, adding that
wanton destruction of property was
contrary to British practices.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
Had No Evidence.

Sioux City, Ia, Feb. Oscar E. Good
rich, charged with the murder of his
former partner, John f. Robson, was
completely cleared of the charges at the
preliminary trial Tuesday. The case
was dismissed, owing to lack of evil
dence, on motion of the county attor-
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
R.tIroad Sold.

Nation, ILL.,, Feb. z. - The Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville railroad was sold
in this city by Special Master in Chan
Gerry Brown, of Springfield, H., to
Adrian H. Jpline. representing the
Central Trust company, of New York.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
Simple Services.

It was not intended to have any re-
iigious services here. but two prayers
were offered, and Miss Carrie Belmer
and Mrs. Jessie Bowren-Caldwell fur
nished music. Mrs. Caldwell sang at
the funeral of Horace Greeley, and will
sing at the Goebel obsequies again in
Frankfort on Thursday. The prayer
in German was by Rev. Gilbert
Schmidt, pastor of st. Paul German
Protestant church. of which Gov.
Goebel's parents We're members. The
prayer in English was by Rev. H. w.
Ewing, of the Union Methodist church.
There was no music in the procession,
and there will be no band when the
ncighbors this morning follow the
casllet again from the hall to the de-
MT
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
A MouRNFUL JOURNEY.
Funeral Train Bears Goebel's Re-
mains to Covington, His Old Home,

runeFal Train Hears GOebeps Re.
mains to CovinEton, His Old Home.
Covington, Ky, Feb. 1.-THE special
Goebel funeral train arrived here at
three o'clock in the morning from
Frankfort. 1t consisted of baggage
car, with the casket and floral tributes,
coach for the pall-bearers, judges of
the appellate court, legislative COM
mittee and others, and Pullman, with
the relatives.
The demonstration in honor of Goe-
bel in the city and county, which he
had represented in the state senate for
~ years, was peculiar and simple. With
the exception of floral tributes, car
ried in the procession, there was no
attempt at display. The relatives had
been driven to their respective homes,
and not single carriage was in line.
A guard of honor, consisting of so neigh
bors, received the body at the depot,
and another guard was in waiting for t
at Odd Fellows hall.
The Irish standard., 1900-02-10

He also believes that God speaks to his
chosen people and teaches them in
signs and dreams.
Up to the war Of 18So-81 the English
had curiously misunderstood the Boer.
Every officer out there thought he was
coward. He had paid Sekukini, the
Basuto, to keep out of his towns and
off his farms, which lowered the pres
tige OF the white race all over Africa
But when in 1881, 1000 Beers whipped
the English at Majuba badly, killing the
commander-i in South Africa,
Sir George Colley, and sixty officers,
with a loss of two-thirds of the English
rank and file, it put an end to the gar
rison talk about the Beers cowardice
for good and ALL These untried farmers
had repeated on African soil the days OF
Lexington and Bunker Hill. The Boer,
shaggy, dirty and hairy as he is, has
the natural genius for war that our
Comanche and Apache possesses. He
can pick out strong place for defense
as well and as quickly as any member
OF the United States corps of engineers
His courage is beyond doubt and his
skill in his peculiar tactics-the tactics
that made Gen. N. B. Forrest the fore
most cavalry officer of his time in the
Confederacy-is of the highest quality
The Boer has the advantage as a