Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13

Inu late great explorer Henry Morton
--sss4 Stanley, is considered the greatest
E0K5H4M Certainly he has to his credit the
most brilliant achievements, and
added the largest amount to our
stock of geographical knowledge.
In 1910, in village of North Wales, John
Howlands was born, and until the age of
seventeen he retained that name. His early
Dte was uneventful until the age of sixteen,
when ne ran away from his home, such as
II was, and sailed from Liverpool to New Or
ieans. There he entered the service of a mer-
cnant named Stanley, who took such liking
70 the boy that he adopted his rs his son,
ana persuaded him to change his name to the
one he BORE
Inc next few years of Stanley's life were
iuil OF adventure. He was soldier in the
army, an ensign in the navy, farmer in
towa and newspaper correspondent in the
west with General Hancock's expedition
against the Cheyennes.
his Indian letters won him reputation as
writer, and the New York Herald engaged
him to follow the British army in its march
70 Magdala. This was his first experience in
the tropics.
Ills next assignment was to Spain, during
the revolution that ended in the fight of
Vueen Isabella. Then came the great event
of his life.
In October, 1869, Mr. Bennett commits
sloned him to go to Central Africa in search
of Doctor Livingstone.
Stanley reached Zanzibar in January, 1871.
q ne organized an expedition and started for
the interior, making his wav toward the great
lakes where Livingstone had last been heard
of.
lie had the usual difficulties with his fol-
lowers, the usual experiences of African travel;
h9,e .he forests, the marshes, the Arabs and the
Z ahDsuaiy tha,rl grasplng native potentates, who,
though they could not understand the explo-
ration feyer saw clearly enough that it boded
them no good
From information received from time to
t,lme' Stanley modified his route, and on Fri
day, November TO- 1871 he was at Uiiii.
and there he met Livingstone
Inc meeting was a most singular one, Stan
ley says
"As l advanced slowly toward him, 1 no.
ticed he was pale looked wearied, had a gray
peard, wore blush cap with faded gold
band round it, had on red-sleeved waistcoat
and pair of gray tweed trousers | would
have run to him, only was a coward in the
presence OF such a mob; would have embraced
MN, only, ne being an Englishman, | did not
know how he would receive me. So / did
what cowardice and false pride suggested was
the best thlng-walked deliberately to him.
took off my hat and said:
:, Doctor Livingstone, / presumed
-: res sald ne, with kind smile, lifting
Il replaced my hat on my head, and he
put on his cap, and we both grasped hands,
and | then said aloud:
mitted to see you'
"He answered:
I feel grateful that am here to welcome
With Livingstone he remained until March,
1877, and together they travelled for some
time Then Livingstone started on the ex-
pedition which ended with his death ,t Uala
and Stanley came home.
Next year he was back again in Africa
with General Wolseley's Ashanti expedition
as a correspondent.
In September, 1874, he was again at Zanzi-
bar, on the east coast of Africa, in command
of an expedition to complete the work which
Livingstone had left unfinished.
In that great adventure he surveyed the