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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH
PAGES 17 TO 20.
' HE COiO STATE
A Trip in a Small Boat on the Great
African River and Some of Its
Tributary Creets.
INTERVIEWING A NATIVE PRINCE.
Sailing Among Islands Covered With Giant
Trees and on Streams Lined With
Graceful Palms.
A BUK8ET IN THE DAEK CONTINENT
Possibilities cf the Country and the Characteristic!
the Satires.
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Matadi, State of Congo, May 25.
Thasbeea rale with
the travelerand explorer
in the Valley of the
Congo to perform a
hasty journey by water
from Banana to Matadi,
viewing the country
from the deck of a
steamer. He has thus
entered the gateway of
Southwestern Africa,
and passed over the
navigable wateri of the
Lower Congo river
nearly 90 miles in ex
tentwithout visiting
the back creeks, many
miles of which are
larger than one-half of
all the navigable rivers
of Europe and America.
I was determined to see the Congo and its
back creeks and fertile islands; and so,
after making two steamer trips, I went
from Boma to Banana intending to ascend
the river thence to Boma, and afterward
to this place in a small boat, with a capacity
for seven persons and food for five days. I
started upon this trip on May 1. My party
consisted of seven persons, an English
trader, B. E. Dennett, five Musserongos and
myself. "Wo started at 6:16 and proceeded
due eat Irom Banana, skirting the island
immediately in Iront of that place, and
leaving the Belgian Catholic Mission to our
lelt, nestling dreamily among the hills,
-without the first signs ot life.
CBAKD TLACE FOE rLEASUEB SEEEEHS.
The first modest rays ot sunlight were
working their way through a beautiful cur
tain ot pearl-colored clouds. A cool breeze
from the hills of tbe mainland swept down
upon us like a benediction Irom nature; and
the boat uing of our black boys rang umid
the almost impenetrable mangos and rever
berated among the hills of the mainland.
After an hour and a half of steady pulling
we passed over to the slack water of the
mainland in search of fresh water to use
durinc our trip. Now and then we met na
tives in canoes standing up and propelling
"dashed" them o box of gin; that the
princes had been invited to Boma in Bula
Matidi's time Stanley and flags were
given them with the statement tbat the Bel
eians were now the owners of the country.
He said that his people all understood Por
tuguese, but that the Belgians came speak
ing a new tongue they conld not under
stand. mEFEKKED BUM TO TEA.
I was very mnch pleased with the looks
and behavior ot these people, and I feel
confident that with kind and prndent treat
ment they could be made useful members of
society. I was surprised and delighted to
learn that this Prince was a temperance
man, and after congratulating him upon his
position on tbe traffic in ardent spirits, I
offered him tea, which, after tasting.he
asked permission to share with his wife.
HAS LOTED BEFOEE.
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The Story of Stanley's Engagement
'to Miss Pike, of New York.
HIS PRETTI GREEK SWEETHEART
Whom Eo Abandoned at the Altar When
Her Father Demanded Fay.
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1890.
AN EXPERIENCE WITH BRIGANDS
A Prince in Gaudy Attire.
One of the Older Chieft.
them by means of long paddles, the power
ful muscles standing out at every exertion
of their splendid bodies. Then we glided
by a lew native villages whose friendly in
habitants drew near the shore to raze at us
and call out "Me bote." the native saluta
tion. The mainland was mountainous,
fringed with slight timber, with a promise
of fertility upon the plateau about 400 to 600
feet above.
After securing water from the land of Mr.
Dennett we took our course to the southwest,
and parsed several groups of wild ducks
and native pigeons, pacing at least through
about Jive miles of spacious creeks, gener
ously and copiously fed by the mighty
Congo, so intimately related, mingling
and intermingling, that it was quite diffi
cult to tell which one wouid bring us to the
parent of these many waters.
A STREAM LIKED "WITH PALMS.
Turning suddenly to the south we came
into a creek whose "banks were lined with
the most beautiful bamboo palm trees I ever
saw. The trees stood in rows on either bank
so perlect that one could not help thinking
that they had been caretully trained through
many years. As the breeze swept down this
aisle, so mnch like an enchanted temple oi
anciei t Druids, the palms lazily but grace
fully fanned themselves. Behind these bam
boo "palms but a few yards stood their grace
ful and mnjestic relatives, the palm oil free,
lifting their sword-like branches 40 and 50
feet in the golden sunlight.
After a few miles ot this glorious vision
we turned iuto another creek, where a simi
lar sight greeted our eyes, with the excep
tion that now we were traveling eastward
and leaving the mainland to the lelt. Here
we observed the massive and majestic
baobab tree the elephant tree and the
cocoanut, in whose branrhes we frequently
saw and beard the parrot and birds of the
wost gorgeous plumage. At 2 o'clock we
sighted ttie Congo, and one hour later we
halted at Malella, in the territory of the
Musserongos, where we took luncheon.
Tnese people are much like the North
American Indians; it is impossible to ap
proach their villages unobserved.
XNTEEVIEWED BY A FBINCE.
"We were soon snrronnded by the natives,
who watched our boys prepare the repast.
H' "t. InDcheon one ol the princes of
Malella, having heard ot onr nrrit-nl iUA
upon us. His Eoyal Highness approached
tts carrying a deep-criuison umbrella. He
-wore a European coachman's winter great
coat, had a handkerchief of variegated
colors about his loins, while his lower ex
tremities were naked. He caught me in
the act of eating fiih with mv fingers, and
when the royal hand was extended to me I
am sure I soiled it. The Portuguese lan
guage was the court language here, sd we
Tcreiuiciricwcu in tms tongue. We had
with ns an interpreter, who, on onr behalf,
puts ew leading questions to the Prince.
We explained that we were unlv making a
tripthrough the country with iriendly in
tentions, a sentiment which seemed to meet
with a hearty response from his people.
His Majestrtook this occasion t unbosom
his complaints airainst the Independent
State of Congo. He said that neither him
,elf nor his people recognized the authority
ot the State; that the State had never pur
chased their land, and had not even
The Princess tailed the tea, but expressed
her opinion that rtfm was a suuerior article.
This sentiment was met by a cold look from
the Prince of Malella, and we felt it was a
convenient moment to take our departure.
A sea breeze usually springs tip in the
afternoon and sometimes blows the waters ol
the Conro back with such violence as to
prevent the natives irom crossing the river.
Waves are created by this sea breeze so
large as to suggest that one is on a large
lake. Taking advantage of the friendly.
wina we nauied up two sails, and were soon
sailing along at a swift rate of speed. At
4:45 p. m. we turned into a creek to the
northward, where we came upon several
villages of the Chimb imba people, the
scene of the late war, in which the troops of
the Independent State of Congo killed
many people and burned several Tillages.
Tbe country of the Chimbamba is divided
by the creek into two distinct princedoms;
the Cbimbambas occupying ihe right
bank and calling their country Chim
bamba, and ttie Musserongos occupy
ing the left bank of the creek
and ; calling their country Kimbamba.
METHODS OF A BELGIAN AGENT.
On account of frequmtbonndary-line dis
putes, the Prince of Chimbamba requested
the agent of a Belgian commercial company
located in his district and having its head
quarters at Mataba, to lease from him his
lands, not to buy tbm. Having secured a
lease of land from the Chimbamba Prince,
the agent of the aforenamed company,
Monsieur Proutch, sought to secure the
same privileges from the Prince of the Mus
serongos, but was unsuccessful. The agent
threatened to obtain the land by force, but
the brave Musserongos were not easily
frightened. At lencth Agent Proutch gave
a great feast, and at it purposely insulted
tbe Prince ot the Musserongos. A short
time alter this affair Agent Proutch made a
levy lor native troops of ten men from each
one of the SO villaces, and appealed to the
State ol Congo for troops. This request was
promptly granted, and a cruel and de
structive war was waged against the Mus
serongos, the results of which aro still pain
fully visible.
This creek, which leads around to Ponta
do Lebna, was one of the most lovely sheets
of water I had seen. Both the island and
mainland were fertile, bearing a variety of
trees yielding fruit, oil and rubber. We
frequently came across the wild tomato and
coffee, while three or four varieties of wild
flowers and creeping Tines. more lovely in tint
and more ingenious in their trellis wo'rk than
any to befoundinEnglandorAmerica, trained
bv the band of man. We passed many
pleasant-looking villages, nestling peace
fully under the shadow1 ol trees, kindly
stretching lorth tbeir green branches.
A SUNSET IN AFRICA.
There is little or no twilight in Africa,
although its sunsets are beautilul beyond
description or comparison. When the sun's
disk first reaches the horizon it presents the
aspect of the open door of a blast turnace at
its greatest heat Within six and ten min
utes you have a transformation marvellously
beautiful, for now a considerable distance
along the brazen pathway of the retiring
King of Day are the most beautilul tints
ever witnessed by the human eyes. Along
the edge of the horizon is that peculiar color
of the pearl so much desired by tbe expert
merchant of that precious gem; while just
above it is the creamy and exquisite tint ol
the ripe peach, blending with the plnm
purple still further up the horizon.
The shape of this afterglow is that of an
exaggerated fan of a lady at opera, who
holds it in such a position as to permit
.someone in a distant part of the house to
catch, at one glance, a thousand beautiful
tints brought out by a magnificent chande
lier. One small moment ot pleasure is lett
you; there is now one large spot of the
horizon like an exquisitely polished block
of alabaster. We had an earlv moon, and
the moonlight in a tropical country is cer
tainly enchanting, the profuse and deep
green foliatre combining to make a lovely
scene. Here, for example, we eame upon a
grove of banana trees, low but spreading
their long blades like so many Damascus
swords; and at every rnsh of the wind turn
ing their blades like knights iu deadly com
bat, and scattering the soit, silvery light of
tne uiuuu jih.c iub crystal spray of a foun
tain. A STOBMT NIGHT ON THE WATER.
We passed a number of beauti ul islands
with few, and sometimes no, inhabitants;
islands green and fair to see, around whose
sreen velvet skirts, fringed with soft sand,
fine and white, the wild duck and graceful
stork wandered fn peaceful security. Some
times we passed what seemed to be the
mouth of a very small creek; but the waters
soon find themselves imprisoned by banks
of hard, yellow clay; and here, but a lew
hundred yards Tom the Congo river tbe
hippopotami refresh themselves in tbe'long
cool grass and hide from the deadly rifle of
the hunter. We encountered a severe anrm
and did not reach Boma until hours after
we should have been there. During the
awful night we dared not land, and a few
hippopotami grunted around us, but did not
inter ere with our boat.
From Banana to Boma the countrv on
both sides of the river is a low. undulating
plain; but from Bomba to Matadi it is high
and mountainous. The change in thn coun
try is abrupt and extreme, and the waters
are irettea oy innumerable whirlpools, and
ns I desire to see this part of the river by
daylight, I traveled only bv dav nnrt -,n.
Eied three days, a trip easily made in five
ours by a small steamer." I made tour
Flops, at Mussuco and Nuqui, in Portuguese
territory, where I was hospitably enter
tained, and at Ango-Ango and Fuca-Fuca,
in the State ol Congo. From Boma to Ma
tadi there are no creeks to traverse. The
population is sparse, the soil is sterile and
the trade is light though profitable, and con
sists oi rubber, coffee and ivory.
I have just walked over the proposed
route o the proposed Congo Bailway, from
Matadi to tbe mouth of theMpozo river, and
returned over the caravan road. In a few
days I leave for the Upper Congo, going as
far as Stauley Falls.
Geobge W. Williams.
Sea Shore Philosophy.
The height of a hotel bill is "measured
from the level of the sea. , ,
IWIOTTEN rOB TUB BISrATCH.1
I was chatting yesterday with an old
newspaper man, who has been a personal
friend of Henry M. Stanley for nearly a
quarter of a century. It was, in fact,
through his instrumentality that Stanley
was sent by James Gordon Bennett to find
Livingstone. This gentleman, who might
pose, as it were, as the godfather of Stanley,
the explorer, has not seen his distinguished
godchild for several years, but of tbe Stan
ley of years ago be can talk interestingly by
the hour.
"Stanley's career," he said, "is a most
forcible illustration of the fact that a man
who has 'the stuff in him is bound to make
a hit, let his circumstances and surround
ings be what they may. The man of whom
all Europe and America is now talking was
born at Denbigh, North Wales, in '43, and
then bore the name of John Rowlands. His
father was without means, and young
Bowlands was a charity pupil at St.
Asaph's School. He pushed his way along,
becoming a pupil teacher in the National
School at Brynford, of which a cousin of
his was head master, when he was but 13
years old. For three years he remained
there, and then he quarreled with his
cousin, who had ordered him to do some
menial work. Without saying a word to
anybody he packed his few belongings and
ran away to Liverpool, and late in '59 the
future discoverer of Livingstone found him
self penniless and friendless in the streets of
New Orleans, having worked his way on a
irauiug packet
A WILL THAT NEVEIt Tf AS MADE.
"After wandering about for a time, vainly
looking for work, the lad succeeded in
getting a position as clerk in the office of a
rich old merchant named Stanley. The
kind hearted old man took a fancy to the
boy, and having no children of h'is own,
adopted him. The boy then discarded his
old name of John Bowlands and henceforth
was known as Henry M. Stanley. I havo
often heard Stanley say that his adopted
father frequently spoke to him about making
a will in bis favor. Tho merchant died,
though, before the will was made, and his
relatives nnd heirs, who had resented
Stanley's intrusion as they termed it
turned the adopted son into the street."
The old newspaper man then told the fa
miliar story of Stanley's enlisting in the
rebel army, his capture and his escape by
jumping overboard and swimming to shore
under a heavy fire; of his trip to Europe
and back; of his enlistment in the Union
navy and of his wonderful swim during an
action from the iron-clad Ticonderoga, on
which he was serving, to a Con cderatc ves
sel 500 vards away. To his vessel ho at
tached a rope at tbe bow and safely returned
to his ship with the other end of the rope,
under a hot fire from the Confederate guns.
Tbe Confederate vessel was captured, and as
a reward for his gallantry Stanley was
raised from the ranks and made an ensign.
AN EXPEDIENCE IN TtTEKET.
"In I860," continued the informant,
"Stanley made his way to Turkey with a
conple of friends Noe and Cook.'l think
there uames were set out from Smyrna to
walk across Asia. They were set upon by
brigands, who stripped: them of all their
possessions, subjected them to torture in the
hope of forcing them to give up valuables
which tbey were suspected of having hid
den, and held them for a time in the mount
ains for ransom. Maddened by their failure
to obtain a ransom, the bandits subjected
Stanley and bis friends to certain indigni
ties, and then, to shield themselves, capped
tbe climax by turning them over to the Cadi,
And charged them with attempted murder.
Stanley made a strong plea to the Cad i,
nnd told his story in mmh a nl.iin Ktraifrlit-
forward fashion that that potentate, despite
his prejudice, had the bandit complainants
arrested and tried for robbery. Tbey were
convicted and sent to the galleys. Stanley
and his friends were in a penniless condi
tion, even their clothes having been taken
from them. A gentleman connected with
tbe Ottoman .Bank lent them money, and
Stanley made a formal complaint to the
American Consul at Constantinople, and
demanded 520,000 of the Turkish Govern
ment in satistaction for tbe outrage inflicted
upon himself and his friends. The Consul
reported the matter to the Department of
State at Washington, an investigation was
made, and a considerable sum of money
11,200, it my memory serves me was event
ually paid to btanley by the Turkish Gov
ernment. The affair made quite a sensation
at the time, and the papers in the case arc
still on file at Washington, I am told.
WORKING TOR 15 A WEEK.
"In '67 Stanley again came to America,
wandered westward, and went out on the
plains as the correspondent of a Chicago
paper and the St. Lonis Democrat. As a
representative of these papers he accompa
nied General Hancock's expedition against
tbe Cheyennes, being paid tbe munificent
sum of $15 per week, in return for risking
his life, enduring extraordinary hardships
and supplying his papers with exclusive ac
counts of the news at tbe front. One day
there was a big engagement with tbe red
skins, General Hancock scored a signal vic
tory." Stanley figured that the story of that fight
and .he was the only newspaper man
within hundreds of miles of the battlefield
was worth more than pay at the rate of $15
a week. He accordingly rode off alone sev
eral hundred miles to the nearest telegraph
office and wired, the New York Herald tbat
he bad exclusive news of a great victory lor
the United States troops over the Cheyennes,
and asked if the paper would like it. Of
course tbe paper took it, and this brought
him in connection with James Gordon Ben
nett. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
"I suppose Stanley has changed a good
deal in appearance since I last saw him,
some five or six years ago, but I don't be
lieve the man bimsslf conld change much.
His character is too strongly defined. In
person be is, I should say, about five feet
eight inches. When I kuew him he must
have weighed about 170 or 180 pounds, bnt
he wab lar from being fat. His flesh was
all solid flesh, evenly distributed, and I
fancy, his muscles weighed pretty nearly as
mnch as the fleshy covering.
"Anybody could see at a glance that he
was a mai of wonder ul muscular power.
His chest was broad and deep and his legs
made one think of a couple of short posts, so
solid did they look. His lace was and, oi
course, is a face marked in every line with
determination. His eyes are small, near to
gether, and have or at least, had tbe look
of a tiger's. No man could ever look at
Stanley and take him tor anything else than
a man oi unbonnded determination and grit.
As for physical courage, be is one of the lew
men I have ever met ol whom I would say
tbat, literally speaking, he did not know
what fear meant. He lias the courage of a
lion, and, at times, the gaze of a tiger
FITTED BY BIRTH FOR HIS WOEK.
"He must have been born with a love of
adventure; his strength of character made
him a man who easily acquired the art of
commanding men, and, in tact, in mOSt re
enacts lift team fittnf? liv !fth fn .1. .-n.t. 4a
which he feu glyen eo many years of fcial
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life, and in which he has achieved such buc
cess. "Speaking of his explorations, by the
way, reminds me that after his first African
trip I think It was the first he found his
hair turning gray and tried to dye it. Ho
csed some sort of a dye that had an emerald
hue in it somewhere, and alter awhile his
hair turned from a dyed-black color to
green. If my memory serves me, he had to
keep himselt in hiding in his room before
he got the best of that green dye, for, you
know, a great explorer with green hair
would be a ridiculous looking person, no
matter how great his achievements mieht
have been. I have been in Stanley's differ
ent rooms in this city a good many times,
and in days goneby knew him pretty inti
mately. He always struck me as being a
rather moody sort of fellow, who disliked
crowds, lived largely within himself, and
didn't cans to talk mnch except with his intimates.
IN YERY GOOD HANDS.
Ex-llinister Palmer Well Fitted to
Manage the World's Fair.
ALWATS THOUGHT WELL OP HIMSELF.
"He is not exactly what you'd call a vain
man; and yet, when I last saw him, he ap
parently had a pretty good opinion of him
self. No doubt he had good reason for his
opinion, but he was rather found of using
the personal pronoun 'I,' and was inclined
to be a little dramatic whenever opportunity
offered. Beyond all question he has done
much to open the Dark Continent to the
civilized world, but he hasn't exactly cut
his way through trackless forests and
jungles and all that sort of thing as many
people seem to imagine. Anybody who
knows anything about the interior of Africa
and I have had some experiense there
knows that any and every traveler must, in
the main, stick to the paths made by the
caravans. Of course, one may branch off a
little, and, perhaps, take short cuts between
beaten paths, but as far as plunging right
into the heart of the interior and disregard
ing these caravan paths goes, you might as
well talk of walking through "a brick wall.
''Mind, I am not trying to detract from
the credit due Stanley for his achievements;
I am only correcting a mistaken impression
as to the method ol African exploration.
Of course, the explorer must determine
which of the caravan paths he will follow
and where ho should cut off and how to
make the best of the trying situations that
continually confront him, but he can't ex
actly cut a new road through the heart of
Africa.
TWO OLD LOVE AFFAIRS.
"I was rather surprised to hear of Stan
ley's engagement to Miss Tennant, for I
happen to know that a few years ago my
friend did not set any great store by the fair
sex. After the experiences he has had ono
couldn't blame him for his quasi aversion,
and 1 wasn't surprised at that letter of his
publshed a few months ago, in which he
criticized tbe female sex rather harshly.
Allusion has recently been made in the
newspapers to Stnuley's supposed engage
ment to a fair but faithless New Yorker. I
happen to know that the story is true. The
lady In question was Miss Pike, daughter
of Samuel N. Pike, who built the Grand
Opera House. I think it was on Stanley's
return Irom his first African trip that bo
met Miss Pike herein New York nnd be
came engaged to her. When he made his
second trip to Airica he was engaged to her;
when he returned Irom Airica he found ber
married to another man. She had heard
nothing Irom him, nnd, becoming tired of
waiting, had decided to be married anyway.
"Stanley had had another matrimonial
affair prior to this one, of which he himself
told me. I think it was in '07 or '68 any
way, it was about the time of bis affair in
Asia Minor tbat he stopped for a few
weeks on one of the Ionian Islands. He
met there a beautilul Greek girl to whom
he took a fancy. He could not speak her lan
guage, nor she his; but, with the aid of an
interpreter, he asked for and obtained her
band.
didn't want to but the girl.
"The girl's family was of the best, and
when the weddinsr day came great prepara
tions lor the bridal event were made. Stan
ley took his stand beside his bride that was
to be, and everything w as in readiness for
the cercraonv at least, so he thought. It
happened, though, that it was customary
in the islands for the prospective
husband to band over to the father
ol his fiancee, prior to the
marriage, a sum of money iu proportion
to tbe beauty, rank and accomplishments of
bis expected bride, as a sort of recompense
to her father for the loss of his daughter and
the cost of briuginc her up. Stanley knew
nothing of this expectation, and, o? course,
made no move to hand over. Finally, the
hard-hearted but business like "lather
beckoned the interpreter and quietly told
him to remind Stanley that he was over
looking an important feature of the marriage
proceedings. Tbe interpreter complied.
"When he had made his message clear In
Stanley, the destined explorer of world-wide
lame pushed aside his affianced bride, to
the amazement of the gathered throng,
drew the interpreter by the arm to the
presence of tbe puzzled father, and in his
most indignant fashion ordered tbe inter
preter to convey to his not-to-be-lather-in-law
the message; 'Sir, I came here to marry,
not to buy, your daughter.
"So it happens that Henry M. Stanley is
to wed Miss Dorothy Tennant."
Edward Bunnell Phelps.
HOW HE EARNED HIS MILLIOKS
A Wonderful Farm Near Detroit and His
Fine Horses and Cows.
MONEY MAKING NEWSPAPER WRITERS
BOB THE GEEMAN COTOT.
Costumes That Must Jls Worn If Ono la to
Bask In me Presence of Royalty.
Pall Mall Budget.
As everybody knows, court costumes are
very precise and arbitary affairs. Herewith
are sketches of tbe new costumes which are
to he worn at German court functions: The
costume at the left is for persons not entitled
to wear a uniform. Coat and waistcoat ot
black satin; stockings, black silk. The coat
may also be worn of black cloth, but must
nave satin reyers. Ttie costume at
the right is that of Secretaries of
State- Coat blue, with gold em
broidery; knee breeches and stockings white.
Three other costumes are like those of the
Secretary of State, except tbat the embroid
ery and otber ornaments vary according te
the rank of the wearer. Black buckle shoe;
Four imperial crowns adorn the buckles.
If the Court festivity at which they are
worn concerns the Kingdom of Prussia, tbe
buckle is changed for one with the Boyal
instead of tbe Imperial crowns. Hat for
Secretaries of State: Black with gold bor
der and feathers.
i
Like n Circuit of Electrio Wires.
The hamin sensorlum resembles a circuit of
electric wi,res, tho various sets of nerves form
ing linksin the circle of continuity. When
digestion grows weak the epigastric nerve suf
fers, anp tbe whole system Is affected. Rein
force u with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and
the nvvous organism crows tranquil and re
poseful. Fever and ague, constipation, kidney
troubles and lfv nnm-ni.. .atftt hfnra
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fCOnniBFOSDENCE OP THE DISPATCH. 1
Washington, July 10. Ex-Mlnister
Palmer's appointment as tbe head of the
World's Fair is very popular in Wash
ington. He was one of tbe richest
members of the "Millionaire's Club," and
was pointed out as one of the "Mediocre
Gold-Bags" when he first came here. After
a short time, however, he showed himself to
be a man of broad culture and a thinker.
He made several speeches which read like
the old English classics and at the end of
his first year he was known as the jolliest
and brainiest of the new Senators. A short
experience with-him showed that he did not
worship his money and he put on no more
airs than tbe poorest messenger who stood
at the Senate doors
He rented the big mansion on Scott Cir
cle, which Windom then owned and kept
open house. The year following he bought
a lot and built his ?85,000 brown-stone
palace on MacPherson square and enter
tained magnificently. One of the doctrines
in his philosophy of life is that a man
should cultivate his social nature and that
of bis friends. Palmer did this. He went
on the principle that il was just as easy to
say a pleasant thing as a mean ono, and his
actions bred him friends as fast as though
they had been so many Australian rabbits.
Before his term was over he had the friend
ship of all his brothers, and he got more
bills through for his constituents than any
man from the Northwpst. 'Palmer once
told me that life was too short for revenge.
and that he could not afford to spend time
thinking how to get even with a man who
did him an injury.
A BOOMING MANAGER.
Theso features of bis character made him
an excellent Minister to Spain, and they
will make him strong as head of the fair.
He is a diplomat without a diplomat's
hypocrisy, and he will -make the fair popu
lar in this country and the world over. He
will travel over the United States in its in
terest, will know all of the Governors before
1893, and will havo every one of them work
ing lor him to make the Exposition a suc
cess. I hear it rumored tbat he will take a
run over to Europe and look up matters
there this year or next, and the acquaint
ance he has will do wonders.
Senator Palmer is in many respects like
Chauucey Depew. He can make nearly as
good n alter-dinner speech as Chaunrey,
and there is no man in publio life who can
equal him in singing Methodist hymns or
Moody and Saukey songs. Like Mr. Depew
he has a temper as smooth as the Lake of
Como in its gentlest mood. Nothing ever
worries him. Ho doesn't fret, and he never
loses his head. If he is ever annoyed he
doesn't show it, and he can do an immense
amount of work while pretending to do
nothing. Ho understands how to make
others work for him, and he carries on one
of the biggest businesses of the country with
no Iriction. Just how much Tom Palmer is
worth I don't know. I believe if auyona
asked bim, he would tell him in a lazy, un
ostentatious way, without thinking." I
know, however, that be has his millions and
tbat his lumber mills, bis pine forests, his
great salt wells and his real estate if put
under tne Hammer would bring bimin a pile
that would have bought out Job ten times
over, that would have made the Queen of
Sbeba bow down to him as she did to Solo
mon, and would have redeemed Midas from
tho lust of more gold. His wife is also
worth several millions, and the two control
one of the biggest fortunes of tbe country.
HIS IDEAS OP MONEY-MAKING.
This fortune was made iu lumber, and
Senator Palmer married the daughter of his
partner. When ho began life ho was for a
time unsuccessful, but after his marriaee, in
connection with his father-in-law, he made
money hand-over-fist, and now everything
be touches turns to gold. He once told me
that a man ought to work hard until his
property brought him in $2,000 a year, and
after that he ought to let up and take things
easy. "Everything comes to the man who
waits," said he, "and if vou keen your eves
open you're sure to make by and-by. I
uuu t oeneve mat a oig lortune mases a
man any happier, and a ter he gets to a
certain point he reaches the limit of his
spending power. There is no man in the
world who can, for his own personal grati
fication, use more than 4 percent on $1,000,
000, nnd as for me I can be satisfied with
little."
Still Senator Palmer has a number of
very expensive luxuries. His farm near
Detroit is one of them, but the increase in
the value of the land has made this pay for
itself many times over. Xf he could move
this iarin to the World's Fair it would be
one of the creat sights of the Exposition. It
contains 657 acres aud it is laid out like a
great English park. There is a big lorest
on it, in which are shady glens and ro
mantic drives and where you may wander
through ail thenazesof Rosamond's bower
and lose yourself in the end. Everyone of
tbe walks has its name and some of these
nooks are called after the Senator's friends.
I remember Manrteison avenue and Sher
man's Hill, and I saw a gray squirrel play
ing on XiVereu s ixnoii.
INSPIRED BY ROSA BONHEUB.
The Senator has 60 fine Percberon horses,
each of which is worth at least $1,000. He
brought some of them over from France,
and he has one horse 3 years old which
weights 2,000 pounds. He has 4-month-old
cults which weigh as much as the ordin
ary horse, and he has his own theory of
horse breeding. He tell in love with the
Percheron horse in making a study of Rosa
Bonheur's famous picture, "The Horse
Fair," and he believes it is the finest horse
tbat walks. He claims that it is a cross be
tween the Arabian and the Norman, and it
was with this idea that he sent his farm
manager to Jerusalem to pick bim ont an
Arabian stallion. The farm manager found
that very few of the Arabian horses were
sound, and Palmer's permit from the Sultan
to take away a horse from his dominions
.amounted to nothing.
uutsiue oi rercneron horses Senator Pal
mer runs to Jersey cows. His butter costs
him $1 a pound, but he gets 82 worth of fuu
out oi every pound, and the 80 cows which
he keeps are a perpetual source of amuse
ment to him. I wish I could give you a
picture of his barn. The cow stable is as
well lighted as a parlor, aud the floor back
ol where the animals stand is so clean that
you could drop a cambric handkerchief on
it and pick it up without soiling. Tho
woodwork of this stable is polished yellow
pine finished in oil, and it isaswellfir
nished as tbat of many cottages.
KIND TO HIS BRUTES.
Senator Palmer is caretul in his treatment
of his cattle and horses, and he has rules
pasted up in the stables for his men. A
whip is never used on the horses and no loud
words can be spoken to the cows. A regu
lar record is kept of the milk each animal
gives, and each cow has its name and its
page in the herd book. It takes a steam
engine to do tho' work of these cow stables,
ihe hay is raised to the tecond story by
steam. The oats and corn are ground into
meal in the same way, and the water is
pumped and ensilage cut cp by steam,
senator Palmer believes in modern inven
tions. He blown nut hi. .tr,m. k Jn.
AmiteiaoleariiigBp his land, aid he his a
pond in front of his log cabin home tbe
water of which is kept fresh by the pumping
of a steam engine.
This log cabin of Senator Palmer's is, I
judge, 60 feet square. He lives in it
throughout the summer, and he tells me It
Is way ahead of a castle in Spain. There
is a wide hall running through the center.
and on one side ol this Is an immense sitting
room or parlor filled with antique furniture
which Palmer got at the old Vermont home
stead and brought out to Detroit On the
other side of the ball is a dining room,
which must be fully 30 feet square. This Is
also furnished in the style of our fore
fathers, and if you take a meal with the
Senator you will find he has the most deli
clous hamjin his larder and that bis spring
chickens are tender. He has a good cook,
and it is a recommendation for tbe man to
know that he keep bis servants a long time.
Some of Mrs. Palmer's girls have been with
her for years and tbe Senator is as careful
of their "comforts as of his own.
OATH AS A MONEY MAKER.
George Alfred Towncend tells me that his
novel entitled "Alexander Hamilton and
Mrs. Reynolds" is selling well. Its first
edition of 2,000 has been sold and a second
edition of 6,000 is now being issued. The
book as Mr. Townsend wrote it was origin
ally 100 pages longer than it is now, and he
had to cut it down to suit the ideas of the
publisher. Tbe probability js that he will
make some money out ot it. He made $G0O
out of "The Entailed Hat," and he once told
me that the same time spent in newsparer
writing thdt he had put upon this book
would' have netted him over?10,000. He
made $1,600 out of his book on Washington
which he published ten years ago, and be
has been making S6.000 a vear and upward
on newspaper correspondence since the war.
His newspaper work now nets him about
$13,000 a year.
One of tbe brightest newspaper Writers of
to-day is Frank A. Bnrr, who is now in
London writing syndicate letters. Burr
paid Parson Newman $500 to write the
deathbed scene of General Grant for bis
biography of Grant, and be makes a great
deal of money in literature. Williams, who
does the funny work for the Norristown
Herald, writes 2J4 columns a day, and be is
considered one ot the finest general parag
raphers in the United States. Ho writes
a half a columu of funny matter every day,
and his salary is less than $100 a month.
This Is all the Herald can afford to pay,
and Mr. Williams, although he has bad'
many other good offers, prefers to stay
where he can make a small salary without
friction. Frank G. Carpenter.
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"THE STORY OF THE DOCTOR AND THE DETECTIVE.
WRITTEN TOE THE DISPATCH
-BY-
.X):R. PHILIP -WOGLP,
Author of "Who is Guilty?"
his
QUEEN OF IHE AT.TJOATOBS.
A Lady Who Flay With all Sort of Hep
tiles In a Bis Water Tank.
PallilallUudjtet'l
Londoners have made acquaintance with
several snake charmers, good, bad and in
different, recently, bnt a lady whose show
eclipses all others of the kind for grace and
daring, as well as having peculiarities of its
own, is now to be seen at tbe Aquarium
Mile. Paula. Clad from top to toe in tight
fitting green, with golden tresscss tbat
reach below her waist, the latest snbjugator
of reptiles gives and entertainment with
snakes and caymans or alligators both on
tbe stage and in a tank, which is as con
spicuous for its novelty as for its nerve. The
deadly attentions of a python, or the play
ful snap of a cayman's Jaws, are no laugh
ing matter; but so completely has Mile.
Paula learned to control her strange sub
jects tbat she works her will with the
more formidable monsters without the
SYNOPSIS OP PUETIOCS CHAPTERS.
Dr. Brandt is a physician who has sought rest at the seashore. In tho hotel neat
cottace lives Mrs. Amelia Glaye, an eccentric wiuuw. raouira mm ucr Vujwu.
xr- .ii..h,ir. .. u... u...u. h.. ontrarori nerseii to urrii unranu. wno nas souanuerea
most of his fortune, and has promised to wed another womin, who elrazs closely to film. One
night the doctor hears a shrleK. He discovers the body of a yonng woman stabbed to the heart.
Taking from the body a breastpin and ring, ho runs for help. Keturaincr. he flnds the body
gone, with oridenre that it had been thrown Into the sea. A piece of shoe was found there.
Two servants enter a deserted cabin. Instantly their torches are dashed to the ground .and
tall figure vanishes In the darkness. In the cabin a diamond earring is found. The body had
only plain gold earrings. Jnst before retiring that night the doctor is summoned by lone Grande,
Mrs. Glaye's maid. ho says her mistress is very nervous and wretched. &ho telU tho doctor
Mrs. Glave went out walking In the evening alone and came back with her dress and hands
torn by 'briars and a diamond earring raissintr. Arriving, the doctor, to bis surprise, find;
Mrs. Glaye more calm than he had ever seen her. bhe resents the visit, savs she has no need
for the physician, and treats the briar scratches and loss of the earring as jokes. Next day De
tective Fox starts to work on the case, securing manyclews in which are mixed up the names
or Mrs. Glaye. her daughter. Bertha: Cyril Durand. Otto Morton and a mysterious Ella Con
stant, Mrs. Glaye tells him Bertha is an adopted daughter. Years ago she loved a man named
Glaye In Europe. He had a rich rival. They mot and Glaye was killed. Inter tbe rich i man
diad. leavine all his property to his love providing she would marry. She had promised Glayo
to remain sinzle and took his name on his death. ow she had exhausted all her own monsy
and loved (JyrilDnrand. Next the detective goes to Durand's room and hnds he has taKento
flight. He visits the deserted cabin. Digging in the uirt he finds Jewelry Mrs. Glaye said had
been stolen from her. The detective gets Otto Morton to tell hs story. On the night of the
murder he beard Mrs Glaye and Durand quarreling, and Mrs. Glaye threatened to kill both
Durand and Ella Constant. The detective one night is called by an asistant and flnds Mrs.
Glayo dlirelnc madly In tho ground at the cabin and muttering "murder" between her teeth.
At last she eoes to Durand's abandoned room and calls in vatn for him. Then sle goes home.
The detective discovers that the doctor is wounded in tho left arm. Tne latter says Mrs. Glaye
struck him with her daeeer when In one of her tantrums. Tho doctor henceforth ridicules tbe
detective's every move Miss Bertha Informs tho detective that Dr. Brandt the man to whom
the fortune will go if Mrs. Glaye doesn't marry. She suspects Dr. Brandt of trjine to poisoa
ber mother.
CHAPTER IX.
This was too much light let in suddenly
on me, and I was dazed by It.
"You will understand now, Detective
For, why he offered himself in marriage to
my mother; and you will also understand
why he would not hesitato at any crime to
prevent her from marrying another. I be
lieve that he committed the murder, and I
believe that my mother witnessed it, and
that you would hear the story from her own
lips if she were not in terror of the perse
cuting wretch, Dr. Bradt, and that brings
me to the real reason why I asked you to
meet me here."
"I am listening, Miss Gladys, with
great interest and admiration," I said en
couragingly. "I want you to see my mother and speak
plainly to her. In her present sad condi
tion she has lost her will power, and I feel
that if you spoke authoritatively to her, if
you wefe stern and commanding, she would
speak. I wish yon to see her immediately.
I wish you to protect her from the enemies
that surround her, for I believe they are
trying to kill her!"
That seemed very probable now!
"One minute, pleaie. Have you heard of
dared to tell all; if I only dared to tell all l"
She fell back on the sofa, buried ber face
in tbe pillow, and went and groaned in a
rather blood-chilling manner.
"If you would save my friend, you must
be c lm," -I ventured to say. "We can
always snivel to-morrow," 1 added, con
solingly, "but to-day we roust actl"
"I cannot think; just now, for I have
thought so much, and my brain is tired."
She rose to a sitting position and faced me
with dry eyes and fever-baked lips. "Come
to me later and von will be satisfied; I will
tell you everything. But not now."
She rose, w Iked to tbe barred window
and looked out. A slight rain was falling,
and tbe landscape, or seascape, view was
not encouraging. She rested her hot fore
head for a moment against the cold iron
bars, then returned to the sofa, rubbed her
hands and shivered.
"My time is not my own," I began.
"I cannot speak now," she interrupted;
"my br.iin is in a whirl. Come again this
afternoon, this evening, and you shall know
all."
"But my friend Durand?"
"I will save him; he has broken my
heart, but I will save him. Come aeain,"
she repeated, swaying herself to and fro,
"and everything shall be made plain; bnt
not now."
I bad not much faith when I started out,
and so I was not disappointed at the
Performance in the Glasi Tank.
slightest hesitation or dismay. In a large
glass tank she plays hide and seek with
huge serpents and several large alligators.
The illustration is from a ubotocrraDh taken
at the aquarium. In speaking of her, Cap
tain Swan, her husband, said: "Well, the
creat thing is nerve nerve and knowledge
of the habits of animals. It is necessary to
know exactly how to catch hold of them,
and to catch bold at the exact moment. Tbe
boa, for instance, is allowed to twine itself
as it will, to a certain extent, but its move
ments have to be checked at a given instant,
or madame would be crushed to death in a
minnte or two.
"The alligators all come from the Missis
sippi; the largest, about 7 feet long, is be
tween 80 and 90 years old we tell tho age
by the number of rings on the tail another
is 35 years, and a third 20. They are vicions
brutes, I can tell you, and want very smart
handling. Tbe performance in tbe water is
more dangerous than that on tbe stage, be
cause out the tank it Is easier to give the
slip to a snake 6r alligator showing fight.
A point requiring attention is to keep them
warm. Here they are kept at a comfortable
heat of 76, which always insures their
being lively, and the water in the tank is
also about that temperature."
"How does Madam contrive to stay so
long under water?
"Beiore allowing ber head to sink beneath
the surface she exhales, and then inhales
deeply. By this mean she has managed to
stay under as long as three minutes. Of
course, that means the possession of strong
lungs."
THE CUBE OF LOCKJAW.
;luS I i tn If
THE DOCTOR TfAS STILL ENJOYING1 HIS MEAL.
A Treatment Based on the Theory of n
Local specific Poison.
Boston Herald. 3
Not long ago a German physician seeking
light on that terrible disease lockjaw found
that inoculations with the bloodand other
fluids of tbe body of a victim failed to pro
duce this malady; bnt when fluids were
used which had been squeezed from tbe
wound, or scraped from its immediate vi
cinity, which had caused lockjaw, then the
disease was invariably produced. This, of
course, would indicate tbat the direct cause
tbe specific poison of lockjaw remains
near its point of entrance, and that local
treatment is imperative. Dr. Pavilini ac
cepts this theory, and recommends sub
cutaneous injections of carbolic acid in the
treatment of the disease.
He cites the case of a boy, 15 years old,
who was attacked with lockjaw in a severe
form alter being wounded on the foot. The
usual remedies were at first applied without
any effect. On tbe fourth day a 1 per cent
solution of carbolic acid was injected near
the seat of the injury. Similar injections
were repeated every three hours during the
first four days. Improvement began on
tbe second day. Recovery finally took
place. The injections, gradually decreased
in frequency, were kept up until the 27th
diy. Another case of recovery under the
same treatment has been rcoorted.
The Two Week' Ben.
"How did you enjoy your vacation?"
"Oh, I bad a great time. Couldn't go to
work when I sot back, I was to broke up."
your mother being robbed?"
"No!" This in great surprise.
"Do you know these jewels?"
I had taken the tin box from my pocket
and now showed her its contents.
"Those are my mother's jewels."
"I found them buried in the old honse
near tbe pond. Do you think they might
have been stolen by Miss Grande?"
"I cannot say."
"You know nothing about it? Nothing
about certain papers that are missing, and
which you often wished were in yonr pos
session?" "Il the papers have been stolen, so much
more reasonable my wish, as they relate to
the affair o' which I have beeu speiking. If
you seek the thief, you will find him iu
Dr. Brandt, as he alone is interested in tbe
matter."
"You can give me no further details?"
"Nonet"
"It is a pity!" I said musingly.
"It can wait; bnt my poor mother is in
danger, petbaps, even while we are idly
speaking here."
"I will go to her at once," I said, "and
now that you have called on me, you will
find that yonr mother is as safe as it she Was
surrounded by walls of iron. I have a little
business to transact, bnt it will not take me
long. Do you go up to tbe hotel and wait
for me, as it would not be wise for us to be
seen together!"
A brilliant idea had come into my head; I
intended to confront Mrs. Glaye with the
man Durand, and I felt sure that the meet
ing would be prolific in important results.
I rushed over to the station and was just in
time. Then I trotted over to the hotel.
Miss Glaye was waiting for me with the
information that tbe doctor had visited the
patient and had departed a lew minutes be
iore my appearance, auu mat juiss xone
Grande bad gone to the apothecary shop to
get a fresh prescription made up.
"I ventured into my mother's room," she
conclnded, "but my presence ronsed her into
fury. Perhaps it is better that you see her
alone. I will wait here in the parlor, very
anxious for your return."
I hurried along the passageway and
tapped on Mrs. Glay's door; a feeble voice
bade me enter. I obeyed and found Mrs.
Glaye iu a loose mourning robe lying on tbe
lounge. She was very pale,. except two red
spots on her cheeks that, somehow or otber,
only made her look paler. Her eyes were
sunken, but, as I thought, dangerously
bright and flashing.
"What do you want?" she asked, quer
ulously, staring at me without recognition.
I took advantage of her "other individual
ity" and said: m
"I am the friend of Mr. Cyril Durandl"
"He is dead to mel" she wailed. "He is
dead to me, and my heart is broken!"
"He is in danger, great danger, and he
sent nie to yon. He is suspected of having
committed a crime"
"I will swear that he is innocent!" h
said, excitedly, raising herself on her elbow. I
woman's obstinacy. However, I made
another trial.
"But I mnst know all now!"
''Later. Come again. I cannot think; X
cannot speak; I cannot feel now. Come this
evening."
"ir I come, you will speak?"
"You shall "know everything my guilt
and Cyril's inuocence. Give me till then. I
will not run away," she said, with a deso
late laugh.
"I will wait for you here, in the room in
which we are speaking, and you shall be
satisfied. But not now; not nowl Give me
that little time lor dreams of what might
have been." Seeing tbat I still hesitated,
she rose and flashed oat angrily:
"Leave me; at this moment I would not
utter a word if you dropped molten lead on
me; I have promised you shall know all this
evening. If you are impatient, make the
most of it, but leave me. I wish to be
alone!"
An obstinate, foolish, melodramatic
woman!
"I will call on yon this evening."
"I will expect you, and have a message
ready for you to deliver to your friend."
She threw herself on the sofa and closed
her eyes, and I took the hint and left the
room. I acquainted Miss Glaye with my
lack of success, and cautioned her to keep a
good watch on her mother until I again
called. I forbade ber to admit Dr. Brandt,
and informed her tbat I would send an as
sistant to tbe hotel in tbe person of Police
man Blinde, and that he wonld wait on the
veranda subject to her orders.
Leaving the hotel, I trotted off in the di
rection of the apothecary's shop, which by
inquiry I learned was about a half mile
away. On the road I saw the little lone
walking soberly along, with a little bundle
in her hand. I stared up at the sky, in
creased my pace, and by accident brushed
rudely against her, knocking tbe little
bundle from her hand to tbe ground, wbeie
it broke and scattered its liquid contents la
the sand. I apologized, and then was pro
fuse in regrets when I pretended to recog
nize her.
"I shall have to take the long journey
again," she said, ''and I am so tired."
"I will save you that trouble, "Miss
Grande," I said with fine gallantry. "I am
goinzin that direetion, and I will drop in
on the druggist and have the medicine again
made up, and I will bring it back with me.
I had puked up the fragment of glass to
which the druggist's label still adhered, and
I pointed to it in triumph.
"You are very kind, and I am very
much obliged to you," she said, as if she
really meant it,
"You need a little tonic medicine your
self," I remarked, noticing her blanched
cheeks and heavy, weary eyes.
"I need liberty." she said, glancing out
from nnder her umbrella toward the gray,
cheerless ocean, scarred by tbe falling drops
of rain.
"Mrs. Glaye is a Terr exacting patient
"Poor lady!" she sighed, with, fine hypoot
"The blood wasijptJjpa nia hands. Oh, if I J risy. "I did not refer to her. It is a gray
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