Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1875 — ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. Economy in youth makes a cushion for old age. Literary men can never be sure of having said a smart thing unless they see the “ proof.” Oh, fitful autumn time. How like to good old apple sass thou art— Half sweet, half tart. It is said there are nearly 2,000 white men in the Chickasaw nation, IndianTerritory, in violation of the Intercourse law. The Maine man who kicked a can of nitro-glycerine out of his path won’t be bothered with any more earthly obstructions. The man at the fair who didn’t get a premium lor his chickens exclaimed in his grief: 44 Nine iUa lachrymal" —“hens! these tears.” These cannot be a surer proof of low origin or of an innate meanness of disposition than to be always talking and thinking of being genteel. Politeness is the mother of peace. She keeps familiarity and impudence from being kicked to death, and often saves herself a broken head. Sharkey, the murderer, says he could blind his eyes, tie his legs together, get into a sack, and then escape from a New York detective in broad daylight. Nothing makes a boy so mad as to Bteal a quince and crawl under a bun under the impression that he has gobbled something new in the line of California pears. Red Cloud has come down five dollars on his price of $70,000,000 for the Black Hills, and five dollars is a good deal of money for an Indian to lose. —Detroit Free Press. A' wag seeing a door nearly off its hinges, in which condition it had been some time, observed that when it had fallen and kOled some one it would probably be hung. Thebe are elks in Arizona that weigh two tons after dressing. Either so, or else the Arizona papers exaggerate, and it doesn’t seem as if an newspaper exaggerate,

Stanley’s Explorations in Africa. The latest contribution to foe world’s knowledge of interior Africa is a letter from “foe gentleman who found Living stone,” published yesterday by foe New York Herald. But it is interesting rather as an account of foe progress, pluck, suffering, peril and fighting of a brave body of men in a wild country than as a scientifle paper. It adds nothing of positive value to geographical data. Thus far Stanley has traversed over again foe country which Speke and Grant and Baker and Livingstone have with greater or lent minuteness described. He has taken a different route from Injanjembe to foe Victoria N’yanza from that pursued by Dr. Livingstone, hut foe cost of foe experiment is poorly balanced by foe acquisitions so far as they are detailed. A hostile tribe was encountered and four days of fighting sadly reduced foe numbers of foe expedition. Stanley left foe coast with 300 men, and before reaching foe N’yanza he had lost by battle, disease and desertion 126 of his number. At foe date of his letter, March 1, there were 166 remaining. This letter is merely preliminary. It is foe record of doings and sufferings in foe work ot reaching sos real base of operations. It is not a disappointment, therefore, nor anything to foe discredit of Stanley’s undertaking that as yet he is unable to report many new discoveries. By foe departure from foe old route to Victoria N’yanza he fbnnd a nver he was not previously acquainted with, and in Urimi a tribe of people not before reported. These he speaks of as “remarkable for their manly beauty, noble proportions and nakedness.” They were, withal, a suspicious people, and loth to have anything to do with the strangers. The best word said of them is that they respected their elders, and acquiesced in any treaty or recommendations foe old poopte gp_ proved. Besides these two Stanley gained an experience way that may prove valuable, jj e encountered different types of thjg natives, and learned that some cqcid be treated with and others must t>& shot; he saw his men succumb tq diseases of various character; he encoum tered danger from thirst and from hunger, and surmounted all with patience, courage and endurance. Indeed, foe most instructive lessons to be gleaned from his report are found in contemplating foe heroism and devotion of foe little band and foe stout heart of its leader. Through 730 miles of wilderness, broken by marsh and mountain and river, peopled with savage animals and beings of human shape but often savage natures; losing here a man by disease, there another by desertion, and again a score or more by foe arrows and spears of savages; living part of the time on gruel, part of foe time on lion's meat and most of foe time on what could be found on foe way—through all these experiences young Stanley arrived at foe Victoria N’yanza undismayed and eager to start anew into new dangers, with a firm purpose to achieve new discoveries. Supplement foe statement that he marched “from Bagomaya to Kagehyi, 720 miles, in 103 days” with a thought of foe obstacles in foe way and foe sufferings endured, and no one can withhold admiration for foe achievement and congratulation on the success. Henry M. Stanley is not as learned in science as some who have preceded him into foe wilds of Africa, hut in enthusiasm, in devotion to foe interests involved, in self-denial, courage, plnck and determination he has proved himself second to none. That he may accomplish all that he hopes for and all that is hoped of him will be the wish of all who read *his wilderness tales. We know now where Stanley was on the Ist of March. Fast mail facilities are not at his disposal. What he has done in foe intervening months, whether he lives, has met success or failure, are questions that may not he answered in many months. —Utica {N. Y.) Herald,