A TRIP TO CENTRAL AFRICA in ft a rw raw tf years bach soth a journey will de common enough Xa tho the latest news from tho the congo states that tho the railroad to connect the port on tho the lower congo with stanley pool where navigation of the upper congo begins la Is now noir in process of construction st and that ever thing is progressing gress ln favorably the entire length of the arno ano is less than miles and only twenty five firo of these present engineering glac gi cring obstructions of any difficulty wha whatever tevor and those these havo have already been overcome if all goes well yell the line ought to be competed in three years s siye tys the philada philadelphia inquirer by thit time express steamers etca mcra will bo be put on the congo so that a trip to central africa will be easily mado mado by every summer tourist thus wo we will suppose a philadelphian desires to visit stanley falls tho the headquarters of tib situated directly iu in tho the heart of tho the dark continent if ho he is in a hurry burry ho he can plan ills fits trip about this way day days philadelphia his to southampton 7 to mouth of congo 13 12 0 y e r c congo 0 n 1 1 t mallcy t n y i pool I 1 to a stanley i falla 4 T to fa full 1 14 41 return trip as above I 1 zi 24 total kongth of trip GS CZ thus one can leave homo home july 1 seo see all the wondrous be beauties of tho the african continent spend two weeks hunting in elephants and tailing the natives and ud be bick buk 4 at his desk sept I 1 after having crossed tho the ator six times we shall expect i ery soon to seo see tho the country hooded flooded with circulars of abo tip african tourist company limited which will issue roundtrip round trip tickets tor for tho the journey furnish guide gulde and aud all useful information attend 4 on little hunting alle trips and a curo front seats scats at cannibal feasts ail all this can bo be easily accomplished for the great polut in cheapness being that the shops of central africa aro arc not such as to tempt the tourist tt to unload his wealth ladies particularly will not return with their trunca trun full of central african costumes the above estimates of timo time and cost may seem overdrawn but it is probable that before this decade is ended they will bo be found to bo be too hi high li and anil t after americans once get into the way V I 1 of taking a jaunt into central africa goodness knows what development may inny take place in that bent benighted cited ud POU