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Show Progress In Sahara. The limits of the great nrld wnste J of the Rahnni desert are slowly helm v nnrrowed by the Invnslon of windmills 'v:in nnd motorcars. The onses nre belug i . linked together by good motor high- jmtt wnvB and tho sinking of wells. In great ,jfflPE ly Increasing the tlllnble oren. Th soil Is fertile nnd, wherever' wntcr cn ( , V be obtained, tropical fruits, mlllot and I 'r' other cereals may be rulsed, A trnnB-Saharlnn rnllrond hns beea proposed by the French government, but there are many technical problems to be solved In the construction of Buch j a line. The desirability and vnluo of -a rail connection across tho desert lie- J twecn southern Algeria on the north J , ? and western French Afrleu on the i'- couth Is obvious. '! ,, |