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Show lUlllOIll AMI 1KACI. Till trouble between I ranee andtho King of Dal omey Is not yet settled. According tu the dlsatcliea t'io rrtnch exedltlon from thu coast tu the Interior Is decided on, and n soldier named Colonel Doddsapiiolotuil to the uren:o command. Troojswhlch are more or less nccllmatcii in Africa will leuiel. Contingents will lie drawn from Hentgal and other points fur the rxsslltlan. llthaniln, Icing of Dtho-mey, Dtho-mey, lisi, It Is mid, 10,000 warrlon now 1 re) tred for action. And If hu would only take time by the forebek un t rot wait until the trench are fully ireiaioJ, it Is thought that his IsJy soldiers would acbleva a conquest. con-quest. Tho tI Hal of Dahomey la tho City of Ahomey, It Is situated far Inland. It Is said to contain vast truaaurta In thu w ayof gold accumulatlonsainount-Ing accumulatlonsainount-Ing to $10,W,0')'I, The aucctwslve kings of lliu country Uavu been In thu habit of burying largo qiiantltlui of bullion lu ) Its wllhlii their nlarti. It is well know 11 that .old txlsta In the lountry. In, fact Dahomey Is em-briccd em-briccd In what Is known as the goll coast of Afrlcn,and there may be aomo truth In this re)srt. Traders and mis-stenotics mis-stenotics assert that such Is the case, aud the IilliJou aperi lay thatthu object of the oxpedltlon la Kiug Ue-haiixln's Ue-haiixln's bullion. |
