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Show Till: 1MIIK IUMINMT3IAM1. The North 1'ole mania ha Itt counteriole In the recently developed crazo lor Interior African eiploratlon, one being about aa hazardous as the other to the unaccllmateil novice. HtanUymndo quite a resectable lor-tube lor-tube and no little fame out of his exploits, but It I generally admitted that he was unusually fortunate. The Interior of Africa, specially the cqu-torlal cqu-torlal regions, are at full cf danger to the ono whoso tissues havo been seasoned to Ihe teuipeMte zone only as would northern Urecnlaud bo to the average tchoolby. Vet such expeli. tlons are not only taking place but numerously to. Wo are now advised that a large number of prominent Frenchmen, Austrian, Kngllahnun and Uermananreat present either on their way to Africa or uln a Jy marching Into tho Interior. On tho weal coast the young Duke d'Uzea, whose extravagance extrava-gance hat mused him to ho deprived of the right of administering hit fortune, for-tune, which hit been Invested In the hands of trustcec, la endeavoring en-deavoring to teach tho Victoria Nyaii za from the Congo. In his patty there aroaald to be alout about half a dozen ouug I'reuchraen of rack and family. Inasmuch a Hie duke of U cans hopes to reach the Victoria Nyanza from tbo nut cooit. It It iwaslble that they may ail meet on the shores of that lake. What they all extt to accomplish, it Is doubtful If even Ihemsc-lvel could till. The Trench expedition militant, headed by (Jem ral Dodds, ha beeu auccifslul III ono reaped, that la, the dusky King llehanzln and hla Amazonian Ama-zonian 1 halaux have been defeated and lila cat Hal la In poiseaalon of the In vader; hut the monarch himself, like Josh Hillings' mosquito, wasn't there when tho hand descended upon him. If France will now count up lta profit and lortet and let the world know how It stands, there will be to much of Interest In It at least. |
