Show TOWING THE TRAIN a african where Trav clera to work choir ru sarte the hc first railroad built in the interior of tropical africa was the little line ine ninety miles miler long which connects the he towns of N kayea ayes and on the he senegal river in in Sene gambia run rim up the senegal from the ean to kayos w where bierc the river be bomea or aes and the railroad line inc to is the first faction of the lie Cx extension tension of steam facilities to the iger differ river which in time will give uninterrupted steam communication between the yea oca and the upper niger awhile agog ago according to the alio new york ork sun a gentleman who traveled ver thia railroad said that it was in a very ery condition at one part of the lie line a force of one hundred natives supplied with long ropes was maloyed to give a helpful tow to trains rains jaime of the french navy who ho made a name by his trip to tim bukta in a gunboat confirms the report ort that the natives are used for raught purposes to eke out the insaf chient power of the locomotives Y picture in the book just published jy y jaime shows the alie tr train lill hat took his party over the road ie says that several times dur ug ng the journey the locomotive or one f the cars was derailed and hours vere lost in in boosting hem upon the rack again once in awhile everybody on the cars would jump off in ader to take a pull at the tow line or aply their shoulders to the train the roadbed has not been kept in food condition the locomotives are ore nore or less out of repair and for a li stance of six miles most of the motive rec orce was supplied by the natives with heir long rope the picture shows a lace dace where only the members of feut jaimes party were eking out he motive power some of them are een en in front of the engine baulina haulin cr on lie he rope and others are at the sides of lie he cars applying all their strength ward oward a forward movement though the condition of this little railroad is something to excite hilar ty there is no doubt that it is the be inning of an important railroad en er the line has been surveyed 11 the way to the niger river and dahout stopping to repair the section f the road now in operation engineers nd workmen have begun to grade the ine ne beyond and in the urse ourse of a yeu year or so it will be ad alced thirty or forty miles further ewoud the niger river it will be an event when this railroad is completed for then timbuktu can be relied from every center of civilize ion on by bheam and by the time the rail sad oad reaches the niger there is li fitle doubt that white men will be admitted my eely into the famous and fanatical ity which so long has excluded for ign ifan inter intercourse couse the last white man enter timbuktu was dr lenz twelve ears ago the news comes that col Archin archinard aril as completely established the sov sor eighty of F france rance in the g great reat country f macina south of timbuktu and as placed on the throne one of the ayal al heirs who can be wholly con rolled by french influences tho ost lost important result of this great access is that archinard has haar thus P med a ww way by the niger to T tim im clitu atu for this c oin corn king S pont macula he r 4 I 1 UP 0 1 to accetta accept acce pta 1 id d as control 4 tho re t gives aar alth tae e com erce and w wealth alti i rheid fishl doubt come coine to terms and IM kopenits f 7 world le 0 f t oa W W 0 |