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Show IXalhvny ltiillollng In Ucnnd. Tho romance of railways is n thing which tho poets nro very properly trying try-ing to mnko peoplo perceive. Tho ro-mnnco ro-mnnco of lions nnd rhinoceroses, on tho other hand, Is admitted to exist, even by their worst enemies. When tho two kinds of romance clash, Btir-rlng Btir-rlng vtlmcs ensue. Mr. H. B. Moles-worth Moles-worth mnkes this plain In nn nrttelo on "The Uganda Hallway," in tho pages of Public Works. The progress of tho work, ho tells us, was much Interfered with by tho depredations of man-eating lions. At Tsavo twenty-eight twenty-eight men wero taken by lions In a short time. There was a pnnlc nmong tho men: traps wero made; tho coolies slept in trees, In tho water tanks at the stations. In covered goods wagons, nnd finally Iron huts were built for them. Mr. Patterson, nn euglncer on tho lino, Rhot sovernl lions, nnd nmong them two which wero tho chief culprits. A Hon entore'd n first-class carriage on the siding of KImaa Station in June, 1000, nnd cnrrlcd away Mr. Ity-all. Ity-all. tho assistant sunerlntenilent of nn. Hcc. In July of 1000 four lions were killed nnd thrco wounded nt KIman Stntton, nnd two men were tnken by lions near Kul. A large Hon was trapped nt KImaa In August, nnd then no moro wero tnken for somo time. Such minor troubles ns tho telegraph being damaged .by giraffes, nnd tho trnln being delayed by running Into n rhinoceros, although not usunl In railway rail-way construction, wero not serious. London News. |