Show THE locomotive the dark continent ia gradually conquered by the poteat work of alit locomotive the british in their firel efforts to subjugate the tierce tribesmen eNile went into the heart of the wilderness and ended their onward march of conquest by losing gordon and his army at the fall of khartoum they bad attempted to invade the country without the bid of the puffing roaring steam engine and eo they failed within the past two years the conquest of the nile ri besmen has been again inaugurated lut this time the british flag is ren arced by the locomotive and success will attend their efforts so it is in the southern part of africa the locomotive is winning the battles of the english A railroad 1000 miles in has been constructed from cape town north to the land of the hottentots and boers ind within the past eighteen live hundred additional miles of road bave opened the way to the heart of where the fierce warriors if old chief Loben guala eo long held sway and defied the whites to enter domain A few weeks ago ceci chodes was at Bulu to celebrate the opening of a continuous rail rout rom that interior point to cape town ind the permanent conquest of a most promising region of darkest africa truly abe locomotive is the advance guard ot civilization |