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Unique floral arrangementa
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THE
LINE THROUGH NIGERIA
BRITISH TO CONSTRUCT RAIL
ROAD IN WILD LAND.
Laborers Who Will Be Employed Are
Cannibals, and White Men Will Be
- n Constant Danger of
, Their Lives.
A new railroad is being constructed
by the British through the territory of
Nigeria, in West Africa.
It will penetrate the regions known
as ".Tujuland," so-called because the
inhabitants were long enthralled by
horr'ble idol known as "Long Juju."
It will be built by cannibal natives
who have shown themselves the most
tntilligent and industrious workmen.
It will open up the last region of
Africa where white men have not yet
settled.
The new line into Nigeria will be 530
miles in length and will take four or
five years to build. It will coat about
fifteen million dollars. It is being
built by the colonial government, of
which the head is Sir Frederick Lu-
gard. The country which is to be
opened up is rich in palm oil and coal.
which the British expect to yield a
handsome revenue on the money In
vested in the road.
Fifty thousand natives have been
hired for the work of building the
road. They will work under the direc
tion of British engineers and foremen.
Doubtless some Americans will be as
sociated with the enterprise.
These natives of Nigeria are noted
for their obstinate cannibalism. Al
though the practice has been sup
pressed wherever possible by the Brit
ish officials, the Nigerians tn the
depths of this wild country frequently
find an opportunity to indulge in their
peculiar taste. They attack an isolated
village, destroy the houses and feast
upon the inhabitants.
Sometimes they take their victims
to a lonely part of the forest, keep
them in a corral and fatten them up
for a great banquet Several times
the white men have accidentally
stumbled upon the hiding place of
these destined victims of the canni
bals. The white engineers and workmen
will have to guard themselves care
fully, for the cannibals believe that
white flesh is the greatest kind of
meat By eating it they imagine that
they mill acquire the cleverness and
other qualities of the deceased per
son, very few natives are daring
enough now to attack white men, but
there is no knowing what they might
do in a moment of excitement Half a
dozen white men in a Jungle BOO miles
from help may be in a delicate situa
tion. Danger from lions and other wild
animals will be very great During
the building of the Uganda railway
hundreds of laborers were carried off
by lions, and in recent months the
beasts have walked into railroad cars
and snatched off defenseless travelers.
In Nigeria lions are even more nu
merous than in Uganda. Their num
bers depend largely on the amount of
food they can find. Elands, antelopes
and other game of various sizes are so
abundant in Nigeria that the lions find
Inexhaustible food. Sometimes as
many as 50 or 60 lions lurk in a patch
of Jungle a few acres in extent, near a
drinking place where the food ani
mals gather.
The new railroad will run along the
river banks and mill cross the favorite
hunting places of the lions. There will
be a tremendous disturbance among
the animals.
Clear Conscience.
"I never read a newspaper,'
re-
marked the self-sufficient man.
"How do yon keep informed on
what's going onf
"I don't. As a result If anything
goes wrong I won't feel that I am tn
the slightest degree responsible."
A Horse's Medal.
A Russian artillery horse won a
bronze medal at Plevna. Orders were
given for some ammunition wagons to
be hurried to a spot that meant cross
ing the enemy's tone of fire. All the
time shells were crashing among the
torses, bringing them down In heaps
Mid frightening such as escaped.
nAILY NEBB ASK
HAD NO USE FOR EDUCATION
Did Gentleman Deeply Resented the
Deception of Which He Had
Been a Victim.
There was a man about forty years
old seated on the fence in front of
the house and swinging, his legs a
h smoked, and as I halted and sa
luted him and inquired about the road
ahead, he asked:
"Stranger, be you what is called an
eddecated man?"
"1 have something of an education,'
I replied, as I noticed how grim ha
looked.
"Then I don't want nuthin' to say
to you," he continued, as he settled
back.
"Perhaps you are down on educa
tion?" "Perhaps I am, sah. Yes, sah, I don't
want nuthin to do with them kind o'
critters."
"Have you suffered any injury at
their hands?"
"Hev I? Wall, now, you climb up
yere and take a look over that field
It's bekase of eddecashun that I've
broken my back and hain't got no mo'
ambishun left"
1 climbed up beside him and sa
that the field had been dug up in a
hundred different places, as if some
one had been digging graves.
"That's what I've bin at fur the last
y'ar," growled the man, as he kicked
the fence with his heels to prove bla
feelings. "Yes, sah, I've put In ten
hours a day right yere with pick and
shovel for the last twelve months, and
mebbe you don't wonder that I'm down
on eddecashun."
"What have you been doing?"
"Diggin' fur gold, sah."
"And you haven't found any?"
"How could I when it wasn't thar
to be found? 1 Jest feel myself gittin
dangerous when I think of it Better
pass on, stranger, befo' I break
loose!"
"But tell me why you dug all those
holes in this field." I persisted. "Who
told you there was gold there?"
"Wall, sah, it's all a-owin' to my
son, Sam. He wanted eddecashun and
couldn't be denied, and I finally sent
him down to Rosedale to skule. Jest
as soon as he could read he cum
home and told me about Captain Kidd
the pirate, and we figgered that the
ole critter buried fcls treasure right
yere. I went to diggin' fur it and kept
at it till last meek."
"But Captain Kidd was an .ocean
rover."
"Of co'se."
"And he couldn't have buried any
treasure hundreds of miles inland."
"Of co'se not That's what a crit
ter told me as he cum along last m eek
He made it so mighty plain that 1
quit diggin' and went to waitin'."
"You you are waitin' for some one,
eh?"
"I ar, sah waitin' fur my son Sam,
wboH be home this day! Hell find
me right yere as he cums along. Hell
ax how the diggin' cums on, and If Fve
found the gold yit and then sunthln'
mill utter a m ar whoop and light down
on him. That sunthln' will be me.
and befo I'm through with that var
mint of an offspring the cause of ed
decashun in this state mill git so tan
gled up and pulverized and tied into
knots that it mill take twenty y'ars
fur it to go ahead and deceive an hon
est man!" Washington Herald.
New Nature Story.
The strange sight of pigeons swim
ming over the surface of a lake is re
corded by a foreign publication. It Is
said to have occurred In Holland. The
birds are ordinary domestic pigeons,
and during a fight among the birds
some tlm ago one of tbem fell Into
the water and was rescued by a hu
man spectator. After this it was
noted that all the birds acquired
familiarity with the water, and soon
were seen making their way into It
In search of food. . Tempted by pieces
of bread floating on the surface, the
birds were coaxed Into the water, and
soon acquired the art of swimming.
Importance of Manners.
Manners are of more Importance
than laws. Upon them, in a great
measure, the laws depend. The law
touches us but here and there, and
now and then. Manners are what vex
or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or
debase, barbarize or refine as, by a
constant steady uniform insensible
operation, like that of the air
AN
PALLADIAN GIRLS
TO GIVE PROGRAM
Short Play and Musical Numbers Will
Be Given at Regular Meeting
Friday Evening
The Palladian Literary Society will
meet as usual next Friday. The pro
gram for the evening will be in charge
of the girls of the society. They have
taken great pains in the preparation
and it promises to be very Interesting.
A short play will be given besides
several musical selections. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
Interfraternity Baseball League
Kappa Sigma defeated Delta Chi in
the Interfraternity Baseball League by
a score of 4 to 0 on the athletic field
last Saturday.
Batteries Kappa Sigma. Crawford
and Gibbons; Delta Chi. Eriest and
Johnson.
Where there are & sufficient number of students in a
Club or Chapter House tojustify, a special rate is made. Call
at our office or telephone B-3355 for information.
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Delta Tau Delta defeated Delta rv
silon In a hard-fought garae la Z
Interfraternity Baseball League y.
terday morning on the athletic field
The advantage in the score shifted as
regularly as the inning changed, the
game ending H to 10 in favor of Delta
Tau.
Batteries Delta Tau, LeBas. Hugc
and Riddell; Delta UpsUon. Chambers,
Harney, and Claar.
Senior (excitedly) It's all over
school!
Martha (very excitedly) What?
Senior (very calmly) The roof, lit
tie one. Denver Clarion.
"Wo? are automobiles like some
people?"
"Because the cheaper they are the
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