TTTR (WAIT A SUNDAY IVEE:' DltflftffiEIt 15, ' 1907.
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(Copyrieht, 1907, by Fran O. Carpenter.) had a part In building the lino and Is now could lay my. thre flnera In It, "la an
TBARAK Special Correspondence " manager. We flrt visited the railroad example of how the sands ruin our car
of The Bee.) I have come to "hops, which He here In the sands of the wheels. The desert Is covered with aralns
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"Another trouble V the white ant," Cap
tain Midwinter continued. "That little
termite eats anything- wooden. - It chews
up the lnsldes of our coaches and even at
tacks the furniture. Where- there la the
the
fnrar-CLAB3 car on the rerun & red bea railroad.
Atbara to describe the new desert, covering two or three acres of the aa hard aa flint. They blow over the rails.
n-n.-i. i hUalrxat lurf it th irth ' Th, ar rriul K. ... , t t-j nB ,u"
raiiruau wmua ujo nritioii uvo - . -j ' - .n7 .mo umy biiiiu vut um i , . . , ... ,
bullt from here to the Red sea. heds, with walls of galvanised Iron and steel as though they were emery powder. chew out
The road begins 200 miles north roofa of Iron and plate glass. There are Aa a result a wheel's life is short, and we ... . ' , ... . . . w ...
.. ..... . . ... .. - 1 .1.. m .... w . . . . . . " ui mo vcirrm.Bk,,.
cr ivnartum, m tne bean or me ixuuian .v....w1..t., .uu ' w dui guwn n um nwy icw ragmm, They always work in the dark, leaving a
, desert, and goea over the Band and rock. ,raph polea lying outside, and going la Moreover, the sand gets Into the bearings. t,)ln .,,. of wood outsld re.ult la
up hill and down, for a distance of 33J 1 oun rU of raUwyr(alr and and there la a continuous wearing which that a tla or may )ook Iound but all
miles to Port Sudan. It crossea one of the constructloa wlt- er going on. The necessitates almost constant repair. at once lt crumbieg to piecea. We have to
bleakest deserts on earth. There la no mhtotst3 rer a mixture of whites, "How about your sandstorms? Are they inspect the road very carefully at regular
vegetation at all between here and the Martw and yellowa. representing a half serious obstacles to traffic?- Intervals and watch out for weak points.
Red sea, until within about nine mllea of dolen Hnrent natlona and tribes. There "At times, yes. They come with such We are now using steel shells as ties.
the coast where there Is a scanty growth "",0 uree ana iianan violence mat they cover the tracks; they They do not make so smooth a road as
all sorts of . trials, . Including the climate, had hardly completed It, however, before pends largely upon rallsad budding. Tht
We want lt rustproof and rotproof and the salt water from the Red sea began to road from the Nllo to the Red sea Is
heavily made all around. We have here seep In, and we are now drilling again, already Increasing our trade, and lt will
not only the dry air and the sand to con- There are aome stretches along the route do more as soon as we can bring the carl
tend with, but In the neighborhood ef the where there Is no water whatever. In such right into Khartum and Omdurman. W
Red sea. also the. salt air and the alkali placs we have to carry our supply with us. are building a bridge across the Plus Nile,
water. The latter ruins our boilers, and For this we have tanks of galvanized Iron, which will carry the road Into Khartum.
each of which will hold about 15,000 gal- an1 )n the near future, I hope, we aliall
,onB-" have a bridge across the White Nile,
9J- which will tako lt down to Omdurmnn.
Travel oa the Red Sea Railroad. The road will probably be soon extended
"With all this, Captain Midwinter, can tnto the Oeilreli. the r'ain which lies be-
you make your road pay?" tween the AVhlto and Blue Nlles, and ws
"I think so. It Is the short cut to the" .hall have another extension running oft
more so In some respects, than the sand.
Take a look at this English locomotive
which has just been sent In for repairs. Its
boiler Is full of holes. That comes from the
alkali water."
Desert Water Stations.
"I suppose the lack of water is one of Sudan and Central Africa, and lt will have nto Kordofan,
. " - .wa " j B " ' " F J - J uv, ' " HIBnc mf nillUUlll I VDU XO . . ., i . n , , . - . , ,
of thorn bush and scrub, which feeds email rnecnamcs, Nubian blacksmiths and many darken the sun so that when you are In the wooden ties, but the ants cannot eat ' ,"r l" "7 . V'" "How alxut railroads from the Sudan to
flocks of camels and sheep. The only In- i,UDlan .D0V"- wno wer .taking a sort or one you cannot see your hand before your them. We are using steel telegraph polea'
tiabltanta of the desert are aome Nubian
tribes who go about from place to place.
living In tents of matting, seeking pasture
. for their flocks and camping down by the
occasional wells.
The Red sea road was opened a little
more than a year ago; It began doing busi
ness as soon as lt was finished. All the
' trade of the Sudan will probably go over
it, and. It Is believed, much of the tourist
' travel as well. Already the Mohammedan
pilgrims, from central Africa and the whole
upper Nile valley are taking this railroad
, on their way to and from Mecca; some
; of 'the tourists who go tip the Nile are
returning by the Red sea and ships are
now sailing regularly from Port Sudan to
Bue.
rivers and the road will be feeders for this
'Yes. This railroad Is over three hun- region. The country Is vast, and It la Just
miniui jnininiF nna in that - m i .... ......... QTti miles long ana ' the track Is lata now on the ease of Its develoDment. uonds
, - ... -.-v. ' icjr epiiui uil, auu "i understand mat you nave aome Amer- k...v, .,, ' , , . ..... - , . . " - '
may aerv aa locomotive engineers, under you can watch them coming. At such ,cft locomotives. How do they compare . 1 V ,h. C ,hf VI , Z.l over th? Rel" erl0fa1 4
machinists and trackmen. The machinery times the sand gets into everything and with those from Great Britain " distance inland from the Red sea the Khartum and thence sent up the White and
Is of modern make and the shops are about grinds Its way through all parte of the j ' ' c"untry ' mountainous, but the rest Is flat., Blue Nlles. We shall have new roads go
as well equipped as our shops at Panama, machinery. .mr i replied the railroad director. There are no streams, and we have to rely ng out from Khartum connecting the Nile
We have some of your enclnes which we nn iriMian wxiia tnr m iiu nmniv -,.k it v . . , .
- , . "Another thlnor w. hava tn rnnl.ni) ... 7 7 . . . V - '. V" l '' Buunit-y, anu uom me
Desert Raima Rallroada .Ii.. ., . ... .. "'" " ko. vie are sun us- we nave Dorea a numher, hut we nnd that
,i , ,1 . Wlth' con,lnued tho -way manager, "Is lng them, but most of them have been re- the water In many places Is salt. We
As we walked from lathe to lath and the extraordinary dryness of the air. This paired and made over. You people make atruck one which had three per cent of
from planing machine to planing machine shrinks everything connected with the locomotives, expecting to run them to their salt In lt. and another In which the water
Captain Midwinter pointed out some of the road. Our rolling stock has to bo tight- full capacity for four or five years and was one per' cent salt. . Of course such
peculiarities of the wear and tear which ened up again and again. One of our pas- then throw them on the scrap heap. This water Is useless for our locomotives.
me uf'w'ri naa UDon railway materials. aenaer cars win nnnna as mucn as eisrn- m nnt nr.vianf.io nut mr. in ka a-- inr. i . a .... - . . .
. - - o arc imvinK irouuie aiso in aeiLina a wwh&io xne aovernor renerai nr Khnrhtm
"Here," said he. as he pointed to the teen Inches In one wall alone, and . we where freight costs so much and the good water supply at Port Sudan. We I asked him several questions as to their Sudan niav bo Joined "
wneei oi an june. urn. iuvuiiiuiivp, in wiuuii nave iu put in nira uoarua to nu up, inia irouuie oi hciuiib our roiiraajiiocK is so sank one well to a depth ef 800 feet and possible future. He said
was cut a groove so deep and wide that I Is so as to all sorts of woodwork. great. We want machinery that will stand struck a good flow of , fresh water. We "The development of the country de
line of ours."
Sirdar on Railroad Building.
Speaking of the railroads of the Sudan,
during a .conversation with Sir Reginald
Abyssinia?"
"They will come some time, but whether
their building will start from the Sudan
or from Abyssinia remains to be seen.
There Is talk now of extending the rail
road which runa from Djibouti to near
Harar clear across Abyssinia and on Into
the Sudan to Khartum. There are no
natural difficulties In the Sudan to prevent
such a construction and the same Is prob
ably true of Abyssinia. It Is also a posP
bility of the far future that the railroads
of the French Congo and those of the
Great Freight Route.,
This road Is bound to make a great
'.change In the freight rates to the Sudan.
AH the goods of the past have been landed
' at Alexandria and carried by rail or boat
i up the Nile to Shellal, a distance almost as
great aa from New Tork - to . Chicago.
! There It has been taken on steamers to
t Wady Haifa, and thence on trains to Khar-
turn. Tho railroad freight had to be trans
I ferred on Its way to Shellal, being taken
.' from the broad-guage cara at Luxor and
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Cape to Cairo I.lae.
"How about the Cape to Cairo road?"
"I doubt whether there will be an all
continuous rail route from Cairo to the
cape. We shall probably have ' a steam
route, and that at no distant time.. The
navigation of the White Nile can be se
Imnrnverl that, bv the aid of Short line
EW TORK, Dec. 14. Three hun- wlll.be developed .the men .and.womqn. of only a minor offense,' but still, one that' And themselves lrt one of the institutions' as that in any home In tha i.nri tv,. of railroads around one or two places, we
dred and sixty-four days of the tomorrow, and sociologists agree mat in society cannot overlook for Ita good or which have adopted modern reformative' cltliens of this model villa , could send steamers from here to the
v. xt i-i ,. ...... , the work of bettering mankind an ounce hlr Tiion m r,nm tv, . range m-age . ..... TO. ...
"exclusive city . In
But on the three hundred
Christendom's Most Gigantic Santa Glaus Busy
Is "the most ln" wur " uenr' ...annum an uu..to ine,rg. Then tney pass from the world of m,hnA. ..llnanl. ,, nav- from three v.r. ..-v.," . " . Z7.Z great lakes of Central Africa. We are
the world." of .Prevention Is worth many pounds of freedom into a land of captivity whither out lnto tn9 country-where whole- coUagea being given exclusively to the use now ending them as far a Oondokoro, on
ma ""' may auuro ui juuiuiui u..- spme air and God's sunshine work miracle cnnaren under . The colony now num. ln8 ooraers oi me ocigian v-o.iru. th .
are more easily mouiuea xnan ineir parents. fortunatea who,; innocent of any wrong- in human . nature that were Impossible in bers 33) little people, and as ast as funds httVe a monthly service to that, place, and 1
wi.u mu au m " aoing memseives, must be protected against the cramped, prisonlike, quarters of other - re ootamed for the work, other houses ove" I-100 miles from Khartum.
sixty-fifth, which 4s Christmas, r more easily moulded than their parents, fortunates who," Innocent of any wrong-
the barriers are down and rich and poor. wno orlen re ,0 Iltx DroKen m Plr" doing themselves, must be protected against the cramped, prisonlike, quarters of other - "e obtained for the work, other hnn.a It Is
high and lowly, unite In the work of mak- ,0 discouraged as to make Impossible more cruei or neglectful parents or rescued from days that at their best, could not keep the will be -built until a thousand vounasters trip there takes about two weeks; and It
lng real for the children of tho metropolis
The
placed on the narrow gauge from Luxor tho most Po'vtfot and glgantlo Santa Glaus
to Assouan. All of theso transfers were ,n Christendom.
costly, and the freight rates were high That the spirit of Tuletlde may not go
: and the trafflo slow. Now ships go right to waste but that out of all the good
through the Hues canal to Port Sudan, on cheer and generous heartedness the most
' the Red sea, and there land their goods for benefit may come, there have been estab-
tne euaan. There are excellent shipping lished all sorts of und.rt.vinn
than slight Improvement. the demoralising Influences of bad family little feet from straying on the pavements.' cn cared for. . Is made In comfortable steamers. We hava
Tet In a city where so much Is to be associations. ' Perhaps the most famous Institution of Anything approaching a real Christmas lBO Bteamer8 KoI"K P the Blue Nile and
done as here complete success cannot be Curiously ' enough, however, the human this sort ln.the country Is the children's la, new to these children of the streets and ,r8 gradually exploring the several
hoped for from prevention alone. Many mites who have come Into this estate of village of the , New York Juvenile asylum slums. Last year aome of them were sell- branches of the White Nile. Our steamers
of the children of the slums assimilate evil restraint through the juvenile court are' at Dobbs Ferry. Here there are aixteen lng papers late Into the night, eating a on the mainstream of the White Nile are
from their surroundings In spite of all that among tho happiest of New York's tone- cottages In a tract of 300 acres of fields scanty meal bought from a 'push cart now carrying tourists, and we have boats
can be done to help them against them- ment children at Chrlstmaa time, and for- and woodland, and In each cottage twenty peddler and sleeping In a dirty tenement which leave on January 15 and February
selves. Sooner or later they commit an V that matter, during all the rest of the year, -children await the coming of Santa' Claus room or on, the sidewalk hnr a nn 15 of especially adapted to tourist travel.
facilities, and the freight Is transferred the unfortunate w"! -7 ense against law and order-many times At least, this surely Is true of those who with an Interest as keen and wholesome comfort was to be found by one who curled They are fitted throughout with electrlo
almost direct to , the cars, which by one .JJJZ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. . ' w.
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eve will be spent before big open fires In sufficient number of stewards and servants
the living rooms of the cottages, with to supply comfortable accommodations."
games, corn popping, laughter and excited Q
anticipation of the morrow. Dawn will find Central Africa's Telegraph Itoato.
HILB the ancient traditions of fires and plenty of money makes the day to make ChrlBtmas presents Just as useful white bed whlc,hUheyhtUCk,, ma11 The 'rdar tells me that telegrapblo com
Christmas time have been even mofo enjoyable 1 than ever before. ., as p0ssHle. While expense Is net consld- own. and the rlBlrv hourwrn t0 'l'" munlcatlon being rapidly opened" up
n. iiiv olnnir tha HnnAn nart nr Ilia rTa.na ra aim
steam route. Khartum has direct connec-
Electricity a Factor in Modern Christmas Celebration
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continuous 600 1 mil. haul land them in ilghed by tn8 Charlty Organlxation society
Khartum. In the past wheat could be sent fWe, the number which may properly be
r , V. .y. . V I , , .,1 Included ln the list as 3,700; but as a mat
freight than that which formerly prevailed ... ,, , ' ' .... "
between Khartum and Wady Haifa. The k' VPJ a! ,Si Sl'H
cause for this was the high price of coal. w. T Bra ne"er " t1.Ech hM ,U
aa It all had to be brought up Vie Nile from ;iPcltt,1 mIssl" wlth wh,ch U bu"" ,Uelf
Alexandria and onward by ship and road. fl""two week " the year; but on the
The coal Is now coming ln from the Red odd aay of tna 366 aU en8"-!" -" devoted
ca and the English are erecting shipping to tho ,am6 end- Whether It be a prison
facilities to accommodate the trafflo. association or a free kindergarten, a hos-
fr pltal or a fresh air charity, a day nursery.
At baira River. a Juvenile asylum, a legal aid society or
But first let me give you some idea of on8 of tne vr,ty of educational centers,
tho station which forms the terminus of club ,nd "cno1". "oh enterprise for the
the Red Sea railroad. Atbara la right In beUerment of mankind becomes on Chrlst-
the heart of the Libyan desert. It Is about m a distributing station for the Immense
200 mllea north of Khartum at the lnnrilnn dynamlo force of happiness that might
of the Atbara river and the Nile. It Is olnerwlB" amount to lltue better than line of mechanical devices. The dolls of wle eiecinc came nasnes me gooa win uerea among me moBi conspicuous oi uo
handed down from generation Electricity, which has invaded every ered ao materlal It UBed to b, lt u lm. beginning of a round of fun An ent.V
for hundreds of year the holi- nook and crtnny of life today, has assisted , . . talnment In hiK w v enter
day ha. been so modernized more than any one thing In modernising Pant that the gift, should be useful a. ant- n b Jf'f .f" , P.
k e i, that tha rhrlatma. eBlPhpatinn. Th .lectrlo wel ornamental. This 1. as lt should m aistrlbutlon of presents is scheduled
na.ht .av- ... anrUnt lnr and custom, cars hurry Christmas callers from houee b- Here "Rain ' electricity finds a useful "'",!renf"- Aer that there Is to bo
19 AaM rTi.. a at aU
remain. In this
brating the day
inv. an tha .imnia tnva which amu.ed tha graph are wishing everyone many happy always acceptable ChrlBtmas gifts. The . . . allve" "'V" been in-
ngsters of yesterday have, disappeared returns of the day. The wireless carries electrlo chafing dish, electric shaving mug special-train from VkI . ' 1 comm
tlon with Egypt and through It with all
the rest of the world. The wires have been
ancient lore and customs cars nurry nnsimas callers irom nouse : . . .. -- - ------ a -a-,,!,.- nM ., . " " " strunr from Khartum almost to the Bel-
Lake Victoria, near the source of the Nile.
youngsters of yesterday have disappeared reiuma oi me oay. ine wireless carries ."v-...u ul, c,w.u v...s special-train from tha -it . There are now more than 4 000 miles of
" , x.j... . ...... 'M.rrv r-hri.ttn." mn, .hin .hin ami fisftrin cnfTaa mrmiuinr win ha num. """". "a in irom the city, twentv miiaa 1 nera ar6 now more man ,uwj miles ot
nu in w.e.r iie.n comes loUay an ...... ....k w -.-.k ... away. - teleKraph working wires In the Sudan: and
also at the Junction of the Red Sea road Sundering good will. Allowing an average today open and close their eyes and even f governments around the earth.
with the great trunk line which Is to go or rlv" worer t each of the "contact
from Cairo to the Cape. The northern Plnts"-andjthla.la a low estimatethere
section of the latter starts at Alexandria are 60'000 Individuals employed In specially
and runs northward through here to Khar- dlreotln the Christian spirit of Gotham,
turn, where the Blue and White Nlles come Christmas, of course. Is primarily the
together and form the main stream. children's day. But entirely apart from
The Atbara river, which can be plainly the desire to give holiday cheer to a host
seen from this station. Is the last branch of bW and Klrl to many of whom little
an. . . ... . ... 11SM1UDU. I fl I mBIti nlft,
speak; the toy steam train runs by real 1,18 new e'ecmc ovens sizsie with the also contains electric flatlrons. electrlo fa8n0nej b I. hnvm 1,1
steam power; the miniature electrlo. car roasting turkey and the electrlo etove Is cookers, luminous radiators.
IDA Vlnlf lm ... tl... IMA AM .1 a A.I-
ful ChrlBtmas presents. The electrical list T7 '"urTO"!r. win not return "n1"
also contains electric! flatlrons. electrlo .y hf n.ded' . f or many '"s have been Kram wero aent ovor them. There Is one
line which goes to Tewnkleh at the Junc-
S spare mo-
oaaiora, inaaaaKi ."a- menta In tv,. ... . " . " .--.. ... .t "...
is driven by real electricity; the toy anl- rushed to prepare the many ppetlxlng chines, hair dryera. curling Iron heaters, bought with th. r liav' been a .v, 7 . Z .
mals and Insects move about like real life, viands for which the day of feasting calls, water heaters, tea kettles, baby milk ,1 . J!1' mony " la poasibla nd there are wlrea going some distance
ine amount seems small- cent for per- ls a SM swamp through which tele-
fect conduct and satlefactory progress In rams are carrrled weekly on small oil
studies, but that lt Is given at all Is char- launches to another telegraphic ststlon
acteriBtJo of the methods of the modern farther south. Moreover, I understand that
asylum. There are no harsh repressive South Africa has run Its telegraph lines
methods of forcing the boys into a certain almost to Lake Tanganyika, and that It
are' stlm- will be only a short time before those lines
Now Christmas trees are purchased at the Electrlo doorbells are Jingling, electrical warmer and a number of other useful
grocery store and are Illuminated at night musical Instruments furnish the music for things not to mention the electrlo toys,
with tiny electrlo lights Instead of candl:.-. the Christmas carols, the electrlo motors. With the Idea that ChrlBtmas presents
Instead of pop-corn balls and cornucopias which have .worked so faithfully-In pre- should consist, of useful things as far as
U , C v . ?!. nth.7h.nLV. . u''ura of candy the tree la decorated with gilt paring the many valuable present, of a possible nearly all of the larger manufac-
,th.t the Nile U. between this point and baPP'ne" ve,r crae. "e and tinsel rope, and .tar.. More auto- thousand different varieties, are enjoying turlng concern, are pushing their smaller
, e" m V" ADy.sin- ' ."7" "J wont moblle horns are heard now on Chrlstmaa a day's rest after the hustling day. of the product, for the holiday trade, and thl. mod but .11-1 " T ,.V 0t
liia mountain, and It carries down to the t),r0Uf,h ""J"1 "contact point." for day than sleigh bell.. Steam belt and holiday trade. year will Me less money wasted for use, .'a t'j UlJ1aJon .th hey
Iowa Colleg-e Glee Club on Annual Its Holiday Tour
Nile every year million, of ton. of the rich Juveniles. From the youngsters of today electrlo radiators take the place of open Year by year it grows more the custom leas trinket, than ever before.
jioyaainian mua wnicn makes so fertile
the lower Nile valley. During a part of
the year this river has a volume which
compares with that of the greatest rivers
of the world and at other times much of
It 1. as dry as a bone. From March ustL
June you can walk across lt In most places
without wetting your feet and theie Is only
water here and there collected In the de
gressions and pools. These contain hippo
potami, crocodiles, turtles and fish. This
is the case for about ISO miles above Atbara.
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ixtu iuw v.o..es- ibb c.uo ot moan; . Aiunner, u, uiiumwa. sari- Waterloo; H. B. Gardner, "10, New Hamp- Dallas Centeri H. L. Brereton. '09, Wav-
Grlnnell will sing at the St. tone: R. H. Garner. '0. Grinnell; L. A. ton; R. J. Davis. Chicago.. Bass: I D. erly; N. R. Blatherwlck, '09, Orlnnelli'D.
Mary's Avenue church Friday Hopkins, ta, OrlnneUj H. M. Rowell, 10, Bartson, '04, Ottumwaj O. I Routt, "'Oa, B. Peck, "07, Franklin, Neb,
evening December 20 under the -
ausulces ot the Christian En
deavor society of that church.
The club Is unique and different from other
glee and banjo clubs In that It retains
The great flood, begin In July and last the same leader from year to year and In
until October. Then the waters are about this manner has been able to perfect aa
thirty feet deep and they roll down ln a organisation of which the college ls Justly
great river from a quarter to a half a Proi'd- Since Its organisation some four
mile wide. They are ot a reddish color teen rear It has had but two leaders
and are loaded with the volcanic dust of and tne have worked along similar lines
which the Abyssinian hlghlanda are made. unul grinnell has a glee club system
peculiar to that college. The training of
me club is most rigid and rehearsals art
held three times a week during the fait
and winter terms. ,
Soloists of the club are David R. reck.
When the floods come they bring down
masses ot driftwood, upon which are
sometimes to be seen the dead bodies of
elephants and buffaloes. The water, come
with great force, and the Atbara bridae.
over which the railroad crosses the river, violinist, and Richard J. Davis, baritone.
has to be strong to withstand them. - In former years the club has confined Ita
$ trips to the border, of the state of Iowa,
Made by Yaakeee. but this year a wider range .of country wll
It aeem. strange to me when X fcok at be covered and the following are the dates
the mighty steel span, which cross the 'or the holiday trip: December (, Van
Atbara and reflect that John Bull had to Cleve; December 17, Dea Moines; December
hire Uncle Sam to make them for him. Dallas Center; December 1.' University
The Atbara bridge was constructed by one I"lce, Lincoln, Neb.; December 90. Omaha!
of our brldge-bulldlng companlea and was Iecember n and 22. Danlap, la.; December
sent here ln sections. It coaalsta of six a- Denlson; December U and B, Rockwell
great steel spans of 100 feet each, built CTty; December It, Iowa Falls; December
upon piers which extend about thirty feet 171 Webster City; December 28. Clarlon
down under the river to the bed reck. r)ocml)r 19 nd 30. Mason City; December
The bridge Is well built and I am told ' Kew lampton. A abort trip will also
that It easily withstands the great floods. mad during the spring recess.
The personnel of the. Iowa College Oles
Uaart Rallwar Center. club for the season U07-I ls as folowsi
Atbara might be called one of the rail- George L. Pierce, director; M. H. Doug-
way canters of the Sudan. Lying at the laaa manager; Orvllle L. Routt, president
junction of Its two chief lines. It has the an traveling manager: First tenon A. L.
principal offloos.and sHeps. and is the R'aser, 0. Tanvill; E. A. Klbby. '0a. Orln.
noma ef the director. Captain E. C. Mid- 3. M. Flanagan. "09, Clinton; D. W.
winter Bey. It was through a letter from Wilson. '10, Knoxvllle; F. B. Westlake, &
the governor general that I met Captain of VL, OrlnnelL Second tenor: W. 8. Wells,
Midwinter, aid baa a long talk with Mm . Nashua: C. C. Mason. 'Ott. Boone; J. N.
tsou UiiS Mat to4 to tn Bad sea, He Uall. '10. Colfax; Frank Montrosa, '11.
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uiaioa toward excellence and enoouraged "wtll be connected with the Uganda system.
tw ueveiop inaivlduallty, to be happy and Khartum has telephones and there are also
healthy,- in ehort, to be Just normal chll- telephonic connections between that city
dren. Punishment Is tho last resort to be and Omdurman.
used after a denial of privileges Incident
10 gooa Denavlor,, such aa Individual bed
rooms and greater freedom In play time.
Two things are ardently desired by every
boy at the village for- Christmas da,y.
These are fine snow on the hills about tht
cottages and Ice on the several ponds. In
the city these things were of little con
sequence since the opportunity to enjoy
them was absent. Now, however, former
Street boys have become country lads with
a keen love for outdoor sports which they
re given every opportunity to enjoy.
The best that the village does for Its
charges when they have been made over
nd fitted with healthy bodies and minds
Is to send them west, where upon farm,
they are freed once for all of the evils of
the olty environment Some 7,000 children
have thus far been assisted ln this way.
and the records for those who have been
placed on farm, since the asylum changed
over to the village type several years ago
show that all but a fraction of 1 per cent
are In a farr way to become valuable cltl
sena. For these, as well a. for the waif,
still at the village, Chrlstmaa Is but a
red letter day along the road to a new
existence. Tho spirit of the day syni
bellies the work of the "contact points."
Beard Hie Owa Faneral Sermon.
Truman Pattee. a man about 7z years
f age. and a resident of Morrison. Ia..
Port Sodas,
The railway terminus on the Red sea 1.
known a. Port Sudan. The original inten
tion was to end the road at Suakin. but
the British surveyors found a much better
port a little further north and located tha
terminus of the railway there. This 1.
Port Sudan. It lies about half way down
the west coast of the Red sea and Just
opposite Jeddah, about 500 miles south of
Sues. The harbor there Is the mouth of a
creek shaped like a leaf, with the point
Inland. The water ls 200 feet deep tn places,
and there ls deep water close to the shore.
Just outside Is a coral reef, which pro
tects the harbor. Tho British are now
dredging the edge of the harbor, and they
will have It so that the biggest ocean
steamers can come right up to the quays.
They are building a quay wall of granite
blocks nearly a mile long, with electrlo
traction cranca running upon lt. The rail
road tracka will come out upon the wall
and the freight will be loaded and unloaded
by the cranes Into the ships and the cars.
The harbor will be lighted by electricity
and the best of coullng arrangements sup
plied. The government has already planned
an expenditure of $4,000,000, and mot of
the Improvements aro well under way.
A city on a grand acale has be, n sur
veyed about the harbor, a park Is being
planned and the streets are pegged out.
IOWA COLLUQB QLBB CLUB.
,..u .uma oouDts anout hi. recovery The post and telegraph bull.llngs are now
from an operation to which he was about going up, schoolhouses snd government ot
to submit, conceived the Idea of having flees are being erected and a dockyard ls
bis funeral services held before the opera- building. The government owns all the
tlon. He declared that If he did not get land about the port, and I see that lots are
through all right they wouldn't have to advertised for lease and sale. 80 far but
hold services and he could hear what they few private buildings have been con
bad to say about him. He, accordingly, structed. but the ships are already landing
bad the hour for services set for 11 a. m. freight for the Sudan., Six or seven lines
recently, and one of the ministers located of steamers now make regular callings
In Morrison held the services. there, and .the prospect la that Port Sudan
Mr. Pattee was In bed ready for the will be the chief port of tho Red Sea and
operation after the services were over, the principal place of Import and export
At the close, of the services he called the for lower Nubia and a largo part ct
doctors and told them that he was ready, central Africa.
Ut. Patte la recovering. FRANK O. CARPENTER,
