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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 16. 1909.
Falls of the Zambesi in Northern Rhodesia Greatest in the World
(Copyright, 1W, by Prank O. Carpont.r.)
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TCTOWA FALLS, Africa. 8p-
w I enl Correspondent, of Th. B...)
I I hev been wandering for day
Africa. Ita awful wonder grow
upon ma and I am appalled at
Ita grandeur. Away off her In th wild
of th. black continent, far below tha aqua
tor, vral hundred mile outh of Lake
Tanganyika, aa far north of Capetown aa
Galveston 1 distant from New York, hurt
dreda of mllea west of the Indian ocean,
and (till farther from tha Atlantic la on of
the grandest natural feature of old Mother
Earth. It I the fall of the mighty Zara
beil, one of the great river of th glob.
It ha been compared to tha fall of Nia
gara. Now that I hava aeen both, I find It
almost impoaslbl to like, one to th other.
Each I of It own kind and each beyond
description beautiful. From the point of
trlklng view, and a a raging convulsion
of nature, I ihould call Victoria Fall by far
th greater. Th two may be compared to
a play. Niagara I a drama with but one
act. Victoria la equally great, but of many
aoti and many scene, each of which haa
feature of It own.
A to the volume of water, tha Niagara
Fall probably surpass thoi of the Zam
beat, for over them pour the watershed
of balf a continent. The Oreat basin of
Lake Superior Is 000 feet above tha Atlantis
and almoat on third of It drop 1 at
Niagara. The Zambesi ha ita aourc In a
swamp which He a mile above the ea and
Ita watera hava already fallen t.OOO feet In
their course of 900 mile before they make
their mighty drop Into tht basaltic gorge.
Th fall of th Zambesi ar twice a
broad and more than twice as high a
Niagara. The river la two miles wide
above the falls, and It narrow to a mil
where It plunge straight down over th
clrffs Into a gorge which Is more than
00 feet deep. I heard the thunder of Us
water when I was more than ten mile
distant, and the spray, which rls"s up In
five great columns, can be seen fifty miles
away. Th native call the fall "Thundering
Smoke," and they are said to worship them.
As to the electric force which may be
generated, It In a-iid to be greater than th
of Niagara, but I will writ, uf that In th
futur
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In ,h. Heart f the Wllderne...
Of these two mighty wonder, of n.tur.
lilac ok in z,amuvsi uas vy r uig wv
natural setting. Niagara has been destroyed
by commercialism. On goes along It
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lie i fought for by guide and hotel keep-
ers. and the pi'ddler and (ee nunter taa ai
hi heels. Tha manufacturing oltlea of But
talo and Toronto foul the air with their
smoke, and the factories which use th
power turn the sublime Into the sordid.
Victoria fall are In the heart of a wll.
derncsj. It is surroundwd by a forest cannot aee th fall until w ar close to
filled witirmonkeys, baboons, antelope and them. The great river burst upon us all at
other wild gam. There are bird of strange one. It 1 dashing over the rocks, falling
plumace In th trees, and the great river hundreds of feet, striking with a noise like
Itself has many hippopotami. Standing her a cannonade of artillery. Here the mist la
upon the porch of th Victoria hotel, on so dense that we can see only one-third of
look for mile over a land densely wooded, th distance across, Th falls are over a
with a powerful glass you can see nothing mil wide and w can hardly catch sight
but this vast expanse of green, broken of Livingstone Island, which 1U In the cen
only by tha windings of the gorge at your ter. Notice the rainbow? Th sun Is shln
fet, and by th pillar of mist whtoh rise Ing through th foam. There are rainbow
Ilk tha vapor from fiv volcanoes until abov and below ua, We can aee eomo In
lost In th low-hanging aloud. Tha only th great gorge. On a thousand feet long
Mttlement near th fall are Livingstone, ha stretched Itself from wall to wall, about
whloh Is seven mile off. and th group of 300 feet under where we ar standing. It Is
Iron bungalow whloh eomprl th hotel, a perfect bow and Ita colors are more (for
th railroad station and the post of flee geous than those of any rainbow I huve
Everything I In harmony with th sur- ever seen. A child stood here the other day
roundlngs, and It la th Intention of th and asked her father why men did not
people to keep It o. lower themselves down by ropes over the
All th land within a radius of fiv mllea rock and get th great bags of gold which
of th fall ha been set aside a public th fairies say ar always found at the ends
park, which Is to b left a nature mad It. of th rainbow.
Outside that radius is mother of fifteen $
mile on on aid of th river, and on tli
other a block of forest fifty miles square.
which will prevent farm or building of tha other end of the fall. Th distance la the trlD- A u wa' we several times nar
any kind marring th fall. In these wood about two mile and we must .cross the rowly escaped going over the falls, and
no shooting la allowed. I hav mt drove bridge and walk through the park. We upon our return the negro boya who paddled
or monkey a I wanoerea irom rail to ran,
ana at time nave maae my way in in
vry track In which hippopotami had trav.
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Notwithstanding th. Zamb..l
Falls may b i seen with almost aa many
comfort, a. Niagara. Ther ar. now train.
d- Tuh dlnln car, observa Ion. car.
and bathing accommodations, which bring
on from Cap. Town or Baira; and th HtU
hotel har although It I built of galvanlwd
Iron, la almo.t equal to too, of Niagara,
in aomrori ana prices, aii in. room. rw
on th ground floor, and aom ar. wall fur-
nlshed. I have a suit of four. Including dred feet out In th river. Th. western cat-
parlor, dressing room, bedroom and bath- araet alona Is greater than any fall In
room. My apartment 1 lighted with leo Bwltserland; It 1 only a little section of
trlclly and 1 cooled by an electric fan. The th ambeal, but If It could b carried to
parlor Is carpeted and boasts a piano, th Alps It would be one of the wonder
Th. rat. I pay for myself and .on I. tit of Europe which tourists would travel
per day, which la not extravagant, con- thousand of mile to see.
Iderlng that w are far off In tha wild. ' ' ! 1
A to our meals, we hava thre every day, ' UTtnaTtone Island,
and In addition a cup of coffee on rising. Th. most r.markabl. view of Victoria
and an afternoon tea. Our table waiter fall In from LMngaton Uland, which di
ar natlvea In uniform, and our chamber- vid.i.b. Zambesi In Its center. This Island
men are black bovs In whit srowns. on th. very eda. of th. falls, and whan
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ust ins hbhii oriegs,
out nn w.in me ana ! iook i in.
fall. W (hall flrt strotl down to th
Zambesi bridge, which crosses th gorge
through which th mighty river flow. You
nave projoaoiy neara oi mis orrage. is
th. highest In the world and one of the
biggest. It waa made in England and
brought out here In Motion and put to-
gethtr. It is 400 feet above the water and It
Prattle of the
OMMY JONES, aged 7. and his
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mother wer. Invited to tea by
Mr. Prinks. While th. meal
was being prepared Mrs. Jones
wandered about th two-yard-square
garden and admlrtd tha
w..da.
Presently th abaenc of her
ehartahed
Tommy alarmed her, but
ahortiy th truant reappeared, content,
adly munching a hug slab of oaks,
la her relief, a I usual. Mr. Jones began
ta upbraid th. lad.
Thomaa." h .aid, "I'm afraid you'v
mail Lillian' father ma very homely
nd en day h. aald:
"Mamma, why did you marry papa?"
"Becaua. I loved him, de.r," waa th
reply.
"Say. mamma, continued Lillian, "lov
will Osaka ua w.men do anything, won't
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Papa wa about to apply th .trap.
T,Ulor," a4d WUlle. firmly, "unU. that
b. greedy and ask.d kind Mr.. Brink. i""'-.'-"-''-., , covering 7 U" mile, and runnln. P.rlm.nt. wer. mad. In tr.n- tlon on the Mauritania .ur...... anything McMillan I. said to have wr tun l.tt.r.
for that cake," Tc.ch.rl hat . right. Now. Tommy, can 7fJ m""' milting order, direct from London to th. hitherto attempts m connection with ship to friend. In thl. country ...ting that his
"Oh. .0. mother.- h. r.p.l.d: "t wouldn't ' ".t Mlghbo, i.T Au r.Ua "he Central and South Am.rU rornmand.r-ln-chlet cf th. fleet; and It Is work, beil pushes are pla ed over every men have been looking Into th. gam.
b. o rud.l I walfd till h. turned h.r J7m Wm" ' ... i cS.ny whkT hM T reported th.t the Admiralty office ha. b.d and altogether ys 8 b. i pu.h.a hava question In anticipation of th. pre.ld.nf.
back, then I at.r,4 a pUc.. "orrow, things. m"e. cf c.bl. from New York to Cub? communicated freely with the Gibraltar teen fitted m th. variou. cabin, etc.. wh.l. vl.it, snd that th. best o sport await.
"Bobby.- ,.ld tTuTch.r. "how man, to Colon, and down the we.t coast of South' 'tlon through a di.tanc. of mo mile.. telephone., of which ther. ar. upwa.d uf th. hunter "Th.
Uttl. M.rgl. wa. trying to aaw. ton ,h ... America; th. Ea.tern Telegraph company Startling fact, of thl. character, though . to b. found in numerous pan. of ...telop.. hartbeest. aardvark. eland clot,..
"Mamma." .h. complained, "thla n.edl. ..T .. ,n,wer,d Eobbyi wlth ft ,uu, cover. 41.00 mile, from England to Por- frequent, do not prove that wireless teles- the ship. g.mabok. h'Ppopo'"rau8; .rh'n"7"'
wiust b. aaleep. I Just can't get th thread questioning not. In his voice. Then. ..ting tugal. up the Mediterranean to Egypt, raphy will give an efficient ervice which Apart from the Marconi wireles tele- nd lrep.icerc. abound, w. are iniormed,
In It. at gH." tha .us.led look that earn. Into th. te.ch. Aden, the Red tea. and acroas the Indian may be depended upon every day in the graph outfit mean have been provided for " ''"' 'th nity the arrival oi tn.
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Jump from rock to rock In a pan of 6?0
feet. The spray fall upon tha car of the
Cape to Cairo railroad a they pas over
It, and travelers will have a glim pee of
the fall aa they go by.
Standing upon this bridge a areal tower
or mess of green rock rise before us. It
bisects, aa It were, the narrow gorge, and
Ktethf. Mo. The watera are yellow and
they look like a vat of ateamlng molasses.
Opposite tha tower I a mass of green far '
own .
pft,m) othcf Jt lm knjwn
palm kloof, and Is a great botanical garden
kept only by nature, and Infested with
monkey and baboon. It contain date
treMi trM f,rnf bilobb and a Junjle of
,maller tree.
Eastern Pall.
Leaving th bridge, w tak our first
view of th cataract from Ita eastern end.
Th way I along green path, under green
tree, where th ground Is so level that we
ai warn oavii-a cascade.
Our next trip Is to the Devil' cascade, on
ns;iiin tn monaeys, ana strange birds
uui our oeaoa a w. go. a thick mist
falllng-w cannot . th cataract until
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Sh 'e rZl? Tv'
rl7w7 in Z,!Z.V , r " Verthe bl:ck
wck. In volum. of yellow foam. Th.
Zmbsl I. now at It. full and I conse-
d fh "J"1 of u th
great pit Into which It falls. It I. a mighty
oarern. hundred of feet deep. We cannot
.. It bottom, for out of it la rising uch
volum of .team and foam a exists no-
wher. else In tha world. The western end
w i" in i cut on rrom tn. mam portion
by Cataract Island, which lies several hun
th. river I high ther. 1 hardly a parcept.
Ibl mark of division, the great carcude of
- "i Bms oown in one mighty
inset It wa upon thl Island that David
Livingston took hi first vl.w of th cata-
ract In 1S5S. H. reached the Island from
in. upper .canines), coming down In a
canoe. While there he cut his initials and
th. date of hi discovery upon a tree, and
th letter and figure are still to b. seen,
It la raid that he also planted an orchurdi
Youngsters
Instrument has been properly aterillied I
dealr. to protest."
This gave th old man pause.
"Moreover," continued Willie, "th. germ
that might be released by the violent Im
pact of leather upon a porous textile fabric
but lately exposed to th dust of the street
would be apt to affect you deleteriously."
A th strap fell from the nerveless hand
Willi aloped.
.word
Teacher Johnny, you may spell th
neighbor."
pusaled look that cam Into th. teach
r far, he rattled on without a stop;
"On Dial and th other fern); th mala
can be temperate or Intemperate, th.
femal frigid or torrid" and he (topped
for breath.
"Tommy, do w kuow anything about
heaven?"
"Yes m. If different from the earth. Th.
peopl. ther. llv. en th. tn.id. of 11."
"How do you make that outt"
"Why, wa say on earth' and 'in heaven' "
VICTORIA FALLS.
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CROSSING THE ZAMBESI
but If so this has long since been eaten
up by hippopotami. , '
The trip to Livingstone Uland Is so dan-
gerous that It should only be made when
the river Is low. It Is r-ow much too high
for safety, and had I been aware of the
danger I should not have thought of making
"l l " -"H w ir"Bi
certain of th shallow rapids to keep us out
of th eurtW. As It is, I esteem the excur-
s.un one oi uio sumtii "P""""-. vi ...y
T S"L' h0heVer' mU,CM,1ke
T.aa. father vho was strutting along th.
.tr.et the morn.ng after his eleventh baby
was born. H. acted as though ha owned
th. rth and when a.ked what he thought
of the new arrival, replied:
"Well. I wouldn't take Jl.OOO for thl one,
but I would not give a nickel for another."
Vvvtv itnu.be.l.
xha Zambesi abov. the fall Is two mile
World Girdled by Cable.
OW well th world i glrdad by
ooeau cablea and the lntereata
and doings of nations flashed
to one another is strikingly
shown In statistics given out
Invg)f?l
teentr, anniversary of the landing of the
flr,t Atlantic cable on the bbores of the
New World. August S, issg. Cable com-
munloatlon was not permanently etab-
llshed, however, until 18tj. Now cablaa
connect all Darts of the world. Today
ther. are In operation 247,888 mile of
cHble, 207,000 of which are owned by
corporations and 40.78H by different gov-
etnments. Improvements have been liilro-
duced too whicti miike the submar ine
wire as certain, and speedy as the land
wire. What was regarded as a dream prior
to 196 I now a (substantial bualnc
reality.
Sixteen of the cable are under th
Atlantic ocean. Seven other cable under
the Atlantic have been abandoned since
1808, because they could not he repaired
satisfactorily. Among the, am tha orig
inal cables of l&S and Uuu.
Th. Commercial Cable company has five
Atlantlo cables, the German company two,
the French company two, and the Western
Union two. Among th. great cable sys
tems which have developed in recent year
lu all parts of th world, ar. the following
The Commercial Pacific which nner.te.
mT.
Francisco to Honolulu, th. Philippine,.
ocean to Bombay. week, wher th distance between nations
Other companies, th number of mllas. r"0" than 0u mil. Between snip and
and rha territorv covered are- The Eaa'shlp, or between hip and shore, within
rn Extension and Australasian . system,
n.God miUe, from Madras, Singalore, the
Dutch East Indlea. China and Japan; tha
Eastern and South African Telegraph
company. JO.SiM mile, from Aden, down th.
east roast of Africa to Natal and Care
Town; th Groat Northern company
(Danish) 1.300 mile, connecting Norway,
Sweden and th Baltic ; th Western
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IN A CANOK-MR. CARPENTER AND
wide. It I full of green Islands which are
covered with a dens growth ef papyrus and
small trees. Th bank ar low and we
saw the spoor of many hippopotami aa we
made our way up the river. We did not at
tempt to cross until w war perhaps a
mile above the falls, and we rode In, our
canoe far out Into the . stream before we
attempted to steer ourselves down to tha
Island. 'When we started the water was
quet f,, current was swift, howsver, and
the vapor of tha fall could be seen rising .
,n cloudt. We httd four canoo men. half-
nake(1 black with bracelets Oft tneir arm
of b'" tled bout thetr
,e between th. kne. and the calf. A. w.
made our way on )nto tne .Vream, we could
8ee little droves of hippopotami swimming
about. They looked much Ilka th. rock.
Bnd ,t WM not untu thcy raised up their
b)ack head. that w. knew what they were,
our boatmen were afraid of them and we
paddled off to one aide. W went by on
beaBt whlch thrw ,u ftc,d Mgh lnto th.
air. and opened It mouth almost In our
Progress in the Field of Electricity
Telegraph company, J8.7G5 miles, from
Spain to Madeira, th Co Verd Island,
Braall and ArSentlna.
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Feat of th. Wir.l.u.
Wireless telegraphy, whatev.r ita fall-
urea and disappointments have been In th
commurclal world, la daily demonstrating
Its great Importance as a naval adjunct,
says the Washington Post. It. latest t.st
was In covering a distance of 2,000 mllea In
midocean, broken only by a few fleet
tenders, between th cable station at Suva,
m th FIJI Inlands, and Admiral Sparry'
flahlp, th Connecticut. An unimportant
niessag. relating to the movement of ves-
el was sent from the Navy department
D orainary una ana om service o
Suva, wher. It was delivered to the auxil-
lary cruiser Glacier, wilch la equipped
with wireless Instruments. The answer
waa received In Washington within forty-
three houra after the original measage had
been sent.
A mar. remaikable feat wa. reported a
few days ago, when th San Francisco
wireless station got into brief communlca-
tlon with the Connecticut, wh'.eh wss then
more than &O0O mllea out in the Pacific,
And until within the last week the Hono-
lulu station was able to communicate with
Admlral Sparry, steaming 1,000 miles or
more away toward Australia. A powerful
-.i.-i.,.. i. in.i.ll.rf or tha AA.
""rally olflc In London, by mean, of
th. British fleet at sea I. kept in
clo touch' Durin the Britl,h n"v.r.
reaaonabl distant, communication I frt.
and easy, but whea an extraordinary feat
I to be attempted all sorts of atmospheric
conditions must b taken Into oonsldera-
tlon. as well as the chanca. of avoiding out-
side Interference. Thl isceptlbllity to
ma.n.tio interference and the Interceptiou
of messages by outside Instrumant.. those
not thought to b is th Una of eonununi-
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faces. It looked as though a side of be el
had been spit apart and opened In two
halves. The teeth were as big around as
my wrist, and I could see the great whlit
tusks Imbedded irj the red jaws.
When we reached the middle of the rivet
the canoemen (stopped paddling and began
to steer. Our up ted Increased as we went
down and we had great trouble making
our way- through the rocks. We soon came
Into the line of the spray. It fell down
like rain. The thunder of the waters was
now ,Q ., thllt h to vaU to m-k:
rse'vef heard , anT at time w . earned
to be ruahlna rlaht Into the HavU'a Ca.
-de A,t. -a number'of rrowVgcS.
w. fought our way out of the current and
cama t0 tna Dlack rocks of L,vlngstone
,.Und. Hera we fastened the boat and
wad.d through the woods and acroa. th.
poota of th. knife edge of rock over which
the Zambesi pours in Us mighty cataract,
if you could double the height of Niagara
and make It twice Us width and then
imagine yourself standing In the center
upon a spac barely wide nough for your
cation, are the weakest links In th wire-
les ystera.
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sui.cino mrmxrm un m ...
Apart from th. 7O.U0O hors. power of th.
turbine, which propel th. Mauretanla
through the water tha electrical power,
which la supplied by four generators, rep
resent an additional 2,144 horse power, re
ports the New York World.
Electricity la used not only for Ulumtna.
ting the ship at night, but for a multitude
of other purposes such as operating th.
lifts, of which there are two for passengers
use, t'ght for baggag and mall and two
smaller ones In the jantrles. Electrically
driven cranes and winches are also pro-
viaea, inn twara- ni jivb ,un im,,-
moua total of over llo,0C0 candle power
For healing the first clas.i quarters sixty
electric radiators have beeen fitted, to say
no.liing of some forty-threo heaters In th.
bath rooms.
In th kitchens one rsnge alone has a
frontage of about sixty fact and incluUva a
rosBler with four vertical bpit rotated by
n electric motor, these spits being capable
of dealing with half a ton cf meat at a
time. There Is rrso a smaller roaster with
three spHs. driven in the same manner. In
the bakery el. ctriclty Is empluyed to oper-
ate a large dough-malting machine capable
of n aklng bread for st least S.txo personj.
bum iCr uc the sice or tins vciiel may
b. obtained when it U mentioned that ov
Jj- and caoles ar,fit
throughowt th. .hip.
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lie ottiailieu When n id inenitonea trial over
ted
Tii- .i.-tr! tu.ii mnA t. i.nt,nr,. i.,.n..
ooupllng tn sh p up to the city telephone
exchange when lying long.d the land-
Ing sta.es at Liverpool or New York.
Four electric searchlight, are carried and
In addition to the usual complement of life
buoy., which .vary ship carries, two apeclal
buoys nave been provided for use at night.
These upon being releaaed by prea.lng
Button automatically light a fiar. upon
sulking the a'..r.
Tn. electric Installation of tbl vassal
rprMu about oA.u
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VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE.
ft. with th. raging torrent on either
lde. you might have my position a. I
tood there In th. mld.t of th. Zambesi.
I was on a little .ectlon of bar black
rock In the heart of that mighty cascade.
All around, above and below me wa. a
mist so thick that I could aee beyond It
only when th wind cam and blew It
way.. The water rose In great clouds,
droppl.g down In a warm rain which, not-
withstanding my rubber coat, drenched me
to the skin. There were times when I
could not see ten feet In front of me.
Then the mist would break, and I looked
down Into the bottomless pit filled with
steam, which ros up In the clouds and
extended for a half mile Into the sky. I
tried to tak notes, but th rain poured
down upon my paper, obllterlng th pencil
mark and washing them off as fast aa
xnida them. I shut my memorandum
00 P t Into the pocket of my
waterproor. wnen I tooK it out it wa
turned almost to a pulp. Th. water had
caught in the pockets and I carried a
pint or ao with m. to land.
Holding tight to th. rocks I picked my
way along the knife edge of the falls as
far ss I could, looking down now and then
Into the gorge, as the wind blew away the
rain. It was like peeping Into an Inferno,
a howling, foaming, raging hell, that
needed only brimstone and flame to fit
it for the devil and the damned. I did not
dar. look long for fear an insane desire
might come and make me Jump into the
Playing in
ETH Bt'LI.OCK of South Da
kota ougrht to be a happy man.
Ho has been invited by Pn el
dent Roosevelt to acoompany
him to South Africa and ahar
In th pleaaure of the chase. What
a wealth of experience awaits him!
Th. information comes In a roundabout
. U. .V. f
wy ini me prmiaeni. win no m - -
" American. William N. McMillan, who
has a 30,0c0-acre rubber plantation in South
Africa, adlucent to th virgin wius. i.
Jtooseveii-aujiota pari.
Beih Bullock I a cool, matter-of-fact
fellow, but If his blood doesn't stir a little
wliun ho witnesses a hand-to-hand en.
counter between Theodore Roosevelt and
a full grown aaravara whatever mat is
he Is no true sportsman. Think of th.
hair-bredth escapes, the swimming of
rivers, the lonely vigils on th. veldt, th.
round-up at th. water-hole., and th. yellow
glare of wild eye in th gloaming! Think
f ua dllghts of camp, aftr a hard day .
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SHOWING THE GORGE.
boiling mass down, down, down Into that
wide gorge, up which the winds war. hurl
ing those clouds of spray.
I oannot describe th. beauty of the catar
act. It 1 beyond description. Th. scene
change every moment and each additional
moment seems more terrible and more
grand.
Going back w. had a hard atrusra-l. to
land. Th. current down which w. floated
was Impassable, and It waa tough work to
reach the place, where the river waa .hal
low. By wading and pushing and paddling
and fighting th. rock w at last got Into
smooth water, and tired out, cam. back
to tha banka where w. started.
Kals Forest,
We next explored the great rock, which
lis In front of tha fall and then walked
through th rain forest. This Is a Jungle
of wood on th other side of th cataract,
where day In and day out, for th greater
part of th. year th. leave, alwaya drip.
They ar wet by th. spray from th. fall.,
and on. cannot go through and keep dry
Without rubber clothing. When th. wind
came cur way th. dropping, turned to a
shower. Th. vegetation waa dens and at
tha breaks In tha woods tha sun found It
way In and turned the spray to a veil of
fine lace. The rain dropa on tha leave
sparkled Ilk Jewel, and here and ther.
I could sea little rainbows extending from
on tree to another.
FRANK G. CARPENTER,
Great Luck
tramp, while the president dictates In atlr
rlng phrase the story of the hunt! Think
of the flush of victory, when American
pluck and cunning overmatch th. stealth
and ferocity of th strepslceros and .till
more formidable calotls! And th bongo!
What fun th president will have with the
bongo, after the bush-boys hav baaten It
up and It turns, with foaming tusk, to fao.
the terrible destroyer! What Interview,
what encounter, what atratagem.l Im
agine, if you can, the flrat masting be
tween Th.odor. Roo.evelt and a mad bull
elephant! 1 not Seth Bullock a man to
be envltd? Well, we ahould .ay o.
There 1 only one drawback, perhaps, to
the bliss in store for Seth Bullock. He
will see enough to fill a book, but he will
not b able to write a book, H may pot
b at liberty, even, to give out Interview
after he return and that I a fly In th
ointment, sure enough! Sine It will be thl
preeldent'a province to tell ua what hap.
paned. It will be up to Seth Bullock to keei
atlil and look wise. If he should attempt
to tall the .tory himself, there might b
complications, for It I a notorious fct that
no two wltneaaes agree as to what they
have seen. Seth Bullock I a good atory.
teller, and hi knack of expression la racy
and terse. A book from his good right
hand would be mlhty Interesting reading.
But h must be content to be an onlooker
In th. most .tlrrlng event tn th. tiUcory,
of th animal klngdom.--Wajhiiiao4a.Ag4v
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