Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-05
THE MYSTERIOUS NILE.
It's Sources Matter of Doubt for Future
Years to Discover.

It's Sources a Matter of Doubt for Future
Years to Discover.
New York Sun.
The notion is quite prevalent that the
explorations of the past twenty five years
have completely solved the problem of
the sources of the Nile The fact is,
however, that the mystery of the Niles
headquarters is not yet entirely dispelled.
We have fuller knowledge to day of that
later problem, the sources of the Congo,
than of the interesting question that
bafled the geographers for ages until
Spoke partially solved it.
Lakes Victoria and Albert Nyanza
were discovered respectively by Spoke
and Sir Samuel Baker, and for years
these great sheets of water appeared on
the maps as the twin sources of the Nile
In 1876 Gessi Pasha, one of General
Gordon's assistants, circumnavigated AL
bert Nyanza in a steam launch. The
dense aquatic vegetation at the southern
end prevented him from reaching the
shore, but from this masthead he could
see no river, and during his journey he
did not discover a single important trib-
utary. From his voyage dated the no
ton that Albert Nyanza is not source,
but only backwater of the Nile, into
which the river pours merely to emerge
again a little further north.
In the same year Stanley, travelling
due west from the north end of Victoria
Nyanza, reached a large lake, which he
supposed to be Lake Albert, not know
ing that Gessi had fixed the southern
limit of that sheet of water This lake
is believed from native information to be
about 14O miles long and to cover about
5000 square miles Its north end, a
little north of the equator, is supposed
to be go to 80 miles south of Albert Ny
apza. Its native name is Muta Nzige.
A year later Albert Nyanza was ex-
plored second time by Mason Bey,
who, reaching the south shore, made a
very important discovery that had es-
capped Gessi Pasha. He found a river
coming from the south about 1900 feet
in width, reddish in color, which poured
its sluggish stream into Albert Nyanza.
Neither this river nor Muta Nzige has
yet been explored, and geographers are
divided in opinion as to whether the
arge lake feeds the Nile or the Congo.
He Holds the Fence.
bet oft Free Press
Several weeks ago al Detroiter purchas-
ed piece of land in the west end of the
county. After the purchase had been
completed he engaged surveyor to see
If he had been cheated. The discovery
was made that line fence was over on
his land eight inches. When he went to
the owner of the adjoining property with
the statement the man replied:
stranger, the row about that fence
began twenty eight years ago. 1t was
then five feet over the line, and the two
men fit and fit until one was killed and
the other crippled. After while it was
moved foot, and then two other owners
tit and fit until the lawyers got the two
farms. The fence was then moved
another foot, and the two new owners
spent half the year in jawing each other
and the other half in having. One died
and the other got sold out on mortgage,
and when [ got this farm the fence was
moved over another foot. Then fit and
tit, and two years ago was kicked in the
ribs and laid up for three months. Dur
ing that time the fence was moved to the
present line. So it's still on your land ?"
Eyes"
well, 1 suppose the proper thing is a
row. If you'll go out by the barn with
your revolver I'll come out and hunt for
you with the shotgun. II you git the
drop on me don't let go, because 1 shall
shoot to kill"
1t took the Detroiter some time to con-
vince the farmer that he didn't care for
eight inches OF land, and that he wouldn't
have the fence moved for $50, and when
he succeeded the old man drew q long
breath OF relief and replied:
That's kind of YOU. and it leaves nv
boys chance to fit and fit after I'm
gone. l hope You amt coming ont here
to live alongside o me-"
No"
Glad ont. II you lease, get some
man who'll want them other eight inches.
The boys and / is lonesome for excite
ment."
Points" in the stock market are prob
ably so called because spectators generally
get stuck on them.
will labor carry the day" asked q
writer Labor does not want the day. II
only wants eight hours of it.
The league of American vheelmen
claim a rnernberShip of ten thousaud