The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-02-25

in 1890 he organized and carried through
the Uganda expedition. ''This," a Y
so conservative an authority as London
Black and White, lis a fine fighters and
organizers record, and shows of what
good stuff Capt. Lugard is made"
The opponents Of the captain will
have hard work to convince those who
have come under his influence that
Uganda is not worth keeping. If Eng
land intends to maintain its ascendency
in African affairs it must secure on
troll of the road to the Albert-Nyanza
and the other great lakes of the dark
continent. And, logically, in order to
do this it cannot do without the terri
tory of King Mwanga.
Capt. Lugard's pleas are ably sec
onded by Mika Sematimba, a native
of Uganda, who is now visiting the
English capital. Mika is a Protestant
one of the rising young men of the
country and a stanch friend of Eng
land. He predicts all sorts of disaster
in case parliament should conclude to
leave his people to the mercy of the
Mohammedan freebootcrs.
The capital and metropolis of Uganda,
in which all readers of this paper must
be more or less interested, is called
Usavara. Henry M. Stanley, during
one of his hazardous journeys through
Africa, visited the city and the ''capi-
tai" of which he gives the following
graphic descriptions:
"Within three hours march from
Usavara we saw the capital browning
the summit of a smooth, rounded hill
a large cluster of tall, conical grass
huts. in the center of which rose a spa
cious, lofty, barn-like structure. The
large building, we were told, was the
palace; the hill, Rubaga; the cluster of
huts the imperial capital! From each
side of the tall cane fence inclosing the
grass huts on Rubaga hill radiated ver~
broad avenues imperial enough iE
width. Arriving at the base of the hill,
and crossing by a corduroy road over
a broad, Shiny ooze, we came up to one
of these avenues. the ground of which
was a reddish clay strongly mixed with
the detritus Of henatite. It gave a
clear breadth Of 100 feet of prepared
ground, and led by a gradual ascent to
the circular road which made the cir
cut of the hill outside the palace in
closure. Once on the dome-like height.
we saw that we had arrived by the
back avenue, for the best view of this
capital of magnificent distances was
that which was obtained by looking
from the burzah Of the palace and car
rylng the eye over the broad front high.
way, on each side Of which, as far as
could be defined from the shadows of
h burzah, the Wakingu Chiefs IF
uganda) had their respective courts and
houses, uncovered in gardens of ba-
mana and fig. Like the inclosure rouno
the palace courts and quarters, Zach
avenue was fenced with tall 'matete'
(water cane) neatly set very close to-
gether in uniform rows. The by-streets
leading from one avenue to another
were narrow and crooked"
Friends of true civilization hope that
Uganda may be saved from the utter
destruction which would follow a sud-
den evacuation of the kingdom, al
though the natives have but little
cause to be grateful to the English in
vaders. G. w. WEIppIERr.
Miss Stivetts-Miss Dennis face is her
fortune.
Miss Caustique (pityinglyl-Poos
thing!Jury.