The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-25

living ally to the type Of the extinct
richorine or woolly rhinoceros which
lived In England ct the close Of the
Glacial period
Journey Across Uganda.
Leaving Nairobi In October. the
party will proceed by the Uganda
railway to Port Florence, on the
shores OF Lake Victoria Nyansa, where
a short stop will BE- made; then a
steamer viii be taken to Entebhe. $50
miles away. There q caravan will be
formed and the journey across
Uganda to the Nile will be begun. II
Is expected that the White Nile will
be reached about the first Of the year
1910. Lake Albert Nyanzs will be
touched at Kibira.
In a general way the course OF the
Nile will be followed to Gondokoro
and thence to Khartoum. At this city
Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit will be
Joined by Mrs. Roosevelt and they viii
continue down the Nile slowly to
Cairo, visiting many points Of interest
on the way.
To speak In European Capitals.
Plans for the remainder OF the q.
presidents two years tour have not
been decided upon definitely. but the
time will be spent in Europe, and sew.
eral matters Of Importance have been
announced He will visit Berlin at the
invitation OF Emperor William and
while there will deliver an address
upon the one hundredth anniversary
Of the founding Of the University Of
Berlin.
From Germany he will go to France
and deliver an address at the Sor-
bonnie. 1t has not been learned how
long Mr.. Roosevelt intends to stay in
Berlin and Paris. After his visit In
France, Mr., Roosevelt will go to Eng,
land, where reception Of great
warmth undoubtedly will be accorded
to him. He has accepted an invitation
W hoi'Si IhC ltoihahco ltClul ~ VA
ford university and in all probability
the honorary degree OF D. C. L., which
Oxford has bestowed on Emperor VIII.
lam, will be conferred on Mr.. Roose-
welt
The versatility of Mr. Roosevelt will
be shown by the fact that he will
speak German In his address before
the students of the University Of Der.
lin. French in his lecture at the Sor.
bonnie. and English in delivering the
Romanes lecture at Oxford.
Pays His Own Expenses.
Mr.. Roosevelt will defray the ex.
penses of himself and his son on the
African trip, but those Of the scien-
lists and the cost of preparing the
specimens and shipping them to Amer.
lea will be paid out of a fund secured
for the purpose by the Smithsonian
institution.
One of the objects Of Mr.. Roosevelt
In taking this trip is for the purpose
Of collecting material for writing sew.
eral books regarding his experiences.
During last summer he contracted with
Charles Scribners Sons, of New York,
giving that firm all the rights for the
serial and book-form publication Of
whatever he might write on his visit
TO Africa. II Is said that the contract
price agreed upon is u per word,
but this never has been verified.
Ne Slaughter Of Animals.
Even II the British colonial govern.
ment should offer to throw open TO Mr..
Roosevelt and his companions the AZ.
rican game preserves under its con.
troll. the ex-president win refuse 10
take advantage of this opportunity.
Like other true sportsmsn, be believes
that the utmost protection should be
given to wild animals on reservations
and that permission to kill them
should not be given or accepted under
any circumstances unless, possibly,
when predatory animals are becoming
too numerous.
Moreover, the killing Of animals for
sport is not the main object Of his trip.
Mr.. Roosevelt hopes to send back to
the Smithsonian institution two adult
specimens. one Of each sex, and
specimen Of their young, Of animals
he meets with on the Dark Continent
Beyond this the. killing will Do lin.
tied to tha douanda of thu oa~vnts