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rapt► afitiah Territory.
Duri)lg the terrible troubles tbeli
have befallen the Boers of South AC?
rice, almost nothing has been said Of
their brethren who bed, the iiap$,
forth ,ie eta, leave the Wre svau,l 14pg
ago and make uew homes in Portu-
guese territory. They are thriving
there, as comfortable a people as can
be found anywhere. They are un-
doubtedly very glad that a quarter
of a century ago they left the region
which has lately been the scene of so
touch bloodshed.
It is a curious fact that the Boers
never uttemptud to explore the coun-
try north of the Transvaal, which is
now known as Southern Rhodesia.
If they had trekked in that direction
it is quite certain that they would
have been driven out by the British
for Alatab?le land and Mashona. land
have a gold -bearing area about 5,-
000 square miles in extent, and the
British want it for themselves.
But though they did not trek to
the north there was an exodus of
them to the northwest between 1874
and 1880. 1t was a terrible journey,
for they crossed the thirst lands of
the Kalihari and suffered great pri-
vations, travelling for Months with
their slow ox teams till ut last they
reached Angola.
There they settled down at a place
culled Huilla on a lofty plateau
among the mountains. The first par -
1 ty consisted of thirty-seven families
numbering 27U souls with 50 servants
and 3,000 oxen. They drove aloug
;with them 3,000 sheep and goats:
and so they began stock -raising in
;Portuguese territory. A considerable ,
!number of their friends Joined theta
;later In this lofty and beautiful coun-
try. They are still living among (he
;mountains about eighty utiles east, of 1
I Mossatnedes. Europeans who have
en I visited them have spoken words of
er- high praise of their little settle-
nd inents, of the comfort that tills the
of small Dutch cottages and of the
ich cleanliness and piety of the people
ea i who maintain a. few schools al-
v- though the Bible is almost the only
' book in their libraries.
c-; The Boers atHuilla and Iluinpata,
As not far away, are maintaining a
it- I state within a state; for although
es ;within Portuguese territory they have
0- • their own government and have little
a to do with the Portuguese. They
iul have kept themselves nearly distinct,
tit showing nu tendency to mix very
DI much with the natives or the whites
he who live in the country.
he These Boers now number about 3,-
iv- 000 souls. They are still devoted
by ' chiefly to cattle raising. Their soil
x- :is well drained, their pastures are
a'rich and the colony is prosperous.
n 1 Perhaps, however, they will soon
0- have a little more civilization than
a they want; for the Trans -African
Railroad Syndicate is already plan-
a- ning to build a railroad from Port
as Alexander on the neighbroing coast
0m through the valleys inhabited by the
to • Boers and on to Buluwayo, the capi-
as ' tal of Matabeleland. Port Alexander
ar- • at present has small importance, but
ne,the intention is to supply it with all
ak-'shipping accommodations and the
ap- railroad which will start from it will
'eet be used as a short cut overland to
eel) Cape Town.
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' A BRISK AFRICAN TOWN.
Dar es Salaam, Capital of German
East Africa.
The Germans have done wonders
ere ; for Dar es Salaam, the capital o"
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This illustration is a curio`uti co,tim.3,en t try on the
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salt ' their colony of German East Africa.
der They have been greatly assisted by
tons its natural advantages, for the har-
her_ bur is one of the best on the whole
iant seaboard, offering to shipping an
anti available . space several square utiles
in extent. However fiercely the
storms may rage without, the
;waters of this land -locked haven al-
ways remain unruffled. Eleven years
ago Dar es Salaam was an insignifi-
cant hamlet containing a half dozen
stone cabins and 200 native huts.
Two years ago it had a population i
of nearly 301) Europeans and 15,0001
natives. It was found in the past.;
fall that the European population
numbered over 300 and that 21,000
natives live in the place. The town,
which occupies an elevation aLove
the harbor, has been beautified with
splendid gardens and long avenues
bordered with liclas and almond
trees. Even the quarter occupied by
the natives, which is usually very 111 -
'thy in African ports, is a model of
neatness.
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There are now in the capital eight
German commercial houses, buying
'rubber and other products of the in-
terior and sending quantities of com-
modities inland to be sold to the na-
tives. The town, having a brewery,
is able to make its own beer. Three
hotels make life very comfortable for
travellers. There are also a few
Greek and Portuguese merchants in ,
addition to about two hundred shops
kept by Hindus and Arabs.
Dar es Salaam has a newspaper of
its own, which every week prints all
the local news and condenses tidings
from the world at large for the per-
usal of its African patrons. The cli-
mate is hot. and therefore machinery
for ice -making has been imported, ice
being now an article in common use.
Soda water is also manuractured in
the town.
A German company has opened a
plantation of InHla rubber forty
utiles inland and coffee and cot-
ton also promise to receive a great
' deal of attefition. The planters, who
iare increasing in number, hold
monthly meetings with the traders
; at, the Chamber of Commerce in Dar
es Salaam to talk over prices and
products and consult for the general
good of the community. Thus a civ -
1 iiized and prosperous little city has
• risen where there was nothing but
barbarism a few years ago.
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PROHIBITI N LAW.
Summary of the Provisions of the
Manitoba Measure.
So much interest attaches to the
question as to whothqr the Govern-
ment of Manitoba intbnd to enforce
the prohibitory law just declared
constitutional by the Judicial Com-
mittee
omnhittee of the Privy Council that a
summary of the Manitoba Liquor Act
will be valuable. This act, is as
stringent a prohibitory measure as
possible; it prohibits the retail traf-
fic altogether. The Act is a long
one, numbering no fewer that 121
sections. It provides:
No person shall keep liquor for sale
without having first obtained a
druggist's wholesale license ' er a
druggist's retail license.
Liquor can be kept only in private
dwelling houses and in drug stores.
Alcohol up to ten gallons in quan-
tity can be bought for mechanical or
scientific purposes. •Clergymen can
buy wine for sacramental purposes,
but must not have more than two
gallons at a time.
Brewers licensed by the Dominion
Government are free to store liquor
for export in warehouses.
The consumption of liquor on any
licensed premises is forbidden.
The keeping of liquor in club or
association rooms is against the Act.
A physician may prescribe liquor
for a patient, but must give a Writ-
ten order therefor upon a druggist.
For purposes of prescription a doc-
tor may keep two quarts of liquor in
his house.
Dentists are allowed to have only
one pint of liquor in their possession.
A veterinary surgeon is permitted:
to have a gallon of liquor on hand,.
but no person shall drink or con-
sume any of this liquor.
A record of every sale made by .a
druggist is to be kept and full par-
ticulars are to be written.
A wholesale druggist can sell only
ten gallons at a time for mechanical
or scientific purposes, and only five
'gallons of liquor to a doctor or re-
tail druggist.
A druggist must keep his liquor
prescription book for a year, and it
must be open for public inspection.
A copy of his record, giving full
particulars of each sale of liquor
must be returned on March 1, and
September 1, to the chief inspector.
Every applicant for a drug -license
must' be recommended by the .chief
inspector, and if in a city mutt own
a stock worth $1,000, in the country
worth $200.
Any ten or more ratepayers resid-
ing near a drug store or wholesale
liquor storehouse may lodge a com-
plaint against the license -holder, and
if the complaint is established before
a county' judge, the license will be
cancelled.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
The burden of love is never
heavy.
Money is sugar that sweetens the
miser's life,
Religion makes good
it's no good as a cloak.
iIt is better to hit the nail on the
.head than on the finger.
it takes a small boy and a pot of
jam to ntark table linen quickly.
Poverty has kept lots of people
Prom making laughing stocks of
themselves.
The average husband imagines his
wife is a punt of the
owns.
Do your duly cru don't make a
fuss about it. It's the empty wag-
on that rattles.
A Kansas girl who revently lost her
voice has received t wenty-seven of-
fers of marriage.
1t sometimes happens that a bach-
elor envies a married roan almost as
touch as u married than envies a
bachelor.
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WISE T'ORETIIOIIGIIT.
If to -day's business has been a dis-
appointment, to -morrow's business
should be a eat.isfnctlon In case the
individual. Inas the ability to remove
the disappointing fentures and to
Build up to his ideal by adopting
Other ;tutus and other methods. It
is betEer to use wisely that which is
4t hand than to buy ctxtriavagdntly
'n the` (tope of bettering the condi-
s.
tion Iliut Without being able to
(00
armor,
but
property he
The presence of beer pumps or such
appliances is to be prima facie evi-
dence against a druggist.
The sale of liquor contrary to the
Act by a licensed druggist; the con-
sumption of liquor on a druggist's.
premises, or the violation of the Act
in connection with aey club, asso-
ciation or society is to be; punished
by a fine of not less that .$200, nor
more than $1,000 ,%imprisonment for
not less thatt thrd+e, nor niore then
six months.
Al HOU
NOTES
Some
Bob.
The Ne
,$800,000,
During
debt of
$9,563,4
New
members
year.
Arrest
ies of t
aggrega
cal year.
The. p0
Chicago
one -toren
the whol
In ],90
102,000
103,000
Angeles,
Philatie
October
gave th
niversar
Miss
neapolis,
plorer,
the re
throat:'
The new
Chicago i
formed by.
ther a liv
undertaker
Lee Chou
Chinese me
wound pp
to return
of $150.00
The Azo
tion has•
through i
associati
without
treasury.
ON GROWING SHORTER.
Everybody has noticed that in ex-
treme old age people grow rapidly
shorter, so that a person formerly of
average height "grows down" into
quite a diminutive man or woman..
A German contemporary now points
out that this decrease of height be-
gins as early as the age of thirty-
five years. At thirty, we are told;
the human body has reached its full
height, which is retained for a few
years, after which the "growing
down" process begins. At first, and
for many years, the process is so
slow as to be almost imperceptible,
but at the age of about sixty it be-
gins to be noticeable, and after se-
venty, even though the veteran does
not stoop at all, the fact that he is
"growing clown" becomes apparent
to everyone who sees him.
T
CIIINA'S COAL.
Among Lhe great undeveloped re-
sources of China are its coal -beds. In
the province of Shansi the coal fields
cover an area of 14,000 square miles
and contain, it is estimated,, more
than 600,000,000,000 tons of anth-
racite—"enough,"
nth-ratite--"e nouglt," says the Engineer;
"to suffice for the wants of the
world at the present rate of con-
sumption for over 2,000 years."
With this great coal formation is as-
sociated a rich deposit of Iron ore,
Large coal -fields exist also in Hunan
and other provinces, none of which
have been worked by the Chinese in
a scientific manner. In short, coal
is said to be, as far as yet ascertain-
ed, the most plentiful mineral in
Chinai but. Iron is also abundant.
4 .
RECOVERY OF REASON.
King Otto of Bavaria, who Post This
reason twenty-five years ago, has
just recovered the use of hie tongue,
and ;has been asking for his mother
and others who have been dead for
some years. His mind is naw cletar
as to events that happened before
his affliction, but it is a blank iso far
as the last quarter of a century` Is
concerned.
The 1
War of
Northwc s
York.
aunt ma
father of
The sh p
sive of the
according
Bureau, .h
of $76,69
increase o
The to
States A
874 are 1
239 in rtl
and the
ments in
and Alaska
In Los "
ordinance
allowing
streets an
Tho succe
that the
one simile.
The rep
Washingto
ended, on June 3,
net taelina'ey•,re'
were $587,685,$8
$20,444,485 o in
whichwere the ne
The llpv. Dr. DI
died in Hanover,
believed to be th
in the United S.ta
six years old, an
cyan minister for
his last sermon
ago.
Mrs. Laura A,
ley, South Dake
for one of the lar
in that state. 11
and fropl 8,001
are gathered cad
was closely rel
Allen, of Verinoty
Recently twenty
the Carnegie
among them (in
from $30,000to
lion dollars in tit
Company bearit
I terest. This is 'i
:drew Carnegie's
faithful workers
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has also been art
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smaller inusical
provided with suI
expense of 'the St
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and purchase th
People Will st
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stilt read adver
windows and lc
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still keep the
ing atvay at
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the man who
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every week w
business in t
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It is the old story of wet feet, exposure to c
hoarseness comes and the hollow, er.ouliy or tig
danger and the sttddeAiteaR with Which the little
thousands of times that Dr, Chase's Syrup, Of
it is scarcely to be wondered at that mothers 1
DR. CH? .E' 'SYR
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phia. It is One of the few, retne'dies for di as