The Worthington advance., 1878-11-07

frOnlOlteu pTOtectlOn, pusS pdlhIully persisted.
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Moral-Never meddls with your neighbors.
Sccenes in Kimberley, the damon
Region Ot South Africa.
The hotels Of Kimberley are provided
with q alargc"bar at which liquors are
sold, = billiard-room and long dining
hall, and ranging down on either side OF
the" dining. room a series Of little bed.
rooms narrow, coffin shaped chambers,
containing bed, a chair, washstand
and a'trunk. the hotel, and at the
better class OF cantecns, are met the ffoat-
ing population and the men of leisure
about town, the latter apparently perma.
ncnt fixtures Of the place. Business
l. C., drinking, begins carly and continues
until it is early again.
Certainly Kimberley is the heaven of
the gentlemany loafer, who, on one ex
cuse or another, does no: work, and
trusts to his bright particular star tor
bresd, cheese, meat and drinks. Never
downcast, never despondent, always
plausible, he seems to have horror OF
becoming millionaire; he would have
it understood that he is about to embark
in some grand proiect-perhaps to turn
| the Vaal River aside and search its bed
or diamonds, or lead W ter through
| pipes into Kimberley from the came
river, thirty miles distant. or pump the
M 1rv or cpnu onol or 100 1
60 into ostrich farming. or up country
trading. In the meantime won't you
.b.ck his bill ''for a small e!00."
| Or our morning friend "is on y waiting
for the mail" and "expects a remittance
from home directly" Strange how long
that remittance is in: coming. "Con.
founded bad postal arrangements in these
wilds, you know" He is s'going in for
washing," and wants to make a new
starts" he is ''going to pull up" and "po
in for making money now" A 'tivcr"
would oblige him. About the hotel he
makes trade good; treats his creditors
With kindness and with drinks says Put
it d ,wn to me-" as if mo credit" over
the bar was never written for him. Scans
his bill in contemptuous way through
his eye-2lass, and finally when the last
;ard is played, sauaters off to pastures
new, leaving widowed constituency
with depleted pockets to mourn lis de
parture.
But outnumbering manifold these or
naments to society arc tho diggers in
''moleskin'' trowsers, flannel shirt and
hat twined round with puggeree. BY
E"digger" must re understood claim-hold.
er and director of his own or another's
mining operations. He seldom touches
pick or shovel, far bettr to use his eyes
4 and prevent the negroes under him fror:
stealing. He has just come out Of the
mine and down into the street moment
for a new rope, pick or bucket, and he
stops for chat.
Diamonds, claims, finds, are the all
absorbing topic. Having ordered with
some innate" a ''spiit," the first inquiry is.
ANY finds to-day?' or "ls the mail in?"
and "Are diamonds up or down2' The
state of the ''reef' is discussed, and the
progress of of'pumping operations. Here,
perhaps, some one asks: "IIavc you heard
Of Browns luck? He bought a claim
yesterday in which they hadn't paid ex-
penses for three mo~ths, and found a
diamond worth $4,000 this morning
before breakfast" Very likely Brown
. enters at this moment, and straightway
"wets his find" by to the extent of stand
ing treat all around to champagne. Hap
py man, if this were all he spent. but
"easy come, easy CO., applies to his
money as we'll as to that OF other gam
blcrs. In such an assembly one hears
discussed many turns in the wheel of
fortune.
! Perhaps what strikes one at frst the
most oddly, is the careless manner in
which diamonds are handed about and
displayed. Drawing forth from his
pocket little meal or wooden match.
box, the digger opens it to show his
"fnds." 1t is full of diarsonds of all
sizes and qualities, just as they have come
from the ground, lustrous and glowing
with their soft white or yellow lights
The box is passed aroInd the crowd
quite out OF sight of its owner, different
gems are taken out and admired, and ii
is finally returned quite as it left him
Another draws from his trowsers' pocket
a handful of good-sized "stones," and
lays them down upon table. Oae by
one they are taken up and distributed
about the crowd present for inspection,
the owner quietly awaitig their return
from the different quarters of the loom
quite undisturbed rs to the safety of his
property; they all come back.
I Slipping his thumb and finger into q
side vest pocket,a fresh conner pull sou,
perfect beauty-a hundred carat yellow
as large as a marble, far brighter and
more lustrioas than any cut glass or crys-
tai; alas, worth now at the deprecated
price of ''off: color, not more than S., 600
lin the days before ''off colo,," were
plentitully found, worth $2O,Ov0. This
too is passed freely about There is nc
danger of the gems being stolen, because
the whole community is a COMMITTEE oI
public safety" and cannot atf I'd to allow
dishonesty. To steal diamond would
be like horse-stealing in our western
coqntrJy: Tit Is, stealing mans life, aud
the crime is 50 heinous and 80 nearly af:
fects every one that all are equally inter
ested iu furnishing it.-Dr. Horton, IN
September Scri6ner.
A Royal Match.Maker.
! The story goes that the engagement of
Princess Thyra to- Prince Louis Napo.
leon was materially helped by the con
sideration that the ex-Empress Eugene
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