The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-04
LIFE IN JOHANNESBURG.
Nor. News Of Interest Abou, the Ne.


trspoiis Of the Transvaai
The Transvaal and its wonderful cos
mopolltan center, johannesburg. are
Just now OF greater interest than ever
Emigration there from all enterprising
civilized nations IL still on the increase.
Gays the Home Journal
The railway journey from Cape
Town to johannesburg OF about three
days Is through a seemingly endless.
candy country. with range succeeding
range OF distant mountains. all alike,
and strikes a greater sense OF vastness
and desolation than an expanse OF
naked ocean itself. First and second
class have sleeping accommodation,
the third being kept for blacks and the
lowest class Dutch. Well. we reach
Johannesburg. which has not even yet.
with all ia wealth. acovered-in-rallway
station: while, by way OF contrast In
the progress Of the place, just across
the road is a huge club, with tennis.
cricket. football aud cycling grounds.
gymnasium. military band. halls for
dancing. operas, oratorios, etc, which
will bear comparison with any You
please. Its members are millloniares
and clerks. dodgers and their lodging
house keepers, all equal there; for We
have left behind caste. cliques and
cathedral cities and are cosmopolitan.
or In word. colonial An Institution
like this gives ms the state Of society
there In a nutshell. for. as wages are
very high. any one In anything like lu-
cratiye employment can belong TO u;
and the grades In society are deter
mined by money and money only.
johannesburg. the London OF South
Africa. which was nine years ago bar
rem yeldt. eight years ago n mlnem'
camp, Is nov the center Of some i0O.-
600 inhabitants and increasing about
as fast az bricks and mortar can be OBJ
tanned. Il Ia situated directly on top
Of the gold and. on looking down from
the high ground above. Il looks 10 an
English eye like huge. long-drawn-out
mass Of tin sheds. with its painted iron
mine ehlmneys running In straight
line all along the quartz sold reef a.
Tar as you can see In either direction.
The largest or main reef runs for thir-
~ miles unlnterruptediy. gold-bearing
and honeycombed with mines through
out This. even were Il alone. could
speak for the stability and continued
prosperity Of the Transvaal gold trade.
On a mail steamer arriving only few
days ago from the Cape was said 10 be
between 100000 and 100000 worth Of
gold and the newspapers show that
usually about 100000 worth Is con
signed by each mail boat.
To young fellows going out with :
. few hundreds 10 try their luck. The old
a Australians advice. think. holds good
a for Africa namely 10 pnt your moaey
a into safety for a year and not 20 into
B. business or specializing until you know
your country. johannesburg bushes,
/. morality is certainly not London bust
: ness morality and leading business
i men at the former place will tell yoJ
themselves that honesty IL no, expected
there. For those who 60 there TO carr
their livelihood or to make money
would say do not go out without a ilxet
y trade or handlcraft. or money 70 star
l. upon or a good introduction TO som'
- friend already there. Hut remembe
that the Transvaal is a verltable para
= dice for the workingman who know
ID his business. All the heavy part Of th
70 labor Il put out. the Kafilrs do II. Al
y rccted by him In few Kafiir words an
p generally many English expletive.
p Wages are paid monthly. Miners max
70 there f25 to go a month. II FIRST rate
u and the blacks drill their holes 10
blasting whore and az they order then
= Carpenters. blacksmiths. masona ca
get about the same and whenever bl
:, let Is lost or cannot be obtained a shot
a tramp along the mines generally bFing
- fuccess.