The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-12
DON PAUL'S ODDITIES
he Loves 10 Smoke His Pine i'm
a Wheelbarrow.
PRESIDENT OF THE TRANsvAAL,
A Picture OF Him n Flaaaei SHIRT
and Big Boots. surrounded by
HIS Cabinet.

=. ". Jameson. L natlva South African.
oosa o. English parents, has just arrived
n mis- city from Nasal and johannesburg,
says the New York Evening sun. ana has
some interesting things 20 le4 about Dom
PAU Kruger. inc TransVaal ana South
AFRICA he SAYS the grand old man o. the
5oe<s $ coming again INTO h1gA favor wlsa
the population n rhe TraaSvsal. and thal
1T. jim STOCK IS 81 B discount
Inc foreign population are gradually
geJting accustomed 20 TIE sd mans &c
ceatrictites,' IA said To-Day IN ar inter
VIEW, ard no longer laugh deris!ye4y
waen they see him sitting On n y heeleaT-
TOW IN his back yarc. smoking clay pipe
ant! toEged out in a flannel shirt. with ais
trousers suck N his boots. surrounded by
rs cabinet officers.
Even Ms fnlil4onaFres with whom Jo-
haAnesoeFs i pretty Vel stocked nav,
cannot afford and have no desire 10 sneer
a. him. OF course, there IS very strong
sentiment and load clamortng FOR reforms
which Jameson allies tried 20 bring about
and still some TAX OF Instruction, blt II
Is gradually dying out.
Kruger mas promised 70 give the foreign
element a say in The government. ana
everybody believes that ne VIII keen his
word This, OF coarse. muss come n time.
1t IS simply prepoSterous 30 think that tho
Inhabitants % she TrADsSaA!. two-tn hints
Of the population Of which ara foreI guers
and furnish the greater part OF the rev
etaae. shall remain DISTINGUISHED much
longer.
Whatever happens. though. the Trans
wall will always remain a republic. There
IS no desire on anybody part. 50 far as
know. 30 make IL a British domain. Rather
would the citizens continue with Kruger.
with all MS eccentricities. than have any
other form Of government than republi-
can.
The question that IS now mos, concern
ing those who have the interests OF South
Africa a. heort IS the swarm Of foreigners.
who are inundatng the country The tide
Of emigration seems 20 have turned from
America % South Africa. ~ first only
professional persons. or artisans. or men
With money, hocked 10 the TrauSvaal.
Now the pauPcr element Is focking in.
The Beers themselves do not seem 10 he
50 much concerned about this as the for
eigners who are paying thu taxes The
Beers, while a. heart a g0od-aatured reo-
pie. have become rather suriy. Talk of a
general rising against the .ntruders IS
sfil heard. bnt is not taken in earnest.
The only Kind Of rising "a be noticed is
general movement or the native p0pula-
ton nOrthwarf.
They cannot keep pace with the speedy
Americans and the aggressive English
men. They don't want 20. either for The
Beers are so conservative that they are
opposed 70 civilization. They would rather
so north among the uncivill4ed population
than stay with the foreigners. They 10
not thrive and never seem 70 he happy"
who are making money in South Africa
today9"
Wen. the mine owners. OF course, the
merchants and last, but not leas., the i'm
presarios and theatrical men. South AfrI-
CA has been pretty well surfelted in every
thing excepting shows. ANY kind Of an
exhibition goes down there. providing that
Il IS not a pure swindle. The inhabitants
Of South Africa spend their money more
freely than those Of any other part or the
globe. johannesburg itself is a second
Paris. There is m Sunday for the greater
part Of the people, and those who DO 20
- church. Just as IN this country. ride
their bicycles in the daytime and attend
services II night. Sunday Is great day
there FOR cricket, football baseball. polo
and h'Cycling Cycling there has not
reached he proportions that Il has here.
but Il IS rapidly becoming a great rage.
The wheels are all of American and En-
rlish make"
Mr.. Jameson sad the idea that South
Africa was worked ont vas al wrong
The country has never been so rich as
now" ne said. "Our gold product was
greatly increased last year. The Trans
vaal is fun If + Cape Colony has dia-
ruonds, and the whole country IS rich agri-
cul'uraly An American farmer would
stand "a good a chance as anybody Of
making money quickly there.
"Of course. gold IS not 20 be picked TIP
IN the streets. and 7 should not advise
man 20 70 there without money or friends
unless no wants 20 work juSt hard as
IN fhis country. The regular daily wages
OF a mechanic n Johannesburg today IS
SO. In Natal T. Is $2.5n. but i costs just
half as much 70 live there
"All the prominent positions n thc min
Ing field IN South Africa are held by
Americans. ! know O. no explanation for
this mere than that tho Americans seem
% be more Ingenious than any other race.
There is an excellent chance offered TO
bright mechanical and mining engineers
and 20 mechanics, but u requires hard
work 70 So NJ
Socially the country is unique About
the only class distinctions sre fhose d.
fined by wealth. The rnoney~1 men o. 10
hanneshurg constitute fhe first society. 4
man has n be rnore than gentleman 20
get En- r. Of course n swell from England
or any place else S 1ionized "a IN other
countries. Wealth. however. is the gen
eral criterion"