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wear loose flowing gowns, consisting
of bright colored silks wound tightly
around their bodies and reaching to
the ankles. Their shoes, If they can be
termed such, consist of wooden boards.
with pegs which fit between the big
and second toe, by which the shoes are
held in place. AT the front and rear
ends of this board are little blocks
which raise 1t about two inches from
the ground, and which make 1t impos-
sible to wear for anybody but a native
or a man used to stills.
The Malays are a picturesque race.
They are magnificent liars, and are
free from the smallest faint of morality
or modesty. AS far as Cape Town is
concerned, they appear to best advan-
tage on Saturday evenings. when they
turn out in full force in all their gaudy
trappings and walk up and down the
various streets. 1t is a sight really
worth seeing, and takes one at a bound
from Africa into the Arabian Nights.
One can almost imagine Haroun al
Raschid come to life again, with his
grand vizier and his slaves.
Next to the Nalays come the native
tribes. There are some 200 of them,
and they are known by the generic
name of Kaffir. Strictly speaking, the
Kaffir is not a negro, though his skin
black race. Place an American negro
side by side with a full-blooded Zulu
and you will at once see the difference.
The Zulu is a gentleman by birth; his
skin is brown, but beneath IL can be
seen coursing the red blood of a pure
and noble race. In his eyes shines the
intelligence of the child of nature-he
is a child in more ways than one. The
Zulu is one of the noblest animals that
Nature created 10 &c honest vir-tuOuS
courageous. self-respecting, obedient
when necessity arises. faithful unto
death, and always knows his place.
How different is the Hottentot. The
Hottentot is to the Zulu what the Turk
is to the American,-the acme of all
that civilization loathes and despises.
His nature is low and his morals lower,
If that is possible.-thieving, lying.
| treacherous and unclean. While the
Zulu woman battles herself twice a
day, the Hottentot woman does not do
so twice a century. The latter is not a
beauty: one who called her attractive
would be subject to a suit for criminal
I libel They rarely exceed four feet six
inches in height, are bow-legged. and
have deformities that make them nat
urally disgusting.
The smallest part of the population
Of Cape Town is made up of foreigners,
many of whom have come there for the
good of their respective countries.
They usually engage in the stock brok-
erage business. seeking for lambs 70
fleece. Some few. and they are the de-
cent ones. are in the employ OF the
government or Of the larger mercan-
tile houses. Much Of the retail bust
ness is in the hands OF the Malays, who
are veritable Shylocks. The Kaffirs are
, the servants. and their masters treat
-szem a little better than slaves, paying
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ly trying hard to approach q level
where civilization begins and the saw
age ceases TO wear nose ring.
You can find any nationality in Cape
Town, for II Is the Mecca TO which all
sorts of adventurers, and the scum OF
the earth generally. are drifting from
everywhere. You can find every walk
of life represented; but no maeter
where you go you will find the one pre-
dominating tralt-the greed for gold
Human beings would not go TO Cape
Town unless there were a strong mag
net; and as the gold Is not TO De o.
tanned in Cape Town itself. there Is
constant migration through the town
nonthward,- that while the arrivals
number a 100 900 and even more year
the population never gets above 4O,ooO.
The greater part of this population
consists of whites, but many are dark
er than our octoroons, and many could
not truthfully say that they are pure
blooded Caucassians. These are caiieo
Afrikanders, and through some mistak-
en- notion are proud to be known as
such. They are physically fine race,
but mentally they are below par. Their
brain is undeveloped. and they are still
in the intermediate cabin of evolution.
They are conceited, nevertheless. to am
assinine degree, are DULLES because OF
their size, are anything but virtuous,
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sion to revive the social side of politics.
The most exclusive people are now
dined and wined by the governor Of
New York. Governors of New York,
since the war have not set the fash
ion, to speak of. But the family OF
the present governor are certainly
leading from the social point Of view
AS for the Morton presidential boom.
the Morton ladies watch its growth
with the keenest interest. With Mr.
Morton in the white house, their social
genius would have an opportunity to
display itself in all it's power. IL may
be safely declared that in the event OF
Mr.. Morton's election to the presidency
the country will be dazzled with the
administrators society aspect The
very cream of the cream of the ma
tons exclusive element will appear at
it's levees and Washington will become
the mecca of all who aspire to be with
in the true charmed circle. Such a
combination of society and politics has
been rare in our history.
WAR AND THE FOUR HUNDRED.
If war really comes as a result of
this Venezuela business, the United
States army officer will emerge from
social eclipse. He will be the darling
of New York drawing rooms. the spoil
ed child of feminine plutocracy. The
introduction of this new element into
society is eagerly wished for by the
inexperienced among its devotees. The
lack of social distinction among our
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ing to his recent .utterances on the war
question. Even his adherents are
agreeing that he was little indiscreet.
The fact is that the bishop Is looked
upon as the guardian of the conscien-
ces of New York's plutocracy. and
when he came up lately I'm adulation OF
England, AN impression got abroad
that our wealthy classes are more or
less philo- British. There could be no
greater mistake. 1t IL actually fash
ionable in New York just now TO be in
tensely American. The Lincoln craze
is being taken up by society. and we
have the odd spectacle of the -Four
Hundred going mad over the immortal
rail splitter. For once Bishop Potter
seems TO have gotten out OF touch with
his flock. The bishop declares that he
has been misunderstood. and that he
really wants the Monroe doctrine sup
ported But he contends that Mr..
Cleveland is not supporting ". Mr..
Cleveland. in the bishops opinion. has
acted the clown and played into Brit
ish hands instead of out of them. BE
this as II may. no one doubts that the
bishop is a sterling patriot.
David wechsler.
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as Is already well known. accumulated
by their diverging Views over the Ven
ezuelan question Now. IL would seem.
William X. is on the outs with his
son-in- law, the duke. on the very same
question. william h. from the very
first. came out strongly in favor OF the
Monroe doctrine and the duke being
then in Rome, cabled 10 New York for
full particulars OF the row. Mr.. Van
derbilt was abroad. but he had already
given his war interview, and the first
thing the duke got was his father-in-
laws patriotic utterance. The duke
Immediately got out his pencil and
wrote a fiery telegram which appears
TO have been recalled only al the ur-
gent solicitation OF the duchess The
situation Is peculiar. should war come.
the duchess would be arrayed against
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In BRIGHTEST AFRICA
A Lively Description of a Region of
Extraordinary Interest.
CURIOsITIEs OF CAPE TOWN
Edgar NJ els. Formerly Editor Of the
Transvaal Mining Argus. Tells Of
the City Which Is the Gate of
the Land of Gold.
Copyright. 1896. by Bachelor. Johnson 8

Copyright, 1896, by Bachelor. johnson &
Bacheller).
Whilst famous explorers. Livingstone.
Stanley, De Brezza and others, have
plunged into the heart of Darkest Afri-
ca, and have returned with wondrous
tales of endless forests, nations of pig
mics and other strange things, as yet
no explorer has given an adequate re-
port of what may justly be termed
Brightest Africa. We have heard much
of cannibals and the fearful rites in
dulged in by savages, but strange TO
say, writer's have been comparatively
silent upon the country stretching from
Cape Town north Ito the Uambesi river.
1t is true that trade papers and even
magazines have published statistics
concerning this land, but little or moth
ing has been said of its characteristics,
it's inhabitants and their idiosyncracies.
Yet that same Brightest Africa Is
richer in legend. and far richer in the
gifts of nature than many country
better known to fame and history. IL
has diamonds, gold, sheep and cattle,
iron, silver, coal, asbestos, magnificent
sea ports, great wheat growing dis
tricts, vineyards that groan under the
weight of their fruit,-everything, al
most, that can be desired except CIV
ilizaJtion and for that 1t has little use
until it's resources are further develop
ed.
Just why the discoverer of the point
of land lying between Cape Town ana
tSimonstown christened 1T the Cape or
Good Hope is somewhat of a mystery,
unless 1T be hope for the ultimate re-
formation of that part of the world.
AS for Cape Town itself. 1t looks truly
beautiful at a distance, but a closer ac-
quaintance dispels the illusion. 1t Is
rather picturesquely situated at the
foot of Table Mountain-so called, per-
haps, because 1T does not resemble a
table-and at a distance looks like a
self respecting town containing proper,
church going people, with civilized in
stincts. The dominating feature in a
long distance view is the green effect,
due to the number of trees. The town
stretches over a distance of about three
miles and ends in salt marshes toward
the west. The eastern end is lost
somewhere in the direction of the In
dian ocean, but no one with any social
aspirations lives there. In one corner
is the bay, which affords good anchor
age and is splendidly protected by a
break waiter, built by convict labor At
a distance Cape Town resembles moth
ing so much as a Swiss town, with its
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ist. After that. history is silent, for no
one has yet been found who wore a
collar for more than an hour in Cape
Town.
Cape Town is subject TO wind storms
which blow in all directions at once,
and have an unpleasant habit Of gath
ering up dust and deposfting half a
street full in your ears and nostrils.
These wind storms are often accom-
panied by TREMENDOUS falls of rain. and
give the place a very unpleasant ch-
mate. In fact, one can get half dozen
climates day in Cape Town.
Leading in all directions from Adder
ley street are other streets. some big.
some small. but all unpleasant The
houses resemble barns: but this Is not
the fault of the inhabitants, who de-
serve encouragement, for-shey are real
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MANY cottages built on the slope of
Table Mountain. The whole effect gives
rise ito feelings of pleasant anticipa-
ton; the realization is doubly bitter.
The closer one gets to Cape Town the
more completely is the illusion dispell-
ed. Intimacy with Cape Town lis only
conducive to disgust, for great part
of the town is so filthy and vile as to
be fit only for Malays and kafflrs.
There is one street in Cape Town, Ad-
derley street, which Is considered its
Broadway,-but this Is an unpan'dona-
BILE insult ITO Broadway. Adderley street
consists in dry weather of the finest
grade of red dust. On ordinary occa-
sions the sand is "a foot deep, but, when
necessary water is supplied, the result
ant mud attains three times THAT depth.
BY reason of this dust a collar that
has been worn an hour looks like
sunset painted by am impressionist art
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dents of modern military science is
John Jacob Aston. and i'm the event OF
war the youthful colonel might achieve
a soldierly, as well as a literary repu
tatlon. The fact that Mr.. Aston loves
military science by no means implies
that he is a fighter On the contrary
he Is a scientist or nothing But he
has paid much attention to the new
science of electric gunnery. and IL his
theories are sound. the modern notion
of what constitutes an adequate sys-
TEN of coast defenses must be modi-
fed. In the event of war. MIR. Aston
would command a New York regiment
of his own raising and equipment.
Like most prominent New Workers, Mr..
Aston has enthusiastically supported
the Monroe doctrine in the present un-
pleasantness. Whatever else may be
said OF John Jacob Aston. he Is ardent
ly patriotic, and never ceases to con-
denim the apostacy of his kinsman.
William Waldorf. By the way. Willie
Waffle. as they call him. has been very
III on the continent Of Europe for some
weeks. He seems to be getting over
his complaint. but for a time his life
was despaired Of He and John Jacob
are very formal and distant in their
communications. and have not been on
speaking terms for a long while.
BISHOP POTTER AND PATRIOT
ISM
The Right Reverend Bishop Potter
is receiving considerable censure, ow-
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army officers has often been comment
ed upon Only few are ever seen at
New York's really exclusive affairs.
This is largely owing TO the smallness
of our army, and to the arduous duties
and seclusion imposed upon our Off
GERS But war would bring them to
the front in more than one sense of the
word. Nothing is dearer 10 the heart
of the true blue society young lady
than an army officer. returning glori-
ously from a victory in the field 1t
is a singular fact that Mr.. Cleveland s
war message was received with delici-
Gus joy by the New York Four Hun
dred. and II the society maidens had
the decision. the presidents reelection
would be a foregone conclusion.
VANDERBILT EXPLANATIONS.
The strained relations between Cor
nelius and William X. Vanderbilt were.
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and are altogether an unpleasant race.
Next in point of numbers come the
Malays. The men are understood, bill
Gus looking, and Insignificant. The
women are superb. Their skin is of a
velvety yellow, and their hair as black
as night and of a texture fine as un-
spun flax. Their features are of a
Caucasian cast, their figures supple,
graceful and well developed. They
would endanger the sanctity of even
Saint Anthony.
The men wear European clothes with
turbans on their heads. The women
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GOSSIP OF GOTHAM
Mr.. MOrtOn's Combination Of Society
and Politics.
Mr.. ASTOR'S SERIOUS ILLNESS
How w. X. Vanderbilt Has Quar-
relied with His Son-in-Law-
War and the Four
Hundred.
MR.. ASTOR'S SERIOUS ILLNESS

Copyright. 1896. by Bachelor. Johnson &
Bacheller).
There never appeared In our political
life a man whose ambitions were 80
strictly social as those of Levi p. Nor
ton. His gubernatorial regime at Al
bany is distinctly social His aim is TO
convert the executive mansion into the
headquarters OF society. Mrs. Morton
and the Misses Morton are responsible
for this. They have made IL their mis-
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her enemies. and should the Wander
bilts pay over her dover they would be
guilty OF treason. Cornelius. although
he Is outspOken for peace. seems to
realize the anomalous position of the
family. and has been intimating It 10
his brother. The fact that these things
are matters of current gossip shows
how hard II is for the Vanderbilts to
keep their secrets
ASTOR AND WAR.
One of the most accomplished stu
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He knew she had heart of ice.
Yet still ne sought for room with
in IL;
He thought the place was cool and
nice,
And did. by perseverance. win IL.
And then he found out in a trice
Her heart had warmed since he be-
sought her;
Instead OF keeping him on ice.
She keeps him always in hot water.
-Cincinnau Enquirer.
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The course of England in South Afri-
ca is not unusual. on the contrary. IL
is the old. old story OF oppression and
robbery. under the name OF "civiliza-
Post-Express.
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Reynard is knowing animal. The
foxes are much tormented by leas, but
when the infection becomes too severe
they know how to get rid of the insects
They gather from the bark of trees
moss, which they carry to stream that
deepens by degrees. Here they enter
the water, still carrying the moss in
their mouths, and going backward, be-
ginning from the end of their tails, they
advance by slow degrees till the whole
body with the exception of the mouth
is entirely immersed. The fleas, during
this proceeding, have rushed in rapid
haste to the dry parts, and finally to the
moss, and the fox, when he has, &C.
cording to his calculation, allowed
sufficient time for all the fleas to take
their departure, quietly opens his
mouth. The moss floats off down the
stream with its burden of fleas, and
when it is out of jumping reach the fox
finds its way to the bank much re-
lieved.
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materially, but it affords certain
amount of play between the overlap
ping sections.
The goddess, under the gentle in
fluence of old Sol, expands throughout
every part Of her enormous figure.
At night she in a measure draws her
robes more closely about her, as if to
protect herself from the cold. The
contraction of the copper sheets, it
may readily be seen, causes a gentle
motion, which produces very faint
rap. But this reverberates through the
vast interior, which magnifies it over
and over again and lends to it a gloomy,
hollow sound.
The members of the guard of honor,
who attend the goddess throughout the
night, tell many strange stories of the
haunted statue. Several of these
watchmen have preferred to give up
their position rather than listen to
these remarkable object lessons in
acoustics. They could not be persuaded
that the mysterious figure was not
haunted, and all said they had never
in their lives heard of any haunted
house which could boast half as many
hair-raising noises as the dignified god
dess. 1t sometimes happens, when the
contrast of temperature is greatest,
that the groans and rappings are loud
enough to be heard on the boats pass
ing close to the island. The sound OF
hollow groans, accompanied by weird
ratings and other uncanny noises, has
frightened more than one superstitious
sailor as he floated across the darR
| waters,
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Caricaturists in depicting German
are in the habit of putting a big pipe in
his mouth. The pipe is national, in
deed, but the German as nation are far
from being the greatest smokers. They
do not smoke more than the French,
Russians, Swedes or Hungarians. The
men of the United States and the men of
Switzerland are the most inveterate
smokers on earth. In these two coun.
tries the consumption of tobacco per
head is three times greater than in Ger,
many. At the same time, the United
States raises more tobacco than any
other country on the globe. British
India comes next, producing nearly as
much.
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THE LIBERTY STATUE.
Superstitious Sailors Say That the
Goddess Is Haunted.
Rivals the Most Expert Spirit Medium In
Mysterious Rappings, But the Ex-
plantation of the Phenomenon
Is Very Simple Indeed.

The statue of Liberty is tenanted by
ghosts. At least that is what the river
men claim, and say the statement is sus.
ceptible of proof. They say, and they
know whereof they speak, that as the
witching hour of night approaches
most unearthly noises are heard, as II
the statue was possessed. There Is a
scientific explanation, however, OF
these ghostly disturbances, but, says
the New York Journal, it does not in
terst the harbor men and sailors on
board ships lying at anchor within a
stones throw Of Liberty Island, their
bulls brought into strong relief BY the
electric torch. Many "fo'c'as'len yarn
has been spun about the midnight car
nival of spirits within the goddess
The sailors in the creaking of her joints
hear the ghoulish shouts of the jewellers.
When the night is calm and bitterly
cold the mysterious din is plainly
heard
The most terrible of these mysteri-
Gus sounds for those who are not in the
secret are the spirit rappings. The god
dess rivals the most expert spirit medi-
ums. These rappings may be heard al
most every night in the year. During
the daytime the solemn figure is as ST.
lent as graveyard, but when darkness
settles down it is easy to imagine that
several spiritual seances are being car
ried on successfully in this gloomy in
terror. The explanation is, however,
exceedingly simple. The statue, as ev-
erybody knows, is formed of enormous
plates of copper bronze, firmely riveted
together. The action of all sorts of
weather, to which this very exposed po-
sition renders the statue subject, tends
to gradually loosen these little bits Of
steel. The dampness which is drawn in
from the water from all four sides
forms of hick coating of copper verdi
girls on the rivets. cutting away the cop
per. This does not weaken the statue
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oueer Relief About Rainbows.

In many parts of the world it is the
general belief that the rainbow has the
power to change sex. This queer belief
obtains in such widely separated dis
tricts as South Africa and Norway, and
China and Australia. The Zulus have
a long folk lore story of the young man
who was changed into wrinkled old
woman by touching the many-hued
arch. The Scandinavian peasants have
a similar story, and in Greece they say
that anybody who runs against the end
of the rainbow will have his or her sex
instantly changed. In France and
India to pass under the rainbow has a
similar effect
nrrng the Ean on the Heao.
Sound money" says President
George B. Roberts, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, sis at the bottom of
business. These eight words are PIT
together as tight as hammcf'e @. ~,
and they hit the nail right S"-
ought to be hit,
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For Sale by All Druggists,
CROP CONDITIONS.
REPORTS FROM KANSAS, MISSOURI
AND NEBRASKA.
Kansas Shows Up Well-Rainfall Heavy il
Nebraska Work at Stand
still in Missouri.

Topeka, Kansas, May 2s.-The
weather crop bulletin for the past
week says: In the eastern division
vegetation is growing very rank,
the continued rain preventing cul-
tivation and weeds are taking the
advantage. All field work has been
stopped. In the middle and west
ern divisions the cool, cloudy
weather has been beneficial to
some small grains, though rain is
needed in the central and western
counties. Wheat is much i'm
proved, and in the south is nearly
ready for harvest. Corn is doing
very we'll, but needs warmer
weather. Grasses are in good con-
dition and the ground is in good
shape.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 27.-The
Nebraska crop weather bulletin for
the past week says: The tempera-
ture has ranged from to degrees
above the normal. The rainfall
was heavy, delaying farm work,
but crops generally have grown
rapidly. Rye is in blossom and
wheat is heading. Slight damage
has been done to corn by washing
by the rains. Oats are not all
planted yet.
KANSAS CITY, May 27.-Missourl
crop bulletin for the past week
says: In nearly all sections farm
work has been at a standstill,
Early corn is getting very weedy
and is in need of cultivation
Planting is not yet finished in
some sections, and much replant'
ing will be necessary owing to the
washing of rolling ground and the
overlooking OF bottoms. Wheat
, has improved considerably in some
sections. In number of counties
however, it is rusting badly. Dat:
are generally doing well and grass
es are growing nicely. Bugs arr
destroying meadows and pastures
of the northern counties. Cottor
is making rapid growth. Fruit il
still dropping badly in some
places.