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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-30
sham Rcrorn uea,en In penu.y,van,..

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 20.-This afternoon
the House defeated by an overwhelming vote
tho boosted civil service bin which has been
held aloft as the one measure TO which the Re
publican party WAS solemnly pledged. Heal re-
formers were opposed to IL because Il was but
the shadow and not the substance OF promised
reform. while. the ward workers in tho House
were against II on general principles.
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Price or Psaaats TO &c Up.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, june 29.-It Is an
nounced here to-day that the price OF Virginia
peanuts will be advanced soon. This is owing TO
the limited supply. The stocks OF shelied nuts
In Virginia at the present time will barely ex-
oeed 90. bags, as against 81, 600 last wear and
10000 at this time In 1895.
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Flood sweeps Away a frontier Custom House.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. June 20,-Thc Rio Grande
Is on a great rampage. and yesterday u roaring
torrent OF water came down from above and
quickly cut away several hundred yards of earth
on the American side of tho river at Dol Rio.
Tho Custom House building was undermined
current. Tho records Of tho Office were barely
aayad.
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MIR. AsToR,s GARDEN PARTY.

Ne tKntsrtains In Honor or tho Colonial Primo
BlIniSteFs.
Special Gable Desputeh to TINE Sun.
LONDON. June 29.-Mr. William Waldorf Astor
gave q large garden party at Clivedon to-day In
honor of the Colonial Primo Ministers.
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An Erie. Pa. HaaL su.p.pas.

ERIE, Pa. June 29.-Tho keystone National
Bank closed Its doors to-day. Its officers and
stockholders have published \ statement to the
effect that the bank was max rg no money, and
ers and depositors for the b9 { to go into liQui-
dalton. Al
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HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Tho ssn Yrauciseo Chamber or smmsrc
strongly Urges IL.

SAN Francisco, June 29.-The San Francisco
Chamber OF Commerce adopted resolutions
this afternoon urging Congress promptly 10 an
mex Hawaii. Tho resolutions demand annexa-
ton on the broad ground OF national policy, pres
tiRe, and commercial necessity.
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Cabin Bsy Drownea yyLue na,h,...

Felix Gerard, n sixteen-ysaF-old cabin boy of
the French line steamer La TourAine, was
droTned last evening while bathing at the foot
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Adirondack Mountains and spend Fourth OF Juyi
only half fare by the New York Central. Ten dollArs
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BE0GIN0 FOR MARK TWAIN.
The GaEotto Hoilows . NAE
American Example.

Special Gable DesDatch to The Sun.
LONDON, June 20.-The WestWfnster Gazette
has opened a subscription In behalf of Mark
Twain, and in explanation Of It's action, says:
eve have NOT communicated with MI. Clemens
and should think IL an impertinence to bring his
affairs before the public, Il American newspapers
had not made the appeal"
Thu "appeal" referred to was made by the
New York Herald. Mr.. Clemens refused TO TO-
ceiye the fund, and the Herald has stopped ask
ing Tor contributions TO It.
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LITTLE. Rock. Ark, June 29.-The State
Teachers Convention has limited the title G
Professor " teachers In colleges aud uniVSf
BttteS.
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HIyE OHILDREN KILLED.
special Gable Des

A Church wall YaIls at solana, spain. with
Sad Results.
special Gable Despdtoh to THE suS.
MADRID, June Ca church wall at Solana.
In the province of Ciudad- Heal, fell to-day. kill.
ing nine children and seriously ~injuring several
others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-30

fret ''UneXoellea fireworks"
order before the rush. Depot ' Park plAOs.-AdU.
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$1,000 round trip by Erie RRllTC I'd, July 2. Tickets
good 30 dAys.-.Adv.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-10-28
FILIPINAS

De Gel Correo,, de Madrid drgano del
sefior Sagasta, copiamos 10 sjguiente, que pu-
blica en- su edicion del del actual:
<Cartss do Manila llegadas por ol dltimo
correo, que tenomos Ia vista, diccn que la in.
surreccion continaa latente, pessr do 10 que
sc ha dicho en- contrario, que no sc puede sa'
lir de Manila sin grave riesgo dc la vida.
En- la provincia de Cavite no pssa dia Gin
que sea asesinado alguno de nuestros solda.
dos. Los curas de la provincial do Nueva Eel
ia Sc disponen absndonar los curatos, segan
ha manifestado e padre Gil.
Los insurrectos estan en- los montes, en- Bu-
lacan, de donde salen anicamente para caer
sobre algun destacamento donde no pueaen
penetrar nuestras tropas en el perfodo de las
aguas.
Agunos de los que presumen de bien in
formados, aiiaden que el general Primo do Ri
vera esta disgustado por la marcha de los su
cesos y por no tener quien le secundc efcaz-
mente.
Ha sido objeto de bastantcs conentarios
un bandodel general recordando las grayfsi'
mas penas en- que incurren los militares qae no
se conduzcan con la debida correction, asf en-
funciones de guerra como en- los servicioa ad'
ministrativos.
Tambien llama la atenci6n, segun las car
tas que nos referimos, que los frailes hayan
comenzado vender aIgunas fncas, y que una
pa1te del elemento indfgena y mestizo de dine
70 SO haya ausentado.,
Algunos induIta1os &c han marcha1o
Hcg.Kong, y undo allf la junta fiibustera
tagaa1
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Gaceta official Dc hoy

Real orden iisponiendo que las licencias
Cue re comedian por ell gobierno general de Gu.
ba para Puerto-Rico , por Ell de esta is!a para
la de Caba, ae equipafan en- cuanto la forma
que hayas de otorgarse, y tempo de su dura.
clen, las que respecto de cualquier punto dc
Asia America no oomprendido en- las provin.
cias de Ultra,nar, hace referencia ell artfculo
sol del Real deereto de de Enero de 1891.
Real decreto, cuya parte dispositiya di.
ce asf:
<Artfculo l. . Los Jueces de primera ins-
tancia, one prestsn sas servicios en- les provin.
cias de Utrarar, suspensos en- virtud de 10
prevenido en- los easos /. o, 90 y 8. Q del
artfcuo 149 de la Complexion de las disposi.
clones organicas de Ia Administrator de Jus.
ticia en- las citadas provincias, aprobada por
Real Decreto lie de Enero de 1891, podran
ser declarados oesantes, 81 jucio del Gobfer.
no, asf 10 aoonsejara la conyeniencia del servi.
clio, debiendo proveerse las yacantes con are.
glo 10 prevenido en- las disposiciones vigen.
tes-Artfculo 9. Q Cuando con arreglo q 10
dispuesto el artfculo l55 de la citads
Compilation, ell iuez suspense fuere absuelto, 8
hubiese sido obieto de sobreseimiento fibre,
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J. CuaI de los dos !?

Los psriodicos incondicionalss de csta capi.
tai publicaron el 81 de Septembre proximo pa.
sado, el texto de un telegrama encaminado al
se1cr miniatro de Ultramar (Castellano) que
decia asf:
Gel nuevo comite central partido incondicio.
nolmeate espaiSos al saludar Vuecenca Sc pone
incondicionalmentc asus 6rdenes. Arsuago,
Los periodicos de Madrid han reproducido
dicho despacho, en- la siguiente forma:
Gel nuevo coInite central del partiao espa.
1ol, al saladar 4 V. E., Sc pone incondcional-
msnte sus 6rdenes. Pedro A,suago,
Como Sc ve la redscci6n, parte de la
frma, diferen de una otra copia ofrecs lu-
gar dadas No Sc sabe cual fue eli despacho
autentico, quien 10 altero 8 81 hubo error de
trasmisidn en- la o6cina del cable. Ls generali-
dad cree qae el despacho trasmitido fae el pu-
blicado por los peritdcos de aquf.
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residences en- este torrtorio que 81 al ooncedcrse
la autonomfs el gobierno espahol Sc muestra
energico, viril y dispuesto arbitrar cuantos
recursos sean neeesarios para el envto de nue..
vos refuerzos que puedan daf un golpe decisive
en- Cnba, demostrandose asf que las fuerzas de
Espaiia no estan agotadas, nj mucho menos,
y que tiene el inquebrantable proposito del
imponcr sn soberanfa sin nenesilad de extrailas
iugerencias, el probema podra quedar resuelto
en- p,azo breve de moao satisfActorio.,
DaradoS a Ia americana as En- s,,,sdds T. gslGjs'1a
Luna 72-se doran rolojes con toda petfcecidn
sistema americana, sc platea nikels. Espe-
oadad en- dorados para botona.'uras de uni
forme.-San Juan de Puerto Rico. l5--12
~ Ha pasado d la Diputacion, como asun'
to ac su comDetencia, el expediente proyecto
Hermanos, lie San German, para dorivar sguas
Ia hacienda sDesderia,.
~ De Caguas Gel alumhraao phh!ico de
esta eiudaa yiene siando intoler&b,e. Ell DO.
mingo Ell Ia noche Ia luz pesima por demas
eaoasa qne dabsu los fsroles, intieaba que, 8
que Sc toIora por quien correspon0e que sdlo
Nc leg deje I. un Uuarto dc luz, qae ei gas que
Sc cINpAea es ue la poor call'ial' MAS Dscn que
farolos parecian lamparas de anin1,.s. Ain re
ignora como viene haciGndose cate sorvcio Y 10
que lc cuesta al pueblo. SQu6 ha hecho la
comisidn G1 del ayuntamiento que le tiene Il
sa cargo? va cs nccesario ponor ooto 4 las
dciciencias informaidades. Ell pueblo se
saorifica es justo que el seilor alcalle Sc tome
eli clio el inter6s que debe, para que cl alum
brado 10 rasulte tan defciente, va que poc la
cojcra cronioa dc que viene padeciendo nuestra
administration, no podemos por ahora servirnos
del gas ati5ano, digo dcetiIeno..
~ Dice el xNew- York Herald, de Pa
rfs, que eI sofor sagasta Sc propone, de acuer-
do con Su Majestad hacer una verdadera cam
paila moralizadora ell Ia administrator de Ia
Peninsula, de Fiiipinas y Cuba, asf como in
trodacr, sin perdids de tempo, rtformas en- Ia
poltica colonial, comenzando por separar del
maudo ce la gran antilla al general Weyler,
anade ono sera reemplazado por Martinez
Campos 8 Blanco. Sogdn ell seflor sagasta, la
sutonomfa de Cuba sera compatible con la
soberanfa de Espaia de oonformidad con el
progfama de los autonomistas cubanos.
10 "ABASTO PUBLICO. .--La earne dc
res, Sc expenaera maiiana Ell esta capital so
eentavos el kio
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que hzo Paris, ha vuelto dosdo Londres la
capital de Francia; pero dc riguroso incdgnito,
con cl fin dc disfrutar los mil encantos que al
viajero ofrece la vida particular en- Ia corte
del placer. Por allf anda hacienda locuras
como un estudiante, aunque no ha poddo con-
ecgur que Il gente 10 dcsconozca. Es va segu.
ro que vendra Madrid el dia 10 del actual,
detenidndose sntes en- eEl Escoral, c tempo
absolutamente precise para vistar el monaste-
rio. Aquf permanecera tres dfas, &c hospedara
en- palaoio, 60 10 obscquiara con banquetcs,
excursiones lugarcs notables, acaso con una
revista militar.
Taubidn cl rcy dc los bclgas anda viajan-
do de incognito. lla visitado i la costa sop-
tentrional dc Africa, desdc Tangcr vino
Malaga y Sevilla. En ambae parties h. pasado
que dc muy contadas personals. LA dicho que le
gusta mucho 10 que ha vsto dc Espaia, mani
festando su sontimiento por que neccsdades de
gobierno lie obliguen rogresar & su pafs, sin
darle tempo para viajar mas por csta terra,
como era gu dcseo.
La infanta dona Elvira, aquelia hja dc
don Carlos qne hugo del hogar paterno en- COM
paiifa de un gal:!n, ponc p!eito gu padre para
que e entrcgue la partc que le corIesponde de
la herenca matcrna Por tcstamento dc dcila
Margsrita, don Carlos tiene el usuftucto dc to-
dos los biencs dc Ell dfanta esposa; pcro doIa
Elvira alega que aque derecho caduc6 en- el
momento en- quo Ell padre ce!ebr6 su matrimo-
MO COZ doila Berta do Rohan. Los tribunales
italianos son los que han dc fallar 81 litigo que
promote So, fccundo en- ncdentes ouriosos.
URBANUS
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Cr6nica extranjera

Ell gobierno italiano esta sumamente inco.
modado con los clericales, como allf dicen.
Para poner coto d la propaganda en- favor del
restablecimientc del poder temporal del Papa,
el jefe del gabinete ha publicado un decreto
mandando 4 todas lss autoridades del reino que
consideren q los prop. gandistas clericales como
81 fuesen eocialistas q anarqui-tas, y que los
castiguen cmpleando para clio los procedimien
toe especiales que sc enplean para persegair &
aquel.s- enemigos del orden social. Los cleri.
Gales, en- .ista de esta actitud del gobierno,
ponen el grito en- ell cielo sconsejan sas par.
tidarios que procedan con muchs cautela para
no caer en- las garras de un gobiero libertici.
da, pesar dc llamarse liberal. Pero 10 gra'
cioso del case es que meutras ell presidente del
gobierno publica un dkase tan terrible. uno de
los ministries vista respetuosamente al obispo
de Milan, uno de los prelados que mas Sc haa
iistinguido en- Ia defenss del poder temporal
del Sumo Pontffce. Con este motive hay mar
de fondo en- la polflica italiana, 90 ayecina
una crisis.
Ultimadas las negociacioues para ell resta-
blecimlento de Ia paz entire Greeia y Turqufa,
ha costado al gobierno leenico gran trabajo
el convencer { la amayorfa de la camara de la ne-
cesidad en- que SO encaentran de aceptar lag con.
diciones impuestss ror las potercias, por daras
y penosas que parescau. Ell pueblo tambien
las va aceprapdo duras penas, y Ia paz moral
va renaciendo en- el pats. Sc hseea los prepa.
rativos para que Tnrqaia evacue Is Iesalia,
la question turco helena puehe darse iof tessni-
NADIA en- su sspccto miiitsr. En- e inanciero no
terninara hasta que la mArtir Grecia quete
completamente arruinads. Esta es Ia justicis
que mandan bacer las naeiones portaestandartes
de ls civilissci6n = del progreso.
FL rey de Siam no sstisfecho con Ia yieita
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Gnrnnae Ellnp!lrQs Sc venden a precios muy
o"'onaS uh0Dt'0baratos, nunca vistos en-
esta capital. Manuel Vicente, San Francisco
al. Telefono 176. 10y
. AsEGUROS CONTRA INGEND|OS

Y MARITIMOS en- las respctables compaifas:
eLa Northern, de Lonires. Nauth Brl-
tsh and Mercantile, de Londres.- ola Mari
na,s de Londres. --- ala Trasatlantica,, de Ham
burgo.-<La Trasatlantica, de Berlin. Pages
con prontitud. Premios muy m61cos.El
Agente; LUDWIG lUPLACE.- -Tetuan IL.
San Juan Puerto Rico. =
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Gran Nntn! LA AURORA, EN- CAYEY.
0'~" 'sS''' Conocido generaImente en- la Is
la por sus buenas coLdiciones, esmerado trato,
seecto confort todo & preeios mddieos, el
que no 10 haya frecuentado hagale una vista y
quedara completamente satisfecho. Propieta.
rio, Justo Garcia. 3O-l
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Infarasa AL BELLo sEXo. E2 Eco de

Intarasa AL BELLo sEXo. Ey Eco de Ia
'h's'"'a de Ia 1ioda (edici6n espailola) pa.
blica ell la Peninsula a1mismo tempo cue en-
Parts, los ultimos igurines que crea el gueto
parisien. Esta intcresante publication semansl
paa sue abonadoa por IN sn1;aao precio 10 que
las grandes Revistas de moGas no acanzan &
reunir. Acuarclss grabados de sctnaidad.
Patrones cortados gratis ell todos los nimeros,
revistas de modap, de Salones, Folletin, Hi
giene, Medicine, Cocina Tocador, Poesfas
etc. etc. Precios de Suscripci6u. Un aIo,
81. Un semastre. 82.4o. En- Ia capital sc
sirven auscripciones poraa mes d 40 ccntavos.
Psgo aaelantado. Las sefloras y seiioritas que
deseen obtenar la Ageueia de esta publication
en- los puablos en- que no haya Agente, Sc les
concedera ma suscripcidn grdtis y ell dies por
ciento de las susoripciones que hagan. Sc So
icit0 un Agente en- Ponce, de reconocida mora
lidad con buenas referencias. Sc sirven sus-
cripciones toda Ia isla del <Heraldo de Ma.
drid,, <Bianco Negro, barcelona Cdmica,,
ella Saeta, sE Momio,. Dirigirse F. A.
Rodriguez. Comisionista. Sol lis. San
JUAN 60
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Amantcs de 10 justo y del bien
del pats, pedinlos para nuestra cirou.
lacl0n monetaria una moneda LEAL v
LEGAL que solo realzs el patron ORC.
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hVISn Jer6nimo Zerb Corrodor De Conner,
"''So Agente de neaoeios, ha trasl,lado au
despacho & la calle de Tetuan, frente q las Of.
cnaa del Correo. Pnerto-Rico Oetubrc % de
1897. 81
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PATRON ORC

Tan solo 10 justo es provechoso.
Los canadios Il la par.
eLa prosperiaad del zoots es e1 dien de to7os. j,
MORALISTAS Y ECONOMISTAS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

The horse has a strong sense OF
smell. He will leave musty hay un-
touched in his bin, however hungry;
neither will he drink Objectionable
water, However thirsty. His intelli-
gent nostril will widen, culver and
query over the daintiest bits offered
by the faireEt hands. Blind horses will
gallop wildly about a pasture without
striking the surrounding fence. The
sense of smell informs them of its
proximity. Others will, when loosened
from the stable, go to the gate or bars
opening to their accustomed feeding
grounds. The horse, in browsing. is
guided in its choice Of proper food en-
tirely b. its nostrils. Blind horses do
not make mistakes in their diet. In
the temple of Olympus a bronze horse
was exhibited, at the sight OF which
real horses experienced the most vio-
lent emotion. 1t is said that in cast
ing the statue 2 magician had thrown
hippcmanes upon it, which, by the
odor 81 the plant, deceived the horses.
and therein is the secret OF the mir
acle.-Tid-Bits.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-12

work bags are an old story, but we
must have them, and this year there
are some that are most exquisite as
well as practical. 1t has been the fad
ali winter to make red golf vests for
our men to wear when the goling sea-
son set in, and the bag to hold such
ambitions fancy work had to grow In
proportion to the new requirements.
90 look among the art goods chintzes,
cretonnes. anvase and the other
weaves that are newer still, and SCI
lect with an eye to the pattern as well
as the color of your material. Buy
something with a medallion design IN
aarlands or ribbons and flowers. Next
get a material in plain color that con-
trasts with the background Of your
medallion goods and harmonizes with
the colors in the pattern thereof. To
make the bag cut out two OF your
semi-circular horseshoe medallion pat
terms and applique them on the plain
material. leaving them intact on the
outer edges. as they are to form the
bottom Of the bag. Shape the bottom
Of the bag parallel to the line Of yoaf-
convex medallion pattern. and to I'm
ish the whole, run heavy silk cords
through the top instead of ribbons to
draw it up. This bag Is two feet long
hy one and a quarter feet wide. The
same pattern may be uEEn IN making
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HORSES ON sNowsHoEs.


Rubber Coat Steel Plates n Enable
Them 20 Work IN the snow.
All the horses working at the placer
mine under the shadow OF Pilot peak,
Plumas county, Cal, wear snowshoes,
says the San Francisco Call. The al
tltude OF the place is about $500 feet,
and enormous quantities Of snow fall
there In the winter, not unfrequently
reaching the depth Of twenty feet.
ITO overcome the disadvantages OF
the snow and enable us to carry on
projects there said Mr.. Bowman.
one Of the owners of the mine. I'VE put
s%nowshoes on the horses. BY doing
this we are able to get in our supplies
OF groceries, meats, canned goods and
other things and to transport the prod
uct of our mines. All u picks. show
els. giant powder and similar things
that have to be taken about in winter
are handled in this way. Only Cali
fornia bred horses are used. 1t has
been found these are the best, and, II
possible. we get mountain horses, those
that are raised at high attitudes. The
horses go right along in the snow.
They usually take a fast walk, but
sometimes they trot a little. They
get so accustomed to the snowshoes
that they don't stumble or fall at all,
and they like them so we'll that they
don't like to walk without them. They
will put up their feet to have the snow
shoes put on. We used wooden shoes
at first. and they worked very well,
but now we have something a great
deal better. IT consists of a thin steel
plate eight inches in diameter, through
which are holes for the calks Of the
ordinary shoe. The plate is fastened
by a steel spring to the lower part OF
can be screwed on tight with a wrench.
On the bottom of this steel plate Is a
coating OF India rubber, and this, by
the way, is a great improvement in
horse s~nowshoes. 1t keeps the shoe
free entirely Of snow, whereas for
merly snow used to clog and fill up on
the plate. This would cause the horse
to slip and founder around. Even
when the horses are fitted out with
snowshoes for the first time they rare
ly ever fall. though. of course, they
are usually steadied a little until they
they get the hang of things. We are
careful not to select nervous horses.
We don't want a horse that's too
high spirited. We rather prefer those
that are quiet and not easily pe%rturbed.
The trained snowshoe horses go any
where, no matter how precipitous the
mountains are nor how deep the snow
is. We tried for awhile making snow
shoes out of aluminium for the horses.
The metal was light. and it was
thought for a time it would be just the
thing. But we found that the alum
mum, unlike steel, would bend, so we
gave up the new white metal and
stuck to the steel, using a thick rubber
coating for the bottom.
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A COUNTRY OF SURPRISES.
Coal, Lead, silver and Tin in sout

Coal, Lead, silver and Tin in south
Africa.
While there is little doubt that with
proper development of its agricultural
and pastoral South Africa
could be made practically self-support-
ing. the successful development of these
industries depends nevertheless upon
the creation of local markets through
the stimulus given by mining opera
lions, says the North American Re-
view.
With the exception of mining gold,
diamonds and coal there have been nc
considerable explorations of its min
eral Coal fortunately exists
in many parts of the country. and it
has been estimated that the known coal
fields represent an area of 5000 square
miles, which is equal in extent to the
state of Iowa. There exist in some
parts of the country large deposits Of
iron contiguous to the coal fields. But
as yet the economic conditions have
not favored the development of that in
dustry. Lead, silver. cinnabar, tin and
other metals are also found in many
parts of the country, but have not been
remuneratively worked. Among the
mining countries of South Africa the
Transvaal is facile princeps, and is in
all probability destined to maintain its
paramount position, though, as is well
known. South Africa is "a country Of
surprises" and it is possible, Of course,
though not probable, that within it's
great extent other equally important
districts may be discovered.