The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-25

land in that time?" Quoth he, evasively,
Yes, but that Is not much compared
with other people who have not Been
out long" 1t is a thousand years too
soon to come to Africa and find the
earthly paradise, but these good people
know or ought to know, how far they
are removed from the stress and strain
of European and American life. The
competition of capital and it's dwingling
returns, the ill-requited labor and
dearth of employment, the long hours of
business and of toll, the keen applica
ton, the fierce rivalry, the block of
every professional avenue are things
nearly unknown, skill and talent rarely
go unrewarded Everywhere it seemed
to me the predominant feature was the
even current of existence; compared
with our fevered, anxious being, it was
the belt of Gains to the Bay of Biscay.
Pietermaritzburg the capital of Ma
tai, they say is Sleepy Hollow. I con-
TESS 1t seemed to resemble a school with
five days holiday. All the same, it is
charming place, in an environment Of
hill and dale, field and forest, that
would reconcile one to a perennial hol-
iday; place where people pay almost
| no rates, do not work hard and live
| long lives. In its hotels, dwellings,
public buildings, and parks you shall
| find more signs of elegance, refinement
and culture, of art literature and
drama, of social activity and enjoy
ment, of everything that makes life
worth living, than in the whole of the
Transvaal, if you except the Uitlanders
| nf oh mn ND Tho
| Transvaal capital Is forcing ground
for typhoid fever; Maritzburg is
health resort---though, to begin with,
the natural advantages are all on the
side Of the Boer capital.
SHOW CITY OF SOUTH AFRICA.
But the show city of South Africa is,
beyond question, Durham. For beauty
| of situation, it recalls Naples; for good
| government Ii has no superior; in SAM
tation it has no equal, The port stands
on a sandy and marshy plain, in parts
not above sea-level; yet SO effectually
have the levelling and draining been
done that malaria is almost unknown.
A pure water supply has been provid-
| ed, and refuse Instructor of the latest
pattern erected; sewage is disposed Of
so as to pollute neither the air nor wa
ter; house drains are all ventilated, the
best styles of apparatus being provided
by the town and enforced; and, finally,
every measure that modern science has
suggested to safeguard public health
is adopted. The roadways are kept
nearly as even as ships deck and al
most as clean. AS a result, the death
rate of the sub-tropical city, nearer the
torrid zone than Cairo, Alexandria,
Memphis, or New Orleans, is 10 per
thousand per annum. There is nothing
like it in similar latitude in the wide
world. In Pretoria that unco' guild man.
Dom Paul, and his Puritan executive
look after your morals and are grieyed
about those comedies but typhoid they
leave to rage at will At Durham the
authorities let the individual ratepay-
er attend to his own morals; but the
free diffusion of typhoid is contrary to
the bylaws. For my part, I prefer
health without cant to typhoid with
any amount of it.
Durham is marvellous illustra ton Of
the value Of corporate property rightly
used It's suburban land belong to the
town. The British government gave to
| tIlE COlOLlSLS IL bSlL VI IhSL esloAiA5
known as the Berea, which half encr-
cles the port and on whose wooded
slopes the prettiest villa residences in
South Africa are built. Year by year
this estate grows in value, and nearly
every penny of the "unearned incre-
menr goes for the benefit of the COM
munity instead of finding it's way into
the pocket of some lord of the soil. More
correctly, the increment goes to those
who do earn it, and the town gets it's
water, electric light and power, sani-
tation, public Notwithstanding a fine
town hail. with a noble organ and first
class Sunday evening concerts for the
people-ist museum, parks, baths, libra
ry and a magnificent esplanade on the
bay for next to nothing. A ridiculous
rate of two and one half pence in the
pound meets all requirements. The
management of the public estate is on
the whole most praiseworthy To break
monotonous eulogy, and with an apol-
ogy that life in a land Of corruption has
generated a cynical disbelief in human
nature, 7 suggested to the mayor (Mr
Greenacre) that no doubt the governing
powers made office pay. Such rude
SuSSeSl1On cOulu OIlly De pdfuOHeu III dI
emigrant from the Transvaal. mo,
his worship made answer. II have beer
mayor five times, and have known the
borough intimately for twenty-one
years, and / am proud to affirm thai
you cannot find single case where 9
councillor or official has taken any ac-
ton that could be pointed to as being tc
his own personal advantage
The Berea is the prettiest residential
spot T. have ever seen, not excepting
Euclid avenue, in Cleveland, Ohio. I
overlooks the port. the bay and the In
! dian ocean, as Hampstead and High
gate overlook London. Parallel roads
kept like a lawn, run along the front
and on these, terrace-like, facing to
} ward the sea, one above another, ar
: built hundreds of tasteful detached
: houses in varied styles inclosed in thei
' own grounds, EMPOWERED in trees, en-
: cinctured in tropical foliage plants an
= garlanded in flowers. Tropical an,
= temperate vegetation seem to combine
} here is a British oak or pine, there
e tree-fern palm, bamboo, cactus
while of flowers, profusion of lilies
begonias verbenas, petunias, gerani
ums and innumerable colored Towering
= grasses grow wild. In brief, Natal
, | for haalItu the nnarI of South A fripq