Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

African gold and diamond fields this
condition has grown more marked.
Cape Town has become ono OF the gay
capitals Of the world. A score Of years
ago Il was rather a proay place. with
not a few OF the evidences on ci,dllzh-
ton and culture. but with aman In
ducSment 20 the tourist 90 linEcr. after
seeing the castle ana the government
house and tho me park, with IT. state
~ oaks u many centuries growth, he
tween tho government house and The
botanic gardens An this looked like
tho end Of tho African continent but
" one objected 10 travelling ~ FAR Ia
ma himself Ia Europe Htill. there WIS
littie to console him for the disappoint-
ment
To he sure. there wen. che Malnys. n
picturesque addition 20 the English and
Dutch population. And the Mnlnys had
brought Into tho religious life OF the
place what was even moro picturesque
than themselves. The tourist OF that
day, r. he was lucky enough Co b. lu
the ncighborhood Of the Mohummodan
mosque, could see what any tourist
equally lucky can see now. After tho
MONDAY clnngor Of what the true Mos
lem calls tho "lnndol bells" or Cape
Town, the Muezzin would appear nc
The top OF the mosque. Through the
brilliant sunshine OF that intrrtruplcal
NNAAANN w" ANNlANNNAH NA eyes NNN NNIN NaAANNNH
ful would De- strained up toward him.
Down ON tho docks. where the Malay
'lpngHhorrmrn watched for tho upllftcd
hands, and the LnHcnr sailors. aboard
ship or on shore leave. cast their eyes
nluft with more of vcncrutlon than
they over contemplate topgallant sail,
there cnmn 20 much u hush In the
roar OF whtcraide traffic that. ~ the
mosque stood ON the first % the two
great terraces on which Cape Town II
built the faithful could al times hear
the chant calling them 70 prayers. All
this was Oriental enough. And na the
traveller was liable 90 meet the Mnlnys
cyerywherc-in the open booths OF tho
commercial part Of the town. or as
caterers ana ttincrnntH N nll sorts IN
the residence streets, higher up and
further back there was "a comfortable
sense Of security In the thought that
without getting FAR enough fFum Eu-
10 sec the heather at HE dryotiOns.
Cape Town was then. and IL more now
one of thuac siiots ON the map where
Through the shadow Of the globe We
sweep Into tho younger day"
A. one OF these spots. " which there
are not many, Cape Town has an In
tereHt peculiarly lta own. A. tho capt
tai OF the British Colony. which fronts
the hostile iiocr frontier. and the port
toward which many British troop ships
are now moving Cape Town has be-
come great news center. We read Of
a Premier who outlines tho govern
ment policy IA the Parliament az Cape
Town, ANA ia Intercepted By the op-
position Just aH the rrom4er az Lon
don 90. The other day we road OF tho
landing OF British troops al Cape Town
on their way Go the front, md the wild
cheering of the thouFnudn who lined
the streets through which thov march
sHA "a 90
city 70 is 30 Tar below the tropics. and
30 near that Cape Of storms. the dread
~ which was much OF tho Inspiration
ot Columbus voyage 10 DISCOVER "a
shorter and less perllous route TO india.
That he discovered "a now world. ana
not now road 60 uu Ola one, accounts
for the beginning OF Cape Towt The
Portuguese never made any settlement
there, though they always put into
Table Hay, the Cape Town hnrbor. to
prepare for the dangerous trip around
the Cnpr or Good Hope Whom the
Dutch began 20 double the cape. IN 20
inr 10 ana returning from their East
Indian possessions. they established a
supply depot there. but finding that the
country back 1f The town was fertile
ana easy % conquest, they began the
rearing of new Dutch colony with
The port ON Table hay as its ontnepot
and chief town. Such was the begin
ming OF Cape Town.
When the place fen into the hands OF
the English lu the nf1t yrara Of THIS
century n was "a miserable village Ht
the foot N the first slope of Table
Mountain, which, rising ut Table Bag.
where u nttulnH an ominencc OF about
1000 feet about the sea level. continues
90 rise aH 70 rrceden toward the south
uutil, In the prOmontory which h called
the Cape uf Good Hope. ID reaches q
height or i,i,2 foot. The town 10 dis
tant from the cape about ATTY miles
II fronts Table Bay 10 the northeast,
and Tor perhaps hair q milo back from
the water the ground rises but slight
ly Then begins the elevation N Table
Mountain, but the height OF 1000 feet.
reached within the limits OF Cape
Town, 10 reached gradually BY two