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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19
srATE oF oREooN. /

COUNTY OF cLATsoP
I. s. 8. Gordon. cashier Of the above
named bank. do solemniy swear that the
aooye statement Is true 70 the best oe
my knowledge and belief
s. s. GORDON. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thia
ist day OF July. 1893.
C. R. THOMSON, Notary Public
JACOB KANM,
]. o. HAWTHORN,
w. F. Mc0REG0R.
Directors
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19

woman pays compliments with the
same sincerity she pretends to spank tha
baby when she doesn't.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19

One OF woman's pet economies is saw
ing string that she never uses.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19

a womaB's sigh Il less likely to have
heartashe IN d than appetite.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19

Married couples are stih lovers wher
they enjoy reading aloud to each other.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19
California Factory,
SANTA ROSA. CAL.

Gents French Calf Shoes 50 worth $500
Gents fine calf shoes aS5, worth $3.50
Boys school shoes 81, worth ECO
Children's school shoes SOC, worth slS
Mems and ladies' carpet slippers sc.
worth SOC
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-07-19
Report of the Condition
Of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK


OF Aetoria,
AZ Astoria, In the safe 81 Oregon, a.
he close Of business June %. isao
pEaor1pcEa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

seen with the naked eye. and only tho
huge mills Of the company can make
It's extraction profitable operation.
The city has rs fun quota of dance
nails iis telegraph stations. rs rail-
ways It's morning AID evening papers
ana its busy stock Exchange. Buer
rough riders can be seen going about
tne city at all times. simple, uDsophis-
uca'ed looking burghers, with "A pocket
run OF home grown tobacco for their
pipes
ne town of Kimberley is not alto
sether unlike Johannesburg, though IL
~ III many respects unlike any other
plact IN the world. Its principal in
bIeulents are tin shanties and dust
WIN, however, a leaven of diamonds
~ ~ give II flavor. For without the
uTllaihonds' OF course, there would be no
N"nperley In going fyom Cape Town
N'hDerley the visitor has only one
I'm an day to take, and like all South
van u2;rs IL crawls along at the
oi few miles an hour and
eeo kimberley after a Journey OF
"a ni'eS through that waste OF blank
~ ueSert known as the Karoo. In Jo-
.,ss ",spurg az the present time the
s0il nat and the starched collar have
lhef appearance, but i'm the city
VI uio oIlohds shirt sleeves are still the
Iule' Even Cecil Rhodes and his con-
lreies may be seen at times i'm the
uialhond market. happier without coats
'iidn with them The town can boast
Oh an excellent club. where the food ia
wen cooked and served, for ii is at the
hlmoerley club that the King of
hhodesia' himself dimes when In the
nelghborhood OF his company's mines
"A south African railway iournev is n
thing TO be remembered with main and
sorrow. such journeys are usually
long ones, and slow as the mills OF the
gods. When one has left behind the
palms and bamboos Of Durham with its
rickshaw boys and Zulu policemen. and
the train labeled Toy johannesburg is
winding slowly up through banana
groves and canefelds. one gets a rather
good impression OF South Africa as n
country. One can see pretty little farm
ers' cottages surrounded by groups OF
graceful palms and mmosas, and in
Vulnerable green valleys winding
around the srlll hills. one can see
numbering transport wagons hauled by
a score of sleek oxen driven by half
naked Zulus. Then come neatly
thatched huts with natives lolling about
in the sun. while the green tint that
was SO beautifully sofs along the coast
gradually withers and darkens to the
dull brown of the interior
The country grows rougher and the
hills become more frequent. Treeless
brown mountain tops loom up i'm the
distance. and for half day this is all
that there is 10 be seen. Then once
more come undulating plains, with an
occasional ostrich TO be seen, or a herd
of buck galloping along with their
heads down and leaving a great cloud
of dust hanging over the veldt behind
them. AS one approaches Ladysmith
one notices the sudden change in the
climate and the great GOODNESS Of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

present time the characteristics of that
big, busting center OF the mining coun-
Try are gold, glare. galvanized iron and
gambling. There Is also another thing
that must not be forgotten, and that is
dust for this distinctive feature makes
all other features indistinct There is
only one place m South Africa that
can beat johannesburg for dust. and
that is Kimberley. But even a Johan-
nesburg dust storm is no Joke. It
blinds you and chokes you and stops
your ears and pockets and blends I'm one
brown Opaque confusion pedestrians
and riders and drivers. and white and
brown and yellow and black folk.
But johannesburg social life. though
often seen through a cloud of dust. has
its more lucid moments. Like any 9TH
er 13-year-old gold digging town. IL has
it's distinctly seamy side. though Il has
never had any OF that shooting on
sight" which Bret IIarte tells about i'm
The Outcasts of Poker Flat" The
fact is, Johannesburg is cyanide
process and mot nugget digging town
This makes an the difference In the
world n gives a factory town stead
mess 10 the place and has tendency
10 discourage the pennilcss adventurer
who drifts 90 a place dreaming that he
can unearth fortune with three
strokes uf pick johannesburg gold
is scattered thlnly through mighty hard
rock. so thinly that IL can hardly be
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

One curious and rather unpleasant
feature of travel i'm South Africa at
present is being "disnfected' at the
border Of Natal and Cape Colony. This
is done in order to try and stop the
spread of the 'rnderpest." disease
which has killed almost all the cattle
in every part of South Africa where
1t has made its appearance and which
threatens TO complete the extinction OF
all the oxen in the country. As the
wealth Of the farmers in South Africa
is measured by the number OF oxen they
own. and as all the hauling freighting
TO interior towns, plowing. etc, was
done by oxen. IL practically amounts to
ruin TO the agricultural interests to lose
them. Therefore the English colonial
governments are doing all in their pow
er to stop the progress OF the disease.
which, in spite of their efforts. is still
sweeping southwark to the coast.
AS it has been proved that the germs
may be transmitted i'm clothing and by
bits of skins, leather, etc. or by dogs.
il has become necessary TO disinfect all
passengers going south into the Cape
Colony or Natal, and all skins, fur
rugs. dogs etc. must be seized and
UFiu ul the bofutis
The disinfecting process as applied to
passengers is effected in the following
manner: The passenger is admitted to a
small room in which are several chairs.
and, after seating himself i'm chair a
towel is wrapped around his neck, then
a rubber hood is placed over the entire
chair and inclosing the entire body ex-
cepting the head.
\ trapdoor is then opened and SUI
phur vapor is admitted under the rub
ber hood for several minutes. A part
of il is sure To find its way into ones
nostrils and the discomfort is intense.
but there is no escape.
The hood and towel are finally remov-
ed and one must wash the face and
hands in basin and cleanse the finger
nails.
After passing to another room a KAT
fir washes the bottoms and sides or
your shoes with a disinfecting solution.
and YOU are allowed TO proceed To your
seat in the train.
1t must be admitted that the passen-
gers endure this disagreeable treatment
with the best possible good humor, ana
all are consoled with the thought that
the intentions are of the best, even
though the process may appear TO be
in the case OF many VINO
have had no occasion TO come into di-
rect contact with oxen for months past
if indeed at any time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

I comfortably prosperous. Yet the Trans
vaal is the master OF the African situa-
! ton. All the other states about her
are parasites living on her. when she
is prosperous, they are prosperous. The
key To the situation lies i'm the one
word-gold, Johannesburg is the real
| capital of ali that Cape country--Jo-
hannesburg the wonderful. that sprang
into existence in one day. Cape Town,
since that day. has been turned into a
mere way station. IL is now only a
city where every one is continually
waiting for the arrival of the next
steamer from England or America, or
the departure of the next train for Kim
berey or the Rand.
cape Town is characteristically
English town. For many years It was
the metropolis of the lower end OF the
dark continent Today il has electric
lights. an excellent harbor with splen-
did docks. railway connections with the
towns Of the interior. n beautiful statue
Of queen Victoria and regiments OF red
coated Tommy Atknses. This city. be-
ing the home OF those politicians who
marage the colonial office and have
charge Of South African affairs i'm gem
eral, has many substantial buildings
and residences IL is kept fresh with
sea breezes, though windstorms are not
unknown. The Cape Town man brags
OF his southeaster and this truly is
something very exceptional In wind
storms. for Il all but picks up cobble-
stones and filings them In ones face.
When Cape Town people see the "ta-
blecloth' pending nat over the edge OF
Table mountain, that stands back from
the sea, they know 1t is better to keep
Within doors for day or two. for it IS
an iufallible sign Of bad wearther
In going from Cape Colony to Natal
one Is struck by the difference I'm stock
among the inhabitants as well as the
difference in the country itself. Natal
IL. I'm one way. the garden OF South
Africa. Almost all OF this state is In
cluded I'm the fertile coast belt. ana has.
accordingly. been able TO offer excellent
Inducements for settlement The ma
jorty OF the people who have taken up
their home here are Scotchmen. who
seemed bent ON establishing i'm this far
of colony a diminutiyc new Scotland.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

- Natal. like Cape Colony, lives Of the
ifansvaal. This fertile colony produces
vast quantities OF coffee, fruits tea,
sugar and vegetables all OF which is.
oI course, marketed i'm the city Of Jo-
hahhesburg and the other mining towns
oI me Trangvaal. This Is still further
cVlucnce that the Transvaal IL the main
Wheel IN the South African machinery.
As mas already been said. this Is due to
the presence OF The yellow metal Ia that
country. for before the gold and dia-
mond mines were discovered the Boer
republic was practically a cipher In the
commercial world. The country pro-
uuced nothing that was not needed for
home consumption and hence exported
nothing Nor could IL import anything.
TOT IL was too poor 90 pay for goods
brought from distance. ~ simply wor-
fied along as best u could Oh the meal
les and mutton raised on It's arid plains.
such 9,thing as irrigation never entered
into the Beers head. But the discovery
OF the diamond mines. q little over
quarter Of century ago, wakened the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

is rs fertile and the climate as salu-
briuus as in any other part Of the world
Further inland beyond this 100 mile lit
toral fringe Of fertility is another area
OF several hundred mites which consists
chiefly OF lofty tablelilIe plateaus and
rough and forest covered mountains In
beyond this again is the Great Karoo
or wilderness. and beyond this again
are the wide, rolling plains of the Kim
berley region and the two South Az
rcan republics
All of this interior country Is more or
less arid. During the dry season the
earth rs covered with lifeless brown
culored grass, great clouds OF dust drift
across the veldt and the sun beats down
through the dry, clear air with heat
that is almost tropical There are hun
dFeds oi mics here whore one will never
see tree the great. broad rivers are
dried up ana waterless. and the only
life TO he seen is an occasional Boer
herder and his flocks. But when the
rainy season comes n change talos
place The landscape becomes moro
animated and more pleasant To looI,
upon. And when IL rains i'm South Ar
rica IL generally pours The plains are
transformed into tropical gardens and
universal greenness takes the place
OF the previous somber tinted browns.
The population living in this country
Is strangely divided. IL is made up ~
three great classes OF indlviduals-the
negroes. the native born whites and the
uitlanders. The class known as the
Afrikanders Is made up OF those per-
sons who were born in the country. but
are OF European descent. The uitland-
ers. as is well known, are those who
are looked upon as temporary residents
only.
In South Africa all roads lead 20
johannesburg. A thousand miles from
the Cape OF Good Hope. I'm the midst OF
the rolling plains Of the Interior lie the
gold mines Of the Rand. These are the
richest gold mines in the world North
OF this mining district stretches the un-
developed countries OF Mashonaland
and Matabelsland. and north Of them
again are the great lakes Of central Az
rica. The most uninvlting part Of all
this country. from an American stand
soint, az least. is the South African re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

crs and adventurcrs came nocking into
the country from all parts Of the world.
a farmers cottage I'm one day became
The young town OF johannesburg. and
befofe IL could stop 10 take breath this
sheet iron village was the home Of more
than 100000 persons and the metropol-
itan center Of continent. Today IT
has all the drawbacks Of the parvenu
metropolis. IL has wealth. but the cost
OF living is eXorbitant. Money Is quick
lv made. however. so 10 Is as quickly
spent, and people are willing Go pay
double and triple FOR the ordinary ne
Crvrttirs uf fife The result " that the
Transvaal Is today like a banker with
many poor relations Natal feeds on &C.
Cape Colony fattens upon 90. aud the
orange Free state fOurishes on a.
Their best goods and their choicest
fruits are sent up 10 johannesburg. but
they are, you may be sure all well paid
for. Every ton of foreign freight that
goes into the, Transyaal through cape
Colony FIRST pays ridiculous freight
rates, and then even more ridiculous
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

customs dulles The railways. OF the
coloay being under governmental juris-
dirtion, II may De imagined just what
advantage cape officials take OF their
opportunity When they are through
with carload yf goods, the orange
Free State comes in for its share Ev-
ery piece OF freight passing through
that state rs made 90 pay up it's tax.
Then the Transyaal government itself
imposes q third tax, and when one re-
members that -Ahe cost of transportation
alone Is about six times greater than
IL should be some idea OF why the cit
izen Of johannesburg has 10 pay dearly
for everything may be CLEANED. lie is
compelled TO pay from three TO five
times as much for rent and food az Is
paid in either America or England.
Home monopoles also have increased
the expense OF living and made ev II
soap a luxury
The mines Of the Rand now stand idle.
But when the mines are pouring out
their yellow wealth and times are goou'
the uitlanders OF johannesburg are
willing TO pay well for both the neces-
sites and luXuries of life. When 1t Is
remembered that almost every ounce OF
food consumed I'm the Transvaal is
brought i'm from over the border. IL Will
be understood just how the more fertile
surrounding states depend on the opu-
lent little republic OF Dom Paul. though
il must be remembered that it is not
DOM Paul and his people who have sup
piled the demand In this case, but the
uitlander miner The sugar factories
and fruit farms OF Natal and the vine
yards and farmsteads OF Cape Colony
would pass out OF existence IL once the
great, hungry nav Of the Transvaal
found some new feeding ground.
So gold is king in South Africa. SO
long as the yellow metal continues to
appear inexhaustible and mines con-
tinue to pay dividends ranging from
100 TO $50 per cent, so long will the ma
tive of johannesburg be willing to pay
well for his clothes and food. At the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

air. The lofty, snow covered SUBMITS
Of Dragon mountain cause the change.
When once through the passes and In the
fat. uninteresting veldt of the reel Boer
country. with its withered grass and
bleak sand hills and struggling towns
planted few and far between on the
wide. mOnotonous plains, one waits inn
patiently FOR the smokestacks OF the
Rand. for anything. In fact. 90 relieve
the daily monotony Of the long and
snaiIlikc Journey. AZ last they appear,
20 miles of stacks and bare buildings
and ugly towers that become more and
more numerous until Johannesburg IT.
self is reached. The traveller steps out
into n magnificent structure OF iron and
stone and finds himself surrounded by
n movement and hustle that - be-
yylldering after his long and monot-
onous trip from the coast Every race
on the face OF the globe seems 60 be
represented i'm the crowds about him.
The newness and raWness Of 81 oll VIII
be- the first thing 20 strike him. and he
viii probably remember that 80 ~er all.
south Afiica. az a country % the mod
ern commercial world is still in It's
teens and still at its awkward age.
What changes vii take place when
the war has come to close and the
stacks of Johannesburg once more send
their plumes of black smoke up into the
clcar African sir only time can tell
ROGER r. BARNUM.
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ADMIRAL pEwEy's SEA RECORD.

Rear Admiral Hichborn. chiet con-
structor OF the navy. has compiled a ilst
of the vessels on. which Admiral Dewey
has served since his entrance into the
naval service with a statement showing
the length OF time he was attached 10
each. Curiously enough. Admiral Dew
ev never commanded modern steel
Warship and never served on any untii
ne raised his nag on the Olympia. ne
was not. as the commander In ehlet OF
the Asiatic squadron. in command on
that vessel. The only vessel OF the new
navy which he commanded was the
dispatch boat Dolphin.
The statement shows that his hrst
service was on the Wabash as mid
shipman I'm 1858. He was on the Pawnee
up To the beginning Of the civil war
during which he served successiVely on
the Mississippi. the Brooklyn. the Aga
wan. the Colorado and the hearsargr.
After the war he returned TO the Colo
rado. His first command was the Mar
ragansett in 1870. and afterward ne
commanded. I'm order. the supply, the
Narragansett. the Juniata. the Dolphin
and the pensacola. His next command
was fhe Tsiatic station
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

public, the home of the Transvaal
Beers. 1t Is land of sun steeped
plains and rocky kopjes, and its only
redeeming feature is the yellow wealth
which lies 1000 feet below it's sun baked
surface. And herein lies one of his
tory's bitterest sronies. When the
Beers trekked into this bleak wilder
ness. they came, not for the gold that
lay hidden there, but to escape from
those people which the unsuspected
gold later drew into their new homes
after them like pursuing shadows.
The English settlements OF Natal and
Cape Colony, on the other hand, are
the direct opposites of the Boer repub-
lies. Their climate is good The soil
is marvelously productive. Negro labor
is cheap. The settlements are large and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

country from It's long sleep. ana its
arid plains were soon scene OF intense
activity Until the DE Beers and their
big syndicate stepped I'm and drove the
individual miner out OF the business ev-
cry one was busy and prosperous. mon
cy was plentiful and the luxuries of life
were demanded. -Four hundred million
dollars worth of diamonds was The
result OF few years quarrying.
Then when the great syndicate had
practically exhausted its mines ara the
country was about 10 fan asleen once
more. miners came across the first nror,-
ise of gold in the Witwatefsrandt az
the white Water Ridge" or as II is
called today, the Rand. II was soon
seen that the amount Of gold buried
there was Of fabulous wealth ana min
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

Durham, the entry port, has been called
the Newport OF South Africa and the
cpithet Is not Inappropriate. Palms
and bamboos and flowers fringe its wide
streets It's air is soft and health Civ
ing Its magnificent suburbs are nlled
with handsome and commodious resi-
dences looking out over the sea. Dusky
skinned Iuius trot about It's streets
with handy htlle two wheeled rick
shaws Altogether II Is the most de-
sirable residence city In South Africa,
and stands OUT far ahead of Pleter-
maritzbulg' the actual capital of the
colony. This latter city has a certain
air OF antiquity about it. but outside Of
being the seat OF the local government
has little 20 commend il To the atten-
ton OF visitors or settlers.
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draw in Holidays favor, Holiday ap-
pearing on the field as an independent
candidate.
The nomination scheme went
through all right. and the young fellow
made great fight. He won support
everywhere. On the appointed day
Holiday went 10 him and suggested
that the time was about ripe for his
Withdrawal. But the young lawyer had
changed his mind. While Holiday sat
there pulling, gasping and trying TO
speak. the young man coolly told him
that he would like to go to congress
himself-didn't think it would be right
10 dlsappoint the people, was very much
I Obliged for Holidays kindness and all
that. but really he couldn't see his way
clear to give up such a sure thing.
Holiday stormed and swore, but il
did no good. The young man was firm,
and Holiday dared not say a word. His
protege was elected and made a good
representative. Holiday forgave him
afterward and became one Of his best
friends"
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Ben Holidays
Little Scheme

did you ever hear how old Ben fiol-
ltday tried 20 get into congress - said
an old timer recently. We'll. you know
he was the pioneer stagecoach and
pony expressman OF the west and made
millions out Of H.
After he had got so rich he didn't
know wha~Ato do he got ambitious
wanted TO be a statesman and all that
IL was the proper thing I'm those DAYS
for western millionaires 20 buy their
way into the United States senate.
There was no chance for the senate iust
then from Oregon, and Holiday was
impatient. So he decided to go 10 con-
gress as representative. He had
eoubts about hrs own popularity. so he
fixed up a grand political scheme.
There was young lawyer in Port
land who was a good speaker and had
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04
Some Facts Not Generally
Known About the People
Of the Lower End of the
Ozark Continent"

YHII.E a great deal has OF late
\" been written about South Af-
rica, very little is really
known regarding the present
state of that country and the actual
conditions OF life there. There are
three popular ideas of South Af-
rica. one is that the country is wa
terless desert. Another holds 1t To be
a vast and more or less fertile plain.
while still another maintains that IL is
a great. mountainous Wilderness The
fact Of the matter is that South Africa
is "a combination of all three. 1t has
all the distinctions of climate soil and
physical features that are TO be found
in almost every part of this globe.
Along the coast country for at least
100 miles inland, as a rule, the territory
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-04

The United Confederate Veterans Of
New orleans are planning 20 purchase
BeauVoir. jefferson Davis Mississippi
home. Tor an Industrial farm for ex-
Confederate soldiers who are stiil able
Co DO light work. The organization has
received an intimatiou that Mrs. Davis
desires 10 sell the property. that she
may invest. IN real estate In Ncw or
leans and make that city hei home