The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-12-02

wind and rains until it decomDoses and
falls apart. It is then taken to the crush
ing and washing machines and afterWard
to the pulsators, which separate II INTO
different sizes and again wash it. Finally
lit passes over shaking tables. covered
with grease, which catches and retains
the diamonds. These are then washed
in acid and taken to the ya1uator. Rough-
" speaking. out Of 8, 100000 tons Of blue
rock three fourths of ton of diamonds
are obtained. The valuator asserts the
diamonds according to color and purity.
saw on, his table the output of one week, s
worth $500, 600 A syndicate of buyers
takes the product Of the mines.
Though Kimberley and it's mines are
already good customers Of the United
States, Mr. Stowe thinks we ought TO
have still more of the trade. especially
In galvanized. corrugated sheet iron,
which is used extensively throughout AZ
rica. The immense buildings In the KIM
perley and johannesburg mines are com.
posed of it, as are also thousands OF
dwelling houses, barns, warehouses,
fences etc. The merchants in all African
cities carry it in stock, ofrregular lengths,
packed by European manufacturers IN
bundles of twelve sheets held together
by iron bands. "t9eyt ~.
Leaving Kimberley a ride of l67 miles
brought the consul general to the borders
Of the Orange Free State, the Trans
walls ally in the present war. here
different scene was. presented to the eye.
1.-The land was more fertile. The houses
of the Kaffirs and Hottentots are seen,
the former looking like tops of balloons,
the latter square and built of stones.
The Kaffir huts show the natural skill
and inventive genius of the tribe Long
branches or trunks Of a tree that grows
4 ls1o ~ 1iv0 r1f
ed in the ground in circle, bent to the
center and fastened. Then the native
flat grass is woven in and out between
Them making habitation watertight and
| yet cool. - J The panorama presented III
| the ride of 1884 miles across the Orange
Free State is mOnotonous, but not I'M
| pleasing. More and better farming is
noticed; the crops are more diversified.
| In the fields, plows and reapers and now
| ers of familiar. home patterns gladden.
| the eye of the American traveller. These
| implements, imported from the United
States by dealers at Cape Town. Port
sold extensively throughout Africa.
Though much of the land Is still idle. the
1 Free State is prosperous and the Dutch
! farmers, unlike their neighbors and allies
across the Wall, welcome all corners to
citizenship on easy terms.
1 The Transvaal customs officers detained
| the consul and his fellow travellers for
/ five hours at the boundary of the re.
1 public before allowing them to set out
| for Pretoria, seventy-seven miles inward.
| Pretoria is the seat of government and
| the residence of President Kruger, but.
! like most capital Cities it is not, as Mr..
Il Stowe expresses it, a business center.
:! After short rest in the pretty little hill
! capital the consul proceeded to Johannes-.
4 burg, over the comfortable Netherlands
,1 I, ,1e,1v Lvnvso w.
be owned in Holland. 81 never rode he
i saws, cover a better roadbed or in more
/ comfortable cars" The latter was
equipped with every modern convenience
! and the dining cars reminded me OF
| home" There seems to have been but
i one drawback: 1.-The cars are all of iron
i even the sides and covering, and in warm
weather, I am told, they are like an
1 oven" These iron cars have figured in
: the recent dispatches from the seat OF
war. 49,.
I Of johannesburg Mr.. Stowe says. 1T
4 is busy, bustling-the only real city i'll
!; South Africa from the standpoint OF an
. to any city. The streets are wide. put
the motive power of the street railways
, consists of mules and horses" The Beers
fear that the substitution of other power
4 would impair the market for their horses
and forage, and that is consideration
=,
than mere speed. Anyway, it is only the
obnoxious foreigner who is ever in a
hurry American genius and push. have
!. had a large part in building up Johannes
burg upon the foundation of its mineral
wealth. The managers, superintendent
and consulting engineers OF the mines
: Mr. Stowe found to be Americans, al
, most to man. II was glad" he writes.
..to find that their ability was recognized
8. by other countries. ]. c.. Manion, United
States consular agent, has been the means
of introducing American machinery and
!. supplies of all kinds to the value of mil
: lions Of dollars. For twenty miles on
each side Of the city extend the head.
: gear and smokestacks of mines, more
than 100 of them, which have made the
city and state what they are and enabled
. President Kruger to sell farm for $500,
. 600 the day / was in Johannesburg. >
: Some idea Of the magnitude Of the min.
ing interests is afforded by Consul Stoves
: observations. "Over fifteen tons, Of gold
! per month is the product Of the mines
I and new discoveries are reported daily
The main reef crops out at the surface
: and the veins dip to great depth; some
Il of the shafts are going down to 3,2Ot
Z feet level And here is another Incl.
Il dent Of direct bearing upon the war
complaints are made Of the price OF
Z. dynamite, which costs 20 shillings LOB
per case and could be bought outside Of
the state for 40 shillings $9.73): The
government granted the concession to 9
: company, which makes, !. thousands OF
z pounds sterling out OF 1t annually
z concession for the manufacture of'candle:
\ has been granted, 30 that the miners vii
have to buy Of the home manufacturer
; as the. duty isS prOhibi tive The railways
] was told, charge for freight from thu
border to johannesburg, distance o.
: forty-seven miles, as much as 1t costs
3 II m haf11 frnn1 the 9p9nnrfQ 4 N:) miles