The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12
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Dutch farmers of the Black Continent.
Considering the immensely and va
ried character of the South African ex-
hibit, the prOmptness with which il
was completed was little short Of amaz-
ing. The different structures and the
many things they contain presuppOse a
long period of preparation. No place
about can the visitor discover any
trace of hurried installation such as is
only too evident in the exhibits of
many countries. Every detail has OBJ
yiously been studied attentively, So as
10 show the world at Paris just what
sort Of people the Beers are, and what
sort of things their country produces.
There is a palpable absence of flip
panCies. or things to amuSe the OBJ
server. The entire show is designed
with a serious purpose. and is mani est
" intended 10 benefit the Transvaal in
the eyes of practical observers. More
concisely and effectively than almost
any other national display within the
exhibition grounds, IL teaches the
double lesson Of instructing the visitor
both as to the country and the people
ii represents.
If you want to learn all about the
geographical characteristics of the
TranSvadl there are admirable has re-
lief maps and charts that inform you
as to the minutest detail. There are
miniature reproductions of the chief
cities. showing all the streets and
buildings. The geological formation Of
the land is explained by admirable dia-
grams. The history OF the republic is
taught in a series of excellent pictures
The neurological peculiaFities are dis
played in a complete collection. The
products of the soil are exhibited in
an extraordinary prOfuse grouping OF
fruits, vegetables and grains. The ami
nal life of the Transvaal is revealed
in a veritable museum of stuffed ami
mails. The weapons of war and of the
chase both of the white men and of
their black neighbOrS, the Kaffirs. are
shown in picturesque and quaint album
dance. If you want to see how the
Boers-thOse OF the vast farming re-
gionS-liye. there is a veritable Boer
farm that tells the tale to the minut-
est particular And q complete gold
mining outfit, with every appanage ia
milar 10 the miner, shows how the
hardy Hollanders keep apace with the
times i'm this busting age of energy
and invention
The Transvaal section is admirably
Situated on the edge Of the Trocadero
hill. and is a near neighbor to the
Russian and Chinese sections. Six
separate buildings are required for the
eNhi5It-besides some out of door and
underground features that Will be de-
Scrlbed later. The main pavilion, show
ing on its facade the arms of the South
African republic. is modelled eXteTiOrly
after the oid-style public buildings OF
N IrIDSVdal. and interiOrly after the
MANY TT'rgr1r1ad court hon in
Pretoria.
This building contains a miscellane-
GUS exhibit, extremely instructive in
us o0mprehensivenesS Along the
walls are ranged a vast variety Of the
timber found in the Transvaal, and jars
containing samples of the products
U- lAa soil, resembling the exhibits of
NE United States in the infinitude OF
tleT range There are tropical fruits
ana cold country cereals, and among
other products shown are some fine
sle. H-ns of tobacco in the leaf from
L"e Ru~tenberg district, and coffee
from the Natal border country. a
series of wall paintings illustrate var
yo1S national industries, one group
showing the immense dynamite factor
sS a, NoiderfOntein. the yearly out
~. u which amounts TO $4,000 cases.
o'out htty-six pounds to the case.
some idea of the animal life of the
'aASFaal may be had from the speci-
rms exhibited in the main pavilion.
LHs South African lion, the monarch
Ae vast brute kingdom, is shown IN
use luNtapositi0n with the tiger-cat
la i--- I'amS through the kOpjes, and the
-'TAa that infests the veldts. The
SlI.A4o'k. or Transvaalian deer. is a
r.-Heo of the genus found nowhere
>s ID the world. Then there is the
-''-tdas. a dimilutive member OF the
en-" ROO family, which is indigenous
- >'l-n Africa. but of all the odd sam
- OF animated nature produced IN
80 country. the qUeereSt is little
s----Hei called the scrub-deer, but which
e.hS 10 have nothing else in common
u an ordinary deer except four feet.
4. height and length il is about the size
s q Domestic cat. but in shape it re-
t-,'-eS a porcupine dressed in arti-
''' leaves. with a head and point
nose like an ant-eater. 1t is found
me dry lands. and the especial Pc
~ Of its nature lies in che fact
- "hen it is hungry It simple opens
- afuc1oke leaves and absorbs ali
.. insects IN the neiehborhood, with
0'- troubling to use It's mouth.
Ringers Statue a Shrine.
g. v4 one side of the national pavilion
"a. 1Ie plaster statue of a man whose
snts are so familiar TO the world
I1t.oI the inscription, President Paul
a. l-uSer. is entirely unnecessary. This
Glue. too, is significant, for it is en-
.tlIilsd IN a bower of flowers. carried
s-iVIe day by day by sympathiZers OF
l nauOnalities who chance TO be in
-, "lIS Tor the exhibition. 1t is the only
SPOT in all that peaceful abode that
ssseSts that a war is now raging in
'he land represented by that exhibit.