Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-29
NO FRAME HOUSES 20 BE SEEN.
South Africa Uses Great Deal of Cement
in building.

South Africa Uses a Great Deal of Cement
in Bui,ding.
South Africa is without peer rs
customer for cement, Gays United States
Consul General Stowe at Cape Town In
u recent communication to the depart
ment of state, according to the Wash
ihgton Star. All the buildings there,
he says, all the warehouses, stores and
residences, are built of brick, oemented
on the outside, and no wood or frame"
houses are to be seen.
The bricks used in South Africa are
larger than American bricks, and are
laid up principally with mud"
the inferior clay found in that region,
instead of lime mortar or cement. The
cement comes into play in the outside
finish of the buildings. 1t is laid over
the whose surface, and the expert
Malay mas,ns in South Africa produce
very pleasing and unique effects in
finishing up caIs, columns and mold
ings, closely initiating the natural
stone in this decorative work. A
| striking effect is produced by 'spat-
tering" some of the larger buildings
with cement, which presents u rough
exterior very striking ana pleasing to
the eye. and also durable.
The greater part of the cement i'm
ported into South Africa last year,
states the nsul-general, came from
Great Britain, and over 125, 600, 600
pounds came into the country, all told.
"When | left the United States" says
Mr.. Stowe, "our manufacturers OF
cement were producing an article
which was proved by tests 10 be as
good as the English, and that cement
/ 90 io, a,lza Oh
While the United States at the present
time would be hampered on account OF
the excessive steamship rates to this
petition with the German ard Belgian
cements, vet / am convinced, With
equal rates, the United States cement
could find market here in large
quantities. Cement of the desired
quality will never be manufactured
here, as the ingredients do not exist. -
AUTUMN IN CENTRAL PARK.
Harper's Bazaar.
One charming feature OF the years
waning days In Central Park, if not
distinctivsly autumnal, draws slight
pathos from the vanishing life Of the
green world. The gray squirrel, that
| Suhher uTyhu VI tub WuOu~hHus Duuuus
before you, light as thistle down, over
the verdant SLOPE Uttered with crack.
ling leaves. Now he comes to an
abrupt halt ON his Launches, and look;
at you with friendly interest. The park
squirrels are SO tame that they will
almost go TO sleep in your pocket. III:
conduct betrays no sense Of melancholy,
though the small hands that have de
lighted to tender him the goods mos
beloved of his little stomach have de
parted from the park confines. witt
the music and goat carriages.
To the poor, who in spring and sum
mer may wander through the bountifu
beauty OF the park, there is an added
note of melancholy, all their own, il
this dying spondor of the year NJ
longer can they stray hsre, like king
in their superb private domains. TIL
kiosk on the Mall is empty and sound
less. The goats that tossed their gidet
| horns and battered with varnishet
hoofs over the asphalt of the broat
walk have vanished into some Eas
Side Information, to issue forth n,
more till spring sends her forerunners
the crocuses and datfydowndiIlie', "
through the sofrening earth, aud tn
pleasant weather is with US again,