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lying mainly north Of the Zambezi Is
considered as remarkably promising for
exploitation, with Indications OF vast
agricultural and mineral wealth and in
hablted chiefly by aboriginal people. II
may not be fine field for individual
enterprise owing to the natural obsta-
cleS In the way. but IL will probably be
opened up and worked by great com
paniec, somewhat after the manner
pursued by Rhodes In his territorial
conQuests.
These companies will probably be OPP
Grated by the man who was once
Rhodes partner the original protector
Of many OF his great enterprises, who
still survives and Is factor OF impor-
lance in the development Of South Az
RIGA. This man. OF course, Is Alfred
Belt, the worlds great and only bill
lionRre lie Is a quiet, unassumng
man OF German extraction and Is now
Just under fifty, having come to Africa
when only twenty-five or thereabout.
His success In consolidating the KIM
berley mines so that he and Cecil
Rhodes and few others controlled
their output and had a grip on more
than 90 per cent Of the worlds diamond
products is tale oft told and well
known He Is now back In South All
RIGA. with the old schemes sizzling In
his brain and fully resolved to carry TO
their conclusion the plans he and
Rhodes formulated many years ago.
he Is behind nearly all the great enter
prises, such as the Beira, Rhodesia and
Beohuanaland railways, the Rand
mines, the Consolidated Diamond. etc
Probably no one man except Lord Mil
ner. the high commissioner and gov
ernor in chief OF the colonies, will have
80 much to do with South Africa's i'm
mediate future as Belt Among the
projected schemes Is that vast and
much vaunted cape 20 Cairo" railroad.
More than one.half It's 5000 miles are
already covered, and one may now ride
In palace cars from the Cape to Bulu-
wayo, a distance OF 400 miles
The actual ruler OF South Africa,
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Lord Miner, has been connected with
the country in diplomatic capacity for
the past five years. The estimation In
which he Is held at home is shown by
his being created a viscount this year
and given a free hand 10 do as he
pleases. Lay broad and deep the foun-
dations OF united South Africa, as
free, as prosperous and loyal as the
sister declarations of Canada and Aus
tralia," was the sole injunction given
him by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.
The Beers claim that 1t was a mis-
taken policy on the part Of Great Brit
ain TO deprive them Of their firearms
and allow the Kaftlrs TO retain the guns
that one side or the other had given
them during the war. Now the Kafilrs,
many Of them, have fed to the noun
tains and isolated hills and are likely
TO descend at any time upon the farms
and mines. The policy OF the Beers
was TO keep the Kafiirs under firm con-
troll and make them toe the mark"
but the British have been more lenlent
Having had a taste of freedom, the
blacks are loath TO return to service
but prefer to roam over the country
and hunt, and especially seem inclined
to hunt their former taskmasters. the
Beers.
More than rs per cent Of South Afrl-
cas- population is composed Of Kaffir
natives, mainly black and barbarous'
and II they rise against the whites there
will ensue war Of races that may
devastate South Africa anew and ham
per development. The Kaffirs are
greatly needed as laborers on the farms
and in the mines.
EARL ]. GRELLERT.
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that he was brakeman, baggageman,
fireman. conductor division superin-
tendent and In 1856 became a general
superintendent. Thirteen years later
he was vice president and general man
ager Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, having attained to this position in
1899, In 1901 he was chosen by the men
then engaged In forming new railway
combinations as president Of the Erie.
Mr. Underwood Is one Of the most pop
ular of railroad men, always affable TO
his business associates, enterprlslng
and Of commanding presence.
President Alfred Walter Of the Lee
high Valley railroad, like his confrere,
Underwood OF the Erie, became a rail-
road man early in life When Just out
Of his teens, he was a rodman In the
engineer corps, becoming an assistant
engineer In 1874 and passing through
all the grades. In 1882 being appointed
superintendent OF q division Of the
Pennsylvania system In 1889 he was
made general superintendent Of the
Baltimore and Ohio lines east of the
Ohio river and in 1892 general manager
Of the New York, Lake Erie and West
ern railway, resigning In order to take
control Of vast coal property. He
was 50 successful In this work that he
attracted the attention of nc Lehigh
management and was offered the pres
idency of the system, which he ac-
cepted Mr. Walter is native OF
Brooklyn, N. ", where he was born
Oct 2, 1851.
W. II. Truesdale, president Of tho
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
railroad like young Lochinyar "cams
out of the west" where he began his
career In the auditors office OF az Ob-
scure railroad. That was mole than
thirty years ago, since whiUh he has
mastered all the various points Of finan.
cial railroading and at last LANDED on
top" His knowledge Of railroad
finance is said to be unsurpassed, and
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public, founded by Mr.. William Reuben
George in 1894, though for a different
class Of boys from that Mr.. Gates pur-
poses to educate The Junior Republic
idea was a philanthroplc one for the
benefit OF the outcast or very poor In
crowded cities. 1t went further than
the Gates idea--in fact, II inculcated a
spirit Of thrift and independence by an
effort to make the school community
self supporting. Boys taken from the
tenements, and girls, too. were instruct
ed how to manage dairles, carry on
farms, banks, courts-in fact, were TAX
en- right to the heart of things and
taught TO be self rellant-to think and
act for themselves. These boys and
girls, Of course. were not Of the grade
from which the best and finest Of the
worlds workers are drawn and would
naturally be classed as below the av-
erage from which the Gates institution
would obtain its students But the OBJ
ject Is the same In both institutions,
the Gates and the Junior Republic--to
ray llit louilhdNlpH lpi iiaibiAtlt W
bring out the latent possibilities In
youth and TO help the world along by
lettering the rising generation,
The Junior Republic community has
been alluded to as one Of the most re-
markable In the world. 1t is located at
Freeville n, y, Mr.. Georges home
town, and has been visited by educa-
tlonists from every part of the globe.
While it has many features in common
with the Gates scheme 1t Is dametric-
ally opposed TO It In one particular-the
boys and girls are under strict restraint
and are punished for infractions Of the
rules, II might be taken by Mr.. Gates,
in fact, to represent a good deal Of what
he does not intend in his institution be-
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10 France a contract for the coming Of
S3.OO00OO worth OF Moorish money,
Canada has become quite cotton
manufacturing country. and few per-
sons realize that $4,000 cotton spindles
are running.
II is said that Thomas a. Edison has
never owned a watch. "The one thing
| want least Of all TO know" says he,
lis the time"
From Wlnona county. Mimi. comes a
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planting IS proved. the federal and state
governments win lend their aid 10 the
movement.
No Russian military officer may mar
ny until he is twenty-three.
The dark spot In the center OF a pesp
blossom Is the nearest approach "
black that occurs In any flower
Paper coal Is form OF Ignite ioun'
near Bonn. In Germany. II splits nav
urally In films as thin as paper.
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Colorado. Utah. Montana, Idaho and
the Dakotas is 10 be attempted by the
railways penetrating those states. The
first problem TO be solved is the finding
OF a grass plant suitable for stock pur-
poses. Nearly 1000 acres will be fenced
and divided into thirty plots for expert
ments in planting. These western cat
tie ranges have been ruined by too
much crowding and by sheep II is ex-
pected that, once the feasibility OF re-
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worked. The principal workings are in
the neiehborhoods OF salonika, Broussa
and Maori The largest deposits are
said TO be in the district Of Denislie, but
the government has given no permits to
work this region. The Denislie ore has
yielded in tests as high as sc per cent
peroxide Of chrome and is a surface de-
posit.
The replanting OF grass on the vast
ed cattle ranges In Nebraska, Wyoming.
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az haru headed man or business he 1
regarded by ms Fellow presidential as,
socrates as a plllar or strength,
Thomas Powell Fowler a fine ap.
pearlnB man OF ABOUT flfty, the presl.
dent OF the New YORK, Ontario and
western fallroad' IS the typical rail.
road president IN bearing, but lawyer
oy procession having graduated from
the Coiumola Law school In 1878 En-
terlng az once upon the study OF rail.
way law MI Fowler quickly gained a
reputation as specialist and has fig.
ured prominently as the receiver OF
wrecked RAILROADS. setting several on
the way 10 financial prosperity
Alexander johnston Cassalt, pres.
dent OF the pennsylvania railroad sys.
NNhi "ilNN ~ INV Ao''f - INV uNuIlN NlN-
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George +. Baer president OF the Phil
adelpha and Reading and the Central
of New Jersey, Is a sharp, shrewd law
yer, keen in debate and foroeful in ar
gument. lie does not always say what
he thinks. but he does so when he feels
like IT, He Is known in his home coun-
ty--Somerset, Pa.-as the silent law
yer" for he speaks but rarely though
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There are about 10000 murders a year
In the United States.
Germany's annual consumption OF
beer works out at over thirty-slx gal
Ions head Of population.
Japan is making a census OF all her
people who have contracted influenza
since the beginning OF 1902
The restoration Of Petersburg cathe-
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report that this Is a record summer for
rattlesnakes. One citizen has killed
more than 200 Of them.
Farmers and fruit growers Of Califor-
MIA are saving samples OF this years
crops for exhibition In the California
sections at the worlds fair In 1904.
Chrome is found in both European
and Asiatic Turkey in considerable
quantities but only districts within
easy reach Of the sea have been
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- sTIMATING the total railway

STIMATING the total railway
Ia mileage in America at 100000
miles, about one-twelfth OF
- that total is included In the
eastern anthracite coal car
rying roads. But the "coalers," as they
are popularity termed, include at least
eight systems, more or less great and
extremely important to the sections
they supply with coal. These are the
Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Reading,
the Delaware, Lackawanna and west
ern, the Lehigh Valley, the Jersey Cen
trail, the Delaware and Hudson, and the
New York Ontario and Western. The
Pennsylvania has mileage OF 800
miles. Next to the Pennsylvania In
mileage ranks the Erie system which
controls total Of 2,t7O miles Of lines,
reaching from the seaboard 10 the
lakes. The Philadelphia and Reading
system, with Lass miles, Is more ex-
tensively O "coaler" than the Erie, and
It's president Baer-has taken the most
prominent part In the recent confer
ences and discussions respecting the
great strike. Like the Central OF New
Jersey, the Lehigh and the Erie, the
Reading is controlled by j. Pierpont
Morgan, who has the situation In his
grasp. dominating as he does more
than 5000 miles Of coal carrying lines
and four out OF the eight systems rec
ognized as "coalers" All these have
their termini on the Jersey shore, oppo-
site New York city, as also has the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
another road known as essentially a
coal carrier, and nearly 1000 miles in
length.
There are yet two comparatively
short lines, but having an important
bearing on the situation, one OF these
Is the Delaware and Hudson, $50 miles
In length. including all branches, OF
which r, NJ, Olyphant Is president, sup
plying the Albany and Champlaln re-
,,t,p a Il ,.ai q portharn NaW ENGLAND
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The otuo, rs the shortest of the eight
lines, the New York, Ontario and West
ern, which extends from Cornwall-on-
the Hudson to Oswego, N. Y, with
trackage rights over the West Shore
from Cornwall to Weehawken, N, j,
Its total mileage Is sos, Small as II ls
the o. and W. has commanding in
fuence In coal affairs.
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ty of interest" system, Baer Is a
slightly built man, but full Of energy
and devoted to hard work.
President Frederick D. Underwood of
the Erie system is fifty-three years old
and has been in the railroad business
since ne was eighteen, when he entered
the service of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st, Paul railway as a clerk. After
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always to the point Baer is a veteran
OF the civil war, Is about sixty years
old and since 1870 has been counsel of
the line Of which he was chosen presi-
dent last year, lie has done more than
any other man perhaps to bring the
great coal carrying companies into har'
monious relations with one another and
TO establish the all powerful "communl-
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

dral. which has been in progress for
eighteen years, has cost over $500 900.
Making lace by hand is a well devel-
oped art in Paraguay and is practiced
generally throughout the republic
In spite Of hard times the value Of
farm animals In Germany is increasing
at the rate Of si,00OO0O a year.
The Moorish government has granted
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cause, not to mention any other item.
It Is a school with a fence around 1t.
It Is intended to make the farm con-
tribute materially to the support of the
Gates ST. Charles school in Illinois. A
packing plant will also be established.
EDWARD NJ. ANSTATT.
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BLADDER SKIN BALLOONS.

A full sized war balloon, with all It's
fittings, costs nearly $1,000 The blad-
ders OF about 1900 dead oxen are used
to make a medium sized balloon. a
bladder skin balloon Is far superior TO
silk one. Rents in skin balloon close
almost automatically, and the leakage
is OF the slightest
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~ DUCATION Is almost as old as
humanity. The desire for It
was implanted In the mind of
man at an early period OF his
~ existence, and II has expand
ed with his growth. Although
the original meaning Of the Latin
word educare--to rear TO nourish--has
been lost sight of occasionally. the
world Is now coming around to the
primitive rendering, and the latest edu-
cational schemes are being developed
along the lines suggested by the mean
Ing Of the word itself. One Of the latest
Of such schemes, II indeed not the very
latest Is that Of the millionaire steel and
wire man, John w. Gates. At least he
has fathered the Idea, whoever may be
really responsible for its paternity. In
that breezy manner peculiar to the
great and successful multlmillonaire
Mr., Gates recently promulgated this
new and original" idea for the educa-
ton Of boys After a preamble decar-
Ing his firm belief In boys-anyway that
they were TO become the men Of the fu-
ture and that said future was going to
be proud OF them-Mr, Gates casually
made reference to the educational
scheme that had been absorbing his at
tentlon In the intervals of business
Having purchased tract Of more than
a thousand acres In Illinois lying In
fertile valley about thirty-hve miles
west OF Chicago, he and few friends
are going TO establish there an insttu-
ton for the education OF boys which is,
he says to be the largest of its kind in
the world. This educational institution
Is TO be called the ST. Charles Home
and School For Boys, Is to be free to all
lads OF good character, and all It's adj
yantages are to be enjoyed without
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NOVEL RACING RECORD.

Richard Pilley, who recently died at
Doncaster England, held unique rec
ord. He had witnessed every st, Leger
race run since 1926. Mr., Pilley was five
years old when he attended his first
race.
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thuslast. But the prospects there are
brighter than any Boer or British OPP
tlmlst had ventured to predict The
Beers have accepted what the arbitra-
ment OF war has brought them. They
are now ready TO set their hands to the
great work of reconstruction and push
along the wheels OF progress to the ex-
tent OF their ability, They obtained
good terms when they treated for peace,
and the old distrust that once existed
between Boer and Briton has passed
away. giving place to a sentiment Of
mutual respect,
Since peace was proclaimed and the
country thrown open TO immigration 1t
has become evident that there will be a
freedom OF movement aud development
In South Africa that never existed be-
fore. The old Boer view was insular
and restricted. The new British view
has worldwide horizon. There win be
no uitlanders In the South Africa OF the
future. Such restrictions as win be
placed upon trade and agriculture will
be shared by all alike without regard
TO nationality. Lord Miners tax OF 10
per cent on the gold miners profits and
the concessions made to the Beers, such
as allowing them to use Dutch in their
schools. giving them sl5,OO0,OOO with
which to rebuild their burned farm
houses and replenlsh their devastated
estates, all indicate the trend OF things
An era Of good will as well as peace
has been inaugurated.
British South Africa as now being re-
constructed, after expansion by terri
tory gained from the Beers, will be
about million square miles In area,
three-fourths Of which is already pro-
vided with civilized institutions The
remaining quarter million square miles,
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kind around the place in order TO pre-
vent the boys from running away If
they want TO. II there should be boy
there with a desire TO run away from a
place where everything is being done
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for his welfare, Mr.. Gates shrewdiy
says, the institution Is much better off
without him.
Along similar lines as Mr., Gates
scheme is the well known Junior Re-
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A Chinese official in Shanghai recently
entertained number Of foreign off.
Gals at a dinner Of 12G courses.
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The most interesting thing about this
up TO date school will be its absolute
freedom from restraint There will be
no compulslon as to work orstudy. and,
there will be no fence of any
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any one had prophe.
sled a year ago that the
present hopeful condl.
ton OF affairs would
prevail even several
years hence in South
Africa, he would have
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DUCATION Is almost as old as
humanity. The desire for It
was implanted In the mind Of
man at an early period OF his
existence, and II has expand-
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The Washington times., 1902-03-17

A fitting gateway for the nations Capt.
ebb and flow the tides Of the worlds pill
grims to the national Mecca, fitting be-
ginning fer the new Washington, dreamed
of by the Parking Commission the
grandest city of the world-it was for such
q building. a great union railway station
for every track that enters the Capital.
that Architect Burnham, representing
two Of the greatest railway systems in
the world, and the Parking Commission
planned, and thought, and studied. dur
ing months. in this country and Europe.
Who that examines the plans shall say
that success has not been scored?
vast Roman pile, whose vestibule is
80 feet high and 2s9 feet broad, whose
three central entrance arches are each
50 feet high and "A feet broad, build
ing of white marble and granite of
total width of 7s0 feet and depth over
all of !. 100 feet. of an extreme height of
125 feet, structure 10 dwarf any at the
Capital, to cost Sc. .000, 600, to be perfect
Iy, sumptuously fitted throughout-this is
the idea; and the designs are waiting only
for the authorization of Congress, which
row seems sure TO be given.
Perhaps ii will be reality in two
years, for great railway corporations build
with magic quiekness, juggling with hun
creds of tons Of steel and stone, laying
foundations deep. and erecting monumen-
tai walls, and roofing all. while still the
Government would be consulting with con-
tractors and finishing plans.
The Washington times., 1902-03-17

the Baltimore and Ohio should be paid
81 SOC, COO, and that the Pennsylvania
should be donated the land occupied by it
on the Mall as an equivalent of this sum.
The only change from this plan is that
as the Pennsylvania will now give up its
holdings on the Mall ii will be given the
sum of 81 500 900 the same as the Balti-
more and Ohio.
question has arisen as to how the
Pennsylvania shall be paid this sum. One
suggestion is that the District and the
United States shall share equally in the
expense. Another is that as the Govern
ment is TO receive back from the railway
its Mall ground 1t should pay the entire
sum.
1t Is argued against this latter plan that
It would be manifestly unfair to the
United States, because the ground was
originally all donated by 1t. II now the
Government should pay the entire sum
the District would be at practically no
expense for the elimination OF grade
crossings on the Pennsylvania Railway.
No decision has been reached by the Sem
ate committee as yet on this point.