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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-28

experimental plantations in Africa. They
are establishing tea, coffee and cotton es-
tat ties in the different colonies. In Natal
there are a number Of large tea plantations
which annually produce more than a mil
lion pounds of tea. The Clifton estate has
5000 acres and is worked almost entirely
by native labor. The tea is picked oy men
and women and carried into the factories
their heads.
In Western Africa there are successful
cotton plantations, and experiments with
cotton are being made in Eastern Africa
as well.
Rhodesia has some of the best grazing
lands and many Englishmen are now
going there to rear cattle. The land
is sold for 40 cents and upward per acre,
and three-thousand-acre farms bring all
tho way from 81 300 to 10000 each. There
are many towns going up in that territory.
The buildings are made of brick, with
wooden cottages in the suburbs. The peO-
pie live comfortably, and it is not an I'M
common thing to find piano billiard
table In a private house.
In Natal more than 2O0.OOO acres are now
cultivated In the Orange Free State there
are several million acres of farming and
grazing lands owned by Europeans and the
same is true of the Transvaal about which
so much has been written within the past
few years.
Gold and Copper.
The mineral wealth of the English DOS.
sessions in Africa is enormous. There are
big coal mines back Of Durham, and the
gold mines vie with Australia and the
United States as the greatest producers OF
the world Many of the colonies have not
been prospected as yet, and there are all
ready 5000 square miles of gold fields
being worked by 300 different companies
and syndicates. Uganda, which lies north
of German East Africa. between Lakes VIC
toria and Albert Nyanza, is said to have
gold, iron and copper in paying quantities.
The state is about as big Kansas. and
is now reached by railroad from Nom
hasa. The English capital is Entebbe on
the northern shore of Lake Victoria.
There is gold in the British colonies of
West Africa, new fields having been re-
Gently opened up at Ashanti. There are
said to be old mines in Rhodesia which
are now to be reopened. and the Transvaal
alone can produce $JO,O00.OO0 or 100000. 600
worth of gold per year.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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CHANCE OF LONG LIFE.
One in Ten Million That a Man Will
Reach Age of 100.

rom London Answers.
Taking a million as a basis of calcula-
ton, statistics show that at the end of sew
enty years there will still survive 200o
out of 100000 persons. At the ex-
pirauon of eighty years there will
be 10000 survivors of the original
million. When 1t comes to ninety
years of eXistenc~, there is a terrible thin
ming of the ranks. Only SSH out of the
1,OO0OO0 or one in 115. will live to that age
At ninety-seven, but pa, or one in 40 will
be alive. At ninety-eight, half of these
will have dropped out, leaving only
119 souls alive out of the original 1000 900
Ones chances to reach nlnety-eight ac-
cording to these tables is about one in $40.
OF the original 100000, only fifty-four
will live to see ninety-nine years. or about
one person out of 1850. The century mark
will be reached by only twenty-three out of
the ,0OO0o0 or, in other words, out of a
group of 43, 500 people born at the same
time only one will fill out the century span
of existence.
Only one in 100000 persons will reach
the age of l0f years; just one in 5000 900
can be expected to see 105 birthdays: and
as to living to be 106 years old, these tables
place that contingency as out of the range
of practical calculations. Possibly one hui
man being oLt of 10000 600 who shall have
seen the light for the first time in 1903 wiV
be alive in 2009
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New York to New Orleans From there it
is go miles to Lake Nyassa, which is $40
miles long and is navigable for steamers.
Goods and passengers can be transferred
to the lake and carried to it's upper end,
where a railroad $50 miles long will bring
them to Lake Tanganyika, giving 400 miles
more of navigable water communication on
that lake.
From the top of Tanganyika 300 miles of
track Will connect with Albert NyanZa and
it's 100 miles of water communication, land
ing passengers at Dufle on the Nile. On
the Nile a hundred miles or so of railroads
will be necessary to pass some of the upper
rapids and cataracts. and then there will
be one thousand miles of navigation to
Khartum. Indeed l am told that an addi-
tional thirteen hundred miles of railroad
would fill in all the breaks in steam transit
from the Mediterranean to the cape.
What African Roads Cost.
Cecil Rhodes estimated that s5O.O00OO0
would pay the actual cost of completing the
alI-rail route to the Mediterranean sea. He
figured that the road could be built for S15,-
600 a mile, which was the cost of a large
part of the roads he built in Africa He
said, however, that double that amount
should be appropriated for 1t, SO that the
probability is that the average cost would
be thirty or forty thousand dollars mile.
The Germans, who are building railroads
from the east coast of Africa westward to-
ward Lake Tanganyika, estimate that their
roads will cost lnem on the average $50 900
a mile They have to climb the hills to the
high plateau of The interior, and their coun-
try is very rough The Uganda railroad
which runs from Mombasa, above Zanzibar
to Lake Victoria, has cost something like
$4,000 mile, and the Congo line, built by
the Belgians, cost $4,000 a mile
Or the other hand, the roads in Bechuana-
land have been made for $4,000 a mile
and in Rhodesia at an average cost of $19,-
600 per mile. At $4,000 a mile $50, 900 900
would complete the connections with the
lakes and the Nile and snO.OOO,O00 would
build the entire road, giving an iron track
from one end of Africa 10 other. Such
a railroad will have connections with all
parts of Africa east and west. Short lines
will be built to the Congo, and also to the
east coast at Zanzibar, Mombasa, Beira and
Durham.
Cape Town, Kimberley and Durham.
The metropolis of South Africa Is Cape
Town. 1t has with it's suburbs about 3d.,
600 people. 1t has fine public buildings,
good residences, electric lights and street
cars and every sort of modern improve
ment. Kimberley. the center of the dia-
mond industry, has 10000. and Durham, the
capital of Natal, is doubly as large.
These three towns are great commercial
centers. Something like s90,OOO,0OO worth Of
goods are annually landed at Cape Town.
and more than 500 100000 worth are sent
away This is exclusive of specie. and, now
that the gold mines of the Transvaal are
again producing heavily. the shipments of
the precious metal will be large.
The trade of Kimberley ts chiefly In dia-
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London's Whistles.

From the London Graphic.
A boy was charged at a London police
court the other day with blowing whistle
In such a way as to cause three policemen
to come toward him. The fact that such a
thing is possible suggests the questions:
How do the police distinguish between a
cab whistle and police whistle? What Is
there to prevent any one from blowing
whistle in such way as to call police
man? representative of the Daily
Graphic who put these questions to high
official of the city police yesterday learned
that in the matter of attending to whistles
as with his many other duties-the police
man uses his discretion. Any shrill whistle
will attract policeman. but such whistle
blown at night outside a restaurant or any
place where people congregate and cabs are
wanted would not bring policeman to the
whistler. The same whistle blown in pre-
c,sely the same way I'm the middle of the
city at midday would bring policeman on
the scene at once.
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A Sample of John Bulls Burden in
Africa.
New Jersey, and the Gold Coast province,
on the land behind it, is not quite so large
as Minnesota. Sierra Leone is four times
as large as Massachusetts, Gambia is as
big as Porto Rico, and Egypt with the
Soudan. governed by the English, has
LOCO 600 square miles, or one-tnird as much
territory the United States proper.
Great Britain's New African Railroads.
These states are scattered throughout the
continent, and the English are planning
railroads for nearly all of them The great
cs. enterprise is to extend che railroad from
Cairo to the Cape, but there are also many
minor lines. In Lagos, off the west coast,
a road 125 miles long has been constructed.
1t cost five million dollars, or about $4,000
e. mile. Other roads are now being laid out
on the mainland just opposite, and also in
the Gold Coast near by.
In Nigeria roads are planned from the
coast TO the interior. This country is one
tenth the s.ze of the United States, and
has connection by caravan with the Medi-
terraEean through the Desert of Sahara.
and also by the Niger with the sea. 1t has
q large population, and a railroad will open
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up considerable trade. The Germans,
French and Beigians are also building
railroads inland from the West African
coast. The English are making wagon
roads, and ere also extending their tele-
graph lines.
South Africa is rapidly growing. It has
mad boom since the close of the Boer
war. A large number Of new settlers
nave come In and new towns going up
In the Transvaal, Orange Free State and
in Rhodesia. New railroads are under con-
struction, and there is a steady growth in
commerce and trade. The imports from
the United States are increasing, and they
now amount to tens of millions of dollars
year We are supplying many of the
locomotives, cars and steel rails for the
new roads. Our steel dumping coal cars
are being used, and our wagons are doing
the treking over the high plains. American
plows are coming in. and great deal of
the clearing is being done with American
axes.
Future African Cities.
The towns of South Africa have all mod
ern improvements. We sold 5000 arc and
incandescent lamps to one city quite re-
Gently, and the larger places offer a mar
ket for our street car equipments. The
countries are new and many of them are
being settled by Europeans, who have the
same wants that We have, creating a de-
mand for our goods.
The trade towns are rapidly growing.
and there will soon be substantial cities In
the south central part of the continent
Take Buluwayo. 1t has now more than
5000 people. and it wakes like green bay
tree 1t is almost 400 miles from Cape
Town. but 1t has banks. clubs, public build
ings and hospital. 1t has daily newspa-
pers with telegraphic news from all over
the world, and as the capital of Matabele-
land it promises to be good sized city 1t
Is the same with Salisbury, the principal
town in Mashonalapd. Its population at
the last hearing was about two thousand
and it had already a race course, turf
club, good hotels, a public library and
daily and weekly newspapers.
British Developments in East Africa.
The great railroad development of the
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"You mean
81 mean that shall carry out the orig.
inal plan. Mr.. SemplaDd has forfeited any
consideration whatever at our hands,
Then ] am to-
Lacy pointed toward the David.
UNLESS you wish to back out"
mo one has ever used these words to
me, sir" answered Lacy proudly.
Il am ready, as sanxious, to go as I ever
was. But Sempland-sfr, would stake my
life on his fidelity
1T may be so. I can wait no longer.
Will you go, or shall / give up the expedi-
tion?'
Rather than that, sir" said one of his
staff officers, 'if Maj. Lacy hesitates let
me-"
Enough said Lacy. "Will you explain
to Sempland how 1t came about? Good
bye"
ITO be cOntinued)
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monds. 1t exports millions OF dollars
worth every year, although the quantity is
now limited to the demand by the diamond
trust.
All diamonds of value in Africa are con-
trolled by the De Beers Consolidated Mines.
This company has capital OF $40
10000 and 1t declares dividends OF
from 40 to 30 per cent Ii is now
producing something like $50 900 worth
of diamonds every day or from $4,000 600
to S2o,coo,ooo worth year. Since its begin
ming ii has handled about $4toOO00oo worth
of diamonds, and IL has enough i'm stock to
supply the world for some time to come.
The De Beers trust employs about 5000
blacks and 1900 whites paying out quar-
ter of a million dollars every month in
wages alone.
New African Industries.
The English are setting out a great many
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next few years is to be in East Africa.
There are already extensive roads at the
northern and southern ends Of the CONT
nent. and these will be connected by the
line from Cairo to the Cape About half of
the way has already been covered and the
total distance will be only 5000 miles long,
or not longer than the Trans Siberian rail-
road. with its Manchurian connections. OF
this only 100 miles will pass through for
eign territory. That will belong to the
Germans. cutting their lands in East Africa.
The remainder will be entirely British, or
under British control.
One-fourth of the new construction will
be along navigable waters, and it needs
only 1,J0O miles more track to enable one to
go by steam on cars and boats from one
end of Africa to the other.
At present trains go from Cape Town
to Buluwayo, or just about as far as from
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disgraced and ruined man, Listen to me,
Fanny Glen! l swear to YOU on my honor
as gentleman, if you do not instantly
open this door I'll blow my brains out in
this room.'
"Oh, you wouldn't do that?'
Il would, so help me God!''
There was conviction in his voice. The
girl listening in the passage heard the
click of a raised hammer.
"Don't!' she cried in greater terror than
ever. Il will open,''
He heard brief whispered consultation,
the key was turned in the lock and the
door suddenly flung open. Sempland
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ct see Mrs. Molineux married the lawyer
who got her her divorce"
Served him right. / never did have any
use for these divorce lawyers. Houston
Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-12

wood isis the most beautiful spot on
Gods earth?"
4 remember under circumstances
similar. Derha Ds-'' 1 began.
Don't" she stopped me. Il am tell
ing you my experiences, and I want
to tell them just as they were
How h0tefully vulgar people are now
adays-slangy and familiar and horrid.
He was quite different He set one on
a pedestal and talked from the steps.
At first the pedestal seemed wobbly,
but afterwards 1 got to like being
perched there"
And the young man on the steps I
asked.
I'VE women are supposed to be able
to divine all the secrets of the hearts of
men, aren't We? But somehow 1 did
not understand him. He was the cap
tive of my bow and spear. o, dom
smile, 1 hate the phrase hate it all,
1 felt sure he was-but somehow he
Did not dare to climb" 1 suggested.
Did not climb, at any rate. Well,
the man who hesitates may be lost, but
we women have ways, you understand.
l tried one of them the day before he
left. Sir Dennis was here, bereft of
his Mrs. Charlie, and 1 managed to
resuscitate the ghost of a Irritation. 1
would not walk with my Worshipper in
the morning. We had arranged to go
stayed here in the hammock, and Sir
Dennis sat where you are sitting and,
when he remembered, made rather
offensive love"
And the worshipper?" I asked.
He came by and saw us, but he made
no attempt to drive Sir Dennis out. In
the afternoon my walking skirt was
on, and 1 was in the hall. He came up
looking glad and flushed. and then Sir
Dennis joined u.s. said they wanted me
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to play them tunes. In moment my
worshipper had vanished. After dinner
he did not come to the piano when l
sang; and in the morning he had gone
without saying goodbye
80 the-er--little plan was not ex-
actlY a success?" I said
But he left letter for me-" said
audrey without taking any notice. 1T
sald that l must forgive him for not
saying goodbye. He was afraid of for
getting, as he had forgotten. many
things, that he was a poor man."
20, then he wasn't that Bentley
Pine2' said.
No, he wasn't that Bentley Pine"
she said, speaking slowly, with spaces
in between the words. He said that he
knew that rank and riches would have
little influence on girl like me-a girl
like me-but it came home to him that
the girl he loved should have a pleas
anter, brighter life than he could ever
make sure of for her, when he saw that
there were others-I forget how he said
it; it was not quite like that Then he
wrote things about me. You would not
understand what he thought of me-"
Il see,'' I said, "he thought you were
meat for his betters. we'll
-thought-that," said Au-
drey. and there was that in her voice
which made me look at one of the finest
views in the Home Counties rather than
at the hammock.
"Well, after all, hang it, I exclaimed
after a bit, why not
mo, no." she said. mot now-never
now. Harold White in Black and
White
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-12
KANSAS FAIRS.

Following is list of fairs to be held in
u W IVES q STATE FAIRS FOR 1908.
Missouri State fair, Sedalia, Aug. 1922.
| Iowa State fair. Des Moines, Aug. 21-29.
Minnesota State fair, Hamline, Aug. 81
Nebraska State fair. Lincoln. Sept All.
Kansas State fair, Topeka, Sept. 14-1s.
Texas State fair, San Antonio. Sept. 20
Oct. II.
COUNTY FAIRS.
Allen County Agricultural society,". T.
e eeTetarY Fair lola sept
W. Clark. secretary. Great Bend; Aug. Is
Hiawatha Fair association Drown coun-
saved the visitors from third shutout.
tyl-Elliott Irving, secretary, Hiawatha;
Butler County Fair association-J. w.
Robson. secretary, FL Dorado: Oct. 5-9
Hewins Park and Fair association (Chau-
tauqua county)-P. n. Whitney, secretary,
Clay Clay County Fair association-E e.
corey County Agricultural Fair associa-
ticn-J. E Woodford, secretary. Burling-
'o Eas TEN Sowley Fair association (cowley
county)-Ed E. Reed. secretary. Burden;
Cowiey County Agricultural and Stoc-s
Show association-W- J. Wilson, secretary.
J" F !illet' Comfy Agricultural society-A.
w. Warner. secretary, Garden City; Aug.
| Franklin County ABTlCulluTdl ScClety--
Sarey NJ. Porter, secretary, Ottaka; Sept
15-1S
sociation-August IL, II and 10. L. ]. Pet
| tyjohn president. "A
c. Nicholson, secretary. Newton; Sept p
jackson County Agricultural and Fair
associa TONS. B. McGTeW, secretary, Hol-
Jefferson County Agricultural and Me-
chanical association-George A. Patterson.
Sent Ia
H r. Honey, secretary, Mankato; Sept.
| HILL
county,. D; Gregg, secretary. Frank
Marshall County Fair association-E. L.
| Miller secretary, Marysvllle; Sept. 15-1S.
Miami County Agricultural and Mechan-
! ical Fair associa tion-W. IA. Bradbury,
secretary, Paola; Sept Sill.
Mitchell County Agricultural association
H A. Phelps. secretary. t5eloit; Sept. 30
Morris County Exposition CON- F.
Amrine, secretary, Council Grove; Sept
22-25-
Nemaha County Fair association-W. R.
Graham. secretary. Seneca; Sept. IA
| NecSho County Fair association-H.
Lodge, secretary. Erie; Sept: 29-Oct.
Chanute Agricultural Fair, Park and
! Driving association (Neosho county)-A- E.
| Timpane, secretary, Chanute; Sept. Ia.
3. Pember, secretary. Ness City; Sept III.
| Norton County Agricultural association
C. ]. Shimeall. secretary, Norton; Sept
Ia
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THE C. o. ID. MAN.
He Tells How BE Wrote Poetry and
Lived High,

That's all o. k" said the c. o. D.
man, as he received and pocketed coin
of the last vintage. THE c. o. D. sys-
tenn, on which l have been doing bust
ness for the last five years, saves book
keeping, banking and lots of other trcu-
BILE. You get what you pay for, and 1
get the money, and neither of US has to
send out a collector.
LAS a dilapidated gentleman, making
tour of the country every year, l have
no rating in the commercial agencies,
and as an interviewer your checks
might be marked N. c. at the bank.
Now, to proceed.
Three years ago I was up in Con-
necticut on the wander, and as my old
shoes, which by the way once belonged
to q member of the legislature of that
state and were run down at the heel,
had blistered my feet. L looked for a
place to lay up for three or four days
and take things easy.
You can understand by that 1 was
willing to do light work for some farm
er for a bed on the haymow and a few
meals in the woodshed. That's the diff
ference between a professional tramp
and dilapidated gentleman. The one
won't work under any circumstances,
while the other quits the road occasion
ally to take up the hoe.
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Along about shutdown I came to a
good-looking farm house, with middle
aged woman sitting on the piazza.
opened the gate to be told to go on
about my business, and though 1 offer
ed to work for my board the terms were
refused. 1 was turning away when the
woman suddenly changed her mind and
called me back and said:
Perhaps you are not a regular
tranaD?'
NO. ma'am, I'm not. I'm only a iii
lapidated gentleman making farewell
tour of Connecticut
'''What is lapidated gentleman p
she asks, as she looks me over in puz-
zled way.
q" It's an ex, ma'am. An ex-Harvard
man7-an ex-swell young fellow-an ex-
son of a millionaire who wouldn't mar
ry the parlor maid his father had pick
ed out for him-an ex-member of soci-
ETY. who has become Disguised with the
world and taken to sauntering over the
country, 1 can hoe corn or potatoes, cut
grass, milk cows, repair fences, sing a
song. feed the hogs. write poetry or
most anything else
You say you can write poetry?'
4" I can ma'am.'