The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-09

her majesty liked the chang. from
Madagascar ~ Algeria. she gave =
sign and the queen replied that sfe
could not answer thai ana that ene
about her own u Is the French
government, objected 10 her discussing
such matters
She Has To Like IL.
4 moment later. for some reason,
Madame DeDIet was called ont and
thu queens aunt said that no CONVEX
Sation could go on until she returned.
! interpreted This To mean political CON
versation, and said Il word OF two
about the weather | then asked her
majesty how Abe liked this climate of
Algeria. To this she replied;
1T does not matter. / Rave tn
like il. Nevertheless. it is q very good
climate"
Il little later she spoke Of Paris.
and mentioned the pleasures she had
In the i:fe there. / suggested that
she extend her travels to the other side
OF the Atlantic and visit America. and
she thought that she would like To do
so, but doubted if that would b. allow
ed
had brought a copy Of my Geogra-
phical Reader IN Africa with me. and
made the queen q present Of it. sug-
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ala her in her study Of English. She
took the book and looked over the
pictures, comparing the natives there
represented with her own people. on
that great island not far away from
the African coast. She told me h
found the English language much more
difficult 10 earn than the French. Her
majesty is a good French scholar and
speaks. writes and reads that language
wen. Our conversation was carried
+! IN in French AMI the nIean never
hesitatcd for a word or ii phrase 70
express her meaning.
Photographing II Queen.
Al the close OF the audience | told
her majesty that | would consider it
q great favor if she would ALLOW me
To make 4 photograph Of her. as
would like To have a picture made by
myself t. show 10 the American pco-
pie. At first she said that she did not
think it would be permitted, but that
she would ask Madame Deprct. and
that if she had no objections She
would go outside ana pose for the
camera
At his IN the French guard
ian Cafne III and the question was sub
mitted to her. Tn madame replied
that IL va all in the hands of her
majesty and she would be permitted
TO do as she pleased.
Upon being assured that The pic
lures were not for use in hIgerS the
queen and her aunt then went with me
INTO the garden back of the house
and She stood in the sun while | made
the pictures. | had one photograph
snapped by my drlgoman Of myself
standing beside the queen. am five
feet seven inches in height and the
queen is almost Il head shorter. The
photographs are excellent ana they
represent her majesty as she looks in
his good year OF our Lord. 1907. AT
fGl- tnRinU hp ha 1,,Oll ~ he. | lpft her
majesty again shaking my hand aS
She said goodbye.
Will, the French in Madagascar.
Speaking Of Madagascar, have
made some inquiries of the officials as
to what the French have done in that |
country since her majesty was depoa-
ed. They tell me that many reforms
have been instituted and are now un-
der way. Slavery has been abolished
in all parts of the island, the schools
have been improved and education is
now compulsory upon all children be- !
tween eight and fourteen years of age.
There are now u large number Of
schools, both for boys and girls. There
are also schools of agriculture, and of
industry, and for technical training. |
The children are required to learn
the French language, and attempts
are being made to Frenchify the is
land.
New Road ana EillifOauS.
SO far there are but few roads In
Madagascar and there are but few
places where wheeled vehicles can be
used. The most common way OF tray
ell by those who can afford it is In
chairs on the shoulders of men. n
French have made some military
roads and they have a wagon road
from he chief port, Tamatave, to
T~ananarivo, h capital. They nave !
laid out a railroad to connect these |
two cities. but SO far have only built
a few miles. There is also a railroad
62 miles long, which is connected
by canal With Tamatave and l under |
stand that his Will be continued to
A wagon road has also
been built from the capital to the west
coast, and mails are carried over that
road on automobiles. The French |
have established postoffices almost ev-
eryWhere, and they have put up tele-
graph lines to the extent Of about
$500 miles. They have also about 130
miles of telephone lines.
A Military Government.
Madagascar is now a French col
ony, but it is entirely different from
the colony of Algeria. Algeria is rep !
resented in the French parliament, |
and it elects its own officers with the
eXcetion of the governor general and
a few others. Madagascar is not rep
resented in parliament and it has no
congress. The island Is partly under
civil and partly under military ad-
ministration 1t has a governor gen
eral and civil and military admins
trations- In the military territory
the soldiers direct everything. There
are altogether 10000 troops and
about 500 officers. There are also
seven or eight hundred civil officials,
but a large number of these are ma
tives who have been chosen by popu-
lar vote. Taxes are said to be a lit
tie higher han they were under the
old regime. The chief business of the
island consists of stock raising and
Farming. Madagascar is covered
with pastures and it has something
like 5000. 600 cattle. 1t also raises
Woods Seeds.