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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

Der of lierefords. He has also a model
dairy. Other farmers are bringing in
European stock for breeding purposes.
There is n settler not far from Mai
robi who has recently imported thirty
Merino rams and 100 Merino ewes
This man is also engaged in dairying,
and has several fine Guernsey bulls.
No Plncc for Poor Americans.
There Is one thing I should like to
say about British East Africa: 1t is
no place for poor Americans, and the
poor Engishman who can do we'll here
is a wonder. The land seems to be
good. and 1t can be bought colnpara-
lively cheap; but everything is far
from the markets. and all imports are
high. Labor is exceedingly low. A
native can often be employed for or
10 cents a day. and hundreds work for
control them. and the conditions arc
Impossible for the ordinary American
farmer who has but little money and
relies largely on his muscle and brains
The British East African government
advises no one to come to the country
unless he has at least $1,000, and it
says he should have $4,000 to do we'll
The cost of land ranges from &C cents
to Sl.3O an acre, according to whether
1t is ncar or far from the railroad
This is for farm lands. Pastures can
be bought for as low as 80 cents an
acre, and homesteads of $50 acres,
with the right of pre-empting $50 acres
more, can be purchased by instalments,
spread over sixteen years.
The right of presumption lapses at
the end Of three years, if forty eight
acres out of the 100 have not been culti-
waited. AS general thing the govern
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

the river nearby are piggeries, in which
are swine of all sizes, fattened on the
refuse milk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

the river nearby are piggeries, in which
are swine of all sizes, fattened on the
refuse milk.
Stables and Their Abyssininn Ponies.
The julia stables have quarters for 100
horses and ponies with box stalls and
all other conycniences. The floors arc
paved and drained and the loose boxes
are Melted against mosquitoes, which
during the rainy season arc death to
horses in this part of the world. Out
side the stables arc chicken runs and
not far from them are large number
OF farm wagons lately imported from
Wisconsin for use on the estate. Among
the animals used for draft are Bombay
hules and East Indian oxen, both of
which seem to thrive here. Mr. Mac
MILAN has recently brought in about
100 ponies and mules from Abyssinia.
He has altogether 600 cattle, having
Just begun to stock the ranch. His
cattle have humps on their backs;
they are descendants of the sacred
bulls of India, but he Is now import
ing Hereford and Guernsey bulls to
improve the breed.
The Question of Labor.
In my talk with Mr.. Macmillan /
asked him as TO the African natives
as an avilabie labor supply. He says
thcy 90 well, and that the wages paid
average about S1.3S month per man.
He has about ten white foremen, and
something like seven hundred Hin
docs, Sonalis, Nasal and other native
Africans. The Nasal are stock rear
ing people and they are valuable upon
the ranches, as they know how to care
for cattle
They will do nothing in the way of
cultivation or other hard labor. The
Wakikuyu. on the other hand, are
fond of farming, and can use the hoe
fairly well, Such men as are working
away from their own country have to
be fed; but this costs only about IS
cents month over their pay. Those
who are employed from the tribes
nearby and are allowed to go home
every night feed themselves.
| Most of the farmers here use Afri-
can or Indian servants. The Somalis
are good boys and the Swahilis arc in
great demand. The wages of fairly
good house boy are about 10 cents a
day and his food. The better class
cooks. however sometimes get as much |
as $lS month, aud such wages are
rising
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It he Lex rlgtorl.

The most centrally located hotel IN Rich
mond being situated at the, corner -
Twelfth ana Main Streets ~ war , pals
the Lexington. ENcry modern IN ~ and
IsEI.IXf SIlllI.AS 's''u
ii. GRANT.
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DIssntIsncd Scttlcrs.


AS it is now the settlers who have
taken UP small holdings are dissatis-
fed with the prospects. This country
is a world OF undeveloped possibilities,
and if 1t were thrown open, as was our
great West. each man being given 1GO
acres outright and aided as Canada is
now aiding its settlers, the land would
soon be taken up and a considerable
white population would result. AS it
is now most of the best tracts along
the railroad are in the hands of Eng
fish nabobs, and the hundreds of COM
paratively poor men who came here
from South Africa at the close of the
Boer War have left Many Of those
who remained are living in little gal
vanized iron shacks, and are not doing
overly we'll.
I Nevertheless there is no reason why
this should not some day be white
mans country, settled by white men,
Everywhere above 5000 feet the elm
ate is healthy and at 5000 feet ice Is
usually seen In the early morning. A
great part OF the highlands has good
rainfall, and almost any kind of crop
common TO the temperate zone Will
grow Father down near the coast
patches of cotton have been planted
and are yielding 200 or 400 pounds Of
lint to the acre. have already spoken
OF the coffee plantations about Nairohi.
! am told there are also good coffee
lands on tho slopes of Mount lNenia,
Some tobacco farms have been set out
|along the Rnmisi River, and vegetables
are now being raised here for Mom-
hasa and the other ports farther down
the cast, The people hope to raise
European vegetables for South Africa
and it Is their idea that they VIII
eventually export meat to that country
The greatest, obstacles now In sight are
the massachusetts and animal diseases,
but they Will probably be conquered,
and these vast plains. which are now
supportiAg thousands upon thousands
Tor antelopes, aelras, gnus and other
wild animals, will eventually be teem-
ing with cattle md sheep.
(Copyright. 1905, by Frank G, Carmen
ter,l
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ment will not grant more than 5000
acres to any one man, although 10000
acres may be acquired by special ar
rangement. 1t would take about 1000
sheep to stock 1000 acres OF good graz
ing land; and the government estimates
that the capital needed to start with
500 sheep and 20 cows would be In the
mel OH bOrlIoOd of $4,000, FfF
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DEMONSTRATING the zebra.

There are great droves of zebras run
ming about over the wilder parts of
Mr.. MacNIillal's big farm. He permits
no shooting upon 1t by strangers, and
as Il result these animals are remark
ably tame considering their character
and locality. After the farm is in good
running order. an attempt will be mad @
to domesticatc the zebra, and expert
ments in cross breeding Will be car
ricd on. Indeed, this has already been
attempted here and there throughout
the country. and especially at the gov
eminent agricultural farm at Naivasha
lake between here and Uganda.
have gone through Naivasha and the
wild zebra about there look fine and
healthy. 1t is different with the tame
ones on the government farm. The
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Objects to Long Hours.

Editor The Washington Herald;
AS a student of the labor question, a
phase of which was discussed so inter-
estingly in a letter TO The Washington
Herald OF January 20, I am impeled to
add the following remarks:
The example cited of the once strong.
athletic, and robust man who, because
of the long hours arbitrarily imposed
upon him by his employers, is now thin
and weak, is Of especial significance
These conditions, arbitrarily imposed upon
this man by the railroad company, his
employers, are killing him by slow de-
grees. In order that the railroad may
increase its dividends at the expense of
It's pay roll, he is called upon literally
to work himself to death. This is not
murder, but the man is just as surely
being killed as though It were.
Is there any difference from mis- view
point? His helpless little children are
being robbed of their father. his wife is
being robbed of her husband and pro-
teetor, he Is being robbed Of his children,
his home, hA wife, even his very flesh
is being ground up into dividends that
that what? That few Wall street gam
blers may have the wherewithal TO carry
on their game CT fleeing the nation.
Here is the way of It. For example. let
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
FaYors the Canteen.

EliLaE ] ne Washington hGElil-
] note in al to-day's papers that the
government Is much perturbed over the
dearth Of enlistments in the army. Many
Of US have been aware Of this for some
time, but she bigwigs Of all governments
are proverbially dense, and so It has
reached the point where it has become a
national menace.
I drew attention to this some months
ago in my efforts on behalf Of the res
tOration Of the army canteen. ! said
then, and I repeat It, that grown men,
fighting men at that. resent being bossed
around by pack Of women they do not
even know. Vide the ". c. T. T. The
enlisted men find themselves surrounded
by the soliCitous care and interest suit
able for small boys. but I assure you
that, whereas they probably might not
mind such treatment from their own
mothers. they certainly do not ike it
from the self-appointed parents.
1 do not doubt that such OF them as
may be incorporate would benefit by
such attentions, but the great majority
Of enlisted men are as sober as in any
other rank in society and as a body they
resent, and very bitterly, too, the fact
that. having signed and sworn to serve
their country for a term Of years, this
oath OF patriotism should be used against
them by a lot Of rank outsiders. I wish,
however, to have it most distinctly under
stood that ! approve Of the cause Of tenn
perance, but not in the way it is made
use Of at present. I believe temperance
is matter of individuals. and not to be
used in the wholesale and arbitrary man
ner as enforced by the ". c. T. L. There
are certainly many who drink too much
and TO those the efforts toward reform
may give help and even often effect a
cure. Drunkenness is a disease, usually
hereditary, and its results upon the de-
scendants Of those afflicted thereby are
terrible Il goes .'even unto the fourth
generation" in all kinds of degeneracy
and disease. Therefore, people should be
temperate. but it should be voluntary,
and not like jail sentence that they can
not avoid.
However. to return to this very serious
question OF the possibility Of no army in
the near future.
If these ladies won't let the soldiers
have their modest drinks at the canteens.
and the soldiers, therefore, won't re-en-
list, then ! would suggest that these la
dies use their vast political influence to
get Congress TO permit them 20 enlist in
the place Of the men. Strong-minded as
they are and invincible in the defense of
their principles, they surely would make
a superb array Of Amazons and II march
ing valiantly 10 war, while popping gin
ger ale and SarsapaTilla bottles, their ap-
pearance should cause any enemy to flee
for his life. LOUISE c. MAUD.
Edgewood Ranch, Rutherford. Cal, Jan. g,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
He Likes SQUASH Pie.

Editor The Washington Herald;
4 correspondent who signs his letter
Donald McDermott" in your issue Of
January %. in discussing the merits OF
squash ana pumpkin pie, says: TT has a
Aaky taste (referring to squash pie). and
I don't believe any one ever liked IT,"
would like to take issue with Mr.. Nc
Dermott. Ike squash pie. in tact. it is
my favorite pie. / can remember when
was small boy and lived on a plsn-
tation IN Virginia that my mother on
special occasions would go TO the kitchen
herself, when we were to have company
to dine. and make a few squash pies.
Mr.. McDermott is evidently judging
squash pie from the kind he has pur-
chased over lunch counters or found in
boarding houses. Real squash pie IS not
10 be found IN either of these places. 1t
takes long training 10 make good squash
pie. No mere boarding house keeper or
cook at lunch counter can make one
/ know my wife could produce to-day
If she would. an equal taste 10 the pump
kin pie Mr. McDermott speaks of as
delighting kings and enthTalling Presi-
dents When we have friends at the
house she will make squash pie as an
especial treat. and invariably the guests
comment on its crisp crust and rich fill
ing. Ny wife. however. viii let me tell
no one that she makes the pies herself
but prefers the hOnors TO rest with the
cook. ] know she can produce an equal
TO the pumpkin pie Mr., McDermott men
tions.
Some day | will invite him TO my house
to try a piece, and then he will be con-
vinced WALLACE FOSTER.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
The Question of Immortality.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Come, now. and let US reason together,
saith the Lord '-Isa., lis
When our great Creator so graciousiy
condescends to invite as to reason to-
gether with Him, shall we draw back
and say, "Oh, no, Lord. we cannot rea-
son with Thee we have an inherent be-
lief in the Immortality Of our souls, which
perfectly satisfies US. We do not wish
the light Of reason. lest it might destroy
our fsith?' No! Such an act on our
part would be the height of folly for It
would Immediately make manifest to all
the world our inherent enmity TO God,
and our indifference to our creation In
His image and likeness.
II would be the height OF folly, be-
cause the lack Of reasons light would lead
US. as it has many others. into all the
degrading and revolving mythology and
idolatry Of the heather nations, both IN
religion and in lOve-lnto degrading devil
worship. on the one hand. and into the
terrible loathseme degradation of polyg-
amy on the other. Let us not. then, for
sake the light Of reason by which our
God, Jehovah, intended US 10 make our
paths straight
Let us look this great question fairly
and squarely I'm the face-we must each
of US solve it for himself or for herself
with the light Of reason discovering TO
Us the truth upon the subject. Let us
not vince, If we find that the judgment
of reason and truth is against US but
let US rather seek find, and accept the
truth whate'er the cost.
In The Washington Herald for January
IS we find an article by Mr.. Thomas q.
Lewis. on the Immortality of the Soul"
There are a few things, We notice which
are worthy OF comment, but the most i'm
portant point We see, If we use the light
OF reason. is that Mr. Lewis has said
nOthing-that the thoughts which have
flowed from his pen SO cOpiously have no
true conference. are, indeed, unexplain-
able, incapable Of being understood We
will specially notice the fact that the
verse Of Scripture he quotes IN the be-
ginning is not touched upon in the main
part OF his article. For what reason was
this verse Il Cor, xv:50 quoted, when, in
reality, its testimony Is not for him. bat
against him? Was il an oversight, or
merely the last resort of a man tor
mented by the fear that immortality Of
the soul is not a fact?
It is certainly absurd to think. speak.
or write Of putting on that with
which we are already clothed If we al
ready have Immortality, how can the
putting on Of immortality take place.
as st. Paul tells us il must? Obviously
IL cannot, Therefore we cannot be, and
are not immortal, as St. Paul was in
spired Of God, with whom lying is iu-
possible. Il. WALLACE BOND.
Cleveland Park
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
The Cost of Living.

Editor The Washington Herald;
That the cost of living has steadily in
creased within the past few years in
the District Of Columbia is evident to
even the most skeptical 1t is not only
noticeable by summing up ones general
expenses at the end of the year and
comparing them with those of the pre-
vious year. but you may note the IN
crease monthly. weekly. and even daily.
When I say daily ] am reducing it to
its lowest term and citing an incident
which happened to me;
/ had the occasion 10 buy a pound OF
butter at one of the local grocers' re-
Gently, and. in inquiring the price. 1 was
informed that it was 50 cents pound
did not take the butter then, as ] had
another errand to perform. but when I
returned for my butter two hours later
l found that the same butter had gone
up cents and il was then IS cents
AS result had to walk home, because
had no car ticket
On another occasion I walked into a
restaurant and inquired the price Of a
meal. l was served with a good lunch
for . cents. The next day l hurriedly
took . cents from a drawer at my apart
ments and rushed out 10 the same restau-
rant and called for the same lunch as I
had eaten the day before, and when /
had finished, to my utter dismay. ! was
subjected to the very unpleasant situa-
tion of making an apology, as the price
had gone up 10 35 cents, and I had only
. cents
We may, therefore, note the rapid in
crease In this place on everything that
is necessity for the sustenance OF life.
II appears TO me that everything. from
the real estate people down 20 the peanut
vendors. has entered into a big trust, and
FOR its better government has unani-
mously adopted the following as the prIn-
eipal clause of its constitution.
The object Of this association shall be
20 drain the consumers Of all moneys
that they might receive on the ist and
18th OF each month. Ard I believe they
are almost successful. Something should
be done to stop these high prices. / can
not see any justification in them, and I
believe If things continue as they are at
present il will not be long before the
government departments will experience
great difficulty in getting people from the
various States 10 fill the positions in the
Federal buildings in the District OF Co
lumbia. A. J. BONNER
I763 T street northwest
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27

as suppose that 80 men are working for
a railroad company at $L5G per day OF
eight hours One hundred and fifty men
at 81 50 per day means an expense TO the
company OF SZ25. for 1.2o0 hours OF labor.
Arbitrarily, the company increases the
number of hours to twelve per day and
discharges nifty men, thus having 100 men
working twelve hours per day at the
same wages as before. The result IS. that
the company now obtains its l,200 hours
OF labor for $50, thus increasing the dtvi-
dends by SO per day, at the expense Of
those little children, increased a hundred
fold, and fifty discouraged men tTamping
the streets looking for a master.
That SO eventually reaches the pockets
Of the dozen or 50 captains Of Industry,
big. brainy business men" malefactOrs
Of great wealth. financial pirates. promi-
nent citizens, philanthropists. heaven-ap-
pointed stewards of the countrys wealth,
or whatever you choose to call them, who
control the railroads of this land Of the
free and home of the brave and inde-
pendent American citizen who can be or
dered to stay away from his home, chill
dren, and wife, night after night, and
day after day. who can be condemned to
slow death at the nod Of some profit
grasping individual, who knows only divi-
dends
Is this fair. Just, sensible? II not what
is 20 be done about it2 II seems 10 the
writer that discussion Of this subject is
more profitable than abtruse speculation
as to the origin OF the unknowable or the
exact temperature of the hereafter.
z. II. SKINNER.
s-e,-s,o-or U
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Lord Bacon in Exile.

Editor The Washington Herald:
The death of Lord Bacon. April 3, 1926,
rests upon the unsupported statement of
his first biographer. whose brief history
of the man was written many years
thereafter. Lord Bacon left a will direct
ing his body to be entombed in St
Nichael's Church, at Gorhambury But
that viii was not executed, and letters
of administration were granted In July,
1927, to two of his creditors. his debts
amounting TO more than three times his
assets. His body was not deposited in
the vaults OF the church, and there Is no
record OF his funeral nor of any person
who attended his deathbed.
Furthermore, I happen 10 have a letter
Of Lord Bacon, dated November %, 1925.
seven months after his alleged death. II
Is contained in a quarto pamphlet pub
lished by subscription In 1863 which also
has eight more earlier letters by him. ali
OF the nine addressed 10 the lord mayor
of London. These letters were found IN
GuildhaI
/ have also learned from Freemasons
OF high degree that Bacon went into
exile TO escape condemnation from the
Rosicrucian Society. which he himself
founded. and which at a later period
became the parent Of Freemasonry by a
merger
And since then / have found in the
Library of Congress a fecsimiie copy
Of q little book Of Poems by vii
Shakespeare, Gent" published in 1910, the
reprint in 1855. 1t contains many Of the
sonnets under appropriate headings, with
verbal changes; IL gives 20 "Wil Shake
speare. Gent. the credit of the song at
trihuted TO Christopher Marlowe, Come,
Live with Ne and Be Ny Love-" also
several love songs previously signed
"Ignoto," and II contains several poems
Of considerable length OF the character
Of Venus and AdOnis," heretofore un-
known, at least to me- II is quite evi-
dent that Bacon himself edited the little
book, being then eighty years OF age.
Much more evidence has been discov-
cred of like character
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
Onnosed TO Mr.. Taft.

Editor The Washington Heraid:
am profoundly impressed with your
editorial of Thursday the 10th instant,
anent the Presidential situation and the
relation OF Secretary Taft thereto Ii is
the most intelligent logical, and philo-
sophicaI diagnosis OF the case presented
by any of the great journals Of the day,
and I have scanned the political horizon
some. The editorial was in such good
taste. so brief. cogeRt, and succinct that
I wish you could reproduce it, inasmuch
as MANY persons TO whom l have spoken
with reference thereto failed to observe
IT, In this article I want to sound note
OF warning 20 the party leaders East,
West, North, and South, many of whom
are so neTyOusly marking time to the
crack Of the administration whip.
After reading your editorial l am con
vinced that there is determined effort
being made to force the nomination OF
Mr. Taft on the Republican party. 1 for
one shall not cry if this is done. for then
the negro can be released from the intol-
cradle political thraldom that has SO long
ingulfed him. He can then fly out MO
the dome and question each political star
for himself. SERGT b. MCKAY.
Iil7 Seventeenth street northwest.