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sixty Thousand Blacks.

johannesburg has, in proportion, a larger
colored population than washington. It
has $1,000 or 10000 natives, made up OF
Kafirs, Basutos and other negroes of this
part Of the world. The blacks are not al
lowed to vote, and they have little to do
except as workers for the whites. They
have far less rights than our negroes, al
though they dress and look much the
same. The Kafir here rides in a ~suparate
car, a little trailer which is attached to
the rear Of the trains for his accommoda-
ton. In going along the streets the ne
groes must keep off the pavements and
walk only on the edge of the roadway or
in the middle of the streets. He has his
own churches and schools, and the whites
expect him to keep to them.
About the only municipal positions that
the blacks have are as assistant police
men. They are dressed in uniforms, and
carry clubs, which are more like shilla-
labs than our police clubs at home, The
Kafirs also act as jinriksha men. They
have little v~ictoria-like two-wheeled car
riage, in which they pull one about for
IL cents per mile, or 70 cents per hour. The
men are mostly Zulus, and they
are among the q%uecrest natives / have
ever seen. They dress their hair in all
sorts Of ways, making It stand out from
their heads In great rolls or horns. Not a
few of them have real COW horns 80 fast
ened to their heads that they seem to
grow there, the roots OF the horns being
hidden in the wool. These men wear
breeches which reach half way down the
thigh, leaving the lower part of the legs
and feet bare. They paint the bare por-
ton with whitewash.
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Roundup With A. w. Jerreris
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Of the fairly cheering assurances which
escaped the lips of all.
Occasionally the camera fiend got in his
deadly work. Two young women stopped
at a street corner to ask of the cam
paign's progrsSs.
Are you for jefferis?" asked one of
the party.
Certainly we are" came the reply In
tones of injury that anyone could ask
such a question.
well, then, prove it,"
How
Just stand sull a minute, please" and
the shutter clicked,
An auto came rushing down the street.
An occupant shouted to the chauffeur and
the machine came TO a standstlll.
III one good boost deserves another" de-
clared Clark Colt, then we owe you sew
erai.'
-Four OF the Omaha Boosters with whom
Jefferis Travelled to the Pacific coast were
I'm the car, and Colts remark was in ref
erence to the addresses which Jefferls made
for the Omaha Boosters on that trip, With
Mr.. Colt were James Taylor, William Wig
man and Joseph Kelly.
II lhtte u dHElilHS we can uo- came
from them as well as practically everyone
else with whom Jefferis shook hands, chat
ted and joked during the day.
II have been looking for you since
morning. 10 James Mcintosh OF Sidney was
telling Jefferis a few minutes later.
What brings you TO town?" asked JEFF
ferris.
WHIT do you suppose? / just came In to
see if there vas anything l could do for
you"
Hunning for office may nave it's trials,
but II ought TO be worth II n one has
friends like these. Assurance OF good will
must ring welcome In the ears Of any man
and If there could be a safety Of this JET
ferries would be satiated.
Just 10 keep exercised, Jefferis, after ten
straight hours OF meeting the voters. went
after supper to three political meetings and
was the principal speaker at each. The
crowds would not have let him off with
mere ten-minute addresses either had he
so tried to escape. as he did not.
Each meeting over he wrung more hands,
and then. after all were ended held con
ference with close friends and other men
on the ticket, Finally. about midnight, he
dropped off . street car and walked up
the steps OF his home. There was a figure
on the porch.
Mr.. Jefferis." said the figure, I'VE have
been organizing a little club. not 50 little
either, as far as that goes, and II you could
slip me t5 or so, why
Politics Is a great game.
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white Mans Job.

1t must be remembered that there is q
prejudice here against the white man do
ing what is considered the black mans
work. There are many whites who would
be glad to go into the mines at about a
dollar a day, which is the Kafir's wage.
but the trades unions and the people are
against it. There are about six times as
many blacks as whites in South Africa,
and the whites feel that they must keep
up their standing as the superior race in
order to hold their own. So far the white
men act largely as overseers. They do but
little hard work, and, after they have been
in the country but a short time. they get
the idea that hard work is degrading and
turn all jobs Of coarse manual labor over
to the Kafirs. Some of the whites nave
said, l understand, that they will not labor
for less than a living wage, and that
amount is considered to be at least 10 shil-
lings or $3.50 per day. So you have a lot of
reduced gentlemen mechanics down on their
uppers and half starving out here in this
land. which is producing moro gold and
diamonds than any other part of the
world.
1 do not think this is a good place for
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Johannesburr OF Today.

The job annesburg OF today is made of
steel, stone and wood. 1t has many five
and six-story structures. although the
skyscrapers Of Denver are absent. It is
not as well built as Denver. but 1t is a
magnificent city considering it's source of
supplies and that It Is away off here in
the wilds. The town has just about the
same population as Denver. 1t numbers
about 10000 souls. but $1,000 of these
are blacks made up OF Kaffirs from all
parts Of South Africa
Johannesburg is laid out somewhat like
Denver. Its streets generally cross each
other at right angles, and they run far
out into the country There are some
thing like 800 miles OF roadways, and
the town altogether has a municipal area
OF more than eighty square miles. There
are town lots far out in the country and
enough streets have been planned to ac-
commodate the growth OF the next 100
years.
Denver has as good a street car system
as any city Of it's size In the world. It's
electric lines cover every part OF the
municipality and reach far into the coun-
try beyond. johannesburg has about the
best car system of South Africa. and the
lines belong TO the municipality. 1 un-
derstand that they pay well and leave a
big profit every year in the city treasury.
The street cars are all double-deckers
There Is a covered compartment on the
roof. and. for & "ticket-that Is. 4
pence-you can so to any part of the
city or It's suburbs.
do not know how many churches Dem
Yer has, but ! venture there is no de-
nomination in the United States which
has not at least one house of God there.
The same is true Of his Baal-worshiping
town OF the TransvRal. II produces
enough OF the yellow metal to make a
big herd of golden calves every year. but.
nevertheless. II keeps the Sabbath and
has no end OF Protestant and Catholic
. churches. The English church will hold
LOO people and II cost over 5000, 900 TO
' build. There Is also a large Jewish syn
: agogue, about thirty Freemasonry lodges
and some other semi-religious organiza-
lions.
AS to amusements. these South African
towns pay more attention to such things
than We do in America johannesburg
has athletic grounds which cover thirty
acres, Including fields for cricketing.
bicycling and golfing. There is a woman's
bicycle track and outside the city limits
there is a race course. where races are
periodically held throughout the year.
At the summer and winter handicaps
the prizes amount to $4,000 or more. ana
there Is a meeting each season, when the
races last for three days. The town has
a turf club and social clubs OF various
kinds, II has a recreation and concert
hall which will hold $500. / think its
citizens pay more attention 20 fun than
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told in the November Century" by Fred
erick Trevor Hill.
In this part Of the state Rreeport), Ian
coin was almost a stranger, and his un-
couth appearance and slouchy bearing was
not offset by any direct knowledge OF his
professional a~ttainments. On this OCCASION,
however, he speedily dispelled all doubts
Of his ability by advancing bodily to the
attack. Reminding his auditors that Doug
las had seen fit to cross-eXamine him at
their last meeting. he announced that he
was prepared to answer the seven ques-
lions which had been put to him provided
his adversary would reply TO questions
from him not exceeding the same number.
II give him an opportunity 10 respond"
he continued. and, turning to Douglas,
paused for his reply.
In an instance the vast audience was
hushed. Even the fakirs and vendors at
the outskirts of the crowd ceased plying
their trades and strove TO catch a glympse
of the platform. II was q dramatic NOM
ent, and an unequaled opportunity for
Douglas. but he merely shook his head,
and smiled. THE judge remains silent, -
continued Lincoln. II now say l will an
swer his interroGatories whether ne an
swers mine or not"
No more effective challenge was ever
uttered, and the audience. quick 10 recog-
nize it's courage and fairness. responded
in a fashion that must have disconnected
and nettled Lincoln's cautious adversary,
Certainly Douglas was in no amiable mood
when he rose to make reply. and the in
terruptions of the audience speedily worked
him into a passion. Again and again he
assailed his hearers as BLACK Republi-
cans charactering their questions as vul.
gar and BLACKBOARD Interruptions. shaking
his fist in their faces, and defying them
as a mob. More than once Mr.. Turner, the
republican moderator. was drawn into the
fray by the speakers aggressive tactics.
and the whole meeting was occasionally
on the verge OF tumult. Lincoln's closing
address, however, had a calming effect,
and when his time expired the audience
quietly dispersed. TO spread the news
throughout the countryside, that this un.
known lawyer was actually out-maneuYer-
ing his distinguished adversary and fore
ing him into the open, beyond reach OF
cover or possibility OF retreat.
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Needed the y

The late Lord Sackville. as all the world
knows, became persona non grata to the
government while he was ambassador to
Washington. through expressing an opinion
on the political situation.
1T was through a mean trick that Lord
Sackville was led into his expression Of
opinion" said a London correspondent the
other day. 'Once in describing the trick to
me he compared himself TO a country
clergyman.
This clergyman. he explained, was
waited on one Sunday morning by a young
man
VIII you kindly ask the con~gregation's
prayers this morning, said the young man,
for poor William Smith,
Willingly said the clergyman.
And at the proper moment In the service
he besought all those present to pray earn
estly for the unfortunate william Smith in
the great trouble and peril tina encom-
passed him.
''The request. he was pleased to note.
made a deep impression on the congrega-
ton.
After the service" meeting the young
man who had asked for intereession i'm
Smiths behalf, the clergyman said:
What Is the matter with your friend?
DO you think it would do any good IL i
were to cal. on him?'
I'm afraid not was the sorrowful re-
ply.
Is it as bad as that9' said the clergy
man. What is the trouble, them
BILL said the other, is going To be
married New York Times.
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whites.

OF the $1,000 whites in johannesburg about
$1,000 are males and the remainder females.
In other words, there are about 10000
more men than women, and a large part
OF the former are bachelors who have come
here to seek their fortunes. Many Of these
drifted In here at the time of the war and
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were soldiers in the Boer or English armies,
When peace was declared the country was
booming. and for awhile they found plenty
to do. A { that time johannesburg was
growing like a green bay tree. Many new
buildings were going up, real estate values
rose out of sight, and everything was plan
ned on the basis of Johannesburg's becom-
ing a second Chicago. TIL money paid in
indemnities and for the repairs necessi-
tated by the war brought thousands of
pounds into circulation and the demand for
labor far exceeded the supply. Mechanics
were imported by the shipload, and wages
rose. Carpenters got s. per day and other
mechanics proportionately high wages.
Then the bottom fell out. II was found
that the country was overpeopled, and
that the towns were overbuilt. The new
business blocks could not be rented, and
the values Of property fell. Houses which
were worth $4,000 four years ago can be
bought for from s25,OCO to $4,000 today. and
rents nave proportionately fallen.
When the boom burst thousands OF men
we're thrown out of work, and there are
thousands Of mechanics in South Africa
who are now a burden on the community.
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But, Milf. that's a long walk. You know
it is more than five miles,
'oh, missus / amt goin' to walk. Use
goin' to ride"
How is that, Miff?"
Use goin' In a kerridge t my uncle's
funeral"
All day Saturday Milf could talk Of moth
ing but the approaching affair. Sunday
his mistress excused him. and she ex-
pected that on Monday she would be re-
called with q full account OF the funeral.
But Milf turned up with a most melan-
choly face. In answer to her inquiry he
said:
II didn't go. missus. He amt dead yit."
st. Louis Republic.
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Told About Plus 4.

Like most aged people. Plus X sleeps
very little and is up at 5 o'clock IN the
morning, He celebrates mass, has break
fast, then takes a turn In the gardens and
goes back to the vatican to read the morn
ing papers. He reads them, too, with con.
siderable zest. Many Of the papers, during
the early months OF the papacy, referred
to his discomfort with his lot ana these
references much amused him. "If l am not
careful he observed whimsically. "Tn be
leading an insurrection in the vatican some
day"
The pope likes tobacco and his favorits
smoke Is a Turkish cigarette. do you
really smoke Turkish cigarettes. your holt
ness?" asked an English bishop during a
private audience last year. II do. my
child" answered Plus, II haven't been
atie TO chrlstianize them yet" Not that
Plus X believes all the virtues are on the
side of Christianity, The only Christians
in Mantua are the Jews" was the Iaconic
reply he gave as bishop of Mantua 10 an
official inquiry as to the morals OF his
diocese.
Having invited a number Of the clergy TO
dinner one day, the pope was vexed to find
them all kneellng when he entered the au-
dience chamber. BE seated at once" ne
commanded. to the horror Of the officials.
WIN. later, 1t was explained to him that
nobody was seated In such fashion unless
he was shortly to be made a cardinal, the
pope only remarked; Dear me. BY being
merely polite / have burdened the church
with the salaries of nearly 100 new princes.
What would have happened Il I haa been
positively hospitahls I den't know"
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with a shark. Then followed a fierce
struggle, the shark pulling the eagle under
the water until 1t was almost exhausted.
The fish was finally killed and floated dead
on the water.
Members Of the steamers crew put Off
in a small boat and captured the eagle, al
though it clawed them repeatedly. and its
mate, lowering close by, tried to attack
them. The bird has been presented to the
park zoo at Baltimore
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
The Original Topsy.

The death. at the ripe age Of 70 years. OF
the original Topsy in the stage version Of
Uncle Toms Cabin" must. says the New
York Times. a many dormant mem
Dries In the minds OF men and women to
whom that lurid representation OF outhe
slavery was once a source Of aesthetic graf
ifieation. Probably Uncle Toms Cabin"
has been the most popular American play.
and for many years Mrs. G. c. Howard
was almost the only theatrical TOpsy. Long
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Enrle KiII. sham.

A remarkable combat between a large
eagle and a shark was witnessed by Cap
tain Henderson and the crew Of the steamer
Tangier in Chesapeake bay. When COM
Ing out OF occohannock creek they saw
the eagle dive and come 10 the surface
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Wise Beyond Her Age.

Rene La Montague, the crack polo player,
tells this tory of a very small miss, the O.
year-old daughter Of a prominent merchant
OF the CedaThuTst set.
Mr.. La Montague was driving a small
trap from the Rockaway Hunt club to his
home in Cedarhurst. when he encountered
the little miss, who was OUT for a walk
with her nurse and a small baby brother,
who occupied the perambulator. Being an
intimate friend Of the child's parents, he
offered to give her a lift as far as her house.
The offer was accepted and on the way
Mr.. "a Montague was RECALLED with inter-
esting TENS Of family news (which were
lisped out in rapid succession until ne
pulled up in front OF the house.
The child alighted, and as there was no.
body in sight on the grounds, he asked
her II she could get indoors safely.
"Oh, yes" said the little tot, "and thank
you very much"
Don't mention it." nodded back the polo
player; when to his surprise the child
opened her eyes very much and murmured
II won't."-Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Not AmPhibiOus.

After a scorching days work old Ben
smith lighted his corncob pipe and sat
down on the little whar to rest. Near him
Law the visible result of his labors. A tour
list from the north approached and loftily
remarked: "Ah, 1 see you have an alli-
gator
ut is amphibious. is IL not?'
"Amphibious, h-lv' he growled. He'd
bite yer arm off before ye could say Jack
MISUNDERSTANDING Magazine.
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who's LoneIyT

One day last fan, on the l~onelisst coast
on Cape Cod bay. the writer ran across an
old man living. all by himself in a little
shack hardly large enough for a chicken
COOP. He was carefully sewing on a net
and smoking a comcob pipe. One would
think. to look at the situation. that a month
OF such solitude woul land q man in a
madhouse.
Don't you get awfuily lonesome here.
Uncle NedY' I asked.
who. msf' he replied. ehserfuny. Well.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
An Artist's HumiIintion.

Several good stories are related by sig.
Goetz. He once painted his W
portrait Il designed il as a birthday sur
prise for my mother. but one day left II
exposed In the studio, instead Of. as usual.
covered up OF course, my mother chose
that very afternoon to call, and equally.
or course she spotted the Portrait
'Yho Il thatr she said.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Gossip About Noted People

after her youth and the disappearance OF
her husband, the original ST. Clair, from
the stage, she was often in evidence in the
principal theaters
Performances of Uncle Toms CABIN
to rave the authentic stamp. required the
engagement Of the original Topsy. This
play was hastily written and produced, in
Troy. N. Y. in 1862. not for her sake. but
to enable her infant daughter. Cordelia. to
appear as little Eva. Cordelia was 4 years
old when she first prattled with Uncls
Tom, and was revealed, skywards, behind
a scrim drop, surrounded by stage angels,
in the catastrophe. But Cordella, whose
wonderful precocity was the theatrical
marvel Of the simple sos, had grown to
womanhood and retired from the stage long
before her mother had ceased to be the
public ideal Of the darkey hoyden who was
never born; but lest growed."
AS Caroline Fox Mrs. Howard, the
mother Of the most gifted child actress our
theater has ever known, excepting Bijou
Heron, was herself a child actress Of great
popularity. She was born in 1929 and had a
professional reputation and a following in
the 'S0s. She remained in the glare OF the
footlights until the nineteenth century was
waning! Certainly her professional career
was noteworthy. and, as the sister OF
Humpty Dumpty Fox, and the mother OF
little Eva, she had reason to be proud OF
her connections.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

thirty miles on each side Of it. It is pour
ing out 100 odd millions Of gold dollars
every twelve months and for the past ten
years It has been flooding the globe. Never
theless It's people are poor and the most OF
the treasures they dig up from their soil
go to the nabobs Of England and the stock
companies OF Europe. 1t Is somewhat like
ireland, a country Of absentee landlords,
and its people are the white and black
slaves Of these far-away m~illionaires. In
addition TO this the country is cursed by
the cheap native and Chinese labor supply.
It would be far better off IL It turned out
less gold and diamonds at a high wage
rate and the wages were spent at home.
south Africa I'm Debt.
As = result Of this boom and its collapse
the South Africans are deeply In debt
Both farms and business blocks are plas-
tered with mortgages and interest rates
are comparatively high. The people are
optimistic and they have all the push OF
the pioneers in a fast developing country.
They overestimated everything at tho time
of the war and branchoc out upon credit.
During the fight with the Beers money
flowed like water. E~ngland's purse strings
were opened and a golden shower rained
down on the Transvasl. New institutions
q al hlnGB were CItdltu. IAAptHoCo htI0
enormously increased and everything was
planned as though the war appropriations
and the large war population were 20 con-
tinue forever. This was not confined to
johannesburg. but the boom extended to
Cape Town, Durham and all the towns of
South Africa. Durham put up buildings to
accommodate 100000 people and It has now
less than $4,000, while this town could take
care OF $1,000 more without overfiling it's
houses.
South AfrIca's Small Population.
Indeed, South Africa is much bigger in
the eyes of the world than II IL in reality.
The whole country has not as many white
people as Philadelphia and In this I might
include all the whites who live south of
the equator. Nevertheless. there are banks
here with capitals OF millions. There are
several thousand miles OF railroad and
there are a half dozen cities with great
ports and costly improvements. The won
der is not that South Africa Ia hard up.
1t Is really a wonder that II In at all.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Like TantaIus.

Like Tantalus.
Indeed, the situation OF these people
makes me think of Tantalus, who was
condemned to stand up to his chin in water
under a loaded fruit tree and see fruit and
water retreating every time he sought TO
satisfy his hunger and thirst, or Of the
poor little boy whose face is pressed
against the glass OF the candy store win
dows as he hungrily eyes the sweetmeats
within. johannesburg is surrounded by
sold, bedded on gold, with gold extending
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
siEn OF the Craft.

- NAG ~
TN the days before even the Tile club
existed" said a member of the Players re-
Gently, when / was a club reported myself,
l used, whenever l had q weeks pay in my
pocket, to dine at a quaint little restaurant
not far from Washington square.
THE place was a quiet one and had as
its peculiar attraction a waitress named
Sadie, a bland and smiling Swedish girl.
Il had noticed for several evenings a
young fellow dining. like myself. with care
full reference to the right hand side of the
menu. My curiosity was excited about him,
and one evening 1 called the affable Sadie
to my table.
"'sadie, who is that fellow over there?'
I asked.
His name ban Smith, said she; Hop
kinson Smith
Ah. yes. said I; what is his business,
do you know
"'Vall. sy dunno yust, she replied. 'Ay
always fought he ban writer failer like
you vas-he neffer has mooch moneys -
Harper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Too Previous.

RICHMOND woman has in her
employ a little darkey, Milf
Cole. One day Milf became con-
fidential and told his mistress
he was 'goin' to the cimitsry
next sunday"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Gleanings from the Story Teller's Pack

"'oh, a man I've been painting I re-
piled, instantly feeling several sizes smaller,
a shrinkage which continued almost TO
vanishing point when my mother, after
another look at the picture, said severely:
Why do you waste your time on such UNI
interesting people7' "-Pittsburg Chronicle.