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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-02-06

On Thursday last, Mrs. L. A.
Fraleigh, deciding to revive mem
prizes 0. happy school days, enter
ainsd few friends with a" Come to
School party. The game was a
mock examination in several studies
10 (which Mrs. Hodges, the guest Of
honor, proved the brightest scholar
receiving a lunch basket full Of
malaga grapes, also a bottle Of per-
tune, as the guest of honor prize.
Flowers, two of each kind, were
given, and each two receiving the
same flowers thus became desk mates
after "school was out, the guests
were invited to 90 into the dining
room for lunch. II all scholars could
Inch in such beautiful surroundings
on such dainty fare. school would be
overwhelmingly popular.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-02-06
Social Madison.

NV
.doesdsy evening otlast week
we're 3 score Of Madison homes
Measurable furry, for, since 4
Il. bad not the phone been
.Iug overtime bearing the sum-
10 an al iresco oyster roast to
I,ep by Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
sli
bst more appealing to women
sinter evenings frolic or to
than an informal gathering,
no ashaVe and clean collar"
y sttached1 AS q pre-prandian
came the drive through the
b winter night, with an ever ex-
En- horizon picked out in burn
piae trees. imagination almost
aing The vision OF friendly
n moving around those magic,
beng lights.
|1riying at the bungalow, which
eaylv surrounded by many fire
has, the guests we're met at the
h by their host and hostess with
',fly hand clasps and cordial
.lsome All soon repaired to the
"a where several barrels Of elegant
slsebicOla oysters 81 for epicrrean
sies awaited the appetites OF each
ypy guest. Every woman present
ubtless brought away an abiding
smory Of the unselfish gallantry Of
alison men. "Come here to your
sband be is being just fine to me-,
led out one matron. "That's all
ht, yours Is waiting on me
lutifully" wasthe serene reply.
The 'roast'' over, the ladies re-
ned TO the house to ad nire its
nty appointments, willie The men
ulged a while in jokes and cigars. .
was rumored that they were
Iious to explore the dairy and its
tents, butsomeone had obeyed the
'sery rhyme ands'locked the dairy
y" and brought the key to Henry {,
the gentlemen we're disappointed.
fingered as long as possible, loatb
leaves so rare an atmosphere, for
and Mrs. Mccall have within
uselyes the attributes which spell
me, but at last each guest had
e, having added one more de-
libl picture to memory's store
Sc OF the Reel joys Of Life.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-02-06

/ win be at each precinct in this
County on dates named below for
the, purpose Of assessing taxes for
1908. Meet me, and make returns
Of your property. as the law directs.
Look for me as follows,
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-02-06
!, for me as folloWsi

The Tax Collector viii Be with ne
At MOssleY Hall. Harmony ana
GreeRsills.
Respectfully,
Ron1. ]. Pksnmoa.
Tax Asseoeg
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Large Amount for FOodstuff..

South Africa is generally considered an
agricultural country. There are millions
of acres in Rhodesia, the Transvaal and
Cape Colony which will raise hogs and
homlny, but so far the country does not
begin to feed itself. In 1906 more than
sac, 100000 worth of f~oodstuffs were inn
ported, and this included more than $780,
coo worth of butter and more than 100000
worth of condensed milk. The most of the
meat still comes from the United States,
although our packing house products were
greatly injured by the lying book, known
as THE Jungle and the wide publication
which our government gave one of the
packing house Investigations.
During my stay in British Central AT
RIGA l stopped with the manager of one
of the mines there. AS we sat at dinner
one night a dish of Chicago canned beef,
cooked in a stew, was brought in. As it
was served the Jungle" was referred to
and l was asked whether the stories in It
were true. ! replied they were not. where
upon a Britisher at the table answered.;
Il don't know. ] can see that this dish
Of canned beef is all right. but the cook
tells me he found a mans thumb In the
one he opened up yesterday
This man afterward said he was joking.
and he spoke very highly of American
meats, saying that the men in the wilds
Of Africa could not get along without
them. Everywhere I go. however. 1 meet
with slurs on our packing house products,
Notwithstanding that the men who do the
slurring are, the while, eating these meats
with great gusto.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Gleanings from the Story Teller's Pack

self. He came upon one standing az a
bar one night before a large, full grown
glass of whisky which he was about to
consume. Roosevelt touched him on the
shoulder.
What is your nance he asked.
what business is that of yours?' the
cop demanded. What's your name?'
My name is Roosevelt answered the
gentleman.
The cop drank the liquor set down the
glass, wiped his lips with the back Of his
hand and then turned on the commissioner.
If your name is Roosevelt said he,
My name is Dennis
''If 1 remember. Roosevelt let him off
with a reprimand after that"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Bicycles ana Automobiles.

btcyclea ana AuAOn1OulAeBs
South Africa is a land Of the bicycle,
and 1t is fast becoming a land of auto
mobiles. Every town of Rhodesia and
central Africa which I have visited has
its bicycle riders. l saw women on b-
cycles in Kampala, above Victoria Ny
ANA: the government clerks use them in
Nairobi. and they are to be seen every
where in and about Zanzibar and Oar es
Salaam. There are 5000 bicycles in Kim
berley and several times that number in
johannesburg. Many Of the machines are
American. They sell for about the same
price as in the United States, with the
freight and duty added.
AS to automobiles, there are quite a
rumber in Bulawayo, Kimberley, Johannes
burg, Durham, Cape Town and Lourenco
Marquee. The French have imported them
into Madagascar and you can get public
automobiles there to take you over the new
roads which have been cut through into
the interior. There is n great demand for
them in and about JOHANNESBURG. The gold
mines run for about sixty miles east and
west of that city and the managers need
cars to give quick access to the various
properties. Among the machines used are
some from England, Germany France and
Italy, and a very few from the United
States.
The most common automobile is a rum
about suitable for climbing heavy hills,
The roads are rough, but few high speed
cars are used. The prices average some.
thing like 5000. ranging from $500 up
ward. l am told that there are about 500
cars In and about Johannesburg, and that
something like 100000 worth of auto
biles are operated in the city alone. There
are over 200 cars in Cape Town. The gov
ernor of Cape Colony owns a White
steamer and several light makes of Ameri-
can cars are we'll known. There are many
English and French machines in use. L
found a public garage at Bulawayo, which
was equipped with French vehicles, and
during my tour through Algeria was able
to hire such automobiles for all sorts of
excursions. The average price per day CT
fered was s25. but l found that the rate
could be greatly reduced by iudicious bar
gaining.
One of the big demands here in the near
future is to be in electrical machinery.
The Zambesi Falls, with its $1,000, 600 horse
power, is TO be utilized, and the London
syndicate formed to take the power to the
Rand has floated enough stock to begin
work. Within a short time there will be
COO miles OF aluminium cable as big as your
wrist running from zambesl river to johann
n%esburg, and all the gold mines will be
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

Russia's defeat by Japan, the other side
OF the globe has become the worlds chief
news center. All Asia Is now I'm q tur-
mol OF unrest and the air is full of
rumors of war.
Alive to what the japanese have done,
the 100000 " Chinese are crying out for a
constitutional government. They are es>
tablishing schools, opening factories and
organizing armies. They ere wiping out
the opium evil, tearing the bandages froni
their daughters feet, and introducing the
elements of our civilization. The empress
dowager was In line with this movement,
and the greatest OF the Chinese officials
are aiding 1t. Indeed a new China has
sprung into existence within the last two
years, and the Yellow Giant is slowly, but
surely girding his loins for a fight with
the west.
The revolution is now extending through
out the remainder of Asia. Little Siam has
already put on the seven-league boots OF
modern progress. Malaysia and Burmah
are building railroads. and the 300, 900. 600 of
East Indians are discussing the breaking
away from England.
A little farther west, the Persians are
making the land OF the shah a hotbed Of
rebellion, and the Mohammedans Of Tur-
key in their strife toward a democracy,
are on the verge Of a holy war.
At the same time, the Japanese are adj
vancing as never before. They are in
creasing their army and navy, are build
ing foundries and factories. and by their
merchant marine are fast making the Pa
cific a Japanese ocean. Within the last
few months they have taken hold OF Corea
and are exploiting il, and their plans look
toward the control Of the great trade OF
China Under them ManchuTia has al
ready become the great commercial battle
field Of the nations, and the end is not
yet.
Indeed, the material and political changes
gong On in eastern Asia are such that our
State department has recently established
a bureau devoted to the far east. Our
War ana Navy departments are alive to
the new conditions, and It is an open secret
that our bis fleet was sent to girdle the
Pacific as an object lesson.
All these things are but straws which
show how the in~ternational winds are blow
ing. They relate to a situation which Is
not known nor appreciated by the Ameri-
can people, to a mighty revolution, now in
embryo, which in the Industrial and milf
tary complications which It Is bound 70
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Resting the Muse.

nthNIh8 thC huhCs
The Hon. Joseph Sibley, who is one OF
Pennsylvania's richest men, and who has
the proud record of being elected to one
congress as a democrat and to the succeed
ing congress as a republican, has a fine
big summer place up on Lake Champlain,
He delights to take representatives up to
this house and entertain them. One summer
John Sharp Williams was in a party.
Williams had a fine time.
That winter, when things were dun in the
house, Williams wrote a poem about Sib-
ley's place. 1t was a tender little ballad.
describing a love sick couple who sat on
the fence and spooned at the moon, while
the silvery waters OF Champlaln beat with
fairy fingers on the shimmering shore-or
words TO that effect.
He took 1t over to Sibley. See here,
joe" he said, i've written a fine poem
about your place up on Lake Champlain.
Read it,"
Sibley read it and handed it back without
comment.
What do you think of it?' asked the
poet.
Rotten" said Sibley.
why sou flared Williams. IT'S a good
poem, and that's a fine touch about those
people shifting on the fence in the moon
light
Fine touch" snorted sibley. II should
think 1t was. All the fences on my place
are made OF barbed wire. Saturday Even
ing Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

George Graham vest, Missouris Little
Giant
Senator Vest was making a buggy cam
paign I'm southeast Missouri some years
ago. said MI. Cowherd. Hi driver was
a small boy, who was duly impressed with
the Importance of his distinguished pas
senger.
A each town visited by Vest the boy
hurried his team to a convenient livery
barn and then raced to the court house,
or wherever the 'speakin'' was to take
place, and perched himself with painful
regularity on the front seat. He invaria-
bly, turned his eyes on the senator aud
took in every word Of the speech, as If his
very life depended on it.
FINALLY the lads continued conspicuous
presence among his auditors annoyed the
senator, and he kindly but firmly reminded
the boy that It was not necessary for him
to attend every meeting.
81 make the same speech each time;
you have heard 1t often enough to know Il
by rote, so just put in your time in the
future looking after the team he adj
monished his youthful driver.
Despite the senator's objection, the boy
was again at the front seat the next day
and the following day. This enraged Vest
and he thundereds
" Why do you persist in always occupy
Ing that front seat; didn't I tell you I
make the same speech every day? It's as
old and stale TO you as 1t is to me-. Why
insist on hearing it again and again?'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

using the power. This means electrical
cars underground and all sorts of electrical
attachments. II the line is successful tho
power will be sent out to the different
parts OF South Africa within the above
radius, and the electrical market will be
enormous. At present our trade in such
goods is increasing. There are now cleo
trio tramways in many of the cities Of
Algeria and Egypt, and an extensive sys"
tenn is about to be put into Khartum. Pre-
toria wants electric car lines, and 1t In
tends to lay fifteen miles of track In the
town and its suburbs. In johannesburg
there is a good street car system operated
by electricity, and the same Is true OF
Cape Town. Nearly all the deep gold
mines nave electric machinery for raising
the ore, and there are electrical elevators
in the big business buildings of Johannes
burg. American goods of thisk kind are con-
sidered the best, and our leading Ameri-
can firms rave their agents on the ground
looking up the trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
The Awakening of Asiatic Countries

bring, is sure to affect us, not only as a
nation, but as individuals.
1t is to give our readers the truth as to
these matters that we, in combination with
several other leading newspapers, have sent
Mr.. Frank G. Carpenter to Investigate and
report upon them. Mr.. Carpenter has al
ready left the United States and is now
travelling in Japan. From there he will
make his way northward into Corea, and
thence overland through Manchurla into
China He will spend some time in Seoul
and Mukden, and going on by rail to Pc
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

will traverse a great part of the Chi
nese empire. Later on he may make his
way through Siam, Burmah, Hindustan,
Palestine and Turkey.
The results ofg his Investigations will be
forwarded TO us from week to week, and
they will appear as Illustrated letters In
this journal from Sunday to Sunday
throughout the year. No one who hopes
to keep abreast with the times and the
live movements which are going on in the
world today can afford to miss these let
ters,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
A Trial, ANYWAY.

A Scotchman stood beside the bed of his
dying wife, and in fearful accents asked
was there anything he could do for her.
Eyes, Sandie,' she said, 81 am hoping
you'll bury me in CreabuTn kirkyard."
But. my lass" he cried. ''only think OF
the awful expense! Would ye no be COM
Portable here I'm Aberdeen
N Sandie; Ia no rest I'm my grave
unless I were buried In Craeburn."
TITS too much you're askin'." said the
loving husband. land ! cannot promise We
ony such thing"
Then Sandie. I'll nc give you ony peace
until my bones are at rest In my native
parish"
"Ah. weel, Maggie" said he, I'm Just
sic We a three-month trial in Aberdeen an
see how We get along" - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
The Acme of wealth.

Lucas Clevc, the novelist, told this story.
An old nurse had a very pretty daughter.
The girl met a millionaire broker at Broad
stairs one week end. The man proposed
and they were married. An excellent
match.
Lucas Cleve saw the mother a short time
after the wedding.
Molly has done well. hasn't she?' she
said.
"she has that, ma'sm," said the old
woman.
Her husband is very rich, isn't hep
"Rich! Save us, yes. Ye should see,
ma'am, Molls brougham, her couchman
and footman, her motor car, and her
diamonds and pearls. Oh. she lives high.
Quite like the nobility and gentry, ma'am.
Why. she strips for dinner!"-New York
Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
roosevelt ana Dennis.

Roosevelt has a fine sense of humor,"
said an old timer in New York. when
he was police commissioner he used to 80
around and keep tabs on the police him
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

EGINNING with the first Sun
day of the new year. The Bee
Will publish some striking
revelations of the mighty
changes which are now taking
place In the far east. Since
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Railroad Materials,

Within the next few years there prom
ises to be a big opening here for railroad
materials. New lines have been projected
ard are building In many parts OF the con
tinent. The Cape to Cairo road, which has
already been extended 70 more than 2,CO)
miles north of Cape Town. is now to be
pushed on to the copper mines OF the Bel
gian Kongo. and another branch win soon
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

IA wy Unlte0 Slateb tOhSiSpo HU0
81 lies refused to subsidize a steamship line
1ackagn W York to Cape Town, and Uncle
When we as asleep to the possibilities OF
writafrlcan trade. During the last ten
rcn2oXths 1 have been travelling through the
) various colonies. The people are alive to
the value of American goods. A big wedge
has already been inserted and a few sledge-
hammer blows will split our way into this
! part of the continent.
Few people realize the enormous wealth
/ that is bottled up in the Transvaal and
Cape Colony. This steamship on which 1
am going from Cape Town to England Is
one Of 1900 tons, and 1t belongs to a
fleet Of twenty or more. There are several
large German lines which send regular
steamers around Africa, and there are
many vessels from Scotland and England,
which ply regularly up and down the east
hand west coasts.
The Saxon is one of the fast mail ships
nd 1t is now loaded with treasures.
I1own in its vaults there are packages of
rough diamonds worth s., 100000. Great. yell
! low gold bricks whose value is $685. 900, 900
. and more. In the hold there are ostrich
feathers marked for London worth over
4 1000. 900 and we have in addition a cargo
/ Of sleeps wool, Angora mohair and great
bales Of cowskins and goatskins.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

~ want to see what you're going to do
when you fergit it, severed the boy.
Vest capitulated"-St. Louis Republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
small Boy Routs Senator.

LLLIAM S. CowHERD, demo-
cratic nominee for governor OF
Missouri at the late election,
has a fund of good stories, but
none better than this one, which
he credits to the late Senator
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
"A Big Market Which Could Be Supplied with American Made Good

and the United States ought q furrisl
them. During my stay in Uga da / went
over the twent seven Big via uCts which
we shipped there and put up. They ar,
as solid as when they were built. and
American rai,rcld materials and bridges
have thereby acquired a good reputation.
In the Sudan I saw Baldwin locomotives
carrying the traffic on the new road from
the Red Sea to the Sudan. and there are
some American cars In Use in South AZ lea.
The prejudice is strongly in favor Of Eng
lsh-bult locomotives. but the quiCkness
with which supplies can te furnished from
the United Stat $ Is a great point in favor
of American orders. AS to lumber for the
roads In the way II ties, et,., mu-h of that
is now shipped from tho United Stltes. In
and about the kimberley mines the. are
$50 miles Of track laid with America rails
and the ties are of California redwood ex-
ported from San Francisco. A great dell
of Oregon pine comes to South Africa, md
all tho water used in Cape Town flows
through iron pipes made in the United
States.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

isbury, Rhodesia. l ate Chicago canned
beef at Victoria Falls on the Zambesi and
rode in an American buggy about KIM
berley.
During my stay at the diamond mines
Mr.. Alpheus Williams, the manager of
the De Beers syndicate, showed me a tel
egram' stating that $50 brood mares and
four asses had just been shipped to him
from the United States. HI says the
American mule is largely used in South
Africa, and that he has now about 1000
of them, which came from Missouri, en-
ployed in the mines. American mules are
used in johannesburg. l saw them in
Zanzibar, and they are gradually tramp
ing their way into Rhodesia. a great
many were brought here at the time of
the war, and they proved so good that
more are wanted. Mr.. Williams expects
to breed mules on the diamond company
farms near Kimberley. His asses, by the
time they arrive at Cape Town, will cost
him nearly 81, 900 apiece, and $50 brood
mares will cost altogether about $40, 600.
American Machinery.
/ find American machinery used in
nearly all the South American mines. Bald
win Westinghouse electric locomotives drag
the blue ground containing the diamonds
out of the great pipes at Kimberley, and
American pumps keep the mines dry.
While walking through the works one of
the American managers showed me an en-
CINE used for pumping which had a geared
wheel thirty feet in diameter.
THAT engine" said he, has the big
gest wheel of the kind in the world. II
was designed by a well known American
engineer named Seymour, when he was
In A friaa and Tho AIa,, aaa
were sent to Simpson & Co., the celebrated
engine builders of England. They thought
the job too big for them. and we then for
warded the plans to Frazer & Chalmers
of the United States. They made the wheel
for us and 1t works like a charm"
In the Transvaal gold mines a great
part of the machinery comes from the
United States. The Rand bought SIS, O ,C00
worth OF new engines, drills and other
machines in 1905, and a great deal of it
was sent from New York to Southampton
and thence down to Cape Town. All of the
diamond drills used are made in America.
No mine is started until the ground has
been tested by a "bore-hole," drilled
through 1000 feet or more of rock. This
drilling is done with a disk studded with
rough diamonds which cuts its way down.
ward with a rotary motion carrying the
core in its interior. The drill is raised
from time to time and the core is exam
ined for indications Of gold. So far there
are no British drills, which cost from
5000 to $4,000, are all bought from us.
1t used to be that we sold great quantities
of picks, shovels and underground rails to
the miners. This market has been largely
captured by Sheffield and Birmingham,
as has also that of the compressed air drills
used to make holes for the blasting.
OF late years the Germans have been
gradually working their mining machinery
into the Rand. They have their agents at
johannesburg. and they are even investing
in mining stock, hoping to be able to in
fluence the various companies in favor of
German machinery. We still nave the
lead in rock drills and rock breakers and
as a rule our engines seem best fitted to
get out gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

needed for irrigation and other things.
Many of the mills come from Chicago,
but some are from Indiana and else
where.
Cape Colony is rapidly becoming a
fruit-growing country, and 1t needs ma
chinery for spraying and handling its
crops. Some of the orchards are large
enough to have -narrow-gauge electric
lines in them, and on many the fruit is
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13

used, and in Cape Colony 1 saw our
threshing machines and mowers and
reapers. The Canadians are competing
with us as to harvesting machinery, and
small farm tools are being now shipped
to South Africa from England and Ger
many.
The American windmill is in use all
most everywhere. The most of southern
Africa is high and dry, and pumps are