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The NATIVE MARKET 1T lfl4NzA

here is carried on British steamers across
the lake to Port Florence and down over
the Uganda railway to the coast at Nom
hasa. I understand that the Germans
would like to put their own steamers on
the lake, but that the British refuse to
bring in over their railroad the ma
chinery or supplies necessary to build the
boats. They intend to keep the carrying
trade of Lake Victoria TO themselves as
long as they possibly can. And so. if the
Germans want steamers. they must bring
the iron and other materials for them IN
pieces of not over sixty pounds each. on
the heads of porters for 900 or 100 miles
through their own country. This would
be costly and almost Impossible. and the
proba bility is that the German steamers
will have TO wait until the German rail-
roads are built.
How would you like to pay $40 a ton
for shipping grain or corn distance OF
300 miles? That is the rate a young Eng
lshman on board expects to pay TO get
some rice taken from Bukoba 200 miles
inland He wants the rice to feed a gang
of porters who are to go with a commits
sion which is now outlining the new
boundary between Uganda and the konso
Free State. The rice is being taken on
here and il will be unloaded at BukoDa
from where the porters will carry 1t
across country to the boundary commits
sion. 1t is packed up in boxes of sixty
pounds each: and thousand men WIFE
be required to carry II. The amount
needed is only thirty tons. @but it will
take those ZOO men a month to make
the journey. Each porter Will get four
rupees or 81 SO for the work. so that the
trans shipment of that thirty tons of rice
will cost 81 333 in wages alone, not in
Guiding the freight rate on the steamer
from here to Bukoba.
The Trade of Lake Victoria.
During my trip around the lake l am
having good opportunity to learn about
trade matters There are many millions
of natives who might be reached by this
lake and Uncle Sam should send out
his drummers to show them our goods
and study their wants. l have already
written of American sheeting. We are
landing dozen bales of them here They
are sent in through Arnold. Cheney &
Co. of Zanzibar. who have their traders
going through this part of Africa selling
goods and buying hides and ivory. They
get the sheeting from New York, and it
has to compete with goods made to imi
tate it in England and India. and sold
at much lower prices. OF late some cheap
German limitations are also coming in.
The natives pu<fer our American goods
to any other.sAnd are ready to pay more
for them. They can tell the genuine
Americana by its smell, and upon putting
their noses to the Manchester or Bombay
goods. they will throw them aside in
disgust. Indeed, back in the interior our
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skins from there might be sent to Ameri-
ca and so an immense trade in that prod
net has grown up north of the lake 1t
has extended down here to the south and
some of our finest skins now come from
this region. This is so of cattle hides, as
well as the skins of goats and sheep. All
are exported in quantities.
The regions about the lower end of the
lake are largely devoted to stock raising.
The natives have big herds of cattle.
sheep and goats. and the chief profit
comes from the skins. Cows are now sell
ing here for 81 or SO apiece, and a sheep
skin or goatskin can be bought for a yard
or so of American sheeting. Back in the
interior the people wear cowskins and goat
SKINS with the hair on as clothing, and
even here in Mwanza both women and
men are dressed in such skins
This country is also land of peanuts.
Indian corn and cotton There is some
question about the cotton. but this ship
will carry away l1.Ono pounds when It
leaves here and ii all raised within
a few miles of Mwarza The cotton is
put up in 0O-pound bales and was car
ried to this port by two men to each
bale. | am told that the seasons are
50 uncertain, however that there is little
expectation of making the crop profitable.
As to peanuts. 1900 tons were shipped
from German East Africa to Europe last
year and something like 6.OO0OO0 pounds
went out from MwanZa. AS to the hides.
they go chiefly to the United States via
Auer or Naples. so that there Is but one
transs hipment after they leave the coast
of the Indian ocean
New German Railroads.
l have spoken of Mwanza as a future
trading center. 1t may be the Chicago
of the German possessions. 1t is on
lake which is 10000 miles bigger than
Lake Michigan, and it has a rich coun-
try extending for hundreds of miles to
the south. east and west of it. The goods
which now come in here are over trade
routes which go to Lake Tanganyika
and the coast of the Indian ocean at
Da, es Saaam. The trade routes are
merely paths through the woods, but
they are annually trodden by the bare
feet of thousands of porters. each of
whom carries sixty pounds on his head.
The distance from here 10 the Indian
ocean is not over 500 miles as the crow
flies. but this human freight train takes
seven.y days TO make the journey, and
the rates are consequently high. The
Germans now proposing to build rail
roads between these two points. They
have begun at Oar es Salaam and are
laying a trunk line toward Tanganyika.
That line will be bsected at the town
of Tabora by road going north to
Mwanza. This will give Tabora a sim
liar position to that which Indianapolis
now holds in regard to Chicago.
At present nearly all the freight from
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trance Is so narrow that we seem to be in
a little lake shut off from the great Vic
torla NyanZa. \ wooden pier has been
built out into the harbor, and il is al this
that our steamer is lying. At the begin
ming of the pier is the custom house. a
shed walled and rooted with galvanized
iron, and back of il are the round white
towers of the German port. in front Of
which tall black soldiers in kakhi march
up and down.
y the r Sht of the custom house are the
low bungalows. with white walls and red
roofs, which form the hospital and offices
of The civil governor while at the left.
high up on hill. is the home of the mill
tary commandment. by far the best house
in the place. Between that and the shore
extends a forest of oil palms. and farther
back, behind the fort. running for miles
out into the country is the native village
of Mwanza. with its Hindoo stores and
matched huts. The village is cut up by
wide streets. There are many trees, and
everything looks spick and span and new
A Future Trading Center.
Before | take you on shore. let look
at. the scenes about the wharf, and the
loading and unloading of the steamer.
This will give some idea of the trade of
the region and also OF what is going on
away out here in the heart of East Africa.
Only few years ago this country was abb
solutely unknown. 1t was supposed TO be
an lmpenetrabe wilderness: its people
were in continual warfare. and the chief
business was the buying and selling Of
slaves. Today we buy many of its prod
uctS. and the richer of its natives are
wearing our cottonS.
See that great bale of goods which is
being taken off now. That contains
Americana, a kind of sheeting which
brings more and sells better than any
brought in from England. Germany or
India although they all compete with it
Thhse hides which are coming down TO
the ship on the heads of that gang of ma
tives are destined TO be made into boots
and shoes in our American factories and
even now many of you have Lake Vic
toria cowsklns under your feet. We for
merly got our best goatskins from the So
mali coast and they were shipped from
Alden. Arabia Then one of the Uganda
officials. who had been on duty in Brit
iSh Somaliland, decided that the goat
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f,,rriners we used TO git insisted the
house detective. 'They tell that a, couple
of hundred years ago
II don't know so much about the kind
we got couple of hundred years ago.,
said the hotel clerk. Il wasn't here at
the time. But I've been told that our
hest old families never began to brag
about their Cavalier ancestors until after
the ancestors had been suitably planted
SO long that people had forgotten Mheth-
er the late Cavaliers were tanners or
housepainters or horseshoers by trade.
They may have been Cavaliers when they
hit these shores. but II SO. the voyage
certainly had a most refining effect. for
when they departed from the other side.
they were mainly runaway apprentices.
or gentlemen who had too many wives
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cottons have become a standard of VAL
ue. and are used as money. A sheep, FOR
instance. is estimated as worth yard
and a half of Americ4ni. a cow is worth
nine yards and buxom young girl of
thirteen or fourteen is valued at sixty
yards or more. Contracts for carrying
goods are paid for in 50 many Shells and
so much Americana. the length in which
the goods are. sold being strips long
enough to wind about the body of a man
on woman with the accompanying folds.
Such length constitutes dress pat
tern. The merchants buy the stuff in
pieces of thirty yards each.
But let us go ashore and take a iook
al the markets 1t is there we can see
how these people do business at home
On the way we pass several German
officials. They are Eattily dressed in
white duck and each wears y lite he'll
met. Every man of them carries a hip
popotamus skin whip in his hand. These
whips are as thick as one S finger, and
almost rs elastic as rubber. TIE officials
use them to keep the natives in order,
and the slightest cut VIII draw bloOu.
Going on to the market, which lies just
beyond the fort. we find ourselves in a
court. one side of which is building
covering a quarter of. an acre. 1t is open
at the sides and its thatchad roof is up
held by round white wooden pillars. Upon
the floors are scores Of black women and
men. some dressed in cottons, others in
bark cloth. and not a few in cowskins.
They are sitting on the ground with their
wares lying before them in almost infni-
tesmal piles. The poverty of the country
is such that no one can spend more than
a cent or so at a time. and the average
purchase is in the fraction of a cent.
System of Barter.
Here, for instance. is peanut peddler.
She is black girl with plugs in her ears.
The red shelled nuts are spread out on a
mat in bodies of ten. each pile selling for
twelve cowry shells, or one-tenth of "A
.cent. Farther over is woman selling
tobacco at one-half cent per twist. Each
twist is the size of my little finger. and
those packages of snuff wrapped up in
leaves are not quite as large. Soap and
roasted ants are sold in much the same
way and SO also are some kinds of i'm
ported goods. Here. for instance. is a
man selling needles and thread. No one
here thinks of buying "A whole paper of
needles or a whole spool of thread at one
time. The needles are divided up into
blocks of two. three or five and stuck into
green cane: while the thread IS cut into
short lengths and wrapped around bits
of dried banana leaves and thus sold.
In one corner of the market are the
butcher shops. All meat is quite cheap.
but there is no cutting of the carcasses
into steaks, chops and roasts. as at home.
Each butcher has the dead body and en-
trails of one animal lying before him.
They are usually spread on the bloody
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e&@83-THE HOTEL O. Elk

otto friend Schmalz was having his
shoes made for him on a turning lathe.
and thought the Constitution of the
United States was something that could
be worked up into a sausage. But now
he wants to shut out the raw hOrdes
pouring in from Europe. Some of our
most violent Americans. Larry. are our
newest ones. Their Americanism per-
vadeS like a pet cat in a steam heated
fiat"
There's lot of people feel like do
argued the house detective.
Maybe So said the hotel clerk. Fam
lies who import all their domestic serv-
ants from England would like TO put up
the fences, | suppose. against all foreign
pauper labor with the exception of dukes
and counts. Parties who have to get their
help from the employment agencies are
more conservative They'd let in few
of those handy girls who are willing to
do general house for SIS a month without
any afternoon a week out, and sleep IN
the basement, but they'd shut out all the
others.
LAS for me- Larry, | decline to get stir
red up over the prospect that the Euro
pean invasion is going 10 swamp us. We
may get our Black Hands from Europe,
but We get our hired girls from there, too,
and most of our policemen. AS long as
We can keep cook at the fiat. | feel
that can stand the Black Hand. The
same ship that brings us the anarchist
brings us also the sun-kissed lad that's
willing to take a shovel and a dollar and
a quarter a day. and get out in all sorts.
of weather, and build a right of way in
order that you and ! may later go on
Sunday excursion and have our names
printed near the head of the first column
through getting smashed up In one OF
those thorough and elaborate head-end
collisions that we pull on so frequently
during the season.
This country of ours is in some ways
like an ostrich, Larry. Almost anything
ii can swallow 1t can digest. And you
may have noticed that the children OF
some of the immigrants turn out very
we'll There was one named Andrew jack
son that attracted some little attention
here a while back, and there's one named
Johnson out in Minnesota who has been
lately.
We're progressive people. Larry. con-
everything. The first genera
ton over builds railroad, the second
rides on it, and the third owns 1t. It's
frequently only about two short jumps
from a union card to family crest. And
owing to the uniform excellence of the
crimate. or something. there are a few
of our rich families, who didn't come into
their wealth until after the civil war,
who've turned out in less than forty
years a group of mushheaded descendants
who will compare favorably with any
thing in the way Of idiots that the aris-
tocracy of the older country. has been
able to produce in more than four hum
bred years Of sustained effort.
Yes. but we amt gittin' the class OF
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settled as a sheet of fly paper in q
saloon window on a warm day in August.
Orchard street is beginning TO look sort
of compact. but Montana has quite few
stretches left where a man can find
nice. quiet, open place when he wants
TO beat his wife. And then there's Texas.
which is a good deal larger than il looks
ON a school geography. Somebody has
estimated that thirty million people. or
three hundred million. or around there
somewhere. could settle In Texas with
out causing any woman to faint in the
crush But then I'm afraid therell never
be that many people from this section
willing to settle in Texas.
Why not?" asked the house detective
Texas is voting In local option said
the hotel clerk.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
MWANZA
HAVE left Bukoba and have come
to the extreme southern end of
Lake Victoria The distance was
~ ninety-three miles, and our little
steamer was all day coaStng the
shores We made our way along Il rocky
coast, and are now IL harbor surround
ed by great hills and boulders Of granite
The lower part of Lake Victoria is cut
up by great bays. At my left is Spoke
gulf which extends fifty miles inland
and at my right is Emin Pasha bay, which
was discovered by Stanley and Emin after
they thought they had outlined this par,
of the lake Lying between these is the
estuary upon which this town of Mwanza
Is situated. II is the place where John
HannIns Spoke frs saw Lake Victoria
and announced its existence 10 the world
The first man to go clear around the lake
was Henry VI. Stanley. who naFieated II
IN boat roWed by natives.
stand with me on the steamship Winni-
fred and take Q look al this town OF
MwanZa- 1t runs around harbor which
is Of the shape of bow and is we'll
guarded by small rocky islands The en-
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BY IRWIN S. COBB.

hHIs here anti-immigration
w business they talk so
much about began the
III house detective of the st.
Reckless its a new
thing. amt it?''
Not at all" said the hotel clerk. ITS
one of the oldest things we've got. As
far back three hundred years ago the
old settlers Of this section were taking
a decided stand against the influx of
raw. unskilled Europeans of the lower
classes. And before that. so I've been
given to understand, the mound dwell
ers were very strongly opposed to the
unchecked importation OF the Indians,
and showed il in variety OF ways And
before that. no doubt the cave dwellers
found fault with the mound jewellers
who'd come in by steerage. bringing
with them absurd notions III regard to
gents tailoring and architecture. And
before that the DinaSaurus. better
known among his friends as Miss Dinah
opposed the letting down of the bars to
tire thunder lizard. commonly called in
those days Big Liz. And before that
well. anyway. it's no new thing in this
country
So far as the official records show
II was the Indians who really put the
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we'd be bowling down before some small
bored looking party wearing a crown
and an ermine tippet, and saying to
him, Your highness is very good :
when all the time we'd know blamed
well he wasn't good but. on the con-
trary. far from it But no matter what
we thought, we'd have to say it. If
we didn't it would be lese majestic
"Wot's les majesty?" asked the house
detective
That's it," said the hotel clerk. Your
pronunciation of it amply covers the
case. But as l was saying. it was be-
cause our ancestors succeeded in over
coming the objections of the parties
holding the first lease on the premises
that you and are now enabled to re-
side in a country that is free, or would
be if it wasn't for the police force
Wen, If you're askin me. l think
there's too blame many of them furrin
ers pourin' in said the house detective.
Il was talkin' yistiddy to Schmalz, the
head porter. about it, and he feels the
same way | do
Yes. / suppose he does said the no.
tel clerk And the day after he gets
his final naturalization papers l expect
to read in the papers that SchmalZ the
fiery American. has gone down to Ellis
Island and committed a brutal attack
on ii friendless Finn. 1t hasn't been
such a great while ago that our patri-
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The Basukuma Negroes,
" no Dress in Cowskins- {
Queer Ways OF Filing the
Teeth and Knocking Out the
Incisors-A Nation OF Stock
raiscrs Who Send Hides to
America Our Cotton in
Aid-Africa-llow Trade Is
Carried On-The Wages OF /
. Porters-A Look at the Mar ,
kets-A Future Great Trad
ing Center on Lake Victoria
and Its Odd Population.
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Copyright. 1905. by Frank G. Carpenter
Special Correspondence of The Star.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-10-01

knowledge of Bookkeeping-Busi-
ness Training, Shorthand Type
writing, and Telegraphy.
Write for catalog, read the in
dorsements and be convinced.
At The Fair.
While at the Fair, either at
San Antonio, Dallas, or Hot
Springs, be sure to see the ex-
hibit of the Tyler Commercial
College. 1t will be an elaborate
and interesting one.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-10-01
ITO Students
Placed in Good Paying
Positions During the
Past 90 Days

is the record made by the Tyler
Commercial College of Tyler,
Texas We make special effort
to see that every student who en-
rolls with us is thoroughly quail
fed in the shortest possible time
andsat the smallest possible ex-
pense to hold a position as book
keeper, stenographer, or opera
tor, and then to see that the stu
dent gets the position. We have
the best organized Employment
Bureau ever connected with a
commercial school. Jul ta as sure
as a young man or woman enters
the T. @. G.. and applids himself
as a student should, just that
sure is he that he will sbon be in
a paying position. This school
is Endorsed by Presidents of
banks and of Railroads, large
lumber companies, ! q W yers,
Judges, ETC., as being the best
commercial school in America; it
is indorsed by ministers and re-
ligious organizations Of various
kinds as being most moral in
stitution, and one that pays spec
ial attention to the moral training
and character buildingof it's stu
dents, as well as to the develop,
ing 81 q thorough, practica'
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOCAL NEWS.
0ooV0

Services at Baptist church,
first Sunday at night only, and
third Sunday morning and night.
All are asked to.come and wor-
ship with us.
A. N. PLEDGER, pastor.
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For Sale.

For the next 20 or 80 days
166 IL acres of black prairie
land, situated in Hochheim prai-
RE neighborhood, Dewitt Co., z
miles west of Yoakum; six room
new house, and barn. 102 acres
in cultivation, eve rlasting water
flowing through place; all cult
vatable land except about four
acres. Will make LIZ to 3-4 Of
bale of cotton this year. Can
give possession to buyer for an
other year. Price $4,000 pei
acre. Write or call on
r. 1. MOORE,
r. F. D. No. 2,
Sinner, Texas
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-10-01
Letter to Fried. Behlen,
Sinner, Texas.

Sinner, Texas.
EDsar Sir: We can't get over
talking about those two houses at
Lufkin, Texas, owned by Judge
1. D. Fairchild.
Both houses are exactly alike
and both painted at same time by
j. M. Torrance.
One took Is IL gallons Devoe;
the other % gallons of another
paint sold at same price,
That 25 gallon paint is weak
and Is per cent whiting; that's
why it took 8 1.2 gallons more.
Yours truly
r. w. DEVOE & co.
P.S. 9. L. Williams sells our
paint.
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Nickel.

Sept. 26th.--As have not sent in a
communication in quite a while | will
come and give brief note Of transpiring
events.
We had an electrical storm few nights
since which caused old morpheus to delay
his visit until late hour. A heavy rain
followed the storm which was very much
needed for stock water. We learn of nc
damage from result.
Fat stock are in demand for market
and the movement brisk
Mrs. J. 7. Thompson and son, Jimmie
returned home after stay of severa
weeks in Uvalde County. The latter ex-
poets to remain few weeks before re-
turning to his ranch in Kerr Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Griffin and little
granddaughter, Gladys Catherine, re-
turned home last week after ten days
visit to relatives in Lampasses, Coleman
City and other points. Were much
pleased aud saw prosperity and progress
written all over the face of Nature where
ever they went.
Cotton gathering has been suspended,
owing to recent rains. The price is low
s IL cents scarcely pays to raise the sta
pie with hired help.
The acorn crop bids fair and will help
out the farmers whd let their swine run
at large.
The public school which opens mex
month viii be taught by Mrs. Ruby Sock
we'll.
The many friends Of Mr.. Frank Medley
will be pleasedSto learn Of his return home
from Uvalde much improved. We hope
for better reports.
Mr.. Lee Bunting is running a beef mar
ket.
Health of community very favorable.
More Anon,
Anxious.
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Subscribe for the GAZETTE
and Keep posted on the home
happenings. Only $1.0o per
year.
Services at the Baptist
church will be held on the End
Sunday in October instead of the
first Sunday. All attendants
please take notice.
The pleasant countenance of
Mr.. j. D. A. Meyer of the Sweet
Home vicinity was seen on our
streets last Monday. Mr.. Mey-
er's friends are always glad to
meet and shake hands with him.
CHICKEN FEED.-No-
thing better than crushed
Oyster Shells. Sold in
any quantity. Leave or
ders ait Emler's Restau-
rant.
The Rockwell and Edwards
party of land buyers will leave
Sinner for Bello on Oct. 9Th. at
1890 P. M, arriving at Bello at
4;30 p. NJ, returning Oct. 10th.
Residence for Sale.
My residence in west part OF
town. part cash and part on time
Address Louis MoTAL,
Sinner, Texas.