The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Hone mnA the Interests of
voi. xxi._gastonia, n. u.. Thursday, January 4. iooo.
“SLII "pwrjOUBBRT.
LEADER Of TEE B0ER8
f*r««ullllH VkiUHP IU«r Urn*
•ml VImu Array Bki|ipal ilrr M|»iefc
■ltd Afrrrr Rrllkk Tartar Urriprnl
■altar at rajrela Ml ear- WaeuSeefal
■Hilary fane nan Uaaltia mt Ikn
Mwlaau-H> la a (Heat Warrior
■Ml Haa Waa Jtaay nalllra.
Nt-ar.Vork World,
“Slim Piet” U what tlie devoted
UoeiS cull General Jouburt. Hut
•tllm'' laot wbal It meant In Kngllsli.
It meanl “clever” In Dutch. He la
certainly Ibat. He baa led tn» larwrr
Ixiat four timet t» via lory.
General Piet Joubert wat barn Id
Cape Colony—lie eaya to blmaelf—de
spite all.tbe talk Ibat bt Way born In
PaaoeytraDiu and fought la HtoueweJI
.laekaon'a army. Ila It nut id I at but
■tont. lie baa « long griu.lad Ieerd, a
p»lr of groat black ever under cavern
one brawl, a itnrdy fraoio add an air
of mildness wholly Incompatible with
hit reputation for valor and tulouii
Ublrocaa. It takes a Mcond glance to
aae the resolution to tnuae wild eyas,
from his Prancbfortfaihera ba Inherited
politer, om.
na love* on uome aoa mi win Drat
of «U. Next lie love* the Tranavaal.
lie baa been there el non Im waa 0»«
yeara old. Th u waa 6S yeara ago. 11 ia
parents “trekked" away from Uape
Colooy when he waa a boy.
“We went lo N atal." • ltd lie, “and
by and by the English came there. W«
trekked to the Tranavaal, and the
Englishman tried to take I bat. too
Hut we wouldn't move that lime, aod
we are etlll free. J do not bate Eog
land. I liaie no man. But let any
manooms and try to trample oo my
i<eek, aod I will Bgbt till t am frea or
dead, evea If I have only 30 mea
It waa Joubert wbo made Uie cele
brated remark that U>e English flag
was white. Tn-re was a great discus
sion ooe day 01 tbe mtrket place at
Pretoria. S «me said it Was red, others
bine aod rad, and a few swore It e«0
tained Victoria's picture lo the corner.
"Tba rooloak’t flag is all while I"
annuuooed Ojm Piet, placidly, a ad
everybody laughed.
"iioD't I know ?'* he added, mildly.
“I have even It three llmre—nnoo at
Majuba, onoo at Bronkcrepruit. ouoe
at Doorkoop £teb time It wai hoisted
II was white "
lie meant that tbe British had sur
rendered OO all these ooeaalooa
now tux do bur rtonT.
(low Is It that tbe Boars keep win
nlag T How oan these plain farmers
of the veidta and kitpjca be vtotors lo
every fight of importance ? Unuai
formed, undisciplined as hodlrs of Sul
tilery, uoeebooled lu tba nrts and
sciences of war, they wlu victory after
victory against tbs flower nfthe British
army, whose Maxim gno« ere tbe
deadliest and their Colt's the wickedest
In the world; whua» men sre perfectly
drilled, end disciplined, tod equipped;
whose offiorrs fear nothing iu the bops
of getting tbelr Victoria cross, and
whose general eommaoder Is a man of
undoubted eklU and proved personal
bravery »
Tbe Boer army axlata only on paper
except In war time*. There Is practi
cally oo paid force. Th-re is little uf
tbe technical drill en common her*
Hud Id Bamprtao count ilea Many a
Boar, wbo lights tn the death aad kills
a dozen redonata before he die* doesn't
know four right from port arms, but
knows ooe thing—bs can shoot 1
In 8outb Africa Ibey dig a hole In
the ground and pnl a turkey In It.
Than they covnr tbe pit with a cloth
with a bole In It just big euough lo let
ont the torkey'a head. Occasionally
the gobbler pop* ont tils head to taka
the lay of the land. Then tbe Boer
marksmen (hoot Willi tbelr excellent
Martina rifles. The red n-cksof tbe
turkeys are called ‘ro-.lneks.” Bo when
the Boers shoot at Kugltsbmeu they
call them ”roolu«ks."
They Bgbt with ibslr women one day
behind them When they ad minis,
tered that crushing defeat tn the Brit
ish at Majui* Hill their wlvia bad no
idea that the rvdeoeta were olose aad
drova op that bright Sunday morning
In IBM With fresh bread and Onffan.
D was General Joubert1* wlfa who first
s*w the English host Hhe gave Ida
alarm and Joubert eo disposed of bis
«iOO men as to wipe ont almost com
pletely tbe British fore*.
HKXKDtTABY MAnKSMK*.
"Tbe Beers are hereditary marks
neo." say* he. "Webadtosend our
children to school la the oM days, aod
the country •<* full of wild beasts and
Kaffir*. Ho every boy bed to carry a
rifle to defend himself aed his sisters.
He waa also exceeded to prove hie ehill
by bringing home a bag of game from
school. That's bow wa teach our
bora.”
Tbaau boy* ate awn wa»y. eouimrt
baa them dlelded loco aerenleen mill
tary district* Tbl* la the army of tha
Traoataal. Each department la die I
mto • mailer abd amallar dutrlcta,
each WlU> I'* duly appointed ™*B*o
dar. Tbe am*ltar Uw dletrlot the low
er tbe rank of tbe offlear in oherge.
Kvary mao In the amallaat dlatriet la
raapousibla to bit officer and every one
la taught to be a trained aoldUr with
out havlog bla farm. Hla oompleta
equipment la kept at boma. Tha Boera
M*a wo barrack( or armoriaa Beary
mao la pledged to appear at the ap
pointed (pot whenever summoned. To
the entire force of the Doer
arm* whan war waa declared took but
•eveotaen telegram* from General
Joobart.
The word pawed down tli* line. In
tba twiokMo* Of an eye hundred* of
poatrtdeea wur* aaampsrlng over the
nUU and through Uw paaae* In the
rolling hill* with their mn*e-<gea of war
VHtbia forty-elaht bourn ibe entire
faro* waa moblliaad at the designated
Dlacae, felly rqalped and ammunitioned
V„A ratieawd for a meelb.
“Forty be Beta per Boer aolOler. and
owe Briton par bollst”— that la Jon
Kj-wd *m 0O(to.
If that I* all tha Boers bad in tbelr
ngbts thaw they well nlgb llend up to
that fierce ioaxIid.
Tim military axiom, “An army
»utM a wight In lead for mr*
enemy killed," doein'l eewn lu apply to
the Boer*.
They don’t know muuli atmut Uciltt
hut they eem to know tlra'.rttv. Their
inoveineule are not an beautifully prr
Cla» a* the EoBlIelllD-n, but alien Dig
declelve IhOtetpenl Onpeg III the ACtlnu
they imt In hold i he oiuiroeniling
ooeiiion— at least tint U what tinner
ala Methmro, Unlade end Hullcr have
found it.
dUblTAHT TAOTtP* UNKMOIVU TO
TfTKM.
They ueeer charge 'I’liev never
change front In ulnae uvder under Qre
as the EugHah da They know noth
lug nf tlie nioetiee of urn new "exten
ded order eml development nf the fir log
by regiateiita Into beUallloat com
panic*, platoon*, aecttona, iqnade and
aklrmltber*.
They are perfectly willing to retire
to another bill wl«n the Urltlsli artil
lery get* tlmlr range, but they keep on
lighting from the next hill. The Eng
Heh go forward under Are only Ui find
the Hngre In aunthrr equally difficult
pnaitton to email. Pertepe tlie Brltleh
take It. The Uoerx fight from the next
killing aa many officer* a* they can
right along.
And v> night or utter wearlneaa
•top* the fight aud the Brllleh have to
retire. Tbeo the Burr* come back
where they (tailed earlier lu the day
and the BrttUh cablet llogle with an
other “victory ” Boom farm• la tba
rear aupply them wlih raiiooe, while
the Uriiieb with difficulty bring up
their oommlatiry wagona.
JOVMCIiT'S POLfTKHVttS TS WAH.
Bold a* • Woo, General Joubert la
tender aa a woman Whew be aduilu
iatered that aruahing defeat to General
Sjcoona at Glenooe aod took him prls
oner hla whole mood changed. He
telegraphed through the lines tn Gen
eral White :
“Hegret to Inform you that Genaral
Syrooua died tula morning. Hla con
dition improved darlag Urn nlgbt but
ha became worse ihka morning. 1 lease
oonvey my atacerea’. regrets to Lady
Symons."
Ha never leads to attack without hi •
forces sing “Old Hundred.” Divine
aervioe and preaching lo hie army ou
Sunday la aa much a part of lha mill
tarv routine as the atom lug roll call.
Hla popularity la something wonderful
Ho la even cheered on great occasions
wbau public enUiaslaam escapes all
hounds. Boers do not eiwi as a rule.
Each Boev la taught to Ore and ligot
for bimaelf. in tlieir wide intervals
between lha men in ll a aad tbalr In
variable picking of the beat cover lie
germs of what lha Kngltsb aod Ameri
cana have transformed into their elab
orate “extended order” tactios. Each
Boer ad venom or retires for bimaelf.
preaerving only a general alignment
with hit comrades.
There le no volley tiring. Ever;
Boer la a sharpshooter and Qree at some
one he naans to hit. There la no wild
tiring at bodies of troops No amnni
tloua la wasted an 1 an odloer la the
proper mark.
So this la the Boer tactics—simple.
Isn’t it ? The llue that bars the Brit
ish marching north may be oompared
to a bugs elastic band at retching across
the southern end of Airloa from east
to west. When the British press hard
against It, It aaga. but keeps up a con
tinual premure, harder aa U la forced
further back O»oe the premure la re
leased the hand film back again, de
livering lha sharpest kind of a blew aa
It d nee. _
Hm*Tivvi«Tuu auosr.
TeM tku Me Weals Bara hi a Tear
aad Threw nimoiria (be Mnr-Tbi
nyraiHw n«s.
A lingular (mm of hypootle augers
tloo cams to light In the Pononyl Vania
Hospital last night following John C i
mtt’a futile attempt lo commit euicidn
by Jumping luu> Lb* tMaware rlrrr
from pW 18, 8<>uUi Wbarvrm. Oirait.
who liras hi 310 South Second street,
is under tbe hallucination that he Is
burning with so nuqneoubable Ore.
rie claims that tba Idea baa bean
laaplsuted within him by a mesmerist
who lultl him that be wunld suffer fur
a year. Unable to endure the awful
pam wblob eoulinnally racked biro, hr
aouaht self deetrueUon.
Policemen Thornton, of tba Third
aed DeLaoeey stresu l tat rot), saw tbe
man plunge he itfnrmost in'o Uir river.
It was about half past 0 o’olook. and
had It not boon for tba brlgnt moon
light tbe mao would aertaloly have
beau drowsed. Thorn too. assisted by
two men, sueoeedsd In potting off a
boat aod gettlog him ashore.
When tbe victim bad bsro revived at
tba hospital he told a strange story to
tba physicians. Ha laid be bad bran
from infancy an ensy auhjeot for hyp
notists, to such an extent, to fact, that
It bad barn tba source of oocoaenl aud
muoh Joking from hta friaod* One of
tba latter, whose name Ooratt would
not divulge, learned bypwotlsm, and
CuraU was nla subject.
Tba lallar said that to aoecvptlble
was be lo lbe men*a loflueooe that on
ooa ooeaelon, while In a trance, a sti
ver quarter was preeeed on bis hare
arm and ha was told that It was hot.
laatonUy a Mistsr appeared and a pita■
fol burn resulted which was aot I waled
for several dare.
Three weeks ago, soother serious teat
waa mads. Ooratt waa told that ha
would bora for a year. Instantly aeoo
•slog pain salsed him Ha basought Ms
friend to rase I ad tbe auggsatloa. hot to
the latter’s horror ha found that he
coaid oot do eo.
According to Ooratt. ibn mesmerist,
fearing the oonsaquaneae of his act.
left tba ally. Ha baa no Idea where It*
la at present. Meantime tba fiotlm of
the experiment andurad rmrful tor
ments. Ha as Id frequently ha felt tbot
bis entire body was ooe live ooal. while
uacastonally It would diminish to the
apparent temperature of a high fever,
lie was thrown Into an agonising state
of mtod from U* feet that be knew his
misery wu all liaUoelnstloo. bat that
ha could not remove it within a year.
Last eight ha determined to aod It all
and oboes the river. Ha MUerty la
meals that ha waa saved.
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rMHUI UU ■ BaKH. ID A WilMI.
Owe Caaaat ttmk'rai l«Mflkn kllTrly
In elk* l.awd* mt Ik* MnW.
Pmnk o. Car|K? ii*r In *1 UoU Uepabliv.
I bay* Imd a long tint will?our Con
aul General to Hrasll. Hr. Rugwne Sr«
*er, oonoerulca a remarkable journey
wbioli bebaejual o«>l* through Him
eeutberu pari, »f that country. Cno
•Ul General S'-urr bee born reprfterul
ihg the boil Dona iuitnua uf the United
Suilea f«r aereraJ icaia In Hin de Jao
elru. He wna appointed <>e L’reeldeiit
UoKioley, aud during bin term ha*
done much to adeanea Amrrloan trade
on Ibe euai eoaai of South America.
He ta uow In tlie Untied Suieemi a
abort leave of a Oar no* aud la apeoding
eome Mam In tVaahlngloo.
rimorou iuiaxil ter a waoon.
The trip through tba aouthrm prov
tneasor Broil whkh Mr. Meeuer made
was largely by mean a of weggoaa, ear
nagea aad on horaebaok. Ilk wife
went with him, aud they (ravened by
alow itagM from ooa town to auother,
vkltlng tba taudlog eHlaa and looking
np the chance* for American toveii
menu aud Aiuorleau trad*. In many
Of the targe plaora at which they
atopped the people lied never aotu to
Amencau; they did not know tba
color* of tba Amirlcau (lag until one
waa displayed by our Oouaul General,
bnt they oeverthele** gave 001 dial
grwetluga to tbe repreaeotativn of tbe
United dlalaa.
Goitaul General beegar deeertbea
*nuUmrn Brazil aa by far tbe beat part
of tba oonotry. He aara that its aoU
la exoaedlogly rich and that Ita climate
it like that of California. It it a van
country full of potalbiliMaa for fortune
maklog and lavaeimeuta. The beat
thingaara now owued by the Germane,
bat there ere many opportunitie* for
A merlon ita and Aakerleao oapltala.
IX»LO*T or ULlTMlWAr.
"■Boullmru Brazil.11 said Consul G*u
eral Berger, "to larg-ly populated uy
Uermaua. Tbe Ural of Uirm cam* lo
tbe oouutry about taro generation* ago.
and their bouaea and custom* are Ilka
lhaae of Germany fifty yi-ura ago. 1
can't deoonba tb* simplicity and
quatnlores of ibe civilltitlua. I oeoi
through many oolonlea. stalling wll
lage* and cl tire, tu which tba bouaea
were like the old-llm* house* you ace
lo Germany. Tliera are no lock* on
in* door*. Tba eltlaa bar* uo aueh
things aa talepbnnea, gat or bone oar*.
Electricity to almoM unknown and
there ant none of tbe modern Improve
meuta of to day. 1 remember on* hotel
at which I atop ed In the towu of
Rluoeuau. Tbto to In tbe Stale of
Santa Catharine. It u tbe chief elty
of the oolony of Ulomenan, which baa.
perhap*. 60.000 populatiou. When 1
want lo bed at eight I asked my toad
lord far a key. He tnld mi that none
of tb* rooma liad any locks, and that
tbey never thought of fattening tbv
doors there. 1 found tbat Ibe bar Id
Lhe liolel was toft open all night,- tbe
•wrtendar often being away for boom
at a the*. If a man wanted a drink
be look down tbe bottle and poured it
out. and toft lbs money on Uto counter.
Tbe anatom* or eating were refreshing.
"We oat down at the table, at tbs
tame time mine hoet wishing o* 'guleu
appettt.’ aod at tb* cioea of the meal
taking us how w* liked tbs food. Uy
room in the hotel was right near tba
public school, and at Urn noon rrceaa 1
aaw tbe master, a tali, gaunt German,
in old fashlonad clothe*, oome out and
walk up lb* street between two rows
of beautiful palm tress. He bad is bis
two hand#s efc-ese sandwich, which
moat have been a foot tong and about
eight indie* wide. He bit grnnniuao
mouthfuls oat nf Ibe aandwlob *] be
walked along. Rrtiiod him came the
scholar-, wliloli numbered moil than a
hundred, each bolding a smaller sand
wich Thrr walked up U« avrtiue sod
back -gain, thus rating ihelr lunch
and thru returned tu school. H'uma
uao is • very fell town. There la
prautlcally ou i*>v»rty. I visited tl*.
jail and was told it only had ou* pri*
ouer within tlia last fit* years.
Tim OinUAKS OF BQAZIL.
“Thar* err coloot** of tbto kind
a caller rrl throughout Brazil." mid the
Consol Oroeral. "Th* dutte of Per
«"*. which 1 first mured, ha* about
970.000 population. Of those 75,000
are Germana aod about 100.000 nattoa
Brazilian* and the remaiixSor Italians,
Poles, etc. Tbs German* own tb*
pioparty and control lhe trade. Ills
the aaro- in Sant* Catharine province,
aod al*o lo lh* But* of Rio Grand* do
SaL Tbe obief city of U>* letter auto
to Porto Atogre. It ha* about 00,000
people, and or lhaao at least 60,000 are
German*. Tb* city to a greet trade
OvoUr. It has extrusive factorle* sad
i* tb* chief oummrrelal potot ft>r
Boo Liters Brazil. Tbe Gorman* own
all the stores. Tbey are *o prominent
that In tbe principal street th* signs
ms German only. Tb* books are Ger
man. and I understand that th* Gor
man- Brasilian Hank of Rio d* Janeiro
will soon establish ■ branch Book at
Port* A login. To giro yuo auto* idea
of lb* money which can b* mod* la
Brasil l would say that this Bank ha*
s capital of about 93.000,000 and tbat
it paid last year dividend* of lg per
oeal. It o-’uldhive paid 90 per e*ot.,
but did not do »>, for In that cam it*
bra would Imve been materially In
creased.”
TtiB oiurouu or imhl.
I bar* aakad tha Ooaaul Oan era I
aonauiiog aa tu the oropa is Ik la pan
of Hraill.
Ha replied : -'Tha climate and aotl
are aaob the* lbe people eaa ralea al
most aa? thing. The country la more
Ilka California than any other part of
South A merle* In the far Sooth yen
a»t Northern California aod along
a beet Santa Calker la* *nd r*rana
there are climate and aoU Ilka Uaatral
California. Than la a atrip Of iaoun
talaa along tha ooeet and beyond ibeo*
a rolling plateau, fruw I.OUO to 9,000
f at in el Ik ad e, whwh la wociderfaily
wall aiiind. There la aa abuedaat
rainfall, aod grots oan ba grown with
out Irrigation. Thar ralaa coffre ant
tea and lobaeeo. They oan prodooo
erery kind of frott that yon oan grow
j - 1 ■- __uawaae=ram=
in (Jail faro la, m><1 at |U mm tlnr
have some of tbr rtohvst graying Unde
Ilf Hie World. Rio Orsfwl-i (In Sul lias
a largs i-xprol if l.blra and onlt
i It lias whrai drill a, a-.rt Urate*! Mir
pr.-duals of Ua iriprralo tumw. It I.
, tlie white man’a count!f. and our pu >•
j pie would thrive there }uat u tlie Gar
mao’* haVa done.”
"Bow about lands? Coo Id American!
but properly at tucli rates as to la,
pc Qtal.lc r
Yr»; 1 asked as to this," repllcj Urn
j Coinul (Hnaral -‘I a as told that ibty
would gladly wvtoome Imiuigratlou
from tlie United Spates, and Uiat laud*
will be given to Immtgraote for ItuU
or ooiblag. (J--loo ire might he estab
lished which would be quite as Ameri
can aa these are German now. I be
Itevr Irecta uf a million eorre could i>e
•enured anil by rueuo* of rallroudi
open ad up to aeUlemeot. ”
OyTORTI'XITIB* niH AMERICAS OATt
TAT.
“How about railroad; Mr. Setter ?
Ia chore any chance for Amarleao capi
tal ib that direction t ”
"Yea indeed,” replied the Con (Cl
OeneraL "I bare prueeuted that met
ier to tbe Stats Department nod have
filled maps and paper* deaorlpilra uf
tbs countly. 1 give tbe rwaulla of my
inveetlgatlou fur tlie past summer, sod
•web parsons as are Interested in toe
eabfeateau I suppose, get aeomi to
tbrm. I have, you know, ao lutermV
except (bat of a ooneaUr officer. I
only wsotio seres the Amwrlean people
and the A me r loan busloeee man with
out regard to personal invest moots ”
“You ask ua to lallruada.” tbe Con
•Hi Geoeral want on. *‘I<mvUg Rio
da Janeiro, 1 lauded on tbe ooaat • 1
Brail] at tlw port uf Parauagua, In tbu
State of Parana, and them look a rail
road over tbe mountains to tbu City of
UnritVa. The rstlna.il la one uf Urn
rnuel picturesque In Ua work). It
elitola right up lb* mountain* through
tha moat msgulfiosoleostiery fur mile*,
banging to the ssd*c of cliffs. Tint
rood was built by a Pranch syndics!*
oo a gaarantM from Urn government
of tlx per cent. It eas to axpau
atm to eoaatruat (hat it oau Da vac pay
dlvxtoods out of I la profit*, but iba
build art are aura to get six par cent
from lbs government. This road gua*
to Ourityba, a tuaru of 86.000 people,
sod then extends auutbwsrd to Rio
Hsgro, a town ou the River Igoassu.
This river navigable from Ba Negro,
s distance of abuut SOU milts, and
•hips go Irura a to tha town, or, raUatr
vllllagr, of Porto Uolao. Plena* re
msmber tha name of that Till lag* for
It will was das to a Mg oily awl Will
ha a great railroad crater in doutlirru
BrotiL Cuuoaaalunt hare beau granted
Tor railroads from It to Porto Alegre,
t went over this ground in a wagon.
It le beyond description rich aod It
will svwnlaally support a vast popula
tion. The railroads oau be easily
built and they will pay enormously.
Tbs people who have tahen out tha
concessions hairs oat tha aiooey to op
erate them, aad American capitalists
who would go down Ibt-ru wllb a cur pa
of englurm aod look Into the suijaot
ooitd make investments wnieli would
double lu m tew year*. They could get
lha cuuotminus ta build rail readi, and
that no terms which would probably
Ioclode dividend gnarantwad by tha
'itato. They ounid gat large graala of
laods which would steadily iitcrsasu in
Value while thrlr Investments would
pay from the start. The roods in oou
temptation will also extend from Porto
Uolao.10 Itajsby. This Is a port uu
the Atlantic, which U drat load tube
one of Ure most Important In Ur>til.
It has so railroad at present. The
goods which now go ou ox osft would
then be carried by rail.
A ABISAT TBUKK 1,1KB.
“If you will taka your map of booth
America.” continued lire Consul Osn
ersi, -you will see that the pert of
Itnlahy I* almost ta a straight lins east
nr Villa Itie-r. Psraiiosy Tire pirn is
to build a railroad between tb«*e tiro
teiinis, passing through Port Unlso
snd connecting at Villa I tics with Urn
llna tu Asonolun. Thin will be oaa of
tire greatest trunk line* of tha world.
It will open up Paraguay. Southern
Drav.ll. n vrst part «f tba Argentina
and ths rich Stales of Mattrr Qrois.i
and Coyss. Braill, tn the Atlantic,
saving 3 000 mils* of travel on slow
rlvsr strmcsrrs In ihswe prints. This
territory Is si most n* Urge, I Judge, as
the United (Kales rout of the Mississ
ippi. Ths |aod seta of Interior Br»gl
w ruld earns down to Asuncion ue lire
Peragasy Hirer and t* shipped on this
road to the Atlantic. Tbe little vlllsge
of Port UnHo, of which I have epokeu,
l* on* of the greet towns on thv line
aad laods shout It own ba had bow el
mast for Ur* asking. This road, for
wit rob Amertaeoe might get lb* woe
cwsslon, could not but be courteously
profitable. It nred not ell be built at
ones, and could be mad* to pay is It
wee constructed.
rAEAWUAY TBA rOK OUB SOLDI IRA.
"Oos of tbs chief freights of this
rood,1’ said the Consul Gsueral, would
consist of (Mi*, or Paraguay taa. Thb
la shipped la vast qaaotluaa from Para
|u; ta all part* of South America. la
the iislghtoortinod Of 90.000,000 paopi*
uaathksla*. H I* lh* fcTurlie drink
of the AigsBlIu**, the Uruguayans and
aad the BrasMIsos. A great part of
Paraguay1* ratswo* oomas from it.
Thar* ara yaat for***# of the leash**
which produoa the taa laara* not far
from Part Uutan. Indeed, morn tbta
5Q.O00,000 pound* of casta era shipped
annoaHy out of Uilaaeettoo at Ux
Aragatilla* aad Uruguay, A railroad
About eighty mils* long would berry
this prod so* to the saaouaat, and Ml*
la a part of the proyoasd lie* which I
referred to sbsw.11
MI madarataad yoa hate advised the
use of thta taa for our aotdtar*. Mr.
Meager,” said 1.
••Vet, I bar*.” replied our Consul
Oaoaral to Brasil "1 thlab It would
b* of groat ad ran lag* to the troop* of
uf um Philippine* otlhoaa arbo at*
Stationed la QuU or Port* Mloe. The
tea las giMtstirunlooi. It braosu
rour narvM. atuma to »t rungthau your
oral*, saaMa* you to aadara all aorta
of hardship*. It hM no unpleasant
aftereffects, sad I should Ilka bo sre It
gtewi to oar eoldlan. I ebtppad a
oauiiia <4 Wrela of It from Our Ilya* H
Philadelphia. It tala tba OiaMitMl
Matrum. aad eaa to sampled by say
uoa lo tan* tad to IMwHidt."
MONJIY IK ITUXUnH
-Tiara la n chance far ao Amerluui
atanmtlilp Itualn Southern Brasil. Oaa
o<‘uld to put on tba Rirar T|—— from
Win Nauru ta Part CTntao. wblab would
pay well. Tim river naada only a lUUa
drrdulug tu umka It nartfubia nil tba
Tear round, aad a oompaay wblab
would apaad HOjUOO lo tbla way could
flat ooaoeiialona wblab would to ad im
troa Haw Turk toHoatbarn Brasil,
tbeaa would slao pay. Tba chief buel
uaea of that region la anw does by tba
Hamburg aud South Amsrieeu Steam
ablp Ltoe. It baaaa to wall at tba
poru there eleven year* sea, uelag at
ttnt only one ataamar. It aaw baa
ihirtyooeateaaMis going ta Eure pa aad
Southern Brasil, aad It paid last yaar n
dividend of par cent. I have b~ea
told tt ooutd hava paid 16 par oato.”
“Bat, Mr. d*eg*e,»aald I. “bare tba
Germans not gotta* a modopuly of
ererytblo* la Southern Brasilv And
o*n Amarioaos gut la t"
“Tit* Garmana. a* ( told yon. ben
tba bulk of av*rytblog now, but yaw
most remember tbat Um ooaatry to an
undeveloped empire. Tan tba But*
of Klo Grande do Sul It to fawgar
than Pennsylvania aad Haw Tnrh
c laeWnad, *-k) It bat only 900,0)0 pop
ulation. It ooutd easily support 10,
010,000. Tba Braslllasa are uSaaa to
bare tba euuotry opened up. I oallad
upoo tbe Goeeruors and otto* landing
imm of tbat toad leg | aeeuei and
lbay told m Hat Utog would ra
mie* oar oapitallata aad Immigrant*
wltli opea arm* and wouM flea tham
aluort anything Uiey might aek. Tba
Oermaoa are at praeeot uotoomlag la
South America. I bare baaa In Ger
■•■7 wltbio the past month, aad I dud
tbat tbs paopta than bare all they c in
da to attend to their awn bueia***.
Time* were never an good la Germ my
a* they are now. The factor Warn all
buay, and la moat of Ifaam yon have m
wait a year to bava yoor ordure fil'd
Tba German Guraramaut le discourag
ing emegratloa. It aanUpropbi t .
auy at home aad work the sell.
KLBonucrrr.
‘•What chance la there for electricity
tn dnnlharu Brextl f»
‘ The iHipoitunliles aro vocy graar. In
deed." replied tlieCoutuI (inoeral. Tha
State of bents Oetbaili.n la fnlt of we
ur fall*. an<l rtactrloal power oould he
daenloped by Uia<o At prassat the
only factories pi Uiat State are
cnaoaged by man or hone power.
All kind* of feotorleo night ba aetab
Udtrd, aad rapaalally notion factories,
for the Ml grows excel lent eouow. It
n the sane To Bio Grando do 8«l. la
that Stau then an isaay good oonera
atons to be obtained. Ona of tba brat
would tei a railroad from Porta Alrgia
to tl>( Harbor opporite it on tbs Atlan
tic. and an exteaalon pf tits trunk llua
which cuss from Porto Alegr* to liar
west, lltarrby Joiotng with tbo railroad
V* Ar*«u“* BepabHe aud Urwguy.
Million* oould be mad*. I believe, by
that enterprise, oould be m*d* ba Uksd*
I believe by tb*t enterprise, If Urn
proper pectin should oadartaka It."
•“**~—Tft- ffniinlm
Beaa Unarm PaU Well Ornette.
Italy** mountain* *r* la a lair way
of being wall dsoorsted ihuuld oas of tlw
Ideal now suiertalned of cowmenorst
Ing tbo "Holy V«ar"b* carried out. It
is tb* Intention of a special committee
1 net formal to sreot ol octree, so* for
eseb oratory doos tb* btrtb of Christ,
on high moanUio peaks lafdlfTvrvnt
piru of the Peolmol*. Th* statu*
will he eoliwwl figure* of tbs Redeem**
in alidad salt Iron to bo lllaaisstod at
night. Tha mat bio ptdaaUI* will hoar
lotcrlpOoti* swltlog forth Ih* purpose
»f tb* statue*. It to proposed lo have
lhr«e overt ok tog lbs frontier of France
three nverlooklsg Satiasrlaad sad
three on lbs Austrian frostier ; oaa
above Uia village of PottsUs, lo tb*
Apennines, between IMdgna and
Florence; on* mi Mount Sorstte, tbs
highest pask near It.me. oetabrwted
throsgh the deseription of a sonrtaa
aeeo from there by HersOe; auotber OO
llio Oran fleased1 lulls (Orest Stow* of
Italy). In lbs oeulre of tlw Abram
whanoa ran bsseeii tba Uirre seas
•nmiundlc* lhe Penltuula: and
auotbereo Mount AlUno. near Oaeta.
denomlnatlog tba aagollosat Gulfs
of Oasts, Repute* rad Salerno. Three
will bs railed in tbv biUssm aoatb.
*a* among tba hills of CwUbrle la tbs
“to*.” another lo tb* •‘hsel,’* mad Ih*
third tn tha ‘instep" or "boat," two
in HlclcUy sad owe In Aerdlato.
wiiwtukaa imtlmtL
A oirUiaad Indian who soma dawn
mcantl; Mid that ihe raaaraulow to
dlaaa ara enquiring a toato for Jnceeira
gtocar. “Tha atarai around ibn reeer
n»bw," ha Mid “all band la glngar
aa a legal drag, aad tha Indiana Hava
discovered that it la aa Aar; a hQTaraga
aa ebanp whlaka;. A toaopooefal win
aaua* ebaklag and soughing for amor
al tn!antra in a throat aumaatnaiait
to awallowtog tba powerful ato*. Bog
lak la another fWvorite twaiuga of tba
Indtaa alnoa tba Pedant aathorluaa
bara hagun to eaeroiM atrtatar aopar
Tlaloa over the* eopper-ekUeed ward*.
It w tba ordinary rad Ink wliiababaak
kaMar ana la bla taaWuMa iboau aad
which took Moral aaU for writing par
mm. Tha lak-drlakar af auKIwaiad
laataa will baa batlka b; tba half daaaa
nod rwallow tha ooatanw with ralleb.
■mm Ml which white paopta aaa far
puddiOM ara twaBewad la quality taqr
tha Indiana, aad hara baaa oaad la
that wa; far yaart. Wood alcohol, ao
cououd pataao lw want parta of tba
country, In oonaowM In aowaldarahta
A nan tit Ira diluted with water. ”
All dactora toM EaoM RUi'lKon, of
Writ Jaffaraon. O., after ruBrriag 18
rtoalha fro® Kooul Detain, ha would
die ootoee a aoatl; operation mm par
terted; bat be oared Maoalf wttb Am
hewn cf Ueckloe’a Ante ante. Uw
daraat Pile aura aa Barth, udlba hart
•ate la tba Wartd. Bateate
AaM If J. B. I lorry A On., Drapgiola.
•»» WWW w mutr.
Haw r«i* KMMHk
Th# H**tlo* Gaaftar ut an <U atob
U co to In* la today.” at 14 Um notil ut
■wwTag, " J»4*ywTSjT7Jat b!i"7?
•tab.” I loM bim it
gnat ptaaaar* •-Waft” ba ai
-UfMiWNtalibB dafoaao that
you waald Uba to aaa tba dot*? ha*o
arraagad wttb oar SfbUaa aaaator to
lokafoQ wttb blot toHaOa aaxt Fri
day. Taa doria ora to bo Caagbt aad
tbraoof tbaai an to ba lam ooaa.
Yoa auat act fall to aaa tbna."
Tba jgbttag aaalor «MH a HtUa
aanow tiMm la ""^"aiwL*aMll"lJ
SSsHSSS'Sirv
sms^kmbbsct
trouodad aniilara rataroiag tcaoi tba
Md of battle Tbapcalatati i aylaluod
that tba IgbttagMotor batata a
EXgmlbS3‘
aad hod SaTS^
atlbT^ulaf'wMtorU aaawad to***
U>at ba am oapablr of dgbtiag o^graat
atowaraCbMOMd ***** —'
uiudm to nm.
Afur a UtUo growml tatt. rt> ggtit
d—MogoyMoa to ■a**1■Oer'teator
a* Id, »m primarily buodad
w motoflbto poyotoal Mnr;, patriot
stsryarsratiisars
Uarama Mud—to. Tbo dgbttog at
toto-Moomtotnls. I boMrrs,—a aC
tuor. Wad«MUMptaunUu oar
rrturnilf olw »N to oiHia| tr uut
bran eaixigh to dobad ttolr Inoor or
iMr —dry. Berry om wimmg to
join at m«M be o( uaod family, be
aram to Meant andtooltby, ban
t&j i'Kjri
Uoajnft ao tbog^toin tbT MeUodtot
oburab. Wa toop a otnrt irnotobl
of btm. train Mm to Ogbt and mutato
hubwrdmuiag.”
"How do yea amogattoo flgfrtfmtT"
1 aatod; "yon sorely go oat debt
age tart your brotbOMhi tbo frater
ailymao or with ootetdera W« tore
to faMj Itove otomoo of dunk. Tbo
tat I* fought for apart and dinoiplinu:
tto dehlorgar. a straight Habt a word
<• oard, aod tto fijbl taste far flflo—
mluutM. Tto Itobuod m mar* at dif
ferent frsl«nill.ue meet and arrawwi
ttom deals. Wo ptorn atr—g oad os
perteneed Ughtt-rs agslurl etroog and
•sprriauood flrtiu-r*. sml srek non
i|a1m| wi ilt mum*
"Tto aoobbdMaoa Is foogbt for light
lotolu, aod la mush like tto tat. tot
it eooMMiatooo hundred mode aod
toau twenty dm miaouo. Too thud
atom to fought tuoottb deadly iaaelta,
—dki quite o diSoreut Ogbt. Tbo
datoal, o toovy eurooi aoord. lu uaud
aod the aoa rally try to bill —oh
OilMT ’* ' - '
•'But do But Um duels soem worn
Utao they actually an T< I aatod.
"V— muy Judge that for yourself
neat Friday oyer at Oalir,” bo s*.
•wand, aa ho non la go. •'Bemsmbor
tto train Mono ton mbiolao past 0 to
tto mom tog."
orr FOB OlLLS
B-?r* tto erst Friday
morotog I arrived at tbo Mutt— and
found about thirty otalwart on
ewwttog tbo drartan of tto treto.
Tto grater bnmtor bon ran on Ibnto
boon, obowtag tbnt tto "nli im i„
which ttoy wraabuut !to<
eot now to ttom. My boot -.
■arior. oomo In ofaortly and to
Jy loo (he ne After a tow oacdl of
Krzizr *■
„ "For two rao—e," to replied. -TU
tto poll— on ape to nab
2i".“a21,a.T53J‘i!!;*S
moob tl<— that oo mmtVoarl* ta
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tm miui* •aooss,
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