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CONSIDERING the fact that
Rhodesia is merely a baby
among the nations—It has
only just passed the thirtieth
anniversary of its charter—it can cer
tainly be described as a remarkably
healthy infant, and the curious anoma
ly of rule by a chartered company
seems to have justified itself as fully
in this case as in the historic instance
of the East India company. It is, in
deed, a remarkable feat to have taken
a vast tract of country—larger than
France, Germany, Belgium and Hol
land together—the home of continual
warfare between savage tribes, and
in less than thirty years to have intro
duced there law, order and security for
natives and settlers, and many of the
refinements of a high civilization, says
the Sketch of London.
Till the pioneer column entered the
country in 1890, to take over the con
cessions which had been granted to
the chartered company, there was not
so much as a practicable road into the
interior. Today there are 4,000
miles of good roads, while the railway
stretches north and south and east,
connecting Rhodesia with the outer
world through both Capetown and the
Portuguese port of Beira. From Bula
wayo it runs northwards—a link in the
great Cape to Cairo railway, which
Rhodes visualized—till it reaches Bel
gian territory, taking the Zambesi in
its stride, and crossing It by a bridge
which is one of the engineering won
jers of the world. A network of tele
graph and telephone wires links up the
scattered communities and brings them
into touch with the rest of the British
am pi re.
Communications were rightly seen
by Rhodes and his associates to be the
key to the development of the country,
and millions of pounds have been
spent by the British South Africa com
pany during these 30 years in improv
ing them, in order to render accessible
to British settlers the natural wealth
and the wonderful climate of this fa
vored colony. The climate is such as
to make it particularly suitable for
European habitation, the fact that the
country is within the tropics being
counteracted by the height above sea
level, the plateau which constitutes the
bulk of southern Rhodesia being at an
average altitude of 4,000 feet. The
winter months—June to August—are
fry, most of the rain falling between
January and March. Even in the hot
season the nights are cool. The tem
perature in the shade rarely reaches
100 degrees and in winter there Is just
sufficient frost to be of service to the
farmers.
Fine Country to Live In.
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating—the low death rate and the
sturdiness, not merely of the settlers,
out of their Rhodesian-born and bred
children. There is no need to send the
latter home—the separation which
makes India, for example, so painful a
place for parents—either for health or
for education. There are between
thirty and forty good schools in Rho
desia, wholly or partly maintained by
the government, and several of these
educate their pupils up to the standard
of entrance to the University of Cape
town. while three carry on education
to the Oxford and Cambridge matricu
lation examinations.
There are plenty of opportunities for
^j^rt in Rhodesia, there being some
twenty-five varieties of antelope alone.
Large game, in the shape of lions, ele
phants, rhinoceros, etc., is also plenti
ful. Sport of other kinds is catered
to by the provision of clubs for polo,
golf, cricket and other games.
In addition to mining—for gold, coal,
chrome iron and other ores—the chief
industries of Rhodesia are agriculture
in its various forms and cattle-raising.
There are huge areas of country emi
nently suited for grazing, and many of
the leading authorities are of the opin
ion that Rhodesia will in the near fu
ture be one of the greatest meat-pro
ducing countries of the empire and the
world. The native cattle are small,
but hardy and fleshy, and a satisfac
tory breed is now being graded up
which preserves the good, qualifies of
the native stock, while .adding the
'reater size of *he imported bulls.
Great efforts are bung made by the
British South Africa company to de
velop the industry, and extensive ar
rangements are under consideration
for both refrigerating and canning on
a large scale.
The staple product of agriculture
proper is “mealies” or maize, for
which there is a large demand among
the natives; but the soil is so prolific
that a large variety of other crops can
be grown, according to the region and
altitude selected. Oranges and lem
ons and tobacco, of both the “Turkish”
and the “Virginian” varieties are being
grown more and more largely, the cul
tivation of tobacco, in particular, being
assisted by the British South Africa
company, which provides expert advice
and assistance, as well as curing
sheds and packing-warehouses for
grading and preparing the leaf.
Has Overcome Severe Setbacks.
Rhodesia has been unfortunate in
experiencing many setbacks, which
might have discouraged or even
wrecked a less courageous community.
The Matabele and Mashona rebellions
were, for a time, a dangerous menace
to the country, and were only quelled
at a great expense of time and money;
but wise and sympathetic treatment of
the natives have, it is hoped, eliminat
ed this menace for the future. The
unfortunate Jameson raid involved
Rhodesia in its consequences, not the
least of which was that, for a time at
any rate, it was deprived of the wise
counsel and guidance of its founder.
The rinderpest outbreak of 1896
swept away a large proportion of the
stock which was the mainstay of both
settlers and natives; but modern sci
ence has discovered means of prevent
ing this and similar epidemic diseases
among cattle, so that fears need no
longer be entertained on this head by
the farmer who takes the needed
measures of protection.
Lastly, both the Boer war and the
war with Germany have depleted the
country of a large number of its best
men, at a time when they were urgent
ly needed for development. But now
the men have returned, for the most
part, and the material future of Rho
desia is a bright one. With abundant
natural resources, fine climate, con
genial society and most of the conveni
ences of civilized life, Rhodesia offers
a fine future to those possessed of
some capital—s£>y, from £2,000 to £5,
000; for the moment conditions are not
favorable for the settlement of the
small man without capital.
The political future is less certain,
but the majority of the Inhabitants,
looking to the advantage of a settled
rule, undisturbed by political changes
at home, and backed by the ever-ready
check book of the Chartered company,
seem to prefer, for the present, at any
rate, to remain in statu quo, rather
than to essay the doubtful experiment
of either independent responsible gov
ernment or inclusion in the Union of
South Africa.
PUT OFFICER IN QUANDARY
That Boche Prisoner Claimed to Be
Fellow Townsman Filled Him
With Mixed Emotions.
There is a good story of an incident
that happened in France when a group
of officers from a division made up
largely of easterners was watching a
column of German prisoners file past.
The column halted for a moment, and
from the ranks of prisoners came a
voice which said—not only in good
English, but also in the vernacular —
“Where’s the guy from Pittsburgh?”
Wondering—and not knowing to
this day—how news of himself and his
native town had penetrated the Ger
man lines, an officer replied stiffly:
“I’m from Pittsburgh! Why?”
“Remember Blank’s place?” the
prisoner inquired.
“I’ve heard of it,” the officer ad
mitted.
“I was bartender there,” said the
prisoner.
It sounded like a voice from home—
yet it came from a boche. And as
the officer later confessed he didn’t
know whether to shake hands with
the fellow or shoot him.
Jed Tunkins.
Jed Tunkins says that in the old
days a political offiee was a prize
awarded to the man whb coaid make
the best speech.
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The system of tuning pianos cannot
be learned through any correspond
ence school. It is a highly specialized
work, notwithstanding the fact some
people thing there is nothing much to
it. There is not any short cut to ac
quiring a thorough knowledge of the
technical construction of the modern
piano.
If you wish services that twenty-five
years of practical ana theoretical
knowledge can give you, better have
Anderson attend to your piano, both
for the good of your pocketbook and
your piano. In town yet for a few
days. Phone Windsor hotel.
P. S.—Agent for Kohler and Camp
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