Show A CITY MADE OF OP ZINC KING Beira is a a. town In Africa which is little known but hut lIt it it holds a unique p position dUon In the world An astounding the or the traveler who ho l happens to tb light light- lighton on n the t town wn r Mr r rhe he will behold a n. city built entirely of zinc The gov governors governor's residence once the tho public buildings the he barrackS barrack the thc arsenal ar ar- ar- ar serial senal the shops the hotels the houses and their outbuildings are all made of zinc The unpleasant effect produced by this prevalence of or zinc is difficult to describe and the knowle knowledge ge that human beings have to live In such h houses in so burning a a. climate Intent Intent- s sH es the Iho painful impression ion I Millions 1 of tons Ions of galvanized Iron I h have ave been sent out from Great Britain France Francc and America and amid this quantity quantity quan quan- t has been used to build up the t tt town a town a feat accomplished in Iii six months Owing to tho the fever ever of or speculation speculation l lation and anti the demand demond for cheap and h hastily found lodgings being so imperative im Im- Im- Im the thc city cily has been constructed o of f this material That nothing may b wanting wanting- to the triumph of iron a railway railway rail rall- wa way with wagons and trucks compo composed com coat po posed ed of zinc traverses the city cily from end to end Indeed it Is so all pervading pervading per per- that not only Is It used to cover roofs and build up walls was but even stretchers are composed of it Should an inhabitant fall ill III or meet with an accident he lie Is carried away to the hos lies hospital hospital pital on a n. sheet of or zinc torn from one of or the fences or buildings nearest to the scene of oC the thc catastrophe Should he lie die he Is carried to the lie grave in a zinc collin coMIn O Owing Oving to the scarcity of natural productions pro pro- the lie food of or the thc entire population bitten lation consists of oC tinned meats for no other food can be bc procured at nt any reasonable price It is Js altogether a most curious place tor in addition to the houses of zinc the lie streets are ara JIttered lit lit- toned everywhere with empty meat tins this of a all shapes and sizes The drear dreary monotony of ot zinc Is only relieved b by two stone houses which J have recently been built and compose the tho resl residence ence and depot depol of or the agents of or a a. Fr French factory The Time houses were constructed at a n cost o of an and although far fat from worth It are objects of envy y to lo Inhabitants of this desert Jan land where the laborers earn 5 a a day 1 a yet can barely make both ends meet |