Show 1 GOLD AND I 1 itne extract from an eastern published on od our last page today to day I 1 I 1 la worth more than a thought thoughtless leks leis perusal its statements are probably exah i but if there be any truth in flying rumors for the past two or three thred years bouth south africa possesses enormous mineral wealth to obtain this wealth imen men will brave every danger alad aad although africa is still to a great extent a terra incognita an and h is less inviting white race than any other portion of the ther known world their advances if inspired by the hope of acquiring sudden and great wealth will not be deterred by its ita terrors the curse which hangs over tho african continent is undoubtedly owing in great part io to the fact that for many ages it has been left solely under the control and in the possession of the colored or inferior race and the result results there as everywhere else where their I 1 domination exists has been retrogression instead of progression it is said that the continent is sterile and incapable of being colonized but these objections are little if any stronger than those once raised to the colonization of the the great west of america it was pronounced a hopeless desert by reason of the sterility of the soil the severity of the climate and other natural and seemingly insurmountable obstacles but time and experience have demonstrated the fallacy of such suca assertions the climate has been modified and the capabilities of the soil under the persevering almost tireless efforts of the settlers settler shave have shown that it Is abundantly capable of supporting millions who knows that culture and toil toll would not eventual eventually lyT produce produce similar results in sterile torrid torri africa we believe its wastes and deserts will be colonized by the superior race and that the discovery of gold or diamond fields will be the means in the hands of providence of giving a great impetus to the work gold and diamonds for the having and the hardy ingenuous anglo sax on and other white races will flock there by thousands civilization will follow in their t rack track and despite the difficulties to be encountered there as well as in the great west of america the love or thirst of gold pronounced pronoun pronounced cel cea by a high authority to be a prolific source of evil will doubtless become a principal means of rescuing a continent from the curse of barrenness and sterility and of giving a vastly increased field for the operation and spread of the white mans domination and influence L |