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April i8, 1001.
Lowermost State of the
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IIOUAHT, rasmanla, March 28. (Special
Correspondence of Tho Uee.)-I write this
In the lowermost city of tho lowermost
stato of tho now Australian federation and
In ono of the lowermost towns of tho globe.
Ilobart Is 2,500 miles south of tho eauntor.
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on tho edge of the Southern ocean, that
Dt;" uuiweeii uio l-aciuc
and tho Antarctic. It Is now lato In tho
fall, but the grass Is as green as old Ire-
land In Juno. nnd. ntlliniinh Mmint Wnlllni..
ton, back of the city, has a coating of
snow, tho sheep are everywhere feeding
outdoors and the sun Is as warm ns Ohio
In May.
As I look about me 1 cannot realize that
thls Is Tasmania, the country I studied
nbout years ago ns Van Dleman's Land,
I know It was nn Island Iloatlng about
somewhere between tho south pole nnd
Australia. 1 bad nn Iden that it was bleak,
bare nnd inhospitable and supposed It nbout
tho Jumping oft place of creation. I had
rend of Its criminals sent out from Eng-
lnnd who were about as cruelly treated as
nro those of China today and It hardly
scorned that the trip here would be worth
the tlmo nnd expense
I havo changed my opinion. Tasmania is
tho Switzerland of the southern Pacific
nnd It Is rcnlly one of the most healthful
and beautiful hinds of the globe. It Is n
henrt-shaped Island, wllh Its top toward
Austrnlln nnd Its tall toward tho polo. It
Is all mountnins, valleys and glens, cover-
ing nn area three times as great as Massa-
chusotts, nlmcsl as great as Ireland nnd
about tho size of West Virginia. It Is
populated by 200.000 English-speaking pco-
, pie nnd tho tourist agencies lmve turned It
Into n great health resort. The whole
country Is spotted with boarding houses
nnd hotels nnd from December until May,
which aro tho summer months hero, It Is
swarming with tourists. You can go almost
anywhere by coach, horseback or on rail,
and thero Is lots of good company. There
nro waterfalls nnd lakes, forests of fern
trees, brooks noted for fishing, hunting
parks and everything thnt tho sportsman
desires. There nro guido books, following
which you can go on foot over tho coun-
try, and, Indeed, the lnnd Is a little Norway
or Switzerland nwny down hero below tho
eauntor.
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HoDart is tlio Tnsmnninn capital, me
coiony sun nns a governor, nunougn u nas
already elected its members of tho federal
Pnrllnment nnd from now on will belong
to tho great colonial emplro of Australia.
It will, howover, mnlntnln Its state govern-
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ment, much ns our states do theirs, and Its
Parliament will continue to meet In the
government house here.
Hohnrt Is the Inreest cltv on tho lslnnd
It contains nbout 40,000 people nnd it Is as
nlco a town of thnt size as you will I! nil
anywhere. It lies on a fine harbor In a
nest of hills on the banks of the river Dcr-
THIClIt
vent, backed by n mountain, tho rocks of
vhlch look like tho pipes of nn organ. Tho
own Is Inld out as a square and Its wldo
nllior nt rlirht nnclCS.
but It runs up hill nnd down nnd tnkes n
urap horo and there out Into tho country.
I went from one end of the capital to the
ither one dny on tho Btreot car line. This
s run by electricity and tho peoplo prldo
hemsolvcs on having established tho first
dectrlc railroad system In tholr lntltude. 1
vlsh I could show you tho cars. There ib
lothlng like them In tho United States.
They wero made In England nnd they
ook ns though they had been pounded out
by a crossroads blacksmith. They re
qnn.mnlia A nil hi n.il flnlt tTft . their SldOS nlftS-
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tCrcd Wllh Advertisements. 1 rode or
rnnf rich ,i. ,.., .
on the
Drcaani, nnnlnat n, in,..in .v.
vhlch,
tho place of our trolley. Tho elcctrl'cnl inn-
chine Is under the bed of the car In n
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Tasmania has Its dally newspapers. There
nro several published In Ilobart and nlso In
I.nunceston, tho chief town on tho north
sldo of tho Island. Oullctlna with tho head-
Hues of tho news nre put out dally In front
of tho ofllcea nnd tho reporters como around
nnd Interview you much ns they do In
America.
There nre good book stores, n fair number
of business buildings nnd n lot of govern-
mcnt ofllccs. Indeed, all theso southern
cities lun to government offices, spending
great deal on such structures. At Hobait
they nro of a line yellow sandstone nnd are
fnirly well built. Tho most of tho rosl
dences arc of brick and stone, with gardens
about them, nnd the stores are not unlike
thoso of a town of the same size In tho
United States.
The names on the stors nre queer ones,
I nm told that ninny of them have been
adopted within the last few generations and
that thc nnmes of the oldest Inhabltnn's
have been changed from those under whleh
the founders of the fnmlly were sent out is
penal convicts.
U was right nrnr hero that tlio chief penal
colony was. Its name was Tort Arthur
nnd you enn reach It by n short boat ride
down the river. Some of tho buildings In
which the convicts were confined nre still
standing, nnd one can get a guide there
who will describe tho tcrilblo tortures they
underwent. They were so punished thnt
'" committed suicide. They were
Hogged, tortured with dripping wntcr nnd
lorded with heavy chains. They wero kept
In dark cellars, were used to pull tho ears
the convict railway and wero subject to
nil sorts of Inhuman treatment. Today
hero are many good families In Tasmania
who nro tho descendants of these convicts,
Pome of them will acknowledge It, but If
you ask them the crime for which th"lr
nncostors wero transported they will inva-
rn))1. ropiy tnnt lt wns stealing n lonf of
brend. Indeed, It would tnko a good-sized
bakehouse running steadily to supply tho
many lonve whIch nro snid ,0 llave bron
stoi0ll by these early Tnsmanlnns.
Ilnllu-r a I'lotiN Country.
Tho Tasmania of today Is rather pious
'Imn otherwise. Tho great majority of the
people nro cither honest Immigrants or
the descendants of such Immigrants from
Knglnud, I rein id and Scotland or Ails-
tralla. Transportation censed In 18!3, nnd
since then the bulk of the people have com
STHKRT CAHS AUK LM.MHNSK AI'TAIHS,
of their own nccord. There are today an
many churches In Tasmania to tho popu
lation ns In any English colony, and tho
proportion of crlmo Is no greater than In
any othor. Tho total number of prisoners
before tho criminal courts In 1898 was Just
about 1,000, tho most of whom woro ar
rested for fraud.
Tho public order is as good hero as In
New Zcnland, and that Is snying that It Is
exccllont. I referred to tho orderly condi
tion of Ilobart when in conversation with
n parson who was passing through horo
tho other day. Ho was an Englishman off
for a tour, and ho evidently had n poor
opinion of tho Tnsmnnlans. for he said;
"Theso peoplo nro not so good os thoy
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Boom. They aro lax In their enforcement
of th Ins an I a crime that woul 1 Imprison can bo had almost us quickly Here aR at nunk
n man In England la often winked at here. home. The postal service, both foreign nnd The general banking h st tn Ih di ne by
If you think they are nngels you had best local, Is excellent. Hooks are sent from four Institutions, the bends of which are
leave yt ur money nt home." England to Tasmania nt the rate of two In Ilobart and Uniucoston, with bran he
1 would say that this parson Is a dys- ounces for a cent. Thero aro malls about covering the whole country. Tlio banks are
peptic, that my money Is still safe and once n week, several of tho largest steam- fairly good. They pay Interest upon do
that I do not believe hlni. ship lines calling nt Ilobart. Nowspapcts pcslts at the rate of !',(. per cent for six
Since then I have made Inquiries and
lenm that Tasmania has Episcopalian. Ho-
man Catholic, Methodist. Presbyterian, In-
dependent and Haptlst churches. Nearly nil
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niono. TUo Komnn catholics havo 4,000
boys nnd girls In their Sunday schools, the
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Presbyterians nbout 2,000 and tho Moth-
odlats C.000. It Is discreditable hero not to
K0 10 cuurch or Sunday school, and the
avorngo worklngmnn has his own pew.
SoIiooIn, i.ihrnrli-N ami .IIhhc-uiiih.
The TaFiunnlnns nro not backward In
educational niatters. 1 have not written
of the schools of New Zealand, but I
would say that there and in Tasmania you
enn have nbout ns good tuition as In the
United States. In both countries educa
tion Is compulsory. Hero the man who does
not tend his children to school can be
lined $10 per child, and ho will bo fined
again and ngnin until ho does send them,
The schools nro supported by the state.
The chief seeretnry Is tho minister
for
education, and ho has u corps of ollicers
under him. The system of Instruction M
non-soctnrlaii. Thero Is a university in
Hnlmrt, and thero are also three riIioo'h
culled "rugged schools," supported b pri
vnto subscriptions and government uld
Hohnrt has a well equipped iiiukiiiiii and
scientific Institutions.
There an public llbiarles in many of the
Tnsmnninn towns. Tho Inrgest Is thnt of
tho Lauueeston Institute, which has 20,000
volumes, nnd tho next Is tho Ilobart
library, which has 18,000.
Another ovldcnco of tho Intelligence of
the peoplo Is seen In tho excellent book
stores which you find In tho larger towns.
The prices aro qulto oa low as In England
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or tho I'nltod States, anil the best of book
printed In Tasmania enn be sent to any
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nnrt of tho Island free of postage, and you
enn send them to nny pnrt of Australia or
New Zenlnnd nt tho rate of ten ounces for
n cent
I do not know of nny government
which gives such advantages to Its news-
papers.
connected with tlio l'osiomco department
APPLES VOW ENOLAND AT IIOIIAUT, TASMANIA
iiro postal savings banks, whleh pay :i por ?el points from Tasmania an in bow tu
cont interest or. nil denciHliH nn to J7.-,0. work tho Kuropenn markets. This la more
wherever you fliul n money order olllco you
llnd ono of theso banks, nnd lt Is remark-
nblo what an Influence they hnve on the
thrift nf tlin nnnnli A 1nrin urnnnrtlnn it
tll0 inbabltants aro depositors, almost $.100,-
non being nnnunlly received In this way
at Hohnrt alone. There uio now 20,000 on v-
K8 ccounts In the two towns of Hohnrt
,, Lnunceaton, nnd this In addition to a
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