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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
THE new JAPAN.
What Toru HoShi, the Japanese Min
lister, Has to Say of

Writing Of the new Japan in Harper's for
November. the author deals with the origin
Of the present government. the position
Japan has achieved among the leading ma
tons and the future relationship of Japan
and the United States, with especial al
fusion to the Hawaiian question.
The Restoration of 1868. he says. among
other things, found the empire in a dis
ordered and impoverished condition. The
resumption of all the imperial p~rerogatives
by the emperor, and the relegation of the
shotgun to private life. were not the results
revolution. The seeds of discomfort had
ben long sown. the fruit was long in ma,
turing. The government Of the shotgun had
tering to it's fall. Doubtless it would have
gone down in any event before internal
strangely enough. the immediate cause or
its overthrow was one of the most credit.
able acts of its existence-the conclusion OF
anese CONSERVATIVES Of that day objected
strenuously to what they termed Ioreisn
intrusion, and the successful agitation
their initiative. But that the prejudice
against foreigners did not extend to the
leaders of the movement was shown con,
cluSively by subsequent events. Ihelr ann
was the destruction of the illogical ana un-
wieldy dual form Of administration and the
Capitalization of the powers OF the govern
ment under it's legitimate head. To accom-;
plish this they awaited themselves OF all
the various forms of discomfort and OPPOSE
tive conditions then prevailing had given
rise, the anti-foreign clamor among me
rest. But the true motive underlying the
movement to restore the imperial pre-:
negatives was manifest at the outset and
long before the design had been success
fully consummated. 1t was declared by the
emperor himself. when. on March IA: 1867:
in the presence of court mobiles and feudal
lords, he made solemn oath that from that
time forth administrative affairs should be
decided by general deliberation:. that both
government and people should labor for the
prevailing should be corrected; and
that the country should be strengthened by
adopting the systems of defense employee
in foreign lands. This oath. as was clearly
understood, was intended to be the founda-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
" for less than what he had paid for one

boy for less than what he had paid for one
very sui iow kene We're 's yos S a seod se @ort to m!
hand?'
The secretary Of war looked at me rattle,
cur1ously for q moment and then said: 81
was considered a very good hand. Physi.
caliy. l was very strong. 1 remember that
there was a country store in the village
of Richfield, where l was attending school,
AT the back of the store there was a room
IN which scrap iron was stored: One OF
our am i,Ts was seeing which boy
board about two feet wide by two and
0re-half long and lay it across a glass box.
We would pile iron on the board until
we had as much as We thought a man
could lift. and then one of us would bend
over, and. catching hold of the opposite
9Eds OF the board. try TO raise it. l ooui1
have at times lifted GOO pounds in that
way. l rememb Der that I could NOV faster
win q scythe than anyone that knew.
but this was more due to knack than to
strength. 1t was all in the hanging of the
scythe on the sneath."
His First Newspaper Notice.
81 remember said Secretary AlGer as a
smile swept around the corners OF his eyes,
whom l first saw my name in the news.
papers. 1t was in a description of my skill
as a hay pitcher. There was a test one
day as to who could unload hay the fastest.
and ! was one Of the crack pitchers. The
Hay Was Hduleu mo Il al oi d "dSoL.
1t had to be pitched from the wagon over
the big beam. 1 stipulated that there
should be two men. to keep the hay back
from the beam and went to work. I un-
loaded a ton of hay in less than five min
utes. This was considered quite a feat and
a description Of it was published in the
Cleveland newspapers. I can remember to-
day how delighted l was when 1 saw my
name there"
Law and
ssyybat did Won do after leaving school
general" / asked.
"I taught school for two winters" re-
piled General Alger. After that l went
into the office Of Wolcott & Epson at Ak
money to keep me while I was studying.
After I was admitted to the bar went into
the law office of Otis. Cof1inberry & Wy
man at Cleveland and soon earned enough
to pay my debts. l found that the con-
finement of the law was injuring my health
and 1 looked around for something else to
I had heard of the profits that were to
be made in the lumber business in Michi-
gan and concluded to go there to try my
fortune. A young man named Goddard
went with me. We borrowed $1,0O0 and
started in the lumber business In Grand
Rapids. under the name of Alger & God
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
N OF PEARLS.
Smaller Ones GPiece'' and
GDust.0

"Du8t."
Pearls are named according to their size.
The very large are called paragon pearls;
when the size of a cherry, cherry pearls;
medium are called piece pearls. smallest.
dust pearls. while badly formed specimens
are known as baroques. The value of
pearls varies. of course. with the quality
and general colors. but the piece, seed and
dust pearls always have a market price.
The cherry n paragon are sold on an en-
tirely different basis. If many fine ones
are on the market at q time. they nay be
had at reasonable rates. Some years they
bring almost any price. The last two
years. especially. the dealers say. there has
been a great scarcity of fine pearls. all
though there is no falling of in the supply
of the small stun.
When a pearl exceeds one karet In weight
It Is sold separately. Under THAI weight
they are sold In parcels. and become less
valuable as they become smaller. The
smallest dust pearls collected average about
5000 to the troy ounce and are at present
rated at about s. per ounce. If, on the
contrary. one paragon weighing an ounce
Tor $50 karats) was on sale 1t would bring
any amount from $4,000 to 500. OOO. accord
ing to quality.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
oueen F~orbidden to Attend Church.

With the object Of conciliating the
French %conquerors Of her kingdom, the
deposed queen of Madagascar a few
months ago adopted the Roman Catholic
faith in lieu of the Protestant denomin-
alton, to which she had until that time
belonged after a fashion. According to the
latest intelligence received, from the Island
of Reunion, to which she had been exiIed.
she had just received orders from the
governor to abstain from any further at
tendance at the cathedral unless she re-
ceiyes special permission to go to church.
The explanation given for this curious or
der is that Queen Ranavalo has been in
the habit of going in too much for self
centric raiment, which she sported at
church to the detriment of the congrega-
tons attention to the ministrations Of the
clergyman.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07

Great married the daughter Of the people.
Then came the second Empress Catherine,
the daughter Of a prince, a woman of great
ability. but wicked and vicious in the ex-
VIII. of England. was the woman who oc-
casioned the Reformation. Her personal
character was ~unimpeachable and her dis
is she was married to Prince of Wales. who
died five months later. She then married
his brother, Henry: The latter. though far
from a model husband. treated Catherine
with due respect until the divorce was
granted which allowed him to marry Anne
Eoleyn
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07

fote. is the daughter of Major cubett. an
officer Of the Soudan army. She is demo-
cratic enough to forego calling her carriae,
and to travel In scent street cars. Indeed.
play. her superiority to the conventions of
as she rides abroad in an unshape-
ly sunbonnet. But at the legation functions
she bears herself with the stateliest dig.
nifty. h has four daughters. who are
In the younger set of Diplomatic
They are all bicycle enthusiasts
ana great pedestrians, and they play golf
and tennis and dance with all the en- low
ment of healthy young Englishwomen-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
THE NAME OF CATHERINE
And u Few Remarks About tho
Noted Women Who Have
nnur>

Catherine, whether spelled in the good.
old-fashioned way or with ~new-fangled d.
version, is a very popular name. But just
who is her namesake or patron saint many
a Catherine may not know. Here Is a list
for Catherine to choose from. There is a
St. Catherine, virgin of royal descent in
Gospel 1t a sacrificial feast appointed by
the Emperor Maximus. She was there
fore put to death after vain attempts to
torture her on toothed wheels. Fifty heath
en- philosophers sent to convert her in
prison were themselves converted by her
.eloquence. and SO it was she became the
%patroness of philosophers and learned
schools. The historical Catherine has been
confused by many with Hypatia, who suf-
fered death at the hands of Christian ia
natics. Then there Is the wicked Catherine
de Medici of France, who entered into a
plot which resulted In the massacre on
St. Bartholomew's night. The Russian
peasants daughter, Martha, afterward be-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07

tho protection Of Spain. The important
Cubans in this city are not disposed to
give much attention to Senior Cannalejas'
opinions. They generally fear that the
Spanish politicians will try to coax them to
some compromise. which they are resolved
to avoid. Senior Estrada Palma has said:
If any important Spaniard approaches
me to propose some honorable settlement
Of the Cuban war on the basis of the alb
solute Independence Of the island.I haye
powers enough from my government to re-
ceive him and should be personally de-
lighted to do 1t. But for any other purpose
such interviews only waste time"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
A GIGANTIC SWINDLB.
TO FLOOD SPANISH AMER
ICA WITH COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
Costa Rican RevOlutiOnists Tried t.
Put Into Circulation in the South
American Republic Millions
of Bogus Money.

FREDERICK Mora, it has recently come to
light, was the head Of a gigantic scheme to
flood South American countries with Con-
federate money He had as accomplices a
beautiful woman and several men, over
whom he appeared to exercise a wonderful
influence. He failed, Inc with his ac-
complies was arrested.
Mora was of illustrious parentage. His
grandfather n his uncle had each been
president of the republic Of Costa RIGA. His
family was wealthy and highly respected.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
BRIAN B0RU'S HARP.
The Oldest Instrument of the Kind Ii
Preserved In Trinity
College.

College.
From Lloyd's Newspaper.
No more interesting relic of Ireland's old
historic days has come down than the In
strument preserved In Trinity college.
dublin. and known as Brian Boru's harp"
II Is the Oldest instrument of the kline
hhown to exist in the land Of Erin. and
PROBABLY in Europe. The legend attached
10 the harp gives it the honor Of having
oeen played at the court of King Brian
horu' Slain at the battle of Clontarf, in
the year lol4. having passed into the pos
session of his son Donough, the murderer
or Ieasue. in consequence of which act
he was deposed by a nephew. Donough
retired to Rome. Thither the ayenrer
carried the regalia of his assassinated IA
ther. and also the musical instrument. De-
posted In the vatican. it remained there
centuries. until sent over by the pope fo
Henry VII. then honored by the pontifr
This is only fiction. One Of the great
est of Irish antiquarian scholars, the late
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
5000 was. in fact. found in his possession
when he was arrested.
The Sofa Discovered.

The arrest Of the waiter. Walcott. did not
occur until after Mrs. Relneman's return to
this country. His confession was the first
piece of direct evidence that incriminated
her and her paramour. The discovery of
the sofa soon followed. In it were found
4,039 notes.
The details of the trial of the CON
%spiratorS in New York are too familiar to
need more than a hasty On DC
with Houseman.o one Of their alleged accom-
plices, were brought before Judge Tenney.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
Prince Boris Of Bulgaria.

Tho youngest heir apparent in Europe
is the infant son Of Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria Although he will not be 3 years
old till next January. few children have
been more discussed than Prince Boris for
the question of his religion has raised a
great deal Of feeling on the Continent. his
mother being an ardent Roman Catholic,
kingdom Is Greek orthodox.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07

There We're 100 acres in the tracts, and
the canal company had estimated that there
were l9.9o.O go feet Of pine on them. l ex;
me $26.O an acre for it 1 accented his prop
osition. The pine was of high grade, and
we cut 5000, 600 feet off of it.
The Age of Steel.
SIS there much money to be made in pine
lands to-day. general?"
Not so much as in the past" said Gen.
Wisconsin have been pretty well thinned
out and that which Is left Is valued at
about what 1t is worth. l doubt not tina
there are some good chances in the South
ern states and along the Pacific coast. but
the high freight rates across the continent
prevent the very general use of Pacific
lumber here. Canada has some lumber,
but 1t Is not as good as Michigan pine, be-
sides wood is not used SO much now as It
has been in the past. The age we live in
Is one of iron and steel. rather than wood.
Buildings are now being made of steel,
fences are made of wire. and iron has
Of things"
The Secrets Of Success.
Just one word more. general" said I.
as the secretary of war rose. Won't YOU
give me a word of advice for the young
men of to-day? Can you not in a few
words say what constitutes the elements
of success?"
II believe that success in life depends
largely upon the man" replied General
Alger. II think that will power has a
great deal to do with it. If one decides
that he will succeed he is pretty sure to
do so, provided he devotes al his energies
to 1t. 1t is the man who goes ahead. who
never knows that he Is whipped. who never
loses confidence in himself. who succeeds.
Success is the result of hard work and
sticking to 1t. My rule is to do the thing
that is before me and to do it as we'll as I
can. There are several things. however. I
would say: A man should do as he agrees
and his word should always be as good as
his bond. Every man should live within
his income and should try to save some
thing. He should remember that a sue
cessful life is not a battle. but 1t is a long
campaign. and that the contest must be
kept up for years.
There is one thing that ought to be said
concerning the hardships Of the laborer."
concluded General Alger. Il know all
about 1t, for no one ever worked longer
hour per day and In less easy places than
I. Hard work is as essentia to happiness
as exercise Is to physical growth, and
physical effort Is nothing compared to
mental labor In its wear or tear upon the
man or woman. The pleasure of accumu-
lation is in the battle for 1t with its ex-
You seldom see a man who gives himself
up to the so-called enjoyment of his wealth
by spending 1t. A man thrives physically
and mentally upon effort and %occupation
When he has gotten through and says he
has finished his labors he is usually taken
at his word and soon to the cemetery. I
have no patience witt the false idea of
extreme sympathy for the toiler. Labor
is mans best estate: it Is the hungry
mouth that grumbles with a just cause
none other-and the hapniest life Is the
busy one" FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07

in the criminal branch of the United States
circuit court. Mrs. Reineman had pur-
chased her own Immunity by turning
Her testimony was equally damaging to
Mora and to De Requesens. On the 18th
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty
acquitted. Nora and De Requesens are
now in Ludlow street jail, awaiting sent
reaching conspiracies known in the history
of cOunterfeiting.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07

first investment was in a b~rickmaking
concern in Detroit. 1 lost in this. but While
small nislil Vessel. The I vessel paid for itself in
less than q year. made other ihveSta
n ng nftie in oa lake veS Ths , aaa t6et there haq a Was
money in the lumber business stuck to me.
and l induced two capitalists named moore
i to put in T foWe w mone N T faet. m ae 70 furnish gas p the
capital, and I was to lave one-third of the
profits for managing. the business. Inc
first year I bought $500 o worth of timber,
walking $50 miles through the woods with
a pack on my back to select the timber.
picked out a place for a logging camp ano
for the market. 1 took Mrs. Alger and my
oldest child. who was then with me. in IS
miles in a sleigh to the camp, and our nome
that winter was q little log cabin. L don
know that 1 have ever enjoyed a winter so
much.
Il had thirty-five men under me and had
to get up at 5 o'clock every morning TO
start to work. Mrs. Alger did her own
long. / only got out a million and a quar-,
ter feet of logs, board measure. during that
winter. The next winter l had formed the
copartnership of Moore &;Alger; in wniGh
l had a half interest. Mr.. Moore doing little
more than furnishing the credit. That year
we got out about seven million feet OF logs,
million feet, and from that time our lumber
operations have been in quite large figures.
Mr.. Moore died soon after. ana with soHie
other gentlemen we formed our present
concern Of Alger. Smith & Co: We nave Tor
years sold as much as 1900 . 600 feet of lum-
Der a year. our business amounting to
something like S2,225 600 n year
Ayers Best umbe Investment.
"what was the best investment you ever
made in lumber, General Alger?'
".one of the best things we ever did"
said General Alger, "was in the buying of
a tract of pine from Mr.. William E. Dodge,
of New York. / had examined the property
and could tell to 4 few thousand feet just
how much pine there was on it. Mr.. Dodge
had an agent named Frost in Detroit.
went to him and asked him what he would
take for the land. He replied that Mr..
telegraph an offer from me of $4,000. He
did SO. In a few hours a telegram came
back. which read: Tell General Alger he
can have the tract for $4,000. and all the
time he wants to pay for it in if he will
take it now. but that if it is not taken at
once the price will be sl3O.0O0.' We took it:
Well, we cut one hundred million feet OF
off that tract and sold 1t for $780,
900 above the cost of numbering. AT another
we made a nice little investment by
buying some canal lands of New York men.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
Au.trin's Emperor Mt Play.

amusements publicly. much unlike Oueen
Victoria. He believes that his subiects
like to see him among them, and when
position in full view Of the house and
the consequence Is that the royal box "a
the center Of attraction, the actors pIayine
to 1t for al they are worth" s
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-07
THE PAUNCEF0TE FAMILY.

Sketch of the Ambassadors Career.
Lady Pauncefote and Her -Four
Daughters.
Great Britain has been represented In the
United States since 1889 by Sir Julian
Pauncefote, first as minister n after
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-12-25

G. S. Smith came down from the
continental mine few days ago to
spend the holidays with his family.
He informs us that the big galena
proposition is being developed this
winter by force of four men which
will be maintained during the win
ter. They are sinking an incline
on the ledge and are now down
about 65 feet.
Mr. A Hickman and Mr.. John
A. Manley, the latter of Grand
Forks. B. O., have secured a control
ing interest in the claim, and pro-
pose to open it up regardless of the
cooperation of Others interested.
Their plans contemplate the con-
struction of a wagon road to the
mine in the spring, and the erec-
ton of concentration.
The Continental was discovered
six or seven years ago and is an i'm
menSe galera showing. The num-
Der of persons Who have secured
interests in the property has become
quite large, and, as is often the
case under such circumstan ,es, the
partners have been unable to agree
either on terms of sale or on ques-
tons of operating the mine 1t
seems, however, that Messrs. Klock-
man and Manley haze secured a
cor trolling interest and propose to
take the bull by the horns and open
up the mine and operate it anyway.
These remarks do not apply to
the Continental group, but to the
lone mine. Mr.. Smith has charge
of the work now in progress.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-12-25

In the senate, a few days ago,
Stewart of Nevada, charged the adj
ministration with being in sympa-
thy with the goldbug policy.
Chandler, of New Hampshire, chal-
lenged the statement, but, unfor-
tunately for the New Eng.ander,
Secretary Gage was at that very
hour before the house committee Or
banking and currency unfolding
his currency scheme and admitting
to Congressman Cox that his bill
was for the purpose of leading up
to the gold standard. Chandler is
now out in a letter in the Washing
ton Post warning the party against
adopting the Gage plan. He says
such course "will split the now
united republican party into frag-
ments." Gradually the scales are
dropping from the eyes of republic
ans as to the true meaning of the
Hanna victory.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-12-25

The Kaiser House, under the
management of Mr.. James Casey,
will be a popular establishment
during holiday times. 1t is to be
noted, too, that the bar of the hotel
carries liquors and cigars of fine
quality.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-12-25

"A large consignment of Christ
mas goods for the Bonner Mercan.
tile Co. arrived on Friday morning,
having been delayed on the road,
much to the disappointment of the
store people and to their customers.