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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-03-22
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05
DOM PAUL,s spy SYSTEM.
How Kruger Learned All the Secre+.
y ..t of the .Rritfsh 49,

How Kruger Learned All the Secrets
J. ~ = of the British.
+ No one ever denied that Dom Paul president
OF the South African republic, was an ast;1te
old statesman. Time and again he has beaten
our British cousins in diplomacy and has
proved his worth a diplomat,
At the time of the Jameson rafd It caused
DR.. Jameson and his associates considerable
surprise that their plans were known to the
Boels almost as soon as they were conceived
The british were met fought and defeated by
an ambushed body Of men almost at the yerv
beginning of their attack. and it was believed
at the time that one OF their number had
turned traitor and given the plans to the Beers
but now the secret is known.
The old warrior enlisted the services of the
4barmaids at Johannesburg in the political Sc
cret service. Through them he learned that
new men Were being enlisted in the Cape DO
lice and that new guns were being shipped
week after week, from England. Through the
same source he was informed of the attempts
that were being made by the English poll
ttcians to force the hands of the government
Of the Orange Free State in case war should be
declared by the British government agains. his
country. The Englfshmen babbled all this ser
their cups, and the barmaids' winning smiles
and bright eyes never gave them tie susrl eion
that they were telling secrets of vital impor-
tance. IT,. - d. 3 --
No sooner had the pretty .barmaids enticed
from the sturdy colonists their important Sc
crets than Dom Paul was informed, The old
statesman knew how to parry blow with blow.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05

Edwin Arnold and equally acute and mas
culine observers, Japan should have a
little lost her head. and actually come to
believe that she has accomplished Of her
own initiative the whole vast task Of her
EurOpeanization.
4 She now wishes to be quite rid of lead
ing strings, and to enter the comfy Of
nations on quit equal terms. But it is a
foolish policy especially at time when
treaty revision is SO close at hand, to
develop; an anti-foreign feeling and to
deprive the country Of the whole Of that
expert assistance that has ben so valua-
BILE to her.
~Japaif's present cock-sureness OF atti-
tude does not promise SO well for her
future advance as did the patient docility
which distinguished her early pupilage.
!: At the best, things are now at stand
still; at the worst, there may be said to
be absolute retrogression in some ways
The country may outlive the craze, as
II has outiyed other crazes; but it is the
most foolish and most mischievous of the
whole series of national caprices,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05


Those Tennessee and North Carolina
mountaineers," said the major to a bunch
OF revenue men sitting around the table,
I:'are genuine sports. They will be- on
anything from shooting match to pair
of deuces, but their favorite pastime is
to set trained dogs on wild animals
Ever see it done, maje?" asked one Of
the boys. ~ -. :
Eyes; I've many times, the last time
only a few days ago." ls-.' p.
Lets have it maje," chorused the
crowd. -, 80. 49, ~.
About two weeks ago Dave Pointer and
I were up in the Cumberlands looking for
one Of old Nick Whites moonshine stills,
which we had traced for week. OF
course we travelled about under a guise
1t isn't safe for 'revenners' down there,
you know-and we were simple biologists,
looking for minerals. The big mountain
GERS became inquisitive. One afternoon
we stopped at a. log cabin. It's lower
story was divided by a space about twenty
feet wide while the upper story stretched
across the space below, which was re-
served as a:receptacle for wagons, sad
dies, brides and utensils.
LAS we rode up a grizzled old noun
:taineer, who was standing in the door
way, invited us to enter. Cit right down,
folks: an come in Hver. you uns.' call
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05

-=-'-=:I nc .ru.-rru r-vzr u,r-.:---.: s--
Born Scales b DESIGNED structure that
suited her fancy and she caused the
Llans to be carried out. The mansion,
nesting in the Berkshires, ,outclassed all
private residences Of the period: Its cost
is estimated at So, 200, 900. s.G,:ss
1t was during the construction of the
Great Darlington house that the Hopkins
Searles marriage took place on Nov. 8,
1887. Mrs. Hopkins was seventy-one
years old when she married Searlesa He
was under fifty. When she died, July Is,
1891, she. left everything, to searles by
her will. He became possessor of vast
accumulation OF cash, the 81, coo 900 house
on Mob" Hill, the $3,OOO.0OO palace in
the Berkshtres, q costly, summer house
on Block island and q fine house in Paris.
searles began Life as an apprentice to a
carpenter in Lawrence, Mass, when that
city began to grow. II
From there he went to Boston, where
ne learned the decorative art. When he
was graduated he secured employment
In the house of Paul & Co. and remained
with them until 1874. He was an excel
lent decorator and was employed by Her
ter Bros. in New York
Sear1es had a valuable acquaintance
and the Herters made him their head
salesman. He left their employ in 1881
and went to the Pacific coast for his
After the marriage searles induced his
love to remove to sMethuen. Prior to the
removal he paid the mortgage on his
birthplace there, which he has since
transformed in the manner described.
Mrs. searles never liked the town, nor
was she flied with admiration of her
young husbands birthplace. She seldom
II ever mingled with the people OF the
town and pined for the splendor Of her
magnificent place at Great Darlington
|, While searles was surrounding his
wooden birthplace with costly walls. his
properties, purchased 1 with his wife's
money, at San Francisco, Great Barring
ton and elsewhere were suffering badly
from neglect. z953..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05

AT Methuen Lord Searles proposes To
stay. lmmured behind giant walls: pro-,
ecteu py the massive iron gates which
'Wlng 70 and fro only when their ma ster!
sasses through; secure beneath the frown-l
ns Tower Of Chimes and surrounded,
oody guard of paid detectives, who;
vii nght for him so long as his money
)ays them, he is secure from invasion IN,
ne author1tles His great wealth IS the
oasis upon which his security rests He
an laugh in maniacal glee at any attemnt
% apprehend him - z
Two years ago during the visit of a.
}arty OF English tourists he raised the
BLUSH nag to the top of the flag star
.urmounting the Tower of Chimes rhis
lctlon excited intense wrath within the
breasts Of some citizens Of Methuen.
sSearles was born of poor parents ~
tAethuen over fifty years ago. When he
met Hopkins he was engaged il
decorating tne interior of the Hopkins
palace on mob HILL: San Francisco She
was then the richest woman in the tinted
states His knowledge of decorating at
tracted and pleased her. His knowledge
Of her wealth fascinated him. Their, ac-
aua1ntance began there and then. For
three years prior to the marriage he liter
ally rolled in wealth. t,.E -
The widowed mother Of SearIes mortpar-
cd her home in .Methuen to raise funds To
send her son Edward to q training school
The mortgage remained unpaid until after
he decorated the Hopkins mansion at san
Francisco. e.rr -. I,- .-@ \ ;
Mark Hopkins. the founder of the
Searles millions, was born in Great Bar
r1ngton, Mass, in 1910. He went to Cali
fornia by way of Cape Horn in $780, and
soon after his arrival there he started in
the hardware business at Sacramento
with Coils p. Huntington e. .-~t
In 1859 Hopkins. Stanford, Huntington
and the three Crockers began working up
their great scheme of transcontinental
railroading. They all acquired vast for
tunes. 49, i,. c.-.s- 80.
Hopkins died in: 1873, leaving no will
and his wife childless and the possessor
of over $50, 1000. 900.
Mark Hopkins was noted for his fru-
gality; the widow soon won fame for her
prodigality. Besides winning the latter
fame she won Searles. - - -, s=
She started to build the grandest house
IN the Pacific coast. When it was fin
)hed over S1,0OO,O 600 had been spent, and
/le Stewart house in New York alone
could challenge comparison with it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05
that the dazed rcrelgn observer at times
hardly knows where and the nation

that the dazeu rcre,gn observer at times
hardly knows where he-and the nation
stands. tts
Already the craze ldt ana strong while
It lasted for an Anglp-Japanese entente
has pretty well died out. The Japanese
Darers are laughing heartily at the alb
surdity Of the whole thing pointing out
the impossibility of countries with inter-
ests SO conflicting every making COM
mon cause, and limiting, even, that the
points of contact between Japan and
Great Britain are not numerous or I'M
portant. = - ss4
1t is only history repeating itself
Japans life as a modern nation has beef
one succession of drazes. great and
small. The whole country went mad over
the mighty question Of rabbits In 1873
Rabbits were unknown In Japan. and
when they were first introduced every
|,up-to-d date Japanese yearned to be the
possessor of a lop-eared pet. The craze
lasted a year. Extrayagant prices, as
much zas f1hO apiece were paid for choice
specimens: Then can't a reaction; rab-
bits could be had at three a penny.
There have beenfmany other fads-for
|roeknghti1ig, --pfcyrtfT7.. whist, waltzing.
German manners, Customs and institu-
tons, mesmerisrn; wrestling, joint stock
companies. From the Eefecta OF the last
the country is .still suffering -
Some time ago. Christianfty was the
fashion, Now bitter hostility Is being
shown to the Christians. The native pa
pers are continually recording noisy DEM
onstrations at Christian meetings; the
Western religion-:is denounced by Bu6id-
hist lecturers, eager tQprof1t by the state
of public opinion, as anti-national and
seditious. Those who remember with
what favor Christianity was looked on
some years ago, whensit seemed not un-
likely that. Japan might be suddenly
Christianized by imperial edict some fine
morning. will appreciate the greatness of
1.-The change. &kS ..sN
Even linguistic reform Is viewed with
disfavor. lit is not very long ago since one
enthusiast actually proposed that the
whole Japanese Language should be abol-
ished as ncompatible with progress. and
that English should he substituted for it,
Now even these moderate reformers
who would simplify or do away with the
clumsy character-writing are frowned on
as unpatriotic, and the diet refused the
other day to vote aNfew dollars. Tor a
commission of:-inquiry into the question.
7 .-ave ceen extracts from school text
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05
QUEER FREAKS OF SEARL Is.

and Lnomas Ball sits in his cottage a,
4Montclafr, IN. j., chatting with all the
querulousness of eighty years. because
his work is not unveiled to the world.
The sculptor hopes to live long enough to
witness the unveiling-but Lord" 3Searles
Is very eccentric. ss-.; I So .- -
l. Thousands ,of words would be INSULT
cient to describe the multitudinous
schemes he has undertaken and left unfin-
tshed. Three years ago he promised to
build high school building for the town
OF Methuen. The plans were drafted and
the specifications represented a cost of
100000 The Inhabitants of the town
were pleased. They asked the dcnar
where he intended it should be located;
he replied that 1t made no difference to
hi where It womuld be. It is not built
yet, and probably It never VIII be, If its
construction is left to LORD Searles'
control .--os. s.L = (, 8 zs--...Ez. -
He asked the town authorities to give
him the right to beautify the old ceme-
terry in which the Searles tomb IS built.
The request was granted. ana the eccen-
trio millionaire ren1odeled and renovated
the field Of the dead. Then he had a huge
stone arch built at the entrance, heavy
gates hung and doub1y padlocked. Even
the descendants of the dead are barred
from entering the enclosure to strew flow
ers on the graves OF their relatives. The
people permit the act Of lawlessness he
cause they fear the power of his wealth
: OF course they are indignant. and say
all sorts of things against LORD Searles
who, in turn. bitterly reviled the senti-
ment of what he terms an ''ungrateful
ponulace."
He frequently drives about the town, al
ways accompanied by his coachman or
private secretary, A. c. Bell, formerly a
New York attorney, who transacts all the
details of the business growing out of his
peculiar employers mind. Mr.. Bel. it II
said, never contradicts LORD Searles'
statements or attempts to controvert his
IDEAS, but simply humors him in all his
eccentrlcities. This IS deemed the best
nlan so long as the money lasts, because
Searles is a man of violent temper that
has not decreased with the increase of
mental infirmity. !
While the army Of servants and detec-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05

ing half a dozen tow-headed boys, take
the :strengers' critters an gin 'em water
an grub
ION entering. the house we found our
selves in the family room. "A big wood
fire was burning in the fireplace, and
owe: the Goals two or three cornDones
were being baked in iron ovens. The wife,
tall and lighthaired, busted herself in pre-
pairing our suppers, and In q short time
we were seated at a long, crudely-made
table, enjoying q mountain meal Of corn
pone, wild honey and game. The main
dish was a beautifully Drowned ''possum.
baked old Virginia style, and no one: ex-
cept the initiated knows the ~appettzing
and delightful odors of baked 'possum.
That one was simply q poem in. gravy.
Any self-respecttpg 'possum would have
gladly died to have been: 80 idealiZed. We
could catch the flavor Of the woods in
the gravy, clear and consistent, Just such
q flavor as we used to, catch when we AZ
boys came home from the late hunt In
the woods I had rather have "a baked
'possum with the odor. Of the woods, its
festoons of herbs and It's dapkers of
Drowned and delicious sweet potatoes than
La cellar filled with duat-covered bottles
Of Madeira Of the vintage Of 40.
How about the fight. maje?"
I'm getting to that
Alter we had gorged, the mountaineer
told JUS that the next day the men Of The
Run were to have battle between Wild
cats and fighting dogs, in which three tre-
mendous. catamounts, averaging forty-fve
to fifty pounds, would fight with trained
bulldogs. The catamounts were trapped
months before, and the largest and ferc-
where they were fed and systematically
teased and tormented until they became
demoniac with rage. The dogs We're ale
ways removed fighters and nearly every
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05

lives surrounding SeaT!es concede at 1::e
lsuhserviency necessary for a person Ct
Searles' temperament the people of Meth
| uen refused to recognize the title Of
lord" The absence of recognition preys
on Searles' mind and he hates them ac-
| :ordingly. He doesn't recognize any OF
his old schoolmates and neighbors-1nere-
~ passes them by without betraying b. q
sign that he ever saw them before. His
face has assumed a habitual expression
| Of superciliousness. .I@ E@
| He sits for hours at time In the
Tower of Chimes" which rises above
one corner of his unfinished manor. The
tower Is 100 feet high, and on the hour
and half-hour, day and night, Ginning
bells ring out.
He. it is said, told person in one Of
his fits Of cordially that the chimes re-
flected the condition Of his temoera-
ment. a>,~
| When. he said. his mind is gloomy, tho
bells strike a minor chord: when his
mind is stirred bystempestuous thoughts
the bells ring out defiantlY, and when
In .repose they reflect his peace by chin
| ing the music Of rest $50.
searles is an enthusiastic lover ri
music and is a talented organis+- He
purchased for s15, coo the big orRan VIII ch
was too large for the Music Hall in Bos-
ton. and began to build house for II
| IT. Methuen. The house is still uffin-
| tshed. and the organ! in pieces. filing
thirteen cars, stands on side track In
The railroad yard. Searles also started
IN organ factory for the purpose Of CON
! rtructing organs after his own design
There We're plenty of designs. but no o.
Trans have been completed in the three
"e'rs of the factory's life.
NO person is permitted to enter his
listate oates nor any land which is his,
employees large corps Of detectives,
ItvflO are scattered all over h3s nrn,,ar
lies, and trespasser is instantly sur
grounded and speedily escorted off the
/ rounds. - q
It is: estimated that Searles is spending
tver $2.OOO,O00 annually in nerpetuatine
his lads, the result of Constructive
Emania.' "a -T' -
Besides the original searles property he
las bought all the farms surrouniiin,.
Worlds End Pond, . greater part a.
which lies in Salem. N H The total
acreage is about 2OOO, and 1T is said tr1a
lSearles intends making a park az s. on
Il me plan of Millionaire Corbfn's ,Darl, -
northwestern New Hampshire. Their;
are hundreds Of italian laborers an f,,s
sllilWater farm removing the farm
4 louses and changing the scenery in con.
.ormity with Searles' ideas. g.
The only building erected on this pAop.
erty SO far is a lodge at the gate N
rance In parellel lines with the plan ~
ne magnificent fortress at Methuan n
i causing stone wall to be built around
1is property surrounding Worlds Esnd
j Pond. 81 8 ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05
NEVER TOUCHED ME-"

boors5 which show that the young idea
in Japan is instilled with notions Of the
barbarisr1 and superstition of foreign ma
tions. and is told that Japanese morality
is ia SUPERIOR ito that ut the West-a
quantity amusing idea, All these things
"~rav be :trffes. but thew Indicate pretty
fairly the current Of public opinion.
The officials, r. must he conceded. do
not encourage this spirit; the few cool
heads who have the care Of the country
are wise, enough not ito foster q tendency
which may lead to ve-Y dangerous places.
hv the prevailing illiberalItyJ of feeling
There is not a European filling any post
which can: possibly-it is not a question
# comparative efficiencN--be filed by a
sInpanese. ~
n. The postgft1ce! the railways. the dock
va~ds are ,denuded of foreign assistance
and oversight to an extent that iupairs
their efficiency. Few state departments
have, :progressed.ssan and in some there has
aecn a retrograde movement. - - Sss
There is: a tendency to look on the for
eign employee AS a Understanding incubus,
and not, as he veFttably fs, the maker
wise. patient and iH-recompensed-o f
she fact. that the Ja1an of to-day IL at
least half the work of foreigners. The
country has found the5 money. and has
up 70 recently placed herself with q wise
Spassivity in the hands OF the most com
petent advisers she could find. MISTAKES
were made, naturally, at first. In the
genesis of the European craze It was
taken for granted that an foreigners
must be clever and scientific, and conse-
touently some very curious appointments
were made. Ship stewards were chosen
as professors Of moral philosophy, zeal
hunters as mathematical instructors and
retired policemen ash teachers Of physics.
But those were very early days. and
the competent foreigners Whom Japan
afterWard engaged to instruct and guide
her have done all he practical work In
rearing that mushroom edifce Of JApa-
nese civilization at which the Western
world is called on by every literary globe
strotter to fall into ecstasies OF nilnira7
7 ton t,s$s
1. Englishmen- only a very fcw-f0fmesl
+ Japan,s navy. Englishmen founded he.
mint. Englishmen, have had the chief hand
In her railways Her system OF education
came direct from America. Her nrst Law
code was the work of q Frenchman. Ger
mems founded her medical schOOls.
Everything modern In the country has
been achieved under the direction, Of the
foreign employe, and under his super
vision only. but with the help OF his hard
practical work-for he has often per
formed the duties of q mechanic. m nd
miral. an architect and drill sergeant
combined, for a salary not much larger
than a stockholder's head clerk
Lbs natural that, in the chorus Of con-
sszsatnla tions aha-. has. sraceiyed 8 from adr
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05
l'hrirty- Caledon1an.

well, James. how are you feeling today p
said the minister to one OF his parlshfoners,
an old man suffering from chronic rheuma-
tism You are not looking as brisk al
usual.''l ., S. -
Ma. sir" replied the old fellow sadly, 1--WE
beel gey unfortinit. the day"
How, James? g. .sT.
Z, 'Neel,s sir, Lgota letter fra Glasca lawyer
tody this mornin' tellin' me tina ma cousin
Jock was died. an that he had left me twa
hummer poun' = at54 #ssS 'sS
Two hundred pounds repeated the min
lster And do you call that hard luck? Why.
Il e quite a fortune for You, James. Z 81
Az, said the old man. sorrowfully,, 'but
stamps on his letter, an had hale saxpence
70 Dey for extra postage. 81 CMe.)
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JAPAN,s.FADs AND. CRAzEs. ]
English Observer's Report of the
sssSi. NatiOnSa Imafa l,iI3k ~ a.

N0t1On,s lmstahflity.
okohama Correspondence London
Mail Japan is the land par excellence Of
crases. Of ephemeral fads and CROTCH
Fer people have been called by observers
more ambitious OF smartness than OF YER
title does scant justice Ito the French.
The GaulEts temperate. immohilc. stead
fast nan. of relentless and answering
purpose, compared with the average Of
this nation Of weathercocks
The japanese blow hot and cnid, form
friendships and enmities, change their.
clothes. their politics, their creeds, alter
everything down to the very names of
their Towns with such u Ling ranld ill.,
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To the amusement OF 1n= rrle1sn sooner
had they increased their force of available
they were informed that; Dom Paul had enlist
ed q still larger number of men. No sooner
had their guns arrived from England than they
found out that the Beers had also obtained,
from firm in Germany, larger number Of
weapons of still better manufacture. BY means
Of always being forewarned Kruger warded Of
war. III - 49, ~ -. * ,a-. ss.S .-ttr.--.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-08-05
DUMB ANIMALS, NOT MEN, MEANT
THIS TIME.

The Pitting of Dogs and wild Cats
Agatnst Each Other Is One Of the
49, SlsoEtM of the Cumberland Noun.
taineers-Some Terrific Battles in
Which the Survivors Are Saved
for Other FiEhts-"Ole Jim Bel
lows, the Bar Hunter of Clinch
Mountain" s.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-19

(. GERMAN NJ. f. CHURCH.
" Services every Sunday Sunday School 9.3O
Q 10 30. Preaching at 1880 a. M. and D. m.
Class Class meeting ll:3O, Prayer meetings every
REV G. CLAussEN, Pastor.