The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-02-23

A very readable character sketch !
of Cecil Rhodes appears in Ainslee's, i
written by Allen Sangree, CORE '
spodent, recently returned from
South Africa. He says III part;
sin the land that bears his
name, Cecil Rhodes receives ths Z
homage OF monarch. He stands {
for the country's rise or fall. He
is the source of good or evil praised {
for completing a railr ,ad and
blamed for continued drought.
Among white men he is a subject ,
of hero whorship To black men
he represents the whole Anglo
Saxon race. They cal him Sep
|araior of Bulls, son of the Great
w hite Qleea' and the man who
eats a country for his breakfast
To them he is Destiny itself.
"In the genus millionaire Cecil
Rhodes is unique. On the face OF
tine earth 10 ay there is probably no
lother rich man who would use his
private fortune to build "A railroad
4 in savage county, or defray the
expenses of a war, not knowing
/ whether there shall be reimburse
ment. 1t is sacrifice of this un-
{ usual sort, in an age when money
els king, that commands the admira-
Ition of statesmen and mechanic
alike; while capitalists from very
wonderment are CONTAINED to give
aid.
"This explains why, through the
length and breadth OF South Africa,
!, YOU cannot find man that envies
Rhodes his fortune, since h neil her
it spends money on himself nor does
he hoard it for posterity. If l had
or he would get no legacy from
|. me, says this world unique million
p aite. Il like to see young man
begio poor. 1t will bring out the
best that is in him.
Il THAT Providence is generally on
pr the side of the big battalions, is a
favorite quotation of Cecil Rhodes.
-, My battalions, he says, are
= !; pounds of sterling
- I'm securing these pounds ster
- ling the genius of Cecil Rhodes il
ore-eminent. He is master of fl
J. : nance; the more long-headed anC
. shrewder the man, the more readil,
:. can Rhodes separate him from hi
g money. To show what capital HI
= can command without paying tn
- shareholders cent Of dividend,
y need only state that two years ag'
~ the British South African chartered
company had expended $25, ,OOo,OO'
|e lin Rhodesia, that the British tax
n, payer had not contributed a far
;ts slthing toward this, and that since it
ofI establishment the chartered com
n fIpany has earned no money for it
n. shareholders. He handles million
,se as another would hundreds, and
Ks not fastidious how he gets them
ire When treasurer general OF Cap
he Colony at the age OF 2S, Gen. Col
mi don met Rhodes and told him {
,e his refusing a room full Of gold o
fered by the emperor of China K
crushing the TAPPING rebellion. 'Of
all what a wasted opportunity e,
es. claimed Rhodes. Il would hay
sly taken as many roomfuls as | coul
ck have got.
rn- +" The bigger the aim the mo-
ars money you need, is his motto, an
nat Rhodes is essentially man OF b
ike endeavors. He first corralled Il
nat diamond output of the world, an
vas made humanity pay his price f
md love Of adornment. Then he al
To- nexei 14O, 900 square miles of va
md liable land to the English empir
,ot- and finally attempted to confisca
leir the richest gold mines on earth, an
the lncidently, paint the South Africi
one republic British red. These thr
4. Jobs required untold sums.
Cecil Rhodes is keen observe
philosopher, shrewd OF wit, n
der given to long speeches, brave, al
avy lavish with money when he thin
,rlyIit profitable. to be so. His count
low nance is not an encouraging stuC
heIfor the sentimental. In the kno
will ledge Of South Africans he has ne
sss. er shown attention to any woma
ave Disappointed-in-love stories abo
ply him 90 the rounds at intervals, b
new are never verified. There seems
31S be little room in his makeup
ant that sort of thing. He treats
geotler sex with indifference a
even rudeness. For his two sist'
the alone does he exhibit fondness a
and they, in turn, have the reputation
city being man haters'.
list Nothing aggravates Mr.. RhoC
eek. more than for one Of the charter
company's employees to get mari,