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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-15

began to appear on their faces, when they
began to realize that they were not to
be killed, not to be robbed and not even
to be taxed for the maintenance Of Amer
lean soldiers. II +y,-~f = *
Dependent upon each pueblo are num-
erous Ils1tas composed of e few
houses, and while the presidente is at tn
head of them all, a Teniente is appoint sd
OF elected to look for the welfare Of the
Vista New presidentes and tenientes
were appointed and their work of keep
ing the villages in condition, the peon!e
free from fear and roads and bridges in
repair, was outlined for them from mill
tary headquarters. ~
{ The machinery began to work, and a s
ship load after ship load began to be
shipped out, small barotes and bancas by.
the. hundreds began to pour in from the
smaller towns with more hemp takIng
away vice, and other necessaries which
had been brought by steamers and
schooners from Manila.
3 On the north coast troops were sent
to occupy Laynan and Chairman; while a
detachment was sent up the Catubig river
to 5Catubig and another one to Gandara.
on the Gandara river, where vast uuanti-
ties of hemp had been stored awaiting
shipment, and Immediately merchants.
who, through fear had left the island. re-
turned to take up the work of exporting
hemp and importing such things as were
most needed by the Inhabitants.
Elections were ordered held in all the
towns, where the people could choose.
their own head men and the head men
could choose the presidentes and ten
ientes.
& Certificates of registration were issued
to all who wished them at 10 cents each
which took the place of the old Cedula
which the insurgents had issued at
price ranging from So to Sc.
me Filipino is, by nature easily led
put IS far more easily frightened, SO when
TO enm1ssaries from Aguinaldo crossed
esisss ieets OF San Bernardino. from
southern Luzon. they found many fol-
lowers, among the ignorant nlountaineers,
but they were especially careful
20 pick for local leaders those
who could threaten as well as
coax easI SO keeDine well to the noun
Cent1nued II TN Col.
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HE golden Ophir Of King Solo
II ~:non and King Hiram, according
to the serious assertion made by
\ d.. Carl Peters, the explorer, has
at last been found. va
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considers that the tropical growth Of
shrubbery, grass and foliage, together
with the natural contuor Of the country
makes it impossible to see any one at any
great distance, one can readily under
stand how futile would be any attempt
at pursuit. The result Of the days work
was the occupation of the town, the cap
ture of twenty cannon and several old
Remingtons, while the insurgents lost ten
killed and several wounded. ~ @@G
MAJ. G1lmore's next work was the prop
er establishment of civil government,
Which is a work so complex that it is a
severe tax on ones mind, aside from
any military work, but it was taken up
quietly, quickly and with such a spirit
OF deep determination that the natives in
and around Calbayog could readily see
that While the Americans had come to
open the hemp ports and give privileges
to the natives, but that they were also
In the habit of having their orders
obeyed. ,s' - - 3
A presidente was Immediately appoint
ed to help look after civil work. The
people were invited to return to their
homes and labors, being assured of our
fullest protection. The padre, who. un,
der the insurgent government was forced
to flee from the island, was recalled, and
once again the church doors, were thrown
upen to worsh1pers, and the bells pealed
out the glad news that the suppression
OF religious ceremonies had ceased The
school was reopened, which for year
mad been closed. People were compelled
to clean around their houses and in the
streets. and different look gradually
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bought it. His family consisted of his
"l1e Elena and three children of between
twelve and eighteen, two boys al:s, a girl.
he had perhaps ten servants, including
the chief gardener, who had poems under
nm and they don't count.
People talk about Marron's uneasy ghost
walking ABOUT the rooms at night without
any regard to locked doors. Servants
stayed but a few weeks as a rule and
went away with queer tales to tell The
!lcenlclado grew nervous and finally, TAX
Ing house a few blocks away, began
tearing down the Acknowledgement casa.
lie contided to his friends that he had no
lear OF anything phantasnal, but his wife
not being able to keep servants, long, it
seemed best to tear down the house and
bu1ld a new one on it's foundations and
tnen ne would have something modern,
with up-to-date conveniences that women
IKE SO well. 1t was a year and a half
before the Valdemoros went back to the
place into house spic and span, brand
new and smelling of fresh paint and pa
per- with private electric lighting plant
and electric bells all over the house,
which was of one story like the old place.
Inc parish priest blessed the premises
ana there was grand fiesta and any
amount OF champagne The ghosts were
surely banished. They might walk in the
orchards, said the licenciado, and much
good would it do them.
ana the ghosts did remain AWAY 11ntf1
year ago. when they came back in
troops ana with any amount of accumu-s
lated ingenuity. You would have said it
was old Col" Marion and all his des-
perate gang. The pride of the Iicencia do.s
heart was his collection of oil paintines
manygof them selected by him in Eurone,
and valued at many thousands of dollars.
He liked to show them to his guests and
expatate on their merits.
He had sometimes talked of HAVING ..
portrait painted Of ..Col." Marion as a
sort OF tit historical subject, and perhaps
II ne had carried out his purpose things
might have gone better with him. But
the Sonora de Valdemoro objected and.
put her plump Mexican foot on the.
project. "a
one morning the licenciado went into
the big sala, or parlor, for some purpose.
and noted with indignation that several
paintings had been pulled from their
frames and lay on the floor. He called
up all the servants and read the riot act
TO them. They got down on their knees
and assured Ell senior amo that they could
not have been guilty of such vandalism.
II was evident that they were sincere.
ana badly frightened into the bargain.
" week after, the pictures having been
duly restored to their frames. the same
Continued On second Page.l
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and embroidered in colors, suiting the
fancy of the fair person whom it is to
adorn, but L believe one of the first acts
for American missionaries should be to
teach this damsel the use of stockings
and slipper which covers somethine
more than her toes.
: The houses of the better class are made
of wood set well off the ground to allow
the free circulation of air beneath, but
by Tar the more. common sight is the
s casita, or small hut, whose sides and
roof are matched with nipa grass, with
no windows and few DOORS ~" 49,. 10. h
From commercial STANDPOINT II
stands well to the front on account of
the vast amount Of hemp which is raised
on the island and Of a quality which
makes the Samar hemp famous, while in
some sections more rice is raised than is
consumed by the people
At the evacuation of Samar by the
Spanish, in December, 1898, the island
was unfortunately left unoccupied by
American forces, and to give you an
idea of what self-government in their
present state means, know of no better
way than to show. you the condition of
affairs on this island after over one year
of their self-government
The first insurgent governor had been a
regular adventurer from Luzon named
Minoz, but his career was cut short by
the arrival of one Lukban, who declared
that he had been sent by higher author
ity, who Immediately ousted the said Mi
noz and took the reins of government
into his own hands with such grip that
he was still the all-powerful when the
Americans arrived at this island. Being
a Tagal and not accustomed to the use
of the Visayan language, he soon sur
rounded himself with the most evil
minded persons possible. who, though ma
tives of Luzon, had been in Samar long
enough to know the language and the
best manner to hoodWink the people,
He began an outrageous system of tax
Aiion, the Chinese coming under his ban
more than the others. and went so far
as to punish with twenty-five lashes any
one who did not have in his possession
an insurgent Is flag, which flag. worth
about 10 cents. he compelled them to buy
from him at a cost Of So.
All Institutions Of learning were forced
out Of existence churc l,es were closed
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tains they began to collect forces, and
in a short time word began to reach us
from out Of the way places Of their rob-
berries and pillages and finally collecting
about one hundred men they attacked a
small reconnaissance party OF ,Alrteen
rear Matuguinas, killing one all wound
ing five, but lost over thirty.
On March 26 a small party Of about
twenty came stealthily into Calbayog, and
approaching sentinel from both sides at
once succeeded in cutting him with bolos,
but he gave the alarm and the garrison
was hurriedly turned out, but not in time
to prevent an insurgent from getting into
the room of the orderly Of the command
ing officer and killing him. In the affair
which followed we killed eleven, wounded
four and captured three.
It was found that they were operating
under these same two Tagals, and were
sent to bolo the officers, thereby reducing
the garrison and lessening the morale Of +
the command. All of these wore about
their necks little packet in which was
concealed the crude insignia Of the "An-
ting Anting" society, whose chief teach
ing is that if a bullet enters the body all
they must do is to mutter a prayer and
the effect is gone. s..s.-#
This affair was soon followed by fights
at Gandard, Santa Marguerite, Lava
Zares and La Granja, where about eighty
insurgents were killed, with no loss to the
Americans, but at Catubig we were less
fortunate, losing eighteen men out of a
detachment Of thirty-one, but killing over
two hundred
f. AT CatSuman, one COMPANY was at
tackled by about six hundred Insurgents,
and after severe fighting, some of which
was bayonet against bolo, the Americans
buried 1cO insurgents and lost but one
man killed and one wounded
All the time marches are made over the
:, suspected country, and it is here that the
true worth of the American soldier is
shown. A man may get out and fight
for short time and show bravery, and
yet be unfit to Withstand the fatigue and
hardshfps of four-day continued
fhyke,' where they wade through rivers,
mud and marshes, sleep in the wet grass,
climb mountains when the hot tropical
sun seems to melt their very bodies, and
maybe do outpost duty all night, only to
take up still harder march in the morn
ing, vet It Is in this way that the most
valuable informat ton is gotten, and I'M
less one has been at least once over the
country 1t is a great disadvantage when
trying to fight In the same territory.
During all this, the work of building up
government must continue the natives
must be kept at work and interested in
their work MIST be made to learn the
first principles 6f governing a barrio, la
Csntixued On zaa page,
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Of the earth IN some catastrophe. posi-
bly, an uprising Of the aboriginal people,
during which they and their civ;lizat ton
persisted together "
One of the objects found which ADDS to
the proof that the ruins are those Of
Ophir was zodiacal calendac. well pre-
served through all the centuries Of its
interment The zodiacal drawings are
such as could not have been made by
the Kafhrs. One Of the pictures is a
representation Of the sun, similar to. the
ssun pictures found in Asia 'Hfffsor. wrfcsr'
belong to the Observation-Disclosures period
The center Is represented by crocodile,
which was frequently used in olden times
as representing the polar constellation Of
the northern hemisphere These identical
similarities show that there was an early
connection between the inhabitants of
this region and the ancient races who
practice solar worship and astronomy.
Even the present natives who live in the
district are sun and fire worshippers and
are unlike any Of the other African
tribes. They have a distinct Jewish type
Of face, and it Is the opinion of Dr. Peters
that they are a mixture of the Asiatic
conquerors with the original Inhabitants.
The probability Of Ophr being in East
Africa was not realized until the Portu.
guese navigator Vasco da Cana rounded
the Cape in 148T and opened up the East
African coast to the western world. In
all of the ports he called at the Arabs told
him wonderful stories about the gold
fields in the interior. The next Portu-
guese expedition, in 1908, founded the
town Of Sofalo. With this began the
modern history of this country A Ger
man traveller, Carl Mauch, first visited
the interior of Mashonalan6. and report
ed on the finding Of ruins in this region
Theodore Bent twenty years later also
visited the same ground and investigated
the ruins. Dr. Henry Schlichter, an Eng.
ltsh traveller. Was the last to explore this
country That was In 1895. DE- Peters'
discoveries Will undoubtedly be ranked as
don't know. He probably satisfied, for a
song, any legal heirs of the Allendes, and
Marron's estate had passed into the hanfs
of his own nephew.
= The Licenciado Valdemoro was from
Puebla. and was kept. as the Poblonos
have always been reputed to be- A
Philadelphia lawyer would have had to
take his dust on the highway of profess
slonal competition. And he was hard
headed. He had come to Querendaro in
1883, two years before Marion died. He
liked the place and. when the time came,
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this glade IN that rackety cabriolet You
then ask me if I have completed my
epitaph My answer is, No, sir; have
not"
But you have effected SOMETHING
urged Mr.. Bodmin, knowing that there
was no chance Of the doctor attending to
his pistol while the epitaph remained un-
finished. r. vii. ... 1H. #se
IF I had effected nothing, said the
doctor, 81 should be fool" ...
Pray let me hear what you have COM
posed?' said Mr.. Bodmin, alphabetically.
Your Interruptions are insufferable."
said the doctor, severely; "but it is nv
intention to recite the lines to you in
order that you may record them in your
notebook. They are to this effect: r
Stranger, here Kittery lies-observe his
fall, ~ sv /tl'
Slain by the reeking tubes unerring
ball., :
"AdmirableH murmured Mr.. Bodmin.
The reeking tubes unerring balr-ex-
cellent!" + " $3.50
The phrase. no doubt, has classic
ring, said the doctor, gratified; ''but an
epitaph should be essentially commemo-
rative. This only commentaries my
death; my more important achievements
are neglected
They speak for themselves" said Mr..
Bodmin. you could not improve on your
present lines
Possibly l may be permitted, sir, to
consider myself as great an authority on
the subject Of epitaphs as you,'' said the
doctor, misliking this laudation.
Certainly, certainly said Mr. Bod
min, in haste.
cry well, sir. ! maintain that the
ep1taph is not complete. It will be my
endeavor, to remedy it during the five
minutes of existence that still remain to
me-.
Mt Bodmin clasped his hands in des-
pair Here they were already on the
ground, and Sir Edward Browns second
already at him to measure out the PAGES
and load the pistols.
DIR. Kittery will not agree to Sir Ed
wards version Of zythus?" inquired this
gentleman.
No, sir." said Mr.. Bodmin sadly. .Dr.
Kittery is not in the habit OF agreeing
to anything that mdslikes him.
B Nor Sir Edward"
Then tbs affair must proceed2, saia
Ma. BodmIn. -
Z Undoubtedly"
Meanwhile the doctor moved up and
down abstractedly, shifting his spectacles
as an idea came or escaped him.
II shall be compelled, = he murmnred,
ito alter both lines Here, In this urn
ian invaluable Romanism), proud
stranger. Kittery. No. that 'solates the
rule that substantives M DO sep
- 49,
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- III S-'r S1CCszs. "uIy- NV A1lS per
ss..s sxr~~----~aaps OFF, secondary sairnpar--
lance in some respects, by far the larg-
est island Of the Visayas is Samar, sit
uated between the Islands of Luzon on
the north and Mindanao on the south,
and is probably the oldest settled island
Of the Filipino group. &,1 a.
It has a population of about 200, 900,
mostly, Indios, but a large number of
Chinese and rhalf-caste are found in the
larger towns, but the towns are so
scattered and the condition of the roads
so poor that except by sea they are iso-
lated so far as commerce is concerned
and the barote and banca of, the, ocean
Is far. more common sight than the
beast of burden of the land. !
. The customs: are nearly the same as
In the country towns Of Luzon, the peo-
pie probably possessing a. little better
idea Of right and. wrong, but outside of
the larger villages there is no education,
SO that any person with pleasing man.
ner and a good gift Of speech can easily
lead them in any way he wishes, which
accounts for the rapid manner in which
a total stranger may enter a place and
organize band of fanatical insurrectos.
The belle of Samar is not without a
certain amount of attractiveness when,
on the occasion of a fiesta, she is ar
rayed in gown of soft hemp or pima
silk, with the ever-present "pannela"
draped gracefully about her shoulders
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reached South Africa and commenced the
search for the ancient site Of Ophir. Fol-
lowing the tracings of the old map he
pushed into the interior until he had
reached the supposed locality. The coun-
try was found to be occupied by peo-
pie calling themselves "Malanka," and
ruled over by 4 powerful chief, who at
once became hostile to the entry Of the
white men, refusing for five weeks to sell
them food. Finally the chief sent his
brother to parley with the explorer, says
the New York Herald, and, after his mis-
sion was fully explained, the chief be-
came friendly and subsequently gave
valuable information as to the position of
the ruins. s.-. - H.. r.
Continuing his search south of the Fam
best and midway between the settlements
of Sena and Tete, DR.. Peters came upon
the site of the ancient city. Here was
found series of immense ruins, consist
ing of temples, Notifications, dwelling
houses workshops, all constructed of
solid masonry, and which bore the un.
mistakable stamp of antiquity. The outer
walls and pillars We're covered with
astronomical signs and other ornamental
tons, which are identical with Phoeni-
clan and Semitic symbols employed at
that time. One of the largest Of the
ruins covers an area Of several acres,
having massive walls, towers and mono
iths. 1t is supposed to have been a
huge temple of worship, a counterpart of
the great Temple Of Solomon itself.
Smelling furnaces, shafts and other APP
pliances for metal workings were found,
which leaves no doubt that gold working
was the chief occupation of the former
jewellers of the city
A full survey of the ruins, giving COM
plete details and measurements, together
with an examination of the ancient work
ings and the quartz gold reefs will be
made on DR.. Peters, next return to
Africa Traces of diamonds. coal, white
mica and saltpeter were found, and DR..
Peters feels ssurea that all the products
of the accent Ophir are TO be found on
the Zambesi.
81 These massive and mysterious ruins
stand out in startling contrast with the
primitive huts of the present natives.
Undoubtedly large population, having
thousands Of skilled artisans, once lived
here, and erected double walls to pro-
tect their splendid city and tee great
quantities of gold which they extracted
from the quartz reefs against the pillag-
ing OF hostile tribes. DR.. Peters concludes
that such a style of architecture and
such civilization IS it signifies could
not have originated and developed in
South Africa u B.
Archit and the art of gold-work-
ing died long ago La Southeastern Africa.
while those who have practiced them ore
believed to have been swept off the face
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1// Richmond Park. DR.. kittery,
compiler of the famous Latin
dictionary, and his second
~ Mr. Eodnin, stepped out and
hi made their way to the open
space Of greensward among the trees
where the duel was to take place. The
sun had scarcely risen yet, and Mr.. Bod.
min thought with profound grief that II
was only yesterday shat the great die
tionary had been finished and only last
night that the doctor had held levee
OF his admirers in the Green Lion coffee
house to celebrate the event. Unfortu-
nately, Sir. Edward Browne being the
worse for wine, had ventufed to dispute
with the doctor as to the meaning of
"Zythus." 50 -. HI.
"A malt liquor used by the Egyptians -
said the doctor, as one with authority
"A concoction made from crocodiles'
tears and lotos leaves" persisted Sir Ed
ward viciously. -
''Sir, you are Impairment" said the
doctor. 1T is malt liquor such as you
yourself would do we'll to cultivate in
place of the more heady Falernian.''
The doctor had accepted the invitation
to duel with his customary cquanimity
He did not Know one end Of the pistol
from another, and Mr.. Bodmin was over
come with double fear, being convinced,
firstly, that the doctor would be shot
down like sheep by his antagonist
noted duelist; secondly, that in his great
concern to finish the composition of an
epitaph which had already thrown him
into a brown study the doctor would
either forget to pull the trigger at all or
else shoot one of the seconds-either Of
which mishaps would be counted to him
as a dishopor. But Mr. Bodmin was too
faithful an admirer to refuse the post Of
second.
THE hasty manner" said DR.. Kittery,
as they got out, Gin which affairs involv-
ing an appeal to the ultima ratio are
brought to a conclusion appears to me
to be as intolerable to the individual as
it is disgraceful to the community"
"Have you been unable to complete it?''
asked Mr.. Bodmin, knowing that the doc
tor was thinking. of the short time al
lowed for his epitaph.
"Sir," said Dr. Kittery, my epitaph
may be ephemeral in duration, and must
be less than ephemeral in construction.
But 1 beg to remind you that it was at
midnight I disagreed with Sir Edward
on the subject of zythus, that three Of
my hours have since been devoted to
slumber, and that one hour and thirty
minutes have. been consumed driving to