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The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
GEN. GRANT HOPEFUL
Finds the Filipinos Worthy of
 Praise and Commentator.
And Reports Growing Fondness OF Their Part for American Insti- tutions-Eager to Learn Eng
 fish and Fond of Dress

Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, after two years of active campaigning in the Philippines, is spending a short leave of absence in the United States.
 As he grows older Gen. Grant more closely resembles his distinguished fa- ther. There is the same forceful chin, the same determined face, and as he sat in the parlor of the Palmer resi- dence at Chicago, his full beard lib- orally streaked with gray, the resem- blance was most striking.
 The general is confirmed optimist as regards the Philippine situation, and declared the Fiipinos to be much better class of people than they have been painted, with a rapidly growing liking for American people and meth. ods. It was in response to the ques- 9tion whether after all there was not eep-seatedsY racial prejudice against Americans, as has been frequently all leged, that the general said: No; on the contrary, think they are really becoming fond of our peo- pie and institutions. They are an inn. pulsive lot, much like children, and they have reminded me of lot of youHS SeSA 5 U i3liS eo stAo" eohcAuSAsS- ly they were good. AS an evidence of their growing patriotism I may say they. celebrated Washington's birthday with much gusto, and when I left they were preparing even then to celebrate the forthcoming Fourth of July.
 s'More significant than this, however. is the universal eagerness they show in displaying the American flag and tes- tifying their allegiance to it. It is a common sight to see flags of different sizes and makes floating from every house in village, no matter how humble. It is the makeup of some of these flags which is especially signif- can't Some of the people are too poor to buy flags, and so they have made them, some with the. oldest looking
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08

COL. HENRY s. OLCOTT.
 day embraces people of all classes and most nationalities. We have passed the age of experiment long since, and there now stretches before us career of great promise"
 Col. Olcott's work in India in spread ing the doctrines of theosophy and in ameliorating the conditions of many of the 1ow-caste natives has called out praise and commendation from all parts of the world. In company with Mime. Blavatsky he established schools, united warning factions and revived the Sanskrit literature that had fallen into disuse.
 Since the headquarters of the Theo- sophical society were established in India, 21 years ago, much work has been accomplished. The society has spread the teachings of the ancient sages and adopts and shown the simi- larity between the ancient teachings and the discoveries of modern science.
 In addition Col. Olcott recited num- Der ofother examples of good work on the part of the organization. 'We have promoted the human brother hood," he saidA t'We have effected fra ternal feelings between the northern and southern schools of Buddhism in India. We have won thousands of cul tured and educated people to our be- kef; have brought about revival of Buddhism sn India; laid the founda- tions of Central Hindoo college at Be mares, India, an institution now four ishing and receiving increased endow- ments every month. We have revived Buddhism in Ceylon and have started a great educational movement in that island. Lastly, we have begun cam paign of education among the pariahs of India, with a hope that we may be able to lift them from out of their de- spised and downtrodden condition"
 Col. Oloott has been expert agricul- Aurist and as such has refused many offers of government position; he is the author of many books and has been successive1y newspaper man, 1ec- turer, soldier and statesman. He is oe years old, but as erect and agile as man half that age.
 A silver medal that Col. Olcott carries in his pocket he regards as among his choicest treasures. Intrinsically the medal is worth but little, but it was presented to the wearer by the depart ment of agriculture in recognition of his fine newspaper work during the Chicago exhibit in 1859. His report of the agricultural congress held in con- nection with the exhibit was said to be the most comprehensive statement written of the meeting.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08

their bills upon, are the favorite food of numerous fishes. Their ''schools" sometimes number millions, and now and then immense numbers of them are~ stranded on the New England coast, owing, it is said, to funny habit they have of staring at the moon.
 On a moonlight night they will fix their eyes upon the lunar orb and swim backward with the help of their siphons,. until at length they come up high and dry on the beach. Every squirt of his siphon forces his squid- fish higher up ons shore, until he is hopeIessl o11aad, and must perisb
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08

Ontil recently in Command of Pampango
 Province, Luzon.)
 stripes and stars, but they are the flags of this country just the same.
 ''In other ways the people are show ing their growing fondness for Amer ican ways. There is a feverish eager ness to learn English, and was waited on once by two little Filipino boys who said they wanted to learn my language. American teachers are in great demand for this reason, and I frequently have detailed soldiers to teach the natives our tongue. This is stimulating inter- est in the schools, which are rapidly in- creasing in number. Another gratify- ing evidence of American control is the steady betterment of the people in material way.
 Peaceful conditions now obtain in most parts of the island to a greater extent than for many years I have travelled all over my province, accom- panied only by an orderly, and on one occasion I dined at hacienda where the owner told me that for the first time in five years he had dared bring his wife out there. Another of the par ty informed me he was not carving arms, something he had not done for years.
 ''I do not believe there is any reason for apprehension that Malabar. who is reported to have declared himself dictator since the capture of Aguinal- do, is likely to cause any serious revolt. He may prove to be a troublesome fel- low, such as road agents in our west ern country, but he will not be danger ous.
 ''As for the commercial feature of the islands, I can only say at present that they are productive and that our commerce going both ways must of ne- cessity increase. Especially is this true of man ufactured goods coming from the United States, for the natives are getting a rage for that sort of thing. I have. been amused to notice that all the women in my district are wearing stockings, and in the Corpus Christi festivals of this year every little girl wore a hat, small slip of dress and shoes.'
 While he takes no credit for himself in the capture of Aguinaldo, the gen. eral referred with pride to the fact that it was company of his own Maca- bebe scouts who did the work with Gen. Funston. Gen. Grant until re. gently was in command of the volun- teer forces in Pampango province, Lu- ZOn.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
THE WALL OF PEKING
How It Was Scaled and Captured
 by American Soldiers.
Feat of Ga1Iantry and Intrepfdity Which Was Witnessed and Cheered by Thousands of Mom
 of the old World.

It was Vinton Qa.) soldier boy who first sealed the great wall of Picking and planted on the crest the Ameri- can flag. It was American regular and volunteer soldiers who first showed the troops of the allied powers how the trooper of the athletic west" gets over wall. At home, says the Chicago RecordlHeralds we have seen the Auro- Ia zouaves do it on the stage-set up their imitation wall, give their cheer, go at it and over it.
 But the boys before Peking did even better than the Aurora fellows. The Aurora boys scaled their mimic wall by raising one over the shoulders of the other until the top was reached. The American boys in Picking found a wall before them constructed of age baked mud, irregularly placed rock5and brick. Time had made "a few slight. openings in the face, openings in which bird might hide, but to which no one would ever dream that a man could cling. From base to crest the height ran regularly In places the wall was 80 and 100 feet high. In other spots it was as low as 30 feet.
 No ladders rested against the great barrier; no scaling apparatus was at land to aid the boys in blue in going over. They could either wait until the city gates were forced open and then so around and meekly walk through them after other troops had cleared the way, or they could defy MongoEan wall architecture and go over the ob- stacle in front of them. There was no waiting. A curly-headed boy, out of
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
Fed His Cow on Money.

An interesting COW case lately came to light in Hicksvil1e, N. Y. Edward Hettle, farmer of that place, sold eow to Brooklyn butcher for $45. After the butcher had slaughtered the animal he found in it's stomach a leather wallet containing $72 in bills and three, fve-dollar gold pieces. The farmers now think of examining the interiors of their cows by means of the X-rays before selling them.
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ties were enlarged, and when Private Secretary Porter retired on account of ill health the chief clerk succeeded him as the presidents right hand man. MT. Cortelyou comes of dis tinguished New York family, who won fame in the revolution. He was prepared for a musical career, but he abandoned that intention and per fected himself in the profession of a commercial correspondent. He en- tered the service of the government in 1889. 4
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
AN IMMENSE GORILLA.
GOnster of Gigantic Proportions Re- gently Killed in the German Coll
 ony of CamerOQn.

A great prize has just been ob- tained by the Umlauff museum, in Hamburg. It is the carcass of the largest gorilla which has ever been seen.
 Herr H. Paschen, native of Schwerin, in Germany, killed the mon- ster recently in the German colony of Cameroon. Some natives came to him in great excitement one day and told him that an immense gorilla was lurking in the forest, near Tsnou- town, which is settlement in the
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08

bluff on the Nfssissippi-the bluff at home up which they had gone time and time again or missed the hold and fell to the bottom, temporarily beaten, but not conquered.
 The American soldier is child of the wind, the plain, the song of streams and the savagery of cliff, land and mountains. That's why he reached the top wall of Peking first.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08

an with grown children. She is a good-natured old person, and always attempts to kiss and hug. people of both sexes who strike her fancy
 Whenever she meefs a stranger she immediately asks f6r tobacco, and, if fr is fdrflfe 5Ifl1z sl1e a DIIce eats SlT greediIy, thus setting at defiance all known rules of HeaIth Sire is nearly
 blind, and she has never seen herself in mirror, so that she has never had an idea of how striking is her ap-' pearance. She is supported by the government, and in excellent ..chi-s nook' announces that she intends to live 30 years longer, or until she reaches the ripe old age of 15O years.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
Raise teanuts on Shares

are engaged in growing peanuts. A trader supplies bushel of nuts for seed and receives in return four bushels of the harvest. As the crop is sometimes as much as twenty-foll, the native makes a good profit.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08

(SQangE D6CtpIIUH xAC2OIuPIIs1IoU DJ I011o1 .
 Crisscross Lines.)
 will convince you that your eyes can be easily deceived. First impress sions are the more correct" is anoth- CT old adage, which is knocked on the head by this illustration.
 You would at first glance suppose that the long lines in this picture the ones that run up and down-were not exactly parallel. Yet they are precisely the same distance apart at all points, just as parallel as tracks on railroad. The deception is ac- complished by the short crisscross lines. In order to see that the long lines are parallel, hold the diagram up endwise to the eye.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
Holds Hundreds of Patents.

Thomas A. Edison has taken out more patents than any other person. The number is 742. Francis H. RicT- ards comes next, with 619; George Westinghouse, 259; and Hiram S. Maxim, 146.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
DEcEIvIEG THE EYE.
New Illusion Which Proves That the Sense of Sight Is Subject to Some
 Queer VaEaries.

You may say that you are sure of a thing because you "saw it," but here is little diagram, worked out by a scientist at Washington, which
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-08
A Kansas woman's PInfai

A Kansas woman is in trouble. She communicated with Philadelphia lady who advertised remedy to remove superfuous hair. Here is her dolefuf letter; "I sent her enc dollar and got a bottle of the medicine. had some fuz on. my face, used the medicine and it burnt my face and now have got heavy beard the docter say will have whiskers now all my life"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08

military and civil authorities. He con-
tlnues:
Fortunately we had at the head of the
War Department In Secretary Root a
man as thoroughly 1T for his post as
Governor Taft was for his"
According to Mr.. Roosevelt the army
has grown more and more efficient under
Secretary Roots management. He de-
clares that neither the governor nor tho
secretary was incapable of understand
ing the pettiness which makes an official,
even in high Office. desire to keep official
control of some province or public work,
not for the sake of the public work. but
for the sake of the Office. g..
-. Mr. Roosevelt declares that the insur-
reetion Is fast being put down, and that
thu islanders are being employed in the
government works wherever Governor
TAN can place them. LIE. adds: >, Z
The statesmen at, hons, II, Congress-
and out OF Congress, can do their best
work by following the advice and the
lead of the man who is, actually, on the
ground. IT il therefore essential that
this man should be of the very highest
stamp. II inferior men, are appointed.
and, above all, If the cause of spoils-
politics ever fastens itself upon the ad-
mnistration of our insular dependencies,
widespread disaster is sure to follow"
Coy. TAFT" he says left high Office
and accepted an arduous undertaking
in the Philippines. entirely from a sense
OF duty. But he gladly undertook it;
and he Is to be considered thrice for
tunatc! For in this world the one thing
supremacy worth having is the oppor-
tunity. coupled with the capacity, to do
well and worthily a piece of work, the
doing of which is of vital consequence
to- the welfare of mankind"
When the President wrote these
words in August last, he little dreamed
that he himself, was on the. eve of fac
ing one OF those opportunities SUI
premely worth having on II vastly
larger scale than he had SD generously
declared was before Judge Taft
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08

the attention ~ the monled mon III the
syndicate. u might not apo, al TO pro-
moters With 80 much force.
The estimate Of the amour; OF water
In the Waipio rulch In without doubt n
conservative one. az there IL no record
that there ever was n season when the
stream In the gulch was not fairly full.
This being the case the problem seems
10 be one involving the carriage OF this
water. The engineers who talked Of
high suspension OF pipes In the trans
portation Of water from the high table
lands across deep gulches. should see
In the carrying OF water from grades
high up the canyon, a feat OF less
hazard. owing to the fact that there is
always hill side against which the
lines might be anchored.
II would be an inestimable boon for
the plantations II there could be found
means of getting water upon the lands
OF the Hamakua district On both sides
Of it are streams which have sufficient
capacity to prevent the lands from be-
coming parched and dry. Either from
the Hilo district " from the Waipio
and It's adjacent territory, there might
easily come enough water to prevent a
reenaCtmcnt of the scenes OF this past
summers The inquiry of the Bishop
Estate will tend to make this end more
easy Of attainment and any responsible
company which wants to invest in the
mere matter Of supplying water to the
users on the high lands. may have "A
chance Of bidding. II the reports prove
to be correct
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08
s..
PEOPLES BANKS.

| There IS saying in Germany, that
! Whoever sets up Raiffeisen Cor Peo-
Plies Banks, pulls down the poor
houses" go i''.
Orc of the most remarkable evolu
tlols.in industrial labor within the last
hall century, through Germany, Aus
tria, Italy. Switzerland. and France, Is
the. creathmcot St,.ttpcratte or Pco-
plesip Ranks. They now number over
seven thousand. and have been estab-
lished in the first instance by philan-
thropic men who studied the needs of
the poorer classes. and led them into a
system of self help by which they drive
off the usurcrs. and do thsirIown bank
! ing. The stockholders, managers, and
/ finaaciers of these banks are the farm
I erS. rpeISantS, and small traders. In
the year 1896. the transact tons of these
| institutions reached the enormous sum
of $50 000, 900. and they are! now strong
forces in the financial world. Many of
them do not loan on the average, over
$40 20 4 person. and thousands OF loans
not amounting to fifty cents each are
made,
The principle on which these banks
Of the poor. The small farmer and the
small trader Is unable to borrow small
sums from the regular banks, and Is
driven to the usurers. In the Peoples
| Banks these individuals are united i'll
CO. operative associations, their credit is
united, their savings are collected, and
the members guarantee each others
loans, and by this union of forces the
banks are able to borrow large sums
from the capitalists and regular banks.
\ which are, in turn, lent to the members
at low rates Of interest. The losses of
these banks. in spite of the small finan-
cial resources of the members. are in
significant. The loans are generally
made on the credit of character. and
not on assets. The workingman be-
comes his own capitalist, and in the
communities where the banks are well
established, the moral tone of the peo-
pie Is raised and the unconscionable
money-lender leaves. Even the saloons
are often closed because no drunkard
/ is allowed to join these Associations:
they act incidentally as the most effect
I've temperance reformers. They also
educate, as no one can join unless .he
|
animation Of accounts. In Italy, the
priests of the Roman Church say,
these banks do more to make goou
men than all preaching"
The general method of starting a
bank Is this; several hundred OF the
small traders or farmers In COM
munity subscribe to the stock for which
they pay on time. The shares are often
81 each. The stockholders select their
own committee OF management. Every
loan is passed upon by the stockholders
in a general meeting. The applicants
for loans must state the reasons fol
asking for them. The business is not
left 70 officers who may make errors
rs a man industrious and honest?'
Is the main question. The Association
guarantees the loan, The members are
helping each other by united action
II poor woman is industrious she may
obtain 50 with which TO buy a pig and
for this loan she will pay six per cent
interest instead Of fifty per cent to a
usurer.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08
AMERICANlZING THE ISLANDS.

Under the title Hawaiian Islands
Come High but are. Worth the Price"
We find the following article in print
over the signature of w. T. Maclennan
of the L. $. Treasury Department
From what ! saw. the Hawaiian ISL
ands viii cost the United States a vast
sum of money before they are completely
Amer!canizcd. American institutions,
while making rapid inroads, are not yet
as thoroughly established as they might
be, but of course II requires time for
such developments, ana altogether the
progress made In this direction is sat
isfactory.S' While Hawaii Will cost this
government great amount of money.
there is everything to lead to the belief
that we viii receive in return equal ben
eft In one form or another as an newt
able result. .''.
The sugar raising industry in the Isl
ands IL pursued with remarkable profit
1t is estimated that some of the panta-
tons there yield an annual gain of 80
per cent, while very few pay their own
erS less than 20 per cent. This IL an
enormous rate of proflt-so great. in fact
that almost every bit or available land
Is utilized In sugar raising. The result
is that very little territory is left for
the production of other necessities
II Is remarkable hut none the less
actual fact that almost everything that
Is used upon the Hawaiian dining table
Is produced in the United States
There is a vast amount of bosh talked
about the Americanization of these ISL
ands the term being used by the car
p,t-baEgcrs her. as patriotism was by
the men whose employment OF /, as a
/ last refuge" drew the sneer of Il great
Englishman. Nevertheless there were
certain things done by Congress in
framing the organic law of the Terri
tory which, while not intended to check
i or rsprcss Amcricanlsm. are having
! precisely that effect
We refer principally to matters per
tanning TO the suffrage This Is the only
part of the United States where the use
OF foreign tongue, uo the total exclu-
sion of English, is among the qualitica-
tons of the voter. That tongue is Ha-
waiian. Any one who knows it and nc
other may, being sane. uuconvietcd .oi
Grim" and of suitable age and sex, cast
q vote in this American Territory
| Naturally man who can neither read
write nor understand the English Ian
Suagc remains to all intents and pur-
| poses foreigner. The suffrage law Us
| il stands encourages him 10 remain for
eIgn. lia has no political incentive ~
become American: and he cannot reaCn
that goal until he gets in Louch with
the language in which American prln-
ciples are taught. II the object OF Con-
Ercss was to Americanizc the Hawai-
IAN then every effort should hay, been
] M a 10, In. hit,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08
A STRENUOUS LIFE.

President Roosevelt wrote an article
on Gov. w. IL. Taft Of the Philippines,
in August last. for The outlook which
now APP 'rs in the issue of September
alst Of thai .>per.
Judge Taft combines as very. very
few men can combine" says Mr.. Roose-
Welt, "a standard OF untlinching rccti-
tude on every point of public duty and
n literally dauntless courage and willing
ness TO bear responsibility, with knowl-
edge of men and far-reaching tact and
ktndlinCss which enables his great ab!l-
tiles and high principles TO be of use in
a way that would be impossible Were he
not thus gifted.
president Mckinley has rendered
many great services to the country: and
not the least has been the clearsighted-
ness with which he has chosen the best
possible public servants to perform the
tiihcult tasks of acting as first admins
traitors In the islands. Such was the ser
vice he rendered when he chose Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy Allen and aft
erward Judge Hunt as governors of Por-
TO Rico; when he chose General Leonapi
Wood as governor general of Cuba, and
finally when he made Judge Taft first
governor OF tho Philippines
Mr.. Roosevelt then describes at length
the difficulties Judge Taft encountered
In trying to establish civil rule. and de-
clares that the Tagalog instruction was
Kept largely under way by moral aid
II received from certain sources in this
country.
Amy action" he said, "of the COM
mission, no matter how wise and Just,
was certain to be misrepresented and
bitterly attacked here at home by those
who, for whatever reasons. desired the
success OF the insurgents"
Mr., Roosevelt then tells of the danger
- friction In the Philippines between the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-08

When the big steamers of the Pacific
Mail come in and the leviathans of the
japanese line follow the need of harbor
will range its advocates against those
who will propose Pearl Harbor berths
for such heavy ships. It is pretty GER
tain that Honolulu harbor as it stands
cannot do any more for the merchant
ships OF the future than 1t can for the
battleships of the present,