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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-18
By JOHN C. SYMONDS

companies reside here-a few with
their families Piuable outcasts from
civilization, giving it would appear
their lives for the benefit OF trade
for the dollar
It was at this point that ! employed
one Of the most faithful and altogether
valuable native servants / have ever
had. TyanZa was his rather musical
name. He had been compelled to ac-
company a former employer from his
jungle home TO this point on the
fringe of civilization, where he was
deserted. He swan out to our vessel
as soon as We cast anchor and pleaded
Diteously to accompany us to the In
terror. ] finally employed him for ap-
proXimately SIX cents a day. Tyanza
soon proved TO be a valuable servant
and on at least two occasions he saved
my life. / had the satisfaction. many
weeks later of seeing him join his
tribesmen on the far interior of the
dark continent
THE JoSKoNsPHARA FOREST
FIGNOS.
BY easy stages we sailed up the
Nile toward Gondokoro. journey
which with steady sailing would oc-
cupy over two months. We did con.
siderable hunting along the route,
stopping occasionally for two or
three days tour of the surrounding
bills On one Of these expeditions we
had an experience which almost cost
our leader. Sir John, his life. 1t was
almost n month after we had left Alex
andrIa and while we were passing
through the Joskonsphara forest
which extends for miles into the in
terror on either shore of the Nile. The
natives insist that the Joskonsphara
forest is peopled by gnomes, giants
and indescrbable human horrors as
well as the most ferocious of wild
beasts Sir John informed me, how.
ever. that the probable cause of the
native fear of the forest was the
presence of hundreds OF slaves who
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was late in the sum
mer of 1S6- that Sir
John Langt7y, who was
one of the grcate3t
English explorers anc
hunters of big game,
invited me TO accom-
pany his party on an
expedition up eastern
Africa's great water.
way, the Nile. While
Sir John had made
various expeditions TO
the most remote parts
of the earth. he had an
inherent dislike of Dub.
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TYANZA SAVES MY LIFE.

The monster leopard had reared
again 10 strike when l saw a black
arm reach around It's body and with
the skin and cunning of centuries
back Of his thrust, Tyanza plunged
his 10-inch knife to the hilt in the
beasts side. With a stl0ed moan the
great animal gave up the fight, sink
Ing dead at our feet One OF his
mighty claws struck the knee of my
trousers as he fell and slit the tough
cloth as IL it were a spiders web,
While the other natives fed precip-
itously, Tyanza had placed his own
life in jeopardy by remaining with
me when he saw my escape was cut
OFF ] assure you I felt grateful
toward this ignorant black boy for his
bravery and thereafter he was con
stantly at my side. The next morning
| gave him 4 present (blacksheesh he
called IT. which made him immensely
happy. Considering the darkness and
the attendant commotion, Tyanza' s
thrust was remarkable, and to ii
owed my life (This leopards skin
adorns the floor of my reading room
to this day. Across the opening
where the knife entered / have had
woven with colored thongs of deer
skin the name "TyanzaO
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WEIRD FUNERAL CEREMONY.

Sir Johns gun bearer had died al
most instantly, and before we returned
to camp the natives were given the
privilege OF conducting funeral
dance over the body, custom they
consider extremely necessary-not a
mark of respect for the departed, but
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ceremonies in order (as they cx-
planned TO us) to scare the demons
away. had swung my hammock for
the night little way to the east of
our cnmpilre-which the natives kept
| burning brightly during the entire
night-while my boy Tyanza was
perchod in the fork of a large tree
near by, where he slept soundly About
midnight | was aroused by hand on
my shoulder. and arose to find Sir
John standing by my side, his trusty
.S5-caiiber auto-loader In hand He
had been to the lake he told me, and
found that big game was in the vi
| cinity
Awakening our gun bearers-Ty-
anSa accompanying me in that ca
pacity-we set out making a wide de-
tour of the lake to avoid approaching
with the wind, and SecTeted ourselves
In the shore underground TO await the
coming of the animals TO water. To
our left we'll beaten path extended
light we could distinguish numerous
tracks and also evidences of the wal
| lowing OF larger animals
THE LEoPARo's STEALTH AND
TREACHERY.
We had just settled ourselves com.
| foTtably when four small antelope
came down the path cautiously and in
single file, stopping frequently and lis
| tening intently for an enemy They
presented beautiful picture as they
stood at the very waters edge with
nostrils diStended, their heads high In
the air. their ears set forward to catch
the first warning OF danger; graceful
as Venus, they were alert and watch
full Twice their leader. a splendid
buck with wide antlers, turned as II
conscious of impending danger. but
continuing finally toward the water
While / admired the beauty Of the
group, the thirst of the hunter was
upon me, and | thoughtlessly raised
my rifle 10 shoot. a single word from
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! In order that the participants may not
meet a similar fate, ] was told. For
an hour tiiey danced around the body,
clapping their hands the while and
chanting a wild. weird dirge. Their
noisy ceremony precluded the posi-
bility OF any further shooting in the
vicinity that night. so VIC returned to
camD and To rest
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Finding the pole ought to be an ex-
act science.
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which he introduced here; and at the age
OF thirty he was sent abroad as a special
envoy to arrange I-eaties with the Euro
pean powers
a little later We find him in Europe
studying the constitutions Of the principal
nations. and after that back in Toxic
writing the constitution which now gov
erns japan. In one of the rooms Of the
villa where l visited him today that great
paper was prepared. and as l talked with
the prince l could hardly realize that the
new Japan. with its wonderful system Of
finance and banks. its parliament elected
by the people and the machinery Of its
government, which is one of the pest III
the world. was largely formed by him,
now more than a quarter of century
ago.
Prince Ito began his life young He was
only twenty-five when. after trying in
vain to drive the foreign gunboats out of
Yokohama. he slipped away one dark
night and got a ship for Shanghai, hav-
ing determined to visit the western world
and spy out the secrets of the barbarians
who then threatened the very existence
of his country. He and Marquis Inouye
took passage on another ship at Shanghai,
and by IL made their way around the
Cape of Good Hope to Europe They had
arranged for money beforehand. but In
some way there was misunderstanding
The captain of the ship did not realize
that he had two young mobiles going off
Oh n tour Of investigation. He treated
Them as sailors and made them work dur
:ng a great part of their passage The
two boys knew no English, and when they
were dumped out on the streets Of Lon
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II think we shall rapidly recover from
the distress We have been lately expert
enclng. We have had a big war. and ~
consequence We have an enormous debt
which must be paid We are rich, how
ever. in resources of many kinds and by
holding back a little and economizing
much the business of the country will
soon take care of itself AS II is today.
japan is not alone In having financial
troubles. Similar conditions have existed
during the past year throughout your own
country and also in Europe
Speaking of manufacturing said I.
your highnesS has frequently heard the
statement made that the Japanese cannot
do original work along such lines and
that you are only nation OF copyists and
INIT atorS."
That is not true" said Prince Ito
The Japanese are naturally inventive
and creative and the world is rapidly find
ing them so. When we began to adopt
the new civilization we had to initiate
that which had already been invented.
The field was new to us and we had to
learn it before we attempted to make
any Improvements The fact that We
have copied and successfully reproduced
so much of the work of the western ma
tons is in itself remarkable But that is
not all. Of late years there have been
many Japanese inventions. Take the new
things along the lines of modern warfare
which we have created. We have rifles
of our own make. field guns invented by
other explosives. At the close of the
Chino-Japanese war I thought we ought
10 be making our own guns. and I spoke
TO steel superintendent in our employ.
He replied that IL L would give him tho
money for the purpose he would organize
a factory and build the guns
. But. said /. the making Of guns and
armor plate is by secret processes, which
no nation will reveal to outsiders How
will you get the information and machin-
cry necessarily
He replied IF 7 have the money,
am sure that | can make the guns
THE result was that we concluded to
try the experiment. We furnished him
what he wanted and we are now building
a. good guns as those OF any other coun-
try. We are making some of twelve inch
and also the shells which are used in
them. We are making our own armor
plate and are building gunboats. In all
of these things We have invented many
improvements. 1t is not fair to say that
the Japanese is an imitator only He 10
= creator of remarkable ability
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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now minister to Norway, but who pra-
viously distinguished himself i'm Russian
arbitration cases: Somerville Tuck. pre-
siding judge in the International tribunals
Of Cairo. Egypt. and Henry Vignaud, who
has 50 long been first secretary al the
American embassy of Paris and several
times charge d affaireS.
Other legation secretaries consuls and
attaches are officers in considerable num-
her; now and then for special services,
for example, in arbtrations and interna-
tional commissions.
Finally we come to the men OF altogetL-
extra distinction, like the Wrights.
with whom we begin. Such is Edison. a
universal wizard, with whose name
mothers quiet their unruy children in
Italy and Spain. Edison will eaten you
If you don't watch OUT There is era
ham Bell. also of many inventions. an
officer. while Edison is commander.
Commanders. too. are Archbishop Ireland,
who preached on Joan of Arc in French
at Orleans before church and state were
separated in France, and the Due de
Loubat, who. in spite or French name and
title is born New Yorker. and has been
also elected corresponding member of the
Academic des Sciences.
In this class among the officers are
President Eliot OF Harvard and the late
President Harper Of the Chicago Univer-
sity.
Very particular services have been rec
ompensed in the case of Henry Cachard.
lawyer. who actually translated and pub
lished the entire civil law code into Eng
lish, and James Hazen Hyde. who found
ed the French lecture course at Harvard
and the American at the Sorbonne, cer-
tainly merits his ribbon.
We see that the list is gracious and
glowing. II also shows growth in itself
and in happy relationship with the land
of Lafayette. In the time OF Lafayette
France was the great nation. Now she
is becoming it again-take heed-by her
accumulation of gold flowing to her from
the whole world. and from nowhere more
than the United States.
STERLING HELLO
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Boutwell, put all the information of your
Treasury Department at my disposal Ii
was through the studies that ! made there
that | was able to formulate the financial
system which Japan now has, and to &C.
quire other knowledge which has been OF
benefit to me, and l hope also to my
country.
But how about this talk OF Japan wish
ing to acquire the Philippines: 1t is said
by some of our newspapers that you seek
a war with us in the hope OF adding the
Philippines to your territory?
That also is ridiculous. replied Prince
Ito The subject of the japanese owner
ship of the Philippines has never been dis
cuSsed in this country, and II certainly
has not been mentioned in the councils OF
our government. | have no doubt that
these islands are rich and valuable, and
that they will be of good to your people
in attracting their attention to the great
field of Asiatic trade. L believe that they
have already done so. and that the in
crease in your business in this part of
the world is owing somewhat to that III
terest. 1t seems to me that the United
States cannot afford to let the islands go
and that as world power it must accept
the situation and work that problem out
TO d conclusion.
AS to the Asatic market you will need
it more and more time goes on. You
have enormous supplies of raw materials
and your skill in manufacture is such
that you must have world market One
of the best markets of the future Will be
found on this side of the globe"
What is to be the place of Japan in
that market. your highness?" / asked.
I'VE hope to do great deal of the
trading. and we ought 10 do a large par.
of the manufacturing" was the reply. I'VE
are here right on the edge OF China. with
an abundant supply of labor which is
comparatively cheap. and which is both
artistic and adaptable to the handling of
machinery. There ought to be opportuni-
ties for combination Of American capital
and American raw materials in the manu-
facture of goods for us here on these
islands for the great market of China.
We are on the ground. We understand
the field and the natives of the countries
about us and we have such trade connec-
tons in the way of steamship lines and
other things that | believe that the capt
taists of the two nations working togeth-
or could do better than either could alone.
We very much desir" American capital.
That brings UP the financial condition
OF your empire. Japan is now in the
throes of hard times. What is to be your
future along such lines?"
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ton of the American Chamber of Com
merce. of which he was treasurer. This
French governmental recognition OF
American commerce goes on with the in
creaSing Importance of business people
in the American colony. 1t is now no
longer made up solely of rich ''absen-
tees"
American army and navy officers have
been named to the Legion of Honor for
varying reasons. They may have pro-
tected Frenchmen from Castro In Vene-
Zuela or from Boxers in China. Or they
may have lhonored France as well As
their own country, at home or abroad. or
have worked with the French in exposi-
tons. have distinguished themselves
in something interesting to all the world
The commanders of the legion of Honor
named in late years are. from the Amer
lean army:
Maj. Gems. Brooks. Howard Schofeld
and Sickels, and Brig. Gems. Baird and
Young. The titles are those which they
held when the decorations were conferred.
Officers are Gen. Bates. Col Mills. En-
gineer Col. T. A. Bingham. now 20
lice commissioner of New York city: Artil
lery Col. Tassin and Lieut.. Col. La Note
Some Of these are dead: others have
been promoted at home. The same is to
be said of our navy officers who have
been named to the Legion of Honor by
the French government.
The commanders are Rear Admirals
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communications promptly decorated
Melville Stone manager in America, and
the agent in Paris.
OF the men of science whom the French
government has named from the United
States to the Legion of Honor most were
already publicly known in France. There
are four officers-George Barker. physl-
cist of the University of Pennsylvania,
who distinguished himself as a special
authority in the electrical exhibition of
1881. which was such a revelation in APP
piled science: Alexander AgaSsiZ and
Simon Newcomb. whom the Academic des
Sciences had already honored by electing
them to its learned body, and the astron-
omer, Peters
Among doctors there are de Roaldes Of
New Orleans, officer. for great services
rendered during the Franco German war
and the commune and in hospital foun-
dationS, and chevalierS. Edmund eros, for
services to French science abroad; John
Stokes and the American surgeon dentist.
who was professor in the Paris Dental
College Michaels. for ''gratuitous care
given more than twenty years TO the
suffering poor.
The honors conferred on Americans in
charge OF our part of Paris Universal
Expositions correspond with the increase
of American Legionaries named of late
years. The rank has gone up. Commits
sioner General MacCormck in 1878 was
made a commander. Franklin. in 1889;
Peck. in 1900, and D. r. Francis, presi-
dent of the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton at St. Louis, are grand officers.
AS rule, the heads of sections and as
sistant. commissioners have been made Of
ficers. and some exhibitors for particular
reasons, were named chevalierS.
Diplomats accredited to the French gov
eminent naturally come in for honors
when they please. Gen. Horace Porter.
who was eight years ambassador in Paris
during delicate times. such as the Span
iSla and Chinese wars and the reciprocity
negotiations, is the solitary American
grand croiX.
Grand officers are Charlemagne Tower
and Assistant Secretary of State LoomiS.
Commanders are Herbert II. d. PIERCE,
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these two latter both on exposition and
International services i'm commerce
grounds-aii these, | say, are officers of
the Legion of Honor.
Since the American Chamber of Com
merce of Paris has grown to it's present
influence. France has made each of it's
successive presidents a chevaler of the
Legion of Honor. 1t vas so of Henry
Peartree of the international law firm
of Coudert Brothers, Francis Kimbel,
transportation agent; William Swift Dali
liba. European director of the American
Express Company. and, now. l.. V Benst
of the French Hotchkiss establishments.
See ether American business men who
are chevaliers. In 1891 il was H. ].
Odet of sulphide company highly nota-
bic at the Lyon exposition. In 1899 1t
was George Dambmann for services
rendered French commerce and COLOMBIA
ton in Madagascar" In 1903. it was W.
r. lngersoll. so long director Of the New
York Life in France; in 1905 J. G.
Brigiotti for exceptional services" and
r. j: Parsons. so long chief engineer of
the French Thompson Houston Company.
with its, electric tramways all over
France. Meanwhile. the nomination of
q. j. Shoninger in 1904 brings back men
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should have To begin il as Caesar did his
commentaries on the Gallo war. by say
ing. MAGMA pars fur "a great part of
which | waS).
In connection with Marquis Inouye.
Prince Ito was the first to see the abso-
lutte necessity of Japan's adopting the
western civ liZation il she would hold a
place ampr- the nations of the world.
As boy lac fought against the Shotgun
III or'icr To put the emperor in power. and
WiICu the new government cOnSti-
tdtsd in 1858 he was one of the chief or
EanzeTs, being vice minister Of finance
and public works NJ that time he was
only tWenty-scven years of age. Two
years later ne was sent 10 the United
States To study our financial system,
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Ammen and Higginson. The officers are
Capts.. Brownson. Hemphill and LYON,
all now rear admirals: Commodore (Rear
AdmiraD Rodgers and Commodore Vain
wright, as superintendent of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
American artists who have been dec
Grated are, naturally. for the most part.
those who live in Paris or have exhibited
there. with such rcncwn that their per-
sonalities could not escape the French
governments attention.
w T. Dannatt. a lifelong resident. is
commander Officers are Alexander Har-
rison. John La Fargo. Carl Melchers, Au-
gustus Saint GaUdens. John S. Sargent,
Julius Stewart, Julian Story. Whistler.
and within the last few days Ridgway
Knight.
All these are names as well known in
Paris as in New York. AS are cheva'iers
like Paul Bartlett. sculptor of the La
fayette statue presented by the school
vre Gardens: Bisbing, Bridgman ts:ncs
1879, Walter Gay and Walter MacEwen.
Frederic Mac Monies. who is down as a
painter, but is chiefly known as a sculp-
tor: the late Edwin Lord Weeks. and SO
on to present favorte among art critics.
Richard Edward Miller. who was dec
GRATED last year. and t.Slmons. artistic
peintre," who is on the very latest list of
January. 1909.
In 1896 an American was decorated for
his French poetry. This is Francis Viele-
Griffin. who was educated in Paris. has
resided and married here and published
many volumes OF verse in French-all re-
ceived with great favor. Nevertheless. he
is an American citizen. son of Gen. Egg
bert Viele of Central Park fame. and
brother to the novelist who has just died
Beginning with Henry Haynie. presi
dent of the Foreign Press Association in
Paris, a very few American newspaper
men have been decorated Stoddard
Dewey and c. Inman Barnard. both Of
whom are lifelong residents of Paris.
When Foreign Minister Delcasse heard
of the many American dailies receiving
dispatches of the Associated Press he
saw an advantage in it for governmental
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motor aeroplaning as french liNeh'ioii
AT the moment Wilbur Wright showed up
to instantly destroy them; so how can
] describe the noble Swing-around TO ap-
probation and brotherly love. whose flt-
ting seal is to he the nomination of Or
willie and Wilbur Wright To the Legion of
Honor
IT is an act in the style OF the great
Napoleon. who took up men. tried them
and rewarded them according to re-
suits attained. Had not Robert Fulton 8
steamboat sunk incontinently in the
Sere the American conqueror of the
water would have had his name at the
beginning of the Golden Book, as our
conquerOrs OF the air will have theirs at
its end,
Every one in Paris is convinced that
the government has chosen Washington :
birthday as the fitting moment for honor
ing the Wright brothers together. All
was ready TO name Wilbur long ago: but
lie said: Wait for Orville: We have done
our work together. and | cannot take IAN
honor apart from him
What will the red ribbon mean 10 the
two boys i'm France: If stopped for
speeding in their auto a sight of the
tiny red thing in their buttonhoe will
transform sour police severity to smiling
friendliness. Should they seek seats in
crowded public places seats will be found
for them where the were none. Tlmld
people-old men, young sirls-will turn
10 them for protection. IN an alteration
the French crowd will appeal to them
TO natural arbitrators. They will get
served first in cafes. as in courts-and
no one will complain.
That is 1.-THE elusive tangible power
of the Legion of Honor-it gives honor.
The French government confers it. and
the French people indorse 1t.
Napoleon created the Legion. first of
all. for members of his army. 1t was his
reward of merit. in its way above grades
and promotions more desired than riches.
On his person he carried always half
a dozen of the little crosses constituting
the decoration today for the military
now one. now another. on the breast of
officer or common soldier caught in the
act of unusual heroism.
The democratic decoration had such a
strange power over men that soon Ma
poleon found he could not keep ii, Justly
acts-inventions. discoGeries-or crowned
years of production in science, art, 1itera-
ture. public service.
And all the French governments since
Napoleon have been forced to count with
the Legion of Honor. SO great is it's hold
an the hearts of the people. Today IL is
the republics only way of doing what
King Edward does when he singles out a
man for knighthood or the peerage.
Among Frenchmen the military le-
Gionaries still enjoy something of the
original material privileges of the order
moderate money pensions for themselves
and free tuition for their daughters at the