New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-31

rost natural condition. But in SUN there y NO
s.oas "a ,sas ,r,c happiness The first th'ns
that strslres DIE traveller rs that eserypody cs
x~ear,on called parsng," having
1900 ,azor-edged blade, and capable OF caseins
ma. IN two through the middle. The next hhins
- ~ noted Is that their aparangs' are noe ~
sb,ow hat that they are often used ana WIN
srrroarv effect. The Sulu Islands have ior SOino
three centuries been claimed by Spain' Dno "a
on ane siSe of Sulu small foraned to". sa.
Jofo. where some Manila troops ana oP n-.'
officers bold post The town 70 surrvunueo - -
Ioouholed twenty.foot wall, and wncnssor IN =.
Of tho inhabitants steps beyond tnas wan ..ona1
s.are mn and dissecis him with the nauonai
. naranrs The Spaniards, in fact, noio 1h s
,r.oura they stand upon, and no foot else anu
- ,rtsyvais Suiu gets into Jolo WIN ms
. ,aranvs and proceeds TO run a-muck, ki,nns
ali he fsneouutefs. until he in turn Is dspstcneo
One AZ these fanatics actually destroyed seyenSen
lives before he could be killed AS Soio ~
unbealthy.I and there is nothing 70 90 on" ~
would xould be TOO hot TO do IL II there was 'llo
Standards do not have completely 1oylA 'inlo
NJ n. Outside Of Jolo TIE Suias pass tne Hnie
,rinc,naliv In conducting feuds .agalnSe ONO
anothar. in the COURSE of which many paIansN
are enployed and much slaughter ensueA
Th,ra was feeble and fecbleminded ouiOan
AZ Sulu. and he had varegateo h"re1n'
inoludine Chinese girl who used 10 snap Ns !.
Nsoa lord,s face. In this earthly paraoise ~
80. - ,hat The uarang does not exterminate
enemies quickly enough, and SO poison Is resor.eu
:. =. was as well understood in TINS peVey
S,,,.ar,s bonsebold as at Teheran or Stampoul,
90 -, as reelrlessly used In the ad1ustmchs OIL
- ssr, intrioues and quarrels The Sultan mao
,avo-ita An the other wives were iunou0S
;..,o,,s ON q sudden the fayorite ded que"
oosnrrsrces. however, were too commonpmos !"
o-c,ta even much gossip. In these maooefS "io
s,,Ins ara clearly not less advanced tnan WIS
,ho hottest nation in Europe at the tilne u
~. .p..sncv The hatred borne by tnese peO-
,,Io .oxvard the Spaniards shows how sucn an'ipa,
tbies NAV be not only inherited. pun s1fsn 80.
IN descent. The Spanisrds on tneir SUI -.
crown mjlder and less vindlcuVe, anu
snaeoyor TO make peace with their ssvsso rs.
hors il attributed, Of course 70 Aeai' tn
thew take nothing By their CONCESSIONS
travellers made the acquaintance OF peOen
truculett old scoundrel, the Pansienia D"niu,as'
Who had killed thirty men with ms OWE pass 81.
and always looked as II he wss hunsef1s c -.
mora blood. On enc occasion TINS me oio
gentleman appears TO have very ne".g NO. en-
his mind that he wanted the heao Oh ~ aro
msxd at his girdie, but he had NOV q1,oo $3.50 "a
enough To give the signal to ms i'n'
so the imperilled traveller escspeo'
British North Borneo is a sort Oh e1p ~4- .',itS
being conducted by an Ensnsn comb s.Aa.sd
an imperial charter, that has leasco " pS e.,
about a hundred thousand square mp@ - -,
49, "a q eoIonixing Chinese and any otner
@ ns..s L1iSs che scales evenly, but il may De
...s..aa tro,o the general drift Of his remarks
-. ~ aoss not anticipate the evolution OF
-. vsa.+ India Company in North Borneo. ne
s,a rot visit Sarawak, perhaps because halsn
p..o,-s,s ktnrdouns has been pretty Thoroughly
asscyibed already. New-Guinea ana osieOes
--sl,,d.a the cruise of the Marchesa' anu
,n hotb many interesting things were seen Gu
.xrnr,snses had. 1t may be noticed thaS eniS
srthor sneaks approvingly Of the Dupch ySU ,
- nlautine by forced labor in their colonies "hSU
he avs upon this Is curiously illogical ana "eoN
=. arrnmnt. OF course. there can DC SnV".'
M necessity for the cultivation oil Gomez or
80. ar spiccs or tobacco; and sun I1ss Oon
49,. ne shown any title the part Oh the Du.SA
- coerce the natives Of these tropical counOies
IT,. a MT the bottom OF the WnVi'
svrtem nothing but force anu -
"a .yantyaIlv this win have to be reeogni.eu,
r.L. p.rnans are an interesting and ousny"hSiiei
,..orls with q minimum Of clothes IHy "e",
combs about yard long in their hs,r-mops' anu
sometimes they stick feathers In these So.Ilo :,
They are all spirituaiists, and make hnh s =.
wooden images which are for the spln's % Sus
Sesd to occupy when they revisit the pale glimpse
~ the moon. The Papuans have an unSavoty
,rac,ce Of drying their dead over the IRE IN tneiI
SweiIings the resulting odor being caIcnhCea Is
S,sturb the equanimity Of strangers. LIKE man ,
other islanderg in these seas the fapuans h o
iisr;ng for building over the water. inc 2oui ~
aaas ave fuIl of towns on the pattern OF tne o9u
swiss lake-dwellfngs, spd some o. these squsS -
tnwna possess considerable populations anu nv ~
,vntery az Venice, or even more So lnasmocn =
some o. them actually bold their markets enSlred'
~ Dr. GuiIlemard was at Dobbo, immortalized py
wallace but il was the dull season, and scare ~
snvbody was there The Marches nnaiD
tnyned her bows hpmeward, with nne colec 40
and queer msnagerie on her decfs, lnemolns
easscwaries, tame pigs, aboresl kangaioos
fvina squirrels, monkeys, parrots, ior1es elfos o
nsra8ise pigeons and other tropical creatures tot
NUM- rous to mention. The whole account on "a.
cruise is written most Interestingly, In ofign
and often witty style exhibiting considerable uex
/! ibiity and polish. The illustrations also belnt
unusually good, this work deserves to rank amoni
the he sf and freshest books OF travel that hav'
appeared for several years.
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