The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1898-07-08


surgical free lance to the people OF
LuZOn.
The travels Of La Girobnierc In the
island, though undertaken incidental.
ly to professional duty or out OF mere
curiosity or des!te to 20 somew here,
are scientifically interesting, and will
be as important to the historian az
many Of the manuscript accounts that
are rolled up In the clOistral archives.
He explored lakes, caves, mountain
businesses and immense forests; slept
in tree tops and on the tidal sands;
learned the ways OF the tribes and
gathered legends; attended the Tin.
guian brain feast: sketched the inte.
rior Of lgorrote huts and carried of
the skeleton Of Negrito woman.
La Gironniere's most valuable con.
tribution to the civilization Of the is
land was his colony OF Jala-Jala. Be.
fore his resignation had been accepted.
SenOr Pablo, who was known among
the natives as Malamit Oulou, Or
"CoOl Head" had secured of the Min
lister OF Finance site for a model
farm In the mountainous peninsula
that extends southwark into tile
beautiful Lake Of Bay at the head OF
the Pasig. Here, with his. devoted
wife, and commissioned to subduc as
he might the pirates and bandit of
this wild region, he found among
these victims of Spain's extortion and
misrule a prosperous and orderly com.
munity. Assisted by these industri.
Gus and loving neighbors, and heartily
seconded by the once dread Chleftain
Alila, by Malay-Japanesc priest
whom the archbishop had told him
nobody could ever live with and by
his never-inspiring Anna, the "Queen
Of Jala-Jala," he converted a forest
aud malarial swamp into a thriving
town surrounded with timber land,
pasture grounds, and rich fields of
rice, indigo, sugar cane, tobacco and
coffee.
His herds alone comprised 5000 head
Of Oxen, 800 bufraloes and 600 horses
For the introduction and perfection
OF coffee culture, he received a prize
of $1,000 from the Spanish govern
ment. Here he built church
and school, large warehouses, and a
mandatory, and the travellers who
visited his colony were Hospitality en-
tcrtained in an elegant residence that
he erected for the comfort Of the wife
whose early death sent him back to
France a crushed and dishcartcned
man.
Nine. de la Gironniere was a native
Of the Philippines, and it was owing
to Paul's Creole marriage that he OBJ
tanned concessions until then Obstin-
ately refused to foreigners. An Amer.
lean friend, probably "mon ami, NJ.
Russell, de la maison dc commerce
Russell Sturgis," had called his atten.
tion to young lady in mourning who
passed for one OF the most beautiful
senoras OF the town, and he had vain
ly explored all the salons OF Bin0ndoc
for an introduction, which one day as
he was writing a prescription for a
chance patient In one OF the fine
houses in the Faubourg Of Santa
Cruz the sudden rustling Of a silk
dress was followed by the apparition
OF the lady. She was then only
eighteen years Of age. Her features
were regular and placid, her hair
black and beautiful, and eyes large
and expressive. This was Anne. Maria
Favea, Marquesa dc las Salinas, the
wealthy and charming young widow
OF the Colonel Of the guards, who had
married her when but child.
Paul stammered, got out OF the
house awkwardly, went home in a
fever, called again, and six months
later was the husband OF an excellent
wife. Her fortune, $780, invested
In a Mexican venture, was seized by
Col. lturbide, who became Emperor OF
Mexico, and was dethrOned and shot.
This excellent woman bore every trial
with patience. She followed her hus-
band with the most unbounded con-
fldcncc. She welcomed the European
visitors who came to the colony, and
she put clothes on the back OF the
naked dalagas. Quietly she laid liei
little Girl In the grave, and uncom
plainingly, as she bid adicu to the
boy who was soon to follow, she went
down into 1t herself. She was a teach
er OF goodness; the narrative OF Il
gentilhOnme breton sinks to sons
for the dead upon every mention o.
her worth; and the cross Of the Legi0r
OF Honor, accorded him at the request
of Marshal Soult, was little recon-.
pense for the other self that he had
lost In the Lady OF Jala-Jala.
| In Hawaii says the Washington Pos:,
they have one very unique custom 10
regard to debt. "Any stranger can get
credit almost from the time he sctsfoot
on the islands, but 80 long 10 he owes
dollar lie is not permitted to leave
the country. A man who gets hope
lessly involved In debt down there had
as well make up his mind to become a
q tlzcn for the rest Of his llfe-he car
only escape by liquidating. This lav