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cape and Is again ovortaken. She never
really escapes. and her assumed re-
sinthnce ls only In compliance with IS
Wbishcd traditions regarding correct
maidrnly modcsty among these heather
tribes
Another race known as the Tagals.
Is almost as interesting as the Negri-
tos themselves. though slightly above
them In civilization, The TngnlH dwell
IN the lowland country and build prim.
tive looklng huta ON piles. They arc
more or less engaged In agricultural
pursuits aud grow tobacco, rice, sugar.
hemp aud manages, They are fond ~
personal decoration and viii tog them
selves out In any piece OF bright metal
or shells on which they can lay hands.
Their corn IL ground In an old fashioned
mortar with pestle. aud their methods
of manufacturing their different little
domestic tools and implements are
primitive In the extreme
The island OF Riduljor. which lies 10
miles 10 the southeast Ut Dumaguote, IN
land Of mangroye swamps ana ma
larla and has never been very Inviting
To the white man. II n accordingly Of
especial interest 10 the ethnologiat and
| the naturalist, a few OF whom have been
auccessful In piercing 10 is interior
! A missionary has been living on the
island for some time and sunday h a
sort OF fote day among the natives.
People come nooking INTO the town OF
y SiquJor, which II the capital OF the Is
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on the 18Th Of April is2 years ago was
born one Of the greatest men " our
country. This man was Henry Clay.
and the humble homestead whore he
FIRST saw the llght OF day was amoi.g
tho low mnrahy swampa OF Hanover
county. Va. lilo was the seventh OF a
family of cight children that came To
bless the household OF the poor but de-
yout Rev. John clay. whose entire con-
rregntlon were 10 impecunious that
they could not even afiord a church and
were forced TO take their gospel Ia the
open air,
when Henry was but years old. his
father died. leaving the orator In ems
bryo and his mother 60 struggle as best
they could for their daily bread. Henry
and his brothers and sisters. however.
were fortunately not allowed 10 remain
away from school. Henry. on account
OF his numerous errandH TO u nelghbor-
Ing mill. was nlcknamcd "the MIL Boy
Of the slaaheH." and years later when
that once barefooted. mother loving lit
tie boy was nominated 10 the presidency
OF the United States the phrase became
one Of cndcarment and pride 10 those
hundreds OF thousands OF people who
had come to look up TO Henry Clay as
the embodiment OF all that Is best In
American citizenship.
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from folio. r. rough and hilly coun-
try, but one OF the most heaithfui Of the
Philippines. The soil is poor. the entire
Island being coated with n layer Of
limestone. and only the cocoanut palm
IL able a. flourish. The chief town OF
tho island II called salag Dsko. which
means literally "blg nest" Here the
natives make an intoxicating liquor
from fermcntcd palm zap.
The island ~ ssmar. which IL one Of
the largest Of the Philippines and lies
In the west OF the center Of the archi-
priago. IL slightly more civilized than
Ito ncighbotinE island settlements. cat
bnloEan. the capital. n small. clean
and rather busincsslikc town lying On
tho north shore Of a nnc bay on the
west coast. There are several prosper
Gus little shops In the town. the chief
business Of the island being the buying.
curing and haiing Of "ahncu." the ma
tive term Tor the far famed Manila
hemp. Samnr Il noted Tor It's immense
nythnna. Poisonous snakes. In fact. are
10 be- found throughout the Philippines.
but they do not cause a serious loss Of
NE rs a rule. The most numerous ia
tailtlca occur In the little island of Luz
bang. which lies north Of Mindoro aud
IL Stunned by the white man. a great
number Of Chinese have migrated TO
ana settled In Samar they and their
industrious descendants being the bust
ness classes " the people. Inland are
20 be found many "remontados. or ma
tlver who have taken 10 the mountain
Gus woods 10 avoid the payment ~ tax
-. Here they live on yama. mountain
rice. bananas and all live stock and food
stun on which this liRht fingered gentry
can lay their unconHcicntious hands.
tiombion IN another small island al
most unknown In the south. with a tiny
hafbor and squniid little village with
/ the same name as the island for ~
/ canital. The surface Of the island n
rough and broken. and such thing as
a road II unknown. The entire island u
under the domination ~ a wealthy
spanish planter. who has always goI
along comfortably with the natives
whom no treats with honesty and up
rlrhtncsa. The growing ~ "abnca" II
the chief industry. ana the natives arr
unusually ponccabic and industrious.
One great pest Of all the Philippines
IL the ants. which oyerrun everything
There are rcd and black and white ants
blk ants aud small ants. They tunne
their way into houses. They attach
| wood and clothing. food stun and furni
turc. when Professor Dean Worcester
WIS In panny. he discovered one da,
that they had eaten his heavy woodei
chests and dovourcd all the clothing In
side. besides gnawing the pnH'cbonr,
boxes from around his cartridge nn.
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sronY on HENRY cLAy.

Once when Henry clay had invaded
Kentucky TO make a speech a tough
looking representative Of tho blue
grass region. overcome with good
"moonshlne." stepped up through the
crowd and slapped the great orator ON
the back.
''IIowdy. friend clay9" he roared.
Clay looked surprised. re kind
enough TO turn your head that I may
-. your profile"
The man averted his face while the
alokcrlng torchlighta enabled the OBJ
server to study him closely for several
seconds,
Twenty years ago" said Mr.. Clay,
you had not begun 90 grow that long
beard and we're smooth faced, chr
That's rlEhL"
"Ah' Then you sat on jury before
which I pleaded case, and Your name
N ao-nnd-Ho. Am | not rlrhtr'
~ reckon you are. suah,'
Eyes. yes; ! remember you perfectly.
And" continued Mr. clay you had ono
other Characteristic, which | now recall
You were then gentleman
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pEsEREr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY. APRIL $ 1872
SOME LITTLE KNOWN
Philippine ISLANDS.

land, by the hundreds. and after at
tending mass and cffccting a change OF
wares and gossip hurry away to
neighborins cockpit TO enjoy their ia
voritc pastimc OF cockdghting. This
sport the authorities by no means put
down. converting II Into very accept
able source OF revenue. The lighting Is
controlled by law and IL allowed on
Sundays and feast days only. A fee was
CHARGED for each fight ana a percentage
ON all bets claimed by the authorities.
A. all the natives Of the island. and. in
deed. Of the entire archipelago. arc In
veterate gamblers the revenue once OBJ
tained through the medium OF the hum.
bic fighting cock. was by no means In.
considerable.
The native tradition regarding the
birth OF their island IN 10 the efcct
that II was thrown IN by the angry
sea and that a cloud rested over u for
many days. while there were strange
noises and the flashes " many light
nlngs. The island ~ nothing but a
stretch Of limestone rock and the ira
dltlon obviously nprang from the fact
that the island IL OF volcanic formation.
having been at some remote time heav-
ed up out Of the bosom ~ the Pacific.
Travellers who have visited this island
have boon impressed by the strange and
wonderful methods BY which the ma
tivcs llEht a Gre. This l. done by mere.
iy rubbing together two pieces u well
dried bamboo. one piece II bamboo II
shaped like a knife blade. and the 9TH
ct has a long. narrow Gilt cut In u. The
two pieces are fittod together. and then
the fire maker steadily and slowly ruhs
the two pieces Of wood together. In 40
seconds the rubbing grows more rapid
and energetic. and smoke curls up. The
nremaker then suddenly strikes tho
bamboo pieces a sharp blow 10 dis
lodge any live sparks that may be- cling
ing to either piece. and. pressing down
few nnc shavingH on them. he quickly
blows the spark up into a flame.
In another part ~ the more remote
Philippines the natives have a still more
ingenious device for making IRE II Ia
known ~ the ere syringe" and " In
common use among one OF two II the
wilder tribes. This firc syringe IL fash
toned OF buffalo horn In the form of n
cylinder, with closed base and open top,
into which an airtisht piston nts. on
the front face ~ ih's piston IL hollow,
! which TO- frr1 Niih ~ n' hn'r1 of a
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n seems the boundcn duty " the en-
terprlrinR European correspondent to
be always marrying on In prospective
the single or widowed royalty Of Eu-
rope.
The Vienna correspondent OF a Lon
don paper now claims that Emperor
Francis Joseph. In the hope of securing
the throne Tor his descendants In direct
line. viii marry again and that he has
chosen ua his future bride the young
PRINCES Marie Isabella. the 20-year-oid
sister Of the Duke Of orleans.
Francis Joseph has always had the
habit Of doingr things as he saw NJ. His
FIRST marriage was a proof of this. His
mother had intended that he should
wed Princess Helena, the eldest dhugh-
ter OF the Bavarlan Duke Max. and tho
match was fully negotiated. one day
Francis Joseph set out for Duke hax'a
castle TO cofyummate the formal be-
trothai. on his way through the park
before reaching the castle doors he
CHANGED 10 zee a young girl strolling
through the shrubbery. with that girl
he fell IN love al firHt sight. He found
l that she was Princess Elizabeth. n
sister OF his Intended bride. lie re-
/ fused TO marry the woman Of his moth
I cr'n cholc. and was fnally welded 10
the beautiful Princess Elizabeth.
Now. by his second marriage. Em-
pcror Francis Joreph will eject a com
promise between the long opposed bo-
hcmiana and Germans In the Austrian
empire. Although he II old enough "a
be his coming brides grandfather. II h
said that little Marie Isabella IL not op-
posed to the union.
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KLONDIKE
AT PARIS.

Three PASSENGERS from Alaska recent.
~ landed at Victoria. y. c.. on their
way across the continent to Paris. Their
names are Count de Rouloux. NJ T.. l..
d. Wick and Dr. Trevayne These thres
men are French aeronsuts and scien-
lists. who went north about a year ago
In order to attempt a voyage BY balloon
into the polar regions In search OF An
drce. Their balloon was afterward sold
90 the United States government for
war PURPOSES and tho three men went
60 Alaska without II 10 study the con-
ditiona now existing In the Yukon wall
ley. They soon abandoned their idea Of
getting another balloon and starting
from n place 80 far north hecaus. % the
difficulty Of obtaining the necessary
chemicals Cor the manufacture % tho
Initiating gas and also because the eli.
matte conditions prevailing In those re-
glons vert found TO be unfavorabls for
making 40 ascent there.
Dr. rrewayne. however, IL nothing "
not original. and he has conceived an
idea dariHg In it, originality and mag
nifcent In It's possibilities. II Is nothing
less than an Initiation kiondike 20 be
shown at the Paris exposition next year.
The doctor and his friends have In
terestsd several Of the millionaircs of
Dawson city In his scheme. and money
u the least of the questions troubling
the enthusiastic Fronohman. His main
idea now Il to lay the plans before the
managers ~ the exposition before all
the spaces left shall have been given to
conceEsldnnaitcs.
The plans IN regard 10 the Klondike
scheme are 10 contract replica Of
| Dawson'n main streets. log cabins
/ dance halls and other features Of the
metropolis Of the north II 81 TO be
! peopled with genuine Klondlkers and
also show an actual representation Of
the mining operations carried on along
the creeks. There II 10 be 80 much
realism about II that gpid dust would
he scattered about and be washed IN
In orthodox fashion. and as far M pos
sible the scenery In the neighborhood
would b. duplicated.
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A Youxo yASprnn,Lr nnno.

The Vanderbilt family has long ago
proved itself skillful In the amassinE Of
money A scion OF the house has re-
Gently proved that there In also good
fighting stock there. The only member
OF the family who II now In the army at
Manila is at present a corporal Of the
First Washington volunteers. now sta
toned at the Philippine Islands.
This youth. according 20 o recent dls-
patch. Is TO be promoted for bravery.
lie Is % years old, grandson OF old
Jacob Vanderbilt and cousin Of Will
liam X. and Cornelius Vanderbilt Of
Nav York lie IL wealthy In his own
right, but he lett life Of ease and lux
ury TO carry a rife and be under the
command OF men whose Incomes aver
age no more ti.an so week.
Young william n. Vanderbilt. whose
home IL at Tacoma. sailed for Manila as
a private In Company G and was pro-
NOTED 10 be n corporal In a short time.
II Is now stated that he Is soon to re-.
ceivc q commission.
Vanderbilt has been with hls CONE
pany In the hottest fighting done around
Manila. For two weeks not man IN
Company G had an opportunity TO re-.
fNNN' nv flhinfts NNfN NNrlANNH l'Aht
close against the Filipino lines. They
had TO rcpulse a night attack almost ev.
cry q hours. and when the word can't
TO attack In their turn they were In the
forefront of the charge.
one night when the company was
awakened BY heavy nrlng from tho ~
lipinos. Vanderbilt and his cumrsfe.
fired 70 rapidly In volleys and the resist
ance was 30 stubborn that every man
when the attack was finally repealed
found that from iso TO 200 cartridge
had gone from his belt.
II was Companies 6 and N OF the Firs
/ Washington volunteers that capture,
tho two krupp guns from a large bod
of rebels when the first prcconccrto,
general attack on Manila was made.
Vanderbilt is popular with his com
rades and with his officers. lie has de
Ncloped into u line soldier since his en-
listmcnt In lart May. and his friend
here are all confident that when he 20
turns II win be with bars on his shout
der and a sword at his side.
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peculiar sort. The cylinder IL Inserted
In the piston and with a sharp blow
driven home. at once COMPRISING the
air and generating sufficient heat 20 ig-
mite the dry plant hair. The piston 10
pulled out a. once and the spark so OBJ
tainod TX soon blown IN into fame.
ON the south shores Of the little
known island ~ Tawi Tawi are several
scattered bands Of slave hunting Moros,
who are stlli actively engaged IN piracy
aud similar pursuits. Tawi Tawi is cov-
cred with dense forests. md the surface
NJ the island h made up OF rough and
broken hills. This condition renders the
place an excellent point Of refuge for
fugItives from Justice and brignnds Of
all sorts Though there was once a lit
tie spanish garrison at Tatann. the is
land ~ now entirely given over TO It's
undesirable occupants.
The island Of Guimaras, which Is only
some six miles across a stormy strait
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arrows. and In their use the rlrls Of the
tribe are as adept as the males. When
hunting game. the Ncgrlto uses poison
ed arrows. cutting away the tainted
part Of the animal he has wounded with
his primitive shaft The poison they
use u stlll mystery 10 the white man.
Its efIoot Is peculiar. for the man or an
hmal injured by one Of these arrows IL
suddenly seized by an insatiabie thirst.
but Ms soon rs water Ii touched death
at once cnsuss.
All efforts TO civiiIze these tribes have
been unsuccessful. Spanish missionaries
have taken them In hand and attempted
to educate some Of their most promising
young men. hut as soon M they were
liberated they at once went back to
their Old tribes and their old ways Of
life. Unlike the marriage customs OF
most barbaric races. the Negrito takes
unto himself but one wife. and their
married life " n remarkably honorable
one. The method Of courtship Ia curl
ouA The maiden about TO he welded II
pursued by her suitQr and takes to the
woods. She fclrna 10 resist capture.
and when cnufh' srn'r makes her os-
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wAc,nn.s nnm,nN,uLr c.oo,S.

4 man named Jacob Wagner Of Mag
ara Falls has been at work for the past
ten years on a clock which he has re-
Gently completed and for which he pre-
diets remarkable things. His PERSONAL
ity. NJ well a. the appearance Of the
mechanism Of tho clock. has made him
quite "a local celebrity.
lie has already spent 1900 on the
clock. and says that II will b. worth
tio0o00 when nnlHhod. To all appear
anccs the clock looks finiHhed now. II IL
about ie Inches square and has only one
hand, by which he II able To tell the
position. Ho h. asaorts. as we'll as the
uros ~ tho sun. moon and stars. These
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devices on the dial Of the clock. and the
inventor says that he Will add others
that viii greatly Increase tho value Of
tho machine. Another assertion he
makes regarding hls Invention Is that
just such clock was owned by Christ
Wagner IL not az an ahashed at being
called a crank. but rather likes H. for he
reflects that all great men, inventors as
well as philosophers, were considered
oranhs IN their day at least 10 begin
with. lie n prepared to show that the
clock already has wonderful powers.
and he declares that when complete Il
viii give the time IN any part Of the
world ana win be regulated by the
movement OF the sun, 50 that II can
never get out ~ order,
Wagner theory appears 20 be- that
all occurrences have oeen recorded In
some way by the motion OF the heaven
ly bodies aud that with the proper
mechanism an this history can be
brought out and revealed 10 the world
In exact form, instead Of being made up
OF tumble OF conjecture aud falsehood.
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tiers written by Thomas Jefferson, his
ancestor none of which il a duplicate
OF any ia the collection If congress,
'Pcppermlnt" Todd, the fusion cons
gresham who represents the Third
Mlchlran district is 20 called because
he became u millionaire In the manu-
facturc OF peppermint extract lie has
huge farms IN which he raises nothing
but mint, and his venture has proved
very profitable.
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United States mint who win soon be-
come the sultnn's director general at In
iustrleH. IN "A native OF LynchburE. Va,
ana ~ 20 years Of age. lie II gradu-
ate Of Lehigh and Columbia UNIVERSE
Ties.
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge the Hos-
tor banlSor and formerly United States
minister to France has presented 10 tho
Massachusetts Historical society col-
lection OF upward OF 5000 autograph let
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ambition a. a boy TO become the rloh-
est man IN the world. and. strange 20
say. he has accomplished his purpose.
The fayorite sport NJ the mikadu H.
like that OF most OF the Indian princes
horse racing. but he allows no betting,
and the price 81 admission 10 the races
Ia placed no high that only the upper
classes can attend The mikado'H sta
hles accommodate about 5000 animals,
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Ing been there at the time OF the mu-
tiny and fve or six having been
wounded.
II is said that John @. Bright IL conf
ing To visit America. His name Is or
binary, but when II Is known that he Is
the only millionaire In the world II de-
riyer added interest lie lives In kim
berley, South Africa. and Is rated "a u
Millionaire, Mr. Bright IL %. u heavily
built man with gray hair. II was his
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PEOPLE OF NOTE.

form OF llfeboat for the west coast Of
Scotland. provided that a useful posi-
tlon he found for u there. Two ct the
northern lights commissioners are now
investigating the matter.
There In a movement on foot TO Sc
cure the preservation Of the birthplace
OF Daniel Webster by popular subscrip-
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Hiram =. Maxim, the celebrated In
,entor has devised a process for maxi
ing q species OF carbon which closely. II
not completely rosemhlosu diamond and
will be far less expensive than the nat
ural diamond. Tho substance when OBJ
talned is used in the manufacture ot
filnments Tor high voltage incnndescent
lamps. which require carbon possess
ing a high resistance and made OF
highly refractory material
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tlon. and an association for that pur-
pose IL To be organized It ~ the inten-
ton to purchase the historic farm on
which the great statesman was born In
Franklin, N, II.
Lord Roberts says that he was at
poshawur as aid-de camp TO hts father,
Sir Abraham Roberts Tho ~ stan
officers habltualy dlnod together, Elev-
en- years afterward they were all liv-
Ing, nearly the whole OF the party hay-
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Those of Our New Possessions of
Which Practically Nothing
Has Hitherto Been
Published.
pEcULIARITIES OF THE INHABITANTS

to teach that the nation that attempts
to interfere with ,hat faith VIII md
nothing but trouble on lts hands. The
advent Of the Eunboat Of course was a
great dlscourager Of the sulu Islanders
Acknowledged profession OF piracy. The
intrusion OF the American Jacky Will
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A memorial to the late william Black
II now being promoted. AccordlnF to
communication from Lord Archibald
Campbell a committee has been formed
for the purpose. u IL proposed that
friends ANA admirers Of the late novelist
throughout the world be invited TO con-
tribute. The memorial may take the
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evenings engagement md was astound-
% 20 ind his entertainers Of the even
ing before now squattlng on the table
and devourins rice and FISH out Of one
common dish with their fingers.
ROBERT w. wILcox
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The United States consul at Tux
pan. MoNico. says that fortunes are to
be made In the cultivation OF the va.
nllla bean In Mexico.