Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-12-28

much the woman could object and still |
DO married, bat presume there is q
certain fixed degree of protest which
the suitor must regard rs rejection OF
his proposal. When man has moIe |
Thar. one wife he lives week with each |
one. and BY, this rigid observance OF
impat TALLY be manages TO maintain |
peace in the family.
A man can easily divorce his wife by |
merely returning her to her parents or
guardian, and stating that ke Will be |
no longer responsible for her. She is
then divorced, and cannot marry again
for three months and four days. Ii she
becomes a widow the punishment ia
greater, for she is then Obliged to wait
four months and four days before again
| marrying. The man, in the first in
stances, Of course, can Immediately re-
marry If he desires. Datto Jolsanine
has four wiyes-ihe limit-as we'll as
number Of slaves.
Slavery exists on the islands, and is
ant to be the most difficult problem We
will hayo to solve, for the Moros will
rebel against the abolition of such an
ancient institution, while the United
States will doubtless find slavery in
| consistent in ono Of her colonies.
There are about 1000 slave on the
island of Sulu. / was unable to find
the approximate number on the other
islands, but probably there are as many
more. A slave is wol th about $40
Mexican, although the price depends
largely upon tho age and sex of the
slave.
| Slaves are scqured in two or three
ways-by direct purchase, by inherit.
anoe and as payment of debt Most
slaves are hereditary. The owner wills
them to his con, and all children borne
by women in bondage become the prop
erty of the owner of the slave mother.
II is custom of countries in the
East to pay to slave owner the price
OF slave IL the latter runs away and
asks to be free. The slave is then
worked by the government until he
works out the amount paid fer him.
The slave then becomes free, and the
previous owner cannot reclaim him.
According to this custom the slave
does work up to the amount OF $40 and
wins his freedom. If this amount is
not paid at the end of the first year,
tho government eau hold him until the
end of the third year, whom no is given
. his freedom.
Practically the same system exists
. here in the East as in Mexico, for the
arrangement is very similar to the peon
system. II the peon fails to work off
his debt while ne lives, his children be-
7 come poems until the debt is paid.
Grimes among the Moros are punish
able according to fixed penalties, in
/, most cases. but occasionally the datto,
IL he happens to be in an unpleasant
humor, varies the punishment biz.
a Murder is punishable by q fine Of slo5
Mexican. No Moro is allowed by his
, religion to lay his hand on strange
y woman. If he does so in the daytime
u he is fined IS, and il at night $40.
! Horse stealing and cattle stealing are
punished severely. Other forms oil
= stealing are punished according to the
= previous record of the criminal If his
y record Is bad, he comes under the
: classification OF "habitual criminal, y
y and the probability is that his wife
a. will have chance. to marry again in
= four months and four days.
!. A case happened week before ] ar
! rived in Jolo which illustrated how q
habtual robber Jared. The Date
Jokanine is man of some wealth
= which he keeps buried beneath his
:, house. Frequently he has occasion t.
y send to various parts of his domain to-
~ money as tribute, and at these time'
Y he has always sent one OF his trusted
= followers.
- One day some time ago this man wa
= sent to bring the datto.. % certain sun
of money, but when the bag was handed
- y to the datto the trusted follower fun
y himself on his knees and confessed tina
- he had lost part of it in gambling. II
!. kissed the datto's hands and imploret
!; forgiveness and promised never to d.
u SO again, and said that he was over
y, whelmed with grief and humiliation, &c
~ The datto forgave him, but told hin
y 70 never to let it happen again. for il /
o. did the punishment would be swift ant
> terrible.
Well, it happened again on the yer
40 next trip on which the trusted followe
er was sent for money, Once more ther
u we're lamentations and appeals an,
le VOWS of eternal reformation.
U. "Didn'tI toll you that l would pun
pit ish you severely the next time this hap
OF pened?' said the datto. Didn't
10 warn you that you would be killed
OF What do you meant" &c., thundere
n the datto, as he glared at the peniten
a hootlick at his feet.
ie 80 most gracious prince, sun {
'rs suns. king Of the universe, &C
I'm walled the hapless subject rs b
'e- squirmed and cringed beneath th
datto's lowering gaze. 1t was a Ion
los session that time, with the scalt
ssh wavering throughout it all, but in tt
10, end the datto said that he'd give hi
llu another chance.
I'd. And now comes the part of the stol
nd which illustrates how great are the fla
i've cinations Of gambling. When IL
ste trusted follower went again for mont
re-. for his master he looked in on lit
rid game and, forgetful of his dIre exper
lr- ences in the past, he plunged suf
be GENTLY long TO tighten his load of dol
ly, dollars,
cry Instead of running away, he we
an back to the datto and confessed to b
sln shortage.
n "; This time there was no argument I
~ =, either side. The datto turned to Of
~ of his guards and ordered him to sill
III. III, the trusted follower Ho then asked
az the victim wished to be blindfolded
% had any short remarks to make.
90 the latter saw no necessity for the o
~ and no use ip the other, he said som
!, = thing to the effect of ''never mind t
~ guard" An instant later baro
iii sunk into his stomach, almost disset
'fnr ing him, and the punishment was ovt
~ In accordance with the Mohnmn
w y. dan religion, no Intoxicating liquc
" are drunk by the Moros, and cons
~ shs luently there Ia comparatively lit
mr. mr. quarreling and fighting among them.
II The amuscments of the people q
eds few. They gamble, have horse-raci
live and religious festivals. Occasiona
| tk.,n :, ,nir, CIT nly,ns, for tho hi