Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-08

soon lining al, buslncfr 20 a close. That
picturesque looking. fierce eyed pirate
OF the south sea VIII soon pass away
and his proa. fciucca. vcnin and pontlnc
will he things OF the past In very short
while.
hut. generally speaking. the native Of
the Philippines II not Wild and blood
thirsty barbarian. The islander. AZ
rule. " mild. aminble and moro OF
ieHs hospl,abic person. much given 10
superntltioua beliefs and prcdirposod 10
religious ob-ervancca. The ahorisincf
OF DatanEas. casayan aud southern llo-
cos are better aud more industrious la
borerp than those Of the other prov
lncen. but nowhere n the Philippine Is
lander remarkable for his activity.
Foreigners. az rule. are only too ready
Co drop into a Wholesale condemnation
Of this trait Of universal Incidence. Hut
II must be remembered that the warm.
moist climate Of the Islands II IN cS-
trcmciy encrvating one and that even
the most active Of Europeans soon cN-
hlbits strange ianguor after n few
months rojourn In the country
Another thing 10 Ne borne In mind II
the fact that nature In the Philippines
ia 80 iuxurlant ana prolific that little or
no labor Ia required ~ the native TO
supply his daily wants. Clothing II
practically unnecessary for tho aborlg-
Inc In his unaophiHiicnted state. and
food grows In plenty almost without
cultivation, when II IL q forcgone con-
! cluHlon that tho outcome Of ones labor
IN merely TO 20 toward swelling the
| Golfers Of n hand OF rapacloua foreign
opprcssorH. there IL neither philosophy
nor wisdom In sweating under "A burn
ing sun when one can ret along Just
about aa wen by taking life easy. Even
/ lighting spanish Infantry becomes tire
I some work. and the war weary native
preferred going up 10 the mountains Of
the interior and there Guiding the foro-
cious taxgatherer. living on roots. ynms
and gruhs. and at peace with the world
and his heather gods,
The native woman. strange 10 say.
IN Invariably the more active ~ the two
sexes. She has greater mental netlv-
ity than the male and often carries on
trading and domestic work with more
success than the men. Then native
wives sacrifice themselves cheerfury
u whomsocvcr they may be attached.
and even anon. the lowest type Of ma
tivcs the marriage vow Is held In great
respect.
The strangcst md least known ~ MI
the Philippine races are the Agltns OF
NeFritos. so called ny the Spanlnrds
because Of. their striking resemblance
20 the African negro. Three centuries
ago nearly tho entire population of The
archipelago was made up Of this duskS
skinned. kinky haired race. liut cen
fury by century the have been dwln'
ding away, and now there are but Hom'
10000 OF them left. these hiding them
selves away from contact with whittier
In the mountains and more obscure
corners Of tho different Islands II
their mountain homes they have re
tnined all their primitive ahoriglna
traits and have for centuries kept IN
continual warfare. either among them
selves or, fnillng'ln this. with any bod,
Of natives bold aud foolish enough L
stand against them,
In appearance the Ncfrios are n
small that they have often been dc
, nominated dwarfs. Their dress con
. sists OF fringe OF plated bark wrnppe'
about the ioins, with toplous tattoo or
. lamentations. They make no attcmp
i. ct agriculture, prefarring 10 live ON nsl
, and game. Wild honey, roots ana sage
: Their weapons are spears and bows an