The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-06-02

essitv of retaining any great num-
Dor Of troops here as few COM
panies of mounted police will be
sufficient to maintain law and or
der on the Island of Luzon, and
as to whether or not the ~upertiul-
tv of troops will be sent to other
important islandf or mustered out
is matter of conjecture, but L
hope that the gallant 29th Regl-
ment will have the pleasure OF
visiting several of the other I'M
portant islands of the archepala-
90 to restore or inaugurate law and
order, peace and tranquility to the
future generations Of those beautl-
full and wonderful islands that are
so richly endowed with the pre-
cious blessings of nature.
have made it an object ever
since | was old enough to have a
thinking apparatus of my own to
try and get an idea of the intrl-
cate workings of nature and also
to realize my external conditions
to life, but since the first day | set
foot on the beautiful Island OF
Luzon | have felt as if / was in a
new world where the sublimity OF
nature converscd with my very
soul as it never had before. | see
in the Philippine Islands a body OF
land that was the bed of the ocean
that has forced its way above the
heaving bosom of the deep by the
contraction of the circumference
of the earth upon its center, which
caused bulging up of the softer
portions of the bed Of the ocean
above the sea level and the most
molten spots that were inclined to
give vent to the great internal
pressure Of volcanic steam and
fumes formed the mountain IN Its
efforts to escape, and when es-
capped had taken place a volcano
was formed, and the didoes of ma
ture has not yet ceased in these
parts which | think is already all
that mankind could wish if he Is
really the object of her intricate
workings. =,
| will now present to your kind
consideration the different tribes
of humanity that inhabit the az
chapelago with all of their char
acteristics as | am able to portray
and ifI do them injustice please
credit it to a lack of better know
ledge Of these non suspectlng
people that | am about to treat
them analytlcally:
To some extent some readers OF
the columns of your influential
paper that are interested IN the
happenings and present and future
outlook of the general and local
political situation in the faraway
Philippines, the home of the Bolo
Man. The native Filipino Is OF
small statue and muscutarly, we'll
developed and is intelligent, in
dustrious and of cOngenial spirit
also very hospitable and pictures
que: of very decided malay COM
pIexi0n which Is altogether owing
| to the thousand of years Of tan
ming influence Of the fierce rays
of a tropical sun, for | have tan
ned within two shades of the
malay cast since | have been here
| which to me is satisfaCtive evil
dence of the fact. The fair sex is
not altogether without charms and
good looks. Many of them have
shapely necks and pretty should
ers which they take no pains to
conceal by the cut of their costu-
mes of which all is low neck and
angel sleeves, which are usually
made of pna cloth. This cloth
is made from pineapples. The
pima cloth is usually beautifully
embroidered. The beautiful deli
cate Embroidery that .embelllshes
| their gowns proves them to be the
true queens of the needle. Some
of the neck cloths or scarfs are
50 cxquisitly and eIaborately en-
hroidered, with raised figures of
flowers and tropical foliage and
the gorgeous plumage of birds
are initiated very artistically.
! understand that it requires
three years Of tedious, patient
toll to embroider some of those
neck scarf, which are sold for as
much rs three hundred dollars in
| Mexico money or "dobie dollars
as the soldiers call them. The
women do not wear much jewel
rv. They all wear Il little jet
cross suspended by slender
black braided cord, small pair
of earrings aud ring or two and
she'll comb at the back of her
! head the hair is allowed to fall
/ loosely over her shoulders. They
all wear the Chinese wooden SAN
dal, which they can only get their
! toes in the Gaping. When they
/ lift the foot from the ground the
shoe or sandal hangs from the
toes and the heel strikes first when
| the foot is lowered, and the toe
next, which sounds as if you had
struck two quick blows with Il
small mallet, or dogcart with two
loose spokes in each wheel and one
or the other of these sandals are
sure to be dislodged if she makes
the slightest mis-step, but, unlike
Cinderella, she steps and read
! iusts it on her stockingleso foot
and goes on. have yet the first
one to see wearing stockings. If
these people can be induced to
wear shoes this will be a splendid
opening for shoe dealers. The
sandals cost from sixty TO seventy