Evening star., 1900-09-19
and the smooth. fiat wooden runners glide
quite freely over the mud.

and the smooth, fat wooden runners glide
quite freely over the mud.
Musical Instruments.
A complete band outfit of bamboo instru-
ments fashioned in true aboriginal style
and used in the islands prior to the intro
duction Of European instruments. and even
now employed In the interior, forms an In
teresting study for musicians. Col. Riider
declares the natives extract much melody
and harmony from the crude pipes and
horns
The top of a table. about seven feet IN
diameter. is made from a single piece OF
nara wood. which In clsssed between ma
hogany and rosewood. The base Is hand
somely carved.
From the warlike tribes of the interior
Colonel Hilder secured a number OF shields
made Of hide and decorated wood. and also
several suits of hide armor. The hide
forms very excellent protection from ar
rows and light spears, but would afford
little safety when made the objective OF
krag-JOrgenson steel bullet. War drums
and other implements very much on the or
der OF early Indian productions are present
In the collection in great abundance.
In the collection are more than 500 indi-
vtdual objects, SO 1t is impossible to emu
merate and describe all. There are ~eny
handsome specimens Of the woven grass
and hemp work Of the Filipinos, such as
baskets, hats. bits of furniture and rude
bric-a-brac. The fabrics show a high
knowledge of the manipulation of fbers,
and throughout most Of the modern pro-
duction included within the collection there
Is evidenced great amount of skill.
Trophies of the War.
The war trophy feature Of the forthcom-
ing exhibit will undoubtedly attract much
attention. 1t includes six bolos. three
sword canes and a spear in one lot which
n, tei
band while en- route to the insurgents; a
breech-loading gun and carriage captured
by Captain Van Deusen's mountain bat
terry at Death valley. Luzon, in December.
1899; four guns and carriages and two NOR
tars captured by General Kobbe's brigade
In the Camarines, lower Luzon, in March
last; an insurgent internal machine cap
tured by the 10Th United States Infantry
near ManaliO. on a railroad track, where
II had been placed for the purpose of de-
stroying passenger train in September of
last year; three native guns of tubing cased
In wood and four of tubing wound with
wire. which were part of the stores taken
from an insurgent arsenal at Talavera,
Luzon, and captured by General Lawton's
division on his last expedition one Norden-
1eldt machine gun captured by the United
states forces at MangaIaren, Luzon, No
vembeT 1880; five Remington and five
Mauser rifles captured from the insurgents
In Luzon. and fifteen canister shot of Phil
ippine manufacture, to be fired from
smooth-bore bronze cannon at very short
range
There are also two brass cannon. mount
ed on swivels, which were captured years
ago by the Spaniards from the Moros, and
afterward captured by the Americans
complete garrote, which had been in
use many years by the Spanish authorities
Tor the execution of criminals is one of the
more valuable and interesting items of the
collection.
Ihere is much fancy work Of all sorts.
exceptionally pretty in design and of great
value