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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
HANDIWORK OF FILIPINOS
An Interesting Exhibit for the Pan
American Exposition.
Weapons md Articles of Ornament
Used by the Natiyes-Domestic
Utensils and Farming Implements.
How the Collection Was Mnde.

Although the Philippine exhibit at the
Pan-American Exposition will not be
upon the scale originally intended, it will,
nevertheless, be extremely interesting and
instructive. When the idea Of an ex-
hibit from Americas far-off islands OF
the Pacific first suggested itself to the
Pan-Amer,can Commission. it was pro-
posed to have on the grounds a typical
Filipino village inhabited by genuine ma
Tive men, women, and children. 1t was
shown, however, that the cost OF such an
enterprise would be between $4,000 and
Sl75. 800, a sum greatly in excess of what
would have been necessary In more peace
ful times. Hence the plan was abandon
ed. but the Commission was anxious to
have an exhibit OF some kind. and their
further efforts resulted in the sum of
$4,000 being appropriated for the purpose
This comparatively limited amount allow
ed for the procuring of purely ethnoIogi-
cal specimens only. excluding natural his
tory and other subjects.
The exhibit has accordingly been made
10 include only what the FiIipinos make
with their own hands or obtain by pur-
chase or exchange.
The Smithsonian Institution has man
aged the money and conducted the col
r.
having been sent 10 the Islands as agent
in charge. He has gathered together about
LOO pieces illustrative of every phase Of
native life.
Hats, swords. and canes are objects upon
which the Filipinos evidently bestow great
pains in manufacturing. The swords are
Of different shapes, and are all sharpened
10 the nicely of a razor. The so-called
bolo Is their most popular weapon. II is
short for according to an old edict of the
Spanish regime. the blade could only -ex-
tend from the wrist to the elbow In length.
II IS. however, rather ugly tool at close
quarters, as well as a useful implement
In the arts of peace, being used. among
other things, for cutting sugarcane The
sheath of the bolo is of wood. and is often
so thin that the weapon can be used with
or without being taken out of its case The
common bolo has blade Of steel, "A wood
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Apple Island" above Natchez; Ancient
Village of the Troux." just below Nat
chez; Rocks of Dansion," or LOTUS
Heights" now Fort Adams; Portage of
the Cross" a short distance below Fort
Adams; Milk Cliffs" known as pointe
Coupee; ''Guion's Pass" leading out to the
coast of Lake Pontcharrrain. THE Bay
of Spiritu Santo,' southeast of New Or
leans. --''-
The map gives the names of the follow
ing rivers: Big Black Red Mississippi
Chetimachus. Pearl, Kefonctea, Allamand.
False Rivers. iberville. Amt. and Clapp.
The following forts are shown on the
map: French Fort, short distance-be-
low Portage of the Cross, abandoned; ;
Fort st. Leon. nineteen guns; Fort St
Mary's, twenty-one guns. below New Or
leans on the Mississippi; Batiste Fort, at
the mouth of the Mississippi River, in all
probability Fort Jackson.
The following settlements, etc, which
have since grown into successful cities
and towns the map shows: Grand Gulf,
Village Of the Tunicas. Jones Village, Ba-
ton Rouge, and New Orleans.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

tents are heated in cauldrS.n until the oil
rises to the surface and is scooped off
The agricultural implements of the ma
tlyes are primitive. The exhibit includes
all their farming tools and their clumsy
heavy plows and wagons. The plows are
made. for the most part, entirely of wood.
with the exception of the share. which is
of iron. The harrow is formed of a num-
Der of pieces of bamboo held together by
three transverse rods passing through the
pieces of bamboo, The teeth are formed
OF stubs OF branches with cords and yoke
attached FOR one caribou. This animal is
used in all farm work. and is a most use
ful and hardy creature. The caribou sled
which Is used in muddy weather along
me SHINY roads and in the rice swamps,
rs a unique affair.
The rice reaper a useful native i'm
pleHent, is made with a handle of wood
IN the shape of hook, and a blade OF
steel. fastened on the under side of the
grip. In using this continuance, ii is held
IN the right hand and the hook gathers in
the rice while the knife cuts it, thus form
ing a combination tool after the true
The costume of the Filipino farmer is
somewhat too airy for this country. 1t
consists merely of a shirt of husi cloth
pair of trousers, and piece of cloth
used FOR carrying articles over the Shout
der or on the back
The natives are eminent fishermen. as
Is shown by a supply of nets. seines
shrimp, and crab traps Their fishing
interesting things in the fishing line is a
seashell from Tondo. a fishing point in
the suburbs of Manila. The apex of this
shell is sawn off to form mouth-piece
and is used by the fishermen to call as
sistance when such is needed to bring in
an unusually heavy catch.
4 milk-venders outfit is one of the curl
Gus things in the collection. Ii consists of
a black eartherware jar hung In a met
work OF rattan. partly covered with leath-
er, wooden shoulder yoke for carrying
the Jar, a pitcher formed from one sec
tion of a large bamboo, with a wooden
handle attached by wire. and a measure
also formed from section of bamboo
branded with the inspection and license
number of the vender. Other trades are
represented by appropriate exhibits as the
soldering pan and irons and tools of native
unsmths. The pans are made Of heavy
earthenware. There is a set of naive car
makers outfit with samples OF tanned
leather, set of biacksmith's tools, and
a set of maSons tools.
MODES OF RECREATION.
The amusements and forms of recreation
OF the Filipinos are well Illustrated in the
collection. The natives would appear to be
imbued with a love of music TO Judge
from a typical group of figures represent
ing n native band OF musicians with their
instruments-rnandoli flute. guitar vio-
lin. and cello. Among lhe characteristic
instruments displayed are a beautiful harm
made of two kinds of narras wood and
ebony, and continuance. supposed to be
a horn, made of four sections of bam-
boo, each open at one end and closed al
the other. The sections are inserted into
one another at right angles and the joints
made alright with native gum, the last
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
4 PULL ALL roe ETH ER.

There has been a long pull and a strong pull to get the money needed by the Young Mems Christian Association of New Haven, and to-day there is to be pull all together to get the amount which is still lacking. Doubtless the response will be generous, for the peo- pie of New Haven feel that the A9socl- ation has done and is doing a much needed work in a broad-mnded way. This feeling has resulted in some splen- did gifts to the Association by wealthy and public-spirited citizens, and many who are not wealthy, but are public spirited have given liberally. It is hoped that to-day the feeling which has hitherto manifested itself will be so strong that it will move old and new contributors to finish the great work which has been carried on here with such skill and success. It is not at all likely that New Haven will withhold the comparatively small sum that is now needed.
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present, whether she liked it or not. l Then there is the fine art of lowing. In Germany you lift your hat to me as well as to women If you meet
 General Schmoler you raise your hat 1 high and bring it down to your knees with full sweep of the arm; if you
 meet Herr Schmitt, who is your social ! equal, you tip your hat as much as Ae
 does him-and no more; whereas if
 you meet your tailor you respond to
 his low bow by the merest touch of
 recognition To the initiated every
 man proclaims his social position at every step by his lowing. One must remove his hat when he enters store though, strangely enough, the same
 man who stands uncovered while he is purchasing pair of gloves will wear his hat in the cafe next door. The Eng lishman, whose neck Is proverbially stiff in the matter of lowing, always leaves behind him the smoke of offense when he leaves a German shop for he
 has invariably forgotten to remove his hat.
 The German storekeeper is the soul of
 polteness. He rushes out to open the door for you when you leave, and whether you have bought anything or not he has an appreciative thank you'' ready for you. Indeed. the spirit of thanks is one of the pleasant things which the stranger encounters in Ger many. The elevator boy who takes you up to your room thanks you heartily when you become his guest; the waiter thanks you when he takes your order; the barber thanks you when you sit down in his chair And I am sure that this is not done merely with view to ultimate tips, for many Germans tip very sparingly; it seems to me that it proceeds rather from a very genuine friendliness, which I have seen mani- fested in so many other pleasant ways in Germany.-Ray S. Baker in the Out look
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
----------------- .AN INTER ESTiNG PLIN.

Perhaps the Pathological department
 of the St. Louis exposition will be the
 most interesting feature of that show.
 It certainly will be if some plans
 which have been proposed are carried
 out. Professor McGee, the govern
 ment ethnologist, suggests that in ad-
 dition to representatives of tribes in l United States possessions there, should | be representatives from Africa of an Abyssinian tribe from near the Nile
 valley; of the Akka tribe of the Upper | Nile, the smallest known people; of a North African tribe, preferably Kabyle
 or Touareg; of Congo tribe, of Daho- tots, Hovas and Somali. Asia, he
 writes, should send Asatic Eskimos,
 groups of the Chukchi, Korak, Kan- sehatka, and Giliak; a group of Aino
 (the aborigines of Japan) from the Is-
 land of Yezo; groups of the Tungas
 from interior Siberia, of Transbaikal-
 ans, Kossacks, Thibetans, Burmese,
 Cashmerians, Anamese, Siamese, Ma lays, and Javanese; Vedda pygmies from Ceylon, and group from the Andaman Islands. next to the Akka tribe the smallest people Tn the world; head hunters from Sarawak, represen- tatives from southeastern Borneo, with ourang-outangs as domestic servants; Papuans from New Guinea, Samoans, Fiji Islanders, Maoris from New Eea- land, Australians with boomerangs, and Cape York (Australia) black fel- lows, the most primitive known people. Finn Fishermen and Laplanders would be Europe's contribution South Amer ica might be represented by ten or twelve tribes, including the two sur viving tribes of Terra del Fuego, the gigantic Tehuelche, Yaygan and Ona tribes, and the primitive Guayaqui. It is also suggested that there be one group of brch-bark canoe Indians from the interior of Canada and representa- tives of the Tarahuman runners of northern MeXico of the Papagos from the Mexican boundary, the Cocopa h. dians from the mouth of the Rio
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
TO PROTECT NURSERY STOCK.
New Law Relating to Insect Pests in Effect

New Law Relating to Insect Pests ir Effect.
 The Connecticut Agricultural Experi-
 ment station has issued bulletin pre- senting the new law relating to insect | pests and an announcement to nursery
 men to carry out the provisions of the | law. The state entomologist ap-
 pointed under the law. is w. E. Britton, and his office is at the experiment station in New Haven
 He is authorized to appoint three deputies to assist him in his work. The law provides that the entomologist and his deputies may inspect any premises, either at the request of the owner or at his own volition, which he may have reason to suspect is infested with the San Jose scale or other insect pests. All nursey stock shipped into the state must, under the law, bear cer-
 titicates that the stock has been in- spected by state or government off, cer, and that it appears to be free from
 all dangerous insects or diseases. In case nursery stock is brought into the state without the proper certificate, the eonsignee may return it to the consign- or at the latter's expense, or may call
 the state entomologist to inspect the same and deduct the costs of such in- spection from the consignor's bill. All nurseries are to be inspected once a year by the state entomologist or one of his deputies, and if no serious pests are to be found a certificate to that ef- feet may be given. In the announce ment to nurserymen the entomologist gives the following directions:
 After the first inspection every nurs- erymen is required by the law to have certificate from the state entomolo- gist before selling nursey stock within the state under penalty of fifty dollars fine. The state entomologist will en- deavor to inspect either personally or through his deputies, every nursery in Connecticut during September and De- tober, and before the shipping season begins. While most of the nursery men are known to the writer, there are several who have never called for an inspection of their stock. In order that this work may be done as prompt ly and economically as possible, each nurseryman should register his address at once with the state entolomogist.
 The state entomologist will visit any orchard, field, garden, nursery, store house, or greenhouse in the state, as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
RECENI.
Star,

A rabbit foot may not be lucky, but
 four of them are a great help to the
 rabbit when a dog gets after him. Chicago News.
 What a fuss they make about it. grandpa!"
 a"About what, Sally?" | About Daniel going into the lions den. I guess it must have been the first circus they ever saw.'-Life. Howell-No, I wont give you a cent I gave you nickel yesterday Beggar--I know you did, sir, but find it's simply impossible to live on less than two and one-half cents day. I'm broke again.--Philadelph Rec ord.
 Quite Recent--Mrs. Porkchops--Bah! They're mere parvenues. MT Porkchops-Er-got their money since we did? Mrs. Porkchops-Why yes They've just struck oil in Texas,-BroolSlyn Life
 When I get to heaven," said wo- man to her Baconian husband, T am going to ask Shakespeare if he wrote those plays"
 Maybe he wont be there"
 Then you ask him." said the wife, Bits.
 His Chara acteristics.- Visitor-Whom do you take after, Bobby, your papa or mamma?
 Bobby Jones-That depends; when Aunt Sarah's here ma says I take after her folks, and when Uncle Silas Jones is here ma says Pm regular Jones. They're both r-r-rich.-Leslie's Week. ly
 Nogood-I made great mistake when I got married.
 Nebb-You did?
 Nogood-Yes, my wife can't support me.-Ohio State Journal.
 Nell-she has been married and di- vorced at least five times
 Bele-Some women never can take a man Seashore Sun.
 An Oversight.--The visiting team came to bat for the last time and made eight runs, Just enough to win.
 "Yah." shouted the victorious cap- tain, q thought you said you could see our finish at the beginning.
 ''So I did,'' replied the other dolefully but I couldn't see your big inning at the finish!' Philadelphia Press.
 Unreasonable. Look here!" angrily exclaimed the householder, pointing to a cigar stump that lay on the floor of the back porch. That was in the lump of ice you left here yesterday morn- ing!'
 Well" belligerently replied the ice- man, what did you expect to get for fifteen cents? A box of perfectos?' Tribune.
 Do you approve of women's taking an active part in poltics?" asked the idle person.
 Certainly" answered MT Meekton. Let them go ahead. If they want to stay away from home and take chances on mans walking right in on the best carpet with his muddy boots, that's their lookout not ours. Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
C USHING.

The Texas oil is gushing, and no mis- take. The estimate, not the highest estimate, but a conservative one, of the yield of the thirty wells at Beaumont is 100000 barrels of oil daily That is nearly 550,0O00OO barrels year. The average total yield of all the oil wells in the United States before the discovery of these was about 60000, 900 barrels. The thirty wells, or fountains, at Beaumont are believed to supply nearly ten times as much. The estimate given is based on the time required to fill tanks the capacity of which is known.
 The Beaumont crude oil sells for twenty cents barrel of forty two gal Ions at the place of production, and a barrel is called equal to ton of coal for fuel purposes The coalsupply question isn't as pressing as it was ill some parts of the South, and great changes will result from the new sup ply of good fuel in tbe shape of oil. So many uses will be found for it that it is not likely to stay at twenty cents barrel, unless new "gushers'' continue to be found.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
GERMAN WAYS.
They Surprise This Tourist, But Rath-
 CT Please Him. Too.

They Surprise This Tourist, But Rath- 1 CT Please Him, Too.
 | The exactness and order, the minute | ness of regulation and the infinite de- | tail of military life pervade the entire
 social fabric of Germany. Everything from beer-drinking up goes by rule, and
 most of these rules have been set forth
 in books or pamphlets with ths charac- | teristic thoroughness of the Teuton. shall not soon forget the dazzling effect presented by fine-looking, sol
 dery German whom I saw coming
 down Unter Den Linden at monday in
 a full-dress suit, tall hat and white kid gloves. No one seemed at all sur
 prised at his appearance and I learned afterward that he was probably some
 new government official going to pay
 his respects to his chief and that every
 detail of his costume was prescribed in
 the written order which summoned him.
 foreigner in Germany is certain to
 make the most amusing mistakes In the
 matter of formality and informality of
 dress. It may be said in passing that German set dinner is a horror of form ality. but it is quite worth while for tho excellence of the French cooking. On the other hand, a German beer garden is the acme of sociability and kindliness "a kind of easy familiarity and simple enjoyment by the side of which almost any English or American dinner is icy with dignity. For the Germans know how to enjoy their food and drink
 An English lady, the wife of famous scientist, gave me an amusing account of her experience at a reception given by the wife of German professor As soon as she came into the room she was invited to a place on a huge, soft sofa. standing in a prominent place at one side of the room. She much preferred chair, because it would be not only less conspicuous, but much more com- fortabe. But when she would have taken an empty chair to her astonish- ment it was promptly removed and oc- cupied by one of the German women. and she was finally compelled to take seat on the sofa, Presently another English lady of rank appeared and the wife of the scientist was promptly in- vited to leave the sofa and take a chair, and the newcomer, by hook and crook was induced to occupy the sofa all these proceedings were made plain; the sofa was the place of honor beyond all others and it must be by the most important lady
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
RACES IN HAWAII.

| CRASHING RACES IN HAWAII.
 Who they are who will ultimately be dominant in his place it is not easy to forecast At any moment the United States may close it's Hawaiian doors to those races which, of the Eastern
 world, are nearest to the islands and
 which are now represented there by a l large proportion of the population 1 some twenty-four thousand Japanese 1 and fifteen thousand Chinese, who to- l day in fact, taken together, make an
 element larger than that represented | by the Hawaiians themselves or any other people. Both these races have
 brought to the Hawaiian Island forces and qualities which, originally, were | foreign to the native people. As the eye ranges the distant hilsides which l flank the rear of Honolulu, 1t is arrest | ed by the shining patches of ordered
 verdure which terrace upon terrace, climb up along their slopes; and the in- | quirer is told, in every instance, that | these are the farms and market gardens of the Japanese who have in l so many like places taught the soil to yield its increase where it never did be- lore, 0uCn uudlllleS, III ally PeOpiS dle [ sources of power and wealth; and when | 1t is remembered that behind the Japanese have come the Chinese, whose thrift in the Eastern world is proverb like that of the French or German in the Western, 1t is plain that their in- fluence upon the future of the Hawaiian Island must be deep and lasting, AL ready, in the case of the Chinese, has their capacity for agricultural work re-
 vealed itself fin the vast sugar planta-
 tions which American and other capital
 has acquired, and is administering with
 characteristic skill and profit; and
 already there are tokens of the wealth
 which, aided by this foreign labor,
 these can extract from a rich soil and from a singularly favorable climatic condition.
 So the problem is set; the mixture of races energies, and of the higher moral qualities which these various strains ancestries, and activities stand for There are other theatres in which the same drama is being played out under much broader and, it may be, more complex conditions, but not in which a more interesting or indeed dramatic experiment is being made. It will be for the Government and the people of the American republic to demonstrate that they are equal to task in itself so delicate, and in it's consequences so grave and important. --The Century Magazir
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THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO.

| It is always hard to tell what the l news from Monte Carlo means. Often it is intended as an advertisement of the great business which is done there
 Just now a rather doleful song is being sung by those who write about the place. Last year, we read, the bank
 made net profit of $4,500,000 and paid
 dividend of Az per cent to the stock
 holders. The present season has not thus far been a profitable one. Play CTS are as usual plentiful, but they are becoming more careful, and few of them ''go broke." In addition the big players are more persistent. If un- lucky they keep on until the luck changes instead of quitting at loss The net result is that the banks profits diminish, with a prospect of very materially reduced dividend at the close of the season.
 This looks innocent, and seems cheer liS tO tlioSG WILD nope tHaL the Dd0k at Monte Carlo will find business so bad that it will have to give up. But pos sibly it is intended to encourage lambs" to think that they can get a share of the plunder which the unlucky bank is said to be yielding. Possibly we shall read hy and by that on the whole the bank has done pretty well, and that it has not been found neces- sary to materially reduce the dividend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29

the law provides, to investigate or give information about any insect attacks Specimens received by mail will be identified, and such information re- garding their habits and possible re- medial treatment as may be of value will be returned to the writer Insects sent by mail should be enclosed in a strong tin, wooden or pasteboard box, which will not be crushed in transit If possible, a dozen specimens should be forwarded and if alive, some of their food plant should be enclosed with them. It is unnecessary to punch holes in the box, for most insects can get all the air they need without this precaution.
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Grande, the reputed cannihalistic Seris from Tiburon Island, and few groups from Yucatan, the interior of Mexico, and Central America.
 These people, living as they live at home, would be very interesting and instructive show. And as an illustra- tion of what progress can be made by the human race there might be some representatives of the tribe of the New Haven Town Born.