The National tribune., 1901-12-26

taken from prisoners. Several of them
were found on captured Filipino Lieu
| tenant. One of his captorS, an American
officer, offerc-i the fellow 500 If he would
pin one of the amulets over his heart,
stand off 50 PAGES and allow the Amer
lean to shoot at it with a Krag-Jorgen-
sen. The Filipino could not have had
much faith in the charm, for he promptly
declined the prOffer,
Others OF the Filipinos evidently be-
licved the American soldiers could be
easily frightened, as scmc of the bOlomen
or ''machetcros" wore hideous-looking
masks made of banana-trce bark. One
| of these was captured during the attack
on Bngas1E, Panay, Oct. 30 1900. when
the masked bolOmon made a rush, but
were repulsed with great slaughter by the
United States forces, On the face Of
the captured mask arc strange devices
| burned into the bark with redEot irons.
Aguinaldos proclamation, or notice Of
justice, in the original manuscript and
signed by the Dictator is another curiOS-
ity of the insurrectiOn in the Philippines.
This document was found posted on a
tree within the American lines at BuGa-
son, Panay, one morning, and close to the
quarters Of the 18th Regulars.
In order to post it there the Filipino
| bearer had t3 pass the American outposts
and inner line of sentriCs.
Among the other relies are several
by Filipinos from Spanish officers and
worn by Filipino soldiers until they were
captured or killed by the Americans. An
odd Chinese gun from Ticn Tsien, which
has nipple but no lock. is exhibited 1t Is
eight feet long and required the services
of three Chinese soldiers to discharge it
one to put or the cap, another 20 load
the piece, and the third 10 strike the cap
with Il hammer. The rccoil knocked down
all three Of the Cinnamon at each dis
charge This unique cannon was used
against the allied army during their ad-
vance on Pekin, but with more effect IN
the rear than in front.
AS an illustration of the variety Of
arms used in the Chinese army 16 rifles
of foreign manufacture were selected
from the million or more of prOmlscuous
guns found by the allies in the Arsenal
at Tien Tsien. These are at the Museum
and cover the following models: Man
licher CGerman), ChaSsipOt and Iafnu-
chere tFrench), Lee-AIedfOrd (Englishl,
needle-gun Prussia), Mauser tSpanish
model, Sharp's rifle and carhine Omitted
States, Enfield (Belgium), and five or six
Austrian models, both breech and muZzle
leaders.
lection by Prof w. III. Holmes, Head
Curator of Anthropo!ogy of the National
Museum, is an old English carronade, u
pOundcr, made Of irOG-aH obsolete muZ-
zlc-loadcr, manufactured in 1S02-which
was mounted on the wall of Cavite Ar
sena& to oppose Admiral Dewey's en-
trance to Manila Bay, May !, 1898. The
stern ornament of the CristObal Colon,
massive copper casting, 81 feet in
length, containing the royal arms of
Spain, with four divisions representing
CASTLE, Leon, Arragon and Sicily, and a
pomegranate to represent Grenada. The
four divisions are inciosed by the Shield
Of Dretense."
A novelty is one of the silver-mounted
whips which the Filipino officers use to
make their men promptly obey commands
and advance in battle. Then there are
pair of funny-looking axes, known as
'talabongs," used by the head-hunttrs of
northern Luzon, and by the official heads
men to decapitate culprits sentenced TO
death. A bamboo hat, of queer design,
taken from the dead body of a FilpinO
soldier found in the underbrush near Ca
vite, where it had lain for about one
week. The inner part of the hat is ar
ranged as a receptacle for ratiOns, and
this particular Filipino had placed in the
a large raw fish. The cOndi-
tion o. both the dead native and the fish
was indescribable.
Another recent addition shows the mud
died condition and variety of money in
in Manila before the Ameri-
can occupancy of that city. The coins
found in circulation there embraced those
of the following nationalities: Spanish, |
French, Cochin China, India, Mexico. !
Hong Kong QGneIish), Straits Settlement
and BOrneO-surely variety. enough to
satisfy the most scrupulous oriental finan'i
cipr