The St. Louis Republic., 1901-09-22
NATIVE REGENT AND sERvA NJ.

, some matters as Judge. He has to do with
marriages. divorces and funerals and also
with the circumcisions which are common
In many parts of the country.
THE NATIVE CHIEFS.
lind that there are distinct ranks of
society in lava. The country has it,, ricl,
and its poor, its aristocrats and plebeians
The lower classes respect the upper and
allow them to rule, and the Dutch have
taken advantage of this by working entire
~ through the chiefs Right next TO the
mosque is the home of the native regent
of BandonS. Il Javanese who receives from
the Government 100 guilders. an amount
equal to $3.50 OF our money per month, US
well as many presents from his own peo-
pie. l don't know how large his total in
come is, but it must be great. He has the
disadvantage. however. of having to sup
port all his relatives. Whenever a native
gets a Fat office makes rich strike CT
any kind his poor relations from every
where come and squat down upon him.
This is so In many other parts of the Far
East. 1t is especially SO in China, where q,
rich man often has to support hundreds.
In Canton. for instance. 1 met one million
aire who was keeping 400 of his sisters.
cousins and aunts, and their aittle ones and
gritting his teeth as he did SO.
HOW 4 NATIVE NABOB LIVES.
The regent of Bandong has a large colony
of buildings about his house for his rela-
tions. He gets as many of them as he can
in the Government service. thus relieving
himself. He lives well and venture spends
the greater part of his income.
There Is a race track outside the city
which probably enables him to get rid of
some OF It. Ii Is q mile track with u fine
grand stand and hundreds of bamboo sheds
or shelters on poles nearby. In these sheds
the natives sit cross-legged TO watch the
races. The grand stands are largely given
UP to the rich, the mobiles and the Euro
peans. At the races the chief purse Is 1000
guilders and horses from all parts OF the
island take part. Some of the native chiefs
have their own stables especially the sui
tans OF Solo and Djokja. There are often
5loO people present at the meetings. The
horses are Australian horses and ponies
from Java and the surrounding islands. The
ponies are found best for ordinary travel
and they are largely used by the army.
They can travel over the rice lands where
the heavier horses will sink through. 1t
may be that we shall have TO use ponies in
the Philippines for the same reason
FINEST no ans n THE yvOuyn
Ard th;. hr,r,s r,a o., .no ro,a, 30 I,,.,
They are by all odds the best of any coun-
try OF the world: and that notwithstanding
law, Is on tho edra of tho equator. IN ono
Of the rainiest parts of the globc. What is
needed more than anything else for the de-
ve!opment OF the Philippines and Porto Rico
,s ,,ood roads Tho Dutcb found lava much
! =. tb. pb;I,nn,re. arc now The,. orc.rizad
natives to carry n out a certain amount Of
,.bor bsd alwevs heen give, bv thee biefs
10 ,h. native. 1-h,. 1abor va. annlred to
ro.d hu,,dinc Eocb n,,n v,s re,r,red "a
,or,, ca ,,,any d,r. ,.e.r an n,h,i, ;,r-
,rovo,n.nts ,nd ths resn,, =. ,h. good uvr.
..,r ~ h,vbuay. found r., Iovo ,o-day
,,o.+ n, tba woods .ro moc,d.m,y.d Tbey
,ra ballosted with broken stones ground 70
he size of a nut and rolled smooth with
heavy iron rollers.
ALI. ROADS ARE DRAINED.
r,,o, .,a. NJ tho roaa b,s tic .ntto, IN
,,,;c, ,bera ,re o,eninpx every here and
h.-. ,o- IN. w.te, "a uo,v off The road
,ra ,n,p. is nsr,ect There are culverts mn
low .ha highway md in some nlacex In
,rder that the irrigation system NAV not
"a dIs,,rbed the streams are carried across
,fr,, .bove the roads.
Dur,nr a ride with Controller de Groot
r. Rsndonr 7 passed many niles of volcanic
,cbbIes which had been gathered from The
streams and brought to the roadside. i !
sked what they were for and the control
mr. told me that they were for repairing,
Ia nointed nut that each pile borc its num-
10, and that the controieurs knew to n
,uhio foot t,st how much each contained
rhi. ride wa, hehind a foam NJ bish-step-
,,,. ,,on,.. nm . ro,d n. <uoo,h os 4. aoor !
locked their branches overhead, making an |
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