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ed from Iligan, on the north coast to the
lake. Soon We will have the country open
from two sides and / believe there will be
no more trouble, for the officers are trying
in every way to gain the friendship of the
natives and seem to be accomplishing
great deal.
l consider Camp Wears one of the most
desirable posts here on account of the fine
climate. OF course it is out of the way,
but one cannot have everything. Now that
the road is complete to Malabang. supplies
are easier to get and If the road is com
pleted from Iligan to the lake and launches
are placed on the lake it Will be very de-
lightful.
A Beautiful Country.
The Lanao country is most beautiful. 1t
is a rolling upland, grassy, with ciumps OF
bamboo, plenty of water and a very rich
soil.
The elevation is from $500 to 5000 feet
and it is from 300 to 500 feet above the
lake Ganao) -anao by the way. is the
Moro for lake They never say Laguna
de Lanao. as we do, but 'Lanao," literally
1.-The lake There are other lakes, but
Lanao is the lake.
The climate is very fine as a rule: a
good bit of rain the year round. The
temperature is from 65 to % F. A night at
60 degrees means overcoats, three blan-
kets and stove in tent. 1t sounds
strange for the tropics but it is so.
Usually in the evenings sea fogs drift in,
but as a rule they do not last. On three
sides are high mountain ranges. probably
5000 feet above the plateau. When clear
there is a fire view of the toward Mala-
bang. Lanao Itself is a beautiful body of
water. 1t is 500 feet below Camp Wears
and is about twenty miles wide. The size
is not accurately known yet. There are
several fine islands at the west on Wears
end OF the lake, and there may be others
at the other end. The Moros of Lanao are
not handsome, but they certainly are pic
turesQue.
They wear the sarong moro. ma,ung) of
colored cloth woven by the Moros, a short
jacket and light striped trousers Some
times they wear a hat of bamboo or wood
or a turban of bright colored cloth.
They are rather Industrious raising cof-
fee, some rice and sugar, tobacco, hemp
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ored. The ''malung" is usually about four
yards long joined like roller towel. AS a
rule 1t is striped with stripes Of red, yell
low, green and blue. Sometimes they are
woven in solid colors green, blue. white or
yellow, with narrow border of purple.
They are woven Of abaca (hemp fiber), or
cotton with hemp warp and sometimes
of part silk The purple Is always silk
The "ankor' is a sash about half-yard wide
and two to three yards long, stripes run
ming lengthwise and with fringed ends The
turban is like a large handkerchief and
worn usually as the old colored "aunties"
down south wear their headgear. Some
times all these cloths are woven In plaids
and are very handsome. The metal work
Is quite good The Moros make swords.
spears and armor. They have the kris"
a short sword usually with a wavy edge,
the "kampalang." long two-handed sword,
the blade gradually widening from the hilt:
the 'tabass" or beheadfng knife, with a
heavy. wide curved blade. and the dagger.
The kris and the dagger are often beau
tifully ornamented with beaten silver. but
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scheldt. on the way to Ostend, a short
distance from Antwerp, and an hour and
half by rail from Brussels.
Client has 10000 inhabitants and 1t is
upward of six miles in circumference.
large part Of it being taken up in bleaching
grounds. Several small rivers flow through
There Is a wide canal which connects it
with the Scheldt and another which con-
meets it with the Lei river Many Of the
buildings are old and with it's canals the
town is exceedingly picturesque.
Client is business city. Its people have al
ways been noted as weavers, and in the Mid
die Age their cloths were famous all over
Europe. There are nov. about 100000
spindles in the city itself, and as many
more in the country about. Our American
cotton comes here in bales, and Is spun
and woven into cloths for export, vast
amount Of it going to the Belgian Congo.
Client Is also noted for its linens. 1t has
one of the largest linen mills Of the world,
employing about 5000 hands. 1t is the
center Of rich farming region and in the
country nearby some Of the beautiful laces
for which Belgium Is noted are made. A
great part of the lace is still made by hand,
the women doing the work with numerous
needles on cushions.
Judas Mirrors.
We have a consul general at Antwerp.
called upon him at II o'clock this morning,
and l have no doubt that he knew just how
1 looked before 1 got inside his door, and
this without peeping out of the window.
have written of the brass peep holes which
the French have in the front doors of their
apartments so that they can peep through
and without being seen size up the person
who knocks before opening the door. The
Belgians, including the American consul
have an arrangement which keeps pace
with that of tie French and gees them one
better. 1t is combination of little mirrors
fastened on an iron arm or bracket to the
wall just outside the window so that the
person within can see all that goes on up
or down the street. Himself unseen, he can
recognize the passersby. and can spot every
caller as he approaches his dwelling. Or
consul general at Antwerp as he sits in the
large easy chair by his window looking out
on the street has three such mirrors cover
Ing both directions, and also the street i'm
mediately below, and the front door.
would not pretend to insinuate that great
man like him wastes his business hours in
watching the fair passersby; but l doubt
not he thus spots the stranded Americans
and gives directions to his clerk to tell OBJ
noxious callers he is not in. Such Judas
mirrors are common in the Netherlands.
This country, however, has many queer
things. The horses, for instance, wear
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bareheaded women and girls and capped
and hated men and boys may be seen
here strolling along or leaning over the
ratings enjoying the cool breezes Of the
Scheldt. Some of the boys wear wooden
clogs, and even the little ones of the better
classes have their legs bare from the tops
of their shoes to the knees.
The Scheldt is about furlong wide. It Is
over twenty-five feet deep, and it streams
with shipping. A North German Lloyd
steamer came putting In while was on the
promenade this afternoon. while Red Star
liner from New York which had just been
discharged, was starting out.
Where American Goods Are Handled.
wish I could show you the docks which
these Relgians have built for handling our
imports They are among the finest Of
Europe. The ones which Napoleon con-
structed are still in use. They are two in
number, one holding about $50 ships and
the other perhaps half that number.
1t took me several hours to drive about
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MAPS OF AMERICA.
Drawings of the Western Continent
Made in the Last Century.

Made in the Last Century.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
An entertainment Of much interest from
the standpoint Of the antiquarian was given
recently at the Marquette School under
the direction of Miss Fanny NJ Bacon, the
principal, the main feature of which was
the exhibition of ten old maps Of portions
of the American continent. They are the
property Of Mr.. Sidney Clemenson Of Bos-
ton who secured them while travelling in
Australia from French consul, and were
loaned to Miss Bacon.
Eight Of them were made by Pownall.
who came to America In 1853 as royal gov
ernor to the colonies Of Massachusetts.
New Jersey and South Carolina in success
sion. He returned to England in 1851 and
obtained seat in parliament The last
part of his life was devoted to antiquarian
studies. These maps were published in
London in 1894
The other two maps were published in
Paris in 1906. One of the English maps
gives the thirteen original states; one Of
the French maps shows seventeen stars
and seventeen states. None Of the Eng
lish maps shows Washington or st. Louis.
The French map does. There IS no Chicago
on either Of the maps. Cahokia and Kas-
kaskia are on all of the maps. One of the
old maps gives the United States and bor-
dering Spanish possessions, gives the four
old paths across the country-"upper,"
middle" lower and "old trading path"
One shows an old wagon road, where the
railroad now goes through-Harper's Ferry.
The endless mountains in Pennsylvania
are shown and the mountains IN the south
western part of the old United States"
in which there is gap for horses" One
map shows that California is not an lis
land The Gulf of California seemed to
make old California island until finally
travelling to the head of the gulf 1t was
discovered that California could be
reached by land New Albion is shown
on one of these maps, and Mexico stretches
north through the present limited States"
On another map is marked 1.-The French
ascend the river Missoury thus high"
And the Mississippi unknown" 1.-The Wa
bash, or st. Jerome, according to the
French"
Many other interesting relics were added
to the exhibition, one of them being a
copy of the first charter of the city of Ste.
Genevieve, Mo-. published at Kaskaskia.
H., in 1912 1t belongs to the library of
the late General Rozier of that city. A
pair of slippers gwen by Pierre Laclede to
Miss Vale belongs to the same collection.
poem on the capture of Fort Kaskaskia
in ITS written by Captain St Gem of Ste.
Genevieve, is now owned by Hiss Chaun-
cey Clement, a pupil, who was in charge
of the precious collection. Many of the
pupils assisted Miss Bacon in the entertain
ment.
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Christopher Columbus Last Funeral.

from Leslie weekly.
Christopher Columbus has just been
buried again and probably for the last time
The event took place few weeks ago in
the famous and beautiful cathedral of Sc
VILE. Spain, wherein a special mausoleum
has been constructed to hold the ashes of
the once despised but now glorified navi-
gator. The coffin was borne by seamen of
the navy and was followed by cortege
headed by the archbishop OF Seville, the
minister Of marine, the captain general Of
Cadiz and other dignitaries. The ashes of no
illustrious man have been honored with SO
many barials and removals as those Of Co.
lumbus. They rested for. two centuries at
Santo Domingo, and in 1916 were transfer
red to the cathedral at Havana. After the
Spanish-American war they were taken to
Spain. where. by desire Of a descendant Of
Columbus. the Duke Of Veragua, they have
been inferred in Seville Cathedral. Surely
the Inscription reaaiescat In pace written
over this tomb would have been OF more
than ordinary significance 1t is to be
hoped that this lnterment will serve to settle
forever the dispute as to whether Columbus
remains were ever really removed from
Santo Domingo.
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which an American team could not bulge.
but which these Belgian draft horses pull
along like so many feathers
Each wagon has q tongue, and when
one horse Is used 1t is hitched up on one
side of the tongue instead of changing to
shafts. / have seen single horses pulling
three or four tons and the wagon, or, alto
gether about five tons. over these Belgian
block pavements. This is done without
trouble and you will concede 1t Is a big
load for one horse. The best horses of this
kind weigh about three thousand pounds
and each Is expected to pull from three to
Ave tons. The horses are well cared for
and bring good prices.
1 went from, the Red Star docks to the
tain enormous piles of American pine and
other woods. Ships were loading and I'M
loading at the docks and it seemed to me
that the glass-roofed warehouses held
enough Of our lumbe-' to floor the half of
Belgium. The boards are brought chiefly
from the southern states and shipped by
rail and canals to other parts of the coun-
try. Much of the lumber used in Antwerp
is carried about on these big wagons.
watched some men loading one of them.
Each had a leather pad on his shoulder
upon which he carried at least half dozen
boards at one time, handling the lumber
more rapidly than is done in America.
Queer American Imports.
I have made some inquiries concerning
our imports to Belgium, but find 1t difficult
10 learn just Wnat they are MUCH Oh tneH
come through England and Germany. We
ship them most of the staples we send to
other countries, and also a great deal of
crushed corn, corn oil and notions. The
agents Of the Swift Packing Company tell
me that they sell canned meats of all kinds,
and also bones and hogs hair. The bones
are shipped to Germany and Russia
for buttons, tooth brush handles and
other such things, and the hair is used to
stuff furniture. Belgium buys great deal
Of beef ham, which is much like our dried
beef, and is sent over In barrels. American
canned meats are seldom used except for
picnic and excursion lunches, but our lard
and pork hams are part of the regular Bel
| gian diet. Much Of the goods which comes
! to Antwerp is transshipped to other coun-
| tries. 1t goes into the government ware
houses. and then passes on to its destina-
ton without paying tariff duties.
Client and Its American Cotton.
"a vast deal of American cotton comes to
Antwerp for the spinning mills Of Client
and other factories. Client Is the Man.
chester Of Belgium. 1t is situated on the
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The New Archbishop Of Canterbury.

From the Saturday Review
1t Is not easy to be enthusiastic about DR..
Temples successor. DR.. Davidson is in no
sense great man, though certainly he has
seen much Of and been much with great
personages in high places. That is an ex-
perience not without its use in a position
which requires real craftsmanship Yet we
doubt If to have been clerk of the closet to
the king will strike churchmen generally as
the best possible credential. for the arch
bishopric of Canterbury. DR.. Davidson has
certainly had much and varied experience;
he has been dean of Winosor b shon of
Rochester and bishop Of Winchester; but
at Rochester, the severest test of his
strength and capacity. he was not a great
success. And We confess that we cannot
easily reconcile ourselves to the primacy
being filled by one of absolutely no academ-
ic distinction, one who could not be cited
as an authority on a single intellectual
problem. There may have been primates
before who took nothing but pass degree
at their university, but long list of prece-
dents has made us look for something
much more distinguished.
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Mr.. Carnegie's New Home.

From the london Nall.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has acquired at
cost of f45 900 a new home near Dunferm-
line where he was born. The estate pur-
chased is that of Pittencrieff. which includes
the beautiful glen of Pittencrieff and the
time-worn old house of Pittencrieff. The
grounds are exquisitely beautiful, but the
historic associations are not their least at
traction. Malcolm Canmores Tower Is sit
uated within the grounds and here 1t was
that the Scottish king married St. Mar
garet, the Saxon princess, who ned to Scot
land for refuge from the Norman invaders.
The place in the Firth of Forth where her
ship cast anchor Is small bay called St.
Margaret's Hope and Queensferry, where
the kaiser recently sailed for Germany. Is
named after her
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the ,xamnalinx Ia Main.

the kampaling IL plain.
They also have long spears Qanza), with
blades OF various shapes, aud there : often en-
the handles. All the natives carry boxes
for befa1 nut Of brass copper or silver, or
brass or copper 1nlaid with silver. every
datto or sultan carries one. or II IS car,
ried by his men, and his importance Is told
by the size and value OF his box.
Sometimes a fine suit Of brass chain and
plate armor with a brass helmet. turns up.
These are probably made by the Moros az
ter old Spanish armor.
Two Friendly Dattos.
Two of the principal dattos are very
friendly. Datto Grande is a big jolly man
who furnishes information, cargadores
(carriers) and pack trains for the
forces. Datto Pedro. the tramp datto.
furnishes guides. bamboo. grass and
information His name is not 'Alli,"
as some have given It Since he has
Joined the Americans he has become
quite wealthy and his following has in
creased, until he now has about LUZ fol-
lowers.
one day the Sultans of Bayan and Uato
(wato) came to visit Gen Sumner. About
noon the drums were heard and there came
over the hill procession equal to any
thing ever produced in comic opera First
came Datto Pedro as advance agent then
a few retainers of Bayan, including pun
dit or SCRIBE then Bayan in purple jacket,
trousers and turban. with green ana
white 'tmalung' over It all. One OF his
boys carried his red and white umbrella,
another his bstel nut box and another his
kampalang. Then came his highness OF
Uato. big man. not bad looking, wearing
purple turban and trousers and gorgeous
yellow jacket embroidered with golden
dragons Moro Ii Hung Chang. Two
boys carried his umbrellas, red one and a
white one, two more his kris and kampa-
lang: six spearmen with silver-mounted
spears carried sheathed and head down.
ward in token of peace; then one boy with
q fine American flag. The flag Is big medi-
cine" when the Moro goes out armed, for
the Americans are very suspicious Of
armed Moras and are likely to be quick on
the trigger. Behind the sultan came the
war drum. and then a long line Of dattos
and their followers. The whole outfit
marched up to headquarters and the sui
tans held pow-wow with Gen. Sumner,
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TONS OF MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR AT ONE LOAD

CLAN horses was dragging away about six
tons of Minneapolis -four at one load. l did
not count the bags, but there must have
been hundreds of them.
Little Elephants in Horsehide.
And just here 1 want to speak about The
Belgian horses used about the wharves.
They are little elephants in horsehides. and
they win haul bigger loads than even the
horses of Liverpool or Havre. 1Nhave never
seen anything like them. Two of them pull
a load OF eight or ten tons with ease. ana
single horses drag five tons. The wagons
used about the docks weigh about ton and
a half each, and when you load one of them
with sixty big bags of sulphur or several
hundred bags of wheat you have lpad
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the new docks. I went by miles of iron
warehouses and sheds filled with all sorts
Of goods. AT times 1 was in thicket of
masts and at others I could hardly see
through the network of rigging. The docks
and canals were filed with boats and
barges wedged in among the great steam
ers. and cars were moving this way and
that carrying the goods out and in. l
could not get the exact area of the docks
but I am sure there are more than 1880
acres. The Basin Du Kattendyk alone
has 230 acres and the Bassin Lefebvre has
800 acres stopped and made some photo
graphs about the Bassn America, where
our petroleum is landed. Barrels marked
STANDARD Oil Company" were piled high
on the banks, and across the way was an
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GATEWAY To EUROPE.
Antwerp is a Mighty Pros
porous Port Of Entry
FOR AMERICAN GOODS
ITS ENORMOUS TRADE AND HOW
TT rs HANDLED.
The Fine New Docks Visit to Our
Consul-Ghent and It's Cot
ton Mills.

Copyright, 1902. by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Corrcspondence of Tho Evening Star

Copyright, 1902, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ANTWERP.
am standing in the chief American gate
way to the continent of Europe. This city,
situated sixty miles inland on the deep
river Scheldt, is connected by canal and
rail- with every part of Germany, France.
Holland and Belgium and our American
invaders are making 1t basis of their COM
mercial campaigns Six great lines Of
steamers connect it with New York and
other American ports. Wheat by the
ten thousand bushels and cotton by
the thousands of bales are unloaded
here to be sent to other countries of
Europe. Cargoes Of lumber travel
through the canals far into the interior,
and tank steamers, filled with American
coal oil come in such numbers that special
docks have been set aside for them known
as the Bassin America.
Antwerp has-now 10000 people. 1t Is
rapidly growing andsit is reaching the po-
sition it had during the middle ages as the
richest commercial city of Europe. 1t had
then not half as many people as now, but
its trade was the wonder of the world. Five
hundred wagons daily came into the city,
bringing in and carrying out goods. Five
hundred ships sailed up the Scheldt every
day, and it is said that twenty-five hundred
vessels were often at anchor there at one
time.
This was shortly after the discovery of
America. Before that time the Mediterra-
mean cities such as Venice and Genoa, led in
the commerce OF the world, but Columbus
turned the tide another way. The route to
Asia about the Cape Of Good Hope was dis
covered. and the cities Of the Atlantic be-
gan to boom. Lisbon was one of the most
thriving Of them. and the Portuguese ships
called there and then came on to Antwerp.
Indeed Antwerp had then almost as much
trade as London. England annually buying
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can expedition was very strong. The Moros
say that they went just where they pleased
and paid no attention to the guns OF Maciu
or Butte.
Only two Americans were wounded. one
In the fight at the Maciu forts and the
other was cut up by sultan, who became
q 'juanmentado" (oathbound) and rushed
out OF the grass on the soldier He slashed
UP one soldier and rushed at another, but
the soldier put two bullets through him.
knocked rlm down with a blow the head
with his rifle barrel and the sultan died as
he wished. fighting the Christians.
Since that time all has been quiet. No
moro ambushes along the trail-no more
Remington slugs singing through the moon
light and ''potting' outposts. The frst
week of October the companies which had
reinforced "vicars'' returned to their former
stations and since then there has been no
trouble anywhere.
The Military Road to Lanao.
The military road u finished from Mala-
hang TO Lanao and another has been start
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straw hats in the summer. while the women
go bareheaded. The horses cost money and
their heads need protection. The women
are cheaper, and the men tell me they can
be had for the asking.
This is a country of uniforms. There are
men everywhere wearing Cold-laced coats
and gold-braided caps. Every other servant
has cap and brass buttons. This is SO
with the street car conductors. the railroad
men and the servants of the stores. There
are soldiers or officers en- every street cor
ner dressed up to- the Zines. There are very
few beggays for begging Is against the
law. but the people are pcor, and 1t is only
the officials. their so-cai1ed servants. who
are spick and span as the red peoples
which spot the saniifar fields
It Is odd to see women scrub5ing the