Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-20

Of which are bamboo tube and an air
tight mop of feathers working therein
like the piston of a syringe. And these
are but q few of an almost endless va
riety Of life pictures.
| The chronological problem is a some
| what complicated one; but, although
there are no fewer than sixteen races
represented among the village jewellers,
the scouts and the constabulary, each
race speaking its own dialect and fol-
| lowing its own customs, all may be
| roughly classified into four groups
| the true aboriginals or nOn-Malays, the
| pagan Malays. the Christian Malays
and the Mohammedan Malays
The first are the dwarf Negritos. with
dark skins and woolly heads. wearers
| of scanty raiment. proficient in the use
| of the bow and poisoned arrow, q race
of nomads and forest jewellers, pagans
| pure and simple. They live in their
own stockaded village.
| Next to them are the Igorrotes
whose origin IS traced back to the first
| wave of Malay invasion. Here. again.
we have scanty clothing. amounting
| almost to nudity, but copper colored
skins, long wavy tresses. pleasant fea-
tured faces and fine physiques, even
though the stature be small. Among
| these pagan Malays are the head hunt
ers and the dog eaters. They are saw
ages, yet have their code of laws and q
knowledge of several primitive indus
tries.
The Christian Malays. produced by
the second wave of invasion. are rep
tod NV hn col nj
handsome race, dressing we'll. living in
pretty homes, skilled in weaving. dye
ing. basket making, hat making. wood
carving and other handicrafts. must
clans Of no mean merit, the one group
of natives who came early and thor
oughly under the influence of the early
Spanish settlers.
Very different are the Moros. who
swept into the islands from the Malay
peninsula last of all, bringing with
them their Mohammedan religion, also
knowledge of gunpowder acquired
with the Koran from the Arabs-fana-
tics like their teachers, pirates. blood
thirsty, treacherous and vindictive fell
IoTs, ever at war among themselves
and with the whole outside world. De-
spite their ferocity they are a clever
race, dress handsomely, have their sui
tans and their slaves and are expert
seamen, while long continued pillage
on the high seas has surrounded them
with many of the luXuries and cOnven-
fences of western civilization.
The buildings of Agriculture, Forest
~ and Fisheries show all the varied
natural products, also the extremely
primitive processes rs yet in vogue,
while in the Women's building we are
introduced to a number of native man.
ufactures, including the beautiful fab
RIGS from the just. banana and pine
apple fbers. This information is collat-
ed in the Building of Commerce, where
unique and most effective method of
exhibiting is followed. In one hall are
samples of all the articles produced for
export, among which manila fiber, Of
course, holds the chief place Of prom
inence while in q second hall are all
the manufactures from every country
that are imported and find n ready
market among the populace. Thus the
business man gets dual lesson. He
sees what he can profitably take from
the islands, and also what he may
profitably send to them. When 1t is
added that large number of represent
ative Filipinos have been brought over
to visit the Exposition and study Amer
can business methods and manufac-
lures, it will be recognized that great
benefit both to the islands and to the
world at large must result from this
work of mutual enlightenment.