Evening star., 1904-07-16

shores OF the lake, a detachment of four
soldiers. from the military camp on the
other side, came over in large rowboat
after the party. The trip made at
night, in order to keep the Moros ignorant
of the fact that travellers were on the lake
shore, but by morning, when the expedi-
tion started for the camp, every Moro for
miles around knew of its presence. Tho
Lanao Moros have great copper kettle
drums which they transmit. by a sys-
tenn of signals any message that they Will.
In such manner they were acquainted with
the presence Of white woman in their
stronghold.
At Woman's Land.
In the lake is an island called "Woman's
Island by the American soldiers. They
have named 1t because here the Moros
place their women for safekeeping when
they are at war. Between the island and
the mainland is a narrow passage. Mr.,
and Mrs jerks chose this route, even
though they were informed that the treach-
cry of the natives might cause them to fire
their own make of brass cannon, guard
ing the island, at the boat Happily, they
contented themselves in simply keeping q
close watch on the little craft
Arrived at the camp, Mr.. jerks found
that every mothers son of a Moro was
loud In his praise of the white womans
bravery In daring to come into the coun-
try. 1t was this circumstance, together
with the tact of the military authorities,
that finally persuaded forty of the Moros
After the Sultan Sungud had announced
that he would make the journey, there
arose a question as to the sultans retlnue.
The sultan expressed himself In favor OF
taking along all of his one hundred and
fifty women He wanted to do so not so
much for the love of them all as for the
SO month apiece he would get for each
one of them on exhibit during the period
of the fair.
When Sungud naively proposed his plan,
Mr.. jerks saw bankruptcy staring nun ny
the face. and he fastened 10 enter Hhto
diplomatic intercourse with Sungud tlnai.
ly the crafty old boy compromised on fors
wives: and at that from his point of viewi
he is making a fortune this summer
Likes Our Dollars, Too.
Hadii Butt. the Sultan of Sulu's prime
minister, also displayed a great Itch for the
American dollar. Hadji had three wives
and one child when he was Informed that
he could take his family with him to the
fair. and that for each wife he would gee
SO and for the child a smaller sum. Thas
night Hadti Butt executed a master stroke-~
he acquired two additional wives. who al.
ready had two children for whom ne
could charge Uncle Sam.
Hadji Butt is now at the fair but the
family that surrounds his sleek presence IS
not so large as IL was the morning that
he serenely presented his augmented
menage to his American friend for the lat"
ter's edification and astonishment.
The man who went up into northern
Iuzon after the group of Bontoc lgorots.
like the rest OF his fellows, experienced no
little difficulty.
The Bontocs, unlike the Samal Moros,
who are born, live and die on the sea, are
an agricultural people. When a trip away
from the interior was broached to them,
they placed one hand on their foreheads,
another on the pit of their stomachs ana
gagged energetically. After prolonged dis
cussion they chose one of their number 10
brave the terrors of coaStwise voyage TO
Manila and to report back his experiences.
Luckily the delegate escaped alal de mer,
gave a glowing account OF the great land
beyond his peoples ken, and seventy
grasped the opportunity TO grow rich by
exhibiting their muscular, oily, brown
bodies across the seas.
Told in detail, the story of the months
of experiences that DR.. jerks and his as.
sistants had in getting together the ethnQ-
logical exhibit would prove both highly
humorous and valuable commentary on tho
strange peoples of the archipelago and their
curious points of view.