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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-18

away from her bows in huge pillows.
The Julie turned the buoy as the Wa
terwitch passed the Myrtle boat house.
On the return the Julie was in mid
channel as the Waterwitch turned the
buoy. Then the Billy, Pearl and Phelps
were seen to be punched. The Julie
came in far ahead of the others, time
24:3s 3-5. The Pearl came in second,
a long ways behing, followed by the
Billy shortly after. The Phelps came
in third, one minute and nineteen Sec
onds behind the Billy.
The race of the day was between the
P. d. @. and the Waterwitch, the finish
giving the race 10 the P. d. O., the
bow of the Waterwitch nosing the stern
of the p, D. Q. Will Young of the Wa
terwitch protested before the race that
the handbags were unfair for his boat,
and claimed that the boat starting first
would finish first. Young proved to be
a good prophet.
MYRTLEs LOSE FRESHMAN.
Course.-Fron Judges boat to and
around flags opposite spar buoy, keep
ing same on port side in turning, thence
hack to start. Prize, SIS trophy. En-
tries: HeaIani, H. Y. & B. Club; Myr-
tie, Myrtle B. c.
The crews got the stroke together
with the Healanis taking the lead be-
fore reaching the lighthouse. Both
crews went at it too strenuously. The
same positions held as the boats passed
the Myrtle Boat Club house. The crews
settled down to a steadier stroke as
they passed up the channel. The Hea-
lanis turned the flag first with the Myr-
Ties slightly behind On the return the
Healanis passed the lighthouse seven
or eight lengths ahead. The Myrtles
were pulling a heavy, sluggish stroke.
the Blues, with their heavier crew, We're
pulling sharply. Time, 12:1S1A. The
Myrtles lost for the first time in five
years.
REDS WIN JUNIOR RACE.
Course.-Same as Freshman. Prize,
s25 trophy. Entries: Healani, H. Y. &
B. Club; Myrtle, Myrtle B. C.
The crews started off with a squirt
which gave promise of one of the pref
test races of the day. Clean, swift
strokes carried the shells around the
lighthouse bow and bow. The Myrtles
showed speed past their boat house and
kept fair lead toward the buoy. Both
shells turned their buoys almost to-
gether, the Myrtles getting slight
ahead on the start back. keeping it in
the rough water. Then the Myrtle boat
house crowds became noisy. They
ripped the welkin and made the air
crimson while waving the brilliant col
ors of the club. At the lighthouse the
Myrtles turned into the stretch with
beautiful squirt which shot them several
lengths ahead of the Blues. 1t was
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Two-oARED SHORE BOATS.

First prize, $40; second prize, So. En-
tries: May Flower, n. Hiram; Minnie,
and Fair Play, c. Haupu.
There were but three entries for this
race. At the lighthouse one turned back
leaving the May Flower and Minnie to
fight il out The Minnie came in first,
time 9:08. the May Flowers time being
1888.
GLADYS OUTDISTANCES OTHERS.
The second division of yachts was the
first to start For this race the first
prize was SO. the second, SO. The
course was as follows:
start from imaginary line between
the lighthouse and Healani Boat Club;
thence out the channel. keeping be-
tween the buoys and piles; thence to
Waikiki stake boat, lacking around
same: thence back TO the bell buoy.
lacking around same: thence to spar
buoy. passing up channel and finishing
opposite Judges stand. Going and COM
ing from Waikiki keep on seward side
of bell buoy. Entries: Hopsey. w
Erickson; Debbie, w. Lyle; Princess,
Prince Cupid; Irish, A. Lyle; Maloio,
c. johnson. Jr; Aloha, c. Johnson.
The boats got away ia a swirl Of can
vass, making a pretty scene as they
bowled up the harbor and rounded the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-18

beautiful finish and the Reds were sat
isfied to have redeemed their waning
popularity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

gasp. A G. A. r. man, Catholic, died,
and, in fear and trembling, the MEM
bers of the dead mans lodge presented
themselves before the archbishop and
asked if they might bury their COM
rade in Catholic cemetery. He not
only gave his permission, but he put
on his chaplain's uniform, preached
the sermon and led the way to the
grave. And the veterans, forgetting
that they were in church, and the SOL
emnity of the occasion, cheered their
new-found cOmrade in arms.
That one act, supplemented by few
sermons revealing the speakers toler-
anee. oraterical powers and overlooking
humor, broke down much of the old
prejudice and before long the arch
bishop was addressing. meetings, reli-
gious and otherwise, not under Catholic
auspices. At one Of them Rev. DR..
Henry C. McCook, of the famous fight
ing McCooks, and Philadelphia's lead
ing Presbyterian minister, walked
across the platform to grasp the arch
bishops hand, and to say that he, too,
had been a chaplain in the Civil war.
Now, whenever DR.. McCook and Arch
bishop Ryan attend banquets at the
Union league, Of which they are mem
bers, they always see to 1t that they
sit side by side, and each in his ser
mons frequently states that my good
friend, DR.. McCook.'' or my warm
friend, Arc. bishop Ryan, declares"
AS with the clergy, so with the la1ty;
the archbishop's tongue prevailed there.
in one way or another.
"Your grace" said the Hon. Wayne
MacVeagh, when he was counsel of the
Pennsylvania railroad, ''Mr. Roberts
our president, who always travels with
his counsel, will undoubtedly get you
railroads the
United States, if in return you will, give
him a pass to paradise"
"Ah," replied the archbishop, quietly,
81 would do so if it were not for sep
arating him from his counsel"
The archbishop's reply made him two
influential friends and it is typical of
the way in which he has kept Philadel-
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Adam and Eve. the Garden of Eden,
etc. They know of "Ibrahim,' NO.
adam" "Mosa," 'Ismail," .'Daud,
| "Sulaiman," ''Yakub' and '.Alse," who
is supposed to be Samson. The story
of the flood is told as follows:
"When the forty days and nights
of rain came, No and his family got
into a box. One pair of each sort OF
bird and beast also came in. Men who
were busy with their ordinary oecupa :
tons, and did not enter the box. were
overtaken by the flood. Those who ran
to the mountains became monkeys;
those who ran to the water, fish Inc
Chinaman changed to a hornbill. A
woman who was eating the fruit OF
seaweed, and would not stop, was
changed into a fish called dugong,
and her limbs can still be seen under
its skim"
An unpleasant feature of the prac-
tice of their religion for many years
was the 3'juramentado." One has de-
scribed him as IAN American citizen
of Mahometan faith, who takes a SOL
emn oath before a pundita. or Moro
priest, that he will die killing Chris
tians." Many of these "Juramentados
were slaves, who chose this method or
escaping from slavery into the heaV-
emily state which was to be the reward.
Announcing his purpose. he has his
eyebrows shaved off. takes a bath, puts
on his best clothes, usually white. and
then takes his oath. Having thus ar
ranged his worldly affairs, he arms
himself with a kris or bolo, and
some fine morning he bounces into a
village brandishing his weapon. Charg-
ing through the street, cutting right
and left with his knife, he goes on his
way until some one kills him.
In the days of Spanish rule. it was
the Spaniard, seated in front of his
house, place of business or cafe, whose
head was smitten from his shoulder by
the "juramentado." Gen. Arolas en-
deayored to prevent this religious
slaughter by disarming all Moros be-
fore permitting them to enter villages
where there We're Christians. AT
.1anceria" outside each gate was sta
toned a detail Of Spanish soldiers,
who had orders to shoot to kill every
Moro who did not freely give up his
arms A dead line was established.
Even these precautions ''juramenta-
do" was able occasionally to accom-
plish his purpose.
On one occasion a Moro (knoWn to
the soldiers as peaceably disposed
native, entered the town leaving his
barong in the 'lanceria" as usual. A
little later he returned and claimed his
weapon, and when it was returned to
him he passed package of cigarettes
around to the guards as aleyidence OF
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MOROS ARE BORN TO WARFARE

self from a blow behind or below the
shield.
These Moros are described as robust,
of medium height, often of superb
physical development, dusky bronze in
color, the pOSSeSSorS Of piercing eyes,
low foreheads and 1ank hair which is
dressed in sort of cnignon and hangs
down the neck. They are agile, and
have wonderful capacity for holding
their breath under water. They are Of
quick perception, audacious, extreme
ly sober, rarely using Intoxicating
drinks; ready to promise anything and
do nothing, vindictive, highly suspi-
cious of strangers, long suffering in
adversely, hesitating in attack, and the
bravest of the brave in defense. Large
numbers of them chew the betel nut
AS to dress, those who are contem-
plating the production of new comic
operas might study their costumes
with excellent results. Datto Calvi,
one of the Moro chieftains, and his
troop of followers, whom Gen. Bates
took with him, when he went to visit
the sultan in order to open relations
with him, were pompous lot as they
strobe up and down the deck of the
vessel. The datto, a young fellow,
was quite a dude, according to Moro
standard. He would strut UP and
down the deck in his two-piece suit,
his turban tied On with a style and
individuality that made him, marked
man. Behind him followed his betel
nut carriers, who kept him constantly
supplied with a good Chew" No Ital-
ian bandit or stage hero ever present
ed a more picturesque or ferocious
appearance than did this Moro.
Is Among the Moros a disiguring prac-
tice is that of filing the front of their
teeth with ,rat-tail files or small
round stone until the teeth project out
ward from the mouth, and blackening.
them with a varnish made by boiling
the milk of a cocoanut and then drop
ping a piece of red-hot iron in it. The
iron and the milk combined make a
compound that has the appearance of
black carriage varnish. This will wear
several weeks after being placed on
the teeth
Of course the sultan and his court
dress with much greater splendor than
their subjects. 1t is related that when
Gen. Bates party visited the sultana
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phia in good humor for twenty -four
years.
At the same time he has not neglected
the church. When he assumed charge
of the archdiocese it had 100000 Catholic
families; now it has double the number
He has built, just outside of Philadelphia.
the second largest Augustinian monas-
terry in the world; the largest is in SPAIN
He has erected protectory for boys,
founded several large hospitals, and with
the $3.50 900 which was collected as gift
for him on his recent golden jubilee, and
which he refused to accept, he has started
building an orphanage.
The archbishop was once asked how
he raised all the money for his various
enterprises. Why he replied, 81 just
talk to people and somehow they give"
1t was just his talking that ended Phil
adelphia's great street railway strike in
1895. This leading citizen and that had
tried Without success, to get the strike
leaders to arbitrate. A big bride had
failed to move them. Riot and disorder
grew apace. The city's business was
paralyzed. Then somebody thought OF
Archbishop Ryan; he was approached and
consented to see what he could do.
He went to the place where the leaders
We're assembled. He introduced himself,
then said he guessed it wouldn't hurt IL
they'd talk over the situation a little
1t turned out that the archelShop uio
about all the talking. He got the men
with him at the start by a funny story,
and he held them by the flashes of wit
with which he interspersed his argument
An hour or so later when he left the
meeting he carried with him the word OF
the leaders that they would arbitrate
their claims. The next day Philadelphia
was peaceful town again and street
cars We're running as usual on every line.
My boy, your tongue; it will some
day make you famous. His fellow
churchmen declare that if Archbishop
Ryan gets the red hat, as many of them
think he will, it will largely be because
of his wonderful eloquence and his atti-
tude on church matters which he express
ed. parable fashion, some few days ago
when he was asked where he stood in a
supposed difference between Cardinal
Gibbons, extreme liberal, and the late
Archbishop Corrigan, ultra conservative:
"As archbishop of Philadelphia. nat
urally stand half way between New York
and Baltimore"
Copyright. 1901, by Guy T. viskniskki)
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dowager before going to meet her son,
besides wearing a gown of black bro
cade Silk-not cut after the latest IA
risian sty1e-a scarf of light figured
material and a gauzy headdress, she
had on her right hand a white cotton
glove of American manufacture, which
she had put on with the buttons on the
back of the hand. 1t was thus that she
had protected herself against contact
with the Christian dogs" On this oe-
casion the sultan was especially gor-
geous. He wore coat of yellow wa
tered Silk, black vest with gold
chain festooned across white UNDER
shirt of muslin, flowing skirts, trou-
sers of white gauZe and patent leather
pumps. On his head was high feZ
of some colored material about which
was wound a white turban.
Nominally the sultan is the ruler or
the Moros. The present sultan is &C
knowledged as the spiritual leader,
but he has not the entire support OF
the dattos, or tribal chieftains. One
datto has the proud distinction of hav-
ing defeated him in a revolutionary
movement. At the present time the
political power lies in the hands of the
dattosS These dattos are of varying
degrees of bloodthirstiness. A story is
told by correspondent in the Philip
pines of visit to Datto Joka Nina, the
datto who defeated the sultan, which
breathes the atmosphere of a tale of
successful escape from death by fall
ing over a precipice, by dexterous
crawling along narrow ledge. This
datto had the reputation of being q
square" man, who would not kill one
without first informing him of his IN
tention. When this correspondent call
ed on him at his seat of government.
five miles outside of Jolo, he came
forth in his bare feet and greeted his
visitor cordially, remarking at the same
time that he was glad to have the
Americans so near, as they would
make excellent servants and traders.
1.-The datto had a fine little boy says
the correspondent. HE wanted me to
take picture of him. / did so. Then
his excellency wanted the picture. l
explained that 1 would put it on paper
at Manila. He said. why not now?'
looked; on the wall We're twenty-five
Remington rifles and one Mauser car
bine. Well, / said it was such an inn
pertant thing, it took time This re-
lieved the situation, and both of us
continued to retain our heads on our
shoulders"
That the religion of the Moros reach
es back and dovetails into the founda-
ton of the Christian religion is indi-
Gated by their belief in many cflarac-
tiers of the Old Testament and their
possession of stories of the creation OF
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TONGUE WILL sonE DAY MAKE YOU FANoos:

you to take my name in to him and
tell him I'd like to speak with him for
a moment"
The man laughed just as heartily as
the other one had. He also said much
about the boys audacity in thinking
he could gain audience with such a
distinguished person as the "Emanci-
pator,' and he did not neglect to make
other personal remarks about what
Cardinal Gibbons has called arch
bishop Ryans red hat that nature gave
to him.
But Paddy. Ryan would not be
laughed down. He had a tongue-Dan-
lei O'Connell said it was his talent
he wanted to see Daniel O'Connell,
and he talked and argued and joked
and bantered with the man until fin
ally the fellow, becoming impressed
with the pleader's earnestness, took in
his name.
A few minutes later Daniel O'Con-
nell stood before the boy.
.'Well? 2" he said.
"Mr. O'Connell,' asked the youth;
"don't you remember me?".
The "Emancipator" took a good
look.
"Why, bless mel" he said. you're
the boy whom I praised at Carlew col
1ege for speaking SO we'll. What are
you doing here?"
The boy told him.
$50 you want to hear me speak?"
said O'Connell. 'FWell, you shall But
first tell me what you are doing now"
Il am studying to be a priest" was
the reply.
Good answered the agitator Keep
it up, and don't neglect your tongue.
You will make your mark with it when
you have entered the church. Come"
And so Patrick ]. Ryan got to hear
his idol from an advantageous seat on
the stage the great man had once
again prophesied he would make his
mark as an orator, and the boys am
bition, awakened three years before,
had received fresh impetus.
The Civil war had begun. Thousands
of Ireland's best fighting men, forced
to America in the late forties and
the fifties by famine and obnoxious
legislation, were fiocking to the stand
ard of the Union. Whole regiments
were being formed of them. Among
the Irish volunteers in st. Louis was
young priest, Father Patrick J. Ryan.
who had come to America in 1852, and
had been ordained the following year
in the Missouri metropolis. His serv-
ices were accepted as chaplain and he
was assigned to a military prison.
BY this time Father Ryan had begun
to justify Daniel O'ConnelTs prophesy.
His sermons from the time of his or
dination had attracted attention.
"They are different said the people,
and they went in increasing numbers
to hear the priest who could touch
their heart strings was not afraid to
tell witty story in an inimitable
brogue and in the next instant draw
a picture that would bring tears"
So Chaplain Ryan went among the
soldiers in the prison as he had gone
among the people in the slums of st.
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unable to control them. except while
Gen. Arolas, a Spaniard of republican
tendencies, was governor. The Moros
found him a Tartar, and learned that 1t
was wise to obey his mandates.
The Moros are born to warfare. I'm
til the sos, when a fleet of steam gun
boats put an end to it, they practiced
piracy on the high seas. Although re-
strained from this occupation, the hab-
it of training the boys to become war
riors has not ceased. From the earliest
youth the lads practice with the shield.
the Camp-Map" a kind of short, two
handled sword, wide at the tip, mar
rowing down to the hilt; the "barong,"
which is used for close conflict; the
straight kris" for thrusting and cut
ting, and the waved, serpentlike kris
for thrusting only. The Moro becomes
so dexterous in the use Of the "barong'
that he can decapitate man at sin
gle stroke. AT sea they use a sort of
assegai, called "bagsacay," or sim
bilin," which is about half an inch in
diameter, with a sharp point. Some
can throw as many as four of these at
d time, making them spread in their
flight These were used in the days of
piracy for boarding vessels. They are
very slxillful in the manufacture of
these weapons, the blades of their
knives being as finely tempered and
sharp as a Damascus blade. Their
homes are yeritable armories. Of re-
cent years some of them have learned
the use of firearms and have come into
possession of supplies of them.
The Moro loathes any kind of work
other than that connected with his pro-
fession as a warrior. He expects that
all of his physical wants will be SUP
piled by his wives and slaves. His
valuable time is devoted to affairs of
state and the care of his arms. In
battle he is fearless, for his religion
teaches him that death in warfare car
ries with it the honor of life hereafter
in the Mohametan heaven. When en-
gagged in a fight he makes hfdeous
grimaces to brighten his opponent, and
prances and leaps to confuse the aim
of his adversary and to protect him
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his friendly disposition. Several of
the men set their guns down in order
to light these cigarettes, when instant
ly the Moro drew his barong from its
wooden scabbard. and with single
motion cut off the head of the soldier
nearest to him. So rapid was the at
tack that the head had rolled several
yards away, two more men had receiv-
ed fatal injuries and a fourth was so
severely cut that he was crippled for
life before the soldiers recovered from
their establishment. Further loss of
life was prevented by the blowing off
Of the "juramentado's" head.
At one time, during Gen. Arolas'
regime, some of the warriors Of Datto
Cottabato killed number of Span
iards. When the datto was called to
account, he replied that he could not
restrain his men, for they were .jura-
mentados' Gen. Arolas dispatched a
gunboat to the place and shelled the
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IRON all accounts the Moros are
I natural born fighters. From the
age of sixteen their arms never leave
their belts except to draw blood, and,
being Mohametans, imbued with the
idea that the slaughter of Christians
insures admission to heaven, they have
gone about using them freely upon
those who might by any chance be con-
sidered Christians. The greater the
number slain the higher they believe,
would be the slayers seat upon the
steps of the heavenly throne.
They are not savages, however, in
the sense that some people imagine
them to be. Uncle Sam has among
his varied assortment of peoples in the
Philippines some who wear little more
than breech clout, but the sultan of
the Moros does not dispense high
handed judgments seated on the sand
under a fantastic umbrella, with a
boiling pot for minced missionaries
near at hand. AS a matter of fact, it is
generally understood that the real rul-
er of the Moros is not the young, pock-
marked, heavy and characterless fea-
tured sultan, who has name consist
ing of eight or ten words, but his moth
er. the Sultana doWager. The Moros,
indeed, are supposed to be supplanters
of earlier tribes of the Malayan race,
and with Arabian antecedents. They
have many characteristics tending to
support this belief. Intermarriage with
the savage peoples of the surrounding
islands has ingrafted many pagan SUI
perstitions in their religion.
The Spaniards, when they discov-
cred the Philippines. 400 years ago,
found them on the Sulu archipelago,
and occupying a part of the large ISL
and OF Mindanao, as well as the north
ern part of Borneo. They still occupy
this territory, the sultanate comprising
between 40 and $50 islands and islets,
of which ninety are inhabited. The
Spaniards called them Moros, or
Moors, because Of their dark skin and
their religion. While claiming sover-
eighty over them, the Spaniards were