The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-23
THE BULLETIN s .
CORRESPONDENTS
Are Enjoying Themselves at The
hig Exposition.
JOHN EYED A WOMAN"
HIS NAME is BULoN AND HIS
HAP &c THREE FEET LONG
SOME AMUSING ExPER
FENCES.

: At tie Worlds Fair, s., I~ui-, Sept
! Sill was jest as We were approach
: .ng tAq Bridge of Spain tina. leads t,
the Walled CITY Of the Philippine res
e cryation that we met him. He wore
4 s!oue,i white hat and face that re
, minded me of the late Sol Smith Rus
fs-il. lEa yas tall, angular ana gaunt
and his wife. a patient, meek Little
" ,y. trudging along after him. II
was clear that she was only an ap
peniix AMI not even yermiGorm one
at that. for she was no trouble-mals-
cr. He had ried it on several of the
uniformed young gentlemen known
20 jefferson Guards but go no salts,
faction, ana perceiging what he mis-
took f3f a look Of Intelligence upon
our faces lie inquired:
Can you tell lis where the condo
In cage is?'
7 Man like. John began fumbling the
pages Of his Official guide" TO lo-
cate the gondola cage but with
womans sympathetic intuition
quickly perceived that the old man
from Arkansas had been imposed up
on and | said:
mo, there is no such thing on the
grounds as a gondola cage"
Whcroupon a look Of sadness came
over his features as he said.
WANTED A PAIR OF THEM.
"Awsrl sorry to hear that. sir We
have couple OF rabbits at home ana
promised the boys woald get them
a male and female gondola if they
eori be found
Ana he was from New York state
Not. ArkanEas,
Having shifted The smoke of the .
Boer war ii was hard to get John in
terestcd In the meek and docle FIJI
ipiuo, although Jane who had heard /.
Of their tandncga for dog meat and OF
their great aversion TO clothing vas
crazy 10 see them, and SO peace
triumphed over war The Philippine
reservation IS a Eseat expo ition in ii.
self. worth coming Nh siaands of
miles 10 see Il cost over a million
dollars. embraces 10000 exhibits and
eorcrS . tract Of Il acres More than
eleven hundred native FIiplnos are
51tAcrcl IN villages in bamboo houses
luilt bg their Own haads. all illnstrat- ,
rg the eRlployments. diversions and {
ocial customs which they follow in /
heir native land. The reservation Is
combination Of wooded hills. valleys v
nj Likes alI Is inpreSsiyely pie /
ufesqgs Il
FILIPINO Is MUSICAL. 4
As We entered the Vsayan' village 4
Z a@ Filipino boy astrille wa
{. buffalo" called BY the native.
tlmarlc." raing toward IS a.a the
lc1 mel ding lang.iicng Of many c
ln-to1.s fen upon our cars. The FL!
lno .Dyes his ton-tom. He win
sai II al Gay long. There are sew +
al varieties OF this Instrument run
ng from the decRsounding copper 4
,ttlc-h3pei drum to the wooden \
sy wth skin stretched over the q
sal. rtero arc groups Of these ;om g
m n.ayers all oycr the reservation Il
through the Eve village OF 81
20 Visayans. Moros. Bagahos, Negri
Is and Isorot. d
The Filipino is musical clear v
rough Tho llng stick with a knife 81
1 the CID with which be Gigs hole. "
II the planting Of rice have bells IL I,
.e top and IS eHernsted with feath ,
%. While digging he makes music
lin tie htl.c aad he dances 20 n,
Hslc In TIE Nlsayan village ", o.
GAIA music by 4 Visayan orchestii ?
II pieces. as beautiful music /,
1n cogi'. hear in Chicago CT New
crs. ..y. oncc Of an advanced civil
.aticn are seen "a every hand In thi
lllGc. Tlere are wood curycrs. ma 0
caycrs and maker OF embroidery
ais. canes and novelties. The bright
sed. laughing Vi aya1 ma..lon. q
cave beaIt'fcl c,oih with strands Of
nlor. Il
JOHN TOOK NOTICE. al
We were standing In .he Bag1Bf III
Haze AMI noticed that Johns eye r.
'ere fixed upon comely barelimbsd p
.aidcn Who was pounding a copper "
lm-tom. Every line OF aer sup r. G
CURE was beautiful to look upon an 7
very m1vc nat VIZ. graceful ana n
lpiiSa ins.
John refused to bug, lie wa. 2
lrel to the spot. who Is thc youag
lily citing the tom-tom?" ] inquire X
one Of the soldiers near By.
That lady Is a man" said the .ol
er His name is BaIon and he is r.
lief Of $500 Bagabos He is ~ year
/ an his hair is three feet icug.~ nj
And We moved on toward the vii .,
ge OF the Iog-eating Igorot and the p
sad-hrntng Bcntoos. N,
LITTLE EGYPT n