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The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
SULTAN OF SULU is AN AUTOCRAT
Problem Americans Well Spanads the Photograph
and is Charmed With Yankee Ways

medans, are said TO dress with far greater
taste and originality than the Christian
women. with the Oriental passion for
brilliant colors. They wear what might
be called divided skirts. full and very
baggy. with tigh fitting bodice and
sleeves, showing the outline OF the figure.
Their head covering known as a ''jabul. q"
is long. narrow strip Of stuff, sewn to-
gether at the ends and reaching nearly
down to the feet The hair is loosely
eoiled on top of the head. and they have.
like all Oriental women. an inordinate
passion for jeweIry.
Women play as great a role there from
time 20 time as they do In other parts of
the world, and every now and then in
reading the history Of this part OF he
country we come across a Catherine Of
Russia. Dean Worcester tells OF such
one. a Visayan girl By birth. who had
been captured by the Moros and brought
TO Sulu as slave.
This slave attracted the attention Of
the reigning Sultan. who fell in love with
her and made her his wife. The Sultana
proved to be an apt student in politics
and was soon intriguing with all the sub
tlety Of trained Giplomatist The Sui
tan died suddenly after his marriage
Corrosive sublimate IS said 70 have been
the instrument OF Providence in the Sui
tana's hands. The sultana then married
her husbands successor, who also died
suddenly. poisoned by corrosive subli-
mate.
When Harun was declared Sultan the
ambitious woman made him an offer Of
marriage. but he promptly replied that
he could not think Of accepting, as he
wished TO die a natural death.
The pearl fisheries are the chief in
dustry OF Sulu. But there are many
other. resources. developed and undevelop-
ed, such as the growing OF spices. castor
oil, bean, coc0anut. abaca, and endless
tropical fruits. to say nothing Of the
valuable woods, and the mines, which
should tempt capital TO the Sultan's king
dom.
II is said. in fact, that during his TRIP
around the world the sultan's eyes have
been opened 10 the value Of the riches
that lie az his door. and that on his re-
turn home he will bend his energies 10
their development.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
THE COURT NEWSMAN.
Money in Job of Telling of Doing
of British Royalty.

Money in Job of Telling of DOings
of British Royalty.
The official news Of the oomings and
goings Of the King and Queen. the names
OF their visitors, the description OF Their
dresses at courts and other information
originating in the royal palaces IS dis
trlbuted by the Court Circular. There is
an official reporter called the court news
man who gets Up the circular every day
and distributes It TO the London and pro-
vincial newspapers and press assocla-
tons.
The newspapers have % pay for the
Court Circular and IL Is believed the
court newsman makes as much as $1,000
q year from his Office He has 10 be very
careful IN preparing his copy, and he
gets into hot water whenever a name is
mispelled or a title misplaced The late
King Edward was won't 20 use strong
language whenever he discovered a
blunder in the Court Circular. especially
if the names OF any OF his friends hap
pened 10 be misspelled.
A weekly newspaper says OF the origin
OF the Court Circular that like so many
other useful institutions the Court Circu-
lar arose our OF an abuse. For during
the days when George " was Prince
Regent so much gossip and scandal con-
corning the royal family erept into The
press that the prince was driven 10 ap-
peal TO his friend Sir Richard Birnie 10
ind some one who would draw UP day by
day an authentic. digniled and discreet
epitome of the doings OF the court ana
send IL TO the press.
In the light Of modern journalism Il IS
particularly interesting TO note that Sir
Richard Birnie's choice Tor the first editor
OF the Court Circular fell upon an old
family retainer commonly known as Old
Townsend, who prior 10 his appointment
as court news vendor had been g shoe
black, a coal HEAVIER, a turnkey at New
gate, and officer AZ Bow street police sta
ton. Nevertheless. Old Townsend per-
/ formed his new duties so successfully
that the Court Circular was very soon
adopted by almost every court IN Europe,
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
REAL APPLE PIE.
other Kinds Are Good, but This Is
Old Reliable.

Fr1m the Ohio State Journal.
We notice that down IN Gala, Law
renee. Scioto and the hilly countries
along the river the apple crop covers
the land with a golden. crimson glow.
There Is great satisfaction in that fact:
for whatever else We VIII lack, We Will
have apple pie in abundance. and there
is nothing we can have in abundance
better than apple pie. Other pies are
good. but the apple is the old reliable.
When one confronts three or four diff
ferent kinds of pie. and he IS asked
which he wants. and his thoughts are
dazed in the glimmer of the glory. he
is most certain 10 say, Apple. IL you
please"
Then he will make no mistake; that
is, if the apples are rightly selected.
the pastry light and snowy. and the
baking a mild brown. with a vague
taste of lambent flame IN it. There are
apples in which the sap meets the
sunlight like a lover. IN a trysting place
of kisses and caresses, and where tho
south wind comes to sing a song OF
dreams-you have tasted IL in the apple
pie we talk about; and when the pastry IS
simply the capitalization Of the far
cooks smile and grace. as she sings
them into the mixture of TASKS OF snow
and shapes ii for the home OF the
sunshine andsthe south wind-thats the
apple pie we talk about.
Oh. beautiful winter that comes apace.
and rosy orchards that spread over the
river hills, we bind you together in a
fair dream of apple pie, and look for
ward to the day when life will know
no regret or want
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

layan proportions. A further upheaval OF
no great relative Importance would mark
the birth Of a continent
One OF the accomplishments of the
committee on behalf OF the association
during the last year has been the install
latiOn OF improved instruments for earth
quake recording upon islands and In other
widely distributed locations in all parts
Of the world. Complete world records OF
the earths spasms and tremors will be
available 10 science henceforth.
The report says that for several years
past small chickering's have been OBJ
served in the traces of seismograms OBJ
tanned from the British Association in
struments. On quickly recording photo
graphic surfaces these appear as ripples.
Recorded I'm England.
When Analysing records obtained by the
steamer Discovery in the antarctic re-
gions it was noticed that number of
these chickering's were recorded in Eng
land about leo minutes after heavy shocks
had taken place to the south of New
Zealand. and as this was the interval of
time that large surface waves of earth
quakes would take to travel over a path
about $50 degrees IN length, 1t was con-
cluded that the hitherto neglected records
were the surviving efforts OF large earth
quakes
This was confirmed when flfty-one OF
the after shocks from the Jamaica earth
quake OF 1907 were recorded in Great Brit
ain at exactly the time at which they
would be expected 10 reach this country.
The committee was not aware that any
one of these shocks was recorded by
other types Of instruments either in
Britain or Europe A similar story was
told IN ell the registers published since
1901. Earth messages appeared TO be pass
ing beneath observatories all over the
world, but their existence was not recog-
nfzed because the instruments generally
used were not capable Of recording them.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
JAPAN'S WAR IN FORMOSA.
Heavy Fighting which shows DIFF
ficuIty of subduing AbOrigines.

The magnitude or Japan's task N sub
jugating the Formosan aborigines is not
very generally appreciated. Latest advices
from Japan speak Of an enveoping move
ment which began a week before the mail
left. The movement resulted IN heavy
lighting, the japanese IN one engagement
losing four officers and twenty-five men
killed and nifty officers and men wound
ed The Aiyu auxiliaries also suffered
severely.
Il Is stated that the number 81 abort
gines who have stiu 10 be subdued is
10 coo. inhabiting go villages, covering an
area Of 5000 square miles. Their terri
tory lies 10 the east Of range OF noun
tains $500 feet high. near the crest OF
which fighting has occurred,
The tribes have a considerable arna-
ment. including some cannon. They have
proved themselves redoubtable fighters,
and although their arms are mostly rifles
OF an old pattern they are said to be ex-
cellent marksmen.
In the dense forests where they often
battle their methods give them a great
advantage over regular troops. They
wear no clothes except a narrow waist
band. and their skin has assumed a hue
closely resembling that Of earth. so that
when they are in a forest and have donned
their usual headdress. consisting Of a
chaplet OF leaves or a wisp OF grass, Il
is extremely difficult 10 distinguish them
from the surroundings.
The women act as baggage carriers
and their ability IS extraordinary BY
this time they have learned that the wire
entanglements charged with electricity
are serious obstacles only when they
come in direct contact with them. Ac-
cordingly they throw logs on the wires
or cut the posts and then pass over IN
harmed
They are childishly supersticious and
worship the monkey and the moon. Some
years ago when a Chinese vessel ap-
preached Taito on the west coast, the
light at her masthead was mistaken by
the aborigines for the moon and they
accordingly offered no resistance.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
BURN YUMA'S MONEY.
Death Custom Makes Tax
Heavy on Tribe.
RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF INDIANS
Chief Supervisor HoIcOmbe, In an In
teresting Interview, Declares In
Been Sought, but without Success.
Relieve Dead Enjoy Belongings.

Joseph Escalate. a Yuma Indian. died
few days ago. and the members Of his
tribe, in accord with an old custom,
burned with him all his belongings. IN
GLIDING s2.n09 in cash.
1T is one Of the religious beliefs OF the
Yumas. this burning OF all a mans pos
sessions when he dies" said Chief Super
visor E. P. Holcombe. Of the Indian Bu-
reau. We have made efforts to stop
IL, even appealing to Federal attorneys in
some cases for assistance Injunctions
against the practice have been sought.
but with what success I don't know. Ger
tainly something should be done to stop
il or the whole tribe viii become paupers
in time. The destruction OF all q mans
property at his death is too great an
inheritance tax for a people TO stand
up under.
Enjoyed After Death.
I don't know the origin Of the GUS
tom. but the idea prevails that they be-
lieve the dead can enjoy their belong
ings after death. have read some
where:
still give pleasure in the grave
Opposed 10 this sentiment. however, is
the description of her grandfather
death by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, an
Indian girl. who wrcte Life Among the
Ptutes She says: Everything he had
was put into the grave with him. His
body was put into blankets when II was
ready for b51rfal ana aTrer he WAS bur-
led six OF his horses were killed. Now.
do not think that We do these things
because the dead use what We destroy.
II is simply the last respect We pay the
dead
Live for Cremation.
But 20 return 10 the Yumas. What
ever the reason for their destruction OF
property, cremation OF the dead IS. the
chief Of their religious beliefs. Their
whole life centeTs around il. until they
live seemingly only to be cremated. Old
Chief Miguel sent his sons 10 the best
Indian schools. One Of them, now re-
| turned is a writer IN Los Angeles. He
refuses. have heard. TO live with his
| people. Last winter he fell ILL., and his
/ father was much concerned. The boy
wrote Miguel not 10 worry, that he had
| arranged IN case Of death 70 have his
| body sent home for cremation. The old
mans fears entirely disappeared on re-
| ceipt OF the letter
AT a Yuma funeral last winter seven
| teen new blankets were bought and
| burned on one funeral pyre.'
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
NOTES BY A JESTER.

From Hsrper's Weekly.
They called the thing a bungalow.
But when I asked tho rent-oh my.
They really wanted so much dough
II must have been a bungle-high.
30 careful OF the girl who drops her
eyes. my son. There is no telling where
dropped eye may glance of to az
times.
We know a man who says that the
closer you try 10 get 10 a Bostonian the
more distant the latter becomes. but
we do not believe II. We did business
with a Bostonian once and he was even
closer than we were. and that IS going
some.
The curious thing about the man who
has his price is that the more worthless
he Is the surer he is 10 get H.
Mr. Dippy wants 10 know II the en-
CINE OF a bIplane let's off its steam
through a bivalve. II Mr.. Dlppy will
call and ask that question in person
we will demonstrate to him the great
value OF having a safety valve always
within reach.
The insurrectfonary habit OF the sub
urban .commuter as class entities hin
TO a newly coined designatlon-cOmmu-
tineer. for instance.
II our population continues 70 increase
in the next ten years at the same rate
as IN the past decade we shall soon have
standing room only in Congress.
! According to the dictionary, "to tip
| is "to upset" but we have seen a waiter
who was very much upset because ht
had not been tipped. All Of which goe;
to prove the marvellous elasticity OF tht
/ English language.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
THE HEARING OF FISH.
Ase They Frightened by Sounds on
the Banks OF a sfreams

Thomas Poo:e tn the Shooting Times.
have long thought that flsh under
water cannot hear sounds which take
place above it. have been fishing with
gentleman who did not like to speak
for fear the trout would hear him. / rid
iculed the idea and said Let us nsh
away and talk as loudly as we can for
while, then let US fish and hold our
tongues for another while and see IL there
is any difference in the rising OF the trout
10 the fly" There was not the slightest
difference.
Among all the anglers Of my acquaint-
ance l can only call 10 mind this one who
held the idea that sound above water
frightened fish under II, The firing of big
guns from forts has been alluded 10, but
generally in these cases ball goes
hopping along or a shell bursts and causes
a movement in the water. From the fort
at Kinsale they fired toward the harbors
mouth. as have seen many times when
in our yacht at anchor In the harbor
We were told that the locality where the
balls strike was quite deserted by the fish.
but in other parts Of the harbor the Ash
ing was not affected.
Small narrow streams in Ireland often
hold trout, and one day unperceived l
got close 20 a trout In one and shouted as
loudly as IL tallying a fox from covert.
The trout took no notice and did not move
but the moment / made movement End
showed myself of he went like an arrow.
In the same stream I saw trout lying
close 10 the bank, and getting above him
I tore few bits Of white paper from an
envelope and let them float over nm. de
at once rose and took piece. This was
repeated three times when the paper
ioated directly over him. but when they
passed him on either side he took no
notice. II hook had been in one IL
would apparently have been as good as
the best fly.
In the Eandon river ] saw trout rising
outside the reach OF man with twelve
foot rod. When he was gone. having
caught nothing. took his stand. and
covering the trout with my eighteen foot
er pulled out six. ! never thought Of any
effect from stamping on the bank and
never tried H.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

Cettinge. Sept. 17.-Perhaps the only
country where one can occasionally see a
king leaning out Of a window OF the royal
palace and passing the time of day with
his subjects is Montenegro. whose popu-
lar ruler has celebrated the completion
Of fifty years reign by assuming kingly
rank and title.
Normally the population Of Cettigne,
the capital. is $500. but for the festivities
10000 Montenegrins from all over the
country assembled. decked out in their
best multicolored clothes, each man a
small armory OF knives and pistols, most
of them foot and half long. II mat
tered little TO the mOuntaineers that there
was no sleeping accommodation in the
town; they made themselves comfortable
on the bare hillside.
There is a beautiful simplicity OF man
ners among the Montenegro folk. Two
American women managed TO get room
TO themselves When they asked for a
door key their host answered with a
beaming smile:
I'VE don't keep them. We only shut
our doors because of the cold and 10
keep the dogs out
The next morning their host, the pink
OF courtesy, presented them with rare
luxury. an ancient toothbrush. to use
between them.
Mirrors there are none in Montenegro.
neither are there any trains or street
cars. What seemed 10 impress the peo-
pie vastly, says a correspondent was the
first water cart seen in the kingdom; a
queer tin boiler affair bought for the
festive occasion.
Drawn by BuIIocks.
II was drawn by two bullocks and filled
by six men using old petrol cans. After
ward a bemedaled official walked in
front OF It round the town. directing the
men where to water the roads
For six years there has not been a
single case Of robbery or burglary in
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
EARTHQUAKES IN PACIFIC
MAKING NEW CONTINENT
New Land Makes Appearance Near Japan Coast
British Scientists Assert.

London. Sept. 17.-Among the most in
teresting features Of the annual meeting
of the British Association, still sitting
at Sheffield, is the report Of the commit
tee on earthquake Investigations. The
committee has completed down TO 1900 a
catalogue OF all the destructive earth
quakes recorded in history. They date
from A. D. ]. and they number more than
4,000 The record refers only to earth
osuakes which have been accompanied by
destruction or by changes of the earth
surface or which have extended over
large areas. In many instances these dis
turbances have resulted in adjustments
IN the earth's crust OF geological impor-
lance. The sources from which materials
have been drawn include Japanese and
Chinese catalogues.
The report says that although the
periods OF seismic activity in Italy and
Japan were separated by irregular inter-
walls of time, the years IN which there had
been marked activity in one OF these
countries closely corresponded with the
years when there had been marked ac-
tivity IN the other
Brings About Relief.
Should further analyses confirm this
conclusion. the suggestion is that the re-
lief of seismic strain in one part Of the
world brings about relief in some other
part or that relief is governed by some
general internal or external agency.
The most startling feature Of the re-
port is the suggestion that at the present
time a new continent is IN the making.
1t is pointed out that the most pro-
nounced seat of earthquake activity to-
day is along a band running from the
southern extremity of the Philippine ISL
ands and Java In an east-southeast d.
recbon toward the middle of the Pacific
In the islands which stud this area with
their intervening troughs are seen the
outcrops OF mountain ranges Of Hima-
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
KING LEANS OUT WINDOW
TO CHAT WITH SUBJECTS
Simplicity of Montenegrins Spreads From LowIiest
Even to the Royalty

Montenegro. There are at present only
eight convicts in the Cettigne Jail, all
young men who have killed or manned
somebody in accordance with the Monte
negrin vendetta. II is a queer sight 10
see them calmly strolling about the
streets smoEing cigarettes. They are let
out for exercise every morning and after
noon, accompanied by one warder
Each Of them drags an iron chain by
his feet The size OF the chain varies
according TO the gravity OF the offense.
A man who has killed some one has
chain on each ankle. 1t makes a loud
noise on the cobblestones. but the pris-
oneTs are quite unconcerned. They buy
their own food, MUNICH it calmly as they
promenade, and stroll back into prison
again when their time is up.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
SUMMER GIRLS AFTERMATH.

That | VS. rich meant nothing so
The fellows focked around me.
For il was summertime. you know,
Aud Cupid hadn't bound ne.
told each suitor. Yes" Of course,
And each a them believed me.
There wasn't one in all the force
/ think would have deceived me
Um-there was Fred and Dick and JACK
And Tom and VIII ard Harry,
And-Oh. but I can't keep the track
OF all who asked to marry.
OF course. / couldn't well say No.
To all the sweet Rppealings
They handed out to me. and 80
didn't hurt their feelings.
But when the summertime had passed
And 7 was still whole-hearted
They said they knew it couldn't last,
And all Of them departed.
No. no; not ALTON didn't 90;
That mean and horrid Thomas:
Tie one thought the east of-oh,
lie sued 10. breach Of promise.
w. j. LAmptoH.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

One hundred carloads of apples. val
ued at $50,o0o. were sold by the Milton.
wash. Fruitgrowers' Union 10 White &,
Crum. dealers, OF Lewiston. The price
given was 20 cents a box. packed and on
board cars
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

Union painters and decorators Of Chi
cago have started temperance crusade
They have placed woodalcohol under the
ban and will refuse to handle it here
after.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

The city council Of Clifton Forge W. is consider
ing issuance Of $500 Of bonds for building bridges
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

The curious thing about the man who
has his price is that the more worthless
he Is the surer he is 70 get II.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

30 careful OF the girl who drops her
eyes. my son. There is no telling where
a dropped eye may glance Off to az
times.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-02-17

Tenmos favoecedores ell haber alberto
stabecimnt de Joye
ria Rojeria.
Este Darmno ha d equpado la tura de los del extran
los servicios de Optico graduado.
aquelos epecia hasta
hora han ogados los Eados Unos hmos instaado
stae conando la
pfos de los Estados Unidos ell ira
ba e todo
ocui comricada esta
en- e "a
Principal, Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-02-17
Para OfCinas

En- la magnifica casa, San Francisco
So, Sc alquila un piso para ohcinas.
Informaran en ell BoLETIN MEk~-
CANTIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-02-17
IntereSa

Sc atsFiiAa 8 Sc vende ana hermOsa,
qaines en la parada Is en- Santurce pre-
ps paun residencia de fasAilia para us
OsAssio.
TieN totfa clase de comodidades. nm
gran jardin, arboles frutales, pesebre.
coehera : garage para autom6vl.
Informant en Ia casa de al ladO. don.
Jose 0erra.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-02-17
Mas nOticiaS

Despues de trabajos policiacos y
atenta Investigation de los hechos por
parte del Juez Municipal de Mayaguez
senior Nontalvo Guenard, ha sido arres-
tado Gabriel Rodriguez, del barrie
Sabalos, como autor del horroroso cri-
men perpetrado en- la carretera de
San German en- la persona de Eugenio'
Caballieri, asesinado en- la noche del
8 del corriente. La prensa de aquella
ciudad tributa entusiaStas aplausos al
captain Silen y Juez Montalvo Guenard
por el brillante serviciO que acaban de
prestar la justicia. La information
de nuestro colega "La Voz de la Pa
tria" acerca del crimen y sus porne~
nores eS muy intereSante.