The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-01

MUST write or some OF the char
acteristics and peculiar customs
of the natives in certain parts Of
the islands of the Philippines. In
the mountains OF the Benguet
province at Beguio, the summer
capital, is the home of the lgorrOtes.
they remind n in their appearance
ol the lower caste OF negro to be
lound IN the swamp districts of Louisi-
ana or the mountain districts of North
Carolina and Tennessee, writes ].
Hamilton Lewis. in Chicago Evening
Post.
Ot medium height, black and dark
brown color. with short. matty black
nalr, half-f1atted nose, stocky OF figure
and erect OF stature, such are the out
lines OF these natives. The men wear
nttle crowns for hats. composed of
anything that daZzles, and all the tas-
sells that can sway in the breeze. This
aoornment is set on the back of the
head. as a fez is worn by the Turk.
"A shlrt OF any fabric. as gaudy as can
De obtained. comes only to the middle,
ana there is met with the belt that is
the only remaining garment. This is
tght-htting and held only by a string
In these mountains the cold becomes
great at times. Frost and particles OF
snow are tften seen, and at night it is
always cold. yet these men never
wear covering and sleep in nuts and
tents, as did the primitive American
indians. They go barefoot, save thai
OF late a form OF sandal Is assumed for
perfect dress. This covers only the
toes and Is worn with no sock
Often one may see anachronisms OF
civilization in these igorrotes; fiat
headed, their ears pierced through or
the owe part pulled down and
stretched so large as to wear a spool
the usual spool on which thread is
WOund-ln their ears as adOrnmentS
and their teeth %blackened. TO this is
added a shlrt OF blue army cloth with
brass buttons. like a soldiers Jacket.
a nat or derby OF straw, depending on
what has been trade the wearers. a
sword In the shape OF an American
bayonet, tor which they nave ex-
changed their head ak, an instrument
they carry to cleave off heads of peo-
pie they meet and dislike, or use in
assaults in war.
With this military -accouterment
they are adorned above the waist, be-
low, as was Adam, ii We trust the de-
scriptlOn OF the Bible; naked to his
enemies" in the language OF Cardinal
WOlCoV This Ionrrnta il a Sioht ny
thu gods-of photography.
The women reverse the process. A
skirt adOrns or founders about their
legs. This IL made OF a material look
Inf like jute bagglng. Sometimes there
Is a sandal IN the foot, at the waist a
flowing cloth. huttering at the ends,
OF most flaming color when obtainabie
From the waist up abreast the tides
OF wind naked TO the breeze" IN a
Walt Whitman spectacle There is
not a cloth or covering until the
head Is reached. Then possibly a
shawl or wrap which is a lately as
sumed display OF fashion upon occa-
siOnS.
Sunday is their market day. SO
Commissioner Worcester, the most
learned nan in the east on the ma
tives, provided a building tor them.
To this they conc on Sundays. quiet,
unperturbed. with no curiosity as to
the foreigner. They affect the superb
GRITTY OF attitude characteristic OF the
Indian, that Is, to overlook super
~cihousiy the tact that "A white person
is about, SO insignificant to them are
such unimportant intrusions
At this market are brought all the
dogs to be had For dogs are the chief
object OF trade AS II Is cattle at our
stockyards. or chickens in our market.
or turkeys In Spain. SO II Is dogs in
the lgorrote country. The dog is the
animal OF tood He is to the lgorrote
as the pig TO the Chlnaman. But mark
it is the tat pig which the Chinese
seeks. and the fat rat The lgorrote
must have only a thin. poor, wasted
dog. The thinner. the poorer. the
more emaclated the ANNA is. the
more in demand and the higher in
price Is IL.
Thus as geese are tattened IN the
Italian Tyroi and in France to pre-
pare the pate de tots gras. so in the
Igorrote country the dog Is tamished
to the point OF starvation so as to
keep Il thin. poor and with bones bare.
" covered. This is to make the ami.
NAL tough. II thus serves as a chew.
ing cud. like unto dry or strong beef
america 50.
So hundreds and hundreds OF dogs
of every stripe and color. kind and