The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-03-31

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.
lhey remind one in their appearance
Oh the lower caste Of negro to be
round In the swamp districts of Louisi-
n or the mountain districts of North
Carolina and Tennessee, writes j..
hamilton Lewis, In Chicago Evening
Post.
VI medium height, black and dark
brown color, with short, matty black
halr. half-fatted nose, stocky of figure
n erect OF stature, such are the out
lines OF these natives. The men wear
little crowns for hats. composed OF
anything that dazzles, and all the tas-
sells that can sway In the breeze. This
aoornmen is set on the back of the
mead, as a fez is worn by the Turk.
A shirt OF any fabric. as gaudy as can
be obtained, ONE only to the middle,
ana there is met with the belt that is
the only remaining garment. This is
tight-htting and held only by a string.
In these mountains the cold becomes
great at times. Frost and PARTICLES of
snoW are often seen, and at night it is
always cold, yet these men v
wear covering and sleep in huts and
tents. as did the primitive American
Indians. They go barefoot. save that
OF late a form of sar dal 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 lgorrotes; fiat.
headed. their ears pierced through or
the lower part pulled down and
stretched so large as to wear a spool
the usual spool on which thread ia
wound-in their ear as adornments.
n their teeth blackened. To this Is
added a shirt OIL blue army cloth with
brass buttons. like a soldiers jacket:
a hat or derby OF straw, depending on
what has been traded the wearers; a
sword in the shape of an American
bayonet, for which they have 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
With this military accouterment
they are adorned above the waist: be-
low, as was Adam, ii we trust the de-
scription of the Bible; naked to his
enemies" in the language of Cardinal
Wolsey. This Ig~orrote is a sight Tor
the 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 bagging. Sometimes there
is a sandal on the foot, at the waist a
flowing cloth. futtering at the ends,
OF most flaming color when o~btainable.
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 a in the east on the ma.
tives, provided a building for them.
To this they como on Sundays. quiet.
unperturbed. with no curiosity as to
the foreigner. They affect the superb
ority OF attitude characteristic of the
Indian; that is, to overlook super
%ciliously 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
s~tockyards. or chickens in our market,
or turkeys in Spain. so 1t is dogs In
the lgorrote country. The dog is the
animal of food. He is to the lgorrote
as the pig to the Chinaman. 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. TIE thinner, the poorer, the
more emaciated the animal is, the
more in demand and the higher In
price is it.
Thus, as geese are fattened in the
italian Tyrol and in France to pre-.
pare the pate de fois gras. so in the
Igorrote country the dog is famished
,tc tas point c&.~-<s ~ ssssr-Sc- as TO
!. keep i thin g apo. Jiith 4anasseS
ly covered. This is to make the ami.
NAL tough. IL thus serves as a chew.
ing cud, like unto dry or strong beef
In America
So hundreds and hundreds OF dogs
OF every stripe and color. kind and
bred. yoked together as may be seen