HT k THE PHTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MAT 8, 1892. r, AMONG WILD MEN, The Adventures of an Explor ing Trip on the Island of Madagascar. FIGHTIM THE SAKAL1YA. A Eace of Dwarfs That Live in the Trees Like the Monkeys. THE LARGEST EGGS IN THE WORLD. Festal Kites During; Which the Queen Drenched Her Guests. LIBEBTI BI A STOMACH FULL OF BLOOD CTntnrKv tob Tire DISPATCH. When Mr. Frederick Taylor lay moaning in pain and delirium in the wilds of Mada gascar last summer there seemed small chance that he would live to come back to civilized countriei and tell the story of his achievements in that mysterious and won derful island. Yet as he sat in the parlor ot his hotel in Tew York he seemed the picture of health, and his eyes kindled with enthusiasm and his cheeks were flushed with exoitement as he told of some of the things which he saw and some of the experiences which he passed through as he crossed the island from north to south and east to west in the summer and fall of 189L A son ot the late Moses P. Taylor, a dis tinguished man of affairs for many years in Cew York City, young Taylor inherited wealth and could have spent a life in ease or in such pleasures as the so-called 400 of New York gives to its members. But when he was 13 years of age the desire to travel asserted itself, and since that time he has visited many lands and is familiar with all parts ol the globe and with many portions which are far outside the paths of lashion able or accustomed travel. His researches have been reo;rnized by the leading socie ties, so that he is now a lite member of the Itoyal Geographical Society and a fellow ot the Anthropological Society of London, and during the summer months he is to make a report verbally and in writing to those two societies respecting his recent discoveries. AVI1I -lake Another Journey. The writer spent several hours with Mr. Taylor. Said he: "I was no: seeking for adventure; I was looking ior information regarding those strange people and that strange country, and I feel that it is neces sary to make another journey through the island belore I can be sure that I know that wonderful country and its people welL" "Is traveling difficult there?" LADIES' COSTUMES. 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There is not a road or highway on the island. The Hovas, which are the reigning tribe there, are so jealous and fearful of whita supremacy that they will not permit a road to be con structed, and if the French, who have as sumed a sort of protectorate over the island, should attempt to capture the capi tal, it would cost them at least 20,000 men belore they reached it. "There are nothing but paths. There is not a horse or mule or other beast of burden upon that island. Nine millions of people aud the only method of carriage which they have is upon the broad backs of strong men." "How then did you travel?'' I asked him. "Did you make a. pedestrian tour?" "At Tamatave, which is the chief town on the eastern coast, I was very kindly treated by the governor and by his help I secured 28 porters, strong, lusty fellows; some of them carried my provision and some of them carried me. -he 31 ode of Travel In Madagascar. They have a primitive sort of carriage, consisting of a canvas seat with footrests fastened to two iron poles. I was seated thus, and four ot the men, two in front and Mr. Taylor Traveling by Palanquin. two in the rear, put the poles upon their shoulders and carried me much of the way. Part of the journey, however, was made in canoes, aud while going up and down the precipitous mountain sides I got out and walked. I suppose my greatest danger with one exception, was in crossing these mountain ranges. Had the Dorters been treacherous they could have pushed me over a precipice and had they not been careful I mi?nt have taken many missteps which would have hurled me hundreds of feet below." I asked Mr. Taylor something abont the scenery and he described it as exquisite along the coast, while the mountain scenery is grand, but in the interior the coilntrv is desolate and barren and does not even fur nish sustenance for wild beast. "There are a few pumas, something like the American mountain lion and some 0xi mm 2,400 Ladies' Waists in different stripes, with box plait, Norfolk style and belt; at only I9c 2,000 Ladies' Waists of beautiful English Lawn, in plain black with polka dots and light ground, three pleats back and front; sold else where at 98 c, our price 49c. 200 Ladies' Surah Silk Waists, lined and well fin ished with belt, in black, blue snakes, but the traveler in Madagascar has nothing to fear from ferocious beasts, and the huntsman will find little sport there'ex cept in shooting ducks and crocodiles. -miliar With a Sacred Koblaman. Mr. Taylor, becoming interested as he pro ceeded with his description, narrated the story of his sport shooting crocodiles. Said he: "There is a sacred Island in the Lake Itasy on which lives a sacred nobleman, along with his wives. I was determined to see this old fellow, but I found that my porters had an unutterable horror of cross ing the lake. They believed that it would be death for them to go to that sacred island. "I said to them, 'You will go. That noble man is not your king, but I am now,' and I used another argument more awe-inspiring than the sacred presence of hat mysterious nobleman could possi bly have been. So the men paddled me out and at last I touched the island, and there stood the nobleman, with much as sumed dignity and real astonishment, his robe wrappedaround him and he glaring at me. But I went up to him and hit him a thumping whack on the shoulder, saying: 'Hullo, old man, how are you?' and he melted at once. He was very courteous to me, showed me around the Island, where there was nothing particular to see, and then indicated where the crocodiles were. "My men paddled me out to a point near the shore and there, sunning upon the banks were hundreds of enormous croco diles. Some of them must have been fifteen feet in length. I shot a number of them but it was dangerous to try to capture any. In fact the water swarmed with them so that I thought at one time they would overturn the canoe. I have seen crocodiles in other parts of the world, but I never saw any that would equal these. One of the porters took me to a place where I found some crocodile eggs. They are very large and I have some in my collection of curiosities which I am going to loan to the "World's Fair." Taylor Attacked by the Sakalavas. I asked Mr. Taylor if he met with any re sistance from the natives or whether he found any of the cannibal tribes said to live in Madagascar. He replied: "Excepting on the west coast of Madagascar I was treated everywhere with the utmost court esy. As evening approached when we en tered the village I would select my hut tor the night and the people with perfect court esy abandoned it to me and tor the night I was the guest of the tribe. That is their idea of hospitality. Even in the capital they gave me special honors, but as I ap proached the west coast where the ferocious Sakalavas live I had reason to understand why it is that they are dreaded by the white people. JVe approached that country in canoes on the river. A party jnst ahead of mine, of which a French physician was the leader, was fired upon by these fellows from ambush and most of them were killed. I heard of it. I could not turn back, nor could I remain where I was, and I began to prepare to defend myself and party. I did so successfully." Mr. Taylor seemed loath to go into particulars of what, must have been a bloody skirmish. He admitted that he was attacked; that two of his party were killed; that a battle was fought for some hours, and that the savages were at length dispersed. He seemed sincerely to regret that he had been compelled to use his weapons and declared that that was the only unpleasant recollection of his trip. Exquisite Specimens ot the Orchid. Upon the west coast Mr. Taylor found some exquisite specimens of orchids. He OF THE Af k 1 7 EVERY GENTLEMAN IN PITT Should see our immense assortment of Men's Spring Suits before making a purchase, Words fail to convey anything like a conception of the size and variety of the stock. We are offering you a choice collection of the best in style and quality at '. PRICES THAT PREACH. Round, square and double-breasted sacks, three and four-button cutaways, frocks, etc., in London Twills, Clay Weaves, Whipcords. Corkscrews, Scotch and American Cheviots, choice foreign and domestic Cassimeres, Wool Diagonals in mixtures, checks, stripes, plaids, etc, Examine those we show at between $8 and $20. We have them lower and higher, but between the prices named you'll probably find what you want SEE THE LINE AT $15. WHITE AND FANCY VESTS A complete line, single and double breasted, in Linen, Marseilles, Duck and Fancy Figured Silk. High and low cut in all the latest styles." -mf1 has seen the orchids of Borneo, Australia and South America, but he says in beauty, delicacy and size none of them can compare with the orchids of Madagascar. He also found there a gigantic specimen of tulip, pure as snow, delicate as -wax, and more graceful than any of the European speci mens, notwithstanding its enormoni size. His specimens of the flora ot Madagascar will be exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago. . "We hear," I said, "much about enor mous deposits of gold in Madagascar, and it would be interesting to know whether you saw any evidences of them." "Evidences?" said he, "Why the half has not been told." Here he put his hand into his pocket and drew forth a nugget of allu vial gold, absolutely pure, which he himself picked up near the bed of a mountain stream. In the crevice of it some of the sand still remained. It was a specimen which would have made one of the Argonauts crazy with excitement. Mr. Taylor had it valued when he reached Lon don and was told that it was worth a little over J16. "There is no doubt," said he, "that the gold mines of Madagascar are enormously rich. Geologists who have been there unite in this opinion. California or Australia prospectors would go wild if they saw the country. Yet until white men obtain domi nation there these deposits will be of little value. It is impossible to secure conces sions from the Hovas except upon an agree ment to pay them 55 per cent of the output, and that is practically prohibitive restric tion. Two concessions have been granted, but this royalty is so enormous that the owners of them have practically made no money." No Coal on the Biff Island. "But will not the knowledge that this island is so rich in gold ultimately lead to its masterv by the French?" I asked. "There are 9,000,000 of people in Mada gascar. The Hovas, which is the reigning tribe, are unquestionably of Malay descent, and they are shrewd enough to see that if the French or any anv other civilized peo ple get a foothold there their power is doomed, and they will gradually become extinct. They employ foreigners to build their armies, they have guns and a cartridge factory, and because they have no roads thev are practically l inaccessible. Therefore, I am inclined to doubt whether, in our day at least, it will be possible to reap the royal riches, which these mountains contain. They have inexhaustible mines of copper MOST West Coast Warriors. I and of magnetic Iron, but no coal what ever." As Mr. Taylor was glanoing over his pho tographs something in one of them suggested to him the aepyornis' egg. Said he: "Do you know they nave in Madagascar a very wonderfnl egg, laid by an extinot species of gigantio ground pigeon? Itisfoundby dig ging in the sand, where it has lain buried for ages. The egg is ten times that of the size of the ostrich, and I believe that not more than 10 or 12 of them have been dis covered. They are very valuable and easily fetch as much as 5500 apiece. One will be exhibited with my other collection. I for got, speaking of eggs, one rather unpleasant experience I had. After I had had my fight with the Sakalavas I was not personally disturbed, but they have an insulting custom to show their dislike of white people. When a traveler comes among them whom they re gard witn tavor it is tne nignest courtesy not only to give him a hut but also to send to him a female who becomes his slave; but when the traveler is disliked they send in stead rotten eggs, and the effect mnybe im agined. It entails an unpleasant night to say the least A Slave's Stroke for Liberty. "I remember one incident in one of the villages which happened while I was there. A slave had a very cruel master, and de siring to escape this master the sluve con ceived a stratagem which was successfully executed. He killed a bullock and drank an enormous quantity of warm bullock's blood. Then he went into the presence of his master and vomited the blood before him. The master was frightened, thinking his slave had broken a blood-vessel and at once gave him away." "Did you see any specially peculiar peo ple on this island? There are strange stories told about some of them?" I asked. "Well, yes, I did. In the northwestern part of the island I saw in the distance a very remarkable tribe of dwarfs. As near as I could judge none of them was over four feet tall, many of them much shorter. They were so timid'that it was impossible to get anywhere near them, and they are regarded by the other tribes with so much contempt that they let them severely alone. My in terpreter told me that tney spoke a rude sort of gibberish, lived on fish, spent much of their time like monkeys in the trees and were cave-dwellers. I was very anxious to get near enough to them to overcome their timidity and study them, but It was impossible. I also saw some thing which I do not know exactly how to describe. I was told of it while I was in the capital and also told that it belonged to the Queen who regarded it as a curiosity. I went to see it. From the waist down it was the body and legs of a boy, but its head, shoulders and paws, for they were not arms, were almost exactly like those of a lemur. The lemur is the only species ot the ape or monkey tribe which lives in Madagascar and these ani mals are very affectionate, gentle and easily tamed. I examined this curiosity, thinking that it might possibly suggest the connect ing link. I was told that there were others on the island, but I believe them to be nothing more than lusl natures. " The Capital or Madnascar. Mr. Taylor speaks most entertainingly of h's experience in the capital af Madagascar. Here he saw the queen, a slender, light complexioned Hova woman, and had sev eral interviews with her. No European queen could assume more dignified manners than she did. She was dressed in Euro pean costume and her husband, the Prime Minister, was also arrayed in garments of CRITICAL KIND.,: No matter how cheap the bargains we ad vertise, they will stand .investigation every time. An article is not a bargain simply be cause it's cheap; it must be worth fully the price asked or more. That's the sort of bargains we are all the time offering the people of this city and sur rounding towns. By this we built the im mense business we have at present, and by it we are still steadily increasing it. Special values this week in many lines. THIN COATS AND VESTS An immense field for selection in Flan nels, Seersuckers, Mohairs, Alpacas, Pon gees and many other feather-weight goods for the hot weather. P as recent a European fashion as It was pos sible to bring into Madagascar. "The capital is a city of some 100,000 people, of whom not more than 30 are Eu ropeans. There are some fine, buildings, notably the -palace. The Queen keeps a standing army, miserable wretches who are obliged to uniform te.elves, but who are wellprovided with arms. They are fairly good shots. In their uniform they present a rather amusing spectacle. Dome ot them have shirts, some -of them simple wraps of cotton clotb, and here let tne say that I frequently saw going to the churches estab lished by the missionaries men with no other garment than a piece of white sheet ing bearing the familiar blue label of one of the American cotton mills, and also wearing a stovepipe hat of very ancient make, of which they were very proud. ' "It was my good fortune to be in the capi tal at the time of the fan-drona festival, which in other words is nothing but the sacred festival of the Queen's annual bath. On the day before the festival the nobles and the invited guests, of whom I was one, were assembled in the room in the palace and were, seated, Turk fashion, upon the floor or ground. Strange Feast of the Natives. "Then there was a feast, and in the even ing torches were lighted all around the city and in such manner as to indicate the tradition of the ancient fire-worshipers. On the following day there was another feast. The nobles built a fire, cooked rice and put in the pot the meat which was left over from the feast of the year before which had been carefully preserved by jerking. It Is a sacrilege to allow a bit of this meat to be wasted. In addition to that they brought bullock's meat and they cut a bit of flesh out of the flank of a live'bullock and brought it to me as a special honor and it was then cooked and I, of course, out of courtesy, was obliged to eat it During the feast the Queen sat upon her throne presiding over the ceremony with great dignity, and by her side was the Prime Ministerher hus band, a man 65 years of age, although he looked much younger. "After the feast the Queen retired to an apartment adjoining the feasting hall, and here she took her bath in a silver bathtub. A half-hour later she returned, bearing in her hands a large silver bowl perforated like the nozzle of a watering pot, and then she went around sprinkling everyone of the nobles and guests and blessing the water as she did so. When she came to me, as a mark of special favor, my interpreter told, she not only sprinkled me but she tilted the vessel so that I was well drenched with this sacred water. This is the great sacred fes tival of the year, and although it is the fes tival of the Queen's annual bath, it is not just to infer that Her Majestv takes only one bath a year, but she takes only one sacred bath. The Queen has no children, and when her reign ends the throne will INSPE JVartie Hovels. SBURG l'i 1 A 1 1 ' 1 f. W& JH VM'$-WixWfflWr ' f ''."8 4 pass to the next inline, a person who u now a boy of some 8 or 9 years of age. , .-trance Myths of the Island. "I have made a collection ot some of the myths, strange traditions and sort of folk lore of those people, and some of them are of extraordinary interest Two examples, perhaps, will illustrate the nature of them. There -are two mvthical animals in Mada gascar in which aft the people absolutely be lieve. One ot them is a strange creature, which lives in a cave and which would do terrible things were it not captured and destroyed in a strange way. Tney take a baby and put it In a pot 'with perforated cover, so that it will have air, and then set the pot a few yards away from the mouth of the cave in which this beast is supposed to live. They dig a pit between the pot and the month of the cave and then go awav for a few hours. They "believe that during their absence the beast comes out that, he may devour the babv but falls into the pit and is annihilated. They believe that as abso lutely as do little children in England and America in the existence of the Bogy-man or Santa Clans. "They also believe absolutely in the ex istence of a donkey which has but twolegs, one front leg and one hind leg, and which is nevertheless so fleet footed that as he runs over the land he cannot be seen." Mr. Taylor expects to return to Madagas car after he has addressed the Royal Geo graphical Societv and has published a' brief report of what he saw and experienced in that country. His conversation is most fas cinating, and in the report above given only a tew of the interesting things which he said have been quoted. E. J. Edwards. Steam's Up ! The Moor-Ins. Cast Oft; Majestically the ereat ocean greyhonnd leaves the dock and steams down the river outward bound. Bat are you, my dear sir, prepared ior the seasickness almost always incident to a trans-Atlantic trip, with the infallible stomachic, Hostetter's Stomacn Bitters. If not expect to suffer without aid. The Bitters is the stanch friend or all who travel by sea or land, emigrants, tourists, commercial travelers, mariners. It com pletely remedies nausea, biliousness, dys pepsia, rheumatic twinges and inactivity of the kidneys. Mthu3t Awmihos Sage preen, warranted not to run. at Mamaux & Son's, 539 Pena avenue. Tel. 1972. Than SuxtaitjL Aw-T-09, new and very brilliant at Hamaux Son's, 39 Fenn avenue. 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