3 NATIVES OF GUAM, j
BY ENSIGN C. L. POOR, U. S. N. |
WHEN, under the'most amus
ingly opera-bouffe condi
tions ever experienced in
modern warfare, the Uni
ted States steamship Charleston, on
June 20, 1898, captured tho beautiful
but isolated and sleepy old Spanish
island colony of Guam in the -western
Pacific, the place was governed by a
lieutenant-colonel of the Spanish army,
Don Juan Marina, supported by a
staff of four army and one naval offi
cers, and a garrison of fifty-four
Spanish soldiers, with a native militia
of fifty-four men, these latter being
armed with old Remington rifles, and
organized as artillery crews for four
old brass field-guns.
Upon thedepartuieof the Charleston
the Spanish officers and soldiers were
removed, and the island was left nom
inally in charge of its leading citizens
and the native soldiery.
During all this time the native troops
have maintained their organization
and discipline, keeping their clothes
and equipments clean and in order,
posting their sentries, and carrying
out their routine—all in a most praise
worthy manner. They are a soldierly,
intelligent body of men, and will un
doubtedly be a valuable auxiliary to
the new marine garrison that has ar
rived on the United States steamship
Yosomite. Their best sphere of use
fulness would bo as a police force and
as rural guards in the outlying vil
lages, thus relieving the marines of
this isolated and monotonous duty.
The natives of Guam are iu pleasing
contrast to the Filipinos. Though
originally, in great part, from the
same stock, they have inherited all of
the virtues and few of the vices of
these people. Thero is in the blood
of these people a considerable pro
portion of Spanish, South Ameri
can, and American stock, the last
being due to the whaling-vessels
that used to frequent the islau d iu
largo numbers to obtain fresh water
and to recuperate their crews. It is
not at all unusual to hear English
spoken, even in' the interior of the
island, and, in fact, it is quite as
common as Spanish. In personal ap
pearance the natives resemble the
Filipinos, though of a greater stature
and more robust, while the hair is not
so bristling and porcupiDe-like, and
brown or even blond hair is occa
sional evidence of the mixture of
races. The intelligence, as indicated
by their faces, is much more marked
than in the natives of the Philippine s.
THE CIIITRCH AND BELFRY AT AGANA.
The women, when young, have well
rounded figures and an excellent car
riage, which redeeiAs to a great ex
tent their shortness of stature and
consequent tendency to dumpiness.
In my long walks about Agaua I have
noticed many that were very comely
and some that were decidedly pretty.
As they age they do not become un
duly fat, or later on repulsively hag
gard, as is the case with so many
tropit-al natives.
Their dress is noat and clean, and
' A FAMILY OltUUl* 4$ UUAM^
in their personal habits they are mod
est and tidy. For the women the cos
tume is a short chemise, or jacket,
with low neck and short sleeves. This
is made of white material of varying
degrees of fineness. For more oere
monial occasions it is embroidered
around tho neck and upon the sleeves,
and is sometimes bordered with lace.
It fits closely to the stayless figure.
Upon occasions of tho greatest im
portance an elaborate jacket of the
beautiful aud expensive juna cloth,
with flowing sleeves and wide collar,
is worn over tho chemise. With this
is worn a skirt of vari-colored calico
or cotton stuff', generally of some
bright hue. The feet are usually bare,
small heelless slippers of colored
leather being occasionally seen. The
Uair is drawn back from the forehead
in a knot, aud hats are never worn.
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THE NATIVE TIIOOPS OF QUASI.
In church a white cloth is worn as a
veil over the head.
The men dress simply and comfort
ably, generally in suits of wliito drill
ing, such as are common all through
the East. The Filipino custom of
wearing a white shirt with long and
flowing tails is in favor among the
poorer natives.
GOVERNOR'S norsE, ACJANA.
One of the first things evident to us
is the decided antipathy of the natives
for the Filipinos. There are few of them
upon the island, and these are not at
all regarded with favor. In truth,
they seem to be quite as unruly here
as they are in their home, and their
qualities make them about the only
disturbing element in this peaceful,
well-disposed people. The only pris
oner in the jail of the place was au
ugly-lookiug Filipino, who had mur
dered a German trader about a year
ago, and was sentenced to a long
term of confinement.
The population of Guam is about
7000, mostly of the Malay type. The
principal town is Agana, with 5475
inhabitants. There are several Span
ish families worth from $20,000 to
$50,000.
As to the mental and moral character
istics of our new citizens, all that we
know so far is of a favorable nature.
They are cleanly, intelligent and
peaceable. The great majority of
them can read and write, and every
village has its school for instruction
in the elementary branches. They
are modest and very courteous in their
deportment, and invariably touch
their hats to us when we pass them,
and are most generous to visitors.
The worst trait, however, of the
citizen of Guam is indolence. Nature
is so provident, and so warm and
smiling here, that little effort is re
quired to support life and provide
sustenance for the family. To pay a
native by the day or in advance is n
fatal error indeed, for he will *ork
until he has accumulated a few dol
lars, then buy his wife a new skirt,
lay in a supply of canned goods at the
store, some tobacco and tuba (cocoa
nnt rum), and then retire to a life of
affluent ease for as many mouths as
the money and supplies hold out.
Intoxication is very rare. Men and
women alike smoke cigars aud pipes,
and nearly every one has the unsight
ly habit of chewing the betel-nut.
The native cigar is an object of wonder
to the new-comer. It is made from the
whole leaf of the native tobaoco, which
is of most excellent flavor, but very
strong and green, rolled into a cylin
der about eight inches long, and
wound about with threads of libre to
keep it from unwrapping.
With the example of American en-
ergy an J industry; -with advanced ed
ucation, and with the influences of
progress; with a strong and just gov
ernment and purified religious exam
ple and instruction—there opens be
fore the inhabitant of Guam a most
promising future; and before us, whose
duty it is to plant here a model col
ony, there lies a most interesting ex
perience anil labor, of the ultimate
success of which there can be no pos
sible doubt.
Captain Richard P. Leary, of the
United States Navy, the naval Gov
ernor of the islnud, is a Bultiincrcan
and a brother of Captain Peter Leary,
Jr., of the Fourth United States Ar
tillery, now at Fort McHeury. Cap
tain Leary lias had a long and honor
able service in the navy. Several
years ago the Legislature of Maryland
presented him with a gold medal for
his courageous service to the Govern
ment daring the Samoau dispute. At
CAPTAIN RICHARD P. LEARY, NAVAL
GOVERNOR OF GUAM.
that time he was in command of the
American man-of-war Adams. Cap-
Leary convoyed the New Orleans,
purchased from Brazil, to this oonn
try. This ship was used during the
war with Spain as a patrol for the New
Englaud coast. Although he did not
do much damage to the Spaniards,
Captain Leary's vessel had the dis
tinction of being the last American
boat to be fired upon.
New»b«y§ In New York City.
There are now a number of New
York newsboys who, instead of walk
ing from point to point, station them
selves at some spot, and iustead of
walking about, hold that spot. A
good illustration of this is seen in the
City Hall park iu the selling of after
noon papers to people going home to
Brooklyn over the bridge, or uptown
in Manhattan or the Bronx by way of
the elevated railroad froiu the City
Hall station. Many of these boys
have regular customers who buy from
them regularly.
Perhaps the latest development of
specialization iu selling newspapers in
the street is at the doors of big whole
sale houses down town. This is not
new, but is done more than before.
The boy takes his station outside the
door, and if he succeeds he comes to
have regular customers, who buy as
they leave 011 their way home. The
boy knows their paper aud whips it
out as they 00me along, aud he may
do better concentrating bis attention
on this stream, so to speak, than he
would flshiug for a chauce lisli to be
takeu between corners pre-empted by
venders making it their business to
stand day after day on the same spot.
'flie Worst of All.
Willie—"Just see my new hobby
automobile."
Jack—"That's nothing! Look at
this bladeless knife and triggerless
rifle."
Alice—"But you should see my
pointless story-book. What have you
got, papa?"
Papa—"A penniless parse." —Life.
THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC,
Mill Maude Gonna Lecturing to Work
Up a Boer Sentiment.
The Boer war is affecting Ireland
socially, as many of the bravest of
ficers who are prominent figures in that
nnfortunate campaign are members of
E ish families, or else very well known
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MISS MAUDE GONNE.
(The Irish Joan of Arc.')
in Ireland. Colonel Pilcher, the hero
of the raid on Douglas, married into
an Auglo-Trish family, and perhaps it
will be soire indication of how people
are divided, even in their family rela
tionship, on this war, that his wife is
the sister of Miss Maude Goune—one
af the most veheinenent opponents of
the war.
I do not know what Mrs. Pilcher is
like, but if she bear any resemblance
to her sister she must be a woman of
great attractions, for Miss Maude
Gonue is one of the handsomest wom
en in the world. Extremely tall for
a woman—she must be at least six
feet high—with a fine, beautifully
proportioned figure, with regular fea
tures, lustrous black eyes and a deli
cate complexion. Miss Maude Gonne
ittracts attention wherever she goes.
She oscillates between Paris and
Dublin, is called in the French cap
ital the Joau of Arc of the Irish Revo
lution, makes hot and strong speeches
in Ireland, is of the same stuff as pro
duced the Madame Rolands of the
French Revolution.
At present she is in the United
States lecturing in favor of the Boers,
[n regard to her mission here she said,
recently: "I came to America to lec
ture in behalf of the Boers and to stir
up if possible a pro-Boer sentiment
imong the Americans. At least, such
was my idea when I left the other side,
for the English papers had led me to
believe that America was wholly with
tho Euglish in the present conflict,
bnt from what I have seen and heard
iince my arrival, I have come to the
conclusion that America is in sympathy
with the Boers. The English press
has a great habit of suppressing news
that they regard as unfavorable to
England, aud this false report of the
public sentiment of America is only
another instance of it. The sympathy
of Ireland is wholly with the Boers in
their present struggle for liberty, aud
it warms our hearts to know that this
liltle people is so bravely aud gal
lantly struggling for its rights."
No one would ever have predicted
from the parentage and surrouudings
o Miss Gonne in early life that she
would fill such a place in the world
as she does, or eveu that her views
could possibly be what they are. Her
father was au Irish colouel in the
British army, classed as an Orange
man, aristocratic and conservative.
Her people belonged to the viceregal
circle, aud from the time of her enter
ing society she was reigning belle at
the Dublin court.
American* Live Well.
An American spends on an average
850 a year on food, a Frenchman S4B,
a German 845, a Spaniard 8-M, an Ital
ian 8-4, and a Russian 840. The
American eats 100 pounds of meat a
year, the Frenchman eighty-seven
pounds, tho German sixty-four pounds,
the Italian twenty-eight pounds aud
the Russian fifty-one pounds. Of
bread the American consumes 3SO
pounds, the Frenchman 540 pounds,
the Germau 560 pounds, the Spaniard
480 pounds, the Italian 400 pounds
and the Russiau 655 pounds.
South African C.itlle I'ood.
The accompanying photo, shows a
field of "karkoereu" on a farm near
Cloemfoutein, Orange Free State.
This fruit is very similar to the ordi
nary water-melon, but has a very bit
ter taste. The irside consists of pulp
and a large quantity of liquid, and it
is this which makes it so much sought
after by cattle. The field seen in our
photo., about fortj -six acres in extent,
is carefully inclosed, and when the
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ii>in , in i o.
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FORTY-SIX AC'nnS OP STRANGE C ATT LI
FOOD IX Tna OKANCtF. FREE STATE.
THE CATTLE B3IF.AK OPEN THE MELONS
WITH TIIEIR HOOFS.
fruit is ripe tho cattle are driven in
to it for about uu hour a day. They
break the "karkoeren" with their
hoofs, and so manage to get at the
juicy interior.
The cemeteries around London cover
2000 acres, and the land they occupy
represents a capital of 5100.000.Q00
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S CHILDREN'S COLUMN. |!
Tlio Conceited Coin..
"I'm just as good as silver!"
Tho Nickel proudly cried;
"The head of Aladam Liberty
Is stumped upon my Hide.
I am us white mid shining
As any dime can 1-e
He needn't put on any airs,
I'm twice us thick as he!"
"I'm every bit as good ns gold!"
The Penny blustered loud;
"Thnt tiny, thiu gold dollar—
lie needn't feel so proud;
For nil his uirs and gmces
I do not give a flg;
I'm burnished just us bright as he,
And half again as big!"
And when the Cent and Nickel
Went out upon their way,
Alas! the world stili held them cheap,
Whatever they might say.
The Double Eagle smiled. "You'll And,"
He said. ''that pur is par;
It doesn't matter how you boast,
Dut what you really are!"
Outlook.
How lllrri* Work.
Perhaps you fancy the birds don't
work. Just watch them next time
you have a chance und you'll find they
are busy every minute.
During the summer thrushes get
up before 3 o'clock in the moruiug
aud don't goto bed till after 9 o'clock
at night, so they work nearly 19
hours. Think of this next time you
feel inclined to grumble when you
have something to do for mother.
Blackbirds are not BO industrious.
They only wcrk 17 hours, but during
that time they feed their little ones
between 40 and 50 times. Have you
ever seen a nest of youug birds? If
you have, I dare say that yon have
noticed that their mouth is always
open, as though they were ready for
a meal. So Mr. aud Mrs. Dicky Bird
have a pretty busy time.
He Meant to Be Pollto.
During the visit of tho Princess of
Wales to the London hospital a little
1)1 iud boy in one of the wards was
sitting on a chair, and the princess
spoke to him. The chairmau of the
hospital, thinking it would be nice for
the lad to know who had been speak
ing to him, said: "That lady who
has been speaking to you is the Prin
cess of Wales. Would you like to
come up and make your bow to her
and si eak to her?"
The boy was delighted and jumped
jff his chair. He was led up to the
princess, and she was told of his wish,
to which she very readily acceded.
The bow was duly made and then
;ame the speech: "How are you,
miss?"—a speech which was hardly
axpected, but which was answered by
five minutes' conversation, and the
boy returned to his chair proud aud
happy.
A Chicken Without Wing.,
Chickens with exploring disposition
sometimes come to grief, and such
was the fate that befell a youug occu
pant of a South Carolina barnyard.
The chick one day found itself on the
threshold of the stable. It began its
usual round of exploration, and pres
ently scampered into a stall occupied
by a mule. This fellow,moved either
by hunger or a bad temper, put down
his head and bit oft' the poor little
chick's two wiugs!
Strange to relate, but true, never
theless this chicken lived to grow up.
Of course it was never as other chick
ens,and it had to be very careful about
running too fast. It could tear along
in a straight line without trouble, but
if it turued a corner on the run, over
it went. In losing its wings it had
lost its equilibrium.
The poor thing came to a premature
end. One night it fell off the roost,
aud landed exactly on its back. With
out its wings it conld not right itself,
aud the.next morning it was dead.
flow n Doif Wan Sold.
Here is a true dog story:
A family down town having a false
grate in one of the rooms of the house
placed some red paper behind it to
give it the effect of fire: One of the
coldest days the dog belonging to the
household came in from out of doors,
aud seeing the paper iu the grate, de
liberately walked up to it aud lay
down before it, curled up iu tho best
way to receive the glowing heat as it
came from the fire. Ho remained
for a few moments. Feeling no
warmth,he raised his head aud looked
over his shoulder at the grate. Still
feeling no heat, he went across and
carefully applied his nose to the grate
aud smelt it. It was cold as ice.
With a look of the most supreme
disgust, his tail curled down between
his every hair on his body say
in?, "I'm sold," the dog trotted out
of the room, uot even deigning to cast
a look at the party in the room who
had watched his actious and laughed
so heartily at his misfortunes. That
dog hud reasou as well as instinct.—
Troy Times.
l)oll Kindergarten.
Over in Germany there are 50C0
childreu in one district alone who are
employed to dress dolls aud help in
the manufacture of various kinds of
toys. All the children who do this
work are under 12 years of age. They
are taught the art of dressing a doll
at the tender age of four. At the
same time, according to the compul
sory education law, they are obliged
togo to kindergarten for at least one
year, aud that term is devoted to such
thiugs as the making of dolls and
dressing them, doing everything, in
fact, excepting molding the heads,
which is done by men expert at it.
After that the German children have
three or four years of study, wheu
they are allowed togo into the doll
aud toy factories to add to the family's
income to the extent of a tor. cents a
day.
The children who goto the kinder
gnvteu have lots of fun making clothe)
for the dollies, and so fond do thej
get of some of the little wnxen-faceti
creatures that they are ofteu sore a*
heart when the matron comes around
and collects them all, to be sent
abroad, many to America, where more
fortunate little girls may buy theiu
and keep them for their own.
Dog* and Monkeyi* in th? Mirror.
I saw a performing monkey the
other day. He went through mauy
tricks very successfully. Toward the
end of the performance he was ordered
to put on his cocked hat before a hand
mirror • which he did. He was next
i told to set it straight, and he tried oil
his geueral's headgear repeatedly at
different angles, causing much laugh
ter. Wheu all wan over, and the
orgnn mau, his helpers and the two
monkeys were preparing to depart, I
saw that "the general" had possessed
himself of the little mirror and was
studying his own countenance with
great delight. He had placed the
glass on top of the barrel organ, and
he bent over it again and again,
grimacing energetically. He after
ward picked up his mirror and con
templated himself earnestly and con
tentedly at diffeient angles. His face
had been profoundly sad, like the
faces of most monkeys I have seen,
but now the wrinkles smoothed them
selves out and he nearly smiled!
Why is it that dogs hardly ever re
gard a picture as anything but a flat
surface with patches of color dotted
over it? In all my large canine ac
quaintance [ know but one dog who
sees that portraits are likenesses of
people. As for his owu reflection In
a glass,a dog generally mistakes it for
an enemy aud "goes for"it. Later,
wheu knocks on the nose and absence
of scent ha\e done their part in con
vincing him of his mistake, a dog wilt
look coldly, not to say despitefully, at
the mirror. Sometimes it is as if
dogs resented their reflections as
caricatures of themselves.—Loudou
News.
Tho Pet Hnnvor That Ilroke .Fail.
Professor W. W. Mclntvre of
Toronto has, or had, a wonderful pot
beaver named Buff.
Buff was caught in a trap at Love
sick lake. He was a line young beaver
about eighteen months old.
Buff wa9 soon quite tame, writes
Professor Mclntyre, so that the trap
pers could stroke him and he saemed
to like it.
When camp was broken up Buff was
taken to a farmhouse and put into a
closet. About 11 o'clock ho went upon
an exploring expedition, cutting his way
through the door into the kitchen,aud
thence wandering all over the house.
It was easy to trace his trail, as tell
tale signs in the shape of chairs aud
tables minus a leg, perhaps two, were
strewn in every direction. He was
shut up again, but cut his way out
once more, this time, being beaten
with a small switch, he thundered up
on the floor with his tail, uttering a
pitilul cry.
As it was evident that he could not
be kept in the house, a small stone
house was built for him.
Buff was quite au attraction to the
neighborhood, aud numbers of people
came to see him, so that he was al
ways sure of a liberal supply of bread.
There was a small pond about 200
feet from the house,and the boys used
to take him to it daily, first having
fastened a small rope around each hind
foot. Buff would swim under water
till he came to the end of his tether,
when he would come to the surface
and swim bark to the shallow water,
where he would sit and wash himself.
A large sugar kettle was sunk in
the ground aud tilled with water for
him. He wan also given a quantity
of poplar wood. He saw what this
meant, and set to work, cutting the
wood into pieces about two feet long,
setting them on end, resting agaiust
the upper rim of the kettle. When
he had built the framework of quite a
large house he took mouthfuls of
earth, and with it stopped all holes
aud cracks, making his honse frost
proof. He exl.ibitid a keen interest
in everything alou: the place. Before
long the first mow fell, aud Buff
sought his house, where he spent the
winter. When spring returned ha
seemed possessed by a longing for hi 9
old home. It had been his habit to
cut wood given to biui into lengths of
about two feet.
One evening the boys gave him an
extra large supply of wood, and he
seemed delighted. When all was
quiet in the night Buff worked con
tinuously, and, piiiug his short sticks
high enough for hiui to rea h the top
of the fence he regained his liberty and
roturued to his brothers.
Orrok.4 Outlier Kern*.
"An employment which hundreds
of poor Greeks, living in and near
New York City find quite profitable at
this season of the year is fern gather
ing," said a feru dealer in New York
City Up to ten years ngo this in
dustry was exclusively in tho hands of
a few Frenchmen, but in the fall of
'9O those men happened to engage
the services of four or Ave Greeks tc
help them collect ferns. Once ini
tiated into the secrets of the trade the
Greeks decided togo into the business
for themselves, with the result that
they and a large uumber of their coun
trymen, now monopolize the supply
of ferns sent to tho New York mar
ket."—Washington Star.
Sliintrlo* From Stump*.
A now industry has sprung np iD
the cut-overpine lauds of Minnesota.
A Michigan shingle manufacturer has
located east of Sandstone with ma
chinery suitable to trausforin the
thousauds of large stumps into
shing es. These stumps now stand
from two to four feet above ground
and are as sound as tho da/ the tre«
was out.