THE WILD TRIBES OF THE PHILIPPINES. Poisoned Arrows and Murderous Daccers Among W the Weapons Used by ' The native inhabitants of the Phil ippines can be conveniently divided into four gronps: the civilized In dians, the Mohammedans, the wild In dians and the Negritos or Attn. These same divisions existed at the coming of tbeSpanish in 1510, though their relative numbers, location and other conditions must have changed greatly since that time. The uncivilized Indian tribes occupy rniLirriNB aborigines. ranch of the interior and mountainous parts of all the large islands of the group, exeept Cebn and lioho, in which they have either been Chris tianized and merged with the civilized Indians or have been driven ont. They slill occupy nearly all the terri tory of the great islands of Mindoro and Palawan. They number, accord ing to Spanish estimates, some three or four hundred thousand, belonging to over fifty different tribes. They are shut off from the sea and means of communicating with one an other and the outside world by the civilized Indians about them, and probably remain in much the same condition of savagery as when first observed by the Spanish. Like the civilized Indians, the sav .agos are brown in color, with coarse, " j VQVt WEAPONS USED BV straight black hair and little beard. They seem to be somewhat smaller and slighter of figure than their Chris tian neighbors. Their languages show close kinship to those of the civilized tribes adjacent and also as olose to those of the sav ages of Formosa. Few of the tribes possess lands fit for the cultivation of lowland rioes, and fewer still have the necessary skill and implements and plow beasts (buffaloes) for cultivating such lands. Their reoonrse is the common one of savages nearly the -world round they cnt off small por tions of the forest during the dry sea son, and after burning thia over, they plant, at the beginning of the rainy season, upland rice, maize, sweet po tatoes, etc, among the blackened logs nd stnmps. The supply of food thus gained is usually insufficient, and af ter it is eaten up they lead a miserable oe, soouring the woods for and wild fruit and going to the vb wherever they can reach it sh and other food. Their V cultivation compels eon of plaoe. y.fuouses are usually bnilt after lilan of those of the oivilized In jus a basket-like structure of bam b and palm leaves raised upon posts love the ground, but they are not so 11 built and are occupied but for t years. They are sot bnilt into npaot Tillages, but a few scattered uses are formed without streets, t near enough to be within call. Vjessarily, what can be said of such Multitude of detached tribes in re rd to their clothing, arms, religion, , must be of the most general vaoUr. the Native Islanders. Their clothing usually consists solely of the tapnrnbo, or breech clout, all else generally being in the nature of ornament aud consisting of beads about the neck and head and arms, and anklets or lcglets of buav's bristles, and frequently with bright colored pearl shelln hanging upon the back or breast. The Spanish authorities do not nllow the savages to enter the towns in their ordinary state of naked ness, which accounts for the unusual amount of clothing shown in the ac companying photographs. They fre quently blacken the teeth, and in some cases hie them to a point. Some of the wilder tribes of North Luzon are said still to hunt the beads of their enemies with which to orna ment their dwellings, like the head hunting savages of Formosa and the Dyaks of Borneo, but the tribes in contact with the Christian Indians content themselves with hanging the skulls of monkeys, deer, wild boar and buffaloes about their doors. The weapons used by savages in the interior of Luzon, Mindanao and the smaller Philippine Islands are perhaps more deadly than those of any other race. The quaint and enrions shapes of their daggers and kreeses lend to them a distinct peculiarity not found in the weapons of other races. Small in size, skilfully carved and pointed, they can be handled with great effect, and in most instances a single trust is sufllcient to do the work. Like the Indian arrow heads some of them are poisoned at the point, which means sure death once a wound is inflicted. Perhaps the most deadly of all tht Philippine weapons are the daggers carried by the chiefs. These are made of iron, mostly of poor quality, and are abont eighteen inches long. They are crooked or wavering in shape, with a rough, uneven surface. The edges aro as sharp as a razor, the point almost like that of a needle, and they are carried in a case which tits the blade to perfection. The cases are made of hard wood, the handles bearing beautifully carved inscrip tions, representing the name of the chief and tribe. These crooked dag gers are carried exclusively by the chiefs, the right to possess them be ing considered a great honor. rtllLHTIN'E SAVAGES. The kreese, though, is the most im portant of all Filipino weapons. The more savage tribes lasso the foe and cut off his head with the kreese. Others steal np behind the foe and aiming a little below the base of the brain decapitate him with a single blow. The Medical News publishes a letter from its special correspondent at Ma nila, describing the plan pursued by the Philippine natives to poison ar rows and their dexterity in inflicting barbarons punishment upon their ene mies with daggers. He says: It will have to be taken into consideration that most of the Philippine Islanders are savages who fight with lances and poisoned arrows. I once had the privilege of witnessing the prepara tion of a number of these poisoned weapons, and as nearly as I can re member the process was about as foU lows: "The poison was made from the bark of two different trees, the names of which I have forgotten. One of the pieces of bark was beaten almost to a jelly, pressed and dried, then moistened and again pressed. Though the man used his bare hands in doing this, he apparently was not injured in any way by contact with the poison. The juice of the bark thus extracted looked very much like pea soup as it simmered in an earthen vessel over slow fire. When it bad reached the consistency of a ayrnp a quantity of palp from the seoond pieoe of bark was scraped off and the juice of this squeezed into the syrup over the fire. "The juioe of the seoond pieoe of bark was dark brown in color, and the liquid in the vessel was darkened and ohanged as soon as the new ingredient waa stirred into it. The mixture waa then allowed to simmer for some time, until it had attained the consistency of jelly, when it was soraped ont of the vessel with ohip and put on large leaf which had been plentifully sprin kled with ashes. This preparation ean be kept long time without losing any of its strength. To poison an ar rowhead piece of this jelly-like sub stanoe about the size of hickory nut is warmed and rubbed all over the point, which can be used repeatedly without the poison losing its virtue. "The natives also have daggers with sharp-pointed blades about four inohes wide and a foot long, wbioh they call bararaos. They are very dexterous is the use of this weapon, and if they ean lay hold of in adver sary by the hair, they ont oJt bis bead with one sweep of the arm and carry it home as a trophy of tht war." EMPRESS TUEN OF CHINA. nr Kxtraorrilnary Career Prom Slavery to flnpretne Power. Ti e true story of the woman who is at the head of the Chinese Empire, and who lins just summoned Li Hung Chang back to power, is of extraordi nary significance as well as interest. It has been told how, disappointed with her sou's weak ond characterless rule, she has again taken into her own hands, openly, the reins of power which she lias held in truth for a gen eration. This monarch, who is com parable to Catharine of Russia in her sagacity and shrewdness and judicial wisdom, was once a slave. When a little girl, she was sold by her father to be a slave in the family of a viceroy iu a remote province of China. Her father was of Tartar blood, and one of those who could read, and he would not have thought of selling his child, although she was "nothing but a girl;" but, as the family had become desti tute in a rebellion, the little girl of eleven suggested this meansof getting bread for her mother and little brother and her father. Tnen served the vice roy's wife and mother in-law, aud was taught spinning and other useful arts by their maids. When she was twelve she embroidered a beautiful tunio for the viceroy, and he was delighted with it that he offered the little slave what ever she .wished most. Then Tnen fell on her knees and declared her heart's desire. She wanted to learn to read like her dear father! It was indeed an extraordinary re quest. The viceroy told her that girls could not learn such a thing, bntTuen told him she was not to blame that the gods had made her fa girl, and she could not help longing to know how to DOWAOrjU EMPRESS OF CHINA. read. So her master had her taught, and, his own daughter dying after a timo, she was adopted as a daughter of the house. Later the viceroy re ceived some political honor from the Emperor of China, and, being desirous to give him a beautiful and worthy present in token of acknowledgment, he followed tho artless Oriental cus tom and sent Tuen to Tekin. The girl's feet had never been bound, of course, and she could walk upon them, and her mind was developed beyond that of most Chinese women. Tlie favorite slave of the Emperor of China became the favorite wife, and when the Empress consort died, she became Empress of China. On the journey by river to Pekin, with servauts sent wit h her by the viceroy, she had given a ring to a young lad who saved a man from drowning in the river. She had promised the ring to any one who would save the drowning man. The youth to whom she gave the ring had an intelligent face; he was a sailor, in the coarse clothes of the lower class. That was Li Hung Chang. During her son's minority, Tuen was regent, and now, as Empress Dowager, she again assumes command. The Emperor is about twenty-four; the Empress is sixty. Bishop Gal loway says that her birthday was to have been celebrated with great pomp, bnt the Chinese-Japanese war pre vented. He says truly that it is sig nified nt that in China, "where women are at a discount, are seoluded and kept in ignorance, are protested again st at birth, and regarded as a calamity in youth, the ruling spirit in all na tional affairs is a woman." Mew Butt For DWera. A new diving outfit has been on ex hibition in Berlin and attracted a great deal of attention. It is much lighter than the old one with whioh the search- THIS OIVSS DIVERS GRBATBB TBEED01I OF MOVEMENT. ers of the sea used to hamper them selves. It allows the arms and legs greater freedom, and in it the diver ean stay under water longer. ltallgloo In Japan, The Japanese religion demands that a man must worship on the soil every day. Princes aud rich men evade this by sprinkling a little dirt in one cor ner of the room, on a square of cement made for the purpose. THE REALM OK KASI-IION. An Indispensable ttarinrnt. IlnnHng-red cloth makes this smart little reefer, black braid in scroll rows and scroll design with gilt military buttons adding mu!i to its up-to-date child's reefer jackrt. style. This style of jacket retains its well-merited popularity, no child's wardrobe being complete without it. The stylish cape collar closing at the neck affords just the protection most necessary when a jacket is required at all. The simple shaping includes under arm gores, shoulder and centre-back seams, extra fullness being disposed in an underlying box pleat below the waist line in centre-back. The neck is flatshed with a rolling WOMAN'S COAT OD collar trimmed on its free edges to match the cape collar. The two Beamed sleeves are of fashionable shape, with modified fullness at the top, and the wrists are decorated to matoh the collars. Serge in blue, tan or cream, piquo, duck crash, as well as faced cloth, are all used to make jackets in this style. The collar can be of white pique trimmed with embroidered frills and finished separ ately, so as to launder when neces sary. To make this jacket for a girl of six years of age one yard of material fifty-four inches wide will be required. A Seasonable Costume. Smooth-faced cloth in dark huntor's green is the material chosen for the stylish "May Manton" coat, shown in the large engraving, whioh is one of the newest this season. Large bone buttons close the fronts in double breasted style, and machine stitching gives the oorreot finish. The body is closely fitted with single bust darts, under-arm and aide-back gores, the seam in centre-baok curving stylish above the deep coat laps just below the waist-line. Deep skirt portions are joined in cross-hip seams to the body portion, ooat pleats being formed where they join the baok, a large but ton marking the top. These skirt portions may lap with the fronts or be ont off and finished in centre with round or square lower eorners. The fronts are faoed, and roll baok in wide lapels that meet the rolling collar in notohes. 'Large pocket laps are in cluded in the hip seams and give a jaunty air to the eoat. The j two seamed sleeves may be pleated, gath ered or dart fitted at the top. For coats in this atyle, plain faoed cloth in shades of blue, brown, tan, green gray and mode is mostly chosen, braid or stitoh straps being appropriate decorations. A tailor finish or machine atitohing is always ourreot and in good taste. To make this eoat for7a woman of medium sic will require two aud one- 1 1) lSw A '1 o"' quarter yards of material fifty-four inches wide. To make the skirt will require three and one-half yards of material forty-four inches wide. The Onreil Skirt. The skirt models cut with five or , seven gores gain rather thau lose in lavor. me nve-goreel shape lias a rather wide side breadth. The popu larity of the seven-piece suit is largely due to the faet that it is a moderate style neither too full nor too scant in breadths and also to its general con tour and effect; it proves alike becom ing to stout as to slenders figures, to women tall or short, and is an excel lent model for either silk or wool ma terial. For Street Costume. Ladies' cloth will be much used in making street and calling costumes. One of the Smart Vf rap. This hn'i 1 -me cape has the charm of novelty, nil is one of the smartest wraps seen this season. Gray broad cloth is represented, with black silk applique embroidery, pleated inch wide black satin ribbon adding great ly to the stylish decoration, and the lining of rich red satin gives warmth to the coloring. The hat is of gray felt, with facing of black velvet, red satin loops and rosette and jet-black wings. The close adjustment at the shoulders is secured by short darts, and the cape flares slightly at the CIRCULAR SKIRT. lower edge, where it droopi in back and rounds up to the neck in front. The oironlar flounce is joined to its lower edge and continues on each front, where it is arranged to fall softly in jabot effect over the closing in the centre. The scam is hidden by a band of embroidery. The neck is finished with a sectional collar that flares becomingly at the upper edge, a lace-edged ciroular ruffle or frill of lace placed inside giving a dainty com pletion. For dressy wear rich silk, satin and velvet are chosen for capes in this style, but no material is more satis factory for ordinary purposes than good broadoloth, covert, whipoord, camel's-hair or any good material made en costume. A pretty lining is a necessary acoompaniment, and rib bon or velvet, plain or ruohed, braid WOUAN'S CAPS', WITH CMCU&AR FLOOMOa or bands of the cloth, can be used for deooration. To make this cape for a woman of medium size will require two and three-fourths yards of flfty-four-iuoh. material. STATE B CONDENSED DEWEY SENDS THANKS. Tht Admiral Acknowledge! the Honor Bestowed by the Western University of Pennelyvanla. The Chancellor of the Western tTnl vrrslty of Pennsylvania, nt Pittsburg, has received the following- letter from Admiral Dewey. In acknowledgement of a letter sent last June, notifying the Admiral that the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws had been conferred upon him: "Flagship Olympln, ' "Manila. P. I., Sept. 26. lf-98. "To W. J. Holland. Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania: 'Hear Hlr I hove much pleasure In acknowledging the receipt of your let ter of June Kth. conveying the pleas ant Intelligence of the action of the trustees and faculty of the Western t'nlverslty of Pennsylvania In confer ring upon me the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. While I have receiv ed many evidences of the appreciation In which my countrymen hold my ef forts to break the power of Kpaln In the far East, yet no act of Individual or corporation has given me more tin iunlltled pleasure than this one of this great university. Will you do me the honor to accept for yourself and for the trustees and faculty my warmest thanks, and believe that I have the highest appreciation of this nobla dis tinction. 'I am, sir, with great respect, "Very sincerely, "(Signed) UEOKOB DEWEY." The following pensions were Issued last week: John W. Brown. Hlue Itldge Summit. Franklin. $12: William D. Jones, Parkers Landing, Arm-, strong, 18; Joseph J. Culver, Deep Val ley, tlreene. $6 to $8; Maria Standin gs. Pittsburg, 18; Annie Lang, Har bors. Blair, $8: Margaret Ryan, mother, Canton, Bradford. 112: Jacob Lander, Erie, $6; Archibald Dickson, Stoops, Allegheny, $6; Oliver Shane, Hoboken, $6 to $12: Morrison Bnyder, West field, Tioga, $12 to $17 ; Isnlnh McElfresh, Murraysvllle, 16 to $10; Simon Nixon. Edmond. Armstrong, IS to $10; Cornelius Vanscoy, Dullols, 16 to $S; Martin V. B. West, Chambers burg. 16 to i2y Matilda Knight, Ken dall Creek. McKean, $8: Horace Kis kadden, Dlxonburg, Crawford, $10; Thomas Golden, Pittsburg, $6; John Logue, Lock Huven, $6; Conrad Peter son, Fleetwood, $6; Ellas Fisher, Fleet wood. $R to $8; Hugh S. Pollock, Rochester Mills, Indiana, $8 to $12; Joseph Drummond, North Clarendon, I" to $12; Thomas J. Gillespie, Sharon, $10; Itobert Allen, Brenemnn, Wash ington. $10; James F. McNutt, Ford City, $11 2ii: William Shields, Eden vllle, Franklin, IS; Jncob A. Peters, Klttnnnlng, $6: Joseph dossier. Island, Clinton, $6; James Alexander Streams, Ocnrgcvllle, Indiana, 110; Ocorge W. Koach, Center Hall. 18; John Ecklry, Wnllncetown. Clenrlleld, IS; John Boss, Mountain. Butler, $6: T. M. Butter, Beynoldsville. $11 to J8: Wlllinm Mur phy, Pittsburg, IB to $8; Lewis M. Mc Dermott, Pittsburg. $8 to $12; James H. Johnson, Ohlovlllc, Benver, $14 to $17: David Hughes. No. 2 Indiana, $12 to $14: Mnrthn Stockwell, dend. Bloom ing Valley, Crawford, $S to $14; minors of Snmuel Stuzman. Johnstown, 14; Minnie Shroyer, Altoona, IS; Eunice B. Perry, Potter Brook. Tioga, $8; Annie E. Nefr, Tyrone, $S; minors of Itobert llorrle, Pittsburg, 1; minor of Leonard Stockwell, Blooming Valley, $10. The cause of the death of many pu pils of No. 28 school In Hcranton Is at lust solved through the discovery of an Ignornntly performed net of workmen In tapping a sewer pipe, allowing gas to escape into the nlr pipe, thence Into the schoolroom. For several . weeks past the children hnve been Infected with diphtheria, and up to the present time between 20 and 25 have died, while mnny more are dangerously HI. Threats were made against Professor Burdlct's life, as some of the aflllcted ones held him responsible. On Saturday night at Jeannette. D. A. Hartley was robbed and murdered, and David E. Miller was held up and robbed. Now It Is learned that James McCllnchey, formerly of Pittsburg, a popular baseball player, while return ing from a dance at a lonely point was pounced upon, and because he did not have enough money to satisfy the thieves was knorked down, kicked and cut and left unconscious. The descrip tion of the thieves given by Miller and McCllnchey tallies In every particular. The upsetting of a lamp at a Slav bell at the mining village of Export, the other morning caused a bad lire. The blaze started In Steve Rutgusky'e house and spread to the adjacent buildings which were occupied by Steve Moreuns, John Restero, Mrs. John Huley and two Italian families. The loss will reach about $5,000. Rut gusky and Moreuns have a small In surance, Frank Lossee, J. M. Tldd and Frank Reed, of Greenville, who are In the Klondike representing a Kinsman (O.) company, write that rich pay dirt haa been found on three of their claims. Mr. Lippy, also of Kinsman, cleaned up $00,000 last year In the same terri tory. Lossee sent home the claws of a huge cinnamon bear, one of a batch which the party killed recently. At the home of J. 8. Brewster, near Etonehoro, last week, his twin daugh ters, Nata and Nalda, were married to R. S. and R. B. Lowden of Twin Falls, Wis. The gentlemen are also twins, and only recently returned from Cuba, where they have been as privates In a western regiment. The young people met two years ago at school In Chi cago. Frank Creek of Company K of the Tenth Pennsylvas a recruits, who. waa left behind ut P.n Francisco on ac count of illness, has about recovered. He has returned to Washington on a 30 days' furlough, which expires No vember 6, He expects to go to Manila with the recruits. While J. O. Bunnell, of Sprlngboro, was splitting wood In his yard his small son. Fay, came up behind htm and received the full force of a blow a the rather swung the ax back over hla head. Tho blade entered the child's face, Inflicting a wound that will prove fatal. Before Judge Arnold recently at Philadelphia. Harry A. HeUler, treas urer of the Junior American Mechan ics funeral benefit association, pleaded guilty to having embezzled $3,000. He assigned business reverses and needs of his family as the motive of the crime. He will be sentenced later. Lewis Young, a boss blaster In the employ of Thomas M. Lasher & Son, of KttHton, Pa contractors, was killed last Thursday by a premature explos ion. Young was hurled over the top of a lot of telephone wires and his body landed 100 feet from the quarry. The tup of his head was torn away. Mrs. W. Eachman died the other morning at Siegfrieds, six miles from Allentown, from Injuries Inflicted by . burglars Sunday afternoon. Bhe wni alone at home when three men entered the house. They beat her on the head, caUHlng concuaaton of the brain. In the Chauncey mine, Luterne county, Edward Buckley waa kkkect to death by a mule.
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