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A HUNDRED YEAR.*? FROM NOW. ' he was the author. Not worth while O00c-<X1000<XXXX>000000000000 uow, he thought to hliuself. The surging sea of human life forever FACTS ABOUT "Tell me something you like In onward rolls, ‘Thothmes,’ Miss Conyers. I -I read it Aud bears to the eternal »bore its dally THE PHILIPPINES lately.” freight of souls. “O. well, there is that fine passage Though bravely sails our bark to-day, ¡».de recognition—no, recollection, 1 about death sits at the ¡»row. And few shall know we ever lived a hun ' rather. 1 liked that—about remember- HE Philippines are essentially dred years from now. , Ing wliat !s happening now as having heterogenous. Someof the islands occurred at some far back date of one’s are mountainous, and others are O, mighty human brotherhood! why fierce life, lly the by”—this with a vivid fiat; some are muddy, syampy, and ly war and strive. blush—"that reminds me! Do you feverish, others are porous limestone, While God's great world has ample space I know, Mr. Burton, I am quite sure that well-drained and healthy; some are en for ’verythlug alive? ■ Broad Gelds, uncultured aud tin--laimed, I I have seen you somewhere before we tirely wooded, some are entirely bare. i met here? I can't remember where, are waiting for the plow The Inhabitants present like diverg Of progre - that shall make them bloom though 1 have tried—somewhere, not ence. The Moros of the south are war I long ago.” a hundred years from now. like, active, intelligent, with a civiliza "I am sure I can’t say,” he says, Why should we try so earnestly in life's quietly, looking down into her frank, tion as advanced as Turkey's. The Negritos are a diseased and dying pig short, uarrow span brown eyes, 1 don’t think we have my tribe, absolutely animal in their ex On golden «1» n to climb so high ebovs met before, and yet ah, well! perhaps istence, less advanced than any known our brother man? Why blindly at an earthly shrine in slav It Is only the same curious feeling von people. Tlie term "Filipino” embraces were just speaking of, aud to which I Manila rabble and secluded islanders, ish hunuige bow? menu tlie author of mountaineers and seamen, priests and Our gold will rust, ourselvrs be dust, a allude—I—I hundred years from uow. 'Thothmes’ alludes In your favorite tlie cannibals. It Is necessary, there passage. Do you know that the physi O, patient heart, that meekly bears your ologists tell us now that all that sort fore, to use only tiie broadest terms in describing the group collectively. weary loiul of wrong! of tiling ¡trises from a mere twisting of Tlie arehlpelngo is a group of 1,200 Or earliest hi-urt, that bravely dines, ar.d, our nerve fibers?” islands situated In the Pacific Ocean, striving, grown more strong! Of course, before their stroll ended extending from latitude 21 degrees Press tn (11 perfect peace is won; you’ll ho had confessed to tin- authorship of north to 4 degrees 45 minutes north. never dr< aiu of bow Y’ou struggle»! o'er life's thorny road, a the novel for an author is an author, Its length is thus about 1,000 miles; its hundred years from now. though lie may have only a few months greatest width is 640 miles; the total to live. And he also told lier—gently — land area, aproxi mutely, 115,000 square Grand, lofty souls win» live ami toil that of his approaching fate. miles. The nearest mainland is Asia, Freedom, Right and Truth Sl.e was only a young girl, but she 3oo miles to the northeast. San Fran Alone may rule the universe, for you Is had a woman’s heart, and as he told cisco is 8,000 miles to the west. The endless youth; When 'mid the blest, with God you rest, his sad story and how fame was coni- archipelago lies wholly within the line ing Io him, all too late, her eyes were of Capricorn and the equator. Its (he grateful lands shall how Above your elay in rev'rent love, a hun wet with sympathetic tears. characteristics, food products, and peo dred years from now. * • * « « * ple are tropical. —Newark Advertiser. ‘‘One word with you, Burton, before The climate is hot and moist; regu you go out,” (¡noth the rector of Dal lar observations have been taken only llngton it few days later. “Y'ou re- at Manila, where the temperature has member telling me about that London been found to vary betwee n 60 and 100 Tlie excessive humidity physician you consulted and who gave degrees. you such a bad account of your health. makes this degree more difficult to en dure than lu the temperate zones. As What was his name?” a««««*««« "Caffyn — Dr. Caffyn — Cavendish one progresses toward the swampy, low-lying islands farther south the ■ square.” LAZING noon ill the dog days. "Ah! I thought so. Did you happen heat, ami especially the humidity, in A steady, unwinking glare of to know him nt all before you consult creases greatly. sunlight blisters tlie paint on the ed him?” There are two seasons, the wet nnd Hilling;; of t'uvcndith square. A liiiud- "No; not nt all. I went to him by a dry—the former lasting from June to som ¡mils ui» nt Dr. Caffyn's house In friend's recommendation.” • November—being the most disagree the hottest corner of the square, A “My dear fellow,” said the rector, able and dangerous to health. Fever tall man alights, rings, and is forth- effusively, putting 111 m hands on the and dysentery are the diseases most with ndinittid. other’s shoulders, "I have something dreaded by foreigners, but dangerous There are only throe persons before to tell you. Take It easily, now—don’t localities are known and may be him. An elderly lady, with a small get flurried.” Here he whispered avoided. boy, i. ho wriggles uneasily in his chair, something. The Philippines are the seat of na and a young girl, who sits alone at tlie ture’s passions. Earthquakes are com “You don’t sny so?” table, turning over a volume of John “Y’es, ft Is a positive fact. Why. in y mon and violent: the volcanoes are tlie Leech's drawings. Burton seats him niece here was nearly frightened out most dangerous in tlie world. Luzon self by one of tlie heavily curtained of her wits by the same num. not many Is tlie cradle of that terrible sea storm, Windows ¡¡nd falls iuto a reverie. weeks ago. He told her she had only the typhoon The preternatural silence which fol a month or two to live. I fancy Dr. Islands' External History, lows does not last long. The door Caffyn has a mania for passing death On Aug. 10, 1519, there started from opens. A servant bows In the di rec- sentences on people. In fact, they say Spain with a fleet of five ships Fer- tion of the pair, and the l»oy Is borne he Is dying of some iucurnble malady naudo Magellan, a Portuguese navi- off shrinkliigly. Again the door opens himself, and tills colors Ills diagnosis ” gator, His object was to discover a —the girl looks out interrogatively, passage from Europe, west to the Pa ««*•*«• then rises and goes, Only one prisoner It Is the same Devonshire lane In cific. Magellan had vainly endeav left now lu (he condemned cell. which they are walking a trifle closer ored to interest tlie King of Portugal in Burton yawns, with an air of relief, his project; had become a naturalized together than before. nnd saunters to the table. |Ie Is bat Spaninrd and liad obtained from life. "You gave me a new lease of tling with an uncomfortable feeling of darling,” he whispers. Charles I., of yipain tlie wherewithal to equip his fleet. having been In tills room, with the self "Why, it was Sir Percival who same people, at some remote stage of that.” she answer, roguishly; "or He reached the western coast of Ills ¡»ast life. Wonders if this can pos South America In December and It Kite & Prablde?” sibly be om* of the symptoms of Ills "You arch tease! No. Mllly; if It ll.-Kl turned south. As the season became Illness? not been for you I would, by tills time, harsher and tin- weather colder the At this moment the opening of a have died from tlie fear of death.” ships' commanders mutined, desiring door In the hall, a faint murmur, and "Don’t be foolish! By the way. v lien to winter on shore. One was executed, a light footfall wnrn the last victim are you to begin the new novel your another marooned. However, one ship that his hour has come, lie rises and did desert anil another was wrecked. publishers are writing for?” With three ships tlie great explorer eon follow» the servant. “O, soon. Whenever a certain cere tinned south, and on Oct. 28, 1520, “Quite so.” remnrks Dr. Caffyn, a mony Is over,” he replies, laughing. passed through the Straits of Magel thin, weasel faced mail, after exam "Have you got a hero for it?” lan to tlie waters of tlie Pacific. He ining Ids patient. “Quite so! You "No hero In it! Only a heroine,” now shaped Ills course west by north, are er er —” valntly hunting for his "What is her mime?” anil in midsummer, 1521, reached Min card. "Mllly! And the title of the book, "Burton Is my name. Middle Tem ■Recnlled to Life.’ ’’—London Evening danao. of which lie took possession in tlie mime of the King of Spain. Hi- ple barrister and Journalist." News. next landed at Cebu, in August, 1521, “Quite so!” repents the physician, and was welcomed by the king of the with the air of on»' arriving with some RECENT INVENTIONS. Island. This monarch was baptized difficulty nt the truth, "Hard-worked ’n a new animal trap the cage Is nnd took the oath of allegiance to In your profession, Mr. er—Burton?” “No; not very much. I have not been formed of wire, with a chute in the Spain. Shortly after Magellan be- able for much lately, owing to that bottom, made of wires woven into a ciinie Involved In a factional quarrel faintlie a I told you oil’. Would I not tube, with the lower ends of the wires i between two native chieftains nnd was be the better for a change of air to beut back and sharpened to prevent the ' killed. Many members of tlie expedi rodent from backing out when it once tion had died, but the remainder, with brace me up a little, Dr. Caffyn?" two ships, again sailed west and dis "The fact Is." says the physician, starts to enter. leaning back In his chair and fingering Two Californians have devised an covered Palawan. Later one of tlie Ills eye glass; "the fact Is, my dear Improved satchel clasp, having the two two was lost, but tlie other plucklly Mir, I can give yon only n poor report damps usually placed on either side of coutlnm-d its way nnd made tlie first of your health. Nothing that I orally the lock connected with the central ' complete Journey nround the world. In 1565, under tin- direction of Philip one eBe can give you will do you much sliding catch by rods, In order that the good.” movement of the central catch may IL, the second Spanish expedition reached the islands. The object was “Plainly spoil king, Dr. Caffyn." he operate the clasps. the saving of native souls; inquisition says, rousing himself nt Electricity is used to produce the methods were employed, and conver long have 1 to live?” he it in an improved branding machine, sions. though not valuable, were nu “Not more than a few months, 1 the roller containing the clutraikers be merous. In 1571 Manila was seized fear,” returns the other, feelingly. ing suspended on a hinged bracket, and proclaimed the capital of the I •'Five or six nt most, But you may through which the current Islands, to lie called henceforth the find f mo temporary relief from this,” circuit l»elng completed by Islas Filipinos, in honor of King Philip. bonding tlie prescription, and rising, the roller against tile base. The Chinese Emperor resented the •’Come and see me, Mr, Burton, when Grocers' scoops are to lie made with Intrusion Into celestial domains. Be you like, Avoid worry, exyltouient, a weighing scale attached, the upper tween 1573 and 1575 lie sent forth ten late hours. nnd—er good morning." He piissei s through the still hall into portion of the handle being cut away expeditions to oust, the Spaniards. the bln lug g sunlight once more the for the reception of a spring -contain Severe battles followed, but the Euro life giving sunshine which will never ing; barrel, with a wire bale at the low peans managed to keep their foothold. again minister health ami strength to er end which supports the scoop when I They never, lion ever, forgave the Chi nese these attempts. At various times suspended on the scale. him. A spike extractor has been patented | tits of resentment against Chinese A letter nwnlts him at hls chnmbers. Meclmnh ally he opens it. Wliat does for use on railroads, comprising a post blood would sweep over the Spaniards It matter? What does any thing matter to rest on tlie rail, with a sliding mem and crusades were organized in order ber raised and lowered by a lever piv to kill or drive them out. In 1603 23,- now ? It Is from Kit<* A I’rabble, the pub oted on the post, the slide having a pair [000 were murdered, nnd In 163!» 35.ooo. lishers, to the effect that the first edi of jaws at the lower eud for engaging In 1762 England took Manila from Spain, but peace was soon proclaimed, tion of Mr. Burton's novel,“Tliothmes,” tlie head of the spike. and the Islands were returned. having been exhausted in three weeks, A Canadian 1ms designed an Insect The natives have beou npt to revolt they purjiosod going to press with n shield for trees which Is made of a second edition. In view of the unpre strip of metal of circular shape, with nt any time. When they did so Spain used fire ami sword liberally, not only cedented demand. Meanwhile they in tlie lower edge bent to cut iuto the bark to subdue, but to punish after surren closed a cheek for $2..W, In terms of of tlie tree aval the top formed Iuto a der. contract, and remained liis obedient flaring hood, with a suitable liUiug be Kesnnrccs of the Islands. ly — tween the shield aud the tree. The resources of the islands are •"Too Inti-!" lie exclaims, bitterly. Also “Profane” Work. earl» d. Rice was introduced from "Too late!” A ministerial looking designer made China evutnries ago. It has since be • •••••• application for work to a New York come the staple food of the natives on "So you really like the is-ok?” architect. <»n being asked lu which account of the ease with which it is "Ye*, very much.” she replies. "I line he had most exparleuc« he said produced. The quality is excellent At have never read any thing which that his forte lay in ecclesiastical archi present all the rice produced is con touched me so deeply.” tecture, but that he had occasionally sumed tn the Islands, but much good They were milking in a Devonshire done some “profane” work. laml is not cultivated. lane, the niece of tlie rector of Dulling Sugar cane is grown extensively There Is no injury that a woman re ton and Burton. The people at th* rec throughout the archipelago. Of late tory were old friends of his family, aud gards ss too great to be fixed up by an years beet sugar lias cut into the profits It wu.t there that he had met Kmille of tills business, but wjth the removal Conyers. A man Injures himself every time he of the various Spanish export taxes, The l«»ok they had just been discus- wrongs another. fWith the supersed* -nee of buffalo power •Ing was "Thothim-s,” his own anon by steam, and w ith the opening «P of Naples 1« to lure an electric road. ymous novel, but he had not told her I the back couutry Uy railroads. or at T * * « Recalled to Life. « 5 • B COMPREHENSIVE MAP OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. least highroads, the Philippine plauta- lions will reduce the present Ilave- meyer prices. Abaca, or hemp, is grown widely. The gathering of abaca is an operation necessitating considerable care and conscientiousness. The natives ¡»os- cess neither of these qualifications, and, employing primitive methods, ruin tlie finer fiber of the plant. Observers say that machinery capable of preserv ing these delicate fibers is feasible. In that ease abaca could be used for gar ments, napkins, sheets, aud even hand kerchiefs. At present tlie hemp is used chiefly for sails, doormats, and rope. Tlie Philippines will probably retain a practical monoply of this crop; its cultivation has been attempt ed in many other places, but never suc cessfully except in the extreme north ern part of Borneo. Native tobacco has always been in digenous to Luzon, but the quality is strong and bitter. Early in the seven teenth century missionaries introduced tlie Mexican plant with great success. Tobacco plantations multiplied; the business became more anil more pros perous until in 1781 it was made a state monopoly. Laws were enacted that all sales should be to the government. A planter might uot smoke a cigar of liis own make under penalty of $7 fine. The government was not always prompt to pay for goods received; na tives refused to cultivate their land and fled to the mountains; soldiers fol lowed and killed whom they found; at' night the natives returned again and fired the crops In the field. In this way Mindoro’s once flourishing business has been annihilated. Spain now took an- otlwr step; not only must all tobacco raised be sold to the state buyers (on credit), but every family should own and care for nt least 4,000 tobacco plants. The abuses resulting from this last statute became so horrible that even Spanish officials protested to the home government; the Castilian statesmen, realizing the sponge was squeezed dry. repealed the monopoly laws in 1882. Even under such aus pices the- tobacco remained excellent. Since the business has been open it has increased tremendously. Manila num bers scores of factories—native, Chi nese, and Spanish; several of them have over 500 operatives. Coffee Is grown to a considerable ex tent; the quality Is unusually good. Little, however, finds Its way out of the archi|H'lago. The cocoa plant was Introduced from Central America early in the seventeenth ceutury. Philippine chocolate is always spoken of well by returned travelers. Various minerals are found in paying quantities. Especially is this true of Luzon and Mindanao. Gold and sul phur will prove of value to prospec tors; silver, mercury, copper and tin have furnished returns, but the extent of the deposits is a matter of Investiga tion, On many Islands the ax has never been raised against the Immense virgin forests; In few have Its depredations been extensive. Over a hundred differ ent varieties of wood have been classi fied. Among them we find teak; naga. I resembllug mahogany; tipolo, for rnu- sleal instruments; lanitan. for guitars the only railroad, and the ouly factor and violins; boxwood, ebony and bam ies. It is the seat of the capital, and It contains fifty times as many foreign boo. ers as all the rest of the islands put to Tlie Inhabitants, The Inhabitants of these islands are gether. Luzon is supposed to support a strangely mixed lot. Malay charac 5,000,000 inhabitants. Of these, 80 per teristics generally prevail throughout. cent, are civilized to a certain extent. In development, Luzon, though the The many attempts to classify the peo- pies into various district tribes and most advanced of the Philippines, is races have failed, for tlie reason that disgracefully backward. There is one little, badly managed railroad, 120 pure blood of any sort is rare. It is safest to divide the native Fili- miles in length. The highroads, twen pinos into Christianized Malays, pagan ty miles inland, are either lacking alto Malays, aud Mohammedan Malays. gether or are merely trails. There are The first named comprise five and a no flat-bottomed steamers on the larger half millions of the total population of rivers, though they could do a thriving eight millions. They resemble our ne business. The sugar mills are operated groes in many ways. They are music by buffalo power. In consequence, par lovers, fond of the sunshine, supersti tially exhausted sugar laud near Man tious. Though usually good-natured, ila. or other ports, brings over 8100 an they are subject to fits of murderous acre, while further back in the coun passion. Nature in the tropics is so try land a third more fertile brings $30 industrious that man need not assist Manila sprawls over a good deal of her to any great extent in order to live ground, being built up on both sides of comfortably. The Filipino will not work the River Pasig, and including rice as long as he is not about to starve. fields and other submarine territory. When he has made enough to live on Its population is about 300,000, which for a month or two the ex-laborer re is small considering its area, but large tires to his thatclied hut. smokes his considering its opportunities. Of this cigarettes, fights Ills gamecock, strums number two-thirds are natives. 30.000 his guitar, and sings love songs to bis Chinese, 50.000 Chinese half-breeds. wife or sweetheart. 15.000 Spanish half-breeds, and 5,00(1 The natives of the northern islands Spanish. Previous to the war the are called Tagalos. They are the small Americans and English together num est and least brave, but also most bered 400. Contrary to general belief, treacherous and tricky of the Filipinos, the city is neither pretty nor unhealthy. and always have been reckoned as the Earthquakes cause houses to be con poorest fighters; have always been structed broad and squat, with tin most completely under Spain’s domina roofs. This prevents beauty, and It tion, nud have suffered most accord must be said in the Spaniards' favor ingly. that It is excellently well drained, The central group of Islands Is term which percents ill health. In 18;»:} elec ed the Visaya group. The Inhabitants— tric light was substituted for oil. and called VIsayos are somewhat larger, in the same year an American fire en stronger, more Independent than the gine was brought over. Fires art Tagalos. The difference, however, is common, ami a blaze started In a na far less marked than between our dif tive shack spreads fast. Manila's caief ferent Indian tribes. Travelers, in or interest lies In its commerce. If is the der to strengthen the force of tlieir tollgate of the Philippines. distinctions and comparlosns. are apt Ihe Smaller lefnnela. to push them a little far. The sharply Of the l.'JOil islands which constitute drawn distinction between the Taga the Philippine archipelago the number los and the Vlsayoss is not justified. The Moros or Mohammedan Malays Inhabited is between 35 and 50 per cent. aggregate less than a million. They Tlie smaller islands resemble In physi inhabit the Sulu group at the south of cal characteristics aud Inhabitants th« the archipelago, parts of Mindanao, larger islands to which they are near and the southern third of Palawan. est. Occasionally an entire Island be One Sultan, whose residence is Sulu, is longs to a single planter, and usually In such case it Is a laud of milk anil acknowledge»! throughout these isl ands. The Moros are a fierce, fanati honey for the natives. The padrone Is cal. seafaring race, who were never of necessity kindly, else he would most conquered by Spain. It is unsafe for infallibly disappear. There is plenty to a white man to venture among them. ent. and not too much to do. The To kill Christians is part of their re padrone's lot is easy. too. He nterelv has to sit on his own veranda ami al ligious belief. The aborigines of the islands are the low the Philippine soil to make nim Negritos, a puny, miserable, dwarf rich. race. As the Malays swept up through the archipelago the Negritos werp driven into the most remote and uncov eted parts. Though not of true negro stock, they are much blacker than the Malays, and their inteligence is far lower. The total number is estimated at 50,000, Island of Luxon, Luzon is the largest, most populous, most developed, and most civilized of the Philippines. It has an area of 42,- 000 square miles, or over one-third the whole area of the archipelago, aitout five-eighths of the whole populatira. High Salaried Clergymen. New York has numerous instances where clergymen receive from $10,000 to $20.000. Th« late l»r. Hall, of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church had $20^000 and a manse. Henry Ward Beecher was paid $20.000 a year, which barely sufficed to maintain his Peek skill farm. Bishop Potter'lias $15.uno with a rectory, with its upkeep thrown in. Time flies; those who giggled I d the back seats at church a few weeks ag<. ar« now snoring In the seats .n front