The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 14, 1898, Image 3
Wonderful Feats of the Philip?
pine Boatmen,
MALAY PIEATES' DESCENDANTS.
Very Formidable Foes Under Favorable
Conditions-Killin? tbe Great Cayman
With a Creese-Fish and Fishermen-Tho
Deadly Manila Water Cobra.
n
When his steamer enters Manila bay,
e traveler sees immediately that ne
has encountered a strange race and civ?
ilization by a glance at the native craft
d boatmen. The commonest boat is a
"banca. " It is long, narrow, but very
staunch and seaworthy. It requires no
thought to realize that the yesseljs &
descendant of the canoe made by hol?
lowing out a great tree trunk. It ranges
from 25 to 30 feet in length, 2>? to 5
in width and 3 to 6 in depth. There are
little decks and closets within, which
serve as compartments and keep the
t afloat if filled with water. Over
waist is a house, or hood, which
tee ts passenger and freight from sun
d rain and in the nighttime serves
as a shelter to the boatman, his wife,
children and assistant. Many boatmen
live in their bancas; as the Cantonese
. junkmen clo in their clumsy craft.
Somewhere inside is a crucifix or scapu?
lar, and with it a carved figure. The
;> owner says it is for luck, but in reality it
is an image representing the sea god or
the storm spirit, which was worshiped
v by th? Malays long before Christianity
or Islam came to the archipelago.
The bancas are capacious, carrying
many passengers 2nd much freight, and
for their size are very swift. Some are
fitted with mast and sail and make good
time with a fair breeze. There are no
stays to the mast, this enabling the boat
A BANCA. OE XATTVE BOAT.
man to swing the sail completely around
and so sail backward and forward alike,
s This ingenious trick belongs apparently
to the Polynesian Malays alone, no oth?
er race seeming to have discovered it
In going into rough water an outrigger
is employed consisting of a long, thick
bamboo or stout pole parallel with the
length of the banca and held in place
two to four feet from the side by cross?
pieces of ironwood or Manila hickory.
Thus equipped the brown man will sail
into the stormiest sea and will carry
enough sail to make his light craft fair?
ly spin along the waves. This catamaran
arrangement enabled the Malay pirates
in the old years to overhaul the swiftest
sailing ship or escape the dreaded fri?
gates and sloops- of-war sent out against
them.
The boatmen form a class all to
themselves. They are descendants of the
pirates of the olden time, and it is easy
to see what formidable foes they might
make under favorable condi ti on s. Lithe,
. muscular, lean, tireless, patient, intelli?
gent and fearless, they are the stuff of
which good seamen and warriors are
- made. They supply the Manila quarter?
masters employed on the China coasters
and the crews and subordinate officers
of-scores of British steamers in Asiatic
waters. They are wcnderinl swimmers
and divers and personally very clean.
They find rare sport in attacking sharks,
diving, creese in hand, from their ves?
sel and coming up under the fish's belly.
Their bravest swimmers attack the cay?
man, or crocodile, in the same way and
cut its throat or stomach with their
keen edged and pointed knives. The
danger is great, for a blow from the
reptile's tail or a single snap of its
massive jaws means the loss of limb or
life.
An interesting and ingenious contriv?
ance is the fishing prahu, or "fishing
derrick," as it is called by our sailors.
The little vessel is a flatboat or substan?
tial raft At the bow two poles or
masts are fastened one on each side and
meeting at the top, so as to form an in?
verted V. The fastening at the sides is
accomplished by a trenail, or stout
wooden axle, through an auger hole in
the bortom of the mast. This allows
the V to be raised or lowered at pleas?
ure. Sospended from tho top by fonr
ropes is a square frame from 12 to 25
feet square, to which is attached a huge
fishing net io the shape of a bag or
pocket. When not in use, the V is .up?
right and frame and bag are high in
air, where they can ??e kept dry.
When the owner uses them, he slowly
lowers the frame and bag into the wa?
ter by letting the V incline forward.
When the bag and frame are resting on
the bottom, bait is thrown in. After a
brief wait the V is raised rapidly,
bringing with it the net, usually well
lined with leaping and wriggling cap?
tives. With ordinary luck there will be
from 50 to 100 fishes at each cast.
When among - these -there are devil?
fishes or young sharks, the fisherman's
joy is complete. Ordinary fishes bring
1 or 2 cents a pound wholesale in the
market, while the octopus and tho
shark's tail ard fins bring from 5 to 25
cents a pound.
To keep the fish alive nearly all the
prahus carry fish tanks, and in the fish
market these are also employed.
In watching the patient fishermen at
work in the strong tropical sun the
traveler is often startled to see them
seize poles, boathooks and soap nets,
beat the water furiously, scream to
their neighbors and behave generally as
if demented. This excitement is caused
by the discovery cf the Manila water
cobra, a venomous serpent found only
in Manila bay, the Pasig river and the
Lake of Bay. It ranges from a yard to
12- and even 14 feet in length and frons
l to 4 menes in diameter.' lt is a pow?
erful swimmer, a good fighter and aa
insatiable eater of sea food, which it
catches alive- Its bite is poisonous and
said so be deadly- The fishermen say
that it constricts as well as bites, a rare
combination found only in a few snakes,
such as the distira of Ceylon. The Ma?
nila sea cobra has a more striking pecul?
iarity in its indescribably repulsive ap?
pearance. It is clumsy and misshapen.
Its color is a mottle of green, brown
and gray. It sheds its skin not in whole,
as land snakes do, but piecemeal. This,
with the slime on its old skin, gives it
she appearance of poisoned sores and
decaying raw surfaces.
While the Philippine territory is
famous for the number and variety of
its snakes comparatively few are pois?
onous. But the nonpoisonous ones are
enough for every purpose. They cul?
minate in the great boa, which is said
to reach a length of 35 feet and a thick?
ness of 18 inches.
Throughout the Philippines an Ameri?
can is impressed with the universal em?
ployment of the buffalo instead of the
horse for hauling, carting and supply?
ing power. Though they are very use?
ful they are not handsome. All of the
varieties are larger than our domestic
cow and have enormous horns. The
skin is almost devoid of hair and re?
sembles an elephant's hide. One variety
is pinkish white and is said to be an
albino, like the white elephant of Sia^.
The rest have a blue black color,
strangely like the hue of a well dried
ink blot. Their harness is usually made
of rope or plaited cordage, and most of
the carts to which they are attached
have solid wooden wheels, which creak
and scream as they revolve. The great
brutes are as strong and docile as Nor?
mandy horses and can draw equally
largo loads. Though apparently stupid
both the white and black buffaloes are
very intelligent. In this respect they
surpass both the os and horse and equal
or almost equal the dog. On the street
or road they will stop, back, go ahead
and turn to right or left at the word
when the driver is 50 yards away. In
the evening, when work is over, a com?
mon occurrence is for the driver to say,
"Go home, old pig," and the unwieldy
creature will start off and find its way
home alone without trouble. In the
morning the call, "Come here and get
harnessed, lazy beast, "will be obeyed
promptly, even if the creature i3 enjoy- j
ing some tender herbage. On holidays j
and Sundays children lead the buffaloes |
to convenient ditches, or pools, where
they lie and roll and wallow in the
mud, suggesting overgrown hogs rather
than bovine animals. When young, the
buffalo is broken in by being tied up
and having a hole bored in the partition
between the two nostrils in which a
steel ring is placed. To this a cord is
attached with which the great beast is
led or driven. It is so docile that a
child can lead it, and, oddly enough, it
seems to prefer children to grownups,
to borrow a word from Kipling. The
she buffalo gives a rich sweet milk,
from which the natives make cream,
butter and cheese.
Let no American sightseer confuse
the domestic buffalo with his savage
ancestor, the wild one. Many natural?
ists deny the kinship and declare that
they are different species. The domestic
is docile, kind, ugly, slow, unrevenge
ful and peaceable; the wild one untam?
able, ferocious, handsome, swift, com?
bative and fearless. His horns are long,
strong and sharp and are used with ex?
traordinary skill. He seems to believe
that man has done his race a grievous
wrong and that it is his duty to exter?
minate the wrongdoer. If you see one
coming and you have a rifle, shoot, and
shoot to kilL He does not mind the fire,
noise or wound. If you are unarmed,
follow the Spaniards' example and
climb a tree. Don't be in a hurry and j
don't talk to the brute. He will paw
the earth and buck the tree in the hope !
of shaking you down. He will not go
away when he finds he cannot get at
you, but will wait around for hours in
the hope that you will get tired and
come down. He is a queer creature.
Originally like all the oriental buffaloes,
he was a marsh dweller. He has not
outgrowr. his love for wallowing in the
mud, as he eelects his home in a forest
MALAY BOATMAN KILLING A SHARK.
near marshy soil, where during the day
he lies in dirty water up to the neck.
In the nighttime he leaves the forest
for the open country, preferring when
accessible tilled land and growing crops.
His flesh is finer, sweeter and richer
than the best beef or the choicest veni?
son. It tastes about half way between
a sirloin steak and a roast wild boar's
head. The skin of the buffalo is stronger
than rhiuoceros hide. It was used for
shields by the Igorrotesaud Tagals, and
is employed today for whips, straps,
harness, boots 3nd small belting. When
well tanned, it makes a leather which
is handsome, strong and almost inde?
structible. For the sportsman tho Phil?
ippine buffalo is as good a foe as the
tiger or gri/.^y.
TV-,T.-'",1,^3,
Fatal.
He-There is Miss Glover over there.
She is superb. She is considered per?
fectly formed.
She-But very imperfectly ?riormed.
-Boston Transcript.
Partial Returns Second D?mocratie Primary.
Held September 13,1898.
YOTING PLACES.
Atkins.
Bandana.
Bossard.
Concord.*.
Earle.
Farmers-.
Gaillard'sX Roads...
High Hills.
Laborers & Mechanics
Manchester.
Mayesville, Dem.
Pleasant Grove.
Privateer.
Providence.
Rafting Creek.
Salem.
Scarboro.
Shiloh.
Statebtirg.
Sumter.......
Swimming Pens.
Taylor.
Wedgefield.
Zoar.
Company M.
Total.
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126; 266! 288
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40! 13; 33? 19
50? 6; 24; 32
64? IO1 64 9
46! 41 44 41!
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18! 31 17: 31
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29? 21
The vote for Magistrate in District No. 2, was r Ingram 116, Hodge 110.
The indications are that Dorn .is elected for Supervisor and Rembert for County Super?
intendent of Education, as the votes cast in the first election at the clubs not yet reported
-if the vote should be the same and all votes of Dinkins and Young go to Seals and
DuRant-will not overcome the present majorities for Dorn and Rembert.
Washington., Sept. 12.-The follow?
iog report bas been received at the
Marine Hospital bureau from J. S.
Hunter, secretary of tbe State board of
health of Mississippi :
"One case of yellow fever in Jackson.
Thoroughly isolated by cordon of four
blocks, with anotbar cordon outside
of this. No other case in city ; not
even another of suspicious nature. AU
steps have been taken to stamp out
and prevent spread of the disease.''
No new cases have been reported
from Franklin, Orwood, Holy Springs,
Galveston or Key West.
$50 In Gold!
WK! be Paid to any Man or Womar.
It remains for tho celebrated finn of physlcicni
ind specialists, D.\ Hathaway & Co., (Regulas
jraduates Register-.^), to place a genuino bo?:
aes8 propoeition before the public, which b??
aever been mr.de before.
We agree tc: treat any parson afflicted with ac*
ironic disease a ai cure them, furnishing medi
.ices and every:..; ui s nece?-rar? for their case, cs
orieit $50.00 in froid, providing the patient faith
:aliy follows treatment and directions, and th*
zasc is a curable one.
This off or is plain, and there is no catch to it
ind furthermore, theoifer is good and tho moc6?
rerfectly safe because we are financially res pea
jibic.
Dr. Hathaway ? Co.":
experience duri :g fe?
last 2Cyears ha? prov*:
the fact that they h'-.r?
cured thcue&ads o i
cases where ot!i;-r de*>
tors have f?ilc.2, arc
this carrai is them ii
zr.akhss this res-.a r?a
ble offer. Ali person*
who are sui?crirc frc ti.
any chronic diseca
have now an opportu?
nity to test thc tre-i*.
ment of the ackson
ledged leading r-h^si.
cians and specialists cl
this couxitry, with ai
absolute surety of to?
ing coreo. S?c-^ai di?
seases, each aa ? is. r
bleed poison, ?reatees*
>f men and women which affect the delicate er?ani
ind private diseases of all kinds, rhiu.-naiism.
.tricture, varicocele, rupture, female iroafciet.
skin eruptions, ulcers, kidney and urinary di?
seases, liver and stomach difficulties, li?uvr;
Dpium and morphine habits, or any chrcG?i
disease. Onr treatment can be taksn at horri
under our directions, or, we "will pay rcii
road fare and hotel bill to all who prefer io cotr&e
to our office for treatment, if we fail to cure. Wi
have the beet of financial and professional refer
xsnces and transact oar business on a str>*-]j
professional basis, promising nothing but w ha'
we can fulfill. We do not believe ia any OL thi
free prescriptions, free cure, freeeampie or C.O.D
frauds, but think it ia best in tho end to be hon
est with our patients. Write us to-day; don-1 de
lay.
We have carefully prepared Symptom Blank*
No. 1, for men; No. 2, for women; No. 3, for skii
diseases; No. 4, for catarrh, and new 64 pug;
booklet which we will send Free to ail who reah:
desire truthful information, about their conr??
fcioii. Cali or address, "_
DR. HATHAWAY. & CO.,
22* So. Broad St., Atlanta, Ca
Mention this paper.
Estate of Jas? R. Odom, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County, on October 16 tb, 1898,
for a Final Discbarge, as Administratrix of
aforesaid Estate.
Mas. CLEO TROUTMAN,
Sept 14-4t Administratrix.
The experience of over half a century bat
been concentrated into tbe making of
SHEFF
You get the benefit of all this labor, skill,
brains and capital.
Standard I Pianos , Taning,
Organs j For Rent. ' Repairing.
Accommodating terms. Write for Illus?
trated Catalogue.
CHAS, M. STIEFFj
BALTIMORE
WASHINGTON
9 North Liberty St,
521 11TH ST. N. W.
Master's Sale.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Mary M. Bland, Plaintiff against Rachel M.
Hollcman, heir at laic of Hiram HollemaR^
deceased, Defendant.
BY* VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in
the above stated case and dated March
16, 1898, I will sell at public auction in front
of the Court House in the City of Sumter, ia
said State, on Monday, October 3d 18S8,
being Salesday, between tbe hours of IL
o'clock io the forenoon and b o'clock in tbe
afternoon, the following preajis?s, to wit:
All that lot or parcel of lied, situate, lying
and being in the Town of Mayesville, County
and State aforesaid, and on the horthweat
side of the Wilmington, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad, containing one acre and
thirty-four perches, and bounded cn the
Northwest, North and Northeast by land of
T. D. Foxworib, oo the S. East by land of
J E. Atkins and on the Southeast by the said
Railroad igbt of way.
Terms of Sale: Purchaser to pay one-third
cash on day of sale, balance in one and two
tqaal annual installments, secured by bood
and mortgage of the purchaser on said prem
ibes, bearing interest at seven per cent, from
the day of sale, payable annually.
Purchaser to Day for papers and rerording.
W. H. INGRAM,
Master for Sumter County.
April 6 _
C ARR IAG? s
iggy BEB
rimmmrW
A CAHHIAGE "WORTH HAVING
for comfort, health and recreation is
)ne of our fine canopy top pba-tone.
3ur stock ot fine carriages ie worth
pour inspection, if only to keep up
.vith the times, and see the exquisite
Jtyle, iinish and unexcelled workman?
ship that is shown in our up to-date
19 jrtment. Our prices are ss at
ractive as the vehicles themselves,
md they are handsome as a picture.
H. MARBI,
THE ELECTION.
VERY CLOSE BETWEEN
ELLERBE AND FEATH?
ERSTONE.
McMahao, Floyd and Garris
Probably Elected.
South Carolina yesterday held the
closest primary eleotioo ever known ID
the State for governor. Although
The State has received reports ac
conn t io g for practically 40,000 votes,
possibly two-thirds of what the total
vote will be, it is at this stage absolute
ly impossible to predict whether the
ship of state will be guided for the next
two years by Gov. Ellerbe or Prohibit?
ionist Candidate Featherstone. There
is only a small differeoce between their
respective votes-so Email as to amount
to nothing.
The vote stands,' Ellerbe 22,498 as
against 22,299 for Featherstone at 2
a. m., the governor leading by 199
votes only. Friends of both candidates
are apprehensive of the rural districts.
Cooper leads Tompkios, present secre?
tary of state, for that office by 2.836
votes ; MoMahan bas a lead of 5,669
votes over Brown for superintendent
of eduoatioo ; Floyd beats Blythe for
adjutant general by aboutlO.OOC votes ;
Railroad commissioner Thomas is beat?
ie: reelection by Mr. Garris, who has a
lead of 16,183 votes-much greater
than Thomas' whole vote.
It is impossible to predict bow the
race for governor is to end. The offi?
cial count alone will tell. The probib
ironists are feeling good.
Mr. D. E. Finley beats Attorney
General Barber for congress in the
Fifth district.-The State, Sept. 14.
What Senator Tillman Told a
New England Paper.
Manchester. N. H., Sept. 8 -While
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina was
visiting the mills here he talked upon
the industrial situation north and south,
with special reference to cotton manu?
facturing, in which bis State is now
largely engaged. He said that the
southern cotton mills and operatives
were prospering.
"Uar machinery is modern., while
ihat of the north is obsolete/' be con?
tinued. "Our cotton mills are mostly
segregated in the country, while the
J northern mills are grouped in cities,
j Our operatives own their own homes,
j while yours are crowded into tenement
I houses. Can there be any comparison
I betweeu 'laborers thus situated ? Our
J laborer?, are satisfied ; yours are not.
i Ours are growing rieb, while yours sre
: growing poor. Aod there can be but
I one outcome of all this-your people
I must sick to*the level of Kuropean
\ labor or your mills must go south. You
; northern people have had a monopoly
? of the colton business for years. You
mu^t now seek something else. We are
going to beat, you at it. We have got
: all the natural advantages and you
have none. You batre legislated agaiost
j everybody and everything to protect
your ootton mills, but you cannot legis
late God oat of existence nor stipend
tbe operations of nature's beneficent,
laws.
"Tbe north ig not satisfied with a
protective tariff that shuts out foreigo
goods from this market, but bas bad
the nerve to introduce a bill io con?
gress to protect one part of the country
against another. This Lovering bill,
asking for a constitutional amendment
regulating the hours of labor, is a di?
rect blow at the constitutional rights
of the States to legislate for them?
selves, and we will fight you on that
all summer, and until we beat you.
We won't have legislation of that kind.
The only thing we have ever lacked in
oar State io the way of natara! advan?
tages is capital, and we are now getting
that in abundance."-^-New York Soo.
John Bright Prophecy.
I_
What He Had to Say About
America's Future Years
Ago.
Kansas City Journal.
Col. Birch tells in a Pittseurg pa
per of the following conversation he
had thirty years ago with Col. Vin?
cent Marmaduke, and its application
to the present conditions is such that
we give it to the public. Every
Missourian knows that Coi. Marma- J
duke, like his brother, waa a decided
Confederate, and during the war he
was the bearer of dispatches from
Mr. Davis to Mr. Mason, who repre
seuted tbe Southern Confederacy in
England. Marmaduke says that one
evening Mr Masou said tc him :
"Mr. Marmaduke, John Bright is to
make a speech to-night in the house
of commons, and I think it would be
to your pleasure and interest to go
down to hear him " It wili be re
membered that at that day Mr.
Bright was the most conspicuous
figure in England. Marmaduke went,
and during his speech Marmaduke
says that Bright stopped, and chang
ing his line of remarks, said : "Mr.
Speaker, if our kinsfolk on the other
side of the Atlantic settle their civil
war satisfactorily, and get back to
gether in peace, in forty years there
will not be a gun fired iu the world
without their consent." This state
ment at that day seemed preposter?
ous, and no one but a man with
Bright's comprehensive mind could
have dared to make such an assertion
to go before the world. It has been
but thirty five years since Mr. Bright
made that statement, and yet events
have happened in the last few months
which give to Mr. Bright's words
the spirit of prophecy, and no one
would now hesitate to reproduce it.
Col. Birch asked Marmaduke bow he
felt as he listened to such remarks
from the then greatest man in Eng?
land, as to the future of the Ameri?
can people when he was engaged in
breaking up that great country.
Marmaduke admitted that it gave
him uneasiness of mind in connection
with his own conduct, and that for the
first time he began to realize the won
derful power and influence which the
American people were to have on the
destinies of the world, and added,
with tremor in his voice : "Like all
other southern men, I am glad that
the Almighty has preserved us for
purposes of His own, which will
some day be unveiled before the
world "
- - . ? ? . --
Portland, Me., Sept. 12.-Returns
from 150 cities arid towns give Pow?
ers (Rep ) 22,61:3. Lord ( Dem ) 12,
862. Same towns in 180-1 gave
Cleaves (Rep.) 27,728, Johnson
(Dem ) 13,046. This shows a net
Republican loss of 17 per eent. and a
Democratic loss of 2 per cent. On
this basis Powers will have about 27,?
800 plurality.
Dr. Stokes Betiims Thanks.
Editor Watchman and Southron:
Permit me space for a brief acknowledge?
ment to tbe people of the District in general,
and of Samter county in particular, for the
handsome endorsement given me in the re?
cent primary. As a mark of renewed and
enlarged confidence, it carries an added re?
sponsibility that I sha!! strive to meet and to
discharge.
I will be pardoned, I inset, for feeling hon?
est pride in the fact that every county in the
District gave me a g?nerons majority. lu
some the endorsement was magnificent-ap?
proaching four to one. lu the whole District
this was au average of 2 to 1.
Here is toe vote by counties as it appears
in the Hews and Courier of this date.
Stokes. Brantley.
Qraogebnrg.2,166 882
Dorchester. 700 395
Berkeley. 781 236
Colletoo. 977 720
Lexington.1,805 526
Lee-. 787 518
Sumter. 992 563
Richland. 107 78
Camp Lee. 89 34
Total .8,404 3,922
It will appear that Dr. Stokes bas a ma?
jority of 4,482 ia the District.
It is scarcely necessary to say that I par?
ticularly appreciate and value the endorse?
ment given me by old Orangeburg county,
where I was born and reared. A compari?
son of tbe recent vote with th two years
ago, shows that the opposition to me, wben
centered upon a man from my own county,
cast but about 300 voi?s more in the county
tban were cast two years ago when my oppo?
nent was from another county In the whole
county my majority was 2J to 1. In my own
club it wasoearly 3 to 1, while the city of
Orangeburg gave me nearly 2 to 1. For the
first time since I have been before the people
both the clubs at the court bouse gave me a
majority.
AU these things, I repeat, but add tc my
sense of responsibility. They will stimulate
me to greater activity in the future To?
ward those who opposed me honorably, 1
entertain no animosity. They exercised
their inalienable right. I shall endeavor to
represent them impartially and worthily.
With ill will toward none, and charity
toward all, Very truly,
^ J. WM STOKSJ.
Septeiber 5, 1898.
Good Sewing Machines from $10.00 up at
Randie's.
Ordered to Jacksonville.
Columbia. Sept. 12 -Lete this after?
noon Col Wilie Jones received orders
that the Second Regiment should leave
Columbia for Jacksonville at 5 p. m.
Wednesday. The order was somewhat
of a surprise as Col Jones had been
informed that the regiment would be
given a margio of seven or eight days
between the receipt of orders and the
day of departure from Columbia. At
least 150 men are off oo furloughs aod
they have been notified by telegraph to
return at once to the regiment.
Kingston, Jamaca, September 12 - ,
According to advices received herc j
from Barbadoes. since the death of the |
Hon Mr Pile, Speaker of the Assem-I
bly, oo September 2, from the effects j
of the recent attempt to assassinte him, |
the Governor and five public officials
have been warned anonymously that
a similar fate has been decreed for [
them "as a reward for their oppres- f