| Show tI j II THE GATEWAY T E PHILI PHILIPPINES JINES i iK THE HE HEIt It iii I I J V I I l Sp Corr ri i IaIa I la Ia often some live I t Cor or Theodori hl hlson Ii son on Kermit ILs arc tI In Ini i rested with tigers and the thc singapore por Is now offering rewards or of I 1 50 each cach for ever every tiger killed and for Cor tiger Just outside the city are arc or o odeno I deno vegetation In which such lIch beasts nr shot hot The They tile the I 1 old channel north of the corn com comIng cornIng Ing OUt of tho ho Jungles f and then pIck up a Malay bab baby foi Co Cor breakfast Just the tho other da day th thi the r i sultan or of who Io Is a I i 1 great killed a bl b tIel it III h the nineteenth he has 1 hot In e reaching As lie he Its claws clas which lie he had luid cut off u u trophy he If he to bas bag his j r twentieth He replied I I certainly hull If lie he does not noti i I bug me I Tn Il a I lt to Taho Tahoe e I siu the ho tracks i a tiger tIer In tho ho mill not far Car this Intini It hall had i till till the city luring tin tilL night and lint around n it saw mill the tho In Int t front of the then I THE TIGER ISLAND 1 The Tho word od comes come from Crom two native term Lion Lioti City It h called Tiger or t In hi time the past pal the Island upon which It stands been the lair of these beasts s nd It Irs Is that thili as is molly i nn ha thes haVe hae hec devoured ty by them In one year ear rime animals caine here hele hirst nt nh about the time the colon colony va and years ago one was chokIng to death In time the p I lishing nets off time the shore facing the mainland He had started to wIni I the channel and got caught In the nels 1 As I sat Mt mn the club the theother theother other night on one or of the English told me mc how hOI a 11 tiger tigel T re I centi slaughtered a 11 Malayan his and live fie children oni the sixth a 11 little boy who ho rel related the I toi This family US on LIme edge or of the Jungle nut not far from Crom the In a hut covered with thatch I The Tho tiger sneaked up and ami sprung sprang upon I l the roof He scratched open a 11 largo lamgo I hole and time tho Uala within as the thel they l looked up and amid faw sa him were so might ht cued ened they were yero unable to move moe They Y together Just under I him and before beCore the they recovered their I senses ho and the I father with his paw and brained him t 1 He then thell proceeded to kilt kill the other r members o of the with the thc excel I then o of the tho bo boy above referred to who was 1 lyIng In a bunk raised high above ahoe tIme tho hoer and thus escaped discovery The bO boy says time tho tiger killed his I I father mother and the four Cour children leaving his little sIster n a bab baby of oC three years After Acter he had killed the first lie he I began besun pla playing Jn with their bodies r the little sill girl as a cat do does s a 11 mouse I If she ho attempted to creep n away wn he would walt until she Iho had moved moed t just outside the length of oC his paw when Ito ho woul l reach rench over oer and drag I t her close to him lie Be would then ro go on hi playing with I the dead d bodies sucking ab p r thio blood and taking a bite n now and then until time the child attempted to move moe when time the une proceeding ws was re reenacted enacted This lasted until the little girl expired of oC fright Cright and exhaustion Iho r tiger then bit her In limo tho back bacle of time the B neck neele and amid sucked Item hel blood After Acter a along r long onS time lie he finished hits his east ann out or of the hut hutS leaving tito tho bo boy i r overhead undisturbed 1 A LAND OF SNAKES I t As for Cor me I ant am more ot ott otI I snakes titan than tigers The latter are arc arci i t I cowardly beasts and will attack ono one i P only In the dark or when the they can p sneak up behind and catch him oft j t rime fhe snakes arc so many that b ono Is liable to step upon them as he I 1 m roes goes ugh time the jungle 0 or Ir if ito ho 1 sleeps In II a native natle hut one ma may per t lisps hailS drop down from Crom the root lOOf There t I al aig p H 44 kInds of oC snakes ott on this little Island which is not half ai big os as some I Texas loxas farms amid or oC these there thele are arec c It varieties which carr carry poison polson bags t under their tongues or at time the roots of off f their teeth THo voiSt perhaps Is time tho thoI I t I cobra coorn which spits spit venom Venont Time The Ma Ia I ayans t tell 11 mo me there theme Is no cure for rorI I l Its bite When hen attacked It erects the bod body and dilates the skin on side I 1 m I oC the head so EO that It seems scents to have I put on nit a 0 hood At time the same samo three It t males makes a noise like Ik an amm an angry I cat and II If iC attacked It will throw poisonous fluid I Jj which It if It touches the eye ee Or 01 a sore ir Jure d death al h It I Is this eunIce nale that time the Juggler nil all over oer time the Car Ar east elst I IIse to show skill They rho It with impunity laying It on time the ground I and pla playing ln upon n a nute which seems tl to It Timey also wrap around nul neelS and rite fhe other othol dl day traveler ucler whO Was Imas one of oC these thes SUndae jugglers made 1 ii bet bol that tIle the lIaison glands hail heen extracted and offered to plO prove this b by the cobra lie grabbed hold of it II and the snake 8 sank Its fangs Into his lie He died within a Cew fe hours hour hourA A cobra was re recently In a bathroom n a little wa play playIng lug Ing It did not oel offer to Injure the child and Inclined to pIa play with It anil It wits wll n time the othet othe peo pie Ie camo In him It Its NII out Its It lined hood and amid began to spit Time J oilier day three of these snake m ero lit at one time In the bath I mom of mu a thila near here her AmonS time the other are arc 20 ni 01 more imore feet jim in length They arc alc not and out In him time the country the I lit them and use as rot rat catchers In time the place of JC house home cat OneO Omme 20 t feet l lon long was as mc 10 c In a 11 temple The Is no now 3 1 apiece snakes mit 11 I I feet and auth upward and front that flown to ro O to for I the ties SINGAPORE Stories like those I hae just told seem In connection wIth this of oC which Is perhaps time the rIchest center of oC It Its kind It ItIs ItIs Is tIme the great oat around time the world time the duet city at time the cross crossways ways was of oC the h ml ph res amid our southern gateway to time Philippine Is It hs has a which Cst cost mil millions lions and toda today like of merchandise comes Into It It is III time the habor of oC the world In tonnage and amid In iii time the number ot of vessels which call Thele lines which stop at anti and the English government Is now non Investing like to n w and to Improve this as ai n a navai bate base Is outs one or of time the most Im of the nort of Ih time tar far east It Is the nerve e center or center lor or orthe the of time the Dutch East Jim In Indies dies for Cor Slam amid ond as far os mis tIme the east elst Hn trade Is for or Asia and Europe It Is one omme of time the best places place for time the pushing of oC American and ande we e Ire cure fortunate nate Just now In amm nse experienced p active and t l I Inse general I refer e to Mr I I IT T Du Dol Boi who did such excellent I service as consul to L Leipzig and oth other other er parts of Germany amid who saved time millions or of b by exposing the tho lace while hue he sas consul general to lo SwItzerland Mi 11 Du flois Dols believes that our trade hado In this part of oC time thc can its be and amid lie he suggests that if IC an bazar were sere established here her b by some of our big exporting houses with branches the peninsula It would be of oC great value He tells mime me that the tue balance or of trade I In no much a t us Yo We buy about worth of oC tin hides gambler and amid othel things of time the Straits Settle Settlements ments and sell like worth of oC oils machinery s and tobacco In return This Timis region Is lit In trade and hun and the tho and Gel Gee mans maims arc nursing theil and goods In au possible was There Is no doubt but that we should Use ns as n a center from which h to work not time the sum SUI rounding islands coil time the mainland but India and time the far cast as weli 11 This Is so since Singapore Hes right on aim the main road to time the Philip Philippines pines vessels from time tho cast eastern ern United States could call lucre hele on their I wa way JOHN DULLS RICH COLONY Indeed It might pay our officials to stud study this wRit with a view Iel to the tho of our Asiatic island pos possessions possessions sessions rime fhe English seem able ahle to tote time the white s burden better titan than an any other Caucasians The They took hold or of this timis over 90 years ears a ago o when hemm It was a Jungle and the they have hae now mado one omme part of oC It time the most ha commercial center or of time the far Car cast eSSt They have hae emit cut down dowa much of oC time the tropical ve vegetation amid have me 10 It to 10 The They have hae built up ui on the tho shores of oC time the Is land otto one of time the finest cities of oC Asia Singapore pole has or people J II ff The Cobra and the Dainty Meal of a Story II II With a Moral Mora or the Missionary Versus John Bull Man Manages ages a Colony American Trade Fortune in Rubber and How a I II Sultan Makes Over an Singapore I I I T I E k 1 N THE GOVERNORS PALACE IS FINER FIllER TRAN THANT THE WHITE HOUSE I I I It has bl big business blocks of oC several stories with high ceiling double and wide galleries on account of oC time tho heal It Is a city of oC enormoUs hotels which mime alC lighted b by electricity and cooled b by c fans Cans It has hils numer numerous numerous ous banks with millions of capital and also churches libraries mUSeums and Time The white all told num bems bels about the thc remainder be beIn beIng In Ing of kinds But Dut the 1000 are arc time the lod of oC creation and many maimy of oC live In Iii magnificent villas surrounded b by gar sur gardens dens or of time the trees and plants of oC the tho tropics HOW IT 11 IS GOVERNED Time fhe administration of oC the coon colony Is In the hands of oC a 11 governor aIded b ban by an aim executive council and there Is a 1 little littie legislature which makes time the laws There are arc Chinese In both council and legislature anti and altogether the bO gorn rn Iii If something of oC a Singapore has hns Its own municipal bod body Iome of oC are arc ele el h by the taxpayers and sone Iome appon j jb b by tIme the governor Time rhe Present of time the Is Sir Joint John Anderson who Is also high commIssioner for time federated Malay states and for time the British colonies In iii Borne lie He Is n a Scotchman who are arc area n a member of time the Bering Dering He sea arbitration staff In London years ago who has held various arlous other othel Important of Jf flees Time The governor of oC Singapore receives a good salar salary and amid lie he lives a lord His palace here titan time the House ito he maintains a court what similar to that or of tho viceroy 0 of India Ho He gives a great ball bali upon th the kings birthday and to this everybody y who hmo Is anybody gets ets an In deell It Is said Fald that eI evemy ono omme who vimo is not hot In Jail at the time Is Th These Ee whItes or of Singapore pore mire arc fond ConJ of oC society Tho They remInd me of oC nn an old college friend who attended ever every fun funeral erat eral within 10 miles Of OC hIts his home hom hen asked wh ii ho said aid I ahn always s like tl Cm go to gatherings That is time the WJ way with these Singapore People They lute gatherings and they have hao club of DC till all kinds to Into coin pan pammy Sonic Some are arc for sporting rowIng I cricket ket and lawn anti and oth Is are nrc devoted to art reading and education is a at the end of oC a wide stretch or of lawn Just next time the harbor and 1 a countr country club three Inland at af which dances and are frequently given There are man picnics and outings or of vari various van vanous ous Time The elt city Is I mean as far am a as time the whites are concerned The public lIbrary contaIns I volumes and amid has also it a museum me 10 hating to time the Straits rhe Jime cIty line has Cour English newspapers newspaper two e dailies 1 a Maia weekly and I two othel journals published In East Indian dialects Altogether the town Is wide awake and I regret to say In Inmany many respects wide open Of OC time tho latter feature you Ou must come here yourself to learn THE MISSIONARY AND TH THE TIGER lIGER And speakIng of oC the tho wide openness of oC Singapore such Rueh conditions are arc to Je be without much searching In hum e evry contel of oC the far Car east There Is more truth titan than poetry In th time su suggestions estloa contained In this verse erse of Kipling Talce me 1 Ie east or of Suez Where here th be l T worst Where there aint no ito Ton Ten Command Commandments ments And youve oue not miot to raise a thIrst At the there are alO s sand and amid everywhere and as good people as bad Ye We have hae no are American Episcopal miF here with 20 O of oC our own citizens In charge as teachers and I have hae Cound thriving American In every Asiatic countr I i have and amid me l big ChrIstian work worl supported hi bv our people Is on in Burma and India This of oC missions and time the universality of human depravity 1 r minds me or of a story I heard here hete that one what lie he Ionic fo or lime story tOI might he be entitled Th vs s tIme the Tiger The inch inel lent occurred on a steamer going tip time the Bay of Dengal A on omm board boud was vas about lila his feats of oC In tie lie monopolized time the con on told stories of oC lila his with time wild h or of I Ithe tIme the Jun jungle le and espe loll or of hl Imis mamy with tigers At one In hum I th time cOIler n a mulCt refuel maim Ion imm III black happened to I marle that lie he r also had Imad been In India and engaged In ha I work th there re Upon this time the hunter blurted forth Corth with a sneer A In Why hy man manI I have been mix ix months in India and I never noer saw a Yell Well as to that rejoined the other you rou have been talking all day dar about tigers No Now I want to toll tell you rou that I hoe heen 2 j years In Iii Indict India and In all that time I have heLe never seen a tiger But you rou look for tigers said time tho hunter And perhaps you ou failed Called to look for missionaries rejoined the dominie dominIc Yell Well there are missionarIes down here In hum MalaysIa and In China Japan and Korea and the tho globetrotter who does loes not confine to the ports cannot fall to see thorn them If IC Imo ho keeps his lii eyes open I already written about th their e It work In Korea and ChIna rime fhe are arc doing much In Slant Siam those or of the Protestants alone In India have hae more than a million natives who are arc proCessing ChrIstianIty They have hae something like Sunday schools and tImers there are in theil ordinary da day schools As to medical missions the they are aro doing great geat everywhere the number of treated last year car In him IndIa alone alono being over oel There are arc some something timing thing llIe mission hospitals In Asia Africa and altogether there Is a 11 Protestant Christian population population tion among those of oC the worlds natIons we consider as heathens of oC more than six millions FORTUNES 1 IN RUBBER The enormous for rubber for automobile tires bicycle tires and other things bids fair Call to enrich this part of time the world Time The Is being cut down and covered with rubber plants The sultan of oC limes has Just sold his rubber crop at over oer 52 2 a pound and his lii have two pounds to the tree I an am told lold Ito he has trees to time the acre and that lie he |
