The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-26

ond tenientes, 0iuetenants). who take
his place in his absence, other ten
ientes having charge of outlying dis
tricts, and chiefs of police, plantations
and cattle. A man who has been elected
Gobernadoreillo 70 Teniente, or who
has served ten years as a Caheza de
Barangay. is numbered among the
head men" of the place, who meet at
the tribunale from time to time and
discuss public affairs with gravity.
They assemble also every Sunday NOR
ming and, headed by the Little Cover
nor" and frequently also by a band
playing lively airs, they march to the
convento, or priests house, and escort
the friar to the church, where they all
attend mass. The state dress which
they wear on such occasions is de-
scribed as picturesque. Their white
shirts dangle outside of their trousers,
after the Philippine fashion. and over
them they wear tight-fitting jackets
without tails which reach barely to
their waists. When the jacket is hut
toned it causes the shirt to stand out
i'm frill producing a grotesque effect.
Never did the visitors fail to be
touched by the hospitality of the viii
seems always ready to kill his last
fowl for stranger, or share with MIN
his last pot Of rice. When Professor
Worcester's party stopped at a hut and
asked for a drink, IT'S inmates We're
loath to offer them water i'm the cocoa
nut shell cups which served their own
purpose, but hunted up and washed old
tunbers or even sent tC neighbor's
1,
water they always gave d lump of
panOChe. coarse brown sugar, that the
traveller, as they EXPIRE sScd it, might
have thirst" The houses at Ayala
" ere found to be like those of the
poorer civilized native throughout the
archipelago. The typical Philippine
house rests on four or more heavy
timbers. which are firmly set in the
ground. The floor is raised from five
to ten feet into the air. There is not
a nail or peg in the Whole structure.
Th- frame is IF bamboo. tied together
with rattan. The sides and roof are
usually of nipa palm. although the for
mer may be made by splitting green
bambOos, pounding the nalves fiat, and
then weaving them together: while, if
nipa is scarce. the root may ne ,hatch-
ed with the long grass called C0gOn
The floor is usually made of bamboo
strips with their convex sides up; they
are tied hrIuly in place, but in such n
| way that wide cracks are left between
! thcm. The windows are provided
| with swinging shades, which can ho
| propped open during the dav, You
| have to climb a ladder to enter the
| house. Frequently there is but one
room for cooking, eating and sleeping
! The cooking is done over an ODen fire
| built on a heap of earth in one corner
| and the house is often rendered almost
| urinhapitable by smoke In the bet
! ter dwellings there is a place par
| titiOned Oft for cooking, usually at the
| head OF the ladder, while the body o!
| the house is divided into two or NOR,
rooms. Proft $50" Worcester says thai
| native dwellings of this latter surI
have much TO recommend them. Th'
ventilation is perfect. and the air is
kent much cooler than in a tightly
| closed building. Moreover If such
| fabrics are shaken down by an earth
quake, or blown down by tNnhoon
no one gets hurt for the materials
used are too light to dO harm when
they fall. |, seems that rich natives
! sometimes build hOJsCs of boards with
| galvanized iron roofs and limestont
foundations, but they are Nerv mucf
| more extensive, and are pronounced
| decidedly less comfortable than th'
humber dwellings Of bamboo and nipa
palm.