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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25

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Sailors who have vcntured far into
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and bananas abound in damp spots,
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islands, but the Central Ameri ,an pro-
ducts have kept these fruits out of
the American markets.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25


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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25

procrastination the people are so thrift
less that they never rise to meet the
market by extensive planting Of cocoa
nut trees. To the native a cocoanut
tree is a veritable staff of life. 1t will
furnish his food, intoXicant, oil, vine
gar, vessels, brushes, fish lines, ropes,
fuel, and water. y CocOanut produces
fruit when six years old in the Philip
pines. l know a young EnGlishman
who spent about $4,000 in starting a
cocoanut grove seventeen miles from
Cavitc. on LuZon. The Spanish were
SO afraid he would induce other enter
priSng British to come ana do like
him, that they ruined him in a few
years by all manner of imposts and
cEaCtiOns. For instance, he had to pay
about 500 to the government at Ma
Mia before he picked his first crop,
and he had to pay an export duty Of
10 per cent. extra because he was not
native.
"TO illustrate how marVcllOusly fer
tile is the soil in the Philippines, let
me tell about the coffee plants About
seventy years ago several Spaniards
began the cultivation of coffee in a
little valley away at the north end of
LuzOn. They were the first coffee
plants ever known on the island \
little wild animal resembling the clvct
of Africa ca cross between weasel
| and a foN) began eating and scatter
ing the growing coffee berries. In a
few years the plants growing from the
scattered coffee berries were all over
that part of LuzOn For years past
/ I Nj
| over the island, and all came from the
civets scattering Of the coffee seeds,
Thousands of pounds are gathered
from these wild bushes by the natives,
RICE AND TOBACCO.
Nowhere else does rice grow 50 pro-
! lifcally as in the Philippines. The
| Chinese control the rice industry OF
| the islands, but the Negritos do the
| work There are "A dozen Chinese mil
| liOnaires in Manila, and they have
| made their wealth largely i'm the rice
| and sugar trade. Under American
| management the profits Of rice grow
| ing could be easily enlarged. ! think
| | am conservative i'm saying that by
| the crude, lazy ways of harvesting 81
! per cent, of the yield is wasted. 1t
would make a thrifty Yankee farmer
| groan to see the reckless waste of the
! natives.
Tobacco grows on all the principal
| islands Vanilla, pepper and Cassia
| which are cultivated elsewhere i'm the
| world, grow wild and i'm great clumps
| on the Philippine islands Wheat and
| corn may bc grown at the extreme
| north Of the archipelago. Oranges
| lemons and guaVas flourish i'm the for
ests and black hills, not the least
| horticultural science has been eNcrted
| toward making superior varieties OF
! these fruits, | have seen in the dense
! tropical forests of MindanaO thousands
| of the trees Of costly woods, as loGwood
ebony, mahogany and iron wood. Great
| fortunes await the men who shall Sci
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25
CIGAR business.

THE greatest manufacturing indus
try in the Philippines is ciGarmaking.
at Bnando. Hhe industry has been
mOnopolzcd by the Spanish and Sc
we're penalties are imposed upon any
one who cncrOaches upon the mOnOpo-
ly. 1t yields great revenues To the gov
crnmcut. Two brothers of General
Woylnr were i'm the tobacco business at
Binando for a few years and they went
back to Madrid To live like princes. To-
bacco grows everywhere in the islands,
ON Slmar some Of the finest wrapper
leaf tobacco in the world is grown,
one field there covers 1000 acres. Al
Einando nearly $1,000 men, women and
boys are employed in the cigar and
tobacco shops. Under one roof and on
one floor are 1000 workers Their pay
averages about IL cents a day They
leave the shops at SundoWn in drOveS.
4 good share of them so for a swim
in Manila bay before going home to
eat. All the people in the Philippines
love the water Many times / have
glanced along the water front at Bin
ando at early evening and have seen
hundreds, yes, thousands of the to-
baoco factory employees, men, women,
old and young, married and single,
laughing. shouting, plunging and roll
ing about ir the surf with no more
clothing than when they were born,
Il have never seen a Manila man
smoking in church It's about the only
place where he does not smoke. He
smokes in the street cars. he smokes
at the public dining table, he smokes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25

nearly half a million. The true Span
ish, outside of the soldiers and sailors,
who come and go every few years,
never number more than 5000; the
British are about 500 strong. and the
Americans about $50. The genuine ma
tlVos the aboriGlucs, are of Malay
origin, and have the face. color, and
manners of the Malavs. The race is
very con"jOmeratc. The best natives
are handsome, brown, 1.-the, and grace
ful, with hair as black as ravens
wing, and small hands and feet. Then
they are what the Spanish call the
Ncglitos, They number 100000 of the
Philippine population, ana their origin
is unknown They are as wild as Hot
tentots on some remote islands and
have Eecn known to eat hGman flesh.
ON PUmou island the Negmtos have
macticcd human sacrifice for Years.
was there once with several indigo buy
crS, al We saw the skulls Of Il score
of the natives former tOWnsmcn stuck
up ON the bamboo posts about heather
aItars as q Precipitation to some spirit
The NegritOs have Woolly heads and
black skins The broWn-skinncd or
Malay abOriginCS who live in the north
yru part Of the urchipelaco are known
as !tocans, and there are fully fifteen
tribes of them, each speaking differ
ont dialect The abOriginos i'm the CEN
tral islands Of the Philippines are the
Tagals. They are by far the most in
t"lllgcnt and industrious people. Some
or them are about as fine people as one
wishes to mcet-a proud, generous
hnSlttablC, honest neOplp The ahuri-
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and others shrieked as they went under
the tables. The men ran out Of the
room.
FISH AND SNAKES.
"The seacoast is rich in many forms
Of fish. The natives, like the Hawaii
ans, know how to catch them, too. All
the natives in the Philippines that l
ever knew about Except the rich and
aristocratic people in Manla) are fish
ers. They catch a species of mullet
there that is delicious. When these fish
come up the coast from the China Sea
in schools the natives will abandon
any occupation and even leave a sick
hammock to so out and angle off the
coast.
"A long and interesting chapter
might he written about the snakes in
the Philippines. | never heard how
many varieties there are there, but
there must be lots Of them. \ few
are poisonous. but most are water
snakes and are harmless. The most
dreaded variety is a rcddish-broWn,
long, slim fellow, known as the man
ano. It is as deadly as the moccasin
Of the southern sWamps, and more
venomous than the rattlcsnake. Its
bitten victims die in fifteen and twenty
minutes. In the dcnsost forests Of the
hackWoodS of the islands boa construct
| ors are frequently found. | have heard
Of some on NndanaO that were twen-
! ty-hve feet long, but their usual length
| is twelve feet They have been known
| to crush people to death,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25

and a Col. North in Philippine hemp
before we know it,
SUGAR.
Then there are some great pOssi-
btlities also i'm the line of fortune maxi
ink in the sugar industry in the Philip
pines, The annual imports of raw sugar
INTO the United States from the Phil
ippnes during the last few years have
averaged $2,l5O,00O The total annual
exports of raw sugar from the Philip
pines have averaged $i,50O,OO0 for some
time. Sugar cane grows like magic in
the wcll-Watercd valleys of the five
chief islands OF the group The decom-
posed lava soil from the extinct vOlCa-
noss that run north and south through
the larger Philippine islands, side by
side with active notwithstanding
volcanoes, has exactly the qualities for
growing sugar cane. The cane comes to
maturity from seed in one year. The
plantations on Samar hold the worlds
record for high production of rich cane
to the acre. | have known Spanish
planters on Samar and Luzon to make
a clear profit of $500 an acre i'm one
year. The Negritos labOrers get from :
To 10 cents a day for cultivation. Ma
turc does the rest. With American in
Ncntion and energy many a man can
become millionaire in sugar growing
in tho Philippines. All the agricultural
methods in the Philippines are 500 years
behind the times. OK cars are used for
transportation ana oxen for ploughing.
| have seen planters using a bent stick
or a prod with an iron point for a
plough In crushing the cane and ex-
tracing the saccharine juice, methods
500 years old are still employed.
INDIGO.
"Indigo plants grow in incredible
luNurianCc throughout the Philippines.
The soil is so fertile that the least labor
gives surprising results Indigo plants
yield double the capital used. Many Of
the richest families i'm Manila-peOple
who live in Madrid and Paris about
one-third Of the time and keep up roy
al stablshments-have made their
wealth i'm the indigo trade Tho Alvar-
ado family owns an indigo plantation
of about $4,000 acres and an indigo
works on Samar, and ii derives a rev
enue Of fully $4,000. An American with
half an eye can see many improve
mcnts and economies that might he
made there, but he would not be
thanked for suggesting them TO any
| Philippine or Spaniard
COCOANUT TREES.
"Cocoanut trees are a bigger resource
| than one might suppose, The fruit is
demanded in the markets of the world
| as much as oranges and lemons. Every
| part of the tree is useful. The juices
make oil and wine, the tibres of the
leaves is woven into cloth, and the
husks Of the nuts are shipped by the
| hoatload TO England for doormats and
| other household articles, Profits of $3.50
| an acre from grove Of cOcoanuts are
! common, but in this land of siestas and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
THE ROAD SURFACE.

Prevailing Erroneous Ideas to the
Functions of "A Pavement.
The function of pavement or road
surface is very imperfectly understood
even In sections where stone roads have
been in use for long periods. 1t is COM
monty supposed that a wet spot or bog
VIII become dry if filled in, that good
road may be made anywhere simply by
making a shallow trench of the desired
width and filling it with stone and that
the surface of stone road needs to be
protected" from wear by covering it
with loose screenings, sod, earth or any
old stuff that is handy in hot weather.
To these erroneous notions are due
many failures to get durability and sat
isfaction from attempts at road building,
says L. A. w. Bulletin. The impor-
lance of drainage is not fully appreciat-
ed in most sections, but it is at the bot
tom of successful road construction, and
neither permanence nor economy is pos
sible if it is not amply provided for. a
wet spot must be thoroughly drained
before a road is carried over it, or it
will always be wet, at least in the wet
season, no matter what else is done TO
! it. Water under roadbed is as fatal to
the life of the road as water in mans
lungs is fatal to his existence.
The not uncommon practice Of allow
| ing roadway to be lower than its sides
makes it little better than mere drain,
for water settles on the surface, quickly
softcns it and prepares it to be cut up
/ by every passing vehicle. A raised and
!
readily is essential. A dry base with
slightly arched cover of stone capable of
shedding the rain is requisite for a dry,
permanent structure.
The stone roadway is not only to
serve as roof for the natural base be-
meath, but is to take the wear of traffic
and not to be covered with other ma
terial as "protection" to ii. In places
where earth Is used for "binding" pur-
poses and little regular attention is paid
to the roads and sprinklng is not done
in dry weather, the road surface breaks
up rapidly under the influence of the
sun. 1t is then that it has heaped upon
it to "protect" it quantities of fine
screenings, or earth and stones, and
sometimes even clay and sod from the
cutters. The result is a poor road for
months unworthy of the name "mac-
adam"
If complete drainage is secured at
the outset, the road crowned and sys-
tematically cared for, with sprinkling
in dry weather and is thoroughly rolled
as laid, without the use of clay to bind
it, 1t will perform its functions salts
factorily and prove valuable invest
ment of lasting worth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
NOVEL FooTsTooL.

These two pieces, together with a
strip the height of the cans, form a
rough cover for the footstool. Stitch
the strip all around one of the pieces,
then draw it over the cans as they are
set in place; it will fit in snugly around
each.
Next turn all upside down and sew
the other piece strongly on. The
solid ends of the cans are, Of course,
to come upward for the top of the
stool. Pad this upper side with cot
ton, then cut and put on in the same
way as you did the coarse cover one
made Of the material desired for the
ootstool-cretonne, tapestry or per-
haps Brussels carpeting-any fabric
you consider suitable-hnished with
upholsterer's cord to match around top
and bottom. The stool is firm, dura-
BILE and satisfactory in every respect.
and handsome. too. in the bargain.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14

Zone never knows what one can do
until one tries" is an old adage that
contains a considerable amount of
truth. 1t might very well be changed,
however. into, "One never knows what
one can make until one tries" without
losing any of it's veracity. In every
household there are many things
knocking about which are generally
credited with being absolutely useless,
even of no value to the junkman, yet,
with a little ingenuity and a little
knowledge, such articles can often be
converted into useful objects and
made at the same time of considerable
value.
Every housekeeper has sooner or la
ter. in her possession a number Of old
cans which have contained, at some
time, preserved apricots, tomatoes, or
the like. 1t is as much as her life is
worth if she dare put them on the
dumbwaiter for the janitor to take off,
and. somehow or other they accumul-
ate and litter up small kitchen dread
fully.
NOW 1Or something that she Gail w
with them that will convert these pre-
viously thought useless articles into
something that will not fail to grace
even her well-kept front parlor, COM
Portable and pretty footstool.
Take your cans and remove the tops
and then paste several thicknesses of
newspaper smoothly around each one.
Now place one in the centre of large
sheet Of paper and put around it as
many as you can, all sides touching
adjacent cans and the one in the CEN
tire.
With a pencil trace very carefully
the exact outline made on the paper
by the group; then remove and cut
out the outline. This serves for pat
tern and is used, enlarged a quarter or
half inch all round to cut out two
shapes of coarse, strong stun, like
ticking, denim or burlap.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14

Havana dispatches say that on
Sept. 26 the remains of Columbus were
taken out of the sarcOphagus in the
cathedral at Havana, in which they had
rested for more than century, and
were sealed up in proper box to be
shipped back to Spain. Columbus died
in 1906, and was tremendously buried
at Valladolid. Seven years afterwards
(1513) his remains were moved to Seville
and deposited in a chape of the monastery
of Las Cuevas, where, in 1926, they were
joined by the body of his son Diego. In
1886 both bodies were moved to His
PAMELA and deposited in the principal
chapel of the cathedral of San DomiegO.
In 1875, when San Domingo passed to
France, the Spaniards moved what was
believed to be the body of Columbus to
Havana; but the story is that they took
not Christopher, but Diego, and the
proof offered is that Columbus, by his
will, ordered the chains he wore in his
imprisonment to be buried with him,
which was done, but that the coffin
moved to Havana had no chains in it.
On this ground, and perhaps for other
reasons, the San Domingo people have
always averred that their cathedral still
held all that was left of Columbus; and
perhaps they are right, though their
claims have never had any standing in
Havana or in Spain. There Is no pre-
sent indication that any serious opposi-
ton will be made to the transfer of
Havana's good-enough Columbus back to
Spain, though the proceedings may yet
become matter for negotiation. 1t may
be doubted whether the attachment of
Columbus to Spain was sufficiently
strong to make him indsposed to con-
tinue as a tenant of Cuban soil after the
departure of the Spanish flag from that
island. His burials heretofore have al
ways been occasions of great ceremony,
and doubtless the next one will not be an
exception.-Harper's Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
CHILDREN'S CLOTHES
THE LITTLE GIRLS OF TO-DAY ARE
QUITE EMANClPATED.

They No Longer Wear Petticoats and Ruff
fics Before They Are Ten Years Old, But
on the Contrary Have Great Freedom
from Worry.
For children the day of ruffles and
elaborate embroidery has gone by.
Fashion has new law for the array
ing of youngsters, and the tiny tots Of
prominent families are no longer to be
seen in stiffly starched little petit
coats and huge collars of lace or linen
that are the despair of the laundry.
If the small girls of to-day under
stood the costume revolution that has
been wrought in their behalf they
would testify with joy to their "eman-
cipation." For now they can kick and
climb, run and jump without being
told that they should be little ladies'"
and Keep tneiT petticoats down. The
very lijIe girl OF the day has, in fact
never sign OF a petticoat. A loose
flannel JioL.e and short skirt are her
outer ga mems. Underneath there is
not all l.cA Vi muslin or ruifling Wis
ible, nor would there be if she stood
on her heoI-Only a pair OF close fit
ting hnicl.e uCckers that very much
resemble LEI Y.O--tI's trousers.
All tie rU--.,a. embroidered, tucked
and lace trlnL-tu hLGe. garments That
have for Ge-e4-,..-.s Dcea considered
positively Is en,a, ID. lite girls are
now discal de-. 1t - ne ,JA.eT good
form to put 9 ch.iu '.aDvr tea i'll clothes
of this sort. 30. D..,-l AGI aN.rt has
been lengtheleG "~u post nc h1ees in
consideration 0. aer ADVANCING years
is she privileged TO wear suih thing
as a petticoat.
Thus the modern little girl is quite
as well off for all out OF door sports
as the modern little boy. Her skirt,
light of weight and short, does not
stand in her way, and as far as run
ming and playing all manner OF games
goes she might as well have no skirt
on at all. The knickerbCckers end at
the knee with an elastic band and fas-
ten at the waist precisely as a petit
coat does. The child is vastly more
comfortable, keeps cleaner much long
er and enjoys life as the prim little
girls of long ago never used to.
Comfort and common sense rule with
the dressing of boys as well. Muslin
shirt waists have given place to sailor
suits of dark flannel, and elaborate
collars are seldom seen.
OF course, on occasions, children are
dressed in white, and then some of the
old conditions of garb prevail, though
in a greatly modified form. The new
fashion is already exceedingly popular
with mothers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
UNION LODGE. NO. SO.

One of the most enjoyable sessions
in the history of this lodge took place
on last Friday evening, when some %
members of Cold Spring lodge paid us a
visit, among them Brother Austin
Peck, the patriarch of Cold Spring lodge,
who has been actively engaged In the
work for thirty years.
Our membership numbers II active
members, with an average attendance of
about 30. We have six applications for
membership now awaiting action, and
as a whole we are in most prosperous
condition. The session last Friday eve
Mug was the result of growth of some
three years. The musical and literary
program was most enjoyable one,
and the words of cordial sympathy and
encouragement from our visitors were
listened to with much attention and
profit.
A number of our members attended
the session of the grand lodge at North
field Wednesday and Thursday. Among
them were w. F. Bump, vice chancellor
of the |. o. q. II. course of study, E. L.
Kelley, G. Marshall, G. A. Bump, L. d.
and Miss Cora |. Beach, delegates.
Brother Fred Conant of Co. c., LIST
Vermont volunteers, is enjoying a fur
Tough. He expects to be mustered out
soon.
We are pleased to see that the |. o. G.
Il. column in the REGISTER is again
resumed. 1t was in the past source of
much pleasure and profit to every good
templar and we trust the lodges in Ad-
Olson county will see to it that they are
represented from time to time with
articles that will be of general interest
and an aid to the work.
The REGISTER, which so kindly allows
us this space, should be well supported
by our Order. If you are not subscrib-
er, please begin at once and so encourage
the only paper in the county which has
Good Templar column. Brother w. F.
Bump of Salisbury has kindly consented
to care for the material, so send your
articles direct TO him at Salisbury.