Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-12-02

of them are really beautiful.
From one.half to two.thirds of
the sides of the houses are
windows that are closed only
when the sun is shining on
that particular side of the
house. They don't use glass
for window lights, but polish
a kind of fish shell and cut
them in 3-inch squares; it
must take several thousand of
them to a house. On investi.
cation they prove to be far
superior to glass, as they sof-
ten the rays of the sun, which
are very harsh and binding
when it comes through glass.
These shells being transluc-
tant, lets in a mellow, subdued
light which rests the eye and
sets the house plants and fur.
niture off to the very best adj
vantage. This description APP
plies only to upper stories, as
the lower are seldom used for
anything except to house the
men servants and coach horses.
Every man that is at all we'll
TODD has several servants; he
pays them the princely sum of
one dollar month and board.
The female servants usually
get 50 cents a month and
board, Ga good place for
American working people you
will say). A man with a fix
ed income of $50 a month can
have a home of from 6 to 10
rooms, like the one | have
described, and a half dozen
servants, a carriage and pair,
and all the Injuries that a
tropical market can afford, if
he can only stand the climate
and society of Manila, and
feels SO disposed. The ma
terial and work on a home like
this Go rooms) would cost
a small fortune in Idaho; but
mahogany is the commonest
kind of wood here, and car
penters wages are soc per day.
Then take into consideration
the fact that a building will
last-without hardly any re
pairs except a corrugated zinc
roof every SO or 90 years
for several hundred years, and
it will give you an idea Of
what a man can do here with
money; but money he must
have, as the labor market i.
overstocked in every branch
| find that the better class o
natives and halfbreeds are {
we'll educated and NATURAL,
bright people. They can al
read and write-some of then
are fine scribes-but they are
J not widely read, as all theil
; education is Spanish. 1t seem
ed comical to me the first time
| saw a "belle of the nativ.
, 4oo,' after playing selection
from one the leading operas
: ignore a beautiful rattan chair
: cross her legs and sit down OF
I the middle of the floor, thel
! take a match and cigarette
: from her pocket and start
fog that you could hardly Sc
!. her through; but everybod,
smokes in this country; littl
S children 6 years old will max
t as much smoke as a 200 /
!. miner would in Idaho. TIL
S ladies of this class dress nue.
]. like the lower class, but of TIL
f finest silk and just a littl
!. more of it; still they are al
Y polite naturally, and they eve
e go to the extreme in shown,
), their appreciation of and GOO
e will towards the Americans
e The halfbreed Philippines an,
f Spaniards dress more like tn
}. Europeans; in fact there is n
: difference between their dres
r and that of the Spanish, Eng
d lish, German and French, onl
e they (the halfbreeds) are
o little more stylish, or affee
d style until it almost reache
n the ridiculous. Quite a fey
h of the boys are learning Spar
;, ish. The Grangeville fellow
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