The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-24

natives. who only know how 10 .fo,f,
The fighting cock decentip ~ - =
Hin, thegicare forliikc their ow., ichI,.
dren, and In times tifircYtho shusbantl
VIII carry the rooster IA, n .pinse ar ana.
~. whlleltbe wife brinrs out Inc bies
u pulling out useless fenth cleaning
ms oil, trimming his comb. and patiine
MS chest docs the rooster of Ire phiiln,
pines my Rood, he should be ono OF ire
most favored birds In existence. on
sundays and holidays he goes where,
MS ownor goes, and tucked up under
one arm IN carried FOUND 10 call on
otner lighting cocks in the Vicinity. On
Aueh occasions every bdck yard Will
snow little bout taking place between
TWO rival birds, and often the owners.
keep the combatants from comlrp al
100 close quarters by holding them bg
ne legs. When months OF training and
plttlng have made tho rooster realize
what he is good for. his first battle al
me cockpit draws nigh, and his owner
otten stakes the results OF long saving
on inc outcome. IL the bird Is Victor
lous it means great rejoicing M the
small nipa hut where lives its owner: IL
not. the family browns It's sorrows by
having q feast of the remains. IN
..IhursdaSs and Sundays are times OF
Sreat activity ct the cockpit, and on
these occasions the crowd ASSEMBLIES
from al directions, nearly all bringing
their ROSTERS to see. II not to dnke pnrt
IN the contest. Outside the gates 10 the
great matched structure, open on the
sides md banked up with stagIngs. sit
a motley crowd OF women, Young and
Ola, selling eatables, whose dark, greasy
textures beggar description, while here
and there In the open spaces couple OF
natives VIII be giving their respective
BOOSTERS a sort OF preliminary round
with each other. AS the show goes on
inside, shouts and handclappings re-
sound at frequent Intervals, and at It's
close a multitude OF two-wheeled gigs
carry off the vlctors and their spells.
while the losers trudge home through
the dust. ~ 3I7s. 4 NV : 20 :
In n land where the fightlng-cock Is 40
idolized the dog does not hold his usual
place as mans companion and suffers
from neglect. Outside OF the few fox
terriers owned by members OF the for
eign colony. the Manila dogs are mon
grels. that stink around the eating
booths kept by Chinese, with tails be-
tween their legs. and make the night
dismal by bowling at tho Southern
Cross. Now and then. however. one
sees good specimens OF the Chinese
Chow dog In 'Manila''s streets, and It
has been my good fortune to bring the
one that ornamented our hardwood
slioors to- the states alive. With their
long hair. pointed ears, black tongues,
and bushy tails that curl sharply over
their backs, these animals look like
small wolves. They are called ."chow"
dogs because in China they. make good
eating up to the age OF three months
They are most sensitive 10 changes OF
temperature and rarely live to take a
long journey. 1t is all the more. remark
able. therefore, that the "chow" who
guarded our 'front.' gate In Manila should
have stood a 10000 mile sea voyage In
good condition, and be wearing q Dew
ey ribbon to-day. gs
F Cats are equally degenerate and eth
er have a5riGht-angled crook In the end
OF their tails or have no tails at all.
Far from being ratters. they seem only,
to have prowess enough to catch the
,cockroaches and spiders that chase
nbout the floods, and leave the large ro-
dents to increase and multiply. But
a Philippine rat Is not to be trihed with,
and many OF them are so fierce! and
lusty that cat would get the worst OF
ii In a struggle. Il once lost q pair OF
patent-leatheT shoes which one OF these
creatures dragged out from my bed
chamber to the hallway and partially
deroured. And In our. very office I have
gone to my desk in the morning to find
that the candle used for sealing wax
had been pulled out from its holder and
carried OF.
Thus one mghtG on down. the scale
with whole chapter on the domestic
pets that form a part OF a well-regula-
ted household In Manila-on the cock
reaches that have wings and eat the
bindings OF books and shirt bosoms, on
the spiders that often measure half a
foot from legs end to legs end, and on
the little ants that almost eat the
house from under you and are only
kept off your dining table by-cups OF
kerosene that "island" the legs there
Of. G,,t " /