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chronic dysentery are among the most
dangerous disorders. There have been
two invasiOns Of cholera-in 1920 and
1872; Elephantiasis, leprosy and St.
Anthonys fire are the scourges Of the
Indians, and the. wilder races Of the
Interior surfer from a variety Of GU
taneous complaints. Among the In
dams vegetables alone are used as
indictments. Chinese quack doctors
nave much influence. = In the removal
Of some Of the tropical pests no Euro
pean can compete with the natives.
The author, M. de la Gironiere, who
lived In the Philippines twenty years,
ences there. He speaks Of great
feasts In the interior, where the deli
cacies We're human brains, stepped by
young girls In the juice of sugar cane,
of which his servant drank.
He also describes how eggs were
Matched by men especially engaged for
this purpose. He saw so many ducks
and ducklings on the Pas!g river that
he was puzzled to-. account for them
until he discovered that they were
Matched from the shell by vagabond
Tagal Indians, who lay upon the eggs
placed in immense nests of ashes.
1t was a strange sight for any Eu-
ropean to behold. These dark skinned
incubators eat, drink, smoke and play
cards while they are Matching out
eggs, taking care all the time not to
injure the fragile shells. AS fast as
the ducklings are brought into life
they are removed, but the Matching
goes on until the last baby bird has
been Matched out of Its shell. It is
claimed that the Frenchman drew
upon his imagination as millions of
ducks along the river are Matched by
artificial and me4ha niHal means.
The great mass of Indigenous popula-
ton of the Philippines may be divided
into two principal races-the Tagals
occupying the north and the Bisayos
the south. Of these, all who inhabit
the towns and Villages profess Chris
tianity and are much under the inf1u-
ence of the regular clergy. 1t is said
that the Indians employed alphabetical
writing prior to- the arrival of the
Spanish, and five alphabets are de-
clared to have been USED in the differ
ent provinces. The characters are
something between, our ordinary Amer
lean shorthand and Arabic.
MYTHICAL MONSTERS.
Wild superstitions have long pre-
vailed on the islands. A monster
named Osuang was supposed to tor
ment children and live en- human flesh
A bird always announced his coming.
To keep this demon away from ones
premises native must mount the
roof and brandish swords Another
monster enveloped in flames could only
be extinguished and driven away by
some victim being put to death and
his liver properly removed, his body
clad in white during the surgical OPP
Grafton. Witches and sorcerers have
always been as thick as autumn leaves
In that strange land. A native enter.
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nirt1ng and coquetry as ever marked
the scenes of higher civilization. To
the Europeans great attentions were
paid, and their presence was deemed
high honor. Our young midshi pmen
were among the busiest and liveliest
Of the throng, and even made their
way, without the aid of language, to
the good graces of the Zagalas.
THE river Pasig is the principal
channel of communication with the in
terror. 1t emDties into the Bay OF
Manila, passing between the CONNER
cial distress and the fortress. Its av-
erage breadth Is about $50 feet, and it
Is navigalble for about ten miles, hav-
| ing depth ranging between three and
twenty-five feet. Three miles from
Binondo, on the right bank Of the Pa
sig. is the country house Of the captain
general where he is accustomed to
pass some weeks Of the most oppres-
sive season Of the year. 1t has an at
tractive garden, a convenient movable
bath, which is lowered into the RIVER,
all aviary, and a small collection Of
| quadrupeds among which I made &C
quaintance with chimpanZee."
PHILIPPINE WOMEN.
The roads of the interior are often
near to impossible, but generally pic
| turesque. On special occasions the
villages are decorated with colored
! flags, richly embroidered handkerchief
and the roadways made beautiful with
bamboos and flowers. Even the pretty
| bridges are of bamboo, and, though
| light and airy, are strong enough for
ordinary travel. Almost every va
riety of tropical production Is found
/ in such villages as Santa Cruz. The
| forests are full of game, and as the
| traveller approaches the noun. aims the
| scenery becomes wildly beauti .ul. But
| in places the roads are 50 bad that the
Indians have to chop bushes and
| branches for filling In ruts and mud
holes. In the mountains the young
| women are beautiful and graceful. In
their gay mountain dresses they firt
and slant their tropical eyes toward
| the traveller in way that makes him
forget the depth of the mud and hard
ships Of the valleys below.
The Philippine islands are but vast
volcanic upheavals balched from the
ocean. Many of the volcanoes are near
| ly or quite extinct.
The Indian women who inhabit these
,cvely regions clean their long black
hair with lemon juice and make 1t
shine with cocoanut oil, delicatsly per-
fumed by infusons of mountain flow
ers. The bealss ard mountain beauties
cleanse their hands with pumice some
They allow fh:ir thumb nails to grow
to great lengths, which assists in pay
blacken their eyebrows, paint their
| nails with vermill.on and wear false
hair. In eating, the native uses his
thumb and with the long nail conveys
the fcod to the mouth: then with re-
fined movement, the fingers push the
food down their little red throats
The Indians believe that the noun
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SCENES IN MANILA CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES

fort and trading post, in 1871. He too
could not endure the malarial rigors
| and barbarism Of that heavenly cli-
| mate, and succumbed.
From military post Manila soon
] be came the capital, and in due time
| was renowned for the splendor of its
| religious PROFESSIONS and the excellence
| Of It's long cigars, called cheroots.
Presently swarms Of Chinese appeared
on the scene. They took possess on or
| different parts of the islands, as did
the Jaranese, costing the Spanish gov
ernment millions for warfare and de-
tense. At one time it was reported
] that a Chinese army of 100000 was
about to invade the islands.
The windows of the houses Of the
| better class the villas in the suburbs
and the country mans ons are made OF
oyster shells-those wonderful trans
parent pearl-like shslls of the Oriental
seas which admit light, but not the
| glare Of the sun, Illuminating the in
| teriors with the soft radince of a ca
! thedral. great window filed with
| these sprays of pearl shows the colors
of ten thousand rainbows.
| Until few years ago it was singu-
lar fact that, while SO many pleasure
/ resorts abounded, among the wealthy
Europeans there were no. yachts or
sailing boats even in the magnificent
dreamlike harbor of Manila.
And how do they live in that tropical
| city in the sea? M. Mallat the au-
thor, eXclaims: Enchanting city, in
thee are goodness cordiality, a sweet,
open, noble hospitality-the generosity
: which makes our neighbours house our
own! In thee the difference of fortune
and hierarchy disappears. Unknown
| to thee Is etiquette. Oh, Manila! a
| warm heart can never forget thy in
habitantS, whose memory will be eter-
nal for those who have known Them
A DREAMY LIFE.
Another writer, De Mas, thus de-
scribes daily life in Manila:
They rise early, and take chocolate
and tea (Which is here called cha);
breakfast composed of two or three
dishes and dessert at 10; dinner at
from 2 to 9; siesta Sleep till to 6;
| horses harnessed and an hours ride to
| the paSco returning from which tea,
with bread and biscuits and sweets,
! sometimes hOmeward, sometimes in
visit to neighbor; the evening passes
as it may cards frequently; home
ward for bed at IL p. No.; TIE ed a fine
| mat, with mosquito curtains drawn
around; one narrow and one long pill
| low, called an abrazador (embracer),
which serves as a relting place for the
arms or legs. 1t is a Chinese and a
! convenient appiance. No sheets-men
loose trousers (pajamas); the ladies in
garments something s.mi ar. They say
people must always be ready to escape
| into the street in case of an earth
| quake"
They have queer customs in those
distant sunny isles which row, for the
] first time, truly belong TO civilization.
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The F1lipincs are very careful Of tn ir
ponies and horses. They never allow
them to drink pure water if they can
help 1t, and invariably mix it with
honey. The result is that no Euro
pean can go on horseback jaunt W TIL
out lag of sugar or honey Tne
native horses will not drink from the
rurest mountain brook unless it is
sweetened. This shows the power of
horse education, even on the other side
Of the world.
THE RIVER PASIG.
Sir John Bowring, formerly governor
of Hong Kong. gives a pleasing de-
sciipt!on of Phil ppine village festival
at Samaloc, the Filipino name for tam
arinds. Bright Examinations adorne
the houses, triumphal arches In the
streets; everywhere music and gayety
and bright faces. There were severa!
balls at the houses Of the more op lent
mestizos or Indians, and we joined the
joyous assemblies. The rooms were
crowded with Indian youths and maid
ems. Partisan fashions have not in
Vaded these villages-there were no
crinolines-theSe are confined to the
capital; but in their native garments
there was no small variety-the many
colOred gowns of home manufacture,
the richly embroidered kerchiefs Of
pima, earrings and necklaces, and otl e
adornings; and then a vivacity strong
ly contrasted with the characteristic
Incidence of the Ind an races. Tables
were covered with refreshments coffee,
tea, wines, fruits. cakes and sweet
meats; and there seemed just as much
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-23
HAS A DAY OFF.

Secretary Long Evades Some Lead
ing Questions.
BOSTON, May 22.-Secretary John D.
Long, when asked by a reporter today
about the location of the fleets, re-
piled:
"Sirce leaving Washington on Satur-
day have not been in touch with the
department and know no more about it
than the newspapers. This is a day
off,"
The reporter told Mr.. Long of a re-
ported battle near Santiago de Cuba,
and asked If it were proba BILE, to which
the secretary replied:
1T is probable. That Is ALL
Mr.. Long returns directly to Wash
ington tomorrow.
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In THE FAR-OFF PHILIPPINES
LIFE IN THE FOURTEEN HUN
DRIED ISLANDS
How Magellan Came to Take the
Philippines in the Name of Spain
Instead of POrtugaI-A Country
in Which Cock Fighting Is the
Poker or Progressive Euchrc.

The great victory of Commodore
Dewey at Manila is due to smart
little quarrel which Ma gellan had near
ly four centuries aso with the ruler Of
Portugal. Magellan was looking for
good things" out in the Pacific, and
because of this quarrel he made the
discovery of the Philippines in the
name of the Spanish crown. This was
In 1920. OF course, If Magellan had
been on good terms with his king, there
would have been no cause for Dewey
to go to Manila bay in April, 1898.
Magellan had more nerve" than
good sense, but with six vessels and
234 men he made his bluff good, and
took the Philippines, 1,40O islands,
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TROOPS ASSIGNED.
Orders Issued From the Department
of the East,

of the East.
NEW YORK, May 22-Gen. Royal t.
Frank, commando g the department Of
the East, toby made further assign
ments of volunteer troops to assist in
the coast 6efe nses
Five companies Of the Second Penn
sylvania are ordered to Penns Grove
N. j., to guard the powder works there,
four battalions of the Third New Jer-
sey, under Col. Lee, are ordered TO
Compton Lake to receive the Second
Pennsylvania; the heavy battalipon OF
the Maine volunteers is ordered to Fort
Patham. Ne; the First regiment Of
Connecticut infantry is to be split up,
cne-half to go to Camp Matte and the
remainder to be divided among the va
rious New England camps: the two
battaliOns Of the First regiment of
aryland are udner orders to report at
once to Fort Monroe, Va, and the
Ereekville battalion of Connecticut
heavy artillery was also ordered to
Fort Monroe.
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BOUND FOR MADRID.

AutOn Omist Leader Amblard in Vera
Cruz.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 2a-Sen-
or Arturo Amblard, the autonomist
leader and senator and secre-
tary of Justice In the Cuban cab
met, arrived here today from Vera
Cruz on the Fren.h steamer Lafayette,
which left Havana May 9.
Senior Amblard is bound for Madrid
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NaxaI Reserves Ready,

BALTIMORE, Nd, May 22.-One hundred
and eighty additional members of the naval
reserves have been mustered into government
service and are quartered on the receiving ship
Dale, awaiting the formation of the Chesapeake
bay mosquito fleet or other assignments from
the navy department.
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RUMoR IS PREMATURE.
And Yet the AnglO-French Agree
ment May Be Signed.

ing editorially dismisses as premature the
rumor to which the Paris Fiargo gives
credence that an Anglo-French agreement
has been signed with reference to the West
African complications, but it says an agre e.
ment is evidently near completion, and that
the statement of the Figaro is doubtless de-
rived from trustworthy sources
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FRENCH ELECTIONS.
Gain and Moderates Lose

Socialists Gain and MOderates Lose
Seats.
PARIS, May 23.-3 a. m.-So far as known at
this hour the Moderates have lost twelve
seats in the second balloting in the parlia-
mentary general elections. the Socialists gain
ing four and the Monarchists SIX One hun
dred and sixty-nine results show the election
of 66 Moderates, SO Radicals, "a Socialists and
10 Monarchists.
D'Arenberg and NJ Daniel Wilson and M.
Cassagnac are among the elected. Among
the defeated are Comte de Perigorde, Comic
Rochefoucauld. M. Reno Goblet, M. Emile
F1ourene, M Andrieux, M. Jean Darlan, NJ.
Lebon and NJ Jules Develle.
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, induced them to recognise the SOW
ereignty of Spain. In return he aid d
ruler in fighting his unconverted enc
mics in a neighhoring province. The
iliuStrious navigator was seriously
wounded and died within year. Then
tho leading men of his expedition were
invited to feast and ASA Snated.
The expedition had experienced disas-
ter from the time it left Europa Three
vessels were lost in the China sea. The
next Spanish fleet Of six vessels, with
a trading ship, was lest.
Still another fleet, commanded by
Herman Cortez, was destroyed in 1923.
1t was followed by a fourth fleet of
three shHs and two trading vessels,
commanded by Villalobos. This time
the islands were reached and named
the Philippines in honor Of Prince AS
tunas. afterward Philip II. Terrible
fevers, together with the hardships of
wild, tropical life, proved disastrous,
and 1t was nee ;ssary to send out new
expedition-this time, to quote exactly
from Spanish chronicles, to conquer
| and pacify" the people. 1t was the
same kind Of pacification that was en-
MANILA AND CAVITE.
Five ships, carrying 400 seamen and
"civilizers." sailed from Mexico for the
Western Isles in 1864. Commander
Miguel Lopez de Legasp had ample
powers for the Office Of governor, and
on arriving ait the Philippines he was
nominated and placed in Office on
the Island of Zebu. He took possess
sion of Manila, which was then but a
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Columbia Goes to Sen.

NEW YORK, May 22.-The United States
commerce destroyer Columbia which has
been at anchor at Tompkinsvil!e. coaling and
provisioning, after a tour of duty with the
North Atlantic patrol, weighed anchor and
proceeded to sea tonight.
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Maryland Volunteers.

BALTIMORE. May 22.-Orders were re-
ceived at Camp Wilmer today for the First
regiment out Of which the two battalions of
infantry to complete Maryland's quota OF
volunteers were formed, to proceed to Fortress
Monroe. The company will leave here We'd
nesday.
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FATAL CELEBRATION.

Ohio Enthusiasm Over the Reported
Naval Victory.
LORA1N, O., May 22.-During a cele-
bration Of the supposed naval victory
last night a hose cart in a procession
ran over two men.
Peter Snyder is dead, and another
man, whose name is unknown, is dying.
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SPAIN TO SUE FOR PEACE
SENIOR CASTILLO FULLY CON-
WINGED IT IS NECESSARY

His Motive for Refusing to Accept
the Foreign Secretaryship In the
New Spanish Cabinet Made Clear
Powers Interested VIII Not
Permit Spain to Prolong a Losing
War--Sagasta's Policy a Sham.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Irrigation, Farming and Stockraising
Is demonstrated success in the fertile
valleys traversed by the Denver & Gulf
railway. The colonization work started
by Horace Greeley is spreading through
the entire state of Colorado, and especial
ly down the South Platte valley. Hun.
dreds of new farms and stock ranches
are being opened up, towns growing
rapidly and new ones being started.
To enable farmers and business men
to visit this prosperous valley, weekly
excursions will be run from Omaha and
Denver at greatly reduced rates. These
excursions will be in charge of the Colo
rado Colony company, who have Offices
at 900 New York Life building, Omaha,
and 1920 18TH street. Denver. They will
furnish illustrated advertising matter and
full information upon application.
6Io-Im
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
Tom Watson Has . Scheme.

Atlanta. Ca, June I7-Tom Watson.
the Populist leader of this state. has an
elaborately planned presidential educa-
tional campaign to last two years. Ac-
cording to his ideas Chairman Marion
Butler of the Populist national commit.
tee, would be deposed, and candidates
would be nominated on July d, on Mid
dle-of. .the-Road Populist platform.
The two years proceeding the presi-
Dental election would be used in instruct
ing the people regarding tie principles
and the candidates.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
Shipping Enterprise Orc.

A car of ore from the Enterprise mine
of Eldora arrived in the city today. 1t is
the first shipment under the new manage
ment.
Colonel William James of Missouri is
on the ground looking after the interests
of the Caribou mine, Boulder county.
The colonel had personal supervision of
the property at the time it closed down.
He is the present manager and will ar
range for leasing the property in whole
or in part. There is great amount of
high grade silver ore in sight in the vari-
Gus workings and practical management
would make it a payer.-Denver Post.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
when You write TO The Queen.

When You Write 20 the Queen.
The paper on which letters to Queen
Victoria are written must not be folded.
No communication which bears evil
dence OF having been creased will ever
fall into her majesty's own hands. The
proper method is to write on thick,
glossy white paper, and to dispatch the
missive in an envelope which fits it.
Any folded communication never
reaches the queen, for the simple rea-
son that she never looks at 1t. All
such letters are opened by the mistress
Of the robes, and, a. . rule, their con-
tents never get beyond her, or. if the
letter ID Of importance, it is returned
to the writer with the directions how
to forward it.-N. Y. Herald.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
Americas Gold.

The stock of gold in this country the
first of the present month is officially
stated at s76o,274,26I, compared with
sI8eo7355o in the Bank of England,
1914, go. 900 in the Bank of France, $780,
$4,000 in the Bank of Germany and
S55662oooo in the Bank of Russia
News.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
span,ard. Scared by the Dido.

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, June TO-
Considerable excitement and comment
have been caused here by the fact that
prior to her departure from this port the
British second.class cruiser Dido went
through maneuvers said by the Spaniards
to be unusual, in front of the bay, includ.
ing practic,ng landings on the south coast.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Fort Collins is having about as much
trouble in getting its council to grant a
site for new depot as Boulder is in Sc.
curing street Improvements, but she
bravely goes ahead and prepares to
stun the northern part of the state with
a "whalin'" big Fourth of July celebra-
fion
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Ard II nov develops that . desire to
taks naval lessons from Dewey and not
4he spirit d var prompted Admiral
Dsedesieks, the German naval chief Of
the lseiGc. y saks : junketiag toar to
the haskss & Manila. There's no doubt
'sse sha. - eaalsasa sensthiag from our
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

The ghost dance, war paint and
hatchet ceremony should be adopted by
the Spanish army. It's the only Incl.
dental omitted from the Spanish pro.
vram which distinguishes them from the
North American Indian on the warpath.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Bya tour to one vote. the Democrats
Of Kansas showed themselves superior
to sesenting the greed Of the Populists.
and Instead Of accepting the Office of
lieutenant-governorship offered by the
lasses, renominated the entire Populist
deket.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
Proved In Colorado.

Russell Gulch, Colo, June 10, 1885,
Miss Annie Hughes of this place states
that she was in very bad condition on
account of scrotula and that tired feeling,
but Hoods Sarsaparilla had given her
relief. She says her mother has also
been helped by the medicine.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Tony Mcneil, of Montrose. has been
appointed as deputy clerk of the su-
preme court to succeed John B. Cook, of
Greeley, resigned.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

The entire silver forces of Minnesota,
including the Democrats, Silver Repub.
hcans and Populists, have fused on this
years issues. Its a stand against the
common enemy of the people.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

c. E. Barker is putting IN complete
grinding plant for doing high grade op-
tical work. Boulder will now have a
more complete Office for treating the
eyes with specially ground lenses than
can be found in the city of Denver. Of
fee at Raymond Book Store. 1o32.I2th
street. !3 6td Itw
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Spain's published victories are strange.
ly out Of tune with the anxiety displayed
by the bankrupt savages to secure a
peace settlement.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

That was indeed bitter trial for Reed
in the house the other day when his ef-
forts in opposition to the Hawaiian an
nexation bill received applause only
from the Democratic side of the house.
1t was almost enough to make his indi-
viduallency change his mind.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

In saying that the strategy board is at
sea the Denver Times does not wish to
be understood as stating that it has
joined the Manila expedition.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

Since the dons acknowledge the loss
OF forty.two lives in the bombardment OF
Santiago. it is probable that the Spanish
losses were quite heavy at that point.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

WANTED-A farm hand with expert.
ence in irrigation: also a woman that
understands milking, churning and TAX
ing care of milk. A man and wife pre-
tered without children. Reference re-
quired. Apply at this office or to w. P.
Sale. 13.tf
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

The Cuban question and political is
sues sink into insignifcance with the
man who suffers from piles. What he
most desires, is relief. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cures piles.
Chas. c. Giesick, Parlor Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17

There is strong probability that Tom
Watson's presidential boom scheme will
quickly join its originator in his secluded
position in the ice chest.
Daily camera., 1898-06-17
Use Prof. Fields worm powders. A
single trial proves their worth.

The human machine starts but once
and stops but once. You can keep it
going longest and most regularly by US.
ing DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills for constipation and
all stomach and liver troubles.
Chas. c. Gieslck, Parlor Drug Store.