Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-20


LoufsvrLrE. KY NEW YORK. ~ Y.
For sale ~ ali Duggis,s.-Priec toc. per bottle
SHE'D and threw me on, running away
toward home ut a gallop. liy and by
the gentleman had passed rode back.
leading my horse. lie asked II ! was
hurt. I thanked him for his kindness
and inquired his name.
Captain Dewey Of the navy. he re-
piled"
II appears that Col. William ]. Bryan
II publishing book on expansion. Inn
pcriaiirm. etc. 20. that mine enemy
would write q book" was the plous
ejaculation Of the patient Job. by which
ma doubt he meant that he wanted to
get his enemy on the hlp. That II TO
say. on record In black and white
against the next general election In the
land OF rz. Many able men have come
10 gricf by mc1dling with printers Ink.
Among others. Samuel sullivan Cox.
who. when a very young man. pub
liahed n book. which was often quoted
against him. when. In after years he
became one OF the most prominent men
among Americas eloquent and witty
statesmen. Abraham Lincoln also once
wrote a book. Ills subject wna a very
unorthodox view OF the bible. lie read
the manuscript TO n friend one cold
winter night ut Salem. Illinois. lie
asked his friend what he thought OF II.
The reply was "I'il show YOU and
then kindly taking II out Of Llncoln's
stove. This made II possible for Lin
coin 10 become President.
Robert Dale owen. 81 Indiana, at an
carly ngc published a book taking very
advanced View OF sociology and cnpcci-
ally Of the marriage relation. After
a.sl.. a..
for Congress. the publication OF this
book rose before him like the ghost %
Banquo ana was freely USED by his op-
ponenta.
The war department people are With
out doubt n good deal bothered about
the necessity for mastering out the u.s.
900 volunteers In the Philippines. II IL
well understood here that President
Mckinley and the administration did
everything possible to delay the final
exchange OF pcacc-trcaty documents
and the peace proclamation. for with
the end OF the war. all volunteers are
entitled 10 a release on their own appli-
cation. War department officials pro-
fcas 10 believe that most OF these sol
oilers In tho Philippines will elect to re-
main there and viii fcinlint for six
months longer. They do not know the
soldiers In the Philippines N they cS-
lcct ullss Tor nv iohk hkp ~ StpN'W-
Der they were a homc-Hick lot OF men.
at takes 10 long TO send a letter home
and receive an answer from eight to
ten wcckHl" said one soldier complain
ingly. II never was NO home sick In my
would most Of the soldiers he glad
N they were ordered homer he was
naked7
Would you oacnpe from hell n you
had chanceg" he answered IN reply.
The war department In talking Of Of
fcring Inducements" TO soldiers 20 re-
enlist. They win be Informed that
those rc.cnllatlng viii be allowed travel
pay TO and from the philippines. This
amount viii range from 500 10 $500 for
The English seem 20 have hard
time TO secure recruits. judging from
the printed notices posted up NJ the
various recruiting offices In London In
which the life Of soldier IN tcmptlngiy
set forth and one Of the Inducements"
In a promise that certain hours shall be
set apart each day for playing cricket.
Life In Manila II monotonous mt the
best After eight o'clock y. m. the
streets are dark and almost entirely
deserted. one may travel the full length
OF the Escoltn, 1.-The main street Of the
clty) without meeting more than a
half dozen pedestrians.
Occasionally a chinamnn will dart
Into some alley. perhaps 10 Join fam
tan game. or a knrrnmRttn drawn by n
dlminutive Filipino pony win rattle by.
on each street corner IN an American
soldier or sentry. who patrols his block
like a policeman, The streets are mar
row and the sidewalks nrc paved With
stone tagging, ~ that the sound OF his
heavy hob-nailed boots echoes from one
side OF the street TO the other M he
PAGES up and down. This Is the only
sound audible In these dark, lonesome
thoroughfarcs. The soldiers not on
duty In the streets. OF In camp. lie
around the barracks reading letters and
magazines or dreaming OF home.
There In one small thenter IN Manila
called the Teatro Filipino: but II " n
small. cheap affnlr, II has one gallery
and two boxes. The wood work IN Of
pine and the interior walls Of the thea
ire are cheaply papered. occasionnlly
a concert ~ given there but seldom n
play OF any kind. Once IN a while an
entorprlsing Yankee comes along with
his moving pictures" or a "phono-
graph" entertainment:
Cock fighting was prohibited by Gen.
eral Otis soon after his arrival, ~ that
now even this sport Is denied the SOL
dicrH.
Cock lighting II the national sport OF
tho Filipino. So II IL, too, In Malay
STA; whence the custom was Introduced
Into the Philippines.
There are four or Ave large amphi-
theatres or "Cook-pits" IN Manila. the
largest capable " seating six or seven
thousand people. Tiers Of seats are ar
ranged In circular form. MS In a circus.
ana the cock fight Is held In n center
ring which has been cxcavated.
In former times II was the custom
there for everybody 10 attend these
cooking mains, priests included. In lat.
ter times pricats have attended private
cock lights on the sly but have not been
seen In public,
Those Americans who dcnounce cock
fighting as barbnroua and degrading