The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-07
THE COURIER.

"Indios' mostly live on small farms.
They have been oppressed and robbed
by the priests and very few Of them
make more than bare living. Now
that the U. s. has taken possession of
the 1slands the robbing and oppression
will cease and the condition Of the
natives will greatly improve. 1t has
been several times proven in our court
that the poorer classes OF Filipinos never
marry; the priests charge 80 high price
for performing the ceremony that the
natives cannot afford the luxery. Here.
tofore protestant ministers OF the gospel
have not been allowed to preach here.
There are very few wealthy Filipinos in
Manila. Several who were wealthy
we're robbed Of their wealth by Spanish
officials. There are quite q number Of
Englishmen engaged in business here.
Warner, Barnes & Co.. and Smith, Bell
e. Co., do great deal IT business; in
fact most Of the commerce is carried on
by Englisnmen. There are two Eng
lish banks. believe the electric light
plant is owned by an English corpora.
ton. Very little manufacturing is done
here. The natives manufacture cigars
and cigarettes. also hemp rope, bamboo
baskets and sugar, but little else. The
people engage in fishing to some extent
but it il not carried Cd on largo scale.
The common people live mostly on rice.
The fruit they raise is sold. Those liv.
ing near the coaet have fish; they have
very little meat. We had case 10 our
court the other day in which two Fill.
pinos were tried for bringing into town
meat taken from the carcasses OF dead
horses which had been shot by our SOL
diers 1.-THE horses had the CHAMBERS The
prisoners said they were bringing in the
meat for their own use. The climate
here is not what you would call hot but
it is disagreeable. When the thermome.
ter shows eighty one suffers as much
from heat il moving about as we do at
home when it is ninety. In the morning
when we 60 out to drill it is nice and
cool, but after nine o'clock the less one
moves about the better. I have Just
returned from walk over to the prison
which is about Elk blocks from here and
feel pretty we'll worn, still the sun is not
shining and the thermometer does not
register eighty. One prespires con.
The trouble with this place is
that it is very low and swampy. There
is always an oppressive dampness in the
air. Leather turns green in very short
time il laid away; it is impossible to
keep my sword from rusting. Clothing
hung up in closet for any length of
time acquires damp and musty smell.
The greatest nuisance here is the mus.
quitoee. Nebraska mosquitoes dou't
bite until evening or during the night.
but these beasts will torture a fellow
in the middle of the day when the sun is
hottest. Carriages are used here much
more than in the U. s. A little closed
two wheeled carriage called "carrimeta'
or "callise' is in general use. You can
hire one OF these almost anywhere on
the main street for ten cents an hour.
The horses are about the size OF a Shet.
land pony. I don't believe there are
more than dozen large horses in
Manila. Say:--stop the boat here a
forgot to answer your ques.
ton about the rain. Does it RAIN in
Manila3 No. it just pours and 1t pours
'very day aid guess every night, and
for forty eight hours in sue.
cession. You ask il the rainy season is
)yerY Aa well ask IL tho World boo oo,,o