The times., 1899-06-25
JOURNALISTIC NOTES
FROM FAR MANILA
Extracts From the Stree
dom,'' a Bi-mOnthly Paper.
An Energetic Sheet Devoted to the
Expansion Policy.
Interesting Local Items Prepared for
Its United states Special Edition.
The Chinese Ear Cleaner.
(Ffom the New Yor! Tribune.l

The last mail from Manila brought cop
les OF Freedom a twenty-page paper
published on May l. 1t is a United
States special" edition, and will be pub
lished in the same form bimonthly.
Each issue of our United States edi-
ton" says the editor, will contain all the
important information culled from each of
our regular issues, with much additional
matter. upon the resources of the islands,
the possibilities OF trade and opportunl-
ties for investment, prepared by men of
experience and long residence.
The expense of postage is no inconsid-
cradle item to our boys, and yet they are
anxious that those far away may read
regularly of their doings."
In order to get out" the large edition.
the management had to engage special
writers and to purchase weeks ago all the
paper in Manila and to arrive, and had to
employ weeks in advance typesetters and
engage all the presses in the city"
After making excuses for typographi
cal shortcoming, the publishers say: I'm
agine If you can the effort that would have
been required to print an issue like ours
forty years ago in city of less than 10 900,
and you will bear with us.
I'VE are in Manila to stay, we are here
10 make money. and believe that the op-
portunities are such that within a few
years we shall have made Freedom the
paper OF the East and that our wants shall
have been satisfied
The policy of the paper is shown in the
following paragraph:
In conclusion, we believe in progress
sion. we believe in the great and wise plan
of Providence that man is expected to go
forward and not backward, that he should
not only develop that which he has, but
that he should honestly and energetically
strive for more; that for every resource
developed. every dollar taken from Mother
Earth. the whole human family is profted.
and because we believe in the greatest
good TO the greatest number. Freedom
with its fullest energies is committed to
the doctrine of expansion"
Among the local items are the following:
THE Chinese ear cleaner is one of the
strange and unusual sights of the old city
to attract the attention of Americans
The Chinaman who is engaged in the bust
ness is provided with a stool and a small
bamboo base, in which are inclosed his in =
struments.
THE Filipino is Just as sure of having
his ears cleaned on Sunday as an Ameri-
can is OF having shave, and in the by
streets and alleyways they line up for all
the world like barber shop Sunday
morning. the only difference being the
Chinaman can't say, Next
First OF all, the Chino takes razor
which looks more like propeller blade
than anything else, and, wiping his vic
TINS face with a wet rag. proceeds to mop
the dirt therefrom. While watching this
part of the proceedings | was surprised
at the fiexibility of the native nose as dem
onstrated by the skillful fingers of the
operator. The windward. to leeward, on
its stern. beam, and bow the natives Eose
Is rapidly twisted to avoid the aforesaid
razor. Having removed the real estate