The times., 1899-04-09
ORIENTAL JOURNALISM.
Notes From Our Organ in the Phil
fppines.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
The following local items are alleged to
be from the "Cavite Chronicle" of Febru-
ary z. before the insurgents openly deied
Uncle Sam:
Letters addressed to the following per-
sons remain uncalled for in the Cavite
postoffice:
General Agnostino.
Senior Armadillo De La Plata.
Admiral Montijo.
Ramon Huanacillo de Aguinaldo
John Smith.
The F1lipinos have national drink that
Is liquid terror 1t tastes like a combi-
nation of red pepper and gasoline and
makes man see more queer things than
microscope can discover in Chicago River
water In describing the effects of this
awful drink Minnesota corporal said:
1T gives man the jaggledest Jag that
ever came down the pike. There is Bos-
ton chap in our company who filled up on
the stuff. Next day he was asked how he
felt. I feel he said as IL / had been
drawn through the back bay, mopped over
the Common and dropped from Bunker
Hill Monument
The average Filipino is child OF simple
habits and complex appetite. We were
much impressed by the extreme defiance OF
the laws OF cleanliness exhibited by an un-
goodness of our heart we handed him a
cake of choice soap. At the same time in
eloquent pantomine We initiated the mo-
tions of a man enjoying a much needed
scrub. He shook his head knowingly, smiI-
ed broadly and went his way.
Pretty soon he came back.
With one hand he gleefully rubbed his
protuberant stomach. The other hand was
outstretched with the palm uppermost
He had eaten the soap and wanted more
Allabimballaboo, a Malay from Iloilo,
who has been employed in the street clean
ing department, was taken with a sudden
desire to run amuck yesterday morning.
He was promptly hauled OFF to the county
jail in a garbage cart.
While crossing a big bridge yesterday
afternoon a Manila belle had the misfor-
tune to lose her hat, playful gust of wind
snatching it from her head and whirling 1t
over the rail to the water below. a gallant
member of the Utah Battery Immediately
leaped into the water and seiZing the hat
rapidly swan ashore with it, to the intense
delight of crowd of spectators. Always
take a wineglassful OF Boyle's Stomach
Bitters after sudden exposure to cold and
wet. For sale at all drug joints.
Sergeant Bollinger, of the First Califor-
mia, hooked q seventeen-foot shark in the
bay last Sunday. AS usual it got away
This is evidently the fourteen-foot shark
that Corporal Rattiger. of the Tenth Penn
sylvania. hooked on Tuesday. The extra
three feet can be accounted for by the fact
that Bollinger is a Jealous expansionist.
Things seem little slow in this ancient
Spanish town. The Cavite Street boys are
whistling Comrades and Sweet Marie"
and few OF them have Just commenced on
the Banks OF the Wabash There is no
telling when "A Hot Time in the Old
Town" will get here.
The Utah battery has a new mascot. It's
a monkey, and Private Sharp says it al
ready knows enough TO be captain gen.
eral.
The Independent Sons of the Orient,
Cord and Creese Chapter, will meet every
Friday evening in the Malay Block, over
Chinganorian's opium joint.
Dress parade this afternoon at 3. Go
out and see the boys when they are
slicked up.
Bob Cailemont, the famous walking del
egate arrived by the last steamer from
Frisco.
Pasig River water needs boiling.
Luna gets full on the 23d.