The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-21

| but bitter hatred for each other. Which
| tribe is capable of governing the ISL
| ands? Have We a moral right to leave
| these naked savages alone to their
! pastime of banqueting on horrors?
| Aguinaldo himself and the other lead
| ers of the present insurrectiOn which is
1 about to collapse, will shortly acknOwl-
| edge that their armed resistance to the
! authority of the United States was ILL
! advised, and that their country will be
! better Of internally and externally, I'M
| der our protection than it would be as
| a so-calIed TagaI republic.
AS soon as the misled soldiery of
! AguinaldO's republic" acquiesces to
/ the kindly regime of the United States
/ and returns to peaceful avOcations,
/ which will be very shortly, there will
| remain no pretext for the charge that
! I'VE are expressing people struggling
] for freedom Every fair-minded per-
| son will then see the truth, namely,
| that the inhabitants of the Malayan
archipelago will be given the benefit
of far better government than they
| ever enjoyed under the Spaniards or
could enjoy were they to be free"
Not only this, but they will be given
the largest measure of self government
of which they are capable.
It is certainly too bad that the island
of Negros is not connected with the rest
of the world by q railway. If it was,
that element of respectable citizens of
America, commonly called bumper
tourists" could find there an earthly
paradise such as that of which they
are won't to dream as they recline, with
their pipes in their mouths, under
somebody's haystack. In America, and
particularly in Kansas, if fellow
necessary for him to plank down de
dough- or else put up a great song
and dance to some other nipper who
has a few coins. In Negros it is diff
ferent. The vast cocoa-nut groves are
but great beer gardens and monkeys
furnish the music. ''Cerveza de cocoa"
or beer of the cocoa-nut, is a very pop
ular drink among the colored popula-
ton and is literally INDUCED in by the
American soldiers down there. Ger
VEGA de cocoa" tastes very much like
Tom and Jerry mixed with the milk
of a cocOanut and a little red pepper.
It isn't bad.
The soldiers dub it the drink swipes
and the natives call it tuba" 1t is
obtained by hanging bamboo buckets
under the buds, which grow only at
the top of the trees-and catching the
drippings. The trees are often seventy
five feet high.
For a man with a Mumm's extra dry
appetite and a lager schooner income
tuba" is certainly a blessing. For one
cent, one can get a common drunk
good enough for every day; for three
cents one can put on a decidedly fancy
jag. with ruffleS and frills; for five
cents one can see pythons, crocOdiles,
and lizards galore. I should hate to
conjecture what the result would be if
a very extravagant bOozer was to come
along and blow in two bits.
A member of the California regiment
stationed at Bacolod went out one fine
morning to get a bracer before break
fast He came to a tree in which were
hanging several buckets full of tuba"
No tender, if a vender of the stuff
can be so called, was in sight, so the
thirsty Californian laboriously climbed
the tree and drank four fingers out of
q half cocoa nut shell. The result was
disastrous. He was astride a gigantic
limb, leaning against the trunk. To
move meant to drop-it was better to
hang on, enjoy the sensation and wait
for somebody to show up. After awhile
he fell asleep and doubtless dreamed of
clam chowder and Manhattan cock
tail.
Finally some Of the other boys, out
for "swig'' or two, or three, discov-
cred their comrade in his lofty retreat,
dead to the world
Jack, you old soak, come down out
of there and give those blossoms a
chance to grow. Want to shut off the
supply?" shouted a big bony soldier,
who had an unquenchable thirst.
He can't move; get a long rope and
we'll lower him down." spoke another
of the inebriates.
A rope was found and one of the boys
climbed up and tied the end of 1T
around the waist of the soldier, who
was so deep in his cups" Pushing
him gently off of his perch. on the OPP
posite side from where the boys were