Arizona republican., 1900-08-11
PENNEY & ROBINSON, BICYCLES, TYPEWRTERS PHOTO STOCK AND SPORTING GOODS Established 1885, 4oN CENTER ST., Phoenix.


 to insanity in a stranger is this: When you want anybody to approach you, you will naturally beckon in the direc- ton you wish him to come-not so J with these people. If you want them to approach you must throw out your arms as though to repulse them.
 My ignorance of this nearly caused me to shoot a nigger during the ad- vance on San Fernando a year ago. Af- ter battle we proceeded to round up our prisoners. I motioned for one of the late combatants to approach me. Instead Of doing so he started off in the opposite direction I yelIed at him. He turned and I motioned more vigor- ous than ever. He looked puzzled and again started away from me. This time I took after him, thinking he was trying to escape, and was about to shoot him wh5n he stopped of his own accord. The poor fellow was trembling with fright, so I got behind him and he understood enough to keep in front of my gun.
 Notwithstanding the ignorance and general cussedness of the native, he is hospitable. If you enter his casa he will offer you a seat-of course you must sit on the floor, as only the wealthy can afford chairs. Perchance 'tis dinner time and your host will mo- tion for you to help yourself to the food in sight. The bill of fare is elab- crate (rice) and is cooked in an earth enware pot which reposes in majestical blackress in the middle of the floor. srr- ounded by the madre and sundry picEaninnies. who thrust their hands into the pot. producing a quan- tity of the contents which they smear over their faces in a manner truly con ventional All this looks more inter- esting to one who has already dinad. but once I accepted hospitality of this kind. My stomach had forsaken feeling; in fact, I would have reIished a sandwich composed of leather and chips and considered myself fortunata, albeit l cannot credit myself with the astronomical feats of an ostrich. My host invited me to make myself com fortable on the floor, which I tried to do. sitting cross-legged like a Turk or a tailor, but the inconvenience of my posture was sSlulled by the delightful odor that came from the ever present pot of rice, the savory smell of which was more potent to me than the un- savory odor of cocoanut oil Gan indis- pensable articla in Filipino household, which permeated the atmosphere of that 6X4 habitation. In delightful an- ticipation of the feast to come I met aphorically licked my chops, but. alas! for the frailty of human hopes and ex- pectatiOns. We formed circle around the cooking vessef-mine host his wifi. whose chief characteristic was a face as black as the ace of spades; four pickaninnies in the garb of nature, and last, but the most eager and expectant, the guest-myself.
 'I had fondly hoped that I would ba rendered my portion of the feast in a separate vessel. Not so. My well meaning friend stuck a black, horny fist deep into the pot, and with his disengaged hand motioned for me to follow suit or trump his play. Befcre l could overcome my surprise four small black fists made a simultaneous dive for the neck of the pot. I uttered sigh that was 10th loud and deep. Ii came from a bCdy tortured with the bangs of hunger. With it went my ap- petite. The feast of Lucullus vanished and the leather sandwich became once more prospective certainty. My dis appoin&m was as keen as if I had lost millions My host looked in uues- tioning, but sincere surprise at the sudden indispOsition of his guest, and with grunt that may have been a benediction or worse he made dive for another vessel, and brought forth a handful of bugs or worms. They looked as if belonging to the termite family, or Were grasshoppers or locusts-it was all the same to me. He offered me this mass of fish bait, with the assuring re- mark: V'Quiere este; muchO bueno chow-c chow
 T thanked my friend for his kind hospitality and stumbled out of the shack sad and dejected. I felt like the tramp in the song, l fain would graze on the grass in the back yard, but in stead I frightened my cartridge belt and Micawber- like, waited for some thing to turn up.
 "One of the most redeeming qualities I find in the Filipino is their great love and passion for music. They are not as rule. very demonstrative, but music will arouse what latent enthusi- asm they may possess. Every barrie (town) or pueblo can boast the pos session of band and they are always in great demand, for very frequentIy some religious event is being celebrated which would fall fla without music.
 Today is the celebration of St. Johns day, and as a result the usual Sunday cockfght is postponed, So that the populace can take part in the religious celebration. Where the solamnity of the occa4ioN comes in l fail to perceive. In fact, everybody sens enthus d. whether from copious libationc of vino (native liquo) or from excess of re- ligiOus zeal. To my notion it seems to be sort of water carnival. Every body seems tC make it an obj .t to pour water on some ons else. If tie appli- cation assumes the proportions of deluge then the unfol tunate victim hurls forth anathemas upon the de- voted had of the person who caused the Ming, also upon his heirs and assigl Prever. Of course, they de- rive E enjoyment from seeing some