The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-25
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them blowing going along With their
heans Gown, dragging rude ne-handled
plows like those OF the Scriptures They
are ridden as well as driven The men
usually mount their backs TO 20 home
from the fields. You see them ridden by
the children, and. still stranger, they are
ridden by the birds. Every other buffalo
you see In the fields has bird on its
back. There is black caribou now with
great white crane resting on him Fur
Their on there is another with crow on
ita back. Each bird is pecAing at it's
buffalo, but the buf, alo understands IT, He
realizes that the birds are good fly catch
ers, and that they live Of the insects
which are trying TO live off him.
Battle of Rice Founders.
Speaking Of threshing rice reminds me
of an exciting incident in Gen. Wheeler's
brigade some weeks ago The pounding
the pcstle in the rice mortar makes a
boom. boom, boom which in it's Irregular
ity sounds like the firing OF musketry
The insurrectos were supposed TO be very
close to Gen. Wheeler one day when Capt
II. V. Smith. OF the generals staff thought
he heard firing. II seemed to be about
two miles on and Il came In Irregular
shots, booml booml boomety BOOM He
was standing by Gen. Wheeler at the time
and asked: General. do you hear that?"
Yes, sir" replied the general 't sounds
to me as though they were firing over at
Bacoior. I think we had better go to the
lookout and find whether anything can
be seen" The lookout was a tall tree. In
which a man was stationed with pair OF
glasses to scan the country ana guard
against surprise. Upon being asked to
whether he saw anything, the sentinel re-
piled that he did not. but that he was GER
tain there was firing about two miles or
Upon this the general and his staff start
al wi A.
they came nearer the sound they were
able to locate II, and they found that the
shots came not from muskets but from
the pounding OF the rice There were a
half dozen women and one man at work.
and that was all. Since then the incident
has been known In Wheeiers brigade as
the battle of the rice Founders.
A somewhat similar case of premature
excitement occurred just outside Manila.
near La Iona church, In which the Twen-
ty-fifth infantry formed the actors. II
was when the regiment was new to the
Philippines The soldiers had been placed
there on guard. when the saw what they
believed were signals. flashing here and
there through the darkness. They shot
at them. only to learn afterward that
they had been ighting the fire flies II Is
said that Gen Andy Burt sent to the men
orders for them to forward him a list
OF the casualties.
Cf1fy Nuurooa m me TlpNfppfneS.
The railroad which goes through this val
ley Is the only railway in the Philippines
1t is now In bad condition. having been
torn up again and again by the insurgents
Many OF the stations are in ruins and
there are eight locomotives lying near
Banban In one Of the rivers which cross
the track. You see the romans of In
trenchments at every few miles. and in
some places the Notifications thrown UP
bv fur noldiera Aehind which thew lay
and shot at the enemy.
The railroad belongs TO an English syn
dictate which will undoubtedly ATTEMPT 20
make the Americans pay heavily for their
use OF the road. IL Is question whether
anything should he paid for the road.
am told, was operated by Filipinos. and
the Filipino employees OF the company
were the men who did the most damage
to the railroad. Its depots and rolling
stock
The railroad Is 100 miles long II goes
through country fiat as floor and
its construction must have been compare
lively easy and cheap. u has hfty-six-
pound rails n gauge Of forty inches aud
rolling stock from England. The ears
have been rcpalnged and labeled with the
brand OF the United states government
They are old, box like affairs. uucom-
Portable 90 an extreme. There Il FIRST
second and third class the FIRST not being
The roadbed t.. | should judge. not over
three feet above the surrounding country.
hut ~ seems to be enough TO preserve Il
from the foods OF the rainy season.
This railroad has been in operation for
about eight years. II was originally built
on a guarantee ~ per cent from the
snantsh government But the frst con.
tractors failed, and those who followed
claimed they had 10 pay 80 much 90 the
government BY way of bribery that they
could make no money The original capt
tai was % be less than 81 e@ eo but the
road Is now bonded up 20 the neck. ard
what viii be done with q when peace
permanently comes r. not known IL
should be a very valuable property Tor Il
runs through ore % the richest parts ~
the islands and must have in the neigh
horhood Of s.eo square miles u rice ned
sugar lands ai0ng the track II has also
other territory which it taps. connecting
the northern part 90 the island with Ma
niia.
Al present the road ls run entirely hy
the soldiers They arc tho hrakemep aud
the engtneers. the mall clerks aad the sta
ton men Every train has guards tn uni
form upon &C. and az every station there
Is a company or so ready 10 defend auy
attack New and then someone shoots
At the cars IS they 40 aying along We
had ono such shot on the way 20 raniQue.
but no enc was hurt UntU recently
none but soldiers were allowed 90 travel
on the road without pass but n viii
soon be open 20 beth passengers aud
freight II al kinds and 10 may be that
Il VIII be handed back to It's owners Ia a
short time.
PAniSae. = Tyrtc&l Ts4lass.
paniqnc is a typical couatry village At
least " IS typical OK this part Of IuHou.
Nearly every section ~ these islands have
a. IN. @
so different that 90 IS said that the com
mon people II Southern Luzon are unable
20 make themselves understood in the
north At the same time. the TaEaiog
and Spanish are enough to enable one 10
trade anywhere The common people
are not travellers.
The ordinary man does not know any