Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-11-09

Deadly perfl-lnsurgents get More
and More -Mestrezat Tells OF
Their Movements Something about
the Flora of the Philippines.
LUCENA, P. l., Oct Is. l900.-One
year ago we left San Francisco for the
Philippines. With something new
every day it has seemed very short
year indeed, in fact the shortest of
my life.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
OF July 9th in answer to correspond
ent says the government has made no
change in the soldiers travel pay.
The editer should post himself. No
soldier has received travel pay since
May Goth. All grades are now paid
four cents per mile transportation.
Yesterday $500 insurgents under
Gen. Malabon were marching towards
Calamba on Lauguna de Bay. The
Calamba, but if such large gang
should strike a town garrlsoned by
ZONE or two companies away from the
coast they may make trouble To-day
the wires are all cut and we can get
no information. Five hundred in
surgents are reported coming this way
from Bantangas province and cannot
turn up too soon to please the men
: mere. They are anxious for another
scrap, as they say it makes time pass
quickly.
Four troupes of the 4th Cavalry will
be here to-day, and will make their
headquarters at Tayabas, one troupe
will be stationed here. Part of the
38th are also on their way to this part
of the island. The soldiers of this
regiment are feeling pretty good over
these e-enforcements.
Japan has just imposed a duty Of
200 per cent on Manila cigars. This
will make Manila five cent cigars sell
in Japan at 40 cents. The Manila
people do so much kicking about
the high duty on American goods
I wonder how they will like the
move of the Japs?
Your doctors might study on dis
ease the children have here some
times. A black streak starts on the
breast then around the neck, down
the breast to the abdomen where it
makes two or three turns, then to the
heart when death occurs. The disease
runs it's course in an hour or less.
The disease bears the name of one of
the native snakes.
/ don't know if this is supposed to
be locust year, but there are plenty of
them around, they are exactly like
those in the states except they don't
have the w on the wings.
The grasshoppers are the same ex-
cept they cannot be made to "spit to-
bacco spit" and are only seen at night.
There are many gorgeous butter
flies, one in particular is very large
and like humming bird is never still
while around flower bush.
There is beautiful lawn in front
of my window here, ornamented with
tropical flowers, lime and banana
trees. The next home is occupied
!. by Spanish family with two young
ladies who are trying to get the worth
of their money out of a new piano.
While carpenters here are only paid
from 25 to so cents per day it costs
more to build house than it does in
1.-The states. The house over the way
cost $1,000 gold. Your contractors
could build it up for less than half the
money. All lumber here is sawed by
hand. II there is saw mill in the
Philippines | have never heard of it.
A log is laid on trestle, laid off with
pencil then sawed into boards with
hand saw with man at each end,
the saw laying fat and of course they
are very hard to dress smooth, being
uneven. / have seen boards five feet
and four inches wide sawed in this
way.
In one letter l said the people in
the states were not in danger of the
dhobie Itch as it could only be taken
from the water over here. | was mis-
taken. 1t has been found the germs
can be carried in the clothing and the
disease is now spreading in the north
west and salso in India. However
this is only tit for tat for the Ameri-
cans have brought oyer the jigger flea
the little red insect that bores into
the skin and is such pest in the
Aputh.
A West Virginia soldier in this reg
iment has made quite discovery.
BY experimenting with native plants
he has found something that will
cure dhobie itch in from one to ten
days according to the stage of the dis
ease. The men are all using it here
and it is the only real cure known.
Italso cures exzema, salt rheum, dand-
ruff, prickly heat, mosquito bites and
: any skin disease for which it has been
used. 1t clears up the complexion,
removes pimples, black heads, etc and
is delightful to use after shave OF
the bath. He has applied for pat
emit and will commence it's manufac-
turtles when he gets back to West
Virginia. The basis Of the lotion
Will have to be imported from the
Philippine and the doctors here think
be will make a fortune out of 1T.
VOurs truly