Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-02-08
TYPHooNs IN MANILA.
Much Unbappiness brought to the
EtltptnOs by the Dextruc-
ton Wrought

The red lamp that hangs beneath
the White light in front of the Office
OF 'he captain OF the port is Il signal
10 ,-:ariners that a typhoon is on the
way. The warning has been cut tor
several days. and the storm il pre-
,':cted is here. The typhoon is howl
ing about the s,eets of Manila ana
over the hills of Luzon. For two DAYS
tho rain has been coming down in tor
rents. but it was not until this moru-
ing that the storm took on the char
acteristics of a typhoon. The white
caps are plunging about in the bay
and vessels that are anchored in the
harbor swing heavily ON their chains
and rock with the waves that swell
across this landlocked haven.
Ships out in the ocean are watched
Tor anNiously. The sea possesses most
OF the terror during these storms. but
on land there is trouble too. Trees
are blown down and the frail native
! houses are wrecked. Inhabitants are
drenched and business is nearly at a
/ stanGstlll. Streets run full of water,
which creeps into the little stores. ana
the prcpretors spend their time in
bailing out the water that is ankle
deep inside the doorSills
The street car rumbles on during
the storm. The driver drones on his
whistle as the curtains flap wildly in
the wind and sits huddle( on the front
end of his cart. while the more patient
animal plods slowly along the wet
street. The water buffalo cares very
little if the rain is coming down. 1t is
different with the driver. usually a
Chinaman. or. as he is known here,
"Chino.' but sometimes Filipino.
These people wear a great variety of
rain coats. 1t only has been this last
rainy season that some of them have
appeared in great blue overcoats With
brass buttons. The buttons bear the
eagle of the United States and there
is reason to believe that government
clothing is being worn by those who
never carried gun.
The usual rain coat of the native is
made of the husll of the cocoanut.
The fiber is woven into a sleeveless
coat, and over this there is cape of
the same material. When clad in one
OF these coats the wearer looks like
the cannibals in the picture books.
The legs are bare. the thin white
trousers being rolled up to the thighs.
The wearer tops out his costume with
| brcad-rimmed hat, generally of
straw. Another protection is made
of closely woven nj pa. which fits over
hc cl clio 4
to turn the flood that falls to the
ground This is good protection if
there is no wind to drive the rain be-
meath the roof-for it is little else than
that. The wearer looks like a carica-
ture of a ballet girl.
With the exception of umbrellas.
which few of them possess, the wom-
en- are without protection from the
storm. They go to and from the mar
ket as they do on the brightest days,
seeming satisfied if they can only keep
their heads dry. When their wares
are sold they turn the basket upside
down on their heads and plod along
smoking their cigarettes.
When person has to go out dur
ing the rainy season he uses a caro-
meta or quilez. They are built SO
the storm cannot get in to the pas
senger. The drivers generally wear
little helmets that are not seen in amy
other part of the world. They are
| like a sun helmet, only instead of
| pipe clay there is a coating of white
lead. which the sailors use in painting
ships. Some Of the drivers have risen
to the position in life where they can
afford a white rain coat. with hood.
but such an outfit is considered very
aristocratic, and few outside the liv-
cried servants can afford such a lux
urS When passengers are not in the
conveyance the driver sits back out
of the wet. either behind the curtain
of the carometta or under the roof Of
the quilez.
The native does not en- JOY this wet
season any more than a southerner
enjoys a winter in Canada Around
the Guartermaster's department
number of Filipinos are working.
They certainly are the chilliest lot
that ever saluted a foreman. They
make no effort to temper the elements
by heavier clothing. but go about in
the same white clothes they wear in
May. The foreman, a heavy sergeant.
who goes about in a poncho and a pair
OF rubber boots, greeted them as they
left the building tonight: "Mucha
aqua, rauch frea?' Isl. senor," they
replied. as they shivered on into the
streets and filed to their homes. SAY,
you mean to say them fellers want to
fight III this kind of weather? No,
Stree. There's no more fight in them
than there is in wet chicken. Chi
cago I.ecord.
The Fortune of War.
| Lieut. Neil1Ie John Of The Gar1,o