Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-07-10

SIck-Iney na0 lie ItcH before
They Went and Have Worse Yari-
ETY. Now Something about the Birds
and FioWers-An Interesting Place.
TAYABAs, Philippine Islands,
June /, 1900
If you were here now you would
have little faith in the TENDS who
figure all over a bolt of wall paper to
prove the sun is dying out. If we
stand in the shade and hold our hands
out in the sun, it is like holding them
before the stove We have guard
mount early in the morning before
the sun gets fairly down to business,
but when we get in our belt buckles
remain hot for some time. Even the
snakes and lizards that generally en-
Joy the suns rays, now lay in the
shade and look like they had lost
faith in everything. However this is
our hottest month and the rainy sea-
son will soon set in and cool things
off.
The people here are harvesting rice
now just as their ancestors did a
thousand years ago. They cut it a
handful at time with bolo and
pile it on stack. When it is all cut
they lay some boards down by stack
and thresh it out a little at time
with their bare feet. This process
separates the rice from the straw, but
does not take the hull off Of the grain.
Very few people take their rice to the
mill When they wish to prepare the
rice for food they put some in a large
wooden mortar aud &c to work on it
with club. Usually two women do
this work striking alternately
When pounded sufficiently it is placed
in very shallow basket and the bulls
cleaned out by tossing it up IN the air
and blowing at the same time.
SPANS great object was to keep
these people in ignorance and to this
day they are not allowed to read the
bible or anything but the lives of the
saints. But more Of this when |
write on church business as | find it.
Each generation of Filipinos grows
lighter in color and weaker ia vital
ity. This is on account of the Span
ish friars having been here for three
hundred years. There are few pure
malays left and they are magnificent
specimens of manhood. We like to
see them carry a load just to watch
their muscles work. They stand out
all over their bodies in great knots.
I see some folks in your state fear
they will take the Filipino itch. AS
it can only be taken from the water
over here how do they expect to take
1t? It is called ssdoby" itch and In
its first stage looks just like ring
worm, in the second stage it looks
like and spreads as fast as erysipelas,
in the third stage it is solid mass OF
white blisters. We get it from going
in the river here, from some cause it
never passed the first stage on me.
Most of the band boys have had ii
and two of them now have it so bad
they can hardly get out for concert in
the evening.
I said in my last the band was all
together for the first time in four
months. / crowed little too soon,
four of the boys and the cook are
down with fever. One of them took
to bleeding at the nose last night and
nearly bled to death before they got
it stopped. This will make about
three fourths Of tie band to have had
the fever, and hope the others will
have it before the rainy season sets in
as the hospitals are not crowded now
/ don't believe any man is fit tc
stand this climate till he has had the
fever The main thing is to take
care Of himself and drink nothing
stronger than coffee so he will be able
to pull through. l should have said
above that the DOLBY itch is durable by
bathing it with carbolic acid. We
would not give up our cool river bath.
ing for all the DOLBY itch on the
island
This regiment is certainly doing
good work in this province. A com
pany just came in with another lot OF
spanish prisoners.
When the war ended the insurgents
who did not wish to settle down join
ed the ladrones and are causing con-
siderable trouble The natives here
who are posted tell me there are about
seven hundred ladrones in the prov
ince.
Tuesday night they killed mar
and woman near here and robbed the
house. Monday night they killed q
man who had just sold his copra fol
5000 and took the money. The body
was brought to the house OF the ole
barber across the street to await The
funeral.
!. AS wanted you to know OF what
kind of stuff the ladrones are made
went over and examined the remains
He had three stabs in the body either
OF which would have caused death
He was cut on the top Of the head
on one arm, on the bottom OF ons
foot, on one hand and not satisfied
with that they had beaten his rae,
Into > Jelly with club. Killing
- Iss II v Il & 81 ii