Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-14

pie of him. This man then ordered that the
boy be tied up and tattooed. He was placed
with his back against a tree. His arms
Were tied above the elbows with ropes and
lie was raised by these so that his feet
were off the ground. Another rope was tied
about his neck, binding it tight to the trunk
of the tree, and a third around his fore
head. In this position he could not move
his head. and so tied the tattooing was
done. r.
He was left for time on the tree, with
the sun beating down upon him, and with
the cords cutting into the flesh of his arms
and neck. When he was taken down he
was told that he must stay with the band
and warned that if he attempted to escape
they would not only recapture and kill him.
but would also kill his father He ran away
that night, but since then his father has
mysteriously disappeared, and it Is believed
that the insurgents have carried out their
threat and killed him.
l have heard Of other instances of killing
and torture both here and In Luzon, in
stances which go to show that there are no
more cruel and bloodthrsty people any,
where than the Filipinos, instances which
show that they have the lowest ideas of life
and civilization, and also that with all their
so-caled bravery they are really towards
at heart. who will only attack in the dark
and when they know they are compare
lively safe. 1t would, doubt not. be safe
for ten or twelve Americans to travel al
most anywhere on this island, but one or
two. If they went unarmed into some of
the districts, would take their lives into
their hands Here in Iloilo every one seems
that there was anything like war going on
Country Scenes in Panay.
made an excursion with Lieut., Van De-
man of Gen. Hughes staff out into the
country near Iloilo yesterday Very little
Of the region near here has yet been opened
up. but we found the people at work in
their fields nd T had
thing Of rural life in this strange part Of
our new possessions. The houses are mncb
like the country houses Of Luzon. They
are matched huts built high up upon posts.
ems and pig. and also for the farming tools.
If the owner is so fortunate as to possess
any: Most of the houses are near the
ROADS, but some are off in cocoanut groves
at the sides. The people live in most cases
high up and the average hut is reached by
ladder of bamboo poles. The ladders
slope upward at an angle Of about 45 de-
grees. They usually consist of heavy side
pieces and rungs about as big around as
your arm and as long as the width of the
door. On the rungs the women and chill
their front door steps, and quite small
babies are to be seen thus balancing them
selves and crawling up and down.
me noors OF the houses are usually of
bamboo sticks split In half, with the curv-
ed side upward There are cracks he
tween the strips, so that the average
housewife does not need to sweep for the
dirt falls through the floor These houses
have no windows Holes in the walls
about yard square take their ulaces
Sometimes there Is a thatched shutter
which may be fitted into the hole in time
OF rain, and In some cases there are doors
OF thatch which may close the opening
reached by the stair ladder, but often
there are neitheE windows nor doors. This
you see, relieves the Filipino of MANY ri
the troubles of the American housaw,fa
She has no windows to wash, no floors 70
sweep and no doors which keep living
open. She has no trouble about her stove
drawing, for she has no stove in our sense
OF the word. She cooks on a box of ashes
or in little clay pot, using some chips
or sticks for fuel In most cases, remem-
Der, am speaking OF the poor. There are
pie eat with their fingers. dipping into the
common bowl Of rice about which thew
squat and conveying the stuff from It d.
rectly to their mouths. There are hut few
cooking utensils to clean and wash dav
has no terrors for the husband, because the
clothes are usually taken to the well or
the nearest stream and the dirt pounded
out with the hand or by slapping the gar
ments upon the stone.
Queer Water Buckets.
What would you think of sending your
daughter to the well with a water bucket
taller than herself. I saw hundreds of girls
carrying buckets Of that length this after
noon. They were trudging along the road
with them from the springs, wells and
streams to their homes, and stranger still,
most Of them were carrying their buckets
over their shoulders, just as you would
carry pole. The Visayan water bucket il
from three to six feet deep and only about
three or four inches in diameter. It is
merely stick of bamboo, with the FONTS
removed, except at the bottom, forming a
wooden pipe of the above dimensions The
water carrier takes 1t over her shoulder to
the stream and usually wades out far
enough into the water to enable her to fill
It by laying 1t down at an angle of forty
i've degrees or less, or by sinking it. The