Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-03-28
(Letter to Capt c, A. Curtis of Madison
from his son.

(Letter to Capt. c, A. Curtis of Madison
from his son.
Santa Rosa. P. l., Feb. 4.-The
Philippines are truly delightful now
The nights are very cool and sleep
under my blankets doubled and the
sentinels wear overcoats. In the early
morning the natives build fires by
which to warm themselves, for they
never wear extra clothing and never
use bed covering thicker than cotton
sheet or straw mat. The nights be-
ing chilly the dews are heavy. In
spite of all that homesick soldiers
may say the Philippines are delightful
at this time of year and it would be
hard to find their equal. If the weather
would only remain like this always |
would be willing to spend my days
here. But when the hot season
comes, with its prickly heat and other
attendant ills and the wet season with
it's muggy air, | lose my enthusiasm.
But now we have continual June-a
little hot in the afternoon, if you go
out in the sun, but cool enough under
a roof or on the verandas.
There is an unconventional way Of
life in the tropics which is pleasing.
We are little hampered in the way OF
clothes. If sou visit native gentle
mana planter ur commercial agent
he will receive you in his drawers
with his shirtr tails flowing over them
and appear no more embarrassed or
conscious of offending the rules OF so
ciety and good breeding than when
dressed in the percale sack and trous-
ers you have been accustomed to see
him wear on the street. 1t is the
costumbre of the upper class Filipino
to remove his pantaloons when he en-
tiers his house to remain while. And
even the American officer conforms to
usage and the demands of the climate
to the extent that. after he has per-
formed the duties of the morning, he
loafs around his quarters in pajamas
until afternoon begins to. wane, when
he takes a bath, resumes his khaki
and a peaceful frame of mind and
passes into the street.
An Elusive Ladrone.
have been hiking all the afternoon,
looking for ladrones on the other side
of the river. There is certain Velan
clio who has a gun and a pistol and
wanders around the country with an
evil companion or two holding up
wagons and carts in the road and
boats in the river. He robs men OF
money, clothing, rice, chickens and
other things. We have called upon
the gentleman several times but so far
he has always been not-at-home to us
A boatman reported few days age
that his craft had been held up on the
river and some money, rice and beer
taken, and today the captain ordered
me out with a mounted party to look
up the ladrones. Of course we were
unable to find them, although We
rolled up lot of mileage over the sur.
rounding territory. We had along the
boatman and policeman who knows
Velancio. We examined many
hombres and recrossed the river below
the town and came back home through
a dense underground of unscoutable
country. AT the entrance of town
called at Velancio's house and his
mother repeated the stereotyped reply
to my inquiry for her son.
Not at home"
She had not seen her erring boy for
mucho tempo
When | came out OF the house
found my men gazing with much
curiosity at an object under the house
A corporal crawled under the floor
and brought out the strangest bird
ever saw. 1t appeared to be covered
with wool like that of sheep and had
a big round head resembling a cats
Santiago said it was guagu. Further
along we saw some children pelting
another. | think | will send one home
as a companion for your cats and dog
When reached my quarters found
that during my absence | had become
the owner of a whole cage full of birds
They had been presented to me as a
testimonial of regard and esteem by
an hombre whom we had had for some
time a prisoner in the calaboose.
did not put him in the calaboose
neither did | set him free, and had
at various times talked to him in a
threatening manner when so directed
by the captain when we were inter
viewing him and | was acting as inter
prefer Somebody had accused him
of collecting contributions for the in
surrectos, but there was no positive
evidence of it and he was liberated.
never believed him guilty. These
hombres tell tales about one another
out of spite and often do not know
what they are talking about. We
work in the dark to a considerable ex
tent.
A Night Alarm.
Feb Saturday and Sunday we
made an expedition across the coun
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