The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-29

there were jewelers., carpenters and work
ers in iron The prisoners are paid about
90 cents a week for their labor They are
well fed and well treated. They have books
10 read from the prison library, ana thef
lives are allowed to call upon them once
every week.
The Dutch and Native Soldiers Mix,
The Dutch and the natives seem to be on
an equality in the army. They march TO-
gether in the same hattalions, many bat
talons consisting of two companies OF Eu-
ropean soldiers and two Of natives, or,
more often one of Europeans and
three of natives The half-castes are on
footing Of perfect equality with the Euro
peans but at least half the noncommls,
stoned officers must be Europeans. All
The higher officers come from Holland:
| They are fine fellows, well educated ana
well trained. Together with the othclals,
| they form the arstocrncy OF the !oregn
colony. and, as a rule, live In hne sty!e'
| There Is military academy near halaNH,
| and the military clubs at WclterNreden
| would he considered fine in any Euro
| pcan settlement.
! good soldiers, although there is vast az.
/ Ference in them, according to the tribes
and the locality from which they come
| The people of the island Of Ambolha ar
especially brave, and there are no"
over 1000 of them in the East indian
army. -
Xii foreign residents are. required to
serve certain number Of days every
month in the militia. The number OF gay
decreases with age beginning with seven
days Il month and finally falling 10 iour
days. The drill is from p m, Mo, 10 b I p nv
foreigner whether he be English Allier'-
can or Dutch. a soldier Ito
This regulation Is. suppose 10 mi"h ne
the foreign population valuable in case OF
an uprising of the natives. The Dutcl nay
| had such rebelllons In the past, ana ui'
| though there is little danger OF u IN JuN",
in Sumatra and other places the Foreigners
must he alive for such an emergency.
| There Is n tribe known as the Acllnese' IN
Northwestern Sumatra which mas neen n
rebellion for generations Inc ALnt thoi ).
have about half million people and their
country is about half as big as U no ! NY ~
have always been noted for their hatreu II
foreigners They fought the Engllsh anu
the Portuguese and they are still hghtlhg
the Dutch II is estimated that more than
10000 Dutch soldiers and natives nave
lost heir lives in the war which Is now
going on with Achln and that the war
0 oDs cost i'0''""4 SUNNI
How a Dutch Official Broke Up Re-
bellion.
There are other parts of Sumatra when
are very rcbelllous. heard the other day
how the Dutch resident Of Palumbang frus
trated n plot in which the native chiefs
conspired to kill him and seize the govern
ment. The scheme vas to set the city
atlre In quarter where 1t would do little
damage. with the expectation that the res
Idents would run to It. During the burn
ing the natives expected 10 capture th'
fort and kill the resilient and his soldiers
Including all the Europeans. .5 i,
The resident, however, was poster "!
one Of his spies and did not 20 to the NE
Then the chiefs demanded an audience cA
! pectipg to kill him when he came 10 II
The resident consented, but the night pe
fore he powdered his face until II w
CHASTITY white and placed medicines ocS'l
j his bed He then called IN some o. ~ ~
. that he could not possibly meet tue ~
Monument. He asked them to have ID
chiefs come to the palace Instead on VI
Tbe chiefs then planned to start the rev
: olutlon at the palace, but when theS ~
! rived they were admitted one ny one ~ ~
received AZ the point ot FentS came ~ CH ont an
, ordered that they he put in prison, MI W,
1yere inst enough chiefs TO NIL all the cen
, except one, whereupon me I ranR who la
: secretly been in the conspiracy, salU
.'Therc Is one more cell, your e1eeiehc'
1 who shall that he forf' ,o, s. was IN
b amnhatIc reply. He thereupon gave sig
{ 70 The soldiers and they took the inau
; pr''V"' The Dutch and the Chinese
: have spent some time STUDYING IN
e Chinese question in Java. The island
: full of ceiestials 1t has about three time
!. as many as we have In the Philippines an
! YOU and Chinese quarters In every 20"
/ and In every city. The. Chinese Owl own pro-
erty To the amount Of Soo,.sp 1; vetions y
c nof,ee and sugar. and OF recent years nay
J. leased out 10000 acres Of land. Ihey oM
more than 100000 acres Of land wnfcn WI