, 1902-05-29
TO FRIEND
FILIPINO YOUTH WRITES FROM
TARLAc TO HIS UNSEEN
FRIEND At CARBON.
The Carbon Boys Teacher Becomes
the Teacher Of the Filipino Lad,
and He 10 the Bond Of Friendship
Between the Notwithstanding
Letter from the Philippines.

teacher. Mr. Schilling, went to the
Philippines as a teacher in the
schools of Manila and other places.
has just received the following cry
interesting letter from u Filipino lad
who is q pupil in Mr.. Schilling's
school. The letter is interesting as
showing the capabilities of the boys
of that country. 1t follows:
Corona. Tarlac. Luzon, P. l.,
March Goth, 1902.
Mr.. Emil Lind, Carbon. Wyo.. U. S. A.
My Dear New Friend: | call you
friend because l believe that hence
forth We will be friends. although W.
are separated so far and we have new
er seen one another and We are of diff
ferent races.
In compliance with your desire. ex-
pressed in your letter of December the
18th. last year. which is to my teacher.
Mr.. Schilling, and obeying his wish, |
will answer your letter and will inform
you about many things in our town.
Corona is one of the towns of the
jurisdiction of the province of Tarlac.
Luzon, and it is composed of nineteen
"barrios" or little villages. There are
about $4,000 souls in the municipality
and it is divided into four tribes with
their W dialects, which are the fol-
lowing: Tagals, Pampango. Ilocano
| nnl DanUacfpan EDrty CI,f,.,sn rn
living here who are all merchants and
fifty American soldiers are on guard.
The chief languages are the English
and Spanish.
The four tribes hat I have told you
Of are OF different occupations. The
Tagalos and Pampangos are merch-
ants; the Pa~ngasinanes. some of them.
are merchants and some are agricul-
turists: and the Ilocanos are agricul-
~turists, all of them.
We raise fruits and grains which are
as follows: Mangoe, tamarind. Or
ange. lemon, plum, cherries. a great
Llany bananas. cocoanuts. coffee, CO.
Goa. rice, corn, sweetpotatoes, peanut.
pumpkin, turnip and many kinds more
that l presume you have not in the
state. In this part of the island, bam-
boo is the most useful for building
houses and many kinds of furniture.
The domestic animals are the cara
boo" or buffalo, which is the beast of
all works and it is as strong as your
mules; the horses are very little
which are about half of your horses;
the cow. goat, sheep. There are a
great many dogs in our town. cats.
chickens. ducks, swan. geese. pigeons.
Many kinds of birds are here and |
can only name the parrot, raven, hawk,
crane. owl. | must not forget to inform
you about the locusts: sometimes there
is a plague of locusts in our town.
The climate is purely tropical and
instead Of four seasons, there are
but three the cold.
which extends from November to
March: the hot. from March to July;
and the wet. from July to November.
during which period torrents of rain
fall.
All Filipinos eat a great deal Of rice
instead of bread. The poor people
have no beds. but at night, when they
sleep. they spread mats, made Of
"buri" leaves, on the floor and sleep
on It. The rich people have beds and
many kinds of furniture.
The people are fond of playing cock
fight on Sundays and holidays. They
are almost all adherents of the Roman
Catholic church, and a few of them be-
long to the Protestant church.
Now. then, my friend, I'll tell you
about our schools. We have two sep
arated school houses: one belongs to
us and n to the girls. Our school is
divided into five classes. Mr.. Schilling
instructs the first three classes and
two Filipino teachers, Mr.. Serapio Te-
jada and Mr.. Ysidoro Baluyut teach
the last two. The girls school is d.
vided into four classes. Mrs. Schil-
iiAS lhe llok NWo, !
W~addsworth the third one, and a Fill
pino teacher. Matilda Gueco, teaches
the last class.
There are nine of us in the first
class that Mr.. Schilling is teaching.
We have finished the reading book by
Baldwin, first year. and We are just
beginning the second year. A few
days ago we began reading a book I'M
der the title, big People and Little
Peolpe and Other Lands" We are
studying ar Elementary Arithmetic
by G. A. Wentoworth" and we are in
the fractions after we have studied the
decimals. The school boys are 100 and
the girls are 80. There are five girls in
the first class which Mrs. Schilling is
teaching. They also have finished the
reading book by Baldwin. first year.
and they ARE Just beginning the second
year, too. Our schools begin from 8 in
the morning until half past 10; and
from half 2 in the afternoon until half
past l.. every day except Saturday and
Sunday.
We are studying with fifteen adults
an English and Spanish book under the
title. ~"Secciones de Lenguaje." Our
schools begin from half past 4 in the
evening until 6 O'Clock. on Monday.
| Wednesday and Friday.