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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15
N~'drapywanie sic
pod gore.

Jest czarujata i dajaca slle, roz~
rywka. Ono rozwija nietylko cha.
10, lecz umysf. v ierzcho{ek Alp
W Szwajcaryi ma swa strone prze
ciwne W naszym w}asnym kraju, W
S erras, Cascades i czescia " Ro~
ckies.
Najwyzszy lodowaty wierzcho}ek
" Stanach Zjednoczonych Jest Mt.
Rainier W v ashington. przeszfo
IS, 500 stop wysokl. Ia wspaniafa
CORA ma Is albo w'ecej, olbrzymich
lodowatych p}az6w pc nizej do
wczofgania sig ! wyrzuca swe lodo,
we bryly do rzeki Columbia albo
Puget Soudd. Wdrap, anie sic
ma szczyt wierzchofka, jest CORAL
ska sztuka godna kazdego g6rala.
Ia 25 c. Chas. S. Fee, Gen'l Pass.
Agent kolei Northern Pacific W
St. Paul, MINI. - posle pod kaz-
dym adresem ilustrowany katalcg
nazwany Climbing Mt. Rainier
.opisujacy wdrapywanie sic pc To-
dach ma szczyt CORY.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15

Wlama1 sic do jego domu.
s. lie Quinn : Cavendish Vt. 20
staf obraboWany ze swego zwykkego
zdrowia przez naj6oie chronioznego
zatwardzenia. Skoro Dr. Kings
New Life Pills wdario sic do jego
|domu kFopoty jego zosta1y usuniete
teraz Jest zupetnie wyleczonym.
Sc gwarantowane ma wyleczenie.
25c y apiece NJ. J. Kowalewskiego.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15
- Se&&91@ese@ess&
q SZa}awila 3
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milczac jakos grozno. Sta
rosta sic zajakna}, spluna},
odkaszlna} i pocza1 dalej.
- Kt6z tn co winiem' -
pozw6l sobie otwarcie powie-
dziec - jesli ME sam asin-
|dziej? Kto tego piwa nawarzy}
jesli ME jego dawne rsztuczki.
Masz "a ME pokutei s1uszna..
zwodzic kobiet sic ME godzi.
AMI ia ami familia nasza ME
winna.... wszakze dotrzyma-
lismy danego s}owa a kto
m6g} przewidziec, re Struk-
classy wyjedzie z protestem..
.Teraz wasza rzecz to rozwi-
k}ac..
Zbis1aw powell czerwienial
coraz bardziej, warga mu
dygotala, ale sig miarko-
wa1....
- Coz dalej? spyta1 chic
dino.
- Ale COZ ma bye dalej?
ia sic do niczego mieszac ME
chce, ia O niczem ME WIEN,
dajcie mi swiety pok6j....
Com przyrzek1, dotrzyma-
}em....
- ia takze, zawo}a} Zbi-
s1aw - swiecie ale miedzy
Mani ia r6znica IL ia "a to-
war zap1aci}em a towaru ME
a m wacpan zas panic
Starosto, sprzedales go i ME
odda1es?....
P. Boze6ski wsta} jakby go
sprezyna kto do CORY wysa-
dill i siad}....
Coz to ia %synowice
s~przedawa1em? tego to? zawo-
co wacpan m6wisz?
miarkuj sic! ,
Wymiarkowa1em ma
prod wszystko, zawo}a1 Zbi-
shaw - inaczej tego nazwac
ME moge co pomiedzy nami
zasz}o - many z SODA spoil
Ike, ide vice jak W dym do
pana Starosty. pomagaj mi
odzyskac zone... lub...
Starosta zowola} popedliwie
opedzajac sic rekami:
- Ale ia o niej ME wien.
mic! mic! mic!
Moi panic Starosto -
sic Zbis}aw, NOW to
cheese ale ME .mnie;
DO - to daremna rzecz -
a mt ME uwierze - tax jest
- ME uwierze.... Znany sic
dobrze...
- Wierz sobie lub ME
.ierz, co ia ma to poczne...
gospodarz.
- Ia pozwoleniem reka'
1~suwajac przyjaciela pocza1;
= MECH tel i ia pre-
movie s1owo... Pan Starosta
.ie moze bye W n%ieswiado-
.osci los6w ~synowicy i kon-
panem Horwatem.
- Ma to imie Starosta pol
ale sic predko opamie-
tai.
- Jakim Horwatem! co "a
Horwat! co mnie do Horwata
: ia 0 niozem ME wiem...
dajcie mi swiety pok6j.
Kontynuie m6Wi1
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15

(c'ag d~lszy)

wolfe mi pan uczynic uwage
W imieniu mojego przyjacie-
la, re to sic tax ma suchoi
g}adko skohczyc ME moze.
Gdybym ia byl ma jego miej-
sou, to bym sprocesowal Q
zwrot koszt6w i grzywny ..on
ME spusci was z tego, by TO-
ny ME MAX.
Znasz pan Starosta bande
nasze, kt6ra ME chwalac sic,
cos wazy... ME danny sic
przeciez tax %odprawic.... per
non sunt....
- Ale. coz to do mnie ma
ley! ma rany Pahskie = "a
wo}a} Starosta znowu rozkrzy-
wujac rece - r6bcie co chce-
Gle uk1adajcie sie... szukajcie...
procesujcie, tylko ME re nina.
ia cz}owiek jestem spokojny,
Bogu ducha winien... Macie
.zone... macie w}adze mad 10
ma, dawajciez sobie rade sa-
NIL. czy wan nia6ki potrze-
ba?... !
- Panic Starosto, czy to
ostatnie s}owo? spyta1 Zbis}aw
patrzac nan ostro.
Starosta zmiarkowa1, re re
sfoWem ostatniem naleza1O
wyczekac, i re niebezpiecz-
mem by1o je nieodwo}alnie
wyrzec; pocza} kaszlec, XII
chac, spluwac, niecierpliwic
sic, rekami macha6 i udawae
obrazonego.
- Ale coz DO to jest! ma
Boza - ma rany Pan:
skie! najezdzacie mnie O To-
ne, jakbym ia m6g1 cos
wieeej mad was! S1awicie sic
re swa banda, z potega, a
mnie cz1eka spokojnego,
hreczkosieja chcecie uzyc.
gdzie sami mic ME po-
tratlllscle? Gdzlez tn logika!
ia jestem prosty cz}ek i
ia .gospodarze,
Pana Boga chwale i
koniec... To p~rawdziwa ma
pasc....
Chcia} sic z tenn s1owem
oowstrzymac Starosta, ale mu|
ZIG wyslizne}o...
Zbis}aw wciaz patrza1 gr6z-
no.
- Napasc! Inn! powt6rzyl
,icho... ostry wyraz - ale....
noze sic ma, co przyda...
80 Me ~gniewajze sic - "a
,zal Starosta, cz1ek W takiem
tract cierpliwosc.
= ia take bym ia m6g}
'tracic, a widzicie, re ia "a
,howuje, rzekl Zbislaw... POI
,zaf sic, patrzac ma Zubra,
orzechadzac pc izbie wzd1uz.
Starosta postrzegl, re So
lie jakies znaki dawali =
reka mu %konwulsyj-I
lie drzec poczela.
ia Zbisia bardzo kocham,
Zubr pog}osem -
lie ME moge inaczej powie-
tylko ze... niedarmo go
'za1awi}a nazwali... i ME zy-
go do ostatecznosci
loprowadzac....
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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15
WydZ1al Wyk0naWcZy
II-gO P0lskiegO RzymskO-
KatOlickiegO KOngresu
W Am6ryCe.

KatolickiegO KOngresu
W Ameryce.
Ks. K. Truszy6ski PREF.
Peru, Ill.
Stefan Czaplewski vice PREF.
TAI First av. Milwaukee, Wis.
KS. K. Sztuczko csc. Sex. l.
$50 Noble str. Chicago, Ill,
Leon Szopi6ski, Sekr. II.
565 Noble str. Chicago, Ill.
Stanis}aw Lipowicz, kasyer.
350- 1852 Peckham str.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Wszelkie pisma, listy ect.
do Wydzia}u Wykonawczego,
lub Federacyi nalezy wyse-
lac pod adresem: KS. K.
Sztuczko, c.. S. G.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15
'Wyleczony z bardzo przy-
kkrego reumatyzmu.

@Wyleczony z bardzo przy-'
! Lkrego reumatyzmu.
4Wiel Neumanie!
! List Tw6j otrzyma}em i ma,
3ten list odpisuje ki|ka SLOW,
4Bogu najwyzszemu j 1'ob'e v iel.
ks les mule wyleczy} W TAX:
3krotklm czasie wcale se nle1
$sp'dziewa}em re "a drugiem u :
Q&vciem lekarstwa zostaue zupe}-1
xn,e zdr6w z tax duzej boIesci no.
*gowej , teraz " iel. Newmanl-i
x~kfadam Vi "a to nasze staropol. :
x.kie Bog zap1ac, i dzlekujy ci po}
xniezliczone razy Mech Cle Bog
xzacLowa W ~szczeSciu ma d1ug,e;
xlata, ola dobra b'ednego narodu}
81 jeszcze rag powtarzam "a Tw"j-f
;dcbroci ,,Niecb ci Bog dopo-t
Xmaga"
: pozostaje z szacunkiem !
) Michaf Burak :
1896 E. 18th st New York City ;
$Wyleczona zupe}nie z b6l6w1
! W ca}em ciele - s}abosci !
{ utraty apetytu i z wielu 4
! dolegliwosci niewiescich. 1
! Wei Newmanle! a ulzej pod-j
! pisana skla1am serteczne poizie-3
kowania "a wyieczenie mnie W;
tax kr6tkim ozasie. Pisa}am bym /
{predzej ale ME majac s%posobno-3
Sci odwleka&am tr"che d&uzej ale1
"a to teraz zapewpism -Cie lei
@jestem zupe}aie zdrowa "a co (
{jeszcze raz ~dz,ekuje G, z cs}ego}
serca i zycze kazdemu cierplace-i
4mu ably sig udaf do Wiel ks 3
@Newmana DO tam pomoc znajdzie.3
I Pozostsje z powataniem !
! Marta Karkowska !
@742 So Front st. Philadelphia Pal
@Wyleczony z kataru zo-{
: ~}adkowego, czestego i 4
1 ciezkiego kaszlu j Cd !
: bijania sic gaz6w. !
1Drogik III. Newmanie!
! Dz,ekujY Ci bardzo pieknie1
4ssa dobro6 wykasana mi przez3
4uskutecznienie wyleczenia W tak4
3kr6tkim czssie prosze boga ab>x
3obdarzy4 Gle, jak naid}uzszem$
4zdrowiem abys byl W stanie wy !
3leczyo leszoze wiele tysieoy ludzl !
3Czuje sic bard,o dobrse obecni' :
4zstem lekarstw wiecej ME potrze'{{
4buie brad - pozostaje 8
ma zawsze wdziYcznem !
5 jerry Piwowarski !
= Woerdsdorf w. Va. Box 81 (
Za}aczcie &c. zna-S
GEEK pocztowy na}
Soy jak Ia chorYch lecze. 7
s Reverend Newman, {
xiS63 N Lake Sc. Chicago, 30: I'D.
- 4ssSas1 55ssE.sSssIN SaMSS5SssMMM8A4
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15

Me mozecie dozna6 ulgi b66lu.
glowy, lecz przez sciskanie glowy
/ lecz przez uzzyWanie Severy oplat-
.k6w na Dol ggFoWy niienralgie Ce
ma 25sc.W q Severa Go. Cedar
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-15

Zajmuje sic take pan Jdzef W
Jereczek prz9dzaniem pogrzeh6w
caravan czyli powozu
pogrzebowego j wog6le wykonuje
czvnno6ci pogrzehnika.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12
When The Walls Ran Down.

The Irishman who went up in the
hotel lift without knowing what it
was did not recover easily from the
surprise. He relates the story in
this way.
Il whit to the hotel, and says I,
Is Mr., Smith in2p
Yes, says the man with the
sojer cap. Will yez step inf"
SO steps into the closet, and all
Of suddint he pulls the rope, and
its the truth m telling yez-the
walls of the building began rum
ming down to the ccller.
Och, murtherl' says l. What
II becomeof Bridgetand the children
which was left below there?'
Says the sojer-cap. Be aisy,
sorr they'll be all right when yez
come down.
Come down it is, says /. And
it is no closet at all, but a haythe-
nish balloon that yez got me inI'
And wild that the walls stood
stock still and he opened the door,
and there / was wild the roof just
over my head And, begorra, that
IS what saved me from goin up to
the hevins entirely Irish Inde-
pendent.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12
DocrUR BRowN.
Moth Klina.
Tragedy Ayerted.

Just in the nick OF time our lit
tie boy was saved" writes Mrs. w.
Watkins OF Pleasant City, Ohio.
Pneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and a terrible cough set in
besides. Doctors treated him, but
he grew worse every day. Atlength
we tried DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, and our darling
was saved. He's now sound, and
well " Everybody ought to know,
it's the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds and all Lung diseases. Guar
anteed by LGker & deWaal. Drug
gists. Prizes soc and 81 90. Trial
bottles free.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12
Read 1t Through.
'Twould Spoil This Story to Tell
Ii In the Headlines.

To use an eighteenth century
pharse, this is an "oer true tale. .
Having happened in a small vir-
GINA town in the winter of 1902,
1t is a story very much of the pre-
sent. Up TO short time ago Mrs.
John h. Harmon, Of Melfa Station,
Va. had no personal knowledge Of
the rare curative properties of
Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
last January, she says, my baby
took dreadful cold and at one time
feared she would have pneumonia,
out one Of my neighbors told me
now this remedy had cured her
little boy and ! began giving it TO
my baby at once and it soon cured
her | heartily thank the manu-
lecturers Of Chamberlain s Cough
Renedy for placing so great cure
within my reach. | cannot recon-
mend 1t too highly or say too much
IN its favor. hope all who read
this will try it and be convinced as
/ was. For sale by William F.
Greenwell, Leonardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12
What He Really said.

Office Boy-The editor regrets Q
is unable to make use Of the inclosed
contributions, for the offer Of which
e is much obliged.
Lady Artist-Oh, did he really
say that2
Office Boy No; e said Take
this stuff away, Charlie. 1t gives
me the iimjamsl "-Sketchy Bits.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12

Mrs. Hewitt: How did you man
age to break your husband Of the
habit OF walking in his sleep?"
Mrs. Dewitt: Every time he got
up to walk put the baby in his
arms.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12

lowing anything to attract our at
tention or require our time, when
the captain is needed at the wheel.
]. @. REEVES.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-12
Letters to tns Pension Bureau.

Letters come by the thousand to
the Pension Bureau and among them
many strange ones. This is one re-
oeiyed few days ago from doc
tor in North Carolina in reference
10 an application for pension
While milkin me kows He cum
10 me and he SEE be | Eel a misery
10 mi insides, Civ him sum medi-
son which don him Know good, and
ne Never vii bee If the government
don't cum to his Rcleef
DocrUR BRowN.
Moth Klina.
II never seen the pashunt until
he was berried, he died from the
service of witch you have his ale
meut in your Buro but his mother
sails this is the case.
II never seen his mother, she is
ded for a long time. The pashunt
had no father his mother was wild
ow and old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24

the darkness before him, 4 sweet, %,
face, grown pale with weary years a
longing the pure, wistful eyes looke\
into his. and their calmness calmet
him. and their sadness made hin
ashamed.
With something breaking like /,
sob in his throat. he swiftly retracel
his steps, pausing in the unlighte<
saloon to open one Of the portfolio,
and ding the glass he carried far out
into the dark.
Thereafter he sat till well into thu
day watching and tending the man
she loved and had loved so long.
Going on deck in the morning, he
leaned over the side to tear up the
letter he had written and scatter its
fragments into the sea. 1t was the
burial of great hope that had died
in the night
AS he walked away, The captain
coming from breakfast. met him, and
fingered to make inquiries.
Morning, doctor; how's the pa.
tient? You're not going to make q
funeral of it, hope?"
Not quite Walden laughed care
lessly. He has taken turn for the
better" Black and White.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24
CARRIED OUT HIS PLANS.
Last Request Of Dying Man Was
Obeyed by His Children.

Obeyed by His Children.
A millionaire had died. There hat
been great apparent grief among those
who had been most substantially re
membered. And some realfor-sure re
greet among those who had expected to-
but hadn't got dollar.
The funeral was over. The million
aires sons had gathered for confer
ence. Among the pet plans of the old
mans declining days was magnifi.
cent palace on whose style of con
struction he had disagreed with every
other member Of the family
"You will remember said the ED.
est son, choking back his emotion
wonderfully well, "that it was the last
request that we carry out every plan
he had made regarding the new house.
YES they groaned in chorus.
"Well have arranged that it be
DONE
ThereApon he piled all the plans OF
his fathers architect into large
wastebasket and bore them triumph
antly out to the rubbish bin in the
back alley.
4 may say truthfully that it Is a
pleasure to carry out the plans, even
though We disagreed in their forming
replied the young man as he returned
with the empty basket.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24
Committed to the Deep

dying. I've been near it too often
for that; and yet. now it seems hard
er than it ever did before"
You'd better not talk. don't
want you to excite yourself
"Not me! What mean is, it would
be hard luck to die on the way home.
I've been away nearly nine years. l
went away as poor as a rat anu I'm
going back rich. That's something,
isn't it,"
IT'S great deal"
''And I'm not dead yet, though I'm
supposed to bel" the other chuckled,
grimly. One everlasting, terrible
winter we were showed up miles away
from everywhere, and we were put
down as done for. Only two of us
managed to worry through, and we
wandered heaven knows where. and
we lived-w we didn't live. But we
worried through-and I'm going
home His eyes closed and he ram
bled on dreamily: mine years; but
she'll he waiting. l told her that it
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24

community i know Of And in the
second place, we found that the SOL
diers had become personally popular
viii the people. @
The volcano is not particularly i'm
pressive mountain from a distance.
there being several other mountains
within sSgA IS Gree tSs@ss; So height.
The ascent Is easy, over q bed Of Gin
ders, and can be made by an athletic
person without once stopping to rest.
The crater is about mile across and
can be entered by gap broken in the
vertical wall near the top. Inside the
wall drops about 100 feet straight
down, but below this there is q long
slope of cinders, at an angle of about
thirty degrees from the vertical, which
may be descended by making diagonal
tacks across its face. At the bottom
Of the crater is small central crater.
from which issues a roaring Jet Of
steam, from a vent hole about fifteen
feet across. There are other steam
vents, but this one is the largest.
The last eruption Of any conse.
5quence was in the eighteenth century.
but there Is evidence Of . compare
lively recent eruption on . small scale.
Over the whole Of the Interior OF the
crater and to some extent on the out
side. is a deposit several inches thick
OF brown volcanic dust. which has .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24
PROFESSOR IN HARD LUCK.
Storms Early Arrival Spoiled His
Chances for Fame.


Chances for Fame.
We can recall no rainmaker from
the time of Plutarch, or any rain doc
tor of the Indians or any rain sorcerel
of the African tribes, who has played
in harder luck than Prof. Meyers has
just encountered in the Adirondacks.
He arrived a few days, ago with q
fine collection of balloons and bombs
and got all ready for operations or
Tuesday. On the evening OF that day
he announced that he should send uI
some balloons with powerful bombs
with lighted fuses attached, and thai
rain would follow the explosion almost
Immediately.
As a matter OF fact, rain preceded
the explosion. Just as the professor
was about to cut the ropes of his
balloon tremendous thunderstorm
came up, advancing with terrific speed
and delusing the region with water
You see, nature had got on" to the
professors little game and forestalled
him. But imagine the airs Of the
professor if he had got his balloons
up about fifteen minutes ahead of the
shower, No rain doctor that the
world has known would have beer
lin it. with him then.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24

Flung the glass far out into the dark
| wouldn't be more than two-and she
said It's till you come, Ned, and il
you never come, I shall wait till
meet you, at the end"
| He lay quiet minute. and then
opening his eyes and finding the doc
tor regarding him intently, he con
tinued:
| We've never written to each other
We promised her people we wouldn't
She was to be free to change if she
would; they said it was best l had
no money and no prospects, but If
went back rich man and she had
not changed. ~. IL knew she
| never would. Whether lived OF
died, she said she would never change
and she won't"
Did you say your name was Ed
win Ashton?"
The doctor was startled by the
alien sound of his own voice.
The sick man nodded, and, pointing
across the cabin,
Her portraits in my bag. Doctor
he said. DO you mind getting it for
me? My Wills in there, too l made
it as soon as | struck my first luck,
in case. .. Oh, what l wanted
to ask you. doctor, was-if don't pull
round, will you have my bag and
everything sent to her? You'll find
her address,
Yes, yes. But not now" Walden
interrupted harshly. You've talked
too much already. III. Come
/, along, Barrow" he hailed the advent
of the steward with ineffable relief.
Call me if he is worse in the night .
He was dazed and stupefied by the
knowledge that had come upon him
SO Unexpectedly, and yearned to get
away and be alone where he might
think Of It, One thought only burned
to clear and fiercely steady blaze
a sinister, hellish thought that he
dared not face and could not ex-
tingu!sh.
He lost all count CT tire, as a man
does when he sleeps but when the
steward summoned him hurriedly an
hour after midnight he had evidently
not been in bed; light was burning
in his cabin, he was still dressed, and
bis fare was waD and bis eyes 1eaYy,
as II he were in pain.
"Mr. Ashton's worse, sir. Edwards
is with him, and called me to fetch
you. He can't sleep. Keeps sitting
UP, Edwards says, staring as If he
could see. people, an talking very
singlar. Delirious, expect, sir"
I'VE must try a sleeping draught,' 2
said Walden DULY. I'll be there d.
rectly." s3s
Barrow being gone he busted him
self In the medicine cupboard, and
FASTENED after him, carrying some.
thing in q glass.
Drawing near to No. is, he could
hear the sick man babbling monoton-
ously, and the very sound OF his voice
stung him and quickened q fiercer
flame within him; till suddenly he
caught word Of what the man was
saying merely name, but the utter
ance Of 1t checked him instantly. as II
. hand had plucked at his sleeve.
He stood trembling, and In that
same Instant saw. shaping white IN
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TRAVELLING IN LUZON.
American Describes Journey the Volcano
Mode Of Conveyance Leaves Lasting Impression Of
observation-disclosures Of the Habits Of the Natives.
Especial Correspondence

crust Of about quarter OF an inch
thick, due to the action of the rain.
After leaving the volcano the mad
ride recommended. We had passed
over the road the first time in the mid
die of the night, but the return trip
was made by day. All along the road
the native population was strung out
to see the caravan Of Americanos.
At Calamba we were lucky enough
to hire Filipino house for the night.
At least we had all we wanted of 1t,
the family using the room that we did
not occupy. There was one large
room, divided by wardrobe into two
sections. The floor was of strips OF
bamboo, one inch wide, with spaces OF
a quarter Of an inch between them.
The furniture consisted of two BAN.
boo benches and stand two feet by
eighteen inches and three feet high
The floor served for bed, dining tabls
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When Water Tastes Good.

This is a Texas story. There was
gathered at one of the country towns
the usual crowd for the county court
which included the judge, the distric.
attorney. sheriff. clerk, q number Of
lawyers and, on this particular occa
sion. young army officer Well, they
celebrated to rather late hour or
the first night and when bedtime came
it was found that most Of them had tc
sleep in the one large room called IL
the West the school section" because
everything in the school section lands
in the early days belonged to every
body. About daylight the next morn
ing the district attorney crawled out
and found Z pitcher Of Ice water. Az
he poured 1t down his throat 1t fairly
h!.cad. After long draught he
topped and said: NO id sober
DOL k,aows how good water tastes
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and washstand. In fact. everyone
SITUATED in real Asiatic fashion. Ir
this town there was Chinese res
taurant, with a Chinaman who spoke
English. He had printed bill of fare
In English, which quoted prices fol
oysters. pork chops, beefsteak and
other things. We asked what he &C
tually had on hand, and it appeared
that he had fried chicken and eggs
We ordered the whole bill Of fare and
after a short time we heard louG
squawking in the kitchen, and ther
the Chinaman stuck a beaming face
into the room, saying: Can dc
mucho chucky squawk, mucho chucky
fry, can do" He was just killing thu
chickens, after going around the
ueighborhood to find them.
After eating We were ready TO,
sleep. We went to our house to finG
all the women of the house waiting
to put us to bed. 1t seems to be the
correct thing to put a guest safely te
bed, and there they were waiting fol
us to undress and to put the pillows
under our heads and cover us up. The
floor was covered with pieces of mat
ting and all the cushions in the house
laid for us to sleep on: and as one
of the cushions was little soiled the
lady of the house got out from the
wardrobe her own white petticoat ane
wrapped it around the cushion for 6
pillow case. Lying awake after tn.
house was quiet heard a faint scuf
fling, and, peeping out, saw the
whole family going to bed on the 9th
er part of the floor. back Of the word
robe that formed a partial partition
between us and the rear Of the house
Before leaving the subject of tn.
Filipino houses in their villages +:
should say they have in many of these
villages a stream of water running
along the side of the road, in front O,
the houses, and two or three stone