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New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

the remote risk OF accident: Il to iisTssst2 ss53
obligations 70 ts state an ana ,sfr9 20 He rsasoH
''If -our majesty does not deem M wpa1s rr0 q.
Tor the happiness OF the empire is what al your
n1@fsSS TJ ,s rrsmorai was handed H. we told
''the Emperor sighed over it's e1eelisnes LOT 'ODs
PoiO was as IT still IS su1cLenty danEsTTIogs E;TIss
game In 90 an important statesman was AZ kl.leo "a
e na AOTp 5 iefteT had reached his high position en-
tirely through his skill a. fooLoa az - 5s Presi-
dent Of the Board OF Works 50 that II was mot not
without cause thq5 n a p nom an nt9dcious dose Of the
elixir oF life hearing that an oflclat was -
his & majesty S9et tG Play ana PSat0 S is your duty % ala ha
Emperor TO walk in the right path Can Inls O e' f
tSs ~ 'faSiii6 %iii have l515'i you 7weh hOgssd
The itan Tartars were great areheFs s6- snI ps ss
SGchen Tartars carried the tradition on IeS s,I
tivaI days the whole court WoU5S EyyorshipriTg
cod with ofYerings Of food and wine and 49, 49,
To- he various sports There was archery 10 Degln
with; and when that was over NEE 16Ties
oI sct o-s yas provided with club toa1l-staIp
Of a good many feet n length ana shaped rI a. o ~
e+5 IilTa rhe crescent moon. They were Zen =
Sde5 into two the object OF con- oi,tS
SotR SIDES being ball Previously At me 1t SSrfh h
md Of the ground poles had been SCI Up Up VII t
boarding in between IN which ho1s s L. ~ = nag
having net attached to Z In ths & IPr J,o - the 5as
That SIDE which could strike the oe4 M & tsorIs
was the winner some say say tns ne the @ gr@rnd eaca
vvftb lis own goal and that vctory was saIheU ~
a frrrr
9Tylts Iy tss 80 as small as a mans hst. made OF
light but hard wood. and painted red
As regards ponies II has already been stated that
these animals were specially trained and i may
BE added that IN the year s0l a present OF POO poo
ponies together with suits OF clothes FOR the play
ers was conveyed BY Chinese envoy 70 the court
~ +ba Kitau fartars. Ponies however were DOT
The only animals employed We are told that the
prince OF Ting-hslang. under the Tang dynasty
'.taught his ladies 70 play polo on donkey BACK;
rr,oJi ing them VIII inlaid saddles and teweLed
kr{5las fogather with the clothes and other para
nhernalia REQUIRED" Elsewhere we read that under
the sung dynasty over hundred young men
dressed up as women with bound feet ana oTna-
mental wells hanging down their backs halr OF
them in red and half In green brOcaoed robes. with
elegant girdles and silken shoes, mounted on dOrG
kevs with carved saddles and ornamental trap
pings" Then they divided into two sides under
their respective captains and playe polo ior the
amusement OF the court. so great, indeed, vas
the enthusiasm for polo that n was played even uy
night the ground being Illuminated by a huge dis
PLAY OF candles. Exrravagant rewards were hsaped
upon polo players and also upon fOOtbalers. who
were actually received in audience by Gdmiring
emperOrs. In SS1. when there was a question or
certain Official posts 20 be hled up. tho Emperor
caused the four candidates 20 play polo tourna-
ment and allotted the chief post "a The Winner--
Nineteenth CeutuE<
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
BY Herbert A. Giles.

wonder II any one would take an interest IN or
even believe the fact that football was played Dy
the Chinese several centuries oeiors 'u'iNs CaS0i
landed in Britain? The historian SSu-ila IN len'
who died about B. c. So in his DlosI ~ 49,.
OF su Chin, OF the third century q . mas Inc 1hs
following massage: .'Iin-tzu tcapitai OF the n
State, was very rich and powerful. Ihere ~eIe
none among its inhabitants who dld hot perform
on the pipes or some strlheeU rs
cocks race dogs. dice or play Ioo'D"'''
r-..,i1 90, chin, is mentioned more than once IN
,,e ..tI,etorv Of the Han Dynasty B. G. @"-A- u
2s ana the famous commentator len Hhi'- Au' WIZ
5ia5 t, fa5 urovides the following NCte- 1s~ n
= -, -rt,r the foot: chu. the ball, is made OF
o+ter and stuffed and is kicked about Tor aInuse-
. In one passage ara told how the great
a,oral no Chu-ping, when campaigning IN the
To-tb and almost destitute or provisions for MS
.roors .hoIIowed out place for them TO play
f,o+fall in" whatever that may mean
In the "HsI Ching Tsa chr we read. me f'til-
o-or Cr,Arg I'll g. C. S2-6 was fond OF football
an, his officers represented TO him that II was
both physically ezhausting ana also ui'9ull'iD -
the imperial dignity. His majesty replica We
Ike Having. and what one chooses 70 90 Is llo'
,,t.-,s,-.,s An aDpeal was then made TO the
II. .ress who suggested the game "a
for the Emperor's amusement .
Toward the close OF the Eastern han oyii1Sy
yeud Of the second century A d. il appears I'm
tho E,uei chi tien lu. quoted III tle a. p',t -,
Ian that the Emperor made archery "hu iIu1Ns
.t chief business and in his private Ire gave ii'i-
self I'D 10 football. the result pelhg 'i1"'
~.,-,,as ceased 10 be cultivated ar before. Ihe
Mirror of History" not dsdain 10 record that
,be Frnperor HIST Tsung Of the Tang dynasty VINO
u,as almost wholly given up to sport OF various
lrfpds of which football, ccckhghting ana POLO arc
,,,..Il,, mentioned IN the year ss1 put TO death
,o,,I minister for venturing 10 demonstrate on
the subject.
The hall as originally used by the Chinese was
rourd nag made of leather. or. as poet tells as.
Eight ponted strips of leather made into ball.
.ra Was stuffed with hair: its roundness does
moi seem 10 have been matter or great i'm
nortance But from the nth century onward
the ball was dIled with air and It's name was
changed from chu ch'u, and roundness became
an essential because the ball required TO
roll as well as 10 n through the air one Au-
thority already quoted says that the air bail
dates only from the Tang dynasty. and adds that
Two long bsmboos were set up several lens OF
faat ia height and with silken net stretched
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
Years Before the Christian
Era. IN

across. over which the ball had to be kicked The
players formed themselves into two parties and the
game decided by points"
writer who has dealt very fully with the game.
and TO whom we owe many OF the following par
tfculars. states follows: To initiate football
seems easy. but is really difficult. The ball must
be very hard II viii be too bouncy, and full
force cannot be used IN kicking Neither must IL
be very habby you will have an opposite re-
suit and the ball viii not travel when kicked. 1t
should be about nine-teuJhs full of air; this will
be found to hit on the mean
Several writer's have left accounts of actual
games: "On the Emperors birthday two teams
PLAYED football before the imperial pavilion
goal was set up Of over 80 feet in height,
adorned with gayly colored silks and having an
opening of foot in diameter The object or
each side appears to have been TO kick the bail
through the opening the players taking II IN turns
to kick, and points being scored accordingly Inc
winners rewarded with flowers. fruit wine
and even silver bowls and brocades. The captain
of the losing side fogged and suffered other IN
dignities!"
In an illustration OF d Chinese football goal the
player who Is kicking is placed in the middle
while on hts right and left seen the positions
of those who have not and those who have already
kicked respectively. Immediately behind the actual
player stands the chiao sc, whose function II ap-
pears 70 be TO hand the ball 10 the captain during
the progress OF the game. There is also the net
keeper who throws back the bail when It has
failed 10 go through. The duties OF the other at
tendants not explained. The score consists of
major and minor points. which are gained in par
ticulsr ways. and there IS a regular terminOIogy
10 be used BY the players such ace. deuce. trey
etc. besides other phrases peculiar to the game
As regards play, the body should be straight
pencil the hands should hang down. as though
carrying things; there should be great elasticity OF
movement. and the feet should be as though Jump
ing or skipping" There more than seventy DIFF
ferent kinds OF kicks enumerated. besides endless
overela boration in minor details. Kicking Is for
bdden under eleven separate conditions which con-
stttute fouls" but no penalties seem to be at
tached and all play is be avoided in ten special
cases. such windy days. when the ground is
slippery, after wiue by csndleLght. etc
Polo seems 10 have become known 10 the Chinese
under the Tang dynasty. or from about \. D. Go
onward. when it was az rrst coGS'ders5 by acme
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
HUNTING CARABAo.

We shot numerous rapids under the skilfuI
steering OF our natives. without accident. until
at last we came TO one which was SO fierce that
a portage was necessary. In some manner one
of the RATS got away from It's moorings. with a
native cook and most OF our provisions stiu on
board. The cook held on with al his might and
away he shot down a continuation Of ranids
studded with huge powders. Dodging between
some rocks, sliding over others the raft without
steering hand, bounded 70 the point where the
rapids terminated in a six foot waterfall It
shot over these into the deep pool-cOOk, provi-
5lOnS and all. The native STAYED under water so
long that we thought he was never coming UP,
but he finally appeared. and fished him out
more dead than alive.
TT at Oscaritz, a village inhabited by
half-civfliZed natives that we learned Of a hun
ing mishap which had befanen Lieutenant Dean.
who had been detailed to meet US there. He
was keen on shooting wild carabao. which Is
a powerful brute and ferociouS when wounded.
He had gone out hunting with Springfield rifle
and succeeded In wound1ng IN the shoulder the
first carabao he met The enraged animal rushed
him. but instead OF trying TO get away Dean
stood his ground and fired again Stfll the brute
came The young officer then drew his
volver and fred six shots into the rushing
earabao without any apparent effect He was
knocked down and frightfully gored before the
animal finally became faint from loss OF blood
and lay down 20 die at his eide.
The natives had rugged up strotcher and
carried the lieutenant rapidly possible 20
Canayan. thirty miles distant, where there was
an army surgeon. The poor fellows face was
frightfully dIsdgured and his side badly injured
he finally died in Manila a result OF his
wounds.
''Ou these trips about the various islands we
had many opportunities OF observing the effect
Of new educational methods. At Codiz. an
American teacher told OF his difficulty IN
establishing a school for teaching improved
methods of cultivating the SOIL At first his
students who belonged to good families. insisted
on bringing servants to do the experimental
gardening for them The Presidente OF one OF
the interior towns had nephew who boosted
TO me that he had been at college IN Iloilo where
he had been studying theology and philosophy.
His family had little nothing 10 eat in the
house and told that his father had mort
po ped his farm at high interest in order TO keep
fbs youth in college. My suggestion that he
take a course in cane and rice raising disgusted
the entire family greatly.
THE LABOR PROBLEM.
The labor problem IS one that the bidders for
the Philippine railroads have looked into closely
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

1here seems 70 be plenty OF native labor. but \
viii have TO be handled BY native methods cd
not at all It ID impossible 70 get native F1li-
pino OF tho labOring class TO go far from hl i
home TO take any sort OF a job. This is shown
among the hemp workers OF I.uzOn In ths as1d 4
Two hundred miles south of Manila they receIvs l
81 day. and there IS continual shortage. I'd
the northern fields they got only 30 cents q day|
could not persuade the native TO 90 where h
can get high wages II he did not haCpeu 20 I'D
born IN the high priced vicinity
II will be necessary to establish elaborate en-
tertainment facilities for the natives employed
In railroad camps. Music games and the fnfis
Ps1sable cockpit must be supplied at the com
panys expense Even then the lab0rer win bs
OF no use for several days after each payda
and az various other times in the month wher|
he decides that he needs a rest or when there
some fiesta II the neighbOrhOOd Of his homAI
HIS excuse always is that some near and des
relative has died LabOrers have been known
70 lose scores or unCles and aunts. . dozen child
dren and several wives. fathers and mothers ID
a single year.
An engineer who recently returned rom th \
Islands tells OF one OF his camps which was del
serted in ten minutes because one OF the labori
ers died from malaria A party OF Igorr0tsa
had passed the camp ne day before and on thd
death OF the native the report spread that III 4
strange-s had poisoned ths food supply OF thj
camp. The runaways le-C rom FIVE 70 tan daysj
wages, for which they never returned.
The present wage scale in the outlying dis
trtcts runs thus.
pay, laso-srs works. .-....-- ..-.,-- Il
ROCK men - . o. o. 90 o 49, 81
Carpenters "A
Blacksmiths ....-.....-.- 81 10 IA
BoNerrlaSers ard machirists- 251
Steam engine So - A
That the idea OF graft has already reache
the outlying regions Is shown by the exper1enesl
OF an engineer who was sent out To build !
wagon road with funds appropriated from tha
Congressional 100000 RELIEF Fund The hrs'
week he had no difficulty n hiring one thousand
laborers at 80 cents day TIE morning aftea
they were paid or none returned For a day oa
two he could get no eX~ lanatiOu Then thd
Mayor came 70 him 20 express his great sOrrOv3
He offered 70 entertain a contract 20 keep 4
thousand on the Job n he and the nnsnber
Of the town council were paid so cents a day 70 \
each and allowed 10 settle with the iaDOrer
themselves. Investigation showed mat IN
Mayor had circulated reports that the woTxrne
were not likely 70 be paid by the foreigners, an
had arranged 20 hire the men on MS own &C
count for 20 cents a day. The engineer did n
cOunteuance this graft and eventually built IN
road though at no time did he have more tina
four hundred men on the job.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

writer's. as stated above 20 be revival OF toctoah
though it was doubt. quite a separate game
learned most probably by the Chinese from the con-
quered Tartars. The earliest mention OF the game
by Shen Ch'nan-cI'i. poet who died in IlS, and
it in reference 20 a game played before the
Emperor ana his court in the year 10i
His majesty, who paying a visit 70 his
famous Pear Garden had given orders that 81 ON
cas above the third grade to take part in the
game; but certain eminent statesmen were worn
out and aged, the consequence being that they were
tUmbled over TO the ground. and remained there
unable TO rise. to tho great amusement OF the En-
peror, Empress and court ladies'. who ali shouted
with laughter at the sight"
The son and heir OF this precious monarch was
the famous Emperor who ruled China from T2 TO
755 brilliantly IN his earlier years, surrounding him
self. he did, with men OF distinction in htsra-
Jure, science and art; later giving way dissi-
patton and extravaganza until rebellion drove him
from the throne. Not content merely 10 watch
polo. he used play himself. A poet who lived
two or three hundred years afterward has left Us
this verse on
THE EMPEROR MING HUANG PLAYING POLO.
Of the palace IN broad
San Lang comes back. very drunk, from polO. -.
All! Chiu- ling is old and tian Hsiu Is deal:
nonstrance.
Public opinion seems always TO have been against
the appearance OF emperors upon the polo field and
many OF the renonsrances Of loyal statesmen have
been preserved. Ma Te-ch'en who died about 9S4.
dsgusted that hs majesty played polo TO excess"
presented long memorial on the subject. from
which the following Is extract;
Your servant has heard that when two OF your
nlajestys predecessors went out boar hunting and
ha viking and when their ministers demonstrated
with them they joyfuIly followed the advice given.
Now your majesty takes delight IN polo Literally.
horse baln and your foolish servant has found on
reflection three reasons why this is not q fitting
sport and viii state them even AT the risk OF the
there must ba contention. II the sovereign wins.
The subject IS ashamed. II the FORMER loses. the
latter exults That is reason
"Second-To jump on a horse and swing s,St' Stuo'
raIioninE Enadfv here and there. with no diStlnc-
tions og rank but only eager % be first and 20 WIN
Is destructive o. az eeTen0ay g ossNe0"
s.-hird-To make light or the respC- sih!ltues OF
empire Just for an hours enjoyment ana run e0n
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
C0NGEsTIOE OF COURTS.

The abuses OF the system by which propsrt
Is condemned for The city are almost who'll
due to the congestion oc the courts. The pat
ronage IN the appointment OF the commission
e-s at the present time is enormous BY dsla
they run UP their fees TO figures which ougn
964, ,436 IS expended by the AqueduCr COEnrrl
sion Up 20 1902, SIO5l9 80 81 went for prog
erty and $3,3S4. .404 o. for the expense Of a
qUiring f.
In the case OF larI acquired by ths Depar
usnt OF Water supply in y. estcnesrer nnd Pa
nam counties. 20 prevent pollution, for eac
500 paid 20 property owners. SOL % went
commissioners. counsel. experts, clerks and ~
cidentals'
Amcng these commissioners there are oerta
men who have been especial favCritss ''Undd
the law" tr was said recently n statemel
OF the Merchants Association. 'ths ulaXtrnu
compensation which any commissioner Cou
justly be paid IN any year would % Fd.1s
equal 20 $40 for every day except Sundaya =
ward Durnane received $3.50 IN 1895. IN Is.
ne received S3,26o and IN the three yea
1S95-'06-'O7 he drew S1443O from the ciryl
treasury In five years John = Walsh W
paid S2OS7S So
In other cities cases come 70 trial far NOD
quickly than in New York The courts OF Pr
adelphia. which has been called a slow TOW
reach a case SIX times more quickly than 1
those here A new issue may be reached IN
PhiIadeIp phia court within six months. In Chl
cago. according TO the report OF the Laws Del
Commission, z jury cause may be reached with
nine months from the date OF issue and 4
equity cause NLl-tA4 dLG4A Lllfee LlonLlA
Baltimore q jury trial may DO had within thr
or four months after an issue IS joined In
Louis, with its large calendar OF about thr
thousand civil cases a year, = jury cause n
be reached from within TWO TO four months.
London utiganrs DO not have 70 wait more IN
six months
The great tendency 20 appeal cases IN thl
city tends 70 delay justice sUiu more. One-thii
OF the decisions OF the Supreme Court ara Il
pealed. and 40 per cent OF the decisions appeal1
are reversed u Is this great number OF Il
versals which prompts Ntigants 70 contfnus 4
hght. In England. on Jh8 other hand, the I'd
Yninlstration OF court business IS much mad
prompt because there are Jew reversals. an
consequently few appeals. The proportion
appeals in the English High Court is only Cd
TO every ten cases tried
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL.

Although We were generally received with
open arms. We met with discouraging rebuff
at Larcarlotta, in Negros. We arrived one night
IN a drenching rain and found the house OF the
Presidente, where his charming. duslIy daugh-
ters were making merry. Our knock startled
them. and after peering out into the darkness
through the rain and seeing several filthy trav-
ellers. mud spattered and dripping. they closed
the house and put out the lights. We finally
found policeman. who told US that the Presi-
dente and the chief OF police had gone 10 a
plantation to play monte The next day we
were put up the Planters Club. all the
members OF which were natives. They drank
highballs played poker and swore huently in
English, demonstrating in various ways that
Larcarlotta is fast attaining high stage OF CIV
nization.
1T was on returning from this trip that we
coasting junk. He spent his time smoking
opium, while his Filipino wife rallied at him for
following the disgusting vice. An adverse tide
finally compelled US to anchor and the China
man took advantage Of the opports unity TO go
ashore 70 trade with the natives He had no
sooner left the junk than his wife went into the
cabin and took out the opium pipe and lamp
She posted 6 native the bow TO give alarm
when her husbands boat pushed out from the
shore, and smoked to the last minute without
giving her hypocrisy q thought
"One Of the most exciting trips which re-
member In my Philippine experience was made
at the request Of Governor Taft in company
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
HOW SHE DECIDES

He-I see the society women IN New-Yos
have got a new game.
She-Whar ts II
Why. you take a copy or Braastreet's az
begin turning the leaves. saying az the saa
time I love him. I love hin not
And how does the girl decide"
"Oh. when she comes 10 the page with Z.
mans name on It, she quickly deeidsz"-lYol
kers Statesman.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
@ Philippine Soon To Be csscrossed with Railroads.

look the Presidents tip at a municipal cock
fight
THE most disagreeable experienced remember
having was IN returning to IloilO on the coast
ing steamer General Blanco. a craft Of one hun
dred tons, which does trading business chiefly
in fish IN various stages OF decomposition. In
all my experiences Of travel I have never met
with anything with such a nauseous odor as that
coasting steamer not even excepting certain
steamer loaded with garlic on which once had
the misfortune to take passage from Alexandria
70 Brindisi The General Blanco carried fish
all over the beat-pied in the hold, on the decks,
in the passageways. spread out on the awnings
and frying in the galley food for the native
passengers Finally. after a two days trip. the
fish succeeded in safely navigating the boat into
uoilO. There may, Of course, have been propeU-
ing machinery OF some sort in the Blanco, but
the fish sick passengers would have sworn II
was fish power. So thoroughly had the odor
permeated everything that we had TO discard the
clothes " were wearing
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
THE LAWS DELAY.
Continued from arst page.

tagonizs the deputy judge. n often happen3
that the fees Of q referee exceed the amount
sued for. IN the case OF Haibert against GIBBS
Is Appellate Division 13U. that court, In q vig1
orOus opinion by Justice Hatch, IN referring 4
a case which had been before the referee for rq1l
years, said: The fees already amount 20 SO,oVI
more than the original claim The item 19a
demanded by the Defendants attorney IS So,tll
making the claims paid and those demanded oI
which we row know the sum o. $1,000. ani
h. erT il vr ~
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

1t was an unknown mountain stream, and the
natives declared thai IL was unnavlgable They
seemed to believe one story that at one point
the river disappeared altogether and went
through an underground cave 70 the other side
Of a mountain As expected. this story proved
to be a myth, but we found plenty OF other
diflCmltiea the rhraa aavs.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01
Fertile Regions Only Waiting for Opportunity
Pour Forth Their Products-Hunorous Hap
penings to Survey Parties.

we prepared three strong bamboo RATS and en-
barked upon the river, with an escort of native
soldiers to act as raftsnen and guards.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

The labor problem IS one that the bidders for
the Philippine railroads have looked into closely
New-York tribune., 1906-04-01

with two government engineers. 1t was
connoisanca of & portion of the LuZerne rail- |
waya the trip beginning at Bayonbong. where |
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-21
Illinois Democrats for Bryan.

PEORIA, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-The demo-
cratic state convention of Illinois is
meeting here today and in addition to
the delegates several hundred promi-
nent democrats from all parts of the
state are here. partly in the interest
of the various candidates for positions
on the state ticket, partly to lend sup
port and emphasis to the movement to
be started, to pledge the democracy Of
Illinois to the support of Bryan. There
seems to be considerable enthusiasm
for Bryan among the democrats Of this
state and there is no doubt that
resolution in favor of Bryan's presi-
Dental candidacy will be supported by
nearly every delegate present. Roger c.
Sullivan and Hopkins will probably
make a desperate effort to prevent an