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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1899)
J- EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES. With Some1 Timely Observations On The Difficulties Of Light Housekeeping rwr 1 7 T. V T?01 tiiimhm nf nnnnlfi linrr rushed Into Manila from the United States during tlie past year. While a certain proportion of these comprise the families and rela tives of army and volunteer ollleers. a poodly average represents those who In tend to engage in business or invent cap ital ns soon as the conditions shall war rant. As a summer resort however, these Save discovered that there are many places preferable to the capital of Lu- OOtt COCHERO BOY TZED rcjJTHE.HmST' V GF1 "VES, WHAT 13 ITS sou, and the ubiquitous tourist who comes out of mere curiosity finds the sentiment fully sntiated before the next boat sails for Hong Kong. Typhoon and unarantine rigors have had the effect to terrify many. This latter means a three days' isolation, during which the passen gers lie under the broiling sun, and no iriendly boat comes nearer than . ten jards. The crew.the coolies and the passen gers despairingly watch the cool cafes ashore, where lemonades and lees are sold, and hall the passing tugs with re markable interest. On one tug that came out to a,n anchored steamer n young man eagerly shouted, "Grace! O, (.Jraee!" The entire male passenger list nroe as one man, and snid, "Yes what is it, dear?" The young man blushed, nnd n young woman, who had watched the shore all the morning, hurried to the rail. The young man wanted to know it be could bring anything to add to his fiancee's happiness. "Bring the late papers," shouted a trav eling man. "Deck of cards!" said a civilian clerk. "Something to eat." "Bananas," and thereafter every even ing all eyes on board would wait for the coming of the young man, and greeted his gifts as they would those of a friend and brother. Finally, if no case of the plague has been reported, the passengers are al lowed to go ashore. The troubles of a new nrrival at Ma nila begin the moment lie goes ashore. The rates of board at the hotels are from 55 to $10 a day in Mexican money, and the board is not good. The meals are cooked by a combined force of Filipinos and Chinamen. These two races are vio lently antagonistic, and quarrel whenever they pass. The beds, the bottoms of which are cane woven, are as hard as the floor and as unyielding as railroad iron. No blanket is furnished, and sometimes there is a cold wind. Housekeeping in Manila, under present conditions, is a delusion nnd a snare. House rent runs all the way from $100 to $500 a month. Groceries are expen sive. Canned goods cost from 75 cents to $1. and the beef is suspicious nnd ex pensive. Household furniture and kitch en utensils are hard to procure nt any price. Good stoves are scarce, and gaso line and oil are unknown. Only by pro curing supplies through the army commis sary ollleers can a reduced cost of living be attained. Everybody of importance in Manila Is bound'to keep one or two rigs. A carro mata can be rented for $50, gold, a -AKMV MY "WITH. THE SERVANTS month. Nobody with snrial anibltmtn i-ide on the strict inilroad. Its ears are drawn by xmall. decrepit ponies that are beaten nnd hammered by the conductors at every step. A earromato costs $-'100 outright and a cochero has to eivim,'r ,l These follows drink liquor, run races, nnd "feed the horses" at a cost that beg gars the owners. The greatst discomfort of housekeep ing In Manila Is Involved In the quenlon of the management of servants. These are plentiful and cheap, but the mixture CHASI.NO Alt noo. of Filipino and Chinaman makes the scene of one chasing the other around the house with a knife a common scene. The main servant the cook who some times earns as high as $40 a month, does the marketing, nnd horse steak or the remains of some old cnriliou are often served up nt table. The only salvation of the American resident is in the im ported canned meats, or those brought out by the refrigerator ships for the ar my. Condensed milk is another essential. !... ,5 CAL.D VEBV MUCH Since the American occupancy of M ..I n i.rlvlleees than ever before 111 the IilHtorj SfllSS on tl,l. ut tyn; J great race hatred prevalent, lie I' II p no have the idea that some day th.. coolie, will inaugurate a general hI.i tig. tor to redress tneir old wrongs. Ill perpetual animosity Is an annoying thing for the householder. Fights are frequent. The contestants caM. puncture ami Hho.it one another, and rumors frequently spreader an uprising, causing a doubling of the.ard in the town, and a general order foiall tro.-ps to sleep In their cloth ing, their arms by their side. Another thing which has to be consid ered In connection with the lives of the civilian residents in Manila is the con tinual fear of a native uprising. Alarms are frequent, and plots of the natives for a general massacre of all Americans are continual!)' being reported. It lias been said: "The Americans in Manila are living on the crust of a volcano." It is the bae of the American army, the great depot for all supplies, and the temptation t the Insurgents to Mart an uprising m the town and destroy it can be appreciated. The Ihium-h in the Itinon d. nnd mot of the other districts, are of wc d. and old and dry, nnd would burn like tinder. Any number of the lnurgents may -n-ter the town as "Ainig.is." and be on hand when the signal Is given. Many of the rebels are in Manila acting as ser vants for the Americans. One Anierb-in discovered that his cochero was a rebel sergeant, and always rode with a b.da knife under the carriage seat. Whether or not the Filipinos will ever make an other attempt to destroy the rlty as on Jan. last the Americans, at lnit. en tertain a live!)- fear of tin- event, and everybody sleeps on a revolver, with one eye open, ready at the first alarm to fight. If the outbreak ever occurs, it will not begin with firing on the outposts, but in each household, and eaeh man will have to fight first with his own ertants. Altogether, there are happier places thau Manila in war times. KiiIIiimIimui Iti-cnlvml it An enterprising wwhluj; gout, who has been mooting success ill Willi nny vll lii, hud sadly (liunpoiinil t!'o other dav .11...! ... I . J canon Hi' ii nimno in tovn, nil. I truss being nliKiuit, 1m per. (i( VOII t(l lilt It i 111 kIi.IW 11l le his iniicliliHi in u pracin nl u, Wt llli'lv ntitlli..u ... 11 . i Ii.. .1 Ml'IIIIHIIllJ UIO UgtUlI ll ! .,,(,,! young man to change lus ..i,, liltu t Ho giinnuiit. on win. I. i . tlio cleansing power nt h,, ,, Hon. Ho inserted the ,,,, washer mill placed it ui tie t. glowing hot with dry eiU , ,,.. .. . ...i i.i. i.i . . Illllillliilfu in iniiiirH in iii.m it,n mill revolving ills minimi. . t,,. , t iio house iintili) her a. i ,,(,, , inarched straight to the.. Illlllg It wide open. 'I In ,,, ruined pot of lioiuiH flilieii p,, r, HiilVociitlon. lho agent nutko mi ignominious mm.,, i... ......i .. .. . . I1U m llhn I'UI liiinni.'ll l i,-i , -j, ,, now ho lookn wirt of n -i inarkH in ii ensoul uu the.ro mo no beans m nudum." LowiHton .tuinn u The great linden m mi. bOO years old. Tie- - it wiih for inmiy years I, ti-. n ,. ti near tno iJiiinun.'- in n ", , ,,.,- tvrltton ulxiut it. It wiih i " ,, stone pillar; in tiiil t. . creased to h'; in I".' 1 i. trunk then ini'iiMired .i, i. vruckeil in th it year. MAY WORK GREAT CHANGES. Chicago Fcliool Children Tested In Kesard to Phya'cal condition. An innovation has been begun by the Chicago school board that may bring about sweeping reforms in the whole American educational system. Not sat fefled with alone watching the mental developmentof children In Its charge, It las gone about the study of their phys ical development with minute care, In 7QZZnpaf TfSTINC THE' 'atthebralui' jji realized. man one h .-eiunflfic examiners are nitw at and great results are proflilsed. persons, nil through the day, in Intermittent procession If pu pil, rom 8 to 1G years of age, coming intorr.he room where they preside. No one of the children remains in the room long, but while there each Is measured and weighed nnd tested In Iiulf a dozen wnys, thus unconsciously playing a highly Important part in the Bcience of education. The experiments Save to do especially with height, weight, power of endurance, lung ca pacity, grip, sight aud hearing of the pupil. For Instance: Each boy or girl Is requested to step upon a small plat- finger only can be moved. This Is In serted In a loop connected with n weight 7 per cent, of the subject's weight and the child bends the linger, thus raising the weight forty-five times In a minute and a half. A revolving scroll aud a stylus arrangement record the movements. For the grip; the mannometer Is em ployed. It Is a little metal apparatus, with a spring that the grasp of the hand compresses. An Index measures the muscular force In kilograms. The apparatus used for testing the sight and hearing Is the most delicate .em ployed anywhere. The utility of all this is that the tests are made the basis of grading the sub jects. .Xow records -that have hitherto boert attributed to viclousness or ob- stlfiacy may thus be traced to frailty iivslcal conditions. It may lie found lt'rom weakness demonstratofl that a I'Ullll is uvi iii aiuiiitj uuii: tu ivi-i'i iii with the class, nnd labor Is lightened to suit the situation. In one school GO -p.r cent, of nf' sent were below nor 1 In heap' it has been found that Is do nave the enduiance of boys, .to sexes should not, therefore, have eiiual work. Gentually, the tallest and heaviest pupllsinre found to bo farthest along with their studies. Another fact dis covered is that the physical force of the child Is fair at 0 o'clock In the morning, strong at 10, at 11 decreasing, low at noon. At 1 there Is a slight re vival, at 2 It is fairly good, nt :i there is a second decline. It Is held, how ever, that standards fixed and deduc tions made from American children do not fit all other nationalities. Itnllan, Swedish, Hungarian, Finnish and other children differ materially In mind and body from these, nnd the records al ready secured in this direction are to be made the .basis of Investigation that will lead to definite and valuable results. An Eiwocrwmic: RrcfAo- iiiiiiiini... t in tiiiii.... form, at the back of which Is a stand ard gnngo for taking the height by tho celebrated method of Bertillon. Weigh ing comes next, then the test for lung capacity, while a spirometer Is used. This resembles a miniature gasometer, consisting of a sheet metal cylinder nnd a'llexiblo tube. The ergograph covers endurance tests. Tho arm Is trapped dp"" ca that tho mlddlo AN UNHAPPY EMPRESS. The Llf : of the liusaian Czirlna la One Killed with Cares. Beauty and position do not always bring happiness, else there would bo few more Joyful women In tho world than the Empress of Russia. Instead of being happy, however, this exalted and beautiful woman leads one of tho saddest lives Imaginable, and the years that should bo full of pleasures aud Joys are crowded with cares. Before her marriage the Empress of Russia was tho Princess Allx of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was a Protestant and In order that she might become tho Czarina of Russia she changed her religion and became a member of tho orthodox church, of which her husband Is tho head. This brought down upon her tho dislike of the great cleric, Pobledonostzov, who naturally favors tho orthodox, perse cutes tho unorthodox and who wlshea the Empress to share his views In this particular a thing the Empress will not. Then the Empress presented her hus band with three girls, and the Ignorant rabble Instnntly concluded that be cause she had not become the mother of a male heir to the throne she was visited from heaven for her former tin orthodoxy. Even the Emperor felt Ms appointed and lately there was attrib uted to him the disposition of abdicat ing so that a mule ruler, with a male ! the workhouse, nuil that be lml fre quently been nrrested. and wiih the iih Hoclateof criminals, milllced to warrant the taking of his photograph and plac ing It In the collection. He quotes from the well-known work of Pror. Tlede inan on the Limitations of Police Power, where the author says: "An other phase of police supervision Is that Of nltOtOgnitllllllLT nlloL'iwI prlnilniilu bind sending copies of the photographs to till detective bureaus. If this be di rected i,y law as punishment for a crime of which tiio criminal stands convicted, or if the man is In ra- t a criminal, there can be no constitutional or legal objection to the act. for no right has been violated." Judge Truax also declares that If the police coiuiiiIh sloners have wronged a man at all, whose picture they have placed in the rogues' gallery, the Injury Is In the na ture of a libel, for which he has an adequate remedy by u suit for dam ages. Xew York Sun. tub sonnowFur. czAm.vA. Issue, might succeed to tho throne. Even for this she was blamed. Then the Empress, with her train ing, which Is In great measure En glish, set herself against some of the customs of the Russian court, among them that of ladles smoking cigarettes, and brought down upon her the dislike of the court circles: To still further aggravate her situation she Is disliked by tho Dowager Empress and not too dearly loved by her husband. Natur aly, under such circumstances, tho life of tho Empress lias been made miser able, and her face, once so full of beau ty and sprlghtllness, Is now clouded and marked with care. She has at tained an exalted rank among the rulers of tho world, but sho has paid for It tho price of her mind's peace and her heart's happiness. Photographing Criminals. The right to photograph criminals In order to place their pictures In tho rouges' gallery hns often been ques tioned. Tho prevailing opinion among writers who have discussed tho sub ject seem to bo that tho power may properly bo exercised over persons who have been convicted of crime, but that Its exorclso Is of very doubtful legality In tho case of one who Iff merely ac cused of a criminal offense, but not yet adjudged guilty. In an application for a writ of mandamus to compel tho pollco commissioners of this city to removo tho plcturo of a convict from tho rogues' gallery, Justice Truax has recently held thnt tho fact that tho petitioner hnd been convicted of as. wuuit aud sentenced to six mouths in Pestiferous Higher Criticism. The Home Magazine recalls a good story which Dr. Newman Hall used to tell on the lecture platform. An Illit erate negro preacher said to his con gregation: "My brethren, when do fust man Adam was made ho was made oh wet clay, and set up ngln do palings to dry." "Uo you say," said one of tho congregation, "dat Adnin was made oh wet clay an' set up ngln de palings to dry?" "Yes, sar, I do." "Who made the pnllngsV" "Sit down, sar." said the preacher, sternly; "such questions as dat would upset any system of theology." Clorlonl OptiinlHin. "How 's the world using you, pas tor'" was asked of a happy Itinerant Methodist preacher In Georgia. "First-class, sir, ilrst-clnss." "Nothing to complain of, ehV" "Nothing at all, slr-nothlng nt all. Tho festival for tho benefit of tho new organ camo out only $30 In debt; tho fair for tho new lightning rod was $20 behind, nnd tho watermelon party for tho now bell was $10 short, but tho par sonago didn't burn down until six weeks after tho pound party praise tho Lord !"-Say brook Gazette. Trado Hecrcts. Berlin Is shuddering at tho grow some discovery that there Is a trado understanding between professional nurses nnd undertakers. Competition between tho latter has raised tho reg iflnr commission paid to a nurse to 110 per cent, of the cost of a funeral. Tho fact that a doctor has made this statu of things public, with tho suspicion that tho undertakers may have to squaro with that profession also, ndds to tho cheerfulness of Berlin patients. Every man In town seems to Imaglno ho Is qualified to umpire tho hits and fouls of reporters. PORTLAND DIRECTOf rViir Hllil Irr U rl 1'OltTI.ANI) Willi'. A Hi"- "'s, lnl Iron leiicliir: "ine,. in m Mltrlllllery iiim PAWHTftK I'd KM.IM -. 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